Attitude Toward Enterprise Test: Adaptation to Spanish (ATE-S)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION. Enterprise potential is a complex reality, dynamic and inherent to people, linked to the action of entrepreneurship in specific contexts and situations. The development of entrepreneurial education has generated interest by the creation of instruments which measure the impact of training programmes on enterprise potential, although the population included in the mandatory school age has not yet been the subject of study. The Attitude Toward Enterprise Test (ATE), created by Rosemary Athayde, is a well-known test which evaluates enterprise potential. The purpose of the study has been to adapt the ATE to Spanish in a Compulsory Secondary Education sample, as analogous evaluation tests do not exist in this teaching period. METHOD. The adaptation of the ATE-S was carried out with a sample of 1,440 students, 52.8% male and 47. 2% female, having an M=14.6 years old. Firstly, a study of the dimensionality of the 30 items was carried out via an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), finding a five-dimension factor structure with 22 items, unlike the original version of the ATE. Secondly, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was done via a Maximum-Likelihood-Robust estimation. Lastly, its reliability and validity were studied. RESULTS. A penta-factor structure was confirmed with a second-order factor (Enterprise Potential). The model presents a good fit (GFI=.998; CFI=.994; TLI=.987; RMSEA=.069; SMRA=.08). The reliability of the scores is greater than that of the original version and its validity has been demonstrated. DISCUSSION. This research has clarified the ATE’s factor structure in its Spanish version with good psychometric properties and a consolidated factor structure.