...Alberto Vidal-Vilaplana; María Huertas González-Serrano; Ferran Calabuig-Moreno Purpose To analyse the degree to which elite student athletes acquire different soft skills (resilience, creativity, proactivity and problem solving) and the role they play in their perceived employability. Design...

...Inger Beate Pettersen; Bjørn Willy Åmo; Elma van der Lingen; Kari Håvåg Voldsund; Judit Johnstad Bragelien Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore creativity and how it changes over time among engineering students in practice-based entrepreneurship in higher education. This change...

...Ana Paula Rodrigues; Filipa Eira Jorge; Carlos André Pires; Patrícia António Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of spirituality and emotional intelligence in understanding creativity, attitudes towards entrepreneurship, perceived behavioural control (PBC) and entrepreneurial...

...Mercedes Mareque; Elena de Prada Creo; Maria Beatriz Gonzalez-Sanchez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a positive impact on the student body’s overall...

...María-del-Mar Camacho-Miñano; Cristina del Campo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the creativity level of business administration undergraduates who have attended an entrepreneurship seminar in contrast to those that have not. Design/methodology/approach Using two samples...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Mario Rosique-Blasco; Antonia Madrid-Guijarro; Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneurial skills (such as creativity, proactivity and risk tolerance) and socio-cultural factors (such as role model and businessman...

... draws to understand the interaction between gender and creativity and the potential mediation involving life roles and goals. Findings – The empirical results are threefold. First, the results show that creativity has a direct and positive effect on entrepreneurial intentions. Second, gender did...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Kathryn Penaluna; Andy Penaluna; Caroline Usei; Dinah Griffiths Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the process that underpinned and informed the development and delivery of a “creativity-led” credit-bearing teacher training provision and to illuminate...

... experts. Teaching experiments were then conducted on 120 college students to understand how well that instructional cycle leads to improvements regarding each creativity indicator, and how feasible the cycle's employability enhancement approach is. Findings – This study concluded eight indicators...

...Harry Matlay; Jarna Heinonen; Ulla Hytti; Pekka Stenholm Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationships between student creativity, various opportunity search strategies, and the viability of business ideas developed during an entrepreneurship education module. Design/methodology...

... Describes research into the way graduates are inducted into an organization. Investigates, in particular, the extent to which organizations encourage innovation among their future managers. Contends that, while there is much talk about fostering innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship...

... Programmes put business of creativity in focus Keywords: Creativity, Entrepreneurialism A group of four higher education institutions has been awarded £430,000 from the European Social Fund for two projects aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills. The money will go to the Higher...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Engineering Creativity Careers "Engineering needs the brightest brains" Keywords: Engineering, Creativity, Careers Engineer, designer and entrepreneur James Dyson, famous for inventing the bagless vacuum cleaner, is urging the brightest...

... year undergraduate course in Creative Management. Students, in syndicate groups, were asked to invent their own business idea. By simulating make‐believe situations in the classroom, we aimed to approximate feelings purportedly experienced by business managers as they innovate, such as “creative...

.... Desk denizens periodically change places with Disney workers who welcome the public. The aim is to keep them in touch with what the organization is all about. Creativity Employee development Leadership Training © MCB UP Limited 1998 All employees, referred to as “cast members...