창업지원기관의 교육역량이 창업가의 현장 활용에 미치는 영향: 교육 수강 시간의 조절효과

초록

The successful growth of startup companies depends on the support of startup support organizations, which play a key role in the startup ecosystem. The government operates various entrepreneurship support programs, among which entrepreneurship education is considered to be an essential element for entrepreneurs' capacity building and successful start-up. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of the educational capabilities of entrepreneurship support organizations on entrepreneurs' on-the-job utilization of educational contents and to analyze the moderating effect of the number of hours of training. The sample for the empirical study was comprised of entrepreneurs who have taken entrepreneurship education supported by the Startup Promotion Center under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Small and Medium Business Corporation, and entrepreneurs who have taken entrepreneurship education at Korean universities and graduate schools. The questionnaire collection period was from October 4, 2023 to December 31, 2024, and the questionnaire distribution and collection methods were offline through in-person visits, fax, e-mail, and online using Google Forms. During the period, about 1,700 questionnaires were distributed and 270 questionnaires were collected, of which 257 data were used for analysis, excluding 13 questionnaires with insincere responses and response errors. In addition, SPSS 28.0 and Smart PLS 4.1 were used as statistical packages for analysis verification, and the results were derived through structural equation modeling tests. The results of the study showed that among the educational capabilities of entrepreneurship support organizations, practitioner field empathy capability was the most important factor affecting the field utilization of educational contents. In addition, instructor entrepreneurship education capability was also confirmed to have a significant impact on the utilization of educational contents, but it showed a relatively low impact compared to practitioner capability. On the other hand, infrastructure support capability was found to have a non-significant effect on the on-site utilization of the training content. Furthermore, it can be inferred that the impact of infrastructure training support capability on the on-site utilization of training contents may be hindered if the number of hours of entrepreneurship training is excessive. This study provides implications for the effective design and operation of educational programs provided by entrepreneurship support organizations and suggests ways to improve the quality of entrepreneurship education.

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