University Business Students Research Articles

Getting to Know ChatGPT: How Business Students Feel, What They Think About Personal Morality, and How Their Academic Outcomes Affect Oman's Higher Education

The present study develops an integrative framework that investigates the relationship between the acceptability of ChatGPT among business students and their attitude, intention to adopt, and performance. This is achieved by examining the moderating role of business students' moral values and religious ethics. Using data collected from 312 university business students in Oman, we show that perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), and perceived convenience (PC) have a positive effect on their attitudes toward ChatGPT. Business students’ attitudes toward ChatGPT have a strong positive influence on their adoption intentions. Notably, university business students’ ChatGPT adoption intentions increased their academic performance. Remarkably, business students' Personal Morality and religion-related ethics trigger them to experience regret or a sense of responsibility for their actions that violate academic integrity or ethical standards in their studies. Establishing explicit ethical standards and procedures for the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT in educational settings is vital for higher educational institutions (HEIs). This research adds to the theoretical intervention of investigating how personal morality and religion-related ethics interact with AI tools such as ChatGPT, which can add to ethical decision-making theories. The current study has significant implications for theory as well as for practice.

The Effect of YouTube on Speaking and Listening Skills of Students

In an English as Foreign Language context like Saudi Arabia, university business students face a difficult challenge to speak in English and to understand what is spoken. The students don’t have the opportunity in their daily life to listen to native speakers in or outside the classroom, but they are expected to listen to the text book audios in the classes spoken by the native speakers of English. Therefore, the difficulty rises in Listening and Speaking Skills Course as the students are not exposed to the British accent. In order to solve this problem, the researcher used YouTube videos spoken by the native speakers in the experimental group, and the control group just had the normal practice of listening to only the textbook audios. The researcher adopted quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest in both control and experimental groups and analyzed the performance of the students using SPSS and Excel. The study proved that the results of experimental group improved significantly in their listening comprehension skills and performed better in their presentations than the control group. In the English as Foreign Language contexts, where business students fail to have exposure to the native accent of English, YouTube videos can make a great contribution in improving their listening and speaking skills.

Impact of Online gaming on Academic Performance of Pokhara University Business Students in Kathmandu Valley

This study examines the impact of online gaming on the academic performance of Pokhara university business students in Kathmandu Valley. Academic performance of business students is the dependent variable. The selected independent variables are online games, social media network, time spent on social media, mobile phones, friends and people connection and internet addictions. The primary source of data is used to assess the opinions of the respondents regarding the impact of online gaming on academic performance of Pokhara university business students in Kathmandu Valley. The study is based on primary data with 123 respondents. To achieve the purpose of the study, structured questionnaire is prepared. The correlation coefficients and regression models are estimated to test the significance and importance of online gaming on academic performance of Pokhara university business students in Kathmandu Valley. The study showed that online gaming has a positive impact on academic performance of business student indicating that playing informative online gaming leads to increase in the level of academic performance of business students. Likewise, the result also revealed that social media network has a positive impact on academic performance of business students. It means that use social media network helps in improving student’s academic performance. Moreover, time spent on social media has a positive impact on academic performance of business students indicating that more the time students spent on social media for the purpose, better would be the academic performance of the students. Moreover, mobile phones has a positive impact on academic performance of business students. It indicates that use of mobile phones helps in improving academic performance of business students. Further, the result shows that friends and people connection has a positive impact on academic performance of business students which means that connecting with friends and people through social media helps students to improve their academic performance.

Transition from entrepreneurial intention to venture gestation behavior: a longitudinal evidence

The current study applies the Rubicon model of action phases to check the influence of entrepreneurial alertness (EA), passion (EP), and competence (EC) on entrepreneurial intention (EI) of Indian university business students. Further, this study also longitudinally checks the effect of EI on students’ venture gestation behavior (GB), followed by checking the moderating effect of fear of failure (FoF) on the path between EI and GB. The study longitudinally collects the data from 398 students of three Indian universities in two waves, and study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) to establish the measurement model and test the direct hypotheses, while for moderation analysis, the study used model-1 in Process Macro. Findings reveal that EA, EP, and EC significantly enhance EI, which in turn boosts students’ GB. The findings also reveal that the transition of EI into GB gets weaker for the students who perceive higher FoF. The uniqueness of the study is its longitudinal design and application of the Rubicon model of action phases, hence significantly contributing to the literature on nascent entrepreneurship. The study also makes valuable suggestions for practical implications.

