scholarly journals The Impact of Social Enterprises on Individual Wellbeing in South Korea: The Moderating Roles of Social Capital in Multilevel Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changbin Woo ◽  
Hyejin Jung
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Trust Network ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractVarious studies have proposed social enterprise as a potential policy intervention and a policy alternative to deal with the complex problem of wellbeing enhancement. However, the relationship between social enterprise and wellbeing has not been fully expounded, particularly its impact on the local community. This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between social enterprise and the wellbeing of individuals in the local community, utilizing a multilevel framework. It further explores whether social capital, measured as trust, network, and participation, plays a moderating role in the relationship between local social enterprise and the wellbeing of individuals in the community. The results indicate that social enterprise has a positive effect on the wellbeing of individuals in the community, and that social capital, particularly network and participation rather than trust, plays a moderating role in the relationship between local social enterprise and individual wellbeing. The results help explain how social enterprise improves the wellbeing of community residents as a whole, suggesting practical implications for policymakers and practitioners from governments and social enterprises.

THE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN TAIWAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 3-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHU-TWU WANG ◽  
YU-YUAN KUAN ◽  
KAM-TONG CHAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Resource Mobilization ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Trust Network ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Community organizations are often attached to the government's institutional conditions in Taiwan. However, with the government driving its policies, not only are these community organizations developing rapidly, but they also become more self-aware, striving for resources from different sectors on their own initiative and thereby forming the usual bottom-up exercise from civil society. This paper applies social capital and resource mobilization perspectives to study the present situation and characteristics of community-based social enterprise (CBSE) in Taiwan. According to the findings, the incentives provided by the Taiwanese government are truly an important driving force to promote the development of CBSE. The impact of community organizations is the important mechanism to develop CBSE. By the integration of product and innovation, community organizations are important bases to develop social enterprise. In addition, when developing social enterprises, community organizations must follow local society, humanity or products in order to result in social enterprises with local features. Finally, sales of products of CBSE are based on public trust network of communities. For a community organization to invest in developing businesses, it not only needs the force of a collective action to mobilize resources, but it also needs to form public trust within the community. Finally, the development of CBSE is closely related to the community residents, network relationships and trust as advocated by social capital can become vital strengths to support the development of CBSE, and are also media that must be relied on for CBSE to succeed.

scholarly journals The impact of work passion on work performance: the moderating role of P-O fit and meaningfulness of work

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Ika Indriasari ◽  
Noni Setyorini
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Work Passion

Our study aims to analyze the impact of auditor’s work passion on their performances, with meaningfulness of work and person organization fit (PO-fit) as moderating variables.  Auditor, as a profession associated with assurance of compliance with their clients, highly requires good work passion to increase their spirit, avoid them from work saturation and improve their work quality. Therefore, our study expected that work passion positively affect work performance. Furthermore, meaningfulnes work and PO-fit were also expected to have moderating effect on the relationship of work passion on work performance. The results of regression  and moderated regression analysis (MRA) on 87 samples collected from accoutants working in public accountant firm in Java, Indonesia, suggest that work passion has a positive effect on work performance. The result also shows that meaningfulnes was supported as a moderator on the relationship between work passion and work performance. However, our prediction that PO-fit could be a moderator in the effect of work passion on job performance of auditor was not supported.

Impact of Bloggers' Privacy Exposure on Blog Trust

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Kaouther Jridi ◽  
Amel Chaabouni ◽  
Fatma Bakini ◽  
Mabehej Chater
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Equation Method ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

This research aims to put into perspective the impact of exposing a blogger's private life over confidence which concerns the blog and the moderating role of the implication towards the category of the product. The collection of data is conducted among 320 members of the blog "streetstyletunisia," a fashion and beauty blog. The structural equation method based on the AMOS approach has been used to analyze the data. The results show the positive effect of honesty, a dimension of exposing a blogger's privacy over confidence concerning the blog, but disproving the impact of the blogger's intentionality over trust. This research confirms the moderating effect of involvement with the category of fashion and beauty product on the relationship between the perceived exposure of the blogger's private life and trust in the blog. This research can be interesting to marketers, as they need to partner with honest bloggers who reveal their privacy in order to influence amateurs and inspire trust in them and therefore embrace new communication strategies.

