Age differences in problem solving strategies: The mediating role of future time perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dannii Y. Yeung ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Chester Kam
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies

Future time perspective and group performance among students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1265-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta ◽  
Arnold B. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role

PurposeThe objective of this study is to understand the mediating role of student engagement between future time perspective and group task performance. In addition, the study examines the interaction effect of group cohesion task with student engagement on group performance.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 170 (a total of 34 groups of five members each) business management students for three consecutive months. To analyze the data, multi-level modeling was carried out.FindingsThe results of the three-wave multi-level analysis indicate support for the hypotheses and suggest that future time perspective affects group performance through student engagement. Moreover, group cohesion interacts with student engagement to predict group task performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings show how the application of engagement theory can help in understanding the relationship between two distant variables, namely, future time perspective and group performance.Practical implicationsThe educators are encouraged to engage students for facilitating the positive impact of future time perspective on group task performance. The findings also imply that the students with future orientation perform well and thus, the educators may need to teach students to have futuristic perspective.Originality/valueThis study in one of its kinds to test the mediating role of student engagement between future time perspective and group task performance as well as the interaction effect of group cohesion task with student engagement on group performance at both the individual and group level over a period of time.

The Impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Activity: With the Moderating Role of Future Time Perspective and Mediating Role of Opportunity Identification

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 4660-4667
Author(s):  
Chandej Charoenwiriyakul ◽  
Sriparinya Toopgajank ◽  
Sittichai Thammasane
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Opportunity Identification ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: This research is conducted to know the impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial activity in Thailand, this study also focuses on the moderating effect of future time perspective between entrepreneurial education and opportunity identification. This study is directed to keep opportunity identification as a mediating role between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial activity. Methodology: Method of quantitative study is used, questionnaire was selected as the research tool, questionnaires were distributed among private and public universities of Thailand and an online survey was also conducted in order to collect data and in order to collect opinions regarding the main idea of this research. Results: The results showed that entrepreneurial education has a very important and positive impact on entrepreneurial activity and opportunity identification effectively mediates that relationship between entrepreneurial education and opportunity identification. It can be seen that future time perspective is significantly moderating between opportunity identification and entrepreneurial education. Implications: The format and variables adopted in this research are a vital addition to the literature world as almost no research was done keeping these variables all at once whereas, practically this research is helpful for the entrepreneurs and higher education system.

Elderly customers’ reactions to service failures: the role of future time perspective, wisdom and emotional intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walid Chaouali ◽  
Nizar Souiden ◽  
Christian M. Ringle
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Failure Experience

Purpose Considering the scant scholarly research on elderly customers’ behaviors, this study aims to investigate elderly customers’ reactions to service failure. Additionally, it takes into account customers’ emotions and abilities to cope with stressful situations and achieve successful problem-solving complaining. In particular, future time perspective, wisdom and emotional intelligence were examined to delineate their impacts on the elderly’s responses to service failures. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected in a French city through mall-intercept interviewing. In total, 240 respondents participated, based on their retrospective service failure experience. PLS-SEM was used to analyze the data. Findings Both wisdom and emotional intelligence were found to directly and positively impact problem-solving complaining. Future time perspective, however, only had an indirect effect on problem-solving complaining through wisdom and emotional intelligence. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to shed some light on how elderly customers constructively react to service failures. To this end, it uses future time perspective, wisdom and emotional intelligence, as well as their interrelationships, to explain elderly customers’ problem-solving complaining.

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