The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline

In recent years, the literature has highlighted the importance of relational aspects on student attainment in higher education. Much of this previous work agrees with the idea that students' connectedness has beneficial effects on their performance. However, this literature has generally ov...

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Autores: Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935X, Expósito-Langa, Manuel|||0000-0001-7707-7354, Nicolau Juliá, Débora
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositório:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Higher education
Relationship networks
Academic performance
Social network analysis
Creative contexts
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spelling The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative disciplineTomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935XExpósito-Langa, Manuel|||0000-0001-7707-7354Nicolau Juliá, DéboraHigher educationRelationship networksAcademic performanceSocial network analysisCreative contextsORGANIZACION DE EMPRESASIn recent years, the literature has highlighted the importance of relational aspects on student attainment in higher education. Much of this previous work agrees with the idea that students' connectedness has beneficial effects on their performance. However, this literature has generally overlooked the influence that the discipline of study may have on this relationship, especially when creative contexts are addressed. In this sense and with the aim of looking deeper into this topic, this paper attempts to analyze by means of social network analysis techniques the relationship between social ties and academic performance in two bachelor's degrees with divergent contents and competence profiles in terms of creativity. Our findings suggest that in non-creative disciplines, the closeness of the students to the core of relationships of their network may help them to perform better academically. However, in creative contexts, the relationship between social ties and academic performance shows the form of an inverted U-shaped curve. These findings may have relevant implications for both educational research and university policies and strategies.Springer Verlag (Germany)Departamento de Organización de EmpresasEscuela Politécnica Superior de AlcoyRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20162016-03-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/81797reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/817972026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
title The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
spellingShingle The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935X
Higher education
Relationship networks
Academic performance
Social network analysis
Creative contexts
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
title_short The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
title_full The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
title_fullStr The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
title_full_unstemmed The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
title_sort The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935X
Expósito-Langa, Manuel|||0000-0001-7707-7354
Nicolau Juliá, Débora
author Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935X
author_facet Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente|||0000-0002-5053-935X
Expósito-Langa, Manuel|||0000-0001-7707-7354
Nicolau Juliá, Débora
author_role author
author2 Expósito-Langa, Manuel|||0000-0001-7707-7354
Nicolau Juliá, Débora
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Organización de Empresas
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Higher education
Relationship networks
Academic performance
Social network analysis
Creative contexts
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
topic Higher education
Relationship networks
Academic performance
Social network analysis
Creative contexts
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
description In recent years, the literature has highlighted the importance of relational aspects on student attainment in higher education. Much of this previous work agrees with the idea that students' connectedness has beneficial effects on their performance. However, this literature has generally overlooked the influence that the discipline of study may have on this relationship, especially when creative contexts are addressed. In this sense and with the aim of looking deeper into this topic, this paper attempts to analyze by means of social network analysis techniques the relationship between social ties and academic performance in two bachelor's degrees with divergent contents and competence profiles in terms of creativity. Our findings suggest that in non-creative disciplines, the closeness of the students to the core of relationships of their network may help them to perform better academically. However, in creative contexts, the relationship between social ties and academic performance shows the form of an inverted U-shaped curve. These findings may have relevant implications for both educational research and university policies and strategies.
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