scholarly journals Belief in importance of information literacy abilities among undergraduates. Underlying factors and analysis of variance

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-577
Author(s):  
Maria Pinto ◽  
David Caballero ◽  
Dora Sales ◽  
Alicia Segura
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Technological Processing ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the levels of belief in importance of information literacy abilities (BILAs) among an undergraduates’ sample. The aim is, on the one hand, to discover if there is a representative latent structure and, on the other hand, to know the existing differences according to external variables such as academic degree, course, gender and age. Design/methodology/approach A self-assessment questionnaire (IL-HUMASS) was applied to a sample of 749 students in English Studies, Translation and Interpreting and Education in Spain. Three types of statistical methods have been used to study the results: descriptive, factorial and analysis of variance. Findings Students’ levels of BILAs are acceptable but improvable. A framework of six underlying factors has been uncovered: evaluation-ethics, searching-using, technological processing, communication, dissemination and cognitive processing of the information. Significant differences on degree, course and gender have been found. Practical implications This paper is intended for a broad academic sector, including faculty, librarians and students in higher education. The BILAs construct helps to improve the diagnosis of the perception of the BILAs. Its representation through a reduced number of latent factors simplifies results and possible applications. The results show that variations in degree, course and gender are significant and should be taken into account. Originality/value Although much has been written about information literacy abilities, we still know little about the importance students place on them. The BILAs construct is intended to improve that knowledge.

Selection biases that emerge when age meets gender

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1028-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrica N. Ruggs ◽  
Michelle R. Hebl ◽  
Sarah Singletary Walker ◽  
Naomi Fa-Kaji
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
White Men ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Original Novel ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Stable Employment

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the interactive effects of gender and age on evaluations of job applicants. Given the double jeopardy hypothesis, the authors might anticipate that older women would be denigrated most in hiring evaluations. However, given expectations of normative gender behavior, the authors might anticipate that older men would be penalized most for not already having stable employment. This study aims to examine which hypothesis best describes selection biases based on age and gender. Design/methodology/approach – Stimuli depicting male and female job applicants at the various ages were developed. The stimuli were standardized by collecting facial photos of older White men and women at ages 20, 40, and 60, and morphing these faces onto standardized bodies using Adobe Photoshop. Participants viewed six stimuli, one from each age by gender combination, and made evaluations across job relevant dimensions. Findings – Results showed an interaction between age and gender, such that older male applicants were evaluated more negatively than older female and younger male applicants. These findings support for the violation of gender normative behavior hypothesis. Practical implications – This study has implications for organizational leaders who can use this information to provide training for selection officers concerning biases against older workers and how to avoid them. Originality/value – Original, novel stimuli are used in an experimental design to examine the effects of age in employment in a standardized manner which controls for extraneous variables such as attractiveness across age.

Privacy and trust in Facebook photo sharing: age and gender differences

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aqdas Malik ◽  
Kari Hiekkanen ◽  
Marko Nieminen
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Photo Sharing ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gender And Age Differences ◽  
And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine gender and age differences regarding various aspects of privacy, trust, and activity on one of the most popular Facebook activity – “photo sharing.” Design/methodology/approach The data were collected using an online survey hosted by a web-based survey service for three weeks during December 2014-January 2015. The target audience comprised of Facebook users over 18 years engaged in sharing their photos on the platform. Findings Women and young Facebook users are significantly more concerned about the privacy of their shared photos. Meanwhile, users from older age groups are less active in using the site, in sharing photos, and in taking privacy-related protective measures. Interestingly, despite having more privacy concerns, young Facebook users display higher trust levels toward the platform than older users. Overall, in the study, there was an extremely significant difference in privacy attitudes among people under and over 35 years of age. Originality/value The main contribution of this study is new knowledge regarding the gender and age differences in various privacy-related aspects, trust, and activity. Findings from the study broadens the overall understanding of how these issues positively/negatively influence the photo-sharing activity on Facebook.

