Influence of usage of e-books, online educational materials, and other programming books and students’ profiles on adoption of printed programming textbooks

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rex Perez Bringula
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Predictor Variable ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Textbook Adoption

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of students’ profiles and the usage of e-books, online educational materials, and other programming books on the adoption of printed programming textbooks for computing students. It was hypothesized that the predictor variable set could not explain any of the variance of the dependent variables. Design/methodology/approach This descriptive study utilized a content-validated questionnaire. The study involved 190 student participants. Canonical correlation analysis was employed to determine whether students’ profiles and use, perceived usefulness, and preference of e-books, online educational materials, and other programming books explained any variance in printed programming textbook adoption. Findings Printed programming textbook adoption could be explained by two functions. The first function revealed that the use and the perceived usefulness of textbooks were positively influenced by the use of e-books and other programming books and by the perceived usefulness of e-books, fora/blogs, other programming books, and YouTube. The second function revealed that the use of printed programming textbooks alone was positively influenced by the use of e-books and other programming books but was negatively influenced by the perceived usefulness of programming websites and YouTube and by the preference of programming websites over textbooks. Originality/value The study provided empirical evidence that e-books, other programming books, and online educational materials provide additional resources to students. Thus, e-books, online educational materials, and other programming books complement, rather than threaten, the existence of printed programming textbooks.

Relationship between corporate governance and audit switching: Iranian evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-686
Author(s):  
Mahdi Salehi ◽  
Ali Asgar Alinya
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and auditors switching of listed companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the objectives of this study, 12 hypotheses developed which and tests the relationship between corporate governance and selecting and switching auditors in Iran during 2008-20014 by selecting 116 listed companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange. To test the hypotheses, the cross-sectional time-series nature of research variables data, panel analysis is used. Also, to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables in each year, the logistic regression is used. Findings The results of the study indicate that there is a weak relationship between corporate governance auditors switching. Therefore, it could be concluded that there are some other effective factors on which selecting and switching auditors in studied companies are more dependent. Originality/value The current study is almost the first study which has been conducted in Iran, so the results of the study may be beneficial to the Iranian conditions as well as other developing countries.

scholarly journals Increasing customer loyalty and customer intimacy by improving the behavior of employees

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
André de Waal ◽  
Béatrice van der Heijden
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Excellent Service ◽  
Item List ◽  
Customer Intimacy ◽  
High Performance Organization

Purpose One of the most important characteristics of high-performance organizations is that these organizations always aim at servicing their customers as best as possible. In practice, this means that the employees of these organizations have to behave toward customers in such a way that these customers are not only fully satisfied but also become loyal to the organization. The purpose of this paper is to look at the concrete behaviors that are needed to create this customer loyalty. Design/methodology/approach From a literature review the items that potentially are of influence on creating customer loyalty and customer intimacy were identified, based on a previous validated questionnaire while adding additional items. These items were subsequently validated in practice with a questionnaire distributed among people who are in daily life regular customers of organizations. Findings The research results show that there are eight behavioral factors of importance to create customer loyalty and customer intimacy: first, service quality delivered by employees; second, capability of employees to deliver high quality; third, empathy of employees toward customers’ wishes and needs; fourth, understanding of employees of customers’ needs; fifth, responsiveness of employees toward the needs of customers; sixth, courtesy of employees toward customers; seventh, service manner of employees; and finally, trust customers place in employees. Research limitations/implications The implication of this research is that, now that the behavioral factors are known, an organization can make sure its employees focus on displaying these behaviors toward customers consistently over time, in order to make sure customers will experience the organization as a high-performance organization and will feel loyalty toward the organization. Originality/value The research described in this paper adds to the literature in the sense that it encompasses previous research into once item list and specifically looks at behaviors that create excellent service and thereby customer loyalty and customer intimacy, both concepts that go beyond the much researched topic of customer satisfaction.

Exploring SMEs' behavioral intentions of participating in platform-based innovation ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
FenfenWei ◽  
Nanping Feng ◽  
Jinqi Xue ◽  
Ruxiang Zhao ◽  
Shanlin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Ecosystems ◽  
Behavior Theories

