THE LATEST NEWS FROM ACROSS BGA’S NETWORK Business
BRIEFING The need to boost students’ psychological skills to prepare them for business, why female entrepreneurs might be at a disadvantage in the dating world and how mindfulness moderates financial decision-making all feature in this round-up of news and research from BGA schools. Tim Banerjee Dhoul , Ellen Buchan and Colette Doyle report
RESEARCH POINTS TO VALUE OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS
learning experiences outside university in helping students develop better personal resources. “Students need technical knowledge, but also confidence in their own abilities, resilience, practical experience and opportunities to interact with the entrepreneurial ecosystem,” stated Jesús Juyumaya, one of two study co‑authors from FEN UNAB. Juyumaya went on to reveal that the study found a “marginally negative relationship between subjective wellbeing and entrepreneurial intention”, meaning that those with a higher level of life satisfaction could be less driven to start a new business. “This association may be conditioned by cultural and contextual factors that require further investigation,” he added.
The research supports the inclusion of developing students’ psychological skills at university and business school, as well as the creation of environments where students feel confident in facing challenges and uncertainty. With further research planned to examine factors in a Chilean university context and beyond, Juyumaya emphasised higher education’s role as a connector of actors and opportunities in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: “University entrepreneurship should be understood as a phenomenon that involves both students and the ecosystem that surrounds them. The university not only transmits knowledge: it can also create the conditions that strengthen the skills and confidence necessary for entrepreneurship.” EB
SCHOOL Faculty of Economics and Business Andrés Bello University, Chile
he factors and traits influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions are the subject of a
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new study involving academics from the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEN) at Andrés Bello University (UNAB). Focusing on students in Paraguay, the study found that those with the highest levels of self-efficacy, or the greatest self-confidence in their own abilities, are the most likely to have entrepreneurial intentions. Noting the importance of resilience in strengthening self-efficacy, the study also underlines the value of
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