The Relationships Among Adult Affective Factors, Engagement in Science, and Scientific Competencies

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Yen Tsai ◽  
Yuh-Yuh Li ◽  
Ying-Yao Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Demographic Variable ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Competencies

This study investigated the relationship among adult affective factors, engagement in science, and scientific competencies. Probability proportional to size sampling was used to select 504 participants between the ages of 18 and 70 years. Data were collected through individual face-to-face interviews. The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed that while controlling demographic variable factors, science-related affective factors held explanatory power for scientific competencies. Among those factors, the explanatory power of self-efficacy was the greatest, followed by enjoyment and interest in science. While controlling antecedent factors, engagement in science held explanatory power for scientific competencies. It is suggested that improving affective factors and engagement in science may enhance adult scientific competencies. In terms of adult education, this study suggests that with more accessible science resources, adults may have the potential to trigger their interest, increase their self-confidence, and engage themselves in scientific issues.

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as a community participation model for people with multiple sclerosis: A hierarchical regression analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Joseph Pfaller ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
Jia-Rung Wu ◽  
Stuart Rumrill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Disability And Health ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system disorder that impacts more than 400,000 people in the U.S. The disease results in multiple functional impairments that are diverse and varied across individuals. Additonally, MS has a profound impact on community participation which, like other rehabilitation outcomes, cannot be explained on the basis of functional limitations alone. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a model of community participation for people living with MS using the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework. The model focused on the roles that personal factors have as predictors of community participation, while also serving as mediators and moderators for the relationship between activity limitation and participation. Results from the hierarchical regression analysis indicated that demographic characteristics (i.e. MS type), personal factors (i.e. core self-evaluations (CSE), MS self-management, resilience, and social skills), and activity limitations accounted for 64% of the variance in participation. Further, mediation analysis indicated that CSE mediated the relationship between activity limitation and community participation. Finally, moderation analysis indicated an interaction effect between educational attainment and MS self-management. Implications for future research in rehabilitation and clinical application are discussed.

scholarly journals PERAN PEMODERASI TEKANAN WAKTU HUBUNGAN ANTARA NILAI FUNGSIONAL DAN NILAI EMOSIONAL TERHADAP NIAT BELI PRODUK FLASH SALE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiry Utami
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Functional Value ◽  
Emotional Value ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT The research examines the role of time pressure as moderating variable to the relationship between functional value and emotional value on purchase intention on flash sale product. Data for this research were collected by online survey and administered to 150 respondents. The hypothesis testing was conducted using multiple regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. Finding of this indicated that functional value and emotional value have positive and significant effect on purchase intention. Time pressure has no negatively moderated the effect of functional value and emotional value on purchase intention. Keywords: functional value, emotional value, time pressure ABSTRAK Penelitian ini menguji peran tekanan waktu sebagai variabel moderasi hubungan antara nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional terhadap niat beli konsumen pada produk flash sale. Data di kumpulkan melalui survey online dengan 150 responden. Pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi berganda dan analsisi regresi hirarki. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional berpengaruh terhadap niat beli. Tekanan waktu tidak memoderasi secara negatif pengaruh nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional terhadap niat beli. Kata Kunci: nilai fungsional, nilai emosional, tekanan waktu

scholarly journals The Contingency Effect of Relational Competency on the Relationship between Information Technology Competency and Firm Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaobo Wei ◽  
Kwok-Kee Wei
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Technology Competency ◽  
Interorganizational Communication ◽  
It Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
It Operations ◽  
Contingency Effect

AbstractDrawing upon the resource-based and relational view, this study examines how the three types of IT competencies (i.e., IT objects, IT operations, and IT knowledge) differentially affect firm performance and how such effects are moderated by interorganizational communication (IOC). We test the hypotheses of interest with data collected from 258 firms in China. The results of hierarchical regression analysis reveal that IT operations and IT knowledge significantly improve firm performance, while IT objects are found to be insignificant. In addition, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between the three types of IT competencies and firm performance varies across diffenent types of IT competencies. Specifically, IOC positively moderates the relationship between both IT operations and IT knowledge and firm performance. However, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between IT objects and firm performance is not significant.

An empirical investigation of high-risk occupations

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between stress and burnout in high-risk occupations and how leadership moderates this relationship. Thus, the primary research question addressed within this study is: What is the relationship between stress and burnout in high-risk occupations as governed by transformational leadership behavior? Design/methodology/approach – An analysis of primary data obtained by survey from 379 police officers from nine southern and southwestern agencies was conducted. Hierarchical regression analysis, multiple moderated hierarchical regression analysis, bivariate correlation analyses and other statistical methods are used. Findings – Results indicate police stress exacerbates perceived burnout. Transformational leadership influences this relationship such that high levels of perceived transformational leadership attenuates the negative relationship between stress and burnout, but less so under highly stressful conditions. Findings have strong implications for leaders in high-risk occupations where bureaucracy, departmental policy, and life and death decision-making intersect. Research limitations/implications – This study can be used as a basis for further inquiry into the effects of transformational leadership on individuals' perceptions of performance, behavioral and psychological criterion variables in high-risk occupations. Practical implications – The assessment of relationships among stress and burnout in high-risk occupational settings potentially allows managers to better understand how to structure supervisor-subordinate relationships in order to minimize the effects of stress on perceived burnout and provides a more realistic view of how individuals in high-risk occupations are influenced by leader behaviors under stressful conditions. Originality/value – This study is thought to be the only one to evaluate the moderated relationships among stress, transformational leadership and burnout in high-risk occupations characterized by increasingly stressful circumstances. More specifically, the notion that individuals in high-risk occupations perceive burnout differently than those in less-risky occupations is not prevalent in the literature.