International Fully Integrated Virtual Exchange (I-FIVE) as an Innovative and Inclusive Alternative to Study Abroad for College Business Students

International Fully Integrated Virtual Exchange (I-FIVE) as an Innovative and Inclusive Alternative to Study Abroad for College Business Students

Unveiling the link between digital entrepreneurship education and intention among university students in an emerging economy

Digital Entrepreneurship (DE) is becoming increasingly relevant due to advancements in technology and infrastructure, which offer many opportunities for entrepreneurs. This research seeks to elucidate the influence of Digital Entrepreneurship Education (DEE) on the interrelations among Attitude (ATT), Subjective Norms (SNs), Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC), Personal Innovativeness (PI), and Digital Entrepreneurship Intention (DEI) among university students in emerging nations. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) serves as the theoretical foundation for this study. The study adopts a quantitative research design, utilizing a survey questionnaire to garner information from a subset of business college students in Vietnam. A total of 334 valid responses were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), facilitating the testing of the research hypotheses. The study revealed a positive correlation between TPB constructs, PI, and DEI among university students in developing economies. However, the relationship between PBC and DEI was inversely affected by DEE. Furthermore, the study found no evidence to support the moderating effects of DEE on the relationship between ATT, SNs, PI, and DEI. This research contributes significantly to entrepreneurship studies by investigating the impact of DEE on students' inclination to embark on DE in developing countries. It extends the theoretical framework of TPB by integrating PI and underscores the importance of DEE in fostering DE. Moreover, the findings of this study hold several implications for academic administrators, policymakers, and educators. These insights can be leveraged to devise strategies and initiatives to enhance support and advancement for DEE.

Investigating the Relationship between University Environment and Female Student’s Entrepreneurial Thinking in Algeria

Investigating the Relationship between University Environment and Female Student’s Entrepreneurial Thinking in Algeria

EMPLOYABILITY, PROACTIVENESS AND WORKPLACE BEHAVIORS: IS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS A MEDIATOR?

The paper aims to examine individuals’ behavior at work and/or in college, by placing the focus on employability, proactiveness and socioeconomic status as predictors. The paper’s objectives are threefold: (1) to examine if there is a causal relationship between employability and proactive personality of individuals and their citizenship or deviant behavior at work and/or in college; (2) to understand the extent to which socioeconomic status influences individuals’ citizenship or deviant behavior at work and/or in college; and (3) to determine the mediation role of socioeconomic status in the causal relationship between employability and proactiveness and individuals’ behaviors. Linear regression models were employed to test the predictive power of the variables once a causal relationship had been confirmed. Mediation tests were used to quantify the extent to which a variable participated in known causal relationships. The research reports results based on data collected from 534 university business students in Romania. The results confirm that employability and proactiveness predict workplace behavior, and that socioeconomic status mediates this relationship.

Examining the Entrepreneurial Intentions of U.S. Ethnic Minorities During the Covid-19 Pandemic

We examine minority entrepreneurial intentions in the U.S. and seek to make business leaders and business educators aware of minority students’ interest in entrepreneurship activity. Utilizing the theory of planned behavior, we investigated if demographic and behavioral factors are related to entrepreneurial intentions. A major contextual factor was that we performed our research during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed the entrepreneurial intentions of 400 U.S. business college students, comparing minority respondents (n=137) with white respondents (n=263). The minority respondents belonged to the three predominant minority entrepreneur groups in the U.S. -- African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Minority respondents had significantly greater entrepreneurial intentions than their white counterparts. We investigated contextual factors affecting minority entrepreneurial intentions and found that a significant difference existed regarding the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in that it counter-intuitively increased minority entrepreneurial intentions. Significant personal factors included having family members who own a business and having a role model.

Well-being and behaviour at work: to what extent are they related?

The purpose of the article is to examine the extent to which workplace well-being influences individual behaviours at work. Various studies have found that increasing the state of feeling good and seeing life positively influences the way a person responds or behaves. This article explores the causal relationship between the psychological and subjective well-being of individuals and their behaviour at work and/or at school. Additionally, it investigates the extent to which socio-economic status participates in the causal relationship between workplace well-being and behaviour at work and/or at school. To understand the predictive power of independent variables on behaviour in the workplace, we used linear regression models. Mediation tests were also used to quantify the extent to which socio-economic status influenced the confirmed causal relationship. The study reports the results of a sample of 533 Romanian respondents. Data were collected from university business students, based on a questionnaire administered online. The results confirm the prediction role of the psychological and subjective well-being of individuals in their workplace behaviour. Additionally, research confirms the mediation role of socio-economic status in this relationship.

