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Music Students’ Definitions, Evaluations, and Rationalizations of Entrepreneurship

2019; Routledge; Volume: 49; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10632921.2019.1646178

ISSN

1930-7799

Autores

Ben Toscher, Aksel Morris Bjørnø,

Tópico(s)

Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Resumo

Entrepreneurship education in higher music education has grown rapidly, yet little is known about what music students think of entrepreneurship. Using a qualitative description approach guided by analytic rigor, we present results from a survey of 114 music students. Respondents most commonly define entrepreneurship as "self-employment" as introduced by McClelland, with a Schumpeterian theme of "innovation and disequilibrium" following behind. Fifty-two percent of respondents value entrepreneurial skills as important for their careers; forty-three percent do not know if entrepreneurial skills are important for their careers. Finally, we discuss how they rationalize these evaluations. Implications for educators and practitioners are discussed.

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