PurposeSmall- and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) significantly contribute to the success of platform-based innovation ecosystems (PIEs). However, less is known about their behaviors and behavioral intentions (BIs) toward participating in PIEs. Considering that SMEs' BIs directly influence their behaviors and reveal the underlying logic of their behaviors, this study, therefore, focuses on SMEs' BIs and explores the antecedents to reveal the rational effects on BIs of the participation.Design/methodology/approachAn extended framework is proposed to understand SMEs' BIs toward the participation and empirically tested with data from a sample of 189 Chinese SMEs based on partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe results show that (1) the framework has a good fit in the context of PIEs and a large predictability of SMEs' BIs toward the participation; (2) as expected, SMEs' BIs are directly positively affected by their attitudes (ATTs), subjective norms (SNs) and platform leaders (PLs), while indirectly positively influenced by perceived usefulness (PU) and ease and negatively influenced by perceived risks (PRs) via mediation effects and (3) surprisingly, BIs are directly negatively affected by platforms probably because of the potential collaborative risks based on platforms.Originality/valueThis study enriches PIE literature by focusing on complementors and proposing a framework of SMEs' BI toward joining PIEs, and it also expands the application of BI–behavior theories in the context of PIEs by offering a BI–behavior perspective to analyze the rational logic of SMEs' behaviors of participating to PIEs. Practically, the main findings not only benefit SMEs to better understand their BIs and to make a wise choice toward the participation, but provide implications for PLs to proactively design interventions for attracting SMEs’ complementors.

scholarly journals Factors associated with the recurrence of dengue fever in villages in Chiang Rai, Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 438-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Som Mungmonphoncharoen ◽  
Tawatchai Apidechkul ◽  
Pannipha Dokmaingam
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Village ◽  
Control Study

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors associated with DF occurrence in recurrence villages in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Design/methodology/approach A case-control study was conducted between June 2017 and December 2017. A validated questionnaire was used to detect the factors associated with recurrence of DF. χ2 and logistic regression were used to detect the associations between variables at α=0.05. Findings In total, 213 cases and 436 controls were recruited into the analysis. Cases were recruited from 20 DF recurring villages, while controls were recruited from 20 non-DF recurring villages in Chiang Rai province. At community level, three variables were associated with recurrence of DF; size of the village (p=0.007), number of villagers (p=0.009), tribe (p=0.043) and distance to a hospital (p=0.003). Three variables were associated with DF at personal and family levels in multivariate model: children whose parents worked as daily employees, and government officers and traders were more likely to have DF 1.56 (95%CI=1.22–2.48) and 4.31 (95%CI=4.66–9.38) times greater than of those whose parents’ worked as agriculturists, respectively; children aged less than one year were 2.89 (95%CI=2.17–4.33) times more likely to have DF than those aged=6 and children who were under standard growth and over standard growth were more likely to have DF than those standard growth 1.61 (95%CI=1.18–2.53) and 7.33 (95%CI=4.39–10.37) times, respectively. Originality/value This is the original research article which was conducted in detecting the factors associated with recurrence of DHF in Northern Thailand.

scholarly journals The Islamic Shariah principles for investment in stock market

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar ◽  
Shawon Muhammad Shahriar ◽  
Mohammad Monzur Elahi
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Failure To Protect

PurposeBecause of chronic financial crises experienced during past several decades repeatedly and a failure to protect investors’ rights as a result, the world is looking for an alternative form of stock market for quite some time so that interests of all relevant stakeholders can be safeguarded. At the same time, from the perspectives of devout Muslims, the current form of stock market restricts a Muslim to make investments in the market because of several unsatisfying provisions from the viewpoint of the Islamic law known as Shariah. This study aims to provide the criteria under which conditions of the Islamic Shariah permit making investments in the stock market. Hand in hand with that primary discussion, it has been eluded briefly why the Islamic Shariah principles offer a better alternative against conventional practices of the stock market. Design/methodology/approachThis is a descriptive study based on the literature review. FindingsThis study explores the basic Islamic principles of investment in the stock market by revisiting the norms laid down by Shariah and current global practices of Islamic stock market and indexes. Originality/valueThis study will work as a guideline for investors and market authorities to understand the original Shariah rulings and the benchmark rulings for investment or establishing full-fledged Islamic stock markets, indexes and mutual funds.

Knowledge content quality, perceived usefulness, KMS use for sharing and retrieval

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaldoon Jahmani ◽  
Samson Oluwaseun Fadiya ◽  
A. Mohammed Abubakar ◽  
Hamzah Elrehail
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge Content

Purpose Flock leadership theory explores how different collective learning capacities emerge when interacting individuals work through challenges. While research has link other leadership styles with knowledge management systems (KMS), studies examining flock leadership and KMS are largely lacking. This paper aims to investigate the nexus between flock leadership, knowledge content quality, perceived usefulness of KMS, KMS use for sharing and KMS use for retrieval. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data (n = 442) from health-care establishments in Jordan, the authors apply structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings The results show the following: flock leadership influences knowledge content quality; knowledge content quality influences perceived usefulness of KMS; perceived usefulness of KMS influences KMS use for sharing and retrieval; and knowledge content quality and perceived usefulness of KMS mediates the link between flock leadership and KMS use for sharing and retrieval. Originality/value Existing research considered KMS through a narrow lens, without consideration of the social context (collective capacities) that surrounds knowledge workers. This study responds to call for research concerning the motion that says technical and adaptive capacity are the underlying norm that configures flock behaviors. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Coverage, field specialisation and the impact of scientific publishers indexed in the Book Citation Index

