Towards understanding the effects of time and emotions on the vacation experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin N. Torres ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Nan Hua
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Memory Biases ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Affective Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to uncover how emotions change (or remain constant) throughout the course of the vacation experience. Although the importance of affective experiences has been recognized in the literature, the momentary effects of each stage of the vacation on the overall appraisal of the experience deserve more attention. Design/methodology/approach A survey instrument was developed using the PANAS scale. Customers were asked for their emotions at different points of their vacation. Data were analysed using multinomial logistic regression, correlations and path analysis. Findings The results indicate that it is possible for guests to experience different affective states at different parts of the vacation experience. Furthermore, it is also likely for each service experience to impact the next service, in spite of the apparent distinction between them. Finally, the researchers noted the tendency of consumers to recall mostly positive emotions, thus raising the possibility of various kinds of memory biases in recalling a vacation experience. Originality/value Emotions are by their very nature momentary. Consequently, these affective states can change over time, especially over a vacation spanning several days. Therefore, the present research contributes to the literature, in that it measures emotions at various points in time, determines the impact of emotions towards one service provider on the next and ascertains the impact of said emotions on the overall vacation experience.

The dynamics of regional and global expansion

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Geisler Asmussen ◽  
Bo Bernhard Nielsen ◽  
Tom Osegowitsch ◽  
Andre Sammartino
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Expansion ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Global Space ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model and test the dynamics of home-regional and global penetration by multi-national enterprises (MNEs). Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on international business (IB) theory, the authors model MNEs adjusting their home-regional and global market presence over time. The authors test the resulting hypotheses using sales data from a sample of 220 of the world’s largest MNEs over the period 1995-2005. The authors focus specifically on the relationship between levels of market penetration inside and outside the home region and rates of change in each domain. Findings – The authors demonstrate that MNEs do penetrate both home-regional and global markets, often simultaneously, and that penetration levels often oscillate within an MNE over time. The authors show firms’ rates of regional and global expansion to be affected by their existing regional and global penetration, as well as their interplay. Finally, the authors identify differences in the steady states at which firms stabilize their penetration levels in the home-regional and the global space. The findings broadly confirm the MNE as an interdependent portfolio with important regional demarcations. Originality/value – The authors identify complex interdependencies between home-regional and global penetration and growth, paving the way for further studies of the impact of regions on MNE expansion.

scholarly journals The impact of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices in the schools' sector in England

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Green ◽  
Laurence Ferry
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Creative Transformation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

PurposeThis paper considers the nature and effect of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices in three secondary schools in England. A close application of a developed model of Habermasian colonization provides a framing for both the ways in which accounting is implicated in organizational change and the effect of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices.Design/methodology/approachQualitative field studies at three secondary schools were used to gather empirical detail in the form of interview data and documentary evidence. A total of 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers and bursars.FindingsAccounting disturbances that were constitutive-transactional in nature had the greatest influence on organizational micro-practices. Behavioural responses to accounting disturbances can be organizationally ambiguous, subtle and subject to change over time.Research limitations/implicationsMore field studies are needed, and there is scope to develop a longitudinal perspective to better understand the impact of accounting disturbances over time.Originality/valueBy framing the processes of accounting change using a developed model of Habermasian colonization, contributions are provided by illuminating aspects of both the processes of accounting colonization and the impact of accounting on organizational micro-practices. The findings also add to prior appreciations of reciprocal colonization, creative transformation of accounting disturbances and how accounting can be enabling.

The persistence of accountant beancounter images in popular culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1395-1422
Author(s):  
Mark Christensen ◽  
Sébastien Rocher
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
French Language ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Artistic Freedom ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

PurposeIn analysing the beancounter image's trajectory, from its birth to its persistence, in European French language comics between 1945 and 2016, this paper explores why artists continue beancounter image usage in popular culture.Design/methodology/approachBeancounter characters have been studied in an application of Iconology (Panofsky, 1955) in order to unravel how individuals make sense of cultural artefacts and how, in turn, the visuals shape cultural belief systems at a given time.FindingsThis study reveals that comics artists usage of the beancounter image results from their critical reactions to management and capitalism whilst at other times the usage is an indication of authenticity. Motivation for the usage is not constant over time nor is the impact of the beancounter image. Both appear dependant of the level of artistic freedom experienced by the artist.Research limitations/implicationsBased on a single media (comics) with a unique characters (European French language) this study deepens exploration of the ways in which accounting becomes entwined with the everyday and implies that further research is needed.Originality/valueExtends the work of Smith and Jacobs (2011) and Jacobs and Evans (2012) by focusing on a genre of popular culture over a long period, and by adopting a critical viewpoint. Also expands the possible applications of Panofsky's (1955) Iconology in accounting studies.