The moderating role of age and gender on the attitude towards new luxury fashion brands

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soundararaj Ajitha ◽  
V.J. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Luxury Brands ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Need For Uniqueness ◽  
Consumer Demographics ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Branded Product ◽  
And Gender

Purpose There is a significant growth in the consumption of new luxury fashion brands in developing price-sensitive markets like India. Not only does this growth demonstrate how the “new” luxury brands have become a success, but is also illustrative of the perception and practice of style and status among the middle classes. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the consumer’s attitude for buying a branded product entails the need for uniqueness and self-monitoring. It also contends that gender and age moderate the consumer’s attitude. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a self-monitored survey to collect the data from the customers of new luxury fashion retail brand stores in Chennai, India for empirical validation of the model. Data collected from 394 new luxury brands shoppers were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings The need for uniqueness and self-monitoring had significant positive influences on social-adjustive attitude and value-expressive attitude. However, the relationship between self-monitoring and value-expressive attitude was weak when compared to other relationships. Significant differences were seen in the strengths of the relationships between gender and age. Originality/value New luxury is significantly different from traditional luxury. Analyses regarding age group, gender and attitude can provide unique understanding related to new luxury trends, especially in a price sensitive and emerging market like India. This would help managers in segmenting the market based on consumer demographics, and devise strategies based on their characteristics to influence their attitudes and other behavioural patterns.

Understanding the role of individual differences in mobile SNS addiction

Kybernetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 3069-3097
Author(s):  
Mingchuan Gong ◽  
Mengli Xu ◽  
Adeel Luqman ◽  
Lingling Yu ◽  
Ayesha Masood
Keyword(s):  
Formation Process ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Mobile Sns ◽  
Flow States

Purpose The phenomenon of mobile social networking site (SNS) addiction has become increasingly severe nowadays and brings adverse outcomes to users’ daily life and work efficiency. However, there are relatively few research probes into the formation process of mobile SNS addiction behavior, and how demographic factors (e.g. gender and age) influence users’ addiction behavior. Adopting the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) framework, this study examines the effects of three types of technological functions (enjoyment, sociability and information value) on flow in relation to mobile SNS addiction. The authors further proposed gender and age as moderators, which play important roles in influencing the formation of mobile SNS addiction behavior. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the formation of mobile SNS addiction with a particular focus on the WeChat app. The authors use a field survey study conducted in China with 351 subjects of WeChat app users to examine thestudy model. Findings The results demonstrate that addictive behavior is determined by users’ flow states of using mobile SNS. The flow states, in turn, are influenced by three types of technological functions (enjoyment, sociability and information value). In addition, gender and age act as vital moderators in the model. Originality/value First, the authors empirically examine the formation of SNS addiction on the mobile device by adopting the S–O–R framework, which may enrich the addiction literature. Second, the authors reveal the moderating roles of age and gender in affecting the formation process of addiction behavior further. The findings of this research deepen our understanding of users’ addiction behavior. Third, the findings also offer rich insights to prevent mobile SNS addiction.

Selling the consumer: the marketing of advertising space in Sweden, ca. 1880-1939

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-164
Author(s):  
Klara Arnberg
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
History Of ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Marketing Methods

Purpose By studying the marketing of advertising space, this paper aims to study how class, gender and region were portrayed in terms of economic considerations in adverts selling advertising space to potential advertisers. The paper studies how readers were discursively transformed into consumers in this material and how different consumer groups were depicted, divided and framed during Sweden’s early consumer culture. By doing so, the paper highlights the tensions between aiming at a mass audience, on the one hand, and striving to reach more and more specific consumer groups on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are made in order to follow the changes of highlighted consumer groups in the ads. Intersectional analysis is used to see how notions of class and gender intersected during the analysed period. Findings The sectioning of the press is in the paper stressed as a prerequisite for market segmentation and the economic history of mass media is lifted as essential for understanding it. The gendering and classing of market segments were also based on how common interests were interpreted by political movements and their press forums. For surviving in the long run, however, the paper argues that the political press needed to commercialise their readerships to attract advertisers and survive economically. Originality/value The paper concludes that mass marketing and segmentation processes were in many senses parallel in the studied material. Statements of reaching all social classes diminished over time, but notions of the masses were prevalent in both the worker and the women categories. However, how advertisers choose between different media for their advertising campaigns or how they adopted different marketing methods towards different segments are beyond the scope of this paper.

