Students apprehension and affective inertia in a Twitter-based activity: Evidence from students of an economics degree

Fraj-Andrés, Elena (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Herrando, Carolina (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Lucia-Palacios, Laura (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pérez-López, Raúl (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Students' affective inertia can lead to their resistance to conducting an activity. This article aims to identify the characteristics of an e-learning activity carried out via Twitter that can help teachers reduce the possible incidence of such inertia. The analysis, based on structural equation modelling and applied to a sample of 105 students, reveals that e-learning activities should be useful and enjoyable in order to reduce affective inertia. Furthermore, students that are more apprehensive towards using social networking sites (SNS) are more likely to experience affective inertia, and having high expectations regarding the activity's enjoyment are less likely to reduce their inertia, compared to those who are less apprehensive about SNS use. This research offers important implications for teaching practice on the designing of e-learning activities.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100683

Año: 2022

Publicado en: International Journal of Management Education 20, 3 (2022), 100683 [13 pp.]
ISSN: 1472-8117

Factor impacto JCR: 5.2 (2022)

Categ. JCR: EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH rank: 21 / 269 = 0.078 (2022) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: MANAGEMENT rank: 100 / 227 = 0.441 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: BUSINESS rank: 71 / 154 = 0.461 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 7.1 - Business, Management and Accounting (Q1) - Social Sciences (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.056 - Strategy and Management (Q1) - Education (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S54-20R-GENERES Group
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-114874GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-118425RB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/PIIDUZ-17-064

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Comerci.Investig.Mercados (Dpto. Direc.Mark.Inves.Mercad.)