Do Interpersonal Networks Mediate the Relationship Between International Academic Mobility and Entrepreneurial Knowledge?

Autor/inn/en	Moortel, Kevin De; u.a.
Titel	Do Interpersonal Networks Mediate the Relationship Between International Academic Mobility and Entrepreneurial Knowledge?
Quelle	In: Minerva : a review of science, learning and policy, 60 (2022) 1, S. 29-55Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-4695
Schlagwörter	Mobilität; Wirtschaft; Hochschule; Internationalität
Abstract	Temporary international mobility is an increasingly relevant practice amongst academics. However, current literature lacks understanding on whether such mobility influences the individual academics' entrepreneurial knowledge. This paper hypothesizes that temporary international academic mobility is conducive to the academic's entrepreneurial knowledge and that interpersonal social networks play a crucial role in the transfer of this knowledge through their strength and size properties. We perform a Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Model and build upon an original survey data set collected amongst 281 Chinese academics. We find that the size of one's interpersonal social network fully mediates the relationship between international academic mobility and entrepreneurial knowledge. This result points to the importance of a structurally broad - rather than a relationally strong - international social network in the academic's accumulation of entrepreneurial knowledge abroad. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
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Update	2024/3