Entrepreneurship from a business incubator of a Mexican public university supported by a psychological program

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been considered a significant factor for socioeconomic growth and development (Tanh & Cho, 2018). Entrepreneurs in small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) provide jobs faster than large companies in developed and developing markets (Roundi & Fayard, 2018). Different approaches have revitalized the importance of entrepreneurship and SMEs in emerging countries; from these, entrepreneurship is a current strategy that it is strongly promoted by universities to generate self-employment (Bergmann, Geissler, Hundt, & Grave, 2018; Tanh & Cho, 2018; Yao, Li, & Weng, 2018). Therefore, the entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurs are especially relevant in these countries. Entrepreneurs have been studied from the optic of several research streams such as organizational psychology, psychology of work, among others. Previous studies suggest that psychological intervention programs are strategic elements for entrepreneurship. Rauch and Frese (2000) mention that all aspects of psychology are addressed when studying entrepreneurship. Frese (2010) suggests that psychological intervention programs help entrepreneurs succeed in growing their organizations and he argues that sustain a psychological approach is a requirement to understand entrepreneurship. Archibong and Ejue (2009) argue that the incorporation of the psychology of entrepreneurship in students is relevant because it helps to awake in them the spirit of enterprise.