scholarly journals Dependency on Smartphones: An Analysis of Structural Equation Modelling

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazah Mohd Suki ◽  
Norbayah Mohd Suki
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Equal Chance

This study aims to examine the influence of social needs, social influences and convenience of smartphone on students’ dependency on smartphones. A total of 200 completed and usable questionnaires were received from the respondents which comprises of students from one of the public higher education institution in Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia by utilizing simple random sampling method where every unit in the population have an equal chance to be selected in the sample. Results via the analysis of structural equation modelling (SEM) show that the relationship between social needs, social influences and convenience of smartphone with dependency on smartphone were supported. The first was found to be the strongest effect. A strong relationship also existed between students’ dependency on smartphone and their purchase behavior. Based on the findings, the implications are discussed in the paper and directions for future research are also highlighted. 

scholarly journals The Effect of Individual’s Technological Belief and Usage on Their Absorptive Capacity towards Their Learning Behaviour in Learning Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 718
Author(s):  
Thomas Dolmark ◽  
Osama Sohaib ◽  
Ghassan Beydoun ◽  
Kai Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Technology Readiness ◽  
Learning Behaviour ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Individual

Absorptive capacity is a common barrier to knowledge transfer at the individual level. However, technology absorptive capacity can enhance an individual’s learning behaviour. This study investigates that technology readiness, the tools for knowledge sources, social influences, and social networks influence an individual’s absorptive capacity on an adaptation of the individual learning behaviour. A quantitative approach is used to assess the presence of a causal relationship from the constructs mentioned above. Data were collected from university students in Australia to examine the hypotheses. With 199 responses, a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was used for the analysis. The results generated mixed findings. Individual’s technological belief in optimism and innovation and social influences had a significantly weaker effect on individual absorptive capacity, which in turn had a significantly weaker impact on their learning behaviour.

Using structural equation modelling to assess the sustainable competitive advantages provided by the low-cost carrier model

2018 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vedant Singh ◽  
S. Vaibhav ◽  
Somesh Kr. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantages

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between the dimensions of sustainable competitive advantages in the Indian low cost airlines.Design/methodology/approachThis study used structural equation modelling methods to identify the factors that significantly affect the sustainable competitive advantages enjoyed by Indian low-cost carriers (LCCs). Specifically, this study is based on the data from 208 airline experts that populate multiple structural equation models.FindingsResults indicate that indigenous efficiency, the LCCs perceptions of threat, dexterity, strategic persuasion and the LCC adopting an enabling role positively affect LCCs’ competitive advantages. These five factors were all correlated with each other. The results also show that relative to an LCC’s dexterity, indigenous efficiency is a stronger predictor of an LCC’s competitive advantages.Originality/valueThis study provides low-cost airlines with valuable information for designing effective strategies for obtaining competitive advantages in the LCC sector. To conclude the paper, the authors offer practical recommendations for managers and suggest some avenues for future research in this area.

Social axioms and values: a cross‐cultural examination

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwok Leung ◽  
Al Au ◽  
Xu Huang ◽  
Jenny Kurman ◽  
Toomas Niit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social World ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Social Axioms ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modelling Approach

The relationships between social axioms, general beliefs that people hold about the social world, and values, defined as desirable goals for life, were examined in five cultural groups. Results show that the correlations between social axioms and Schwartz's (1992) values are generally low, suggesting that they represent two distinct types of construct. Based on a structural equation modelling approach, results further show that generally speaking, the five axiom dimensions are related to the value types in a meaningful and interpretable manner, and that these relationships are generally similar across the five cultural groups. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Middle East Tourists' Behaviour Towards Malaysian Gastronomy and Dining Experience in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-79
Author(s):  
Quee-Ling Leong ◽  
Shahrim Ab Karim ◽  
Bee-Lia Chua ◽  
Kallayanee Tengpongsathon
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Middle East Countries ◽  
Modelling Analysis ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Model Approach

The global Muslim tourists' expenditure on gastronomy products is on the rise. However, to date few studies were conducted to empirically determine the behaviour of the Muslim tourists' especially from the Middle East countries towards Malaysian gastronomy. Therefore, the key purpose of the present study was to empirically determine the Middle East tourists' behaviour towards their dining experience in Malaysia by employing the basis of means-end model approach. The proposed conceptual model of this study was tested using structural equation modelling analysis. The findings revealed that gastronomy attributes, dining quality and overall satisfaction of dining experience were significant positive predictors of the Middle East tourists' behavioural intention. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed and this paper ends with some suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MANAJEMEN KARIR TERHADAP KEPUASAN KARIS MELALUI KOMPETENSI PEGAWAI

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Hengky Pangestu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Future ◽  
Management Career

<span><em>The purpose of this research is to acknowledge the effect of a career management toward the </em><span><em>career satisfaction through the career competency of the staff at Park Lane Hotel, Jakarta. </em><span><em>The data samples of this research are random spread to the hotel staffs. Out of 125 respondents </em><span><em>from all levels of staff positions in Park Lane Hotel, only 120 data are performed. The data</em><br /><span><em>analysis in this research is measured by Structural Equation Modelling with Amos 6.0. </em><span><em>Due to data analysis, it is discovered that career management has a positive and significant </em><span><em>effects toward the career satisfaction of the hotel staafs, as to the career management has no </em><span><em>effect to the career competency of the hotel staffs. </em><span><em>The career competency has positive and significant effect to the career satisfaction, and the </em><span><em>career competency cannot mediated the relation between career management to the career </em><span><em>satisfaction of the hotel staffs.</em><br /><span><em>The implication for the manager of the Park Lane Hotel, Jakarta is to give serious activities </em><span><em>concerning the career management to the staff that will assist them to gain more knowledge </em><span><em>of the update industry development to gain higher in the career satisfaction of the staffs. </em><span><em>In the future research, it needs more details concerning the organization effect and individual </em><span><em>and culture factors of the staffs.</em><br /><strong><em>Keywords </em><em>: career management, career satisfaction and career competency.</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>

