Individual Determinants of Participation in Community Development in Indonesia

10.1068/c36m ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A Beard
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Individual Determinants

Given the new decentralization legislation in Indonesia, citizen participation is an increasingly important factor in planning and development policies. Yet policymakers have inadequate information about the types of individuals likely to contribute their knowledge, time, and economic resources to the development process. This paper provides a background and conceptual framework for understanding citizen participation in community development as well as the related components of civil society and social capital in Indonesia. A series of logistic and ordinary least squares regression models are used to analyze the effect of individual demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on the likelihood of participation in community development. I conclude that participatory community development (1) restricts women's participation beyond the role of family caretaker, and (2) has a limited capacity to help the poor.

Exploring consumers' response to text-based chatbots in e-commerce: the moderating role of task complexity and chatbot disclosure

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xusen Cheng ◽  
Ying Bao ◽  
Alex Zarifis ◽  
Wankun Gong ◽  
Jian Mou
Keyword(s):  
Task Complexity ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Identity Disclosure ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeArtificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots have brought unprecedented business potential. This study aims to explore consumers' trust and response to a text-based chatbot in e-commerce, involving the moderating effects of task complexity and chatbot identity disclosure.Design/methodology/approachA survey method with 299 useable responses was conducted in this research. This study adopted the ordinary least squares regression to test the hypotheses.FindingsFirst, the consumers' perception of both the empathy and friendliness of the chatbot positively impacts their trust in it. Second, task complexity negatively moderates the relationship between friendliness and consumers' trust. Third, disclosure of the text-based chatbot negatively moderates the relationship between empathy and consumers' trust, while it positively moderates the relationship between friendliness and consumers' trust. Fourth, consumers' trust in the chatbot increases their reliance on the chatbot and decreases their resistance to the chatbot in future interactions.Research limitations/implicationsAdopting the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) framework, this study provides important insights on consumers' perception and response to the text-based chatbot. The findings of this research also make suggestions that can increase consumers' positive responses to text-based chatbots.Originality/valueExtant studies have investigated the effects of automated bots' attributes on consumers' perceptions. However, the boundary conditions of these effects are largely ignored. This research is one of the first attempts to provide a deep understanding of consumers' responses to a chatbot.

Entrepreneurship and economic growth: does gender matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah R. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Survey ◽  
Country Analysis

PurposeEntrepreneurial firms contribute to economic growth, but the potential gendered nature of this contribution must be investigated as outcomes of male-owned and female-owned firms differ. The study investigates the female underperformance hypothesis in a cross-country analysis of Schumpeterian entrepreneurs. Next, it investigates if there is a gendered dimension of Schumpeterian firm contribution to economic growth.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes both nonparametric and parametric methodologies. Through nonparametric methods, the success of female-owned and male-owned firms is compared. Next, a parametric ordinary least squares regression model tests if there is a gendered nature of an entrepreneurial firm's economic contribution.FindingsIn nonparametric analyses, female-owned entrepreneurial firms in developed countries perform similarly to male-owned firms, while in developing countries male-owned firms significantly outperform female-owned firms. The author also finds strong evidence that the gender of the Schumpeterian entrepreneur does not matter in the contribution in economic growth.Research limitations/implicationsIn all countries, the number of female-owned entrepreneurial firms was significantly lower than that of male-owned firms. The findings point to consistent cultural barriers for women in innovation-related fields and persistent gendered norms in entrepreneurship. Thus, removal of cultural barriers and continued support for Schumpeterian entrepreneurship will benefit women and contribute to a country's economic growth.Originality/valueThe data for this study is a unique utilization of the Enterprise World Survey to identify Schumpeterian entrepreneurial firms. Additionally, the study challenges the female underperformance hypothesis and contributes to the literature on the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth.

Responding to the Information Needs of Citizens in an Open Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 216-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger W. Caves
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Smart Community ◽  
Community Concept ◽  
Smart Communities

The use of ICTs in community development areas has increased over the past 10 years. This chapter examines how the “Smart Community” concept can help areas of various sizes accomplish a variety of local and regional development processes. The chapter covers such issues the role of citizen participation, the roles of information technologies, the components of a “Smart Community”, the California Smart Communities Program, and the lessons learned to date from the program. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the “digital divide” between people with access to various ICTs and those without access any access to ICTs.

scholarly journals Media exposure to COVID-19 information, risk perception, social and geographical proximity, and self-rated anxiety in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miao Liu ◽  
Hongzhong Zhang ◽  
Hui Huang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Online Panel ◽  
The Media

