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Entrepreneurial Competence in Higher Education: An Assessment of the Importance Attributed to It by Final-Year Undergraduate Students

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Publicado en:World vol. 6, no. 3 (2025), p. 110-128
Autor principal: Lambarri Villa María
Otros Autores: Gordon-Isasi Janire, Arrondo Diez Elvira
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MDPI AG
Materias:
University of Deusto
Higher education
Collaboration
Curricula
Sociocultural factors
Gender differences
Entrepreneurs
Social commitment
Undergraduate students
University students
Business students
Competence
Colleges & universities
Intrapreneurs
Employability
Skills
Innovations
Motivation
Entrepreneurship
Perceptions
Academic disciplines
Sustainable development
College students
Teaching
Social impact
Self employment
Self-efficacy
Critical thinking
Campuses
Social responsibility
Cultural factors
Gender
Undergraduate education
College faculty
Attitudes
Social factors
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Resumen:In an increasingly complex global context, higher education faces the challenge of preparing professionals who are innovative, committed, and socially responsible. Entrepreneurial competence is particularly prominent among the key skills required to meet this goal, given its significant personal and social impact. This study examines how final-year undergraduate students at the University of Deusto (Spain) perceive the importance of entrepreneurial competence—defined as a set of transversal skills, knowledge, and attitudes enabling initiative and opportunity recognition across various contexts—rather than entrepreneurial competence strictly understood as business creation. The sample included 267 students from different faculties. Descriptive, comparative, and ordinal logistic regression analyses (SPSS) were used. The results show that, while entrepreneurial competence was given significant importance, it was ranked comparatively low relative to other competencies. Significant differences by gender were observed, with women rating entrepreneurial competence more highly than men. The faculty variable showed slight disparities, and there were no relevant differences between campuses. These findings highlight the need to reinforce the integration of entrepreneurial competence into educational curricula on a transversal basis, adapting the teaching of this competence to the sociocultural context of students, as well as the need to increase students’ awareness of the importance of entrepreneurial competence. It is proposed that further research should focus on the relationships between intrapreneurship, gender, and academic disciplines, in order to enrich entrepreneurial competence education and its impact on the employability and social commitment of students.
ISSN:2673-4060
DOI:10.3390/world6030110
Fuente:Social Science Database