dc.creator | Cárdenas Gutiérrez, Antonio Ramón | es |
dc.creator | Bernal Guerrero, Antonio | es |
dc.creator | Montoro Fernández, Elisabet | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-15T10:09:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-15T10:09:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cárdenas Gutiérrez, A.R., Bernal Guerrero, A. y Montoro Fernández, E. (2021). Construction and validation of the Basic Scale of Entrepreneurial Competencies for the Secondary Education level. A study conducted in Spain. Plos One, 16 (4), 0249903/1-21. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249903. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/139425 | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction
The impact of entrepreneurship training on the levels of compulsory education has been
weak until now. Complementarily to the demand of greater effectiveness in entrepreneur-
ship education, it is a priority to make scientifically verified instruments available to pro-
vide useful information about the achievement of the competences needed for the
development of entrepreneurial capacities. Our research is focused on the design and
assessment of entrepreneurship competency, tackling one the dimension concerning
business skills or competences. Specifically, the aim of the study consists in the
development, validation and reliability of an instrument, intended for secondary educa-
tion, created with the purpose of detecting the strictly indispensable entrepreneurial com-
petencies in the basic training of the business profile, the Basic Scale of Entrepreneurial
Competencies (BSEC).
Methods
The research was developed in three phases via qualitative and quantitative methods. In
the development phase the items were generated and the dimensions and components of
entrepreneurship competency were identified. Also, the content and face validity were car-
ried out, where experts (n = 48) and students (n = 24) took part. In the recruitment phase a
multi-stage sampling stratified by conglomerates was performed, obtaining a sample of
1440 students, aged between 11 and 17 years old (M = 14.6, SD = 1.597) and a composition
by sex of 679 girls and 761 boys. Construct validity was evaluated in the assessment stage
through factor analysis (EFA and CFA). Later, the reliability was studied via the Cronbach ́s
α coefficient and the stability and reproducibility over time with the test-restest technique.
Finally, the convergent and divergent validity were evaluated through the average variance
extracted (AVE), the composite reliability (CR) and the square root of the AVE Results
44 items were developed in the phase of generating items. After carrying out the validity of
the content, there were 14 items with acceptable values in the Content Validity Ratio
(CVR.89) and in the Content Validity Index (CVI.92). During the validation of the scale, the
results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a first-order trifactorial
structure and a second-order factor. The scale’s stability was appropriate, having an ICC =
.92. The convergent validity results with Composite Reliability (CR) scores > 0.7 and the
Average Variance Extracted (AVE) >. 0.50, along with the square root values of the AVE
greater than the correlations between the other constructs show us important evidence of
the validity of the Scale. The structure of the BSEC is made up of 13 items and three
domains: Operations and Marketing Competencies (OMC), Competencies in Socio-Busi-
ness and Legal Organization (CSBLO) and Economic-Financial Competencies (EFC).
Conclusions
The results of the research reflect its validity and reliability. This Scale has an evident useful-
ness for the training and assessment of entrepreneurship competence. Specifically, it is effi-
cient for the valuation of entrepreneurial competencies in adolescent students in the stage
prior to their incorporation into the work environment or their integration into the itineraries
leading to higher education levels | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 21 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Frantisek Sudzina, Aalborg University, DENMARK | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Plos One, 16 (4), 0249903/1-21. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Construction and validation of the Basic Scale of Entrepreneurial Competencies for the Secondary Education level. A study conducted in Spain | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación y Pedagogía Social | es |
dc.relation.projectID | EDU- 2013-42936-P | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249903 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0249903 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Plos One | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 16 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 4 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 0249903/1 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 21 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain, State Plan 2013-2016 Excellence | es |