How Does Entrepreneurship Education in Secondary Education Affect Entrepreneurship in the Workplace?

－Study Based on Long-Term Practice Cases and 10 Year Follow Up－

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education, currently practiced around the world, is one effective means of promoting individual entrepreneurship. However, in conventional entrepreneurship education research, the main effectiveness indicator is the students' entrepreneurial intention, which is difficult to apply to Japanese society, where employment is common. In addition, research has mainly focused on programs implemented in higher education, and the effects of implementation in secondary education, which is expected in the future, have not yet been elucidated. Based on this awareness of these issues, this study aims to elucidate the effects of entrepreneurship education programs in secondary education on the abilities and behaviors of students who have entered the workforce and their long-term processes. This study takes the entrepreneurship education program at Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin as an advanced case study of entrepreneurship education in secondary education in Japan. using questionnaire data from 246 graduates in 2020, we conducted a structural analysis of covariance and found that (1) entrepreneurship education in middle and high school promotes self-determined behavior in middle and high school, and (2) self-determined behavior in middle and high school influences leadership in and out of college, and (3) leadership in and out of college influences career purpose and entrepreneurship after entering the workforce, long-term processes were extracted.