Industry placement, authentic experience and the development of venturing and technology self-efficacy

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 738-752

  Lucas, William A ^a   Cooper, Sarah Y ^b   Ward, Tony ^c   Cave, Frank ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authentic experience; Higher education; Industry placement; Self efficacy; Technology; Venturing

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROLE MODEL; SCIENCE , ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES; SELF-EFFICACY; SOCIAL SETTINGS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VENTURING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; INNOVATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 69949105949     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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