This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the ESE scale by De Noble et al. (1999). They used this scale because they argued that this scale is suitable for measuring student learning outcomes of entrepreneurship-related education. This scale is one of the most popular ESE scales (other popular scales are from Chen et al., 1998, McGee et al., etc). There are six dimensions in this scale.
An electronic questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 221 MBA students from Mexico.
The overall results show that the six-factor model of the ESE scale developed by Ne Noble et al fits with the data. The author encourages entrepreneurship educators to use this scale to measure the effectiveness of student learning outcomes and self-efficacy.
This study is beneficial because it suggests that if we, as an entrepreneurship educator, want to measure the outcomes of entrepreneurship education and students’ ESE, we can use the ESE scale developed by De Noble et al. However, I think to claim for high validity and reliability of the scale, bigger samples, as well as various groups of samples, should be used. Even testing with students from different cultural values would be interesting.