An investigation on the key determinants influencing electric two-wheeler usage in urban Indian context

ABSTRACTThis paper applies an ordered discrete choice framework to model fuel choices and patterns of cooking fuel use in urban Indian households. The choices considered are for three main cooking fuels: firewood, kerosene, and LPG (liquid petroleum gas). The models, estimated using a large microeconomic dataset, show a reasonably good performance in the prediction of households’ primary and secondary fuel choices. This suggests that ordered models can be used to analyze multiple fuel use patterns in the Indian context. The results show that lack of sufficient income is one of the main factors that retard households from using cleaner fuels, which usually also require the purchase of relatively expensive equipments. The results also indicate that households are sensitive to LPG prices. In addition to income and price, several socio-demographic factors such as education and sex of the head of the household are also found to be important in determining household fuel choice.

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Mothers Parenting a Child With Intellectual Disability in Urban India: An Application of the Stress and Resilience Framework

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1352/1934-9556-55.5.325 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (5) ◽

pp. 325-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Aesha John ◽

Martha Zapata Roblyer

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Related Factors ◽

Indian Context ◽

Urban Indian ◽

Urban India ◽

Family Level ◽

Resilience Framework ◽

Indian Mothers

Abstract We examined relevance of the key constructs of the stress and resilience framework in the urban Indian context. Analyses of interviews with urban Indian mothers (N = 47) of a 3–6 year old child with intellectual disability generated themes on maternal appraisals of the child's disability, perceived stressors, and resources. Mothers seemed to utilize a combination of fact-based and religious explanation to make sense of their child's disability. Parental stressors ranged from child-related factors (diagnosis, behavioral problems) to financial and family-level challenges. However, participants also reported a number of personal, family-level, and societal resources that helped them cope with the stressors. Study findings are discussed in the context of implications for practice, policy, and research.

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Exploring the Influence of Celebrity Credibility on Brand Attitude, Advertisement Attitude and Purchase Intention

Global Business Review ◽

10.1177/0972150918794974 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (6) ◽

pp. 1622-1639 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ramendra Pratap Singh ◽

Neelotpaul Banerjee

Keyword(s):

Significant Influence ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Brand Attitude ◽

Indian Culture ◽

Global Business ◽

General Terms ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Indian Context ◽

Credibility Scale ◽

Two Wheeler

The celebrity credibility scale developed by Singh and Banerjee [Singh, R. P., & Banerjee, N. (2018). A study on exploring the factors influencing celebrity endorsement credibility. Global Business Review, 19(2), 494–509.] which is validated in the Indian context with the addition of some items based on Indian culture and psychometric properties is further tested. The scale items are earlier tested in general terms without any reference to a celebrity. For this study, four major two-wheeler brands in India, which are endorsed by celebrities, are considered. The present study consists of 380 participants. This study tries to explore the influence of celebrity credibility on consumers’ brand attitude and advertisement attitude. Subsequently, the influence of brand attitude and advertisement attitude on consumers’ purchase intention is studied. The study reveals celebrity credibility has a significant influence on consumers’ attitude towards the brand and advertisement, also in the case of purchase intention; both brand attitude and advertisement attitude built on celebrity credibility has positive significant influence. The present study supports the celebrity credibility scale items of Singh and Banerjee (2018). The overall effect of celebrity credibility is positively significant with other constructs; this proves that the scale items are robust and relevant in clarifying celebrity credibility properly.

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