{"title":"Ethical empowerment: Examining the impact of business education in Indian universities through the lens of international standards and CIPP model","authors":"Shakeb Akhtar, Donkor Nawaah, Syed Hasan Jafar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study assessed the effectiveness of Indian postgraduate business education in addressing ethical challenges, integrating International Education Standards (IES) and the Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model. Using a positivist approach, a cross-sectional survey was conducted, focusing on 233 postgraduate business students through various sampling methods. Data analysis employed descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential (multiple linear regression) statistics. Findings revealed a significant 75% alignment with IES 4 in surveyed universities' business programs. Participative teaching methods were found to be used often in ethics instruction, particularly in accounting courses. Students perceived the program as highly effective in meeting ethical requirements, influenced by age, religiosity, and to a lesser extent, gender. Future research should explore components affecting ethical preparedness, considering content, teaching methods, case studies, long-term impacts, and cultural variations. The study, which was constrained by self-reported data and student perspectives, highlights the need for diverse viewpoints and methods in future cross-cultural research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid vs. in-person learning: The displacement of boundaries in customized executive programs","authors":"Roy Campos Retana","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Business schools tailor Customized Executive Programs (CEPs) to address the specific needs of organizations. This paper illustrates how expanding knowledge boundaries during CEP delivery enhances a participant's learning. Through multiple case studies, we address the question of how trading zone boundaries are displaced during the delivery of CEPs. We compared five in-person and five hybrid CEPs from across Latin America and Europe, comprising different industries, to answer this inquiry. The data was analyzed using qualitative-mixed methods techniques. Our findings reveal that, paradoxically, when tension arises within CEP's delivery trading zone, interactive experiences, diverse cultures, and physical proximity improve adult learning. Our research contributes to the field of executive education by expanding theory and highlighting three in-person behaviors that virtual environments alone cannot replicate: engaging in a cognitive-affective dialectic for enriched learning, knowledge boundary displacement through interpersonal dynamics, and integration of cross-cultural diversity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101064"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chi-Wei Liu , Wen-Long Zhuang , Aliana Man Wai Leong , Shao-Chuan Wu , Tzung-Cheng Huan
{"title":"The impact of mentorship on internship satisfaction among hospitality interns: The moderating role of thriving at work","authors":"Chi-Wei Liu , Wen-Long Zhuang , Aliana Man Wai Leong , Shao-Chuan Wu , Tzung-Cheng Huan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the effects of vertical mentoring and horizontal mentoring on internship satisfaction among hospitality interns. Additionally, this study investigates whether thriving at work moderates the relationship between mentoring function and internship satisfaction. In this study, 900 questionnaires, comprising parts one and two, were distributed to interns at five-star hotels and chain restaurants in Taiwan with a two-week interval. Part one includes the dependent variable (e.g., mentoring function) and moderating variable (e.g., thriving at work), while part two includes the independent variable (e.g., internship satisfaction). Ultimately, 489 valid questionnaires were returned. The analysis results were as follows: (1) both vertical mentoring and horizontal mentoring had a significantly positive effect on internship satisfaction; (2) learning trait moderated the relationship between mentoring function and internship satisfaction; and (3) vitality trait moderated the relationship between mentoring function and internship satisfaction. Management implications and research recommendations are also provided in this paper.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101061"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing and validating an instrument for assessing E-entrepreneurial idea feasibility","authors":"Guan-Yu Lin, Wen-Hsuan Li, Yi-Shun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the critical importance of e-entrepreneurship idea generation for e-venture success, there remains a significant lack of valid and reliable instruments to evaluate the feasibility of e-entrepreneurial ideas proposed by undergraduates during entrepreneurship learning. This study addresses this gap by creating and validating a scale based on the Business Model Canvas with a sample of 299 participants. Following established scale development procedures, a 13-item scale with four factors emerged: value creation and customer relationship management, cost structure, business viability, and customer segmentation and personalization. The scale demonstrates satisfactory internal consistency and criterion-related validity, providing a reliable tool for assessing e-entrepreneurial idea feasibility in higher education, benefiting both educators and researchers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101060"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismail Abdi Changalima, David Amani, Ismail Juma Ismail
{"title":"Social influence and information quality on Generative AI use among business students","authors":"Ismail Abdi Changalima, David Amani, Ismail Juma Ismail","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the increasing utilisation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings, its influence on shaping students’ behaviour remains relatively under-researched. This study employs PLS-SEM to explore the relationships between social influence, information quality, and behavioural intentions regarding ChatGPT usage among business students. Drawing from data collected from 477 business students, the study unveils that both social influence and information quality significantly impact behavioural intentions. Moreover, information quality strengthens the influence of social influence on behavioural intentions. The multigroup analysis reveals that the effects of social influence and information quality on behavioural intentions differ between females and males. However, the moderating effect of information quality does not differ significantly between them. Furthermore, the effects observed in all hypothesised relationships do not differ significantly between first-year and second-year students. By empirically validating the proposed model for behavioural intentions regarding ChatGPT usage and identifying statistical differences among males and females, as well as between first-year and second-year students, this study contributes to filling existing knowledge gaps. Furthermore, the study offers potential avenues for future research and serves as a valuable resource for academics, professionals, and policymakers interested in understanding students' engagement with generative AI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101063"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing immersive virtual reality in a marketing practical training course: Qualitative evaluation with undergraduates","authors":"Dong Hong Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101058","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101058","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the marketing learning, practical training courses are very important for undergraduates to understand and master theoretical knowledge. Virtual reality (VR) technology has great potential in practical teaching, but its effect on marketing students has not been paid enough attention. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the impact of immersive VR practical training courses on marketing learning. By using the self-developed “immersive VR supermarket design” system as a platform, this study qualitatively analyzed the evaluations of marketing students who participated in this VR practical training course. The results show that students have perceived novelty, perceived interest, the sense of achievement and perceived usefulness of the VR practical training course, which can enhance their professional identity and thus enhance their willingness to learn. In addition, perceived usefulness includes professional cognition improvement, professional knowledge deepening, practical ability improvement, VR knowledge improvement and team cooperation ability improvement. The conclusions show that it is a positive thing to introduce immersive VR into marketing practical training courses. This study enriches the research of immersive VR practical courses and provides significant implications for the development of VR practical training courses in marketing education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101058"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Haroon Rashid , Yanqing Wang , Imran Anwar , Sumaira Aslam , Naveed Yasin , Waqas Khuram
