The Role of Digital Platforms in Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Process: Does Online Social Capital Matter?

Table 5

Direct and indirect relationships between online SC dimensions and EOP.

(a)

	Direct relations	Standard deviation	statistics	values	Reject/accept
H1a	Bridging → opportunity exploitation	0.094	0.333	0.739	R
H1b	Bridging → opportunity recognition	0.105	0.0443	0.658	R
H1c	Bonding → opportunity exploitation	0.120	0.297	0.766	R
H1d	Bonding → opportunity recognition	0.105	1.042	0.297	R

(b)

	Indirect relations (mediation)	Specific indirect effects	Standard deviation	statistics	values	Accept/reject
H2d	Bonding → entrepreneurial capacity → opportunity exploitation	0.083	0.042	1.987	0.047	A
H2b	Bridging → entrepreneurial capacity → opportunity exploitation	0.146	0.049	2.966	0.003	A
H2c	Bonding → entrepreneurial capacity → opportunity recognition	0.088	0.045	1.950	0.051	R
H2a	Bridging → entrepreneurial capacity → opportunity recognition	0.155	0.050	3.096	0.002	A
H3d	Bonding → resource acquisition → opportunity exploitation	0.095	0.046	2.046	0.041	A
H3b	Bridging → resource acquisition → opportunity exploitation	0.061	0.029	2.124	0.034	A
H3c	Bonding → resource acquisition → opportunity recognition	0.108	0.043	2.534	0.011	A
H3a	Bridging → resource acquisition → opportunity recognition	0.069	0.030	2.299	0.022	A

Note: developed by the authors.