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  • 1.  Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

    Posted 02-05-2010 11:47
    Greetings,
     
    My colleagues and I are revising a manuscript for resubmission to a top-tier peer reviewed journal. Specifically, we have conducted a meta-analysis to examine whether exposure to formal education or training in entrepreneurship (e.g. community college courses, undergraduate courses at colleges/universities, graduate courses colleges/universities, training courses, etc.) leads to either: 1) an increase in positive attitudes and/or intentions toward becoming an entrepreneur; or 2) an increased likelihood of starting a business, or joining a start-up company, upon completion of the course work.
     
    One critical point we need to address is to ensure that we have the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of work. We have, of course, done full database searches on the topic, and we have made a previous call for unpublished articles.
     
    The purpose of this message is to issue a final call for any unpublished manuscripts or technical reports on entrepreneurship education outcomes for inclusion in our analyses. At this point your work or your knowledge may be valuable if:
     
    1. You can make us aware of any little known research that is not available in the published literature;
    2. You can send us any unpublished papers you have on one or both of these topics (journal articles, masters and/or doctoral theses, technical reports, and research institute/center reports, among others);
    3. You can send us any citations of papers you have published on these topics;
    4. You are willing to share any raw data that you do not plan on publishing but you think would be helpful in including in a meta-analysis of this type.
     
    To protect the anonymity of the peer-review process we will not post our names or affiliations to this message, hence the anonymous email address below.
     
    If you have any of the above that you would like to have included in our meta-analysis, please send them to: entremeta@gmail.com.
     
    Apologies for cross-postings.


  • 2.  Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

    Posted 02-05-2010 16:11
    After considering the below posting a tad more, I have become concerned
    about the prudence of people responding to such an anonymous request.

    Wringing my hands,
    Charles Wankel
    St. John's University, New York
    List Director of MG-ED-DV

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    From: Meta Analysis <entremeta@gmail.com>
    Date: Feb 5, 2010 11:46 AM
    Subject: Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training
    To: MG-ED-DV@aomlists.pace.edu

    Greetings,

    My colleagues and I are revising a manuscript for resubmission to a
    top-tier peer reviewed journal. Specifically, we have conducted a
    meta-analysis to examine whether exposure to formal education or
    training in entrepreneurship (e.g. community college courses,
    undergraduate courses at colleges/universities, graduate courses
    colleges/universities, training courses, etc.) leads to either: 1) an
    increase in positive attitudes and/or intentions toward becoming an
    entrepreneur; or 2) an increased likelihood of starting a business, or
    joining a start-up company, upon completion of the course work.

    One critical point we need to address is to ensure that we have the
    most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of work. We have, of
    course, done full database searches on the topic, and we have made a
    previous call for unpublished articles.

    The purpose of this message is to issue a final call for any
    unpublished manuscripts or technical reports on entrepreneurship
    education outcomes for inclusion in our analyses. At this point your
    work or your knowledge may be valuable if:

    1. You can make us aware of any little known research that is not
    available in the published literature;
    2. You can send us any unpublished papers you have on one or both of
    these topics (journal articles, masters and/or doctoral theses,
    technical reports, and research institute/center reports, among
    others);
    3. You can send us any citations of papers you have published on these
    topics;
    4. You are willing to share any raw data that you do not plan on
    publishing but you think would be helpful in including in a
    meta-analysis of this type.

    To protect the anonymity of the peer-review process we will not post
    our names or affiliations to this message, hence the anonymous email
    address below.

    If you have any of the above that you would like to have included in
    our meta-analysis, please send them to: entremeta@gmail.com.

    Apologies for cross-postings.


  • 3.  Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

    Posted 02-05-2010 16:31
    Would you be willing to append your literature reference page? This might help your effort and avoid too many responses.

    Jim Ondracek

    ________________________________________
    From: Management Education and Development Discussion [MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Wankel [wankelc@VERIZON.NET]
    Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:10 PM
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

    After considering the below posting a tad more, I have become concerned
    about the prudence of people responding to such an anonymous request.

