Newcomers' relationship-building behavior, mentor information sharing and newcomer adjustment: The moderating effects of perceived mentor and newcomer deep similarity

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 103519
Author(s):  
Yuyan Zheng ◽  
Xiaotong Zheng ◽  
Chia-Huei Wu ◽  
Xiang Yao ◽  
Yi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Newcomer Adjustment ◽  
Building Behavior

The bright and dark sides of green customer integration (GCI): evidence from Chinese manufacturers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwen Feng ◽  
Hongyan Sheng ◽  
Minghui Li
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Opportunistic Behavior ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Customer Integration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeBased on resource dependence theory and transaction cost economics this study explores how green customer integration (GCI) affects financial performance via information sharing and opportunistic behavior, and the moderating effects of dependence and trust.Design/methodology/approachThis study develops a theoretical model and tests it using data from two-waved survey data of 206 Chinese manufacturers. The hypotheses were tested using hierarchical linear regression analysis.FindingsThe results show that GCI has a significant and positive impact on information sharing, but its impact on opportunistic behavior is insignificant. Notably, information sharing has a significant and positive impact on financial performance, while opportunistic behavior has an insignificant impact on financial performance. In addition, dependence negatively moderates the impact of GCI on information sharing and positively moderates the impact of GCI on opportunistic behavior. Trust negatively moderates the impact of GCI on opportunistic behavior.Originality/valueAlthough GCI has received widespread attention, how it affects a firm's performance remains unclear. Most previous studies have focused only on its bright side and ignored its dark side. This study highlights how GCI affects financial performance through information sharing and opportunistic behavior, and the moderating effects of dependence and trust. This enriches the understanding of how and under what conditions GCI affects a firm's performance.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Market Environment Dimensions and Availability of Malaria Pills in Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 216495612110021
Author(s):  
Pross Nagitta Oluka ◽  
Marcia Mkansi ◽  
George William Kajjumba
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction This study sought to examine the contribution of relationship building (in terms of collaboration, information sharing and supply chain interdependence) on the availability of malaria treatment pills in public hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa using data from Uganda. Methods By means of a cross-sectional survey research design, the study used a questionnaire strategy to collect quantitative data. Out of the 320 questionnaires that were distributed in 40 public hospitals, 283 were answered and returned, which yielded an 88% response rate. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to establish the relationship between measured variables and latent constructs. Results Drawing on the survey results, the confirmatory factor analysist and the Structural Equation Modelling clearly demonstrate that relationship building (in terms of collaboration, information sharing and supply chain interdependence) significantly influences the availability of Artemisinin-based combination therapies in public general hospitals in Uganda. Conclusion Policy-makers should focus on developing cheaper information technology tools to exchange information regarding stock levels, forecasting, quantification, orders, and dispensing. This study developed a measurement model for an inter-hospital relationship, using relational view theory, and it employs dimensions in terms of information sharing and supply chain interdependence to predict and explain the availability of malaria pills in government hospitals.

scholarly journals A Study on Community Formation Patterns Based on the Usage of Benches by Seniors

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 437-437
Author(s):  
Yunjeong Lee ◽  
Akiko Nishino ◽  
Yuji Matsuda ◽  
Toshio Otsuki ◽  
Kazuhiko Nishide
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Building ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Single Use ◽  
Building Behavior ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
Use Behavior

Abstract In Japan, the rate of aging exceeds 27%, and the decline of communities has been an issue. Therefore, in this study we take the T housing complex as an example where the rate of aging is more than 40% and aim to understand the usage pattern of benches. An observational research was conducted for 19 days to examine the usage of a total of 23 benches, 17 existing ones and 6 newly installed ones, in the T housing complex. This investigation led to the findings. An average of 417 people used the benches in a day. Research determined that there are four different types of bench utilization, and they each present different ways of building relationships with other people. Bench use behavior was broken into four different categories. Sitting on a bench alone (without building relationships with others) was classified as “single use”. Sitting on a bench with another person but not engaging in any relationship-building behavior was classified as “sharing”. Sitting on a bench and exhibiting relationship-building behavior with others (such as through talking) was classified as “chatting”. Sitting with companions in groups of 3 or more people and exhibiting relationship-building behavior was classified as “group use”. Our findings provide evidence that a bench can be a device to foster the formation of diverse communities.

scholarly journals Examining Information Sharing and Relationship Building in Online Social Networks: An Emergent Analytic Framework

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Hersberger ◽  
Kevin S. Rioux ◽  
Ray O. Cruitt
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Réseaux Sociaux ◽  
Electronic Environments

Studies of collaborative information use in electronic environments suggest that virtual communities share characteristics with face-to-face communities. The authors expand on an existing model to present an analytic framework for examining online social networks. The framework emphasizes the information sharing behaviors that are critical in building critical relationships in these online communities.Les études sur l’utilisation collaborative de l’information dans les environnements électroniques suggèrent que les communautés virtuelles partagent des caractéristiques communes avec les communautés réelles. Les auteurs développent un modèle existant afin de présenter un cadre analytique pour l’exploration des réseaux sociaux en ligne. Le cadre souligne l’importance des comportements de partage de l’information qui sont essentiels pour la construction de relations indispensables dans ces communautés virtuelles. 

Diabetes self-management in online health communities: an information exchange perspective (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Min
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Online Health Communities ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Diabetes Patients

BACKGROUND Online health communities (OHCs), with a wealth of multi-source information exchange, have provided a convenient way for diabetes patients to actively involve in their self-management and been widely used. Information exchange assists patients with health-related decisions to actively engage in their care, and reduce the occurrence of potential complications of diabetes. However, there has been relatively little research on the information exchange behaviors and its effect on health on professional online medical platforms—OHCs. OBJECTIVE Using a social exchange theory, we focus on two sources of information (doctors and patients) to investigate information exchange behaviors and moderating effects of information price. METHODS The logistic and ordinal regression models are used to get our empirical results by collecting a rich dataset from the biggest OHC in China. RESULTS We found that first information sharing from doctors (β=0.014, p<0.001) and other patients (β=0.009, p<0.01) can promote the patient’s information sharing behavior. Second, the moderating effects of information price are heterogeneous and change with the exchange participants (β=-0.005, p<0.001; β=0.003, p<0.05). Third, rich information exchange supports patients’ self-management and improves their health status (β=0.009, p<0.001; β=0.018, p<0.003). CONCLUSIONS This study is among the first that tests the information exchange behavior and consequence for diabetes patients in OHCs and examines the moderating effects of information price. Our present study produces several insights, which have implications for social exchange, patient behavior, online health communities, and information technology in diabetes self-management literature. By understanding the online information exchange behaviors of doctor-patient and patient-patient, we are able to understand how to reach people to receive and deliver diabetes information through these professional OHCs.

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