Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Effect of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practical Education on Career Maturity: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Problem Solving Ability

창업 이론 및 실습교육이 진로성숙도에 미치는 영향: 문제해결능력 매개 효과 중심으로

  • Received : 2022.03.10
  • Accepted : 2022.06.24
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Recently, the necessity and importance of entrepreneurship education in universities in terms of nurturing creative talents and career paths have been emphasized. This study attempted to examine the mechanism of how the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education affects career maturity by dividing it into theoretical education and practical entrepreneurship education with problem-solving competency rather than a single dimension. This study performed an empirical analysis using Smart PLS for 153 college students. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, it was found that theoretical and practical entrepreneurship education had a significant positive (+) effect on problem-solving ability. Second, theoretical entrepreneurship education had a positive (+) effect on career maturity. but practical entrepreneurship education did not have a direct significant effect on career maturity. Third, problem-solving ability had a positive (+) effect on career maturity. Finally, the mediating effect analysis revealed that problem-solving ability had mediating effects on both entrepreneurship education and career maturity of college students. In conclusion, this study has its significance in that it presents the effectiveness and direction of entrepreneurship education both in theory and practice at a time when it is urgent to foster inspiring and creative talent in universities to meet the demands of the times. In particular, it was analyzed that entrepreneurship education conducted at universities is required to upgrade the curriculum, content, methodology, and subject design of practical entrepreneurship education, and there is an urgent need for improvement so that the effect of practical entrepreneurship education can have a significant effect on career maturity.

대학교육에서는 창의적인 인재육성과 진로 개척 차원에서 창업교육에 관한 필요성이 강조되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 창업교육을 이론교육과 실습교육으로 구분하여 대학생의 진로성숙도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 연구하였다. 그리고 새로운 변화에 적응하고 극복하기 위한 핵심역량으로 문제해결력 능력 매개 효과에 관해서 연구하였다. 본 연구는 대학생 153명을 대상으로 Smart PLS를 활용하여 실증분석을 진행하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 창업이론교육과 창업실습교육은 문제해결능력에 유의미한 긍정의 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 창업이론교육은 진로성숙도에 긍정의 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나, 창업실습교육은 진로성숙도에 직접적인 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 문제해결능력은 진로성숙도에 긍정의 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 문제해결능력은 대학생들의 창업교육(이론, 실습)과 진로성숙도 사이에서 매개 효과가 있음을 밝혔다. 본 연구결과는 창업이론 및 실습교육이 문제해결능력에 미치는 직접 효과, 창업이론 교육이 진로성숙도에 미치는 직접 효과를 도출하였지만, 창업실습은 진로성숙도에 미치는 직접 효과는 없다. 반면 창업실습-문제해결-진로성숙도의 간접효과를 판단해 볼 때 매개 효과가 있는 것으로 밝혀져, 창업 실습교육은 창업 이론교육과 달리 그 자체로서는 진로성숙도에 유의미한 영향을 끼치지는 못하였다. 그러므로 대학의 창업 실습교육에 대한 개선이 필요하며, 진로성숙도에 영향을 미치기 위해서는 반드시 문제해결능력을 함양할 수 있도록 교육 설계가 필요하다는 시사점을 도출하였다.

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