The Impact of Online Social Resources on the Entrepreneurial Learning of Electronic Universities Students

Document Type : مقالات علمی پژوهشی

Authors
S. S. Mortazavi 1
S. R. Hoseini 2
A. Badizadehe 3
1 of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
2 Department of Educational Management, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
3 of Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Industrial Management Group, Qazvin, Iran
Abstract
Entrepreneurial learning as one of the most important learning skills among students of different academic disciplines needs a more detailed study in online-learning environment. Since online platforms can provide online entrepreneurial learning opportunities. This study examines the effects of online social resources on knowledge acquisition and improving the entrepreneurial learning process among e-university students. The study in terms of purpose is applied research and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. Data are collected using a researcher-made questionnaire by simple random sampling method and were by structural an equation modeling approach. Cronbach's alpha for all structures is higher than 0/7 and the value of mean variance extracted is higher than 0/5, so validity and reliability of the structures are confirmed. The findings indicate a positive and significant relationship between online social resources and knowledge acquisition as well as between knowledge acquisition and entrepreneurial learning. Using the advent of web-based technologies, this study can be valuable in explaining how different aspects of online social resources can enhance the effectiveness of entrepreneurial learning for students in multiple social environments.

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The Journal of Research in Humanities
Volume 29, Issue 2
June 2022
Pages 191-209