Measuring objective and subjective class: the effects of survey questionnaires on the study of class voting

Many past researches have been carried out in an attempt to continuously understand individuals‟ consumption behaviour. This study was conducted to investigate key factors influencing consumers‟ potential acceptance of halal (or permissible) financial credit card services. Specifically, it anticipated the influence of attitude, social influences and perceived control on consumers‟ behavioural intention to accept such services. In addition, factors such as religiosity and product knowledge were also postulated to affect consumers‟ attitude towards the act of using halal credit cards for any retail or business transactions. Using non-probability sampling approach, a total of 500 survey questionnaires was distributed to targeted respondents in a developing nation but only 220 usable feedbacks were received for subsequent data analysis. Regression results revealed that religiosity and product knowledge significantly influence consumers‟ attitude toward using halal credit card services. Attitude in turn, subsequently has a significant impact on consumers‟ intention to accept halal financial credit card services. Several theoretical and managerial contributions were observed in this study.

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Linking ‘Halal’ Friendly Hotel Attributes and Customer Satisfaction:The Islamic Tourism Sector

Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research ◽

10.24191/jeeir.v4i4.9102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

Lennora Putit ◽

Mazzini Muda ◽

Ainul Nadzirah Mahmood ◽

Nor Zafirah Ahmad Taufek ◽

Norhayati Wahib

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Dress Code ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

Halal Food ◽

Increasing Demand ◽

Islamic Dress ◽

The Relationship ◽

Survey Questionnaires

An increasing demand for Islamic tourism has driven the concept of a ‘Halal’ (or permissible) friendly hotel into another level of business insight within the consumers’ travel market. The concept via its unique value proposition has rapidly become very attractive not only to Muslim tourists, but also to non-Muslim tourists globally. This study aims to examine the relationship linking ‘Halal’ friendly hotel attributes and customer satisfaction. Using purposive sampling, a total of 410 survey questionnaires were distributed to targeted respondents with only 323 usable feedbacks and used for data analysis. Regression results revealed that four main “Halal-friendly hotel” attributes have significant relationships with customer satisfaction. These include prayer facilities, Halal food, Islamic dress code and general Islamic morality. Of these four attributes, prayer facilities proved to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction. Findings and managerial implications were further discussed in this article.

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Situation of the Consumers’ Understanding Level and Behaviours in Safe Vegetables Market in Thai Nguyen City

VNU Journal of Science Economics and Business ◽

10.25073/2588-1108/vnueab.4214 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Pham Thi Minh Khuyen

Keyword(s):

Limited Distribution ◽

Potential Market ◽

The Future ◽

Main Factors ◽

Survey Questionnaires ◽

Buying Decisions

To determine the level of awareness, behavior of using safe vegetables in Thainguyen city, the study through direct survey questionnaires with 252 households was done. Results of the study indicated that the consumers’ understanding level of the safe vegetables is limited with only 36,5% of consumers have good understanding about safe vegetables. Only 44,0% of surveyed households have bought safe vegetable, and the rate of safe vegetable used in everyday meals was only about 11,5%. Currently, high prices and incredible quality and limited distribution places are the main factors hindering buying decisions of consumers. However, up to 86,9% of the respondents are willing to pay more if the vegetable is truly safe, and the level of payment is higher than 50%, so Thainguyen city can be potential market in the future.

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Suffrage Reform as Coup d’État

10.1093/oso/9780199668786.003.0008 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

James Retallack

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

National Level ◽

Social Democracy ◽

Voting Rights ◽

Right Wing ◽

Coup D'etat ◽

Social Democratic ◽

Class Voting

In the period 1894 to 1902 Saxons demonstrated that the expansion of voting rights could be slowed and actually reversed. This chapter shows how right-wing politicians, statesmen, municipal councilors, and others used a perceived crisis following political assassinations in mid-1894 to refocus middle-class fears on the “threat” of socialism. At the national level, calls for a coup d’état against the Reichstag dovetailed with less dramatic calls to action against Social Democracy. When these appeals yielded meager results, Saxons responded by passing a reform of their Landtag’s suffrage in 1896: it replaced a relatively equitable system with unequal three-class voting. Socialists disappeared from the Landtag, and the Reichstag elections of 1898 were unexciting. In the period 1898–1902 Saxon Conservatism reached the zenith of its power. But Social Democratic outrage over “suffrage robbery” had already planted the seeds of a political reversal.

