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Chan et al. (2012) have proposed an innovative Entrepreneurship, Professionalism and Leadership (EPL) framework for understanding career growth and development in the 21st century. To date, there are no studies examining how EPL aspiration changes over time. This paper attempts to characterize the variation of EPL motivation across time from 1,748 university students using the Latent Difference Score (LDS) approach. Changes in EPL dimensions were found to be inter-related, and differences in the EPL development between Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and non-STEM students were detected.
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Lin, J., Ho, MH.R. (2020). Latent Difference Score Analysis—Stability and Change in Entrepreneurship-Professionalism-Leadership Aspirations. In: Ho, M., Kennedy, J., Uy, M., Chan, KY. (eds) Entrepreneurship–Professionalism–Leadership. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3121-7_5
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