Elena Oikkonen

Associate professor

IEM

LUT School of Engineering Science

Lappeenranta

Elena.Oikkonen@lut.fi

Research areas

Business, Management and Accounting

Business and International Management

Biography

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, enterprise education, entrepreneurial university, entrepreneurial ecosystem, measuring and evaluating entrepreneurship education, especially on basic and secondary education levels, teacher's role as entrepreneurship educator and how their background effect on their entrepreneurship education practices.

Adopting Entrepreneurship Education—Teachers' Professional Development

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Oksanen Lea, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Other Focus Area

LUT School of Engineering Science

Entrepreneurship education practices in VET: The roles of the teacher and the local region

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Kolho Piia, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Other Focus Area

LUT School of Engineering Science

How conflicts with partners help an underdog to innovate and grow the largest in the world-case Metallica

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Salmela Erno, Oikkonen Elena

Business - Sustainable renewal of business and industry

LUT School of Engineering Science

Calling for student engagement in an entrepreneurial university

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Lahikainen Katja, Peltonen Kati, Hietanen Lenita, Oikkonen Elena

Katsaus suomalaisen yrittäjyyskasvatustutkimuksen nykytilaan ja tulevaisuuden suuntiin

Publication type

A2 Review article, literature review, systematic review

Peltonen Kati, Niiranen Sonja, Ikäheimonen Tuuli, Oikkonen Elena

Students’ perceptions of the entrepreneurial culture in Finnish higher education institutions

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Lahikainen Katja, Peltonen Kati, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Business - Sustainable renewal of business and industry

University Management

LUT School of Engineering Science

The School and the Teacher Autonomy in the Implementing Process of Entrepreneurship Education Curricula

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Sommarström Kaarina, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Entrepreneurial teachers do make a difference – Or do they?

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Joensuu-Salo S., Peltonen K., Hämäläinen M., Oikkonen E., Raappana A.

Entrepreneurship education – paradoxes in school–company interaction

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Sommarström Kaarina, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Entrepreneurship Education with Companies:Teachers Organizing School-Company Interaction

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Sommarström Kaarina, Oikkonen Elena, Pihkala Timo

Business, Management and Accounting

LUT School of Engineering Science

High Hopes: Regional Policy Expectations for the Entrepreneurial University

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Lahikainen Katja, Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena

Linking methods to outcomes: A multi-course mixed-method study of the effects of active and passive pedagogy on entrepreneurial intentions

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

van Ewijk Anne, Oikkonen Elena, Belghiti-Mahut Sofia

Slow, lazy and stupid

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

The Impact of Entrepreneurial Teaching: The Mediating Effect of the Teacher’s Ease of Performing University–Business Collaboration

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Joensuu-Salo Sanna, Peltonen Kati, Oikkonen Elena, Hämäläinen Minna, Arhio Kaija

Yrittäjyyskasvatus ja yrittäjämäinen oppiminen

Publication type

B1 Unrefereed journal article

Peltonen Kati, Ikäheimonen Tuuli, Niiranen Sonja, Oikkonen Elena

Challenges to the development of an entrepreneurial university ecosystem: The case of a Finnish university campus

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Lahikainen Katja, Kolhinen Johanna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Developing Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Teachers’ Commitment to Entrepreneurship Education in the UK, Finland and Spain

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Diego Rodríguez Iván, Delfino Jane

European approaches to enterprise education

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Lahikainen Katja, Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena

Principals Promoting Entrepreneurship Education: The Relationships between Development Activities and School Practises

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Business and International Management

LUT School of Engineering Science

Principals’ utilization of external stakeholders in entrepreneurship education – Evidence from the general education

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Industrial relations

LUT School of Engineering Science

Yrittäjämäinen kulttuuri ja yritysyhteistyön tavoitteellisuus ammattikorkeakoulussa

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Joensuu-Salo Sanna, Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Peltonen Kati, Arhio Kaija, Siltavirta Katta

Annex 1, Country reports: Finland

Publication type

D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. editor’s introduction)

Ruskovaara Elena

Annex 3, Case study reports: Case Study 4: Mun juttu - Meidän tulevaisuus, Finland

Publication type

D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. editor’s introduction)

Ruskovaara Elena

Company visits as an opportunity for entrepreneurial learning

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Sommarström Kaarina, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Emergence of Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Organizational Antecedents and Individual Perceptions

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Lahikainen Katja, Kolhinen Johanna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Opettajan yrittäjämäisyyden ja yritysyhteistyön helppouden vaikutus yrittäjyyttä tukevien opetusmenetelmien käyttöön

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Joensuu-Salo Sanna, Peltonen Kati, Siltavirta Katta, Arhio Kaija, Tunkkari-Eskelinen Minna, Hannula Heikki, Söderström Päivi, Ruskovaara Elena, Hämäläinen Minna

