I was delighted to find out on Friday that my paper ‘Unpacking the link between entrepreneurialism and employability‘ published in Education + Training was identified as a highly commended paper (joint runner up) in the Outstanding Paper category of the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. The paper will now be open and free for everyone to access and view until June 2018.
The paper is the first attempt (that I am aware of) to quantitatively link entrepreneurship/enterprise attributes to graduate employability. I think this offers a contribution to help move the field forward. The findings help to underline the argument that some entrepreneurship and enterprise education is important for everyone, not just those considering setting up a business. But entrepreneurship and enterprise education can help to secure employment in a professional or managerial field, which are often seen as a graduate level roles. A simple overview of the paper and its findings, along with a infographic can be found here.
Robin Bell 