{"title":"Venture creation through social connections: Role of social networking ties in developing entrepreneurial passion and intentions among university students","authors":"Muhammad Haroon Rashid , Yanqing Wang , Imran Anwar , Sumaira Aslam , Naveed Yasin , Waqas Khuram","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing upon S-O-R theory, this study explores the direct and indirect influence of social networking ties (SNTs) on entrepreneurial intention (EI), via the mediation of entrepreneurial passion (EP). It also investigates the moderation effect of the need for achievement (nAch) on the direct relationship between SNTs and EP and further investigates the conditional moderation of nAch on the indirect path from SNTs to EI. Using a sample of 307 Pakistani university students, we employed the PLS-SEM approach to test the model. The results of the measurement model affirmed that the data meet the assumptions of convergent and divergent validities. The findings from the structural model showed that SNTs influence EI both directly and indirectly. Additionally, nAch is also found to positively moderate the link between SNTs and EP. Further, the results of conditional indirect effects infer that the indirect effect of SNTs becomes the most significant for the students who perceive a high level of nAch and the least significant for the students who perceive a low level of nAch. This study adds to the literature by employing the S-O-R approach to understand the link between SNTs and EI via EP and incorporating nAch as a boundary condition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101062"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142324060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesús P. Barrero , Juan Bautista Delgado-García , Héctor Pérez-Fernández
{"title":"Training entrepreneurs in culturally diverse countries. Influence of Social Norms on Entrepreneurial Intention","authors":"Jesús P. Barrero , Juan Bautista Delgado-García , Héctor Pérez-Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>One of the most influential factors in people's lives is the place of birth. At the educational and employment level, our future is often determined by social and cultural factors associated with the country or region where we are born. This study explores the extent to which National Culture conditions the influence of Social Norms on the Entrepreneurial Intention of business students. We focus on the components of the Theory of Planned Behaviour proposed by Ajzen and on Hofstede's dimensions of National Culture. To test our hypotheses we surveyed 352 business students at universities or business schools in seven countries with large cultural differences. The results of PLS analyses show that the effect of Social Norms on Entrepreneurial Intention is larger among individuals from national cultures with high Power Distance, low Individualism and Short-Term Orientation. These effects of national culture should be considered when designing entrepreneurship education programmes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101059"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142320049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing the gaps between higher education research and management education","authors":"George Rosier","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101056","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101056","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this paper is to address the gaps between the higher education research, and management education. These two fields seem to have developed with surprisingly little interaction, an impression that is reinforced by citation count. As a guide to redressing this situation, this paper explores an important subset of the higher education literature, sometimes called the “student learning” research, and its implications for management education. This research underpins government-sponsored surveys of program quality in Britain and Australia. I argue that it offers new insights into course structure, pedagogy and assessment. If we want students to understand, evaluate and critically analyze management situations, it is counterproductive to use pedagogies or assessments that higher education research has shown to actually undermine these objectives. The student learning literature offers guidelines for course design and simple approaches to course evaluation. Interventions based on this research have shown remarkable improvements in learning outcomes. Implications for practice and opportunities for research are noted throughout the paper.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101056"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142312858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"University-business linkages influence on international business competence: An in-service training perspective","authors":"Christopher Boafo, Utz Dornberger","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Firms often rely on the skills and mindsets of individual employees and managers rather than on organizational structures and capabilities to execute entrepreneurial activities. These individual-level factors, which may originate from educational and business experiences, also support the development of international business competencies when firms engage in international operations. Accordingly, this study investigates educational collaborations in university-business linkages that influence international business competence at the individual level. Survey data were collected from 489 in-service-trained business executives pursuing (Executive) Master of Business Administration degrees while concurrently holding supervisory and managerial responsibilities in firms in Ghana. Factor analysis revealed four dimensions of educational collaborations in university-business linkages. Results from hypothesis testing, conducted using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM), indicate that the diversity and internationality of study content and research dimensions positively and significantly influence these executives' global mindset, entrepreneurial orientation, and international marketing skills in performing foreign business operations. Similarly, interactions with international resource persons positively and significantly influence the executives' global mindset and international marketing skills. However, while participation in international affairs shows positive effects, these are not statistically significant. We discuss these findings and highlight their implications for developing international human capital through a university-business educational collaboration framework useful for executives, business schools, academics, and global higher education development partners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"22 3","pages":"Article 101050"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472811724001216/pdfft?md5=edca6fc8cb47e421b99b6d7fef3b407b&pid=1-s2.0-S1472811724001216-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142312857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}