Undergraduate Management Students Research Articles

The Effect of Attitudes, Social Environment, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurship Intention of S1 Management Students in West Jakarta

Along with the passage of time and the development of people's ability in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activities are increasingly in demand by the world community from various different backgrounds including Indonesia. Entrepreneurial activities are now seen as an activity that can provide opportunities to achieve success through the efforts they create. The purpose of this study was to find out and analyze the influence of attitudes, sosial environment, and self-efficacy on the entrepreneurship intentions of S1 Management Students of West Jakarta. Sampling this study was done by non-probability sampling methods, namely voluntary sampling and data collection is done with questionnaires. This study sample was 100 respondents from 105 respondents who studied at universities in West Jakarta. This study used SmartPLS 3.3.3 in processing the collected data. The results of this study found that attitudes and self-efficacy have a positive and significant influence on entrepreneurship intentions in undergraduate management students in West Jakarta, while the social environment does not have a significant influence on the social entrepreneurship intentions of students.

Entrepreneurship Education and Academic Support Influence Students' Entrepreneurial Intention with Parental Role as Moderator

This study aims to examine the influence of entrepreneurship education and academic support on student entrepreneurship intentions, taking into account the moderating role of parents. The explanatory research approach was used to explain the relationships between variables and to test the hypotheses. The study’s population consists of 273 undergraduate Management students of FEB UKSW who joined in 2019. A sample of 159 students was selected using simple random sampling. The findings revealed that entrepreneurship education has a positive effect on student entrepreneurial intentions, and the role of parents with entrepreneurial backgrounds has a moderating effect that amplifies the effect of entrepreneurship education on student entrepreneurial intentions. Meanwhile, academic support is not a driver of the emergence of student entrepreneurial interest, thus other factors that may contribute to student entrepreneurial interest in the context of higher education must be investigated further.

Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement: The Case of a Business School in Spain

Previous research on the gender gap in mathematics indicates that, in the case of Spain, the gap is stable and has even increased during the last years both in primary and secondary education. The objective of this paper is to analyze whether this gender gap remains by changing the academic level and the way of measuring performance. A sample of 2,713 undergraduate management students (1,478 female and 1,235 male) has been analyzed. The results show that the mathematical level in university entrance is significantly higher in male students, confirming the existence of the aforementioned gap. Nevertheless, throughout the first year of university studies, it has been observed that in most degrees there are no differences between male and female students in terms of their achievement in mathematics. In fact, in those cases in which differences do exist, they occur in the opposite direction, with female students achieving better performance.

How to enter paradise on earth: a case study of Aava

Theoretical basis This case has been tested twice in the classroom of 40 students in two leading Indian institutions, IIM Ahmedabad (among a group of 40 faculty development programme participants) and Central University of Kashmir (among a group of 40 MBA marketing students). The teaching note has been well prepared and all modifications in both the main case as well as teaching note stand updated. Research methodology The data for the case was collected using both primary and secondary sources. The author managed to have a face-to-face interview with the company's Vice President, Mr Sheroy Mehta at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and get the preliminary data for the case. The author could also manage to carry out personal interactions with PureMax mineral water owners, a leading brand in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Some of the supplementary data were sourced from secondary sources and properly referenced. Case overview/synopsis The discussion questions invite students to consider several environmental challenges often faced by entrepreneurs. Students are encouraged to demonstrate their practical and theoretical knowledge by addressing genuine challenges across a typically broad entrepreneurial management spectrum, including product design, positioning and sustainability. This case was written following extensive interaction with the founding entrepreneurs at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, using a critical marketing perspective and the author's primary research. This case is targeted at postgraduate and undergraduate management students taking a marketing, strategic management or entrepreneurship course. Complexity academic level This case study is relevant for marketing management and brand management courses and could also be used for strategic management classes. This case was written to view the general requirement of the MBA marketing syllabus in most Asian universities in general and Indian universities in particular. This case can also be used for undergraduate students of business management and commerce.

