How Restaurant Protective Ad Messaging Can Increase Patronage Intentions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Conditional Serial Mediation and COVID-19 Consumer Concern

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Garrett Rybak ◽  
Alicia M. Johnson ◽  
Scot Burton
Keyword(s):  
Serial Mediation ◽  
Patronage Intentions

What Links Maternal Prepregnancy BMI to Early Childhood BMI: A Serial Mediation Analysis

Obesity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Zhang ◽  
Hong Mei ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
Chunan Li ◽  
Zhiguo Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Prepregnancy Bmi ◽  
Serial Mediation

scholarly journals Childhood Trauma and Psychological Distress: A Serial Mediation Model among Chinese Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6808
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Xueyao Ma ◽  
Xianglian Yu ◽  
Meizhu Ye ◽  
Na Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Southeast China ◽  
General Distress ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Serial Mediation ◽  
Support Family

The consequence of childhood trauma may last for a long time. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of childhood trauma on general distress among Chinese adolescents and explore the potential mediating roles of social support and family functioning in the childhood trauma-general distress linkage. A total of 2139 valid questionnaires were collected from two high schools in southeast China. Participants were asked to complete the questionnaires measuring childhood trauma, social support, family functioning, and general distress. Pathway analysis was conducted by using SPSS AMOS 24.0 and PROCESS Macro for SPSS 3.5. Results showed that childhood trauma was positively associated with general distress among Chinese adolescents. Social support and family functioning independently and serially mediated the linkage of childhood trauma and general distress. These findings confirmed and complemented the ecological system theory of human development and the multisystem developmental framework for resilience. Furthermore, these findings indicated that the mental and emotional problems of adolescents who had childhood trauma were not merely issues of adolescents themselves, but concerns of the whole system and environment.

scholarly journals Why and How Does Empowering Leadership Promote Proactive Work Behavior? An Examination with a Serial Mediation Model among Hotel Employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2386
Author(s):  
Chung-Jen Wang ◽  
I-Hsiu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Serial Mediation

With the increasing competition in contemporary enterprise, sustainable human resource management is a powerful resource for workplace mental health. On the basis of job demands-recourses theory and conservation of resources theory, this study examined the relationship between empowering leadership and employees’ proactive work behavior. It also explored how job design inspires employees to be embedded in their work and to exhibit proactive work behavior. In addition, the research probed the mediating roles of job characteristics and job embeddedness in a serial mediation model within an integrated model. Data were collected from 461 employees of three- to five-star hotels through stratified random sampling. Results indicated that (1) empowering leadership has positive influences on job characteristics and proactive work behavior; (2) job characteristics have a positive influence on job embeddedness; (3) job embeddedness has a positive influence on proactive work behavior; (4) job characteristics mediate the effect of empowering leadership on proactive work behavior; (5) job embeddedness mediates the effect of empowering leadership on proactive work behavior; and (6) job characteristics and job embeddedness jointly mediate the effect of empowering leadership on proactive work behavior by bootstrapping analyses. Accordingly, this study suggests that promoting sustainable human resource management is needed for human health and organizational value at work, both of which enable empowering leadership to improve proactive work behavior via job characteristics and job embeddedness. The theoretical and managerial implications of empirical findings are also discussed.

EXPRESS: How Physical Stores Enhance Customer Value: The Importance of Product Inspection Depth

2021 ◽  
pp. 002224292110121
Author(s):  
Jonathan Z. Zhang ◽  
Chun-Wei Chang ◽  
Scott A. Neslin
Keyword(s):  
Customer Value ◽  
Experiential Learning Theory ◽  
Transaction Data ◽  
Online Purchases ◽  
Serial Mediation ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Product Strategies ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Customer Development

We investigate the role of the physical store in today’s multichannel environment. We posit that one benefit of the store to the retailer is to enhance customer value by providing the physical engagement needed to purchase deep products – products that require ample inspection in order for customers to make an informed decision. Using a multi-method approach involving a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) of transaction data and two experiments, we find that buying deep products in the physical store transitions customers to the high-value state more than other product/channel combinations. Findings confirm the hypotheses derived from experiential learning theory (ELT). A moderated serial mediation test supports the ELT-based mechanism for translating physical engagement into customer value: Customers purchase a deep product from the physical store. They reflect on this physical engagement experience, which, because it is tangible, concrete, and multi-sensory, enables them to develop strong learnings about the retailer. This experiential knowledge precipitates repatronage and generalizes to future online purchases online in the same category and in adjacent categories, thus contributing to higher customer value. This research suggests multichannel retailers use a combination of right-channel and right-product strategies for customer development and provides implications for experiential retail designs.

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