Collaborative competencies in professional social networking: are students short changed by curriculum in business education?

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Benson, Vladlena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5940-0525 and Filippaios, Fragkiskos (2015) Collaborative competencies in professional social networking: are students short changed by curriculum in business education? Computers in Human Behavior, 51 (B). pp. 1331-1339. ISSN 0747-5632

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.031

Abstract

Social networks have earned their indisputable place as a collaborative learning tool in education. In this paper, we address the gap in literature on developing a set of competencies to allow graduates to make the most of collaborative technologies for business and professional activity as well as career management. Based on a survey of over 600 business school graduates from AMBA accredited UK universities, we are able to identify the level of awareness and degree of application of professional usage of social networks amongst students. Our results show that work experience and age of the business students play a significant role in their usage of social networks for professional purposes, knowledge and career management. The data shows that younger students are more social networking savvy when it comes to identifying business opportunities, while older graduates are less confident. This is important as traditionally graduate students are individuals in their mid careers and the skill gap between generation Y and the experienced graduates need to be bridged by adequate curriculum changes.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.031
Additional Information:	© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords:	collaborative learning environments, professional networking, career management, graduate competencies, curriculum design
Subjects:	Education Education > Teaching and learning Education > Teaching and learning > Technology-enhanced learning Computing Business and finance
Depositing User:	Vladlena Benson
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2015 12:46
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 15:54
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3859