PUBLICATIONS
RESEARCH STREAM ON COMPETENCIES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
- Theoretical Paper: Somià, T. (2022). “A Dynamic Gender-Barriers Framework to Women’s Entrepreneurship: A Competency-Based Perspective.” Journal of the International Council for Small Business, October 13, 2022, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/26437015.2022.2122908
- Video abstract: https://t.co/UuxxFMPmQE
This paper presents a new dynamic gender-barriers framework that aims to provide an updated, layered, and contextualized view of barriers and seeks to further a holistic understanding of women’s entrepreneurship and its evolution.
This work focuses attention on individual barriers, related to a lack of specific competencies, and offers recommendations to practitioners, policy makers, and ecosystem supporters on how to effectively contribute to the competency development of women entrepreneurs.
Strategies and policies to develop the competencies, through experiential entrepreneurship programs and executive coaching initiatives, can produce a ripple effect across different layers of society, contributing to reduce the gender gap.
The paper is green open access, the accepted version will be available on April, 13th 2024 at this link:
https://zenodo.org/records/10017336
RESEARCH STREEM ON IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON COMPETENCIES
- Vecchiarini M. and Somià T. (2023) “Redefining Entrepreneurship Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Explorative Analysis”, The International Journal of Management Education, Volume 21, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100879
Could Artificial Intelligence truly be the game-changer that transforms entrepreneurship education?
This is the question we set out to explore, and the findings are detailed in this article.
Our study revealed that ChatGPT can enhance various aspects of entrepreneurship education.
From exploring and validating innovative business ideas to fine-tuning pitch presentations, ChatGPT can be a powerful ally in fostering entrepreneurial competencies.
The paper is Open Access also available at this link:
RESEARCH STREAM ON COACHABILITY COMPETENCIES
- Somià T, Lechner C., Pittaway L., (2024) “Assessment and Development of Coachability in Entrepreneurship Education” submitted in The International Journal of Management Education, Volume 22, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100921
This study adopts a competency-based approach to study coachability in entrepreneurship education and competency assessment tools, such as Behavioral Event Interviews and a coachability survey.
This research adopts a mixed-methods design combining quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings show that coachability has a positive relationship with educational outcomes. Experiential learning can contribute to the development of coachability competencies.
The paper is Open Access also available at this link:
- Book chapter: Somià, T. (2022) ‘Understanding coachability and its relevance to entrepreneurship education’, in Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2023. Chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 197–217. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803926193.00018
This chapter contributed to understanding the coachability construct, and its relevance to entrepreneurship education, bridging extant studies by integrating insights from competency theory, coaching literature, and practice.
To understand and operationalize the coachability construct, a competency-based approach has been adopted and applied to entrepreneurship education.
