Entrepreneurial Orientation - A Key to Unlock Teacher's Potential in Higher Education

Abstract

This paper attempt to appropriately measure student perception about the performance their lecturers/teacher in higher education by means of entrepreneurship orientation construct. In this study, efforts are made to evaluate the students perception with three factors of entrepreneurship orientation construct i.e. innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking. Using the data collected from Finland and Pakistan on the questionnaire developed on the basis of the previous entrepreneurship orientation construct. We find evidence that students’ perception can be explained with use of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking attributes of the lecturer/teacher in Finland and Pakistan. Leadership in higher education can leverage their role by including lecturers/teachers. Inferences are made of the finding along with the recommended prospect studies.

Keywords: Finland, Pakistan, Teachers, Higher Education, Entrepreneurial Orientation