Sustainable wine tourism as a diversification strategy: a different approach in a rural cooperative

Research methodology Strategic management is the focus area in this case study, so it is important to consider different sources of information to make strategic decisions. Considering the different options of Wine Cooperative of Vidigueira Cuba & Alvito (ACVCA), it is necessary to know the strengths and weaknesses of each option and identify respective opportunities and threats. Additionally, it is important to know the case study object (such as operating specific characteristics, products and management model); the competition; the evolution of the wine sector in Portugal and worldwide; the evolution of the tourism sector in Portugal and worldwide; and new trends in wine and tourism. Case overview/synopsis In January 2018, Mr Jose, leader of the Board of Directors (BD) of the ACVCA, one of Portugal’s oldest wine cooperatives, located in the south of the country, in the Alentejo region, is preparing the first meeting with the newly elected BD. Addressing the strategy and sustainability for the next term of the BD is mandatory! Mr Jose will have to open the game and lift the veil. Should all their eggs be put in one basket? Or could diversification be the way? Sustainability, in its three pillars (economic, environmental and social), is mandatory, never forgetting that the cooperators want respective income guaranteed. “We can’t risk everything”, thinks Mr Jose! But ACVCA’s affirmation undoubtedly depends on its ability to take risks, to innovate and seek new answers for new audiences! The BD will have to make decisions that lead not only to the affirmation of the brand but also to its renown and to the ACVCA’s sustainable growth. There are several possible options. However, it is necessary to define a path that guarantees the stability achieved, but that allows new markets to be reached and new challenges embraced: increase production capacity, invest in internationalisation, focus on segmentation through innovation, diversification of product or diversification of business area. Wine tourism is a possible way, but how can it be done sustainably and differently? We will have to use creativity and take advantage of our strengths, traditions and customs, intangible and tangible capital and our material and immaterial heritage. It can be done through Amphora wine, produced from its exclusive centuries-old grape varieties. These issues will have to be discussed with all the BD members in the next meeting. Considering the crucial role of cooperatives in the development of the regions where they are located, the success of the strategy is extremely important not only for ACVCA, but also for all its stakeholders. Strategic management decisions in a cooperative always have a double objective: on the one hand, to satisfy the interests of the cooperators and, at the same time, to meet the interests of the market and assert its positioning in an increasingly competitive sector. Complexity academic level This case study is intended for:▪ undergraduate students in management, agricultural economy and tourism;▪ executive management course students;▪ Master’s students in strategy, marketing, tourism and agricultural economy; and▪ PhD students in social economy and tourism.This case can have different levels of difficulty depending on the scientific area of the students and whether the cycle of studies is more or less advanced. Resolution of the case may require the following pre-requisites:▪ basic-level knowledge on statistics;▪ medium-level knowledge on managerial accounting, economics and finance; and▪ good level of knowledge on strategic management and on cooperativism theories.

Learning How to Make Decisions in a Nonprofit Sport Organization: An Application of Strategic Decision-Making Theory

This teaching-based case study tasks students with analyzing a strategic decision. This analysis is guided by a script describing a strategic decision undertaken in a fictional nonprofit sport organization (i.e., Canadian Ice Tennis Federation). Students’ analysis is achieved by applying strategic decision-making theory, including its five central constructs: centrality, duration, flow, interaction, and scrutiny. Knowledge is gained by analyzing a strategic decision according to its level of authorization, length, delays, negotiations, and information sources. This teaching-based case study is intended for undergraduate students in general sport management and/or strategy/strategic management courses. The benefit of this teaching-based case study resides in its ability to teach students how to make decisions, a central and ubiquitous task in organizational life, and their future endeavors in the sport industry.

Edmodo as a 21st Century Learning Tool to Enhance 4C Skills of Malay Language Management Undergraduates

This study aimed to identify the level of 4C under the 21st century learning skills and to determine the impact of Edmodo’s application in enhancing 4C skills. A total of 15 Malay Language Management undergraduate students were selected as respondents for the study, along with the course lecturer and three peer reviews (among lecturers) were also involved in the study. Using qualitative approach, this study employed scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research design during lessons in the 14-week semester. As reflection is the main element of SoTL, a thematic analysis was used to analyze data from the students, course lecturer and peer reviews reflections together with focus group interview. The preliminary findings illustrated that the level of 4C skills among undergraduate students are very weak. However, with intervention implemented by the course lecturer through Edmodo, students have managed to improve their level of 4C skills. From the reflections that reflect positive impact towards the usage of Edmodo, it was found that students were able to boost self-confidence, deliver relevant opinions, generate new ideas upon thinking critically and actively participate in the discussion. This study clearly indicates that the Edmodo is an effective alternative tool for educators to enhance 4C skills among students.

