Integrating service-learning into an introduction to entrepreneurship course

Why this paper matters

Integrates service-learning into an introductory entrepreneurship course.

Evidence reviewed

Design: Teaching model and course case
Full-text status: Indexed PDF/full text reviewed

Principal finding

The model emphasizes ambiguity management, entrepreneurial skills, and self-efficacy through authentic community work.

EntrSL interpretation

This paper informs the design or evaluation of service-learning and experiential-learning work. Its findings should be interpreted within the reported design and context, not treated as universal or necessarily causal evidence.

Limitations and boundary conditions

Primarily instructor reflection without a controlled comparison.

Scoring rationale

• EntrSL relevance: 5/5. Directness to service-learning, experiential learning, higher education, entrepreneurship, reflection, reciprocity, or institutional practice.
• Evidence quality: 3/5. Based on design transparency, sample or review breadth, analytical fit, and inferential limits.
• Journal standing is separate. OpenAlex two-year mean citedness and h-index are descriptive source metrics and do not increase this paper’s evidence score.

Citation

Elizabeth A. McCrea (2010). “Integrating service-learning into an introduction to entrepreneurship course.” Journal of Management Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562909337906