Special Issue of IJEBR

Call for papers for
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
Special Issue on Developing Enterprising Individuals

Guest Editors:

Dr Elaine Ramsey, University of Ulster
Dr Kelly Smith, University of Huddersfield
Professor Lynn Martin, Manchester Metropolitan University

Acknowledging Gibb's call for a new approach to the study and teaching of entrepreneurship, and recognising wider societal needs for enterprising individuals, this call for papers encourages submission of conceptual, empirical, survey and case-based papers around the topic of developing enterprising individuals.

Deadline for full paper submission: 31st January 2010

Author Guidelines
How to Submit your Article

Details of Call

What is entrepreneurship education for and how does this affect the content of what is provided? Kuratko and Hodgetts (2004, 30) describe entrepreneurship as “a dynamic process of vision, change, and creation, requiring an application of energy and passion towards the creation and implementation of new ideas and creative solutions”. This was supported by earlier views of entrepreneurship. In 1993 Gustafson suggested that entrepreneurship education would be an ideal context for students to address “their identity, objectives, hopes, relation to society, and the tension between thought and action”. In 1995 Kourilsky commented on the over-focus of much of entrepreneurship education on business management rather than other aspects such as recognition of opportunities.

Since then there have been broad developments in the field of entrepreneurship education across developed and developing countries and across educational levels of education from school to post university as part of lifelong learning. In that time, entrepreneurship education is still more often related to business start up and management rather than the development of the individual to cope with creativity and change (Kirby, 2004; Kuratjo and Hodgetts, 2004). In addition to the current provision ignoring individual needs, the traditional focus on business and new venture management provides an inadequate basis for responding to societal needs and proposes the wider notion of 'enterprise' (Gibb, 2002).

Acknowledging Gibb’s call for a new approach to the study and teaching of entrepreneurship which recognises the wider societal needs for enterprising individuals, and given that “entrepreneurship is not solely the prerogative of business but encompasses priests, doctors, teachers, policemen, pensioners and community workers and, indeed, potentially everyone in the community”.-this special edition has been devised to explore how such individuals can be supported in their development

To develop individual and societal responses also implies new approaches to the teaching of enterprise or/and entrepreneurship. “Clearly, for entrepreneurship education to embrace the 21st century, professors must become more competent in the use of academic technology and also expand their pedagogies to include new and innovative approaches to the teaching of entrepreneurship” (Solomon, Duffy, Tarabishy, 2002, 82).

This call for papers encourages submission of conceptual, empirical, survey, and case-based papers, which explore, question and review the topics around this issue, including but not limited to:

The societal implications of entrepreneurship seen in community terms
The distinctions between entrepreneurship and enterprise education, entrepreneur and enterprising individuals – if these exist
Whether enterprise education encourages innovation and creativity, prepares the individual for change and is accessible to groups under-represented in enterprise activities
The development of curriculum to develop enterprising individuals as core curriculum or dedicated programmes both within and across faculty boundaries
The links between enterprise and new technologies and impacts on the wider curriculum
The results of enterprise education, feedback and career trajectories
Initiatives and programmes to assess the impacts of enterprise education
Enterprise and entrepreneurial activity within employment and the public sector

Submissions are to be prepared in a form consistent with the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research style guide. Publication is scheduled for a special issue of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research in 2011.

References

Gibb, A., (2002), In Pursuit of a New 'Enterprise' and 'Entrepreneurship' Paradigm for Learning: Creative Destruction, New Values, New Ways of Doing Things and New Combinations of Knowledge. International Journal of Management Reviews, 4, 213-231

Kirby, D. A., (2004), Entrepreneurship education: can business schools meet the challenge? Education + Training, 46, 8/9, 510 - 519

Kourilsky, M. L., (1995), Entrepreneurship Education: Opportunity In Search Of Curriculum, Business Education Forum, October 1995

Kuratko, D.F. & Hodgetts, R.M. 2004. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice (Mason,

OH; South-Western Publishers).Solomon, G.T., Duffy, S., & Tarabishy, A. 2002. “The State of Entrepreneurship Education in the United States: A Nationwide Survey and Analysis.” International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 1(1): 65-86.

How to Submit Your Article

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If you do not have an author account on the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research then you will need to create yourself an account, even if you have an account on a different journal. Please see the instructions below explaining how to register.

Registering on ScholarOne Manuscripts

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Log on to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijebr
Click on the create account link at the top right of the screen.
Follow the on-screen instructions, filling in the requested details before proceeding
Your username will be your email address and you have to input a password of at least 8 characters in length and containing two or more numbers
Click 'Finish' and your account has been created

Submitting an article

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Click on the Author Centre button.
Click on the ‘click here to submit a new manuscript’ link which will take you through to the Manuscript Submission page.
Complete all fields and browse to upload your article. Please include your structured abstract in your article file.
At the 'please select the type of issue' (step 4) please highlight “Developing Enterprising Individuals” in the dropdown list
You must upload a minimum of 2 files: An anonymous article file (you should upload the title page – with all author contact details - as a separate file) because we operate double blind peer review
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The deadline for full paper submission is the 31st January 2010.