Combining teaching methods and developing students’ entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intention: The case of students in the Faculty of Economics and Management of Tunis

This paper analyzes the effects of the combination of two teaching methods on entrepreneurial intention in Tunisia. The developed model suggests that entrepreneurial intention depends on eight cognitive and non-cognitive variables; namely, financial literacy and entrepreneurial knowledge developed through a theoretically-oriented course, and teaching methods, creativity, managing ambiguity, entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial attitude and core self-evaluation developed through a practically-oriented course. The authors use structural equation modeling to test the proposed model, based on a sample of 92 undergraduate management students in the Faculty of Economics and Management of Tunis, Tunisia. The results demonstrate that creativity is a good predictor of students’ entrepreneurial intention. Creativity can be developed by entrepreneurial teachers who enhance students’ ambiguity management and improve their core self-evaluation. The results also show that financial literacy positively influences entrepreneurial knowledge and managing ambiguity. Entrepreneurial knowledge positively influences entrepreneurial mindset and core self-evaluation. The management students’ entrepreneurial mindset positively influences their entrepreneurial attitude, which develops their core self-evaluation. Because the respondents were all studying at the same faculty, the results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to broaden the field of investigation and to include in their studies students from other institutions.

Effects of flipped classes on student learning: The role of positively perceived instructor attitude towards students

Despite the increased importance of constructivist learning environments, especially flipped learning formats, in management education, empirical evidence on their effects is mixed. While many studies find positive effects of flipped learning formats on student learning, others report no or even a negative impact. As most of the mechanics behind these effects remain unknown, we draw on flipped learning and educational psychology research, and look beyond the direct effects of the learning format to explain the inconsistent results. We integrate research on the perceived instructor attitude towards students, which consists of enthusiasm, presentation style, friendliness, genuine interest, and welcoming conduct, with research on flipped learning. More specifically, we propose that a positively perceived instructor attitude towards students mediates the positive impact of flipped learning formats on student learning outcomes. The results of an experiment with 147 undergraduate management students enrolled in an international business strategy course at a German university support our hypotheses. We contribute to management education research on flipped learning formats by hinting at the importance of active learning and the perceived attitude of the instructor. Thus, management education scholars should take indirect effects that have already been studied in other disciplines into account when investigating constructivist learning environments. In addition, instructors should ensure that their attitudes are positively perceived by students to facilitate improved perceived learning outcomes.

Influencing Factors of Students’ Learning Gains in Tourism Education: An Empirical Study on 28 Tourism Colleges in China

The rapid development of tourism has put forward new requirements for the training of tourism talents. This study conducted a cross-regional questionnaire survey on tourism management undergraduate students from 28 tourism colleges in seven regions of China. PLS method was used to explore the relevant influencing factors of students’ learning gain. The study concluded that: (1) Students’ gain in professional knowledge reserve, learning ability, innovation ability, teamwork ability and social ethics have a significantly positive impact on students’ employment situation. (2) Internship and employment guidance plays an important role in the influence of college investment on students’ learning gain. (3) Student engagement plays an important mediating role in the relationship between teaching factors (such as learning curriculum and teachers’ teaching quality) and students’ learning gain. (4) The college’s learning guidance and advice collection can effectively improve students’ learning gain, but the impact of the college’s environmental facilities on the sense of acquisition of tourism management students is not significant. This paper provides important implications for the improvement of talent mechanism of tourism education.

A study of work-integrated learning experience of hospitality and tourism management students in Guangdong under the COVID-19 pandemic

PurposeThis paper aims to explore students’ work-integrated learning experience. Particularly, students’ application of knowledge and improvement of multiple skills in work-integrated learning, their influence on positive industry image change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and students’ desired career prospect were explored.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey with valid responses from 168 undergraduate students in hospitality and tourism management was conducted in four colleges/universities in Guangdong, China in 2021. PLS-SEM method was used to analyze the data.FindingsIt was found that students’ multiple skills had improved through application of knowledge in work-integrated learning. Skill improvement helped form positive industry image change and shape future career prospect. However, such positive industry image change did not impact students’ career prospect directly.Originality/valueToday, work-integrated learning has become one of the most valuable opportunities for students in hospitality and tourism management to gain industry experience. However, recent literature has largely examined the negative impacts of COVID-19, whereas few studies have examined the positive aspects of work-integrated learning.