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of the Financial Behavior of Investors with Brand Approach (Case Study: Tehran Stock Exchange)

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bagher Asgarnezhad Nouri ◽  
Samira Motamedi ◽  
Milad Soltani
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract Behavioral science in the field of finance and investment is among new topics raised in recent years. The relationship between financial sciences and other fields of social sciences such as financial psychology has caused researchers to do many researches regarding the behavior of investors in the financial markets and their reactions to different situations. Based on the theories of financial behavior, shareholders' decision to buy and sell stocks is under the influence of internal and external psychological factors. Through designing and experimental testing of the model of investors' financial behavior in the Tehran Stock Exchange with an emphasis on brand, this study was an attempt to investigate the influence of these factors. To this end, financial, psychological and social factors were considered as the most important external factors influencing the behavior of investors and, considering the mediating role of brand awareness, their impact on perceived risk and perceived return as well as investment intention was tested. The research population consisted of all individual investors in the Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to determine the sample size, considering unlimited population, Cochran formula was used and hence the sample size was determined to be 145. For data collection, standard questionnaire was used. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire and the research hypotheses were tested using path analysis. The results showed that psychological factors have a positive impact on perceived risk and returns. Financial factors had a positive impact on perceived risk but no impact on perceived return. The impact of social factors on perceived risk and perceived return was not confirmed. Moreover, the results showed that brand awareness has a moderating role in the relationship between social factors and perceived risk and return. However, its moderating role was not confirmed in the relationship between the psychological and financial factors and perceived risk and return. Perceived risk had a positive effect on attitude toward the brand. However, the impact of perceived return on attitude toward the brand was not significant. Finally, the attitude toward the brand had a positive effect on shareholders' investment intention.

scholarly journals Investigating online shopping behaviour on mobile and fixed devices: The impact of scarcity and popularity cues

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tessa Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

<p>Smartphones have become ubiquitous in consumers’ lives and have been identified as an important online channel. However, consumers have indicated a preference for purchasing products through their fixed devices, such as computers, and few studies have investigated situations where consumers might indicate greater purchase intentions on their mobile devices. This research examines the influence of scarcity messages and popularity cues on purchase intention in the context of online shopping. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the differences between consumers using mobile and fixed devices.  Study one was a 3 (scarcity: limited quantity vs limited time vs no scarcity) x 2 (device: fixed vs smartphone) between-subjects design (N = 236). Study one found that in an online shopping context, limited-quantity scarcity messages (e.g. limited stock available) had a negative effect on purchase intention regardless of the consumer’s device. Furthermore, a consumer’s scepticism of advertising moderated the relationship. Perceived risk of online shopping was found to moderate the relationship between device and purchase intention.  Study two was a 2 (scarcity: limited quantity vs no scarcity) x 2 (popularity: ranking vs no ranking) x 2 (device: fixed vs smartphone) between-subjects design (N = 244). The study showed that a popularity cue had a positive effect on purchase intention. However, scarcity had no effect on purchase intention. Consumers in the smartphone conditions also had lower purchase intentions but this was not impacted by the inclusion of a scarcity message or popularity cue. Interestingly, credibility of the content did not moderate the relationships between scarcity and purchase intention, or popularity ranking and purchase intention.  These findings suggest that online scarcity messages do not increase purchase intention, in contrast to previous offline studies. The moderating role of scepticism on the scarcity message and purchase intention relationship indicates that consumers are suspicious of scarcity messages in an online context. However, it appears popularity cues enhance consumer purchase intentions online. Neither a scarcity message or a popularity cue increased purchase intention on a smartphone. The research demonstrates that scarcity messages are not as effective online as they have been shown to be in an offline context and that further research is required to understand how to increase consumer purchase intentions when shopping on a smartphone.</p>

The Effects of Network Ties on Relational Social Capital and Knowledge Contribution in Virtual Local Community

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Sutanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Actual Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Contribution ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

It is widely established that the levels of generalized trust, norms of reciprocity, and identification (collectively known as relational social capital) in a virtual community have a positive effect on a member’s motivation to contribute knowledge in the community. However, little is known on the antecedents of such relational social capital. This study longitudinally investigates the effects of the strength of network ties on the development of relational social capital in a virtual local community in a Southeast Asia country. It also empirically validates the relationship between relational social capital and actual knowledge contribution. Analyzing 98 community members, the author found that the formation of weak ties is significant on the members’ sense of identification with the community, which in turn positively affects their volume of knowledge contributed in the community.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT TOWARD LECTURER PERFORMANCE WITH ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS AS A MODERATING ROLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Pardiman Pardiman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Islamic Work Ethic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

