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Papers by Anabela Dinis
Entrepreneurship Education and Training, 2015
This article looks at the Serra da Estrela mountain range as a tourist destination in the context... more This article looks at the Serra da Estrela mountain range as a tourist destination in the context of the inland Portuguese tourist destinations, identifying its direct competitors as well those that complement its tourism offer. We note the changes in national tourist dynamics, with the inland regions growing at a faster rate than the coastal ones. As a tourist destination
Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2011
The identification of the entrepreneurs' characteristics and the knowledge of the entrepreneurial... more The identification of the entrepreneurs' characteristics and the knowledge of the entrepreneurial profile of university students have been assuming a growing importance in the development of educational programs directed towards the entrepreneurship and start-up processes. This study aims to identify the factors that most contribute for the intention to start up a business. The research also tries to identify the profile of a potential entrepreneur student concerning several characteristics: personal attributes, family, demographic variables and motivations. Research findings include the idea that entrepreneurship education is the most relevant factor in what concerns the propensity to business creation. On the other side, personal characteristics have an important role in shaping motivation to start-up a business and perceived hurdles have a negative impact in the intention to start-up. The results may be relevant when developing an adequate educational program directed to the entrepreneurship education and start-up processes.
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2013
Entrepreneurship education has played an important role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions a... more Entrepreneurship education has played an important role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions and furthering the development of enterprising citizens. Thus, education and training can contribute towards increasing management knowledge and developing the psychological attributes and behaviours associated with entrepreneurship. This study therefore seeks to compare the psychological attributes and behaviours associated with entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurial intentions among girls attending a business school and boys attending a sports school. It was expected that the scores recorded for entrepreneurial behaviour and intentions would be higher at the girls' business school, where entrepreneurship education is deeply incorporated into the curriculum, but the results showed that, despite their nor receiving any kind of entrepreneurship education, the boys at the neighbouring sports school, tended to have a greater intention of starting up a business, which suggests that there are other factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions.
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2012
Purpose -The field of entrepreneurship is dotted across different paradigms. Measuring entreprene... more Purpose -The field of entrepreneurship is dotted across different paradigms. Measuring entrepreneurial intention automatically needs to incorporate insights from the psychological approach and behavioral approach. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a comprehensive structural equation model which combines both psychological and behavioral perspectives aiming to identify what variables have influence on entrepreneurial intention of secondary students. Design/methodology/approach -This research was developed involving a sample of secondary students. The method of data collection was a survey by self-administered questionnaire, to two secondary student's classes, with several groups of questions related to demographic characteristics, behavioral and psychological constructs and entrepreneurial intention. Data was analyzed using Structural Equations Modeling (SEM). Findings -The results show that need for achievement, self-confidence, and personal attitude positively affect entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, subjective norms and personal attitude affect perceived behavioral control. These findings could have a significant impact upon the knowledge of the behavioral and psychological theories contributions to the entrepreneurial intention. Implications -Understanding of the ways in which several psychological and behavioral characteristics influence the entrepreneurial intention could help to advance our knowledge of the entrepreneurial process. The educational systems need to be oriented to emphasize and value entrepreneurship in order to promote an enterprise culture. Methods to teach entrepreneurship should also be explored further. Originality/value -This is one of the first studies to provide evidences of the entrepreneurial intention explained by several constructs related to psychological and behavioral characteristics in a 14-15 year old student population. Additionally, most studies of the entrepreneurial intention associated to these approaches have been mostly conceptual, and the few empirical ones have not been used structural equations model. The use of these statistical tests helps us to overcome the limitations evident in conceptual studies and provide evidence of the relationships between behavioral and psychological traits simultaneously.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2011
This paper aims to identify some factors that may be explaining differences among secondary stude... more This paper aims to identify some factors that may be explaining differences among secondary students in start-up intentions. For that, the study develops an entrepreneurial intention model sustained by the use of Azjen's theory of planned behaviour (TPB). This theory is considered as a relevant tool to model the development of entrepreneurial intention through pedagogical processes and learning contexts. Using a sample of students aged between 14 and 15 years old, it was administrated a questionnaire based on the Liñán and Chen's entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ). Data was collected before the entrepreneurship education programme. The purpose is to test a model of entrepreneurial intention using structural equations, before the educational experience.
Education + Training, 2013
ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to test a model of entrepreneurial intentions amo... more ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to test a model of entrepreneurial intentions among secondary students based on their psychological characteristics. Furthermore, this seeks to determine whether teenage students (14-15 years old) possess entrepreneurial characteristics and whether these characteristics correspond to entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach ‐ A sample of secondary students was chosen ranging from 14 to 15 years old. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analysed by univarite statistics and structural equations modelling (PLS) to measure the relationship between the psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions. Findings ‐ The results demonstrate there is a relationship between (some) psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions. The propensity to risk negatively influences entrepreneurial intentions, meanwhile self-confidence and the need for achievement positively influence the construct. The relationship between tolerance and ambiguity, locus of control and innovativeness with entrepreneurial intentions reported no statistical significance. Research limitations/implications ‐ The results reinforce the idea that psychological characteristics (trait approach) influence entrepreneurial intentions. However, the model needs further development through the incorporation of behavioural characteristics. This would allow for the understanding of whether behaviour and trait theories oppose or complement each other. Originality/value ‐ The paper provides important evidence for improving entrepreneurship education for young students. First, it is important to incite and develop some psychological characteristics in order to promote entrepreneurial intentions. Second, entrepreneurship curricula should jointly develop both entrepreneurial characteristics and the awareness among students about the viability of an entrepreneurial career. This may be achieved not only by presenting entrepreneurs as role models, promoting an entrepreneurial culture but also by developing entrepreneurial skills that improve self-confidence.
