University of Phoenix

About: University of Phoenix is a education organization based out in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Higher education & Leadership style. The organization has 880 authors who have published 1037 publications receiving 15464 citations. The organization is also known as: UOPX.

Entrepreneurial Potential and Potential Entrepreneurs

Abstract: Offers a model of entrepreneurial potential based on a social psychology perspective; the approach is a process-based, theory-driven micro-model. The model draws on cognition-based literature on intentions and theory and Albert Shapero's model of the entrepreneurial event, and builds on two previous models. In Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, three key attitudes predict intentions: attitude toward the act, social norms, and perceived behavior control. In Shapero's model, human behavior is governed by inertia until it is interrupted or displaced; the choice of resultant behavior (i.e., entrepreneurial event) depends on credibility of alternatives and some propensity to act (which constitute potential), which exist prior to the displacement. The proposed model has three major components: (1) perceived venture desirability, which comprises "attitude toward the act" and social norms; (2) perceived venture feasibility, which is a person's perceived ability to execute some target behavior; and (3) propensity to act. The first two components create credibility, which when combined with the third create potential. Potential coupled with interruption or displacement creates the intention. Some prescriptions for public policy are offered. Public policies must foster environments congenial to creating potential entrepreneurs; policies must increase the perceived feasibility and desirability for entrepreneurs; and they must support the general perception that entrepreneurial activity is both desirable and feasible. For corporations, individuals must perceive positive outcomes for internal venturing, plus intrinsic rewards and supportive culture; management must show commitment to risk-taking and innovation. In all, creating perceived feasibility is paramount. (TNM)

The Impact of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure on Perceptions of New Venture Feasibility and Desirability

Abstract: Tests Shapero's intentions-based model of new venture initiation. This model assumes that the intent to start a new business is the result of perceived desirability, feasibility, and the individual's propensity to act upon opportunities. Entrepreneurial intention is defined as the commitment to starting a new business. An understanding of these intentions is important as it helps to identify key characteristics for new firms. The decision to start a new business requires the perception that starting a new business is credible and some type of precipitating event. Data used in the analysis were collected from 126 upper-division university business students – 75 males and 51 females. The data itself show perception measures and propensity to act have a significant correlation with entrepreneurial intentions. Breadth of experience has a strong correlation to perceived feasibility while positiveness of experience is strongly correlated with perceived desirability. Results demonstrate support for Shapero's model and further indicate that measures of prior entrepreneurial exposure can be added. Implications of this analysis for researchers, training entrepreneurs, and practitioners are discussed. (SRD)

Preservation of Memory With Conformal Avoidance of the Hippocampal Neural Stem-Cell Compartment During Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases (RTOG 0933): A Phase II Multi-Institutional Trial

Abstract: Purpose Hippocampal neural stem-cell injury during whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) may play a role in memory decline. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy can be used to avoid conformally the hippocampal neural stem-cell compartment during WBRT (HA-WBRT). RTOG 0933 was a single-arm phase II study of HA-WBRT for brain metastases with prespecified comparison with a historical control of patients treated with WBRT without hippocampal avoidance.

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Abstract: Using a teaching model framework, we systematically review empirical evidence on the impact of entrepreneurship education (EE) in higher education on a range of entrepreneurial outcomes, analyzing 159 published articles from 2004 to 2016. The teaching model framework allows us for the first time to start rigorously examining relationships between pedagogical methods and specific outcomes. Reconfirming past reviews and meta-analyses, we find that EE impact research still predominantly focuses on short-term and subjective outcome measures and tends to severely underdescribe the actual pedagogies being tested. Moreover, we use our review to provide an up-to-date and empirically rooted call for less obvious, yet greatly promising, new or underemphasized directions for future research on the impact of university-based entrepreneurship education. This includes, for example, the use of novel impact indicators related to emotion and mind-set, focus on the impact indicators related to the intention-to-behavior transition, and exploring the reasons for some contradictory findings in impact studies including person-, context-, and pedagogical model-specific moderators.

Issues and Challenges for Teaching Successful Online Courses in Higher Education: A Literature Review

Abstract: Online education changes all components of teaching and learning in higher education. Many empirical studies have been conducted to examine issues in delivering online courses; however, few have sy...