Occupational/Career Amotivation and Indecision for Gifted and Talented Adolescents: A Cognitive Decision-Making Process Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Yup Jung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Family ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Cognitive Decision ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Occupational Career ◽  
Sydney Australia

Two alternative versions of a model of the cognitive decision-making processes of gifted and talented adolescents associated with occupational or career indecision were tested in this study. A psychometrically rigorous survey instrument was used to collect data from 664 adolescents attending three academically selective high schools in Sydney, Australia. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling procedures. The superior model suggested that idiocentric orientations toward the future and social influences from the family are likely to direct gifted and talented adolescents away from a state of occupational amotivation, which is a likely predictor of occupational indecision. The findings may be used to more clearly understand and to better assist gifted and talented adolescents experiencing difficulty with their occupational decisions.

scholarly journals Impact of Consumer Innovativeness on Shopping Styles: A Case-Study of Limkokwing University Students (Botswana)

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olumide Olasimbo Jaiyeoba ◽  
Frederick Odongo Opeda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Consumer Innovativeness ◽  
Retail Outlets ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Relationship

The unprecedented abundance of choice and retail outlets creates a massive array of choice for consumers most especially students. Innovative consumers are an important market segment. This paper seeks to investigate whether consumers’ innate innovativeness is associated with their shopping styles. Specifically, it aims to explore the relationship between two types of innovativeness (sensory innovativeness and cognitive innovativeness and consumer shopping styles). Indeed, the unprecedented abundance of choice and retail outlets creates a massive array of choice for consumers. Despite these significant changes in the commercial environment, very little is known about the decision making processes of consumers in developing countries, most especially in Botswana. Ostensibly, the paucity of research in this area hinders our understanding of consumer decision making processes. The paper integrates the consumer innovativeness and consumer shopping styles literature. A structural equation model was used to test the relationship between cognitive and sensory innovativeness and various shopping styles. Cognitive innovators are inclined to show shopping styles such as quality consciousness, price consciousness, and confusion by overchoice, while sensory innovators are inclined to have shopping styles such as brand consciousness, fashion consciousness, recreational orientation, impulsive shopping, and brand loyalty/habitual shopping. The research is based on a convenience sample of young consumers in Botswana. The findings of this research would hopefully help managers to develop a deeper insight into product development and marketing. Furthermore, since the youth market in Botswana represents an enormous opportunity for marketers, the paper provides valuable insights into this key market segment. It thus provides new insights into the shopping patterns of consumers who belong to different innovativeness types. It also makes a new contribution to the shopping styles literature by explicating potential antecedents to the various shopping styles among the largest private tertiary institution students in Botswana.

scholarly journals Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas W Jager ◽  
Jens Newig ◽  
Edward Challies ◽  
Elisa Kochskämper
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmental Standard ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Modes Of Governance

Abstract There is much enthusiasm among scholars and public administrators for participatory and collaborative modes of governance as a means to tackle contemporary environmental problems. Participatory and collaborative approaches are expected to both enhance the environmental standard of the outputs of decision-making processes and improve the implementation of these outputs. In this article, we draw on a database of 307 coded published cases of public environmental decision-making to identify key pathways via which participation fosters effective environmental governance. We develop a conceptual model of the hypothesized relationship between participation, environmental outputs, and implementation, mediated by intermediate (social) outcomes such as social learning or trust building. Testing these assumptions through structural equation modeling and exploratory factor analysis, we find a generally positive effect of participation on the environmental standard of governance outputs, in particular where communication intensity is high and where participants are delegated decision-making power. Moreover, we identify two latent variables—convergence of stakeholder perspectives and stakeholder capacity building—to mediate this relationship. Our findings point to a need for treating complex and multifaceted phenomena such as participation in a nuanced manner, and to pay attention to how particular mechanisms work to foster a range of social outcomes and to secure more environmentally effective outputs and their implementation.