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Comparison of a preferred versus non-preferred waterpipe tobacco flavour: subjective experience, smoking behaviour and toxicant exposure

Tobacco Control ◽

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053344 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 319-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Eleanor L Leavens ◽

Leslie M Driskill ◽

Neil Molina ◽

Thomas Eissenberg ◽

Alan Shihadeh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Subjective Experience ◽

Smoking Behaviour ◽

Toxicant Exposure ◽

P Values ◽

Smoking Topography ◽

Exhaled Carbon Monoxide ◽

Continued Use ◽

The Impact ◽

Survey Questionnaires

IntroductionOne possible reason for the rapid proliferation of waterpipe (WP) smoking is the pervasive use of flavoured WP tobacco. To begin to understand the impact of WP tobacco flavours, the current study examined the impact of a preferred WP tobacco flavour compared with a non-preferred tobacco flavoured control on user’s smoking behaviour, toxicant exposure and subjective smoking experience.MethodThirty-six current WP smokers completed two, 45-minute ad libitum smoking sessions (preferred flavour vs non-preferred tobacco flavour control) in a randomised cross-over design. Participants completed survey questionnaires assessing subjective smoking experience, exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) testing, and provided blood samples for monitoring plasma nicotine. WP smoking topography was measured continuously throughout the smoking session.ResultsWhile participants reported an enhanced subjective smoking experience including greater interest in continued use, greater pleasure derived from smoking, increased liking and enjoyment, and willingness to continue use after smoking their preferred WP tobacco flavour (p values <0.05), no significant differences were observed in nicotine and carbon monoxide boost between flavour preparations. Greater average puff volume (p=0.018) was observed during the non-preferred flavour session. While not significant, measures of flow rate, interpuff interval (IPI), and total number of puffs were trending towards significance (p values <0.10), with decreased IPI and greater total number of puffs during the preferred flavour session.DiscussionThe current study is the first to examine flavours in WP smoking by measuring preferred versus control preparations to understand the impact on subjective experience, smoking behaviour and toxicant exposure. The pattern of results suggests that even this relatively minor manipulation resulted in significant changes in subjective experience. These results indicate a possible need for regulations restricting flavours in WP tobacco as with combustible cigarettes.

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Introduction to the Special Issue on New Longitudinal Data for Retirement Analysis and Policy

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance ◽

10.1017/s1474747221000044 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Marco Angrisani ◽

Anya Samek ◽

Arie Kapteyn

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Academic Research ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Research Data ◽

Data Sources ◽

Special Issue ◽

Administrative Records ◽

The Past ◽

Survey Questionnaires ◽

Internet Panels

The number of data sources available for academic research on retirement economics and policy has increased rapidly in the past two decades. Data quality and comparability across studies have also improved considerably, with survey questionnaires progressively converging towards common ways of eliciting the same measurable concepts. Probability-based Internet panels have become a more accepted and recognized tool to obtain research data, allowing for fast, flexible, and cost-effective data collection compared to more traditional modes such as in-person and phone interviews. In an era of big data, academic research has also increasingly been able to access administrative records (e.g., Kostøl and Mogstad, 2014; Cesarini et al., 2016), private-sector financial records (e.g., Gelman et al., 2014), and administrative data married with surveys (Ameriks et al., 2020), to answer questions that could not be successfully tackled otherwise.

