Digital Learning Orientation and Entrepreneurial Competencies in Graduates: Is Blended Learning Sustainable?

Mir Shahid Satar (), Sager Alharthi, Fandi Omeish, Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani and Natasha Saqib
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Mir Shahid Satar: College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia
Sager Alharthi: College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia
Fandi Omeish: E-Marketing and Social Media Department, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman P.O. Box 1438, Jordan
Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani: Department of Administration, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Natasha Saqib: Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-21

Abstract: The emerging literature demonstrates the significance of digital learning in developing sustainable employability skills in learners. In the modern scenario of digitally transforming business and entrepreneurship education (EE), the study examines the role of digital learning orientation (DLO) for the development of entrepreneurial competencies (ECs) in graduates while considering the effects of blended learning (BL) behavior. The study data came from a survey of 317 graduate students in Saudi Arabia, where digitalization and entrepreneurship are positioned as new agendas for sustainable development in the education sector. The data analysis results from partial least squares structural equation modelling (SmartPLS 3.0) revealed that DLO has a direct impact on the development of ECs in graduates. However, the effects of BL on ECs were not proven. Nevertheless, BL was found to moderate the relationship between DLO and ECs. As a result, the study produced new theoretical and practical implications underpinning digital learning and EE in the contemporary digitalization context.

Keywords: digital learning; sustainable education; entrepreneurial competencies; blended learning; entrepreneurship education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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