Journal of Systems & Management ›› 2025, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 1433-1450.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-4558.2025.05.018
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WANG Yifei, WEI Feng, WANG Jiaonan
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王艺霏,魏峰,王娇楠
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Abstract: The rapid development and extensive application of mobile internet and fourth/fifth-generation mobile communication technologies have made it common for entrepreneurs to interact and connect with business partners online. However, the extant conceptual framework and measures for entrepreneurs’ networking behavior cannot adequately capture entrepreneurs’ networking behavior in the digital era. There is an urgent need to expand the conceptual framework of entrepreneurs’ networking behaviors and develop a reliable and valid measure that takes digital social media into consideration. Therefore, this paper first develops a conceptual model of entrepreneurs’ networking behaviors using the grounded theory. The conceptual model includes four dimensions: “online broadening,” “offline broadening,” “online deepening,” and “offline deepening”. Then, it develops a scale based on this framework and previous measures. Finally, it conducts exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to test the reliability and validity of the scale. The results indicate that the newly developed scale exhibits strong reliability and validity. Using this measurement tool, this paper systematically examines the predictive validity of different entrepreneurs’ networking behaviors on new venture, with the “prism” (i.e., network quality) and “pipe” (i.e., network centrality) functions of entrepreneurial networks serving as mediating mechanisms. This paper deepens the understanding of entrepreneurs’ networking behaviors in the digital era, and the new scale facilitates empirical studies in this field. The predictive validation tests also provide initial theoretical support for the outcomes and underlying mechanism of entrepreneurs’ networking behavior in the digital era.
Key words: entrepreneurs’ networking behavior, grounded theory, scale development, entrepreneurial network, new venture performance
摘要: 随着移动互联网以及第四、第五代移动通信技术的快速发展与广泛应用,创业者通过线上媒介与其他企业开展社会交往逐渐常态化。现有创业者社交行为的概念内涵与测量工具已难以充分反映数字化情境下的社交特征,亟须对数字赋能的创业者社交行为进行概念重构,并开发相应的科学测量工具。本研究采用扎根理论方法,构建了包含“线上拓展型”“线下拓展型”“线上深化型”和“线下深化型”4个维度的创业者社交行为构念模型,并据此结论遵循科学程序开发了测量量表。基于调研数据分析结果显示,该量表具有良好的信度和效度。基于新开发的测量工具,研究系统检验了不同类型创业者社交行为对创业企业绩效的预测效度,并发现创业网络的“棱镜”功能(即网络质量)和“管道”功能(即网络中心性)在其中起中介作用。本研究深化了对数字时代创业者社交行为内涵的理解,所开发的新量表有助于推动该领域的实证研究;预测效度检验也为数字时代创业者社交行为的影响机制及其结果提供了初步理论支持。
关键词: 创业者社交行为, 扎根理论, 量表开发, 创业网络, 创业绩效
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F279.2
WANG Yifei, WEI Feng, WANG Jiaonan. Development and Validation of Entrepreneurs’ Networking Behavior Scale in the Digital Era[J]. Journal of Systems & Management, 2025, 34(5): 1433-1450.
王艺霏, 魏峰, 王娇楠. 数字时代创业者社交行为量表的设计与验证[J]. 系统管理学报, 2025, 34(5): 1433-1450.
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