The number of private Islamic higher educations (PTIS) in Indonesia today amounted to 631 institutions. This condition has a tremendous potential in order to build the civilization of the Indonesian nation as aspired by Islam which is to be a nation that baldatun thoyyibatun wa rabbun ghaffur, a nation with a peace, the savety, and prosperity. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of Islamic work ethic as moderating role on the influence of social capital and organizational commitment to the performance of lecturers. Researcher is using random sampling technique. The data collected from 236 respondents in PTIS that classified as “A” accredited by BANPT. Researcher analyzes the data collected by using WarlpPls 5.0. This research concluded that the social capital and organizational commitment has a positive effect on lecturer’s performance, Islamic work ethics reinforces these influences. However, the decision of researcher in choosing only “A” accredited as his research object make this study can’t be generalize.

scholarly journals Investigating online shopping behaviour on mobile and fixed devices: The impact of scarcity and popularity cues

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tessa Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

<p>Smartphones have become ubiquitous in consumers’ lives and have been identified as an important online channel. However, consumers have indicated a preference for purchasing products through their fixed devices, such as computers, and few studies have investigated situations where consumers might indicate greater purchase intentions on their mobile devices. This research examines the influence of scarcity messages and popularity cues on purchase intention in the context of online shopping. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the differences between consumers using mobile and fixed devices.  Study one was a 3 (scarcity: limited quantity vs limited time vs no scarcity) x 2 (device: fixed vs smartphone) between-subjects design (N = 236). Study one found that in an online shopping context, limited-quantity scarcity messages (e.g. limited stock available) had a negative effect on purchase intention regardless of the consumer’s device. Furthermore, a consumer’s scepticism of advertising moderated the relationship. Perceived risk of online shopping was found to moderate the relationship between device and purchase intention.  Study two was a 2 (scarcity: limited quantity vs no scarcity) x 2 (popularity: ranking vs no ranking) x 2 (device: fixed vs smartphone) between-subjects design (N = 244). The study showed that a popularity cue had a positive effect on purchase intention. However, scarcity had no effect on purchase intention. Consumers in the smartphone conditions also had lower purchase intentions but this was not impacted by the inclusion of a scarcity message or popularity cue. Interestingly, credibility of the content did not moderate the relationships between scarcity and purchase intention, or popularity ranking and purchase intention.  These findings suggest that online scarcity messages do not increase purchase intention, in contrast to previous offline studies. The moderating role of scepticism on the scarcity message and purchase intention relationship indicates that consumers are suspicious of scarcity messages in an online context. However, it appears popularity cues enhance consumer purchase intentions online. Neither a scarcity message or a popularity cue increased purchase intention on a smartphone. The research demonstrates that scarcity messages are not as effective online as they have been shown to be in an offline context and that further research is required to understand how to increase consumer purchase intentions when shopping on a smartphone.</p>

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of the Financial Behavior of Investors with Brand Approach (Case Study: Tehran Stock Exchange)

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-121
Author(s):  
Bagher Asgarnezhad Nouri ◽  
Samira Motamedi ◽  
Milad Soltani
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract Behavioral science in the field of finance and investment is among new topics raised in recent years. The relationship between financial sciences and other fields of social sciences such as financial psychology has caused researchers to do many researches regarding the behavior of investors in the financial markets and their reactions to different situations. Based on the theories of financial behavior, shareholders’ decision to buy and sell stocks is under the influence of internal and external psychological factors. Through designing and experimental testing of the model of investors’ financial behavior in the Tehran Stock Exchange with an emphasis on brand, this study was an attempt to investigate the influence of these factors. To this end, financial, psychological and social factors were considered as the most important external factors influencing the behavior of investors and, considering the mediating role of brand awareness, their impact on perceived risk and perceived return as well as investment intention was tested. The research population consisted of all individual investors in the Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to determine the sample size, considering unlimited population, Cochran formula was used and hence the sample size was determined to be 145. For data collection, standard questionnaire was used. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire and the research hypotheses were tested using path analysis. The results showed that psychological factors have a positive impact on perceived risk and returns. Financial factors had a positive impact on perceived risk but no impact on perceived return. The impact of social factors on perceived risk and perceived return was not confirmed. Moreover, the results showed that brand awareness has a moderating role in the relationship between social factors and perceived risk and return. However, its moderating role was not confirmed in the relationship between the psychological and financial factors and perceived risk and return. Perceived risk had a positive effect on attitude toward the brand. However, the impact of perceived return on attitude toward the brand was not significant. Finally, the attitude toward the brand had a positive effect on shareholders’ investment intention.

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