Role of Perceived Behavioral Control, Perceived Trust and Entrepreneurial Intentions in Crowdfunding Intentions

This study seeks to examine the entrepreneurial intentions and crowdfunding practices within the context of university business and management students in Lahore, Pakistan. The investigation employs the theory of planned behavior and perceived behavior control as conceptual frameworks to analyze entrepreneurial intentions. The research assesses the influence of entrepreneurial intentions on crowdfunding intentions, taking into consideration facilitating circumstances and perceived trust in crowdfunding platforms. A sample of 244 university management students in Lahore, Pakistan, was surveyed, and the collected data were subjected to analysis using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) through Smart PLS 4. Notably, the study reveals that entrepreneurial intention serves as a complete mediator in the relationship between social influence, perceived trust, and crowdfunding intention. Additionally, entrepreneurial intention functions as a partial mediator in connecting perceived behavioral control with crowdfunding intention. This research contributes novelty to the existing literature by being the inaugural exploration into the interrelation between entrepreneurial intentions and the utilization of crowdfunding among university business students in Pakistan. The unique focus on this specific demographic enhances the significance of the study in understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial behavior and crowdfunding adoption within an educational setting.

Why cognitive absorption is not enough: The role of knowledge absorption capacity and technological opportunity for individual learning

The purpose of this paper is to address the basic question why does high absorptive training programmes are not always beneficial for individual level learning? Thus, we seek to understand when and how cognitive absorption is beneficial for individual learning. The proposed model was tested using data obtained in a field study (N = 371) and in an experiment (N = 119). For field study, data was obtained at two points in time from three data sources (co-workers, subordinates, supervisors) working at a private commercial bank operating in Pakistan. For laboratory experiment, data was collected from the business students of a private sector university in Pakistan. The obtained data for both studies were analysed for random coefficient models with Mplus. Based on the motivation-ability-opportunity theory of behaviour, we proposed a model. It was found that cognitive absorption and highest individual learning was contingent upon the individual level knowledge absorption capacity. It was further found that training programmes with high cognitive absorption are likely to produce high levels of individual learning when the participants also have both high level of knowledge absorption capacity and technological opportunity. With this research, we inform practitioners that in these learner-focused trainings, personal characteristics of the participants and technology play vital role in determining effectiveness for high level of individual learning. The research findings will help practitioners understand what they need to add in training programmes for high level individual learning experience. Doing so will bring best value in form of higher learning to the cost of trainings.

University business students as charity trustees: A win-win for all?

Charities are facing a crisis in recruiting board trustees. Additionally, boards have been criticised for lacking diversity and being unrepresentative of society. The purpose of this paper is to propose a solution to the problem of trustee recruitment, by considering university business students as trustees. Through an analysis of advertised trustee jobs, the proposal is evaluated against degree subject benchmark statements. The findings identify some key person characteristics specified by charities when recruiting trustees. The generic criteria could be met by most students and many of the personal skills are developed by students while at university. However, to address some of the experience criteria, may require additional training and some yielding by charities. The paper offers originality in its proposition of appointing university business students as trustees and in its approach to examining the feasibility of that proposition through an analysis of trustee jobs.

Pengaruh Pengetahuan Investasi, Risiko, dan Motivasi Mahasiswa/i Terhadap Minat Berinvestasi Pada Aplikasi Bibit

This study is intended to see how knowledge of investment, risk, and motivation impact on student investment interests at 2019 industry-city university economics and business students, 2020, and 2021 in Bibit applications. The kind of study used was quantitative with sample retrieval using survey data to provide a sample of 35 respondents. Data analysis techniques use description and linear regression analysis and testing of research instruments using validity and religious tests. Research shows that there is no knowledge of investment in the students' investment interest in seed applications, no risk influence on the student investment interest in seed applications, and there is a motivating influence on the student investment interest in Bibit apps.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Programs for Business Student

In recent years, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have come to realize the significance of financial literacy. Owing to continuous transformations in the financial services sector, personal finance has grown increasingly complex, and the consequences of not obtaining sufficient financial education have escalated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of financial literacy programs aimed at university business students. Research question of the study were to what extent are business students financially literate? how effective are programs for financial literacy that are aimed at business students? and how can business students' financial literacy be improved? There was a quantitative analysis carried out. The study used a survey to collect data, and its design was descriptive in nature. A survey consisting of 20 questions related to various financial literacy was administered to a sample of 200 business students of Private universities in Islamabad Pakistan. Descriptive statistics for the overall financial literacy score and scores for three subtopics: Budgeting, Investment, and Risk Management. To evaluate the data, descriptive statistics are used, such as the mean, standard deviation, ANOVA and t-test. Results shows that with an average Overall Score of 62.0% from the pre-program assessment, business students demonstrated a moderate level of financial literacy. Moreover, Significant improvements were also seen in the risk management, investment, and budgeting scores. Study recommended that more individualized and effective learning experience requires adjusting financial literacy interventions to target particular deficiencies found in the pre-program assessment.