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Torres-Salinas ◽  
Nicolas Robinson-Garcia ◽  
Juan Miguel Campanario ◽  
Emilio Delgado López-Cózar
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Publishers

Purpose – The aim of this study is to analyse the disciplinary coverage of Thomson Reuters' Book Citation Index database focusing on publisher presence, impact and specialisation. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a descriptive study in which they examined coverage by discipline, publisher distribution by field and country of publication, and publisher impact. For this purpose the Thomson Reuters' subject categories were aggregated into 15 disciplines. Findings – Humanities and social sciences comprise 30 per cent of the total share of this database. Most of the disciplines are covered by very few publishers mainly from the UK and USA (75.05 per cent of the books), in fact 33 publishers hold 90 per cent of the whole share. Regarding publisher impact, 80.5 per cent of the books and chapters remained uncited. Two serious errors were found in this database: the Book Citation Index does not retrieve all citations for books and chapters; and book citations do not include citations to their chapters. Originality/value – There are currently no studies analysing in depth the coverage of this novel database which covers monographs.

Does social media matter for post typology? Impact of post content on Facebook and Instagram metrics

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Limongi França Coelho ◽  
Denise Santos de Oliveira ◽  
Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
User Preference ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Body Design ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of post type (advertising, fan, events, information, and promotion) on two interaction metrics: likes and comments. The measuring involved two popular social media, Facebook and Instagram, and in business profiles of five different segments (food, hairdressing, ladies’ footwear, body design, fashion gym wear). Design/methodology/approach – The method used was multiple regression analysis with an estimator of the ordinary least squares for 1,849 posts from five different companies posted on Facebook (680 posts) and Instagram (1,169 Instagram) over an eight-month posting period. Regression analysis was used to identify the relationship between the dependent variables (likes and comments), and the independent variables (post typology, segments, week period, month, characters and hashtag). Findings – It was seen that the post types events and promotion led to a greater involvement of followers in Instagram, in particular. In Facebook, the events post type was only significant in the like’s interaction. Another finding of the research is the relevance of the food and body design segment which was significant in both virtual social media. This indicates a user preference involving their day-to-day lives, in this case, having a tattoo done or seeing a photo of a dessert. Originality/value – With the findings of this study, academics and social media managers can improve the return indicators of interactions in posts and broaden the discussion on the types of post and interaction in different virtual social media.

Convention attendance and gaming volume in South Korean casinos

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Malek ◽  
Jungsun (Sunny) Kim
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Time Series Regression ◽  
Monthly Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Dependent Variables

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advance a theoretical model by estimating the effects of convention attendance on gaming volume (both monthly coin-in and table game drop). Design/methodology/approach – Performance monthly data from two casinos in South Korea are used to test the research model. Specifically, time series regression modeling was performed on the data with the dependent variables including coin-in and table drop and the independent variables including convention attendance and hotel occupancy. Findings – The hotel occupancy variable was found to significantly increase slot coin-in at a rate of 113,603,912 KRW (approximately US$93,500) per month at Casino A. Interestingly, this variable had a significant negative relationship with coin-in per month at Casino B. Meanwhile, the hotel occupancy variable failed to produce any significant effect in the table drop model at both casinos. The convention attendance variable also had no significant effect on both coin-in and table drop at both casinos. Originality/value – This research represents the first attempt to empirically examine the effects of convention attendance on gaming revenues in Asian markets.

scholarly journals How a sustainable message affects brand attributes

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Huertas-Garcia ◽  
Carolina Consolación ◽  
Marta Mas-Machuca
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Brand Attributes ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how an advertising campaign incorporating an ecological message affects heuristic structure of consumer preferences for hedonic (design and aesthetics) and utilitarian benefits (functionality and performance) provided by the product advertised. Also, the second objective is to reach an understanding of how brand equity moderates these relationships. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a two-stage study: a qualitative and exploratory part, in which the authors seek to determine the most important hedonic and utilitarian attributes as well as strong and weak brands, and a quantitative and causative part to test the hypothesis proposed. Findings – The results show that when the brand advertised incorporates an ecological message, consumers show a greater preference for hedonic attributes than when the advertisement does not incorporate this message. On the other hand when the brand incorporating the sustainable message is weaker, consumers show a greater preference for hedonic attributes than when it is stronger. Practical implications – The result shows important managerial implications for companies with weaker brands, since it indicates that it is much more profitable, in terms of consumer’s perceived usefulness, to invest in social and ecological actions than stronger brands. Originality/value – Analyse how the used of ecological messages can modify consumer’s heuristic according to utilitarian and hedonics attributes.

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