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that spreads around the world. The lack of effective antiviral drugs and vaccines, along with the relatively high mortality rate and high contagiousness, has raised strong public concerns over COVID-19, especially for people living in the most severely affected areas. This study aimed to clarify the influencing factors for the anxiety level among the Chinese people during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on the media exposure to different COVID-19 information. Methods A total of 4991 respondents were randomly recruited from a national online panel from February 12th, 2020 to February 14th, 2020, a period when the number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 10,000 in a single day, with the total cases in China reaching up to 90,000. The relationships between media exposure of COVID-19 information, social and geographical proximity to COVID-19, risk perceptions were assessed using hierarchical ordinary least squares regression analysis. Results The media exposure to COVID-19 information was differently associated with anxiety. Meanwhile, the anxiety level was found to be high in respondents who personally knew someone infected with COVID-19 or those who living in an area with reported cases. Respondents who perceived more risks also reported a higher level of anxiety. Conclusions This study highlights the role of media exposure in affecting individuals’ anxiety level during the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, it is recommended that government and health professionals are recommended to adopt effective risk communication strategies to protect citizens’ mental health during the pandemic.

Reconciling temporal conflicts in innovation ambidexterity: the role of TMT temporal leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1899-1920
Author(s):  
Jiawen Chen ◽  
Linlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to extend the temporal perspective on ambidexterity by investigating how and under what conditions top management team (TMT) temporal leadership improves innovation ambidexterity. Design/methodology/approach Using a questionnaire survey, data were collected from 165 small- and medium-sized enterprises in China. Ordinary least squares regression models were applied to test the hypotheses. Findings The findings show that TMT temporal leadership has a positive effect on innovation ambidexterity and temporal conflict mediates this relationship. Market dynamism and institutional support moderate the indirect effect of TMT temporal leadership on innovation ambidexterity. Practical implications Managers wishing to promote exploration and exploitation simultaneously should pay attention to the temporal aspects of their innovation strategy and improve their temporal leadership activities. Originality/value This study highlights the temporal conflicts in ambidexterity and clarifies the enabling role of TMT temporal leadership. It contributes new insights to the research on organizational ambidexterity and strategic leadership.

scholarly journals PENGARUH DANA ALOKASI KHUSUS DAN PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH TERHADAP BELANJA MODAL STUDI KASUS PADA KABUPATEN BOLAANG MONGONDOW TAHUN 2004-2013

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Bayu Moha ◽  
Anderson Guntur Kumenaung ◽  
Debby Christina Rotinsulu
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Capital Expenditures ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Local Revenue

Abstrak Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD)  merupakan salah satu komponen pendapatan utama pemerintah daerah dalam menunjang anggaran rumah tangganya, semakin tinggi tingkat pendapatan yang dimiliki oleh daerah tentu akan semakin tinggi pula tingkatan kemandiriannya dan bisa memaksimalkan pengalokasian anggaran untuk pembangunan sektor-sektor unggulan. Sedangkan Dana Alokasi Khusus (DAK) menjadi sumber pendapatan daerah yang bisa menambah asset local dan secara agreggat menambah pendapatan melalui peningkatan sumber-sumber perekonomian yang dimiliki. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan Ordinary least square dengan analisis regresi berganda dan mendapatkan hasil uji t dan uji f menunjukan bahwa PAD berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap belanja modal sedangkan DAK tidak memberi pengaruh yang signifikan, namun melalui uji R Square didapatkan hasil 82,7 hal ini berarti secara bersama-sama pengaruh PAD dan DAU terhadap belanja modal adalah 82,7 % (persen) sedangkan sisanya dipengaruhi variable lain. Kata kunci : Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD), Dana Alokasi Khusus (DAK), Belanja Modal   Abstract Local Revenue  is one of the major revenue components of the local government in supporting the household budget, the higher the level of income that is owned by the region of course the higher the level of independence and can maximize the budget allocation for the development of leading sectors. While the Special Allocation Fund became a source of local revenue that can increase local assets and collectively increase revenue through increased economic resources owned. This study used the Ordinary least squares regression analysis and obtain test results and test t f showed that PAD positive and significant impact on capital expenditures, while DAK does not give a significant influence, but through R Square test showed 82.7 this means  collectively influence of PAD and DAU towards capital expenditure was 82.7% (percent) while the rest influenced other variables. Keywords: Local Revenue,  the Special Allocation Fund, Capital Expenditure  

scholarly journals Beyond Subsidies: A Study of Sustainable Public Subordinated Debt in Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Bustos-Contell ◽  
Gregorio Labatut-Serer ◽  
Samuel Ribeiro-Navarrete ◽  
Salvador Climent-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Subordinated Debt ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Financial Measures ◽  
National Economic

