The Impact of Network Ties, Shared Languages and Shared Visions on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Online University Students

Autor/inn/en	Pérez-Macías, Noemí; Fernández-Fernández, José- Luis; Rúa Vieites, Antonio
Titel	The Impact of Network Ties, Shared Languages and Shared Visions on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Online University Students
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 45 (2020) 12, S.2526-2540 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pérez-Macías, Noemí) ORCID (Fernández-Fernández, José- Luis) ORCID (Rúa Vieites, Antonio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1619682
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Social Networks; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Capital; Entrepreneurship; Intention; Behavior Theories; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Structural Equation Models; Course Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Processes; Student Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Computerkonferenz; Sozialkapital; Unternehmungsgeist; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Kursstrukturplan; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schülerverhalten; Spanien
Abstract	There is a scarcity of research on the influence of structural -network ties (NT)-, cognitive -shared languages (SL) and shared visions (SV)- social capital (SC) dimensions on online students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). This paper, drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), examines this influence on a sample of 302 Spanish online university students (graduate and undergraduate). The technique employed to perform the analysis is Partial Least Squares (PLS) -Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Results confirm the key role played by SL and SV in the development of EI through the catalyst role played by NT and through the mediation of the main antecedents of the TPB. In conclusion, in online universities SL and SV are needed in order to ease students' NT and increase their EIs and should be considered when designing the university strategy and the students' syllabus. (As Provided).
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