RT Journal Article
T1 Feeling the risks: effects of the development of emotional competences with outdoor training on the entrepreneurial intent of university students
A1 Padilla-Meléndez, Antonio
A1 Fernández-Gámez, Manuel Ángel
A1 Molina-Gómez, Jesús
K1 Inteligencia emocional
AB Nowadays, one of the roles of universities is the promotion of entrepreneurship, particularly, among students. Research on entrepreneurship at an individual level of analysis focuses on the personal characteristics and the entrepreneurial attitude that stimulate its development, studying the factors affecting that some individuals discover and exploit opportunities by creating a company, while others do not. Yet, it has been proved that psychological characteristics of individuals affect their entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, experiential learning techniques, such as outdoor training have been showed as useful to change emotional competences. However, there is not any research on how changes in emotional competencies influence individual entrepreneurial intent in university students, particularly after participating in an outdoor training experience. This paper analyses quantitative and qualitative data of last-year university students who participated in an outdoor training experience, measuring its emotional competences and entrepreneurial orientation, before and after that experience. It contributes to the understanding on how changes in emotional competences affect the entrepreneurial intent of university students. Results indicate that changes in emotional competences, such as self-management, social awareness, and relationship management affect entrepreneurial orientation, particularly innovation and risk, affecting, thus, entrepreneurial intention.
PB Springer
YR 2014
FD 2014-05-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37467
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37467
LA eng
NO Padilla-Meléndez, A., Fernández-Gámez, M.A. & Molina-Gómez, J. Feeling the risks: effects of the development of emotional competences with outdoor training on the entrepreneurial intent of university students. Int Entrep Manag J 10, 861–884 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-014-0310-y
NO Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026