    Wringing my hands,
    Charles Wankel
    St. John's University, New York
    List Director of MG-ED-DV

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Meta Analysis <entremeta@gmail.com>
    Date: Feb 5, 2010 11:46 AM
    Subject: Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training
    To: MG-ED-DV@aomlists.pace.edu

    Greetings,

    My colleagues and I are revising a manuscript for resubmission to a
    top-tier peer reviewed journal. Specifically, we have conducted a
    meta-analysis to examine whether exposure to formal education or
    training in entrepreneurship (e.g. community college courses,
    undergraduate courses at colleges/universities, graduate courses
    colleges/universities, training courses, etc.) leads to either: 1) an
    increase in positive attitudes and/or intentions toward becoming an
    entrepreneur; or 2) an increased likelihood of starting a business, or
    joining a start-up company, upon completion of the course work.

    One critical point we need to address is to ensure that we have the
    most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of work. We have, of
    course, done full database searches on the topic, and we have made a
    previous call for unpublished articles.

    The purpose of this message is to issue a final call for any
    unpublished manuscripts or technical reports on entrepreneurship
    education outcomes for inclusion in our analyses. At this point your
    work or your knowledge may be valuable if:

    1. You can make us aware of any little known research that is not
    available in the published literature;
    2. You can send us any unpublished papers you have on one or both of
    these topics (journal articles, masters and/or doctoral theses,
    technical reports, and research institute/center reports, among
    others);
    3. You can send us any citations of papers you have published on these
    topics;
    4. You are willing to share any raw data that you do not plan on
    publishing but you think would be helpful in including in a
    meta-analysis of this type.

    To protect the anonymity of the peer-review process we will not post
    our names or affiliations to this message, hence the anonymous email
    address below.

    If you have any of the above that you would like to have included in
    our meta-analysis, please send them to: entremeta@gmail.com.

    Apologies for cross-postings.


  • 4.  Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

    Posted 02-05-2010 16:48

    I have confirmed the identity of our AOM colleagues who are conducting this study. 

     

    Charles Wankel

    MG-ED-DV List Director

     

    From: [name deleted by Charles Wankel]
    Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:38 PM
    To: wankelc@verizon.net
    Subject: Re: Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education and Training

     

    Dear Dr. Wankel,

     

    My name is [name deleted by Charles Wankel], and I am the author of the anonymous email. When I sent out the email on behalf of my colleagues in an anonymous fashion, it was my understanding that there would be an approval process before the note got posted to the listserv, and that if there were any concerns, I would be contacted. When I noticed that the note was posted without receiving any contact regarding concern, I assumed it had passed all required protocols for posting. It was not my intent to breach any policies or procedures regarding the ethics of posting to the listserv, and I sincerely apologize for causing any concern that may have arisen since the note was posted.

     

    I had made the assumption that posting anonymously was the most appropriate way to go given that my colleagues and I are revising our manuscript for resubmission to a peer reviewed journal. We wished to protect the integrity of the blinded peer review process and did not wish to identify ourselves to our reviewers. I also assumed that if individual researchers were troubled by the anonymity of the email they could choose not to reply to the note.

     

    Again, I apologize for causing you concern. It was not my intent to breach any of your policies regarding posting. Please feel free to put any concerned individuals directly in touch with me, now that you have my contact information. You may also wish to remove the email from the listserv in the event that I have not alleviated your concerns.

     

    I await your reply.

     

    Regards,

    [name deleted by Charles Wankel]

     

    P.S. I have included a copy of our original request for materials below for your reference. It was was to the listserv on Sept.


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    On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Charles Wankel <wankelc@verizon.net> wrote:

    After considering the below posting a tad more, I have become concerned
    about the prudence of people responding to such an anonymous request.

    Wringing my hands,
    Charles Wankel
    St. John's University, New York
    List Director of MG-ED-DV

     

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    [copy of original non-anonymous solicitation to a different AOM list in September deleted by Charles Wankel]