Guidance as A Key Factor for Quality Outcomes in Experiential Learning and Its Influence on Undergraduate Management Students throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper presents a study that explores how “field experience” programs generate a meaningful bridge between the “theoretical” academic world and the “real” labor market. We examine this model in a population of undergraduate management students who participated in experiential learning programs via internship-integrating courses. The results unravel the significance of the experience-based educational program during Covid-19, formulating new correlations unique to this period. The study's contribution focuses on three main areas. First, the findings shed light on the academic supervisor's importance in establishing the quality of the program and consequently improving students’ perception of its contribution to their integration in the employment market. Moreover, we found that the contribution of the guidance provided by the organizational mentor diminished during the Covid-19 period compared to that shown in former studies. Additionally, an innovative mediating effect of the guidance provided by the organizational mentor was found, one that generated an association between the quality of the program and its contribution to integration in the employment market. These results receive further validation during the period of the study, when academic institutions were required to show flexibility and adaptation, leading to the utilization of previously uncustomary distance learning methods.

Motivating university management students on studying research methods: influence of career applicability, and emotional and cognitive interests

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the relationships between undergraduate management students’ emotional interest (EI) and cognitive interest (CI) in research methods (RMs), the perceived applicability of RMs to future careers and motivation to study RMs within the Asian higher education context. This draws implications for better pedagogical approaches to motivating them to study RMs.Design/methodology/approachA pre–post-semester cohort study design was conducted with 172 undergraduate management students enrolled on an RMs subject by means of a self-administrated online survey using Qualtrics. A total of 170 students responded to the pre-semester survey and 116 students to the post-semester one. The main instrument was adapted from Mazer’s (2012) study interest scale. Regression analysis was applied to investigating the relationship between students’ EI and CI in RMs with perceived applicability of RMs to future careers and their motivation to study RMs.FindingsThe findings have shown that there was a significant relationship between undergraduate management students’ CI and EI and perceived applicability of RMs to future careers and their study motivation towards RMs. The regression model built on the two independent variables of students’ EI in RMs and their perceived applicability of RMs to future careers served to have higher accuracy in predicting their study motivation.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to enriching the conceptual understanding of the conflating influences of undergraduate management students’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation levels on studying RMs within the Asian higher education context. Practically, this study explores different pedagogical approaches to better motivating students to study RMs.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Undergraduate Management Students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Undergraduate Management Students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Students’ Experience of Empowerment from Multiple Scaffolders in PBL on Facebook

Scholars propose that students should be empowered when using social media in problem-based learning (PBL) as it is expected to provide positive learning experiences. Nonetheless, even though the use of social media has been described as empowering in PBL, not much research has measured students' experiences of the empowerment offered by multiple scaffolders through social media. In this study, 84 final-year undergraduate management students from a private university in Malaysia participated in a simultaneous within-subject experimental design to solve a business decision-making problem on Facebook. For eight weeks, multiple scaffolders, including an instructor, two business experts, and three to four peers, were present in each closed Facebook group. The students then answered a questionnaire following the PBL activity. Anchored on the Structural Empowerment (SE) Theory, this study evaluated the students’ perceptions of the SE provided by these scaffolders. Subsequently, the relationships among the scaffolders were measured. The results were analysed descriptively and inferentially. Overall, the students reported positive learning experiences but perceived that the instructor and peers provided more SE than the business experts. However, the business experts’ comments on the students' work and discussion points accelerated their problem-solving tasks. Furthermore, the SE provided by peers, instructors, and business experts correlated significantly, suggesting each scaffolder relied on each other when scaffolding. The findings indicate that all scaffolders, including the more experienced ones, should depend on the SE provided by other scaffolders to enable students to complete the complex business problem-solving tasks in PBL.

THE READINESS OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ADOPTING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0 (IR 4.0) FROM A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

There have been four major Industrial Revolutions that have developed human lifestyles. Currently, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, (IR 4.0), is taking place in major industries with current students and graduates requiring new talents and skills to become a future-proof workforce. However, current tertiary education is not yet fully equipped to deal with IR4.0 concepts. This results in the low awareness of IR4.0 among students and graduates where they are not yet ready to enter an IR4.0 workspace. This is especially so in construction management education. Hence, the aim of this research is to improve existing construction engineering education by including IR4.0. This research is based on data collected from a survey by questionnaire responses from construction management undergraduate and postgraduate students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. The findings show that these construction management students agreed that challenges such as the traditional construction management curricular structure and the lack of IR4.0 facilities hindered the implementation of IR4.0 in construction management education. Therefore, recommendations such as the collaboration of industry experts with universities and students to enable the adoption of IR4.0 into project-based learning were discussed. In conclusion, this study hopes to help both universities and students to be prepared for the integration of and benefits from, implementing IR4.0 in construction management education.

