Volume 8, 2020: Issue 2

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Title:

Academic performance and social position analysis of the networks of engineering students

Author(s):

Amit Rechavi, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

Dizza Beimel, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

Abstract:

Is there always a statistically positive correlation between academic achievement and social capital? What is the role of individual characteristics in this correlation? The present study combines quantitative Social Network Analysis (SNA) with qualitative interviews to examine these questions among students in a 'bachelor's degree program. The research operationalized students' social capital as friendship ties and social network centralities and correlated these parameters with their academic performance. The study uses and elucidates the relationship between academic performance and social position. It uses this data and qualitative data obtained through in-depth interviews to characterize students who are both academic and social high-performers.

Keywords:

Classroom environment, network analysis, social capital, leadership

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36965/OJAKM.2020.8(2)122-144

Type:

Research paper

Journal:

The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM), ISSN: 2325-4688

Publisher:

International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (IIAKM)

Received:

27 August 2020

Revised:

1 November 2020; 11 December 2020; 29 December 2020

Accepted:

29 December 2020

Accepting Editor:

Meir Russ

Pages:

122-144