A Conceptual Framework Toward Understanding of Knowledge Acquisition Sources and Student Well-Being

Abstract

There are a multitude of factors influencing student employability, with all previous studies basing their conclusions upon predetermined variables according to different theories and exploring the relevance between them. In this study, teachers’ knowledge transfer and market orientation—are put forward on the basis of the marketing concepts in order to explore the conspicuousness between various factors within the structural model. This study uses students from colleges in Taiwan and mainland China, and purposive sampling is adopted to acquire samples required for statistics. A total of 1,222 valid questionnaires were collected from Taiwanese and Mainland China students. The results indicate that knowledge transfer, market orientation and absorptive capacity have significant impacts on student employability, that the absorptive capacity has a positive moderating effect on the influence of knowledge transfer and market orientation on student employability. Based on results and findings, this study will provide suggestions for theoretical and practical implications. © Copyright © 2020 Xu, Peng, Shi, Wong, Chong and Lee.

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Author Keywords

self-efficacy Student employability well-being absorptive capacity market orientation teacher knowledge transfer

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Author Affiliations

School of Economics and Management, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China, School of Digital Economics, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Business College, Yango University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, College of Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

School of Business, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Department of Education, New Era University College, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Funding & Acknowledgements

Grant: FJ2019B106

Funding. This paper was supported by Fujian Province Social Sciences Plan Project in 2019 (Grant No. FJ2019B106).

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A Conceptual Framework Toward Understanding of Knowledge Acquisition Sources and Student Well-Being

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