Evaluation of University Students' Perceptions in the Concept of Human Resources Manager with Metaphorical Analysis: The Case of Sakarya University

HRM, which offered a limited application areas in the past years, shows a bright and stable development today. The future of HRM presents a variety of options and a wide range of opportunities to candidates interested in this profession. The fact that HRM offers these opportunities increases the interest in this profession today, and it is more important and meaningful especially for students studying in this field. With this study, it is aimed to reveal the perceptions of the students, who give importance to the field of HRM and who may prefer it as a profession in the future, about human resources management. In the research of the study, the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study group of the research; Sakarya Business School consisted of 188 human resources management students attending the third and fourth year. The data of the research is like “human resources manager ............... because .........” was collected through an open-ended form. The obtained data were analyzed with content and descriptive analysis technique and tables were created using the MAXQDA program. It was observed that human resources management undergraduate students produced a total of 80 metaphors for the concept of human resources manager. The metaphors produced were handled in 7 categories. It was determined that the metaphors developed by human resources undergraduate students for the concept of "human resources manager" were mostly in the concepts of bridge, building block of the enterprise, mother, teacher, manager, father and wheel.

Influence of student-faculty interaction on graduate outcomes of undergraduate management students: The mediating role of behavioral, emotional and cognitive engagement

Student-faculty interaction is a key to career decision self-efficacy, self-perceived employability, and student satisfaction in higher education. Empirical evidence that examines the influence of student-faculty interaction and graduate outcomes among business students from a developing country's perspective is missing where the current study attempts to fill this knowledge gap. This research explains the influence of student-faculty interaction on their graduate outcomes. The study also establishes the mediating role of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement on students' graduate outcomes. This study analyzes survey responses of 921 undergraduate business students from the four major universities of Nepal using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Results indicate that student-faculty interaction significantly improves self-perceived employability and student satisfaction while failing to influence career-decision self-efficacy. The behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement mediates the relationship between student-faculty interaction and students' graduate outcomes. However, only emotional engagement mediates all three relationships. Our findings indicate that developing countries' HEIs need to introduce career-related interventions, market orientation, and develop instructors to improve student learning and graduate outcomes.

The Effect of Customer Trust, Lifestyle, and Attitude on the Online Buying Decision

The internet is essential for business. It is because all people apply this connection to do their online activities, for example, buying. Therefore, many online platforms appear to facilitate it. The research about the decision to buy online and its determinants is numerous. In this study, three determinants want to get investigated: trust, lifestyle, and attitude. By employing the undergraduate management students in Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana as population and stratified random sampling as the method to take the samples, this study has the goal to examine these three effects on the decision to purchase online. Before testing the effect of trust, lifestyle, and attitude on the online buying decision, the data collected from the online survey get validated first by the confirmatory factor analysis. Then, the reliability test by the Cronbach Alpha analysis becomes the following step. Furthermore, after examining the statistical hypotheses by the structural equation based on variance, this study reveals that trust does not affect the online purchasing decision. However, lifestyle and attitude become the determinant with a positive sign. It implies that the platform has to be able to provide a safe transaction to raise the trust of the customer to buy online, the sellers have to assure the fits of products offered and delivery time promised.

Effectiveness of Online Teaching Learning Process

Pandemics bring changes all over the world. These changes not only impact at a personal level but also at a professional level. All businesses and organizations are facing challenges of its own due to the enforced COVID-19 lockdown; so is the education sector as well. As we know that “education is key to success,” the sector designed its path during this pandemic. Online learning has become a significant tool to some extent to overcome the problem of education created during the pandemic. Every education institute, right from schools to colleges, adopted online learning. But this online learning is a very new concept in India at every level of education. This article tries to identify the effectiveness of online learning. It tries to identify whether online learning succeeds in achieving the goal of learning and mentoring of students or not. This article tries to identify whether the objective of knowledge enrichment was fulfilled with the online learning or was it just a betrayal. The article also tries to identify the factors which are very much responsible for the effectiveness of online learning. Primary data from 147 management undergraduate and postgraduate students has been used to answer all these questions. Data were analyzed with the help of Smart PLS and SPSS software. With the help of factor analysis, a total of six factors were identified which play a significant role in the effectiveness of online learning. The overall impact of all the factors on the “effectiveness of online teaching” was obtained with the help of structural equation modeling and regression analysis.