Entrepreneurship Students, Persistence and Decision Styles

Abstract: Purpose – Our research aims to discover what happens to entrepreneurship students after their graduation and whether there is a link between their decision styles and their persistence in pursuing an entrepreneurial career Methodology – An exploratory, mixed-method approach was employed, combining a quantitative, self-completion questionnaire with qualitative, in-depth interviews in order to collect data from graduated entrepreneurship students of Lund University Findings – The findings of our research indicate that the entrepreneurship graduates’ decision styles do have an effect on their persistence in entrepreneurial careers Implications – This study can help entrepreneurship programs to better understand their students’ vocational paths post-graduation and consequently better adapt to their students’ needs and aid them in their entrepreneurial journey Contributions – This research forms a bridge between decision making research, entrepreneurship students and persistence, offering new insights and interesting starting points for further research