Construction of an instrument to measure social valuation in an emerging market context

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dc.contributor.authorKatono, Isaac Wasswa
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T15:57:09Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T15:57:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionThis article has been published in a revised form in Education + Training, Vol. 53 Issue: 5, pp.371-386,available at https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111147695. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder.en_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose – This study aims to construct a parsimonious instrument to measure social valuation in a collective setting using Uganda as an example. Design/methodology/approach – A triangulation technique was used in this study. Conversations with students, parents, teaching and non‐teaching staff at Uganda Christian University (UCU) main campus were carried out, as well as a rigorous review of the literature to gather an original set of items on social valuation. Content and face validity were carried out in order to get rid of redundant and ambiguous items. The remaining items were incorporated in a questionnaire which was pretested before being distributed to a convenience sample of 650 third‐year business students on the four campuses of UCU, each located in one of the four regions of Uganda. Findings – Principal axis factoring by promax rotation extracted six oblique factors accounting for 56 percent of the variance, namely, teaching of entrepreneurship in schools, family, knowledge, institutions, perception of education, and culture. Confirmatory factor analysis found the measurement model to have acceptable fit statistics. Research limitations/implications – The study used a convenience sample of students from four campuses of one institution in the country. Practical implications – Government and other stakeholders in the entrepreneurial sector should use the instrument developed in this study as a guide in a bid to enhance entrepreneurship. Originality/value – Existing measures of social valuation were designed in the West and may not be wholly applicable in a developing country setting. The instrument designed in this study in a collective setting should be a great contribution to entrepreneurial research and development in developing economies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIsaac Wasswa Katono, (2011) "Construction of an instrument to measure social valuation in an emerging market context", Education + Training, Vol. 53 Issue: 5, pp.371-386, https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111147695en_US
dc.identifier.issn0040-0912
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111147695
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/105
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Limiteden_US
dc.subjectSocial valuation and entreprenuership - Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectEntreprenuership - Small businesses - Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectSocial capital and entreprenuership - Developing countriesen_US
dc.titleConstruction of an instrument to measure social valuation in an emerging market contexten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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