Affective states and ecological rationality in entrepreneurial decision making

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1182-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana Catalina Fodor ◽  
Petru Lucian Curşeu ◽  
Alina Maria Fleştea
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Ecological Rationality ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Initial Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Decision ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of affective appraisal dimensions on the use of two ecologically rational, social heuristics: imitate the majority (IMH) and imitate the best (IBH) during an entrepreneurial strategic decision-making process (ESDM). Design/methodology/approach The authors test the hypotheses in a controlled field experiment, on a final sample of 98 entrepreneurs. Findings The study shows that entrepreneurs experiencing affect described by certainty appraisal display a preference for relying on IMH, but not on IBH. Moreover, entrepreneurs who experience unpleasant affect tend to rely more on IMH, rather than IBH. The reverse is true for the entrepreneurs who experience positive affect. Finally, the use of IMH is most likely under unpleasant and certain affect, while the use of IBH is most likely under pleasant and certain affect. Originality/value The main contribution of this study is that it provides initial support for the impact of affective appraisal dimensions on the use of ecologically rational heuristics (i.e. heuristics that save important resources, but bring beneficial results) during an ESDM process.

Participation and engagement of people with a learning disability in the lead up to the 2015 general election

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Holland
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
General Election ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Debate ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Purpose – As a commentary on the article by Ian Hood, the purpose of this paper is to consider participation of people with a learning disability in the lead-up to the 2015 UK general election. It looks at available data on participation and the barriers people face to engagement in the national debate, the process of registering to vote as well as voting itself. Design/methodology/approach – A number of initiatives taken to increase participation are considered and their success evaluated. Available data on participation and previous research are also considered. Findings – It is possible to boost the numbers of people engaged in voting and related activities. More research is needed to look at the impact of moving to a system of individual electoral registration and at whether overall participation by people with a learning disability is increasing over time. The barriers identified need to be tackled if people with a learning disability are to be more fully engaged in voting and the national political debate. Originality/value – Findings will be of particular value to those organisations and individuals interested in increasing the proportion of people with learning disabilities voting in future elections.

scholarly journals Contexts and gender – looking back and thinking forward

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friederike Welter
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Looking Back ◽  
Over Time

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship research and its main developments over time to identify promising future research avenues. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on the author’s extensive knowledge of the context-gender debate and on several recent overviews and reviews of the debate. It is written as essay, introducing its main themes through a personal reflection and complemented by a selective review of research on gendered contexts and women’s entrepreneurship. Findings The context-gender discussion has moved forward. The first wave of context-gender studies contextualized gender, considering the impact of contexts on women’s entrepreneurship. Nowadays, studies are conducted on how contexts are gendered and how they are constructed in gendered ways through, for example, words, images, cognitions, as well as how women entrepreneurs can impact on and enact their contexts. Originality/value This paper contributes novel insights into contextualizing gender and gendering contexts. It is unique in suggesting that a perspective on gendering contexts will allow to explore the diversity of entrepreneurship and further develop theories related to contexts and gender.

The changing returns on IT investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (11) ◽  
pp. 2025-2039
Author(s):  
Jing Fang ◽  
Xiaowei Liu ◽  
Wen Guang Qu
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
It Investment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time ◽  
It Productivity

PurposePrior IT productivity research usually assumes constant returns on IT investment. This study suggests that the impact of IT investment on productivity may not be constant but may change with the IT investment scale and over time. Specifically, we divide IT investment into commercial IT and in-house IT and investigate their changing impacts on industry labor productivity.Design/methodology/approachA model of the productivity impacts of commercial IT and in-house IT with changing effects of scale and over time is developed and empirically tested based on industry-level panel data from the US. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).FindingsThe returns on commercial IT investment increase with scale but decrease over time, while the returns on in-house IT increase over time.Originality/valueThis study provides a new perspective for IT productivity research by investigating the changing productivity impacts of IT investment. It also suggests that commercial IT and in-house IT should be distinguished, as they have different impacts on productivity.