A process perspective on research and design issues in educational personalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Brott Beese
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Design Issues ◽  
Personalized Education ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Educational Plans ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Research And Design

This article proposes that educational personalization may be usefully understood from a process perspective. It defines educational personalization as that which occurs within any planning or decision-making process which runs for one student at a time, and uses information from or about individual students, in order to output educational plans and decisions for them. Importantly, understanding personalization as a process illuminates what it is that we design when we design for personalized education (that is, planning and decision-making processes) – and helpfully suggests familiar process-analytic vocabulary (e.g. ‘trigger’, ‘agent’, ‘rules’) for describing the further designable elements of those processes. It is argued that this simple, inclusive definition forms a consensus point from which to conduct research and design conversations about personalized education. In particular, it allows for the orderly comparison of diverse designs, toward increasing our knowledge of what makes for ‘good’ personalization.

scholarly journals A Confirmatory Evaluation of an Educational Orientation Tool for Pre-University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez ◽  
Mónica Luque-Suárez ◽  
Jesús Manuel Cuevas-Rincón
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument

This study incorporates the design and validation of a questionnaire for the evaluation of Careers Advisory Services and the systematic processes that influence it (family, peer groups, socioeconomic status, etc.). In addition, it examines its psychometric properties within a multicultural population of students attending educational centres in the south of Spain. It seeks to create a valid instrument that is reliable as a measurement tool and useful for evaluating decision making situations relevant to the future working context. A perspective of working life is given through consideration of the degree choices made by those involved in the decision-making process. The metrics used showed high content and construct validity. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were employed. Indicators described by Wald and Lagrange were used to examine and modify the model in order to obtain a model that best fits relevant theory and goodness of fit criteria.

scholarly journals Understanding Key Antecedents of Consumer Loyalty toward Sharing-Economy Platforms: The Case of Airbnb

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Consumer Loyalty ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Amidst collaborative consumption and developments in information and communication technology, the sharing economy has attracted worldwide attention, being considered sustainable consumption as it shares time, resources, and materials with others. However, because sharing-economy platforms offer nearly homogeneous assets to traditional business firms, enhancing consumer loyalty presents a huge challenge. This study provides a theoretical view for understanding the mechanisms behind user loyalty in the sharing economy. It identifies consumer satisfaction and trust in Airbnb as the key antecedents of consumer loyalty. Moreover, this study investigates the different effects of economic, hedonic, and symbolic benefits on consumers’ decision-making processes. A structural equation modeling method was used to check the research hypotheses based on a sample of 317 Airbnb consumers in South Korea. The analysis results reveal that in the case of Airbnb, consumer loyalty is jointly shaped by consumer satisfaction and trust, with entertainment and recognition significantly influencing both consumer satisfaction and trust. Moreover, money savings and exploration are not significantly related to consumers’ decision-making processes. Although social benefits significantly influence trust in Airbnb, these have no significant effect on consumer satisfaction. The findings provide theoretical and practical implications and future research direction.

Exploring Cognitive Decision-making Processes, Computer-focused Cyber Deviance Involvement and Victimization

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric R. Louderback ◽  
Olena Antonaccio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Negative Binomial Regression ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Cognitive Decision

Objectives: Investigate the relationship between thoughtfully reflective decision-making (TRDM) and computer-focused cyber deviance involvement and computer-focused cybercrime victimization. Method: Survey data collected from samples of 1,039 employees and 418 students at a large private university were analyzed using ordinary least squares and negative binomial regression to test the effects of TRDM on computer-focused cyber deviance involvement and victimization. Results: TRDM reduces computer-focused cyber deviance involvement and computer-focused cybercrime victimization across measures and samples. The sensitivity analyses also indicated that TRDM is a more robust predictor of cyber deviance involvement than victimization. The results from moderation analyses showed that, whereas protective effects of TRDM are invariant across genders, they are less salient among older employees for the scenario-based measure of cybercrime victimization. Conclusions: Individual-level cognitive decision-making processes are important in predicting computer-focused cyber deviance involvement and victimization. These results can inform the development of targeted institutional and criminal justice policies aimed at reducing computer-focused cybercrime.

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