Ammattikorkeakouluopettajan itsearviointi opettajan yrittäjyysmittariston avulla

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Hannula Heikki, Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Joensuu-Salo Sanna, Sorama Kirsti, Varamäki Elina

Describing Emergence of Clean-Tech Innovation Ecosystem Based on University Research

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Lahikainen Katja, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Global university entrepreneurial spirit students' survey, National Report 2016 Finland

Publication type

D4 Published development or research report or study

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Hytti Ulla

HEAD teachers managing entrepreneurship education - Empirical evidence from general education

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Ruskovaara Elena, Hämäläinen Minna, Pihkala Timo

Head Teachers’ Networking Activities for Entrepreneurship Education – Evidence from the General Education

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Ihmettelyä yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittariston äärellä

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Eskola Leena, Arhio Kaija, Jokela Harri, Ruskovaara Elena

Opettajan yritysyhteistyöaktiivisuuden ja organisaation tuen merkitys yrittäjyyden opettamisessa

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Sanna Joensuu-Salo, Kirsti Sorama, Elina Varamäki, Heikki Hannula, Elena Ruskovaara, Minna Hämäläinen, Timo Pihkala

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen maakunnalliset strategiat eroavaisuuksia ja yhtäläisyyksiä

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Broadening the resource base for entrepreneurship education through teachers’ networking activities

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Järvinen Minna Riikka

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Business, Management and Accounting

Creating a measurement tool for entrepreneurship education: a participatory development approach

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Rytkölä Tiina

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Business, Management and Accounting

How do Finnish teacher educators implement entrepreneurship education?

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Satuvuori Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Hannula Heikki

Opettajan yrittäjyysmittariston rakentuminen ja sen teoreettinen viitekehys

Publication type

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Joensuu-Salo Sanna, Sorama Kirsti, Varamäki Elina, Hannula Heikki, Hänninen Jyri

Rehtorit sekä perus- ja toisen asteen oppilaitosten yrittäjyyskasvatus

Publication type

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Selected Institutional Guidance and Quality Management Approaches

Publication type

D4 Published development or research report or study

Hoare Malcolm, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

A measurement system for entrepreneurship education: An example of building, testing, implementing and utilizing a measurement system for entrepreneurship education in universities of applied sciences

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Entrepreneurship Education in Basic and Upper Secondary Education - Measurement and Empirical Evidence

Publication type

G5 Doctoral dissertation (article)

Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship Education in Schools: Empirical Evidence on the Teacher's Role

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Opettajat yrittäjyyskasvatuksen toteuttajina - käytäntöjä ja taustatekijöitä

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkkula-Leino Jaana

Principal’s role in entrepreneurship education

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Hämäläinen Minna, Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Teachers in basic and upper secondary education as users and creators of learning environments that promote entrepreneurship

Publication type

B2 Unrefereed book section

Järvinen Minna Riikka, Kesler Merike, Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatus opettajankouluttajien toiminnassa

Publication type

B2 Unrefereed book section

Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Hämäläinen Minna, Hannula Heikki

YVI-measurement tool – practical help for teacher educators to self-evaluate their entrepreneurship education

Publication type

B2 Unrefereed book section

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Lost in Translation: Entrepreneurship in School from Policy into Practice

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Nehez Jaana, Holmgren Carina, Ruskovaara Elena, Randma Tiia

Teachers implementing entrepreneurship education: classroom practices

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Business, Management and Accounting

Teachers' reflections on entrepreneurship education: their understanding and practices

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Kolhinen Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Evaluating Finnish teacher educators as entrepreneurship educators

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Hannula Heikki, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Tiikkala Anne

Business, Management and Accounting

Facing the Changing Demands of Europe: integrating entrepreneurship education in Finnish teacher training curricula

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Hannula Heikki, Saarivirta Tuija

Korkeakoulujen opetussuunnitelmien kehittäminen - yrittäjyyskasvatusta yhteisöllisesti oppimassa suomalaisessa opettajankoulutuksessa!

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Sunila Outi, Hannula Heikki, Ruskovaara Elena, Hietanen Lenita

Business, Management and Accounting

Lost in Translation: Entrepreneurship Education from Policy into Practice

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Nehez Jaana, Holmgren Carina, Ruskovaara Elena, Randma Tiia

Building a Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education - a Participatory Development Approach

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship Education - What Is Really Happening in Class Rooms?

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Rytkölä Tiina

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship Education in a Classroom - What's about Entrepreneurship there?

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship education in the classroom - the perspective of the average teacher

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship in Entrepreneurship Education – Practices in Finnish Basic and Secondary Education Level

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Business, Management and Accounting

Miten yrittäjyyskasvatus näkyy suomalaisen opettajankoulutuksen opetussuunnitelmissa?