The effects of food product types and affective states on consumers’ decision making

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 1550-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Chou Lin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Choices ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of food product types and affective states and on consumers’ variety seeking (VS) tendency. Design/methodology/approach – Two experiments are conducted in this paper to examine the influence of different food product types and the VS-mood state relationship. Findings – The results are consistent with the author's hypotheses and indicate that happy people incorporate more VS when healthful and unfamiliar food products are offered, while sad people incorporate more VS when hedonic and familiar food products are offered. Practical implications – Marketers of leading brands selling hedonic food products could cultivate positive emotions in their target consumers in order to prevent them from switching brands. Conversely, marketers of follower brands may find it appropriate to induce negative moods in their consumers to encourage brand switching. For those marketers who sell less hedonic, healthier food products, marketing strategies should be contrary to those for hedonic food products. In addition, marketers may conduct strategies to prevent consumers from feeling sad in the case of products with a low market profile and which are unfamiliar to their consumers. They could cultivate happy moods in consumers to encourage them to make more varied food product choices. Originality/value – Prior research has focussed mainly on hedonic and familiar products when explaining VS behavior, but the present research has demonstrated the need to discuss different product types, such as healthful and unfamiliar products, in order to obtain a broader understanding of affective states on VS.

scholarly journals The impact of financial restatement on auditor changes: Iranian evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Eshagniya ◽  
Mahdi Salehi
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Ceo Turnover ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Restatement ◽  
Auditor Change ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of financial restatement on changing the auditor in the following years. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data of 105 companies (735 company-years) listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange collected during the period 2008-2014. Logistic regression is used to test the hypotheses. Findings The results of hypotheses present that restatement does not cause auditor changes and that as the severity of a restatement increases, the auditor change in the following year of restatement also does not increase. Restating companies having strong governance do not go for auditor changes as compared with other companies. In addition, in companies that are restating, non-big auditor changes are not more likely than a big auditor. Also, in companies restating simultaneous with a CEO turnover, there is no possibility of auditor change. Furthermore, multinomial logistic regression showed that the adjustments resulting from the correction of errors and changes in procedures and the amount of adjustments do not cause auditor change in the following year. So, the results have shown that the restatement is not an important factor in changing auditor the next year. Originality/value The current study analyses the impact of financial restatement on auditor changes in a deep manner in a developing country like Iran.

The effects of materialism on consumer evaluation of sustainable synthetic (lab-grown) products

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-590
Author(s):  
Jessica Keech ◽  
Maureen Morrin ◽  
Jeffrey Steven Podoshen
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Evaluation ◽  
Positioning Strategy ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
The Future ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The increasing desire of consumers for socially responsible luxury products combined with fluctuating supplies in consumer markets are leading various industries to seek alternative sources to be able to meet the needs of its customers. One possible solution that may meet the demands of the future is lab-grown products. Because these products confer multiple benefits, this study aims to investigate the most effective ways to appeal to consumers by aligning the benefits of the products with their values as marketers seek to find effective promotion for these items. Design/methodology/approach We examine the effectiveness of an ethical positioning strategy for two types of luxury lab-grown (synthetic) products among high versus low materialism consumers in three experiments. Findings Findings suggest that a positioning strategy stressing product ethicality is more effective for low materialism consumers, whereas the strategy is less effective, and may even backfire, for high materialism consumers. The impact on social status consumers perceive from a lab-grown product explains why this effect occurs among low materialism consumers. Therefore, marketers should take caution and use specific appeals for different segments based on values such as consumers’ materialism levels. Originality/value If lab-grown products represent the wave of the future, it is important to understand how consumers will respond to this emerging technology and how promotion strategies may enhance their evaluation.

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