Motivations for enrolling in university courses: Insights from an entrepreneurship course
Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Motivations for enrolling in university courses: Insights from an entrepreneurship course | |
| Creator | Neethling, Adolph C. | |
| Description | Background: Studies on the impact of entrepreneurship education (EE) have produced mixed results, leading researchers to examine the reason for such inconsistencies. This article examines course enrolment motivation, as a possible factor contributing to the inconsistency in findings on EE impact studies.Aim: This study aims to identify whether students registered for a business degree exhibit different motivations for enrolling for a course in entrepreneurship and should such differences be found, to identify what the different motivations are.Setting: Data are collected from second-year students registered for a business degree at a South African university.Methods: Using purposive sampling, a survey was circulated to second-year business students in class after which the data were subjected to a principal component analysis to check for differences in motivation.Results: Three categories of responses were identified proving that there were statistically distinguishable differences in enrolment motivation.Conclusion: Three course motivational factors explain why students choose to register for an entrepreneurship course.Contribution: This study finds that not all students who have enrolled for a course in entrepreneurship have a desire or interest in entrepreneurship. This study suggests items and dimensions for measuring course enrolment motivation. Hence, the study also introduces a new measure that should be considered in future studies on the impact of EE and suggests further studies to confirm whether it impacts on EE. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2024-01-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajesbm.v16i1.673 | |
| Source | The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management; Vol 16, No 1 (2024); 8 pages 2071-3185 2522-7343 | |
| Language | eng | |
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