Determinants of successful implementation of donor-funded projects in Uganda

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1139-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shafic Mujabi ◽  
Samson Omuudu Otengei ◽  
Francis Kasekende ◽  
Joseph Mpeera Ntayi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Project Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Rationality ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, empirically the relationship between organizational rationality, knowledge management (KM), risk management and successful implementation of donor-funded projects in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach – Data were obtained from 195 project managers of donor-funded projects both managed within government systems and those outside government using a questionnaire. Zero-order correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. Findings – The paper has two major findings: all the predictor variables are positively and significantly related to successful project implementation; and the relationship is strong enough to cause a 23 percent (R²) increase in the explanatory power in the presence of control variables. Research limitations/implications – The study focussed on selected donor-funded projects in Uganda and this limited the generalization of the findings. Moreover, there was also limited availability of local empirical literature with respect to implementation and performance of donor-funded projects. Practical implications – The results suggest that organizations that embrace organizational rationality, risk management and KM succeed in project implementation. Originality/value – There are many studies that investigate the practices adopted by organizations that implement donor-funded projects, however, this is the first study to the authors’ knowledge that examines the relationship between KM, rationality, risk management and successful implementation of donor-funded projects in Uganda.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF THE TRAIT- BASED EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON SELF-ESTEEM FACTOR ACCORDING TO GENDER FACTOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-389
Author(s):  
Osman BAYRAKTAR ◽  
Hüner ŞENCAN ◽  
Yahya FİDAN
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
Basic Hypothesis ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
Intelligence Scores ◽  
The Relationship

Goal. In the research, it was tried to determine the effect of the trait-based emotional intelligence scores on self-esteem evaluations, and it was attempted to determine how this effect evolved according to the gender factor. Method. In the study 175 students were partisipte and 171 questionnary were analyzed. To measure emotional intelligence, NHS Emotional Intelligence Scale was used and The Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale was used to measure self-esteem. Correlations, regression analysis, t-test and ANCOVA methods were used to determine the relationship and / or effect between two conceptual structures. Findings. As a result of the research, it was understood that emotional intelligence had no effect on the self-esteem.  Because the relations of concepts were not statistically significant (R2 = 0.00). Effect also did not occur at the female and male levels of the variable gender factor. Results. The argument that emotional intelligence, which is the basic hypothesis of the research, is effective on self-esteem scores has not been proved statistically. In the hierarchical regression analysis, which is based on the level of the gender factor, there was no relationship or effect.

scholarly journals Selection Satisfaction and Attributes of Higher Education Institutions: Mediation of Information Satisfaction

Society ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-240
Author(s):  
Irfandi Buamonabot ◽  
Muhammad Asril Arilaha ◽  
Johan Fahri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression Analysis ◽  
Information Availability ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to examine the satisfaction of information availability in mediating the relationship between attributes of and satisfaction in choosing higher education institutions for Universitas Khairun and IAIN Ternate. A total of 252 students from both institutions were involved in this survey, with an effective rate of return of 70%. A hierarchical regression analysis was run by using IBM SPSS version 24. The results showed that for Universitas Khairun, information satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between attributes and satisfaction in choosing a university. In contrast, for IAIN Ternate, information satisfaction is only an independent variable. The implications and suggestions for further research are also discussed in this study.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALISTIC VALUES AND OPTIMISM: A STUDY OF THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-473
Author(s):  
Maria Karaivanova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

Aim. A quantitative study on generational differences showed a decrease in optimism among the young generation (Karaivanova, 2016). The present work aims to study in detail the relationship between individualistic values, self-esteem, and optimism among the Millennial generation. Optimism is a general expectation for positive results and positive events in life (Radoslavova & Velichkov, 2005). Method. A sample of 204 respondents from 20 to 35 years old voluntarily filled in a survey containing scales measuring individualistic values, self-esteem, and optimism. The relationship between these variables was tested using regression and mediation analyses. The results were processed using the statistical software SPSS, version 22.0.0.0, and the lavaan application in R Studio. Results. The theoretical model created and tested in this study proved to have good explanatory power for the dependent variable optimism explaining one-third of its variance and gives significant clarity on the relationship between individualistic values, self-esteem, and optimism for the young generation in Bulgaria. Conclusion. Individualistic values turned out to predict self-esteem. The more individualistic a person is, the higher they perceive their competences and social image. At the same time, being individualistic, i.e. being open for change and following one’s own interests does not make young people look more optimistically towards the future and believe in the solution of every problem they encounter. Individualistic values have a positive mediated effect on optimism with self-esteem as a mediator. Having strong self-confidence makes young people have positive expectations for the future.

scholarly journals Territorial Attitudes and Victimisation: A tale of two neighbourhoods

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Aldrin Abdullah ◽  
Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali ◽  
Azizi Bahauddin ◽  
Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Neighbourhood Stability ◽  
Open Access Article

One popular use of design strategies for crime prevention is territorial functioning. This study examines the relationship between territorial functioning and victimisation in two neighbourhoods with different crime rates. The quantitative-based method using a questionnaire survey was employed in this study. The survey covered residents’ victimisation rates and territorial attitudes as a dimension of territorial functioning. A sample of 206 inhabitants from two neighbourhoods in the UK took part in the study. Through a hierarchical regression analysis, the study revealed that a high victimisation rate was associated with low territorial attitudes. People who perceived more territorial attitudes were less likely to be victimised than their opposite counterparts irrespective of the neighbourhood context.  Keywords: territorial functioning; territorial attitude, neighbourhood stability; victimisation