Influence of Social Network Strength on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition: A Chain Mediation Model of Need Knowledge and Technological Knowledge

Table 2

Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix, reliability, and validity test.

Variable	Alpha	CR	AVE	Mean	SD	GEN	EDU	EXP	SNS	NK	TK	EOR
GEN				0.497	0.501
EDU				2.187	0.483	−0.004
EXP				2.210	1.194	0.020	−0.022
SNS	0.864	0.875	0.703	3.666	1.211	0.103	0.175	0.000	0.838
NK	0.723	0.736	0.414	5.435	0.903	0.111	−0.038	0.093	0.361	0.643
TK	0.747	0.747	0.428	5.498	0.908	0.180	0.016	0.283	0.292	0.678	0.654
EOR	0.774	0.775	0.463	5.037	1.089	0.140	0.126	0.058	0.451	0.725	0.664	0.680

Note. SD = standard deviation, Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha, AVE = average variance extracted, CR = composite reliability, GEN = gender, EDU = education level, EXP = work experience related to IT, SNS = social network strength, NK = need knowledge, TK = technological knowledge, and EOR = entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. The square root of AVE is in bold and reported along the leading diagonal of the correlation matrix of constructs.