scholarly journals Investigating the impact of social sustainability within maintenance operations

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo M. Savino ◽  
Marco Macchi ◽  
Antonio Mazza
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Age Factors ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Maintenance Policies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Criticality Analysis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to primarily focus on labor in maintenance areas, addressing human rights issues, labor standards and safety standards. The main issue is to investigate how these factors are considered to drive the prioritization of maintenance interventions within maintenance plans. In particular, a method for criticality analysis of production equipment is proposed considering specific labor issues like age and gender, which can be useful to steer maintenance plans toward a more social perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The authors focus on the two main social issues of SA 8000 norms, age and gender, exploring how these issues may drive the selection of maintenance policies and the relative maintenance plans. The research is conducted through fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP) implemented within a failure mode effects analysis (FMEA). Findings – The research is conducted through fuzzy AHP implemented within a FMEA. The maintenance plans resulting from the FMEA driven by social issues are evaluated by a benchmark of three different scenarios. The results obtained allowed the firm to evaluate maintenance plans, considering the impact on workers’ health and safety, the environment, social issues like gender and age. Research limitations/implications – One of the main limitation of this research is that it should also encompass maintenance costs under social and safety perspective. The method developed should be extended by further study of maintenance planning decisions subject to budget constraints. Moreover, it would be worth evaluating the effect of adopting more proactive maintenance policies aimed at improving plant maintainability in view of what emerged during the test case in the presence of an aged workforce and the subsequent need to prevent and/or protect people from hidden risks. Practical implications – With reference to the results obtained from the two models of this scenario, the authors observed an increase of equipment criticality, from B class to the A class, and similarly from C class to B class. No equipment has reduced its criticality. This depends on the particular context and the relative weights of drivers indicated in its AHP matrixes. Social implications – The paper addressed the main social implication as well as other social issues represented by age and gender factors, which are normally neglected. The Action Research (AR) proved the effects resulted from considering either gender factor or gender and age factors at the same time for maintenance policy selection. All in all, an increase of criticality is evident even if “people” is a driver with less importance than “environment” and “structures.” Originality/value – The present work focussed on a new definition of a criticality ranking model to assign a maintenance policy to each component based on workers’ know-how and on their status. The approach is conceived by the application of a fuzzy logic structure and AHP to overcome uncertainties, which can rise during a decision process when there is a need to evaluate many criteria, ranging from economic to environmental and social dimensions.

scholarly journals Relationship Between the Feeling of Self-Efficacy and Students' Perceived University Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
BAWA Ibn Habib
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

This study verified whether there is a relationship between the feeling of self-efficacy and perceived academic work on the one hand, and between the feeling of self-efficacy and gender and age on the other hand among students at the University of Lomé in Togo. To achieve this objective, a questionnaire of socio-demographic information and Schwarzer's (1993) Self-Efficacy Scale were submitted to 527 willing and consenting students. The data collected were subjected to statistical processing using SPSS 21 software. The results show that students' feeling of self-efficacy is related to their age and perceived academic work. Despite an average score for girls on the SPSS slightly higher than for boys, the feeling of self-efficacy did not vary significantly by gender.

