Despite its ever-growing volume, research on entrepreneurial intentions remains largely confined within the context of entrepreneurial education and training. To enhance our understanding of the construct within broader layers of context, we evaluate the role of skills developed during general--not specific to entrepreneurship--university…

Purpose: This study assesses the effects of junior enterprises (JEs) on the entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of engineering higher education students, compared to a group of social sciences students. Design/methodology/approach: This research analyses a sample of 132 students enrolled in engineering higher education courses in Portugal and…

Kenneth Burke, whose positions have served as the basis for countless research projects in speech communication, believes that people are actors acting out life in the social drama with the purpose of achieving the ultimate good. Considering speakers as actors centers attention on the analysis of individuals in terms of their actions as actors and…

The effects of a training manual designed to decrease dating discomfort and increase social skills were investigated. Males (n=22) who saw themselves as socially anxious and lacking in social and dating skills volunteered to take part in a program designed to increase dating frequency, communication skills, and comfort in male-female interactions.…

Presents a 15-month follow-up to a study comparing inductive social skills training to skill assembly social skills training and cognitive-relaxation coping skills interventions for general anger reduction in college students. Compared to control group, counseled groups reported lower trait anger, general anger, anger across many situations, and…