Title: The impact of the passion for teaching entrepreneurship: a conceptual model

Authors: Mohsen Tavakoli; Miruna Radu-Lefebvre; Alain Fayolle

Addresses: Burgundy School of Business, Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, CEREN EA 7477, Dijon, France ' Audencia Business School, 8 Route de la Jonelière, 44312 Nantes, France ' CREA, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale, 121, 09124 Cagliari, CA, Italy; IDRAC Business School, 47 Rue du Sergent Michel Berthet, 69009, Lyon, France; Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland

Abstract: Growing evidence suggests that the passion for teaching entrepreneurship substantially contributes to the effectiveness of education programmes. This paper conceptually explores the role of teachers in entrepreneurship education (EE), with a focus on student outcomes. Specifically, the paper focuses on the impact of harmonious and obsessive passions for teaching and entrepreneurship on student-level outcomes such as programme satisfaction, learning and venture creation. Our conceptual model contributes to the EE literature by revealing the underestimated role of passion for teaching entrepreneurship in EE.

Keywords: entrepreneurship education; effectiveness; outcomes; entrepreneurship education effects; impacts on students; teacher's role; passion for entrepreneurship; passion for teaching; harmonious passion; obsessive passion.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2025.144224

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2025 Vol.54 No.3, pp.309 - 333

Accepted: 04 Jan 2023
Published online: 03 Feb 2025 *

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