This paper sets out to ascertain and to revisit the concept of Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) among international students in Turkey. By utilizing Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the explaining model, this paper shows that EI obviously exists among the international students in Turkey. In particular, the respondents were determined by using simple random sampling method. Hereby, self-administered online questionnaires were delivered to several social media platform groups, such as WhatsApp, e-mail, Messenger, and Facebook groups of international students who recently study in 12 big cities and 25 universities across Turkey. By employing correlation, descriptive statistics, and structural analysis, the results notify that Personal Attitude (PA) and Subjective Norm (SN) of international students in Turkey generally show high mean scores. Otherwise, the Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) performs neither high nor low mean score. Furthermore, the structural test output by utilizing SmartPLS3 indicates that PA and PBC statistically perform significant and positive direct effect on EI. Whilst, on the other hand, SN does not appear to statistically contribute to the variation of EI.
5 February 2025 in Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
Notwithstanding the pervasive utilization of digital technology in social and educational realms, an in-depth understanding and exploration of the interrelationships amongst digital connectivity, social skills, and emotional intelligence, particularly within Generation Z demographic–known for their heavy reliance on digital platforms–remains elusive. This study endeavors to address this gap. Applying structural equation modeling, it examined the interrelationships between digital connectivity, social skills, and emotional intelligence, surveying a sample of 518 Generation Z students (comprising 77.61% females, 20.64% males, and 1.74% non-binary) across various academic years and disciplines at a university located in Southern Thailand. PLS-SEM software was employed to evaluate the structural model and substantiate the research hypotheses. Our findings suggest that digital connectivity did not detrimentally impact social skills. However, it negatively influenced emotional intelligence among Generation Z students, observable both at the operational level and in terms of fostering the capacity to regulate one’s own and others’ emotional states. Despite this, social skills proved to significantly enhance emotional intelligence. The same consistent pattern of a positive and significant influence is observed when testing the indirect effect of digital connectivity on emotional intelligence through social skills. Furthermore, it was found that robust and effective digital connectivity could potentially bolster understanding and management of emotions in the digital age, much like well-developed social skills. Hence, this study provides substantial insights into the nuanced impacts of digital connectivity on the social and emotional development of Generation Z students.
Over the last decade, the body of literature on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms (board composition and its characteristics) and ‘corporate social reporting’ has seen increasing attention from academics. However, no significant studies attempt to systematise the body of literature highlighting the advancement of knowledge in this field. The main objective of this study is to identify the flow of knowledge in this area by applying a chronological approach to the traditional Systematic Literature Review (SLR), which is called Systematic Literature Network Analysis (SLNA). We found 21 papers that constitute the Main Path of knowledge and four clusters from the co-occurrence analysis of authors’ keywords: i) ‘The influencing factors of social disclosure’; ii) ‘Assurance practices and CSR reporting’; iii) ‘Integrated reporting and Sustainability reporting’; iv) ‘The relationship between intellectual capital disclosure and corporate governance’; v) ‘The relevant theories.’ Finally, future avenues of research are suggested.
27 January 2025 in Social Sciences & Humanities Open
This study aims to empirically identify the drivers of sustainability reporting (SR) in Indonesia. Relying on the legitimacy theory, we conjecture that CSR performance and the firm’s attributes are associated with SR. Using the sample from the Indonesian Capital Market (IDX), we run logit regression analysis. Logit regression is performed by employing quarterly data from 37 publicly listed companies, that voluntarily published sustainability reports from the first quarter (Q1) of 2012 to the last quarter (Q4) of 2016 fiscal year. The obtained results show that CSR performance is positively associated with SR. Whilst, firm’s attributes with different surrogate indicators indicate mixed results. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence, in which CSR performance and the firm’s attributes play a pivotal role as the drivers of sustainability reporting.