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Hannula Heikki, Saarivirta Tuija, Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Opettajien toteuttama yrittäjyyskasvatus ja reflektoinnin merkitys

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna

Business, Management and Accounting

Proposing a Model of a Supporting System of Entrepreneurship Education

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

The State of Co-operative Entrepreneurship Education in Finland: an Exploratory Study

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Troberg Eliisa, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Mechanical Engineering

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen arvioinnin kehittäminen

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Tiikkala Anne, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Hytinkoski Pekka, Troberg Eliisa

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittariston rakentaminen – osallistuvan kehittämisen lähestymistapa

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Rytkölä Tiina, Pihkala Timo

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatus monikerroksisena ilmiönä - kohti yrittäjyyskasvatuksen ohjausjärjestelmää

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Pihkala Jussi

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatus perus- ja toisella asteella - näkökulmia pedagogiikan kehittämiseen (toim.)

Publication type

C2 Book (editor)

Rytkölä Tiina, Ruskovaara Elena, Järvinen Minna Riikka

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatusjärjestelmä opettajan tukena

Publication type

B2 Unrefereed book section

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship education in finnish basic level education: Who, how and what to evaluate?

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Jussila Iiro, Troberg Eliisa

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Mechanical Engineering

Entrepreneurship Education Practices - Results from the Pilot Data

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Evaluation and Values of Entrepreneurship Education in Basic Education

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Troberg Eliisa

Business, Management and Accounting

Opettajien hyödyntämät opetusmenetelmät, työtavat ja käytännöt yrittäjyyskasvatuksessa

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Promoting entrepreneurship education: the role of the teacher?

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Mechanical Engineering

Studying Teachers' Teaching Methods and Working Approaches in Entrepreneurship Education

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Pihkala Timo, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen arvot ja arvioinnin lähtökohdat

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Troberg Eliisa, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittaristo - luotettavan itsearviointityökalun rakentaminen

Publication type

Rytkölä Tiina, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Arviointi yrittäjyyskasvatuksessa

Publication type

Tiikkala Anne, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Hytinkoski Pekka, Troberg Eliisa

Business, Management and Accounting

Arviointi yrittäjyyskasvatuksessa

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Hytinkoski Pekka, Troberg Eliisa

Business, Management and Accounting

Arviointi yrittäjyyskasvatuksessa

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Tiikkala Anne, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Hytinkoski Pekka, Troberg Eliisa

Business, Management and Accounting

Creating a picture of a teacher as an entrepreneurship educator

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina, Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Entrepreneurship education as a multilayered phenomenon - the steering system of entrepreneurship education

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Pihkala Timo, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Pihkala Jussi

Business, Management and Accounting

Opettajien toteuttama ja reflektoima yrittäjyyskasvatus

Publication type

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Business, Management and Accounting

Project Presentation: Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education.

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Rediscovering Teacher's Role in Entrepreneurship Education

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ikävalko Markku, Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Teachers as learners promoting entrepreneurship education

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Business, Management and Accounting

Teachers realizing entrepreneurship education - their practices and reflections

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Business, Management and Accounting

Teachers' Reflections about Entrepreneurship Education

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Seikkula-Leino Jaana, Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Mattila Johanna, Rytkölä Tiina

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatukselle luodaan mittaristo - kehittämishankkeen taustoja, vaiheita ja välituloksia

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Rytkölä Tiina, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittaristo – toimintaa ja tuloksia hankkeen puolivälissä

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Seikkula-Leino Jaana

Business, Management and Accounting

"You get what you measure" – challenges of entrepreneurship education in schools

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku

Business, Management and Accounting

Experiences with Networks: Municipalities and University as Partners

Publication type

B2 Unrefereed book section

Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Hankecase: Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittaristo

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku

Business, Management and Accounting

Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education, Finland

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

Täydennyskoulutus, avoin yliopisto ja elinikäisen oppimisen strategia - LUT-henkilöstön kokemuksia ja näkemyksiä

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena, Hirvonen Lea

Business, Management and Accounting

You Get What You Measure - Yrittäjyyskasvatukselle rakennetaan mittaristo

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena, Ikävalko Markku, Rytkölä Tiina

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen mittaristo – testaajaopettajien rooli kehittämistyössä

Publication type

Rytkölä Tiina, Ruskovaara Elena

Etelä-Karjalan yrittäjyyskasvatuksen nykytilan kuvaus ja mittaristot -hanke

Publication type

Ruskovaara Elena

Opettajien yrittäjyys- ja yrittäjyyskasvatusasenteita

Publication type

A3 Book section, chapters in research books

Ruskovaara Elena

Business, Management and Accounting

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