Lessons from entrepreneurship education: Diary studies on entrepreneurial intentions

Entrepreneurship education is an educational activity to foster entrepreneurial attitudes and skills and is a determinant of entrepreneurial intention (EI), that is the desire to start a business . Scholars demonstrate that both personality related aspects and traits as well as contextual factors - for instance, educational input - affect EI. EI evolved to a core construct in entrepreneurship research as it comprises the evaluation of desirability and feasibility of an entrepreneurial opportunity and eventually leads to entrepreneurial behavior. This study aims to extend the understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurship education and EI, particularly in terms of the development of EI and its change over time. Drawing on a diary study with 30 participants that are surveyed during a start-up boot camp training in the course of a one-year incubation program at a start-up center at a German university, our study is addressing a holistic perspective.