Table 3. Lecturer competencies that...

Table 3.

Lecturer competencies that support students’ entrepreneurial intentions and behaviours

Improving entrepreneurial intentions through teaching methods

“He [the interviewee’s professor] always instructed us not to take just theoretical lessons from the subjects; rather, learn practical lessons from them and how to implement them in real-life situations”. – E1
“When I decided to start my own company, I always look back at what we learned. How we learned and what was taught by the professor always help me in different situations”. – E8
“I opened up my company, developing it slow and steadily. I would say perhaps I attribute this idea of starting up my enterprise due to the motivation I got from this professor. He always motivated us, directly or indirectly, to start a business”. – E8

Promoting practice-based learning

“[My] professor was the owner of one of the biggest breweries in Denmark .... During our classes with him, we were asked to work on business plans, gather data – primary and secondary. We were doing competitor analysis, and the best part was his criticism of the ideas we developed. It was bang-on, and we always had the opportunity to retrospect what we did. With all these activities I was involved in, I always wanted to start something of my own and develop it”. – E8
“A project for which we had to visit a company or a cafe or any outlet and try to understand their business model, observe, and give our inputs and speak to a representative working there. There was a questionnaire on which we were working .... So, I selected an art gallery. I went there, as it was close to my heart. I understood what the business model was. And then, I came back and submitted my questionnaire to the professor with all my findings. I developed an idea for how this business model could work. It eventually helped me in setting up my online gallery. I understood how paintings could be sold on that. I had that intention. When my professor told me that, I could also look at it as a new venture”. – E11

Serving as a role model (showing initiative and achieving goals)

“We had a lecturer who has her clinic set up. And she has many women therapists working there. She promotes LGBTQ rights. And she promotes feminism. . . . I think she’s sort of influenced a lot in what we do”. – E10
“For example, there was a situation where we worked on a project related to airlines, and this professor motivated us and appreciated the idea and asked our team to go present it to Ryanair. We could not do that with Ryanair, but we went to Budapest to share this idea with Wizz Air. The professor helped us in getting funds for our travel, and he arranged the visit, which motivated us to pursue such ideas for the future”. – E8

Improving entrepreneurial intentions through teaching methods	“He [the interviewee’s professor] always instructed us not to take just theoretical lessons from the subjects; rather, learn practical lessons from them and how to implement them in real-life situations”. – E1“When I decided to start my own company, I always look back at what we learned. How we learned and what was taught by the professor always help me in different situations”. – E8“I opened up my company, developing it slow and steadily. I would say perhaps I attribute this idea of starting up my enterprise due to the motivation I got from this professor. He always motivated us, directly or indirectly, to start a business”. – E8
Promoting practice-based learning	“[My] professor was the owner of one of the biggest breweries in Denmark .... During our classes with him, we were asked to work on business plans, gather data – primary and secondary. We were doing competitor analysis, and the best part was his criticism of the ideas we developed. It was bang-on, and we always had the opportunity to retrospect what we did. With all these activities I was involved in, I always wanted to start something of my own and develop it”. – E8“A project for which we had to visit a company or a cafe or any outlet and try to understand their business model, observe, and give our inputs and speak to a representative working there. There was a questionnaire on which we were working .... So, I selected an art gallery. I went there, as it was close to my heart. I understood what the business model was. And then, I came back and submitted my questionnaire to the professor with all my findings. I developed an idea for how this business model could work. It eventually helped me in setting up my online gallery. I understood how paintings could be sold on that. I had that intention. When my professor told me that, I could also look at it as a new venture”. – E11
Serving as a role model (showing initiative and achieving goals)	“We had a lecturer who has her clinic set up. And she has many women therapists working there. She promotes LGBTQ rights. And she promotes feminism. . . . I think she’s sort of influenced a lot in what we do”. – E10“For example, there was a situation where we worked on a project related to airlines, and this professor motivated us and appreciated the idea and asked our team to go present it to Ryanair. We could not do that with Ryanair, but we went to Budapest to share this idea with Wizz Air. The professor helped us in getting funds for our travel, and he arranged the visit, which motivated us to pursue such ideas for the future”. – E8

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