Gender and other repayment determinants of microfinancing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemunu Nanayakkara ◽  
Jenny Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Loan Officers ◽  
Bad Debt

Purpose – The repayment performance of microfinancing loans funded by donors amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars is an important issue, because it indicates the effectiveness of utilising these funds to alleviate poverty. The purpose of this paper is to develop models to predict the repayment success of microfinancing loans. Design/methodology/approach – Analysing data relating to 1,109 random loan records from Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the study develops models to predict the repayment probability of microfinancing loans using logistic regression. Findings – There are significant differences between the two countries. In Sri Lanka, the time to approve and disburse the loan, loan cycle, gender and age of the borrower, whether a group or individual borrower, the purpose for which the loan is used and visiting frequency by the loan officers were found to be significant when predicting the repayment. Only three factors were significant in Indonesia: time to approve and disburse the loan, interest repayment frequency and gender. Both models have over 70 per cent prediction accuracy. Originality/value – The models developed can be used in the loan appraisal stage to improve the repayment performance of microfinancing institutions saving hundreds of millions of dollars in bad debt write offs.

The role of familiarity in the assessment of Turkey’s country/destination image: going beyond soap operas

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Durdana Ozretic-Dosen ◽  
Jozo Previsic ◽  
Zoran Krupka ◽  
Vatroslav Skare ◽  
Tanja Komarac
Keyword(s):  
Destination Image ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Soap Operas ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Predominantly Female ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One

Purpose This paper aims to further enhance the understanding of elements relevant to creating affection for a country’s identity, culture and values. Design/methodology/approach An overview of theoretical contributions is followed by a description of exploratory research on the overall image of Turkey. Survey-based empirical data (a convenience sample consisting of 838 Croatian citizens) are analysed using Statistica v7; mean values and a t-test are applied. The importance-performance Analysis (IPA) is also performed. The level of the respondent’s actual knowledge of Turkey is analysed by examining the content of their associations. Findings Research findings support a proven multidimensionality of the country/destination image construct. Turkey has become an appealing tourist destination; its image consists of positive associations that point to the effectiveness of soap operas broadcast abroad and promotional investments into the creation of the country image in foreign markets. Negative perceptions are related to human rights and gender inequalities. Limitations implications The use of a convenience sample (with predominantly female respondents) places a clear constraint on generalising the findings. Consequently, the results should be treated only as indicative. Furthermore, the one-country nature of the study limits the implications to theory. Practical implications Findings that soap operas might be a valuable source for Turkey’s image formation, and as such affect subsequent consumer behaviour, provide valuable insights for tourism and international marketing professionals who are either already in business or who are planning to internationalise future activities. Originality/value The study adds to the existing knowledge suggesting that popular culture, i.e. soap operas, is an interesting dimension of country/destination image deserving of further research.

scholarly journals Teaching “format as a process” in an era of Web-scale discovery

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Patrick Seeber
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Online Searching ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The One

Purpose – This paper aims to present academic librarians with a framework for teaching and assessing information literacy in response to advancements in online discovery. Advancements in online discovery require academic librarians to develop new means of teaching and assessing information literacy, with an emphasis on having students use critical thinking to evaluate sources. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper analyzes how the threshold concept “format as a process” could be incorporated into information literacy instruction sessions which address Web-scale discovery services and other online search tools. General guidelines for applying this concept are included, along with potential classroom activities and assessments. Findings – Format as a process provides a valuable framework for evaluating information, though librarians need to be mindful of how they present the concept to students. Instruction must be focused on fostering critical thinking skills, rather than how to perform tasks, and assessment must be qualitative in nature. Practical implications – These changes in online searching mean that information literacy programs will need to alter their approach to instruction and move beyond the “one shot” paradigm. Critical evaluation is a sustainable, lifelong skill which will continue to serve students after graduation, but developing that ability requires academic librarians to fulfill new roles in the classroom and on campus. Originality/value – The literature surrounding instruction of Web-scale discovery is still limited, and does not incorporate the threshold concepts provided in Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. This paper concentrates on one such concept, as well as discusses how future concepts could be addressed.

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