Entrepreneurship Education and Training, 2015
This article looks at the Serra da Estrela mountain range as a tourist destination in the context... more This article looks at the Serra da Estrela mountain range as a tourist destination in the context of the inland Portuguese tourist destinations, identifying its direct competitors as well those that complement its tourism offer. We note the changes in national tourist dynamics, with the inland regions growing at a faster rate than the coastal ones. As a tourist destination
Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2011
The identification of the entrepreneurs' characteristics and the knowledge of the entrepreneurial... more The identification of the entrepreneurs' characteristics and the knowledge of the entrepreneurial profile of university students have been assuming a growing importance in the development of educational programs directed towards the entrepreneurship and start-up processes. This study aims to identify the factors that most contribute for the intention to start up a business. The research also tries to identify the profile of a potential entrepreneur student concerning several characteristics: personal attributes, family, demographic variables and motivations. Research findings include the idea that entrepreneurship education is the most relevant factor in what concerns the propensity to business creation. On the other side, personal characteristics have an important role in shaping motivation to start-up a business and perceived hurdles have a negative impact in the intention to start-up. The results may be relevant when developing an adequate educational program directed to the entrepreneurship education and start-up processes.
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2013
Entrepreneurship education has played an important role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions a... more Entrepreneurship education has played an important role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions and furthering the development of enterprising citizens. Thus, education and training can contribute towards increasing management knowledge and developing the psychological attributes and behaviours associated with entrepreneurship. This study therefore seeks to compare the psychological attributes and behaviours associated with entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurial intentions among girls attending a business school and boys attending a sports school. It was expected that the scores recorded for entrepreneurial behaviour and intentions would be higher at the girls' business school, where entrepreneurship education is deeply incorporated into the curriculum, but the results showed that, despite their nor receiving any kind of entrepreneurship education, the boys at the neighbouring sports school, tended to have a greater intention of starting up a business, which suggests that there are other factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions.
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2012
Purpose -The field of entrepreneurship is dotted across different paradigms. Measuring entreprene... more Purpose -The field of entrepreneurship is dotted across different paradigms. Measuring entrepreneurial intention automatically needs to incorporate insights from the psychological approach and behavioral approach. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a comprehensive structural equation model which combines both psychological and behavioral perspectives aiming to identify what variables have influence on entrepreneurial intention of secondary students. Design/methodology/approach -This research was developed involving a sample of secondary students. The method of data collection was a survey by self-administered questionnaire, to two secondary student's classes, with several groups of questions related to demographic characteristics, behavioral and psychological constructs and entrepreneurial intention. Data was analyzed using Structural Equations Modeling (SEM). Findings -The results show that need for achievement, self-confidence, and personal attitude positively affect entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, subjective norms and personal attitude affect perceived behavioral control. These findings could have a significant impact upon the knowledge of the behavioral and psychological theories contributions to the entrepreneurial intention. Implications -Understanding of the ways in which several psychological and behavioral characteristics influence the entrepreneurial intention could help to advance our knowledge of the entrepreneurial process. The educational systems need to be oriented to emphasize and value entrepreneurship in order to promote an enterprise culture. Methods to teach entrepreneurship should also be explored further. Originality/value -This is one of the first studies to provide evidences of the entrepreneurial intention explained by several constructs related to psychological and behavioral characteristics in a 14-15 year old student population. Additionally, most studies of the entrepreneurial intention associated to these approaches have been mostly conceptual, and the few empirical ones have not been used structural equations model. The use of these statistical tests helps us to overcome the limitations evident in conceptual studies and provide evidence of the relationships between behavioral and psychological traits simultaneously.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2011
This paper aims to identify some factors that may be explaining differences among secondary stude... more This paper aims to identify some factors that may be explaining differences among secondary students in start-up intentions. For that, the study develops an entrepreneurial intention model sustained by the use of Azjen's theory of planned behaviour (TPB). This theory is considered as a relevant tool to model the development of entrepreneurial intention through pedagogical processes and learning contexts. Using a sample of students aged between 14 and 15 years old, it was administrated a questionnaire based on the Liñán and Chen's entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ). Data was collected before the entrepreneurship education programme. The purpose is to test a model of entrepreneurial intention using structural equations, before the educational experience.
Education + Training, 2013
ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to test a model of entrepreneurial intentions amo... more ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to test a model of entrepreneurial intentions among secondary students based on their psychological characteristics. Furthermore, this seeks to determine whether teenage students (14-15 years old) possess entrepreneurial characteristics and whether these characteristics correspond to entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach ‐ A sample of secondary students was chosen ranging from 14 to 15 years old. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analysed by univarite statistics and structural equations modelling (PLS) to measure the relationship between the psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions. Findings ‐ The results demonstrate there is a relationship between (some) psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions. The propensity to risk negatively influences entrepreneurial intentions, meanwhile self-confidence and the need for achievement positively influence the construct. The relationship between tolerance and ambiguity, locus of control and innovativeness with entrepreneurial intentions reported no statistical significance. Research limitations/implications ‐ The results reinforce the idea that psychological characteristics (trait approach) influence entrepreneurial intentions. However, the model needs further development through the incorporation of behavioural characteristics. This would allow for the understanding of whether behaviour and trait theories oppose or complement each other. Originality/value ‐ The paper provides important evidence for improving entrepreneurship education for young students. First, it is important to incite and develop some psychological characteristics in order to promote entrepreneurial intentions. Second, entrepreneurship curricula should jointly develop both entrepreneurial characteristics and the awareness among students about the viability of an entrepreneurial career. This may be achieved not only by presenting entrepreneurs as role models, promoting an entrepreneurial culture but also by developing entrepreneurial skills that improve self-confidence.