Entrepreneurs are more than ever very important economic actors in all societies. In many countries such as Canada, governments are mobilizing school curricula to include activities aimed to develop entrepreneurship competencies in high school students. However, there is no clear data on the actual level of these competencies among high school students and adults as well (Yergeau & Gingras, 2023). Accordingly, there is also few instruments intended to evaluate dimensions of entrepreneurship. This study examines the factorial solution of a modified version of an open online instrument aiming at measuring entrepreneurship qualities. The original Entrepreneurship Qualities Questionnaire (EQQ, L'Heureux et al., 2000) contains 59 items grouped in 6 continuous scales (Commitment, Motivation, Result-oriented, Creativity, Self-competition, Leadership) and a Total score. The EQQ 2.0 is an updated version based on previous work showing some items factor loadings were problematic in the original factorial solution (Yergeau, Busque-Carrier, Gingras & Lépine, 2023). A sample of 5527 high school students and n=5309 adults from the province of Québec have answered the EQQ between 2013 and 2023. An exploratory structural equation modeling within confirmatory factor analysis (EwC) was used to assess the second-order factor structure used by the EQQ 2.0. EwC mostly replicated the novel four first-order and one second-order factor structure. Results were validated with a subsample. Overall, these findings support the utility of the EQQ 2.0 to assess entrepreneurship qualities.

Authors:
Eric Yergeau, Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada

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Professor Eric Yergeau is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Universite de Sherbrooke in Canada

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