Evidence from business shows that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are fragile. They suffer from a high mortality rate that primarily owes to difficulties in securing financing as a result of major information asymmetries. Despite these difficulties, SMEs provide the economic backbone of all economically developed countries. Aware of the key role of SMEs in national economic stability and of the financial problems that SMEs face, governments have designed a range of financial and tax measures to protect them. These financial measures include a highly specific form of public financing called subordinated debt. This concept refers to debt with the lowest credit seniority, just before equity. Subordination makes sense when companies go into liquidation because subordinated debt creditors are the last creditors to receive repayment, making recovery of this debt virtually impossible. Therefore, the risk borne by lenders of subordinated debt is similar to that of shareholders of the borrowing firm. This paper presents an ordinary least squares regression model to estimate the cash flows of SMEs financed by public subordinated debt. This provides public authorities with a tool to estimate the ability of SMEs to repay their debt and to thereby ensure that public subordinated debt financing is sustainable.

scholarly journals Environmental-specific servant leadership as a strategic tool to accomplish environmental performance: a case of China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Siddiquei ◽  
Fahad Asmi ◽  
Muhammad Ali Asadullah ◽  
Farhan Mir
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Green Performance

PurposeThe Chinese firms are keenly focused on reducing their environmental footprints as part of the competitive strategy. Within the context of sustainable organizations in China, we test a multilevel framework that examined the impact of environmental-specific servant leadership on the green individual (pro-environmental behavior) and team (project green performance) outcomes within projects. Using social identity theory, we theorize and test the mediating role of green self-identity (individual level) and team green identification (team level) in the relationships between environmental-specific servant leadership, pro-environmental behavior and project green performance.Design/methodology/approachWe used survey questionnaires to collect multi-level and multi-wave data from 42 ongoing project-based sustainable organisations in China. The multilevel team to individual-level hypothesis were analyzed using multilevel-modeling via Mplus, while team level hypotheses were tested using ordinary least squares regression.FindingsThe multilevel regression analysis showed that environmental-specific servant leadership has a trickle-down effect of green self-identity, which subsequently predicts pro-environmental behavior. The ordinary least squares regression results demonstrated that environmental-specific servant leadership predicts project green performance via team green identification. Also, environmental-specific servant leadership has a positive and direct impact on pro-environmental behavior and project green performance.Research limitations/implicationsWe offer community and service dimension of leadership as a determinant of environmental performance at multiple levels. We provide managerial and policy implications to Chinese organizations striving to reposition themselves as eco-friendly organizations both nationally and globally.Originality/valueThe study is among the first to understand the role of environmental-specific servant leadership in predicting individual-level and team-level environment-related mediator and outcomes simultaneously.

scholarly journals Depression, Masculine Norm Adherence, and Fathering Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Shafer ◽  
Brandon Fielding ◽  
Erin K. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Harsh Parenting ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Independent Effects ◽  
The Impact

While, overall, fathers have become more involved as parents, there may be significant variability in how involved fathers are in the lives of their children. This study examines how paternal depression and masculine norm adherence affect father involvement. Using new data from the Survey of Contemporary Fatherhood ( N = 2,181) and ordinary least squares regression models, we focus on the effect of depression on four measures of fathering behavior, with masculine norm adherence as a moderator. Results indicated that depression and masculinity had independent effects on father involvement. Furthermore, masculinity moderated the effect of depression for warmth, engagement, and use of harsh parenting—but not positive control. These results have important implications for how we think about the impact of depression on parenting and the role of socialized response in understanding fathering outcomes.

Between social capital and formal governance in farmer cooperatives: Evidence from China

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Liang ◽  
Haiyang Lu ◽  
Wendong Deng
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives

Although social capital has been regarded as valuable for organizations, some scholars have noticed that the effect of social capital on economic performance is nonlinear and depends on formal governance. This article examines the role of social capital and the interaction of social capital and formal governance in influencing the economic performance of farmer cooperatives. An empirical exploratory study is conducted based on a data set of 147 farmer cooperatives in China, and an ordinary least squares regression model is used to estimate the results. The results show that the stock of social capital can enhance the economic performance of farmer cooperatives and that social capital has a larger impact when there is stronger formal governance with regard to income distribution. Social capital and formal governance are therefore complementary. An improvement in some aspects of formal governance is favorable to the outcome of social capital. Cooperative practitioners need to consider the creation of both social capital and formal governance.

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