Examining the Effects of Controlling for Shared Variance among the Dark Triad Using Meta–Analytic Structural Equation Modelling

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin E. Vize ◽  
Katherine L. Collison ◽  
Joshua D. Miller ◽  
Donald R. Lynam ◽  
Mitja Back
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Residual Content ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Impact

Multivariate procedures (e.g. structural equation modelling) are essential to personality psychology, but interpretive difficulties can arise when examining the relations between residualized variables (i.e. the residual content of a variable after its overlap with other variables has been statistically controlled for) and outcomes of interest. These issues have been the focus of recent debate within the research literature on the Dark Triad, which is a collection of interrelated but theoretically distinct personality constructs made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. The present paper highlights previous work on the issue of partialling and also makes use of recent developments surrounding meta–analytic structural equation modelling to reliably assess the impact of partialling on the empirical profiles of the Dark Triad components. The results show that numerous interpretive difficulties arise after partialling the overlap among the Dark Triad components, most notably for narcissism and Machiavellianism. The results are discussed in the context of contemporary Dark Triad research in addition to discussing the implications for structural equation modelling methods in personality psychology more generally. Recommendations are made for how future research can mitigate the interpretive difficulties that may arise from partialling. Copyright © 2018 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals The latent and item structure of COVID-19 fear: A comparison of four COVID-19 fear questionnaires using SEM and network analyses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaëtan Mertens ◽  
Stefanie Duijndam ◽  
Tom Smeets ◽  
Paul Lodder
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Health Related

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), several reports have shown that fear relating to COVID-19 has sharply increased. To measure fear of COVID-19, various questionnaires have been developed in parallel. However, fear concerning COVID-19 is not necessarily a uniform construct and the different questionnaires may cover diverse aspects. To examine the underlying structure of fear of COVID-19, we conducted structural equation modelling and network analyses on four different scales in a large online sample (N = 829). Particularly, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (Ahorsu et al., 2020), the Fear of the Coronavirus Questionnaire (Mertens et al., 2020), and the COVID Stress Scales (Taylor et al., 2020) were included in our study, along with a new scale that also assessed socio-economic worries relating to COVID-19. We found that fear of COVID-19 was best classified into four different clusters: Fear of health-related consequences, fear of supplies shortages and xenophobia, fear about socio-economic consequences, and symptoms of fear (e.g., compulsions, nightmares). Generally worded items (e.g., “I worry about COVID-19”) had the highest centrality in the network analyses. These results help to characterize fear due to COVID-19 and inform future research.

How young and older people differ in discriminatory behaviour towards older people? An explanation of the knowledge–attitude–behaviour continuum model

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 1996-2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOONDOOL CHUNG ◽  
HYUNJU PARK
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Multi Stage

ABSTRACTThis study examined the causal relationship between knowledge, attitudes and discriminatory behaviour towards older people and further explored age-group differences using multi-group analysis. Data were collected from 1,500 Korean adults aged 20 and older in 2011 using the multi-stage quota sampling method. Trained investigators collected data with a developed survey questionnaire in person and a structural equation modelling method was used for data analysis. Attitudes towards older people was measured using two variables: ‘image of older people’ and ‘prejudice against older people’. The findings revealed that the younger and older generations demonstrated differences regarding the causal relationship between knowledge, attitudes and discriminatory behaviour towards older people. The paths model between independent and dependent variables in the structural equation modelling was non-equivalent in younger and older groups. For both groups, knowledge about ageing and older people led to a positive influence on their image of and prejudice against older people. The effect of prejudice on discriminatory behaviour was significant in the younger group, but not in the older group. Further implications for practice and future research to reduce ageism were discussed.

Determinants of Islamic banking adoption in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Mbawuni ◽  
Simon Gyasi Nimako
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Sharia Law

Purpose This study aims to examine factors affecting the adoption of Islamic banking (IB), which is an innovative and emerging form of banking, in a non-Islamic Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country. Design/methodology/approach It used primary data collected from a cross-section of 975 respondents using self-administered structured questionnaire. Empirical data were analysed using SPSS version 16 and partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) for Muslim and non-Muslim groups. Findings Consumer attitude, readiness to comply with Sharia law, knowledge, perceived innovativeness and perceived benefits were critical determinants of bank customers’ intention to adopt IB in both Muslim and non-Muslim sub-groups. The least influential factors were perceived religion effect (PRE) and perceived threat of violence (PTV). PTV was not a significant factor to non-Muslims, but it was a significantly negative factor to Muslims’ intentions to adopt IB. PRE has a positive influence on Muslims’ intention to adopt IB, but it has a negative effective on non-Muslims’ adoption intentions. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to only bank customers in Ghana. Moreover, service quality factors were not included in the research model because IB is yet to be given full-fledged operational license in Ghana. Future research should extend the study to other emerging countries to improve the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications Policymakers are encouraged to develop stakeholder-oriented strategies to promote effective consumer education in IB. Also, IB institution should endeavour to develop innovative financial products that are Sharia-compliant and economically beneficial to individual and business needs of bank customers. Moreover, policymakers and management of IB institutions should ensure effect governance structures to guide IB operations. Originality/value This study provides initial structural equation modelling of determinants of IB adoption in emerging countries and provides empirical evidence on the spread of IB in non-Islamic SSA, which is an under-researched area. It is the first study to empirically report on the influence of PTV, readiness to compliance Sharia law and perceived innovativeness of IB on intentions to adopt IB in non-Islamic SSA context.

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