Exploring Ways to Measure Entrepreneurial Mindset: The development of a Student-Focused Effectual Logic Assessment Instrument

摘要

The theory of effectuation proposes a model of entrepreneurial decision making that explains how expert entrepreneurs pursue new venture creation in non-predictive ways. The basis of the theory, an 'effectual logic' is demonstrated through a set of heuristics that drive the behavior of experienced and successful entrepreneurs. In her initial proposal of effectuation, Sarasvathy identified the theory as valuable content to be integrated into entrepreneurship education given that it is an explanation of entrepreneurial action grounded in the behavior of real entrepreneurs.