Improving the Innovation Ability of Engineering Students: A Science and Technology Innovation Community Organisation Network Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Jingxiao; Li, Rui; Li, Hui; Skitmore, Martin; Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo
Titel	Improving the Innovation Ability of Engineering Students: A Science and Technology Innovation Community Organisation Network Analysis
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 4, S.851-865 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1659761
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Partnerships in Education; School Business Relationship; Innovation; Correlation; Management Development; Universities; Foreign Countries; Social Networks; Network Analysis; College Students; College Faculty; Skill Development; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Korrelation; University; Universität; Ausland; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Science and Technology Innovation Communities (STICs) are student-led partnerships that bring together businesses, research centres, and university staff. They constitute an effective way of promoting student innovation ability. However, the students' position within the STICs organisation network may condition how their innovation ability is effectively acquired. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), this study measures how the STICs organisation network promotes the innovation ability of its actors. The paper finds that network centrality and structural holes of the STICs organisation network are positively correlated with student innovation ability. The results are validated through robustness tests in three different STICs, involving engineering students from China's Chang'an University. Semi-structured interviews are also conducted with 20 relevant actors of STICs. The conclusion suggests that a higher involvement of core actors, more support from schools, and more restrictive entry requirements are necessary to improve the organisation management and training level of engineering students in STICs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01