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Entrepreneurial mindset education: Perspectives and applicability to the sport management curriculum

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Given the importance and growth of the sport industry and its impact on a global scale, scholars have argued that sport management students have a need navigate a rapidly growing sport industry. Similarly, the management literatures in a variety of contexts propose the use of an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) as one way to promote this skill in higher education. In this view, the present paper seeks to advance an EM, operationalized as providing students with the opportunities for value-creation, and presents a rationale on how and why integrating an EM can be incorporated within sport management education. Building off Larsen's (2022) typology of EM, we present aspects of EM and how these can influence instructional strategies in sport management. Additionally, we offer potential practical applications for sport management programs and how this can be incorporated in a distributed approach, in which areas of added value could result from the inclusion of EM education.

Source: Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100577

Authors: Leslie Garbarino, J. Michael Martinez, Chad S. Seifried, Mandy Barefoot

Institutions: Babson College, Louisiana State University, Western Kentucky University

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,540