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Three-capital approach to the study of young people who excel in vocational occupations: a case of worldSkills competitors and entrepreneurship
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Abstract This paper examines the entrepreneurial inclinations of young people who achieved excellence in vocational occupations. We propose a three-capital approach to the study of entrepreneurship. Relying on the existing theories and original qualitative and quantitative data analyses, findings from interv... view more
This paper examines the entrepreneurial inclinations of young people who achieved excellence in vocational occupations. We propose a three-capital approach to the study of entrepreneurship. Relying on the existing theories and original qualitative and quantitative data analyses, findings from interviews with 30 entrepreneurial and 10 non-entrepreneurial WorldSkills competitors show that psychological capital, social capital and human capital can be combined to explore how young people who excel in vocational occupations develop entrepreneurial mindsets. We show that training for and participation in the largest vocational skills event globally -WorldSkills competition- develops selected aspects of three capitals. However, we also discover that the entrepreneurial motivation precedes competitors' involvement with WorldSkills. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
interview; training; self-efficacy; autonomy; human capital; vocational education; social capital; employability; resilience; entrepreneurship; adolescent; occupational psychology; case study; occupational choice; motivation
Classification
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 46-65
Journal
International journal for research in vocational education and training, 3 (2016) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.3.1.4
ISSN
2197-8646
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works