Modeling with Mediation Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 159-180
Author(s):  
Ran Wei ◽  
Ven-hwei Lo
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Information Accessibility ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
News Credibility ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Societal Level

Building on multiple regression results, this chapter examines the direct and indirect effects of societal-level factors as exogenous variables on the studied endogenous variables to better understand the mediation effects of individual-level variables. Six structural equation modeling (SEM) models were proposed and tested. The findings clarify the role of surveillance motivation and expectancies of mobile of personal value as key mediators in affecting the behavior of mobile news consumption when societal influences (e.g., city of residence and smartphone ownership) are present in structural relationships. Similarly, level of freedom of the press as a societal factor first influences perceived utility and perceived appeal of mobile news and then indirectly influences mobile news credibility, while the effects of perceived utility and perceived appeal are derived from press freedom. Finally, information accessibility at the societal level was found to enhance learning from mobile news by directly and indirectly influencing motivations, consumption behavior, and engaged consumption.

scholarly journals Utilization of Tax Incentives, Tax Services and Existence of Tax Sanctions on Tax Compliance in Submitting SPT and Micro Business Sustainability at Kediri City during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 463-469
Author(s):  
Amin Tohari ◽  
Andy Kurniawan ◽  
Basthoumi Muslih
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Tax Incentive ◽  
Endogenous Variables

This study aimed to analyze the utilization of tax incentives, tax sanctions, and tax services on tax compliance in submitting SPT and analyze them on micro business sustainability in Kediri City during Covid-19 pandemic. This study was a causality research design, using quantitative approach to examined the effects between exogenous and endogenous variables. The population were all micro business entrepreneurs in Kediri City with the sample size were 130 entrepreneurs. The analysis was used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis of SmartPLS program. The results showed that uutilization of tax incentives, tax service and the existence of tax sanctions had a positive and significant effect on tax compliance. Besides, tax service had a positive and significant effect on the business sustainability, but only tax incentives and tax sanctions had a positive and negligible effect on business sustainability. Kediri City needed to continue the existence of tax incentives, supervise on tax sanctions, improve tax services and motivate micro business entrepreneurs to submitting their SPT. So that, tax revenue of local government grows as expected. Meanwhile, to maintain micro business sustainability, local government with KPP Pratama Kediri has to guide and develop micro business entrepreneurs’ knowledge about tax effects for their own benefits. Keywords: business sustainability, tax compliance, tax incentive, tax sanctions, tax service.

The individual side of ambidexterity

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 592-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Salas Vallina ◽  
Maria D. Moreno-Luzon ◽  
Anna Ferrer-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine whether inspirational leadership of heads of specialized medical units is related to individual ambidexterity of their dependent physicians; and second, to study the possible mediating role of organizational learning capability (OLC) in the relationship between inspirational leadership and individual ambidexterity.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was used on a sample of 194 medical specialists from Spanish public hospitals.FindingsResults show that inspirational leadership is positively related to individual ambidexterity among healthcare physicians. In addition, the results of the study revealed that the relationship between inspirational leadership and individual ambidexterity is mediated by conditions that facilitate learning, namely, OLC.Research limitations/implicationsThis study uses cross-sectional data, which do not guarantee causality relationships among the examined variables.Practical implicationsThe results of this paper suggest first that heads of healthcare units should inspire followers to achieve both exploration and exploitation. Second, it is also necessary to consider that inspirational leaders promote those conditions that facilitate learning, which should be particularly taken into account to enhance both physician’s exploration and exploitation.Originality/valueIn stressing an evident gap in the relationship between leadership and ambidexterity at the individual level, this paper attempts to advance in the leadership literature by revealing how the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions, and enhancing enthusiasm and confidence, empowers physicians to both explore and exploit knowledge. The results also indicate that the inspiration transmitted by the heads of medical services, facilitate physician’s perceived learning conditions which, in turn, fosters their individual ambidexterity.

Exploring the consequences of knowledge hiding: an agency theory perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Violetta Khoreva ◽  
Heidi Wechtler
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Knowledge Hiding

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to explore empirically the consequences of knowledge hiding at the individual level and from the knowledge hiding committers' perspective. Hence, in line with agency theory and prior literature on knowledge hiding, the study investigates the associations between different facets of knowledge hiding and individual-level job performance, as well as the mediating role of employee well-being in the associations.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was used to analyze multisource survey data from a sample of 214 employees and 34 immediate supervisors, in a professional services company in Finland.FindingsEvasive hiding was found to be negatively associated with in-role job performance and positively associated with innovative job performance. Playing dumb was found to be positively associated with in-role job performance. Finally, even though the association between rationalized hiding and innovative job performance was found to be positive, it was found to be of a smaller magnitude when employee well-being was taken into account.Practical implicationsForceful unhealthy competition and exploitative and workaholic cultures are discussed to reduce knowledge hiding behavior among employees and their negative consequences.Originality/valueThe study highlights the paradox of managing organizational knowledge. In line with agency theory, we advocate that while knowledge sharing is one of the major assets of organizational welfare from the organizational perspective, it may resonate with the employee's perspective. Consequently, unless employees' self-interest and organizational interests are aligned, the paradox of managing organizational knowledge arises, and the classic agency problem occurs.

scholarly journals Improvements in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Conditions May Improve Resident Diet

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea S Richardson ◽  
Rebecca L Collins ◽  
Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar ◽  
Feifei Ye ◽  
Gerald P Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Group Testing ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Individual Level

