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Boundary crossing ahead: perspectives of entrepreneurship by sustainability educators in higher education
Lynne Wyness,
Paul Jones 
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 183 - 200
Swansea University Author:
Paul Jones
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/08276331.2018.1493338
Abstract
The study provides a novel investigation of university sustainability educators and evaluates their knowledge and perspectives of entrepreneurship through the theoretical lens of communities of practice. This study offers key insights into how entrepreneurial education can positively impact upon sus...
| Published in: | Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship |
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| ISSN: | 0827-6331 2169-2610 |
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Routledge Taylor & Francis
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45362 |
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The study provides a novel investigation of university sustainability educators and evaluates their knowledge and perspectives of entrepreneurship through the theoretical lens of communities of practice. This study offers key insights into how entrepreneurial education can positively impact upon sustainability educators behaviors and practices. This study explores, through a UK and European semi-structured survey of sustainability educators, three key research questions. Firstly, how an entrepreneurial or an enterprising approach contributes to solving sustainability problems? Secondly, the extent to which sustainability education programs in universities are making reference to enterprise/entrepreneurship? The study found that sustainability educators had mixed, but predominantly negative or absent, attitudes towards entrepreneurship and its perceived value towards sustainability. The results indicate that far greater collaboration and interaction is required between the disciplines to support this evolution to enhance their potential to collaborate and exchange best practice. Thus the University sectors strategic decision makers need to take responsibility for developing and encouraging such conversations. |
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| Keywords: |
sustainability, educators, entrepreneurship, communities of practice |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
3 |
| Start Page: |
183 |
| End Page: |
200 |