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Evaluating slogan translation from the readers’ perspective

Babel ◽

10.1075/babel.61.2.07lim ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 283-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lily Lim ◽

Kwok Ying Loi

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

English Translation ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Word Use ◽

The Public ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Sports Events ◽

Growing Economy ◽

Survey Questionnaires

Slogans play an important role in conveying information to targeted audiences, and the translation of slogans tends to be studied under the rubric of public-notice translation. Previous research mainly uses researchers’ expertise to evaluate the quality of this type of translation. Yet, little is known about what the targeted readers think about the translation, although their opinions present key information that helps to determine whether the translation has achieved the intended effect. This paper elicits and systematically analyzes readers’ responses. We investigate the case of Macao, a rapidly growing economy where the demand for English translation has markedly increased in recent decades. Public administration bodies in Macao have commissioned Chinese-to-English translation in varied areas such as tourism, social security and welfare, cultural and sports events. We sampled ten translated slogans that were used in the public sector, and administered survey questionnaires (n=130) to both source-text and target-text readers. The two groups of readers’ evaluations, based on the criteria of fluency, conciseness, persuasiveness and mnemonic effect, reveal that the translations are perceived significantly less favorably than the originals are. Readers most strongly disliked word-for-word translations, and pointed out numerous problems with the translations such as ungrammaticality, inappropriate word use, lack of appeal, and unintelligibility due to insufficient background knowledge. This research demonstrates the tangible value of using readers’ responses to evaluate translation quality. It also has implications for translator training, and recommends that public authorities should institute a rigorous quality assurance system.

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Measuring the service gaps in the roles of quantity surveyors in the emerging market

Benchmarking An International Journal ◽

10.1108/bij-07-2014-0066 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 1111-1131 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

AbdulLateef Olanrewaju

Keyword(s):

Emerging Markets ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

The Other ◽

Primary Data ◽

Content Type ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Survey Questionnaires

Purpose – The opportunities that the emerging markets present to the players in the construction industry means that the players need to expand on the scope and size of their responsibilities and duties to the stakeholders. Each of the professionals now demands more specialised and sophisticated services from one another. The other players in the construction industry now require more emerging responsibilities and duties from the quantity surveyors. The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles that “modern” quantity surveyors play by measuring the gaps that exist in the services that the quantity surveyors provide. Design/methodology/approach – Primary data are collected through survey questionnaires. In total, 23 roles played by modern quantity surveyors are identified and addressed to the respondents to rank the rate at which quantity surveyors provide these “emerging” services. The collected data were analysed statistically. Findings – The results of the findings led to the conclusion that the quantity surveyors were not meeting the expectations of other players. Therefore, for competitiveness, quantity surveyors need to better meet demand expectations. Research limitations/implications – This findings of this research are constrained to the services or functions that the quantity provide in the construction industry. Practical implications – This knowledge is valuable to academic institutions that offer quantity surveying programmes, to practicing quantity surveyors, governments, and other players in the construction industry. It will allow quantity surveyors to reconcile supply and demand expectations. Originality/value – There is no known conclusive empirical study on services offered by quantity surveyors in any emerging markets. Therefore, the findings offer a fresh understanding on the services of quantity surveyors not only in Nigeria but elsewhere. While some of the services are common, others are peculiar to emerging markets.

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A Comparison of Taiwanese and Philippine Chinese Business Negotiation Styles

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2011.39.6.765 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 765-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lieh-Ching Chang

Keyword(s):

Cultural Differences ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Business Negotiation ◽

Chinese Business ◽

Survey Questionnaires

The business negotiation styles of Taiwanese and Philippine Chinese were examined by means of 460 survey questionnaires. The design was based on the dual concern model developed by Pearson (1999) from the theory proposed by Blake and Mouton (1985) and explored the tendencies of negotiations and 5 negotiation category styles of accommodation, collaboration, avoidance, competition, and consultation. Results indicated that although both Taiwanese and Philippine Chinese belong to the Chinese culture, there are cultural differences. Philippine Chinese were more inclined to use the negotiation styles of accommodation and withdrawal, whereas Taiwanese used competition more, indicating that the Taiwanese tended to be more aggressive.

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