Best practice learning in cooperative entrepreneurship to engage business students in the SDGs

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the challenge of introducing cooperative entrepreneurship as an option for university business students, as recommended by the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP) adopted in the European Union (EU). This aim is linked to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which calls for efforts to ensure quality education for all. Our study jointly addresses both entrepreneurship and the need for high-quality education among the university students we are analysing. The use of success stories in cooperative entrepreneurship is based on a Best Practice Learning (BPL) methodology. The students under analysis are categorized into two areas of knowledge, law and economics, depending on whether the main content of their studies focuses on aspects of law or on purely economic aspects. The results show an increased interest in cooperative entrepreneurship in all participants after the application of BPL, and a high level of satisfaction with the activities carried out as part of this experience. However, differences were found between economics and law students, with the former having more knowledge about the concept of entrepreneurship. On the other hand, the latter group shows a greater awareness of the importance of cooperativism. The results of this study can provide the basis for new initiatives at the university level, aimed at the promotion of cooperative entrepreneurship in line with its key role in the SEAP and the SDGs.

Atharva Business College Students' Choice Regarding Bank Selection

Commercial banks need to understand the things that influence prospective of customers' bank choice decisions in order to develop an effective marketing plan for gaining new clients. The purpose of this research was to examine the aspects that influence Atharva Business College students' choice of bank. In order to accomplish the stated objective, this study employed a quantitative research approach by administering questionnaires to a sample of 40 students. Descriptive statistics was used to examine the data. The study identifies six key factors that significantly influence students' choice of a bank in college. Factors include convenience in terms of location, the friendliness of staff, low service charges, the rate of interest on loans and savings, the availability of ATM services, and mobile banking options. Researchers advise banks to regularly monitor and assess customer preferences, behaviors, and expectations.

Perception of social entrepreneurship competence in university business students

The ability to transform social and environmental problems into strategic actions to face the challenges of a changing environment in a creative and innovative way drives the need to train social entrepreneurs who anticipate new scenarios. Society needs social entrepreneurs who create business opportunities by bringing resources to impoverished places and using technology to generate social inclusion for people with disabilities; These ventures apply innovation to improve people's standard of living. The objective of this research was to determine the level of perception of the social entrepreneurship competence in business students of a private university in Lima, capital of Peru. The methodology used was quantitative, with a transactional approach, the sample was random considering 185 business students, the data collected was analyzed using the statistical program SPSS. The results show that 94.1% have a high level of perception of competence in social entrepreneurship; in social and personal traits they present 91.4% and 96.2% respectively; however, a lower level in innovative traits with 76.2%. The investigation concluded in the determination of a high level of competence in social entrepreneurship, however, the innovative traits must be reinforced and for this the innovation component can be included in the courses, to generate viable products and services that contribute to the creation of sustainable organizations improving their value proposition, competitiveness and economic growth. Likewise, it is advisable to reinforce personal and social traits in the training of professionals to face an environment of high uncertainty. This work will contribute to other scientific research to compare the level of competence in social entrepreneurship in other national and international contexts.

Factors Influencing the Entrepreneurial Intention of University Business Students: Evidence from Lima-Peru

Entrepreneurial intention has become a question, and in order to investigate its study, this research was based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, which takes as dimensions the entrepreneurial attitude, the subjective norm and self-efficacy. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence the entrepreneurial will of university business students in Peru. For this purpose, the study method used is mixed, cross-sectional and non-experimental; it comprises a quantitative analysis with a sample of 400 university students, to whom a virtual questionnaire was applied; and it is complemented with a qualitative analysis through videoconference interviews with 11 experts in entrepreneurship in the Peruvian and international context, made up of business career coordinators, university business incubator coordinators and student entrepreneurs. The results highlight as factors in entrepreneurial intention the desire to be independent (65%), the challenge in practice of creativity and innovation (62%), the enjoyment of knowledge about business genesis strategies (55%), also the development of soft skills such as leadership and resilience, as the merit of attributing technological tools within the business, notions highlighted by the qualitative analysis. It is concluded that universities should take these factors into account in the design of competencies in their student curricula, creating programs that generate an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and with it, the formation of companies, new jobs and socioeconomic improvement.

Effect of entrepreneurial education and creativity on entrepreneurial intention in college students: mediating entrepreneurial inspiration, mindset, and self-efficiency.

Entrepreneurship in higher education is increasingly valuing entrepreneurial creativity as a significant driver for improving university students' innovative abilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the direct influence of entrepreneurial education and creativity on entrepreneurial intention, as well as the indirect role of entrepreneurial inspiration, mindset, and self-efficiency. This study gathered survey responses from 448 university business students from three Chinese provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The results indicated that entrepreneurial education and creativity have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intent. In addition, the results demonstrated that the combination of entrepreneurial mindset, inspiration, and self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial creativity. In addition, additional implications and restrictions are discussed in this article.