Abstract Neighborhood socioeconomic conditions (NSEC) are associated with resident diet, but most research has been cross-sectional. We capitalize on a natural experiment where one neighborhood experienced substantial investments, compared to a sociodemographically similar neighborhood that did not, in order to examine pathways from neighborhood investments to changed NSEC and changed dietary behavior. We examine differences between renters and homeowners. Data are from a random sample of households (n=831) in each of these low-income Pittsburgh neighborhoods who were surveyed in 2011 and 2014. Structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect pathways from neighborhood to resident dietary quality, adjusting for individual-level sociodemographics, with multi-group testing by homeowners versus renters. Neighborhood investments were directly associated with improved dietary quality for both renters (β, 95% confidence interval [CI]) =0.27, CI: 0.05, 0.50) and homeowners (β=0.51, CI: 0.10, 0.92). Among renters, investments were also associated with dietary quality through a positive association with commercial prices (β= 0.34, CI: 0.15, 0.54) and a negative association with residential prices (β=-0.30, CI: -0.59, -0.004). Among homeowners, we did not observe any indirect pathways from investments to dietary quality through tested mediators. Investing in neighborhoods may support resident diet, doing so through improvements in neighborhood commercial environments for renters, but mechanisms appear to differ for homeowners.

SITUATION-RELATED CHANGES OF CAUSAL STRUCTURES AND THE STRESS MODEL IN JAPANESE COLLEGE STUDENTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 943-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazufumi Omura
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Relationship Problem ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Causal Structures

Structural equation modeling was used to examine changes in the structural relationships between personality traits, social contexts, cognitive appraisals, and coping strategies in four different stressful situations. Five hundred and sixty-three Japanese college students completed questionnaires related to four stressful situations, two less controllable (feeling sick condition; human relationship problem) and two more controllable (obtaining one's goal; social evaluation). Different causal structures were found between the two situations that had lower levels of controllability and the two situations that had higher levels of controllability. The results confirm that personality determines a fundamental type of coping style, which is modified according to the social context. Our finding offers one explanation of how these factors associate across different situations.

scholarly journals Patterns of Bureaucracy in Intercollegiate Athletic Departments

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio M. Rocha ◽  
Packianathan Chelladurai
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Athletic Departments ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletic ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletic Departments

The objective of the current research was to verify the extent to which Gouldner’s (1954) three patterns of bureaucracy were prevalent in intercollegiate athletic departments. Single and multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) of the data provided by 907 coaches from all three NCAA divisions (ndivI= 322; ndivII= 277; ndivIII= 308) showed that structural relationships among goals, processes, and patterns of bureaucracy were invariant among all three groups of coaches. Substantively, the factor of developmental goals through developmental processes (Trail & Chelladurai, 2000) predicted positively the presence ofrepresentative bureaucracyandpunishment-centered bureaucracyand negatively the existence ofmock bureaucracy. This means that the more athletic departments emphasize academic values, the less the coaches perceive a pattern of loose coupling between rules and actual technical activities. Implications of these results for theory and practice were discussed.

scholarly journals Modeling the Commuting Travel Activities within Historic Districts in Chinese Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao Ye ◽  
Miao Yu ◽  
Zhibin Li ◽  
Fengjun Yin ◽  
Qizhou Hu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Endogenous Variables

The primary objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of commuting activities within the historical districts in cities of China. The impacts of various explanatory variables on commuters’ travels are evaluated using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The household survey was conducted in the historical districts in Yangzhou, China. Based on the data, various individual and household attributes were considered exogenous variables, while the subsistence activity characteristics, travel times, numbers of three typical home-based trip chains, trip chains, and travel mode were considered as the endogenous variables. Commuters in our study were classified into two main groups according to their working location, which were the commuters in the historic district and those out of the district. The modeling results show that several individual and household attributes of commuters in historic district have significant impacts on the characteristics of travel activities. Additionally, the characteristics of travel activities within the two groups are quite different, and the contributing factors related to commuting travels are different as well.

scholarly journals Developing a structural brand equity model for cultural destinations

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Kladou ◽  
John Kehagias
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fifth Dimension ◽  
Structural Relationships

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the structural relationships between the brand equity (BE) dimensions, when the fifth dimension of cultural brand assets is incorporated. The paper seeks to establish and validate a five-dimensional BE measure for cultural urban destination, by comparing findings in two destinations. Design/methodology/approach – The structural model was tested from the perspective of 399 international tourists visiting Athens. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling analysis are used to test and validate an integrated BE model for cultural destinations. Findings are compared with respective ones in the case of Rome. Findings – Findings reveal the significance of cultural brand assets for the BE of cultural urban destinations. Further, the study provides useful insight into the theory of reasoned action by investigating the structural relationships developed between BE dimensions and their impact on loyalty. Research limitations/implications – The study argues that the summative valence of associations, as described in the theory of reasoned action, can be applied in the case of a cultural destination as well. Research directions, including additional place brand dimensions, additional destinations, stakeholders groups or multi-group analysis, are advised to verify and generalise the application of the five-dimensional BE model. Practical implications – Findings reveal those cultural brand assets which can help practitioners build up coherent and successful proprietary brand assets. Quality is a necessary pre-requisite to enhance loyalty. In the case of Athens, associations influence only indirect loyalty through their impact on quality. Originality/value – This study offers to the limited literature concerning structural relationships developed among all five BE dimensions and consumer decision-making models in a tourism context. Moreover, the study contributes to the under-researched dimension of cultural brand assets.

scholarly journals The Effect of Training and Ability on the Performance of Employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exogenous Variables ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract This study aims to examine and determine the effect of training and ability on the performance of employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the discourse of science in the field of human resource management. This is an explanatory research which explains the relationship between exogenous variables and endogenous variables. It took 34 employees as the sample by implementing saturated sampling as the method. The data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using PLS software. The results showed training and ability have direct and positive effect on the performance of employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province.

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