Abstract
Although most students of entrepreneurship education find employment in established organizations after graduation, the employability of entrepreneurship education graduates remains largely overlooked in the education research literature. In this conceptual paper, the authors address this gap to motivate a future research agenda. The paper describes how entrepreneurship education may enable or impede the graduates’ entrance, development and transition in the labour market. To develop the theoretical arguments, the authors build on a processual conceptualization of employability. Seven propositions are presented to conceptually explore how competencies that are obtained through entrepreneurship education may influence the employability of graduates in a dynamic labour market. The propositions lay the groundwork for future studies on entrepreneurship education graduates’ employability and set a research agenda for how the employability of these graduates could be studied.
Highlights
Most students of entrepreneurship education find employment in established organizations after graduation, the employability of entrepreneurship education graduates remains largely overlooked in the education research literature
Entrepreneurship has long been seen as a vehicle for economic growth and innovation (Matlay, 2008), and is becoming even more important as we move from a stable to a volatile and dynamic labour market
Most entrepreneurship education (EE) graduates become employed in established organizations, studies focusing on the employability of entrepreneurial graduates are still largely missing from the EE literature
Summary
Most students of entrepreneurship education find employment in established organizations after graduation, the employability of entrepreneurship education graduates remains largely overlooked in the education research literature. The protean careerists can repackage their skills to fit a changing work environment and remain relevant and employable, as well as adapting to different roles and positions in the labour market.
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