An exploration of the Chinese Entrepreneur Aptitude Scale in a sample of college students in Taiwan

Abstract

Small and medium enterprises constitute the majority of Taiwanpsilas businesses, and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of these enterprises. A literature review shows that entrepreneurspsila demographic characteristics and psychological traits have a crucial impact on entrepreneurial outcomes. Over the past few years, technological and vocational education in Taiwan has developed substantially, fostering many successful entrepreneurs. Completed questionnaires from 1,053 students from the Transworld Institute of Technology in Taiwan and the Chinese Entrepreneur Aptitude Scale (CEAS), constructed by Chen and Wu [11], formed the basis of our empirical analysis. Our research objectives are as follows. First, we aim to explore the reliability and validity of the CEAS and to establish a normative score among surveyed students. Second, we compare the scaling scores differences between the genders, departments, and classes in the sample. Finally, we compare the student samplepsilas CEAS results with models of Taiwanese entrepreneurial youth. We then discuss the findings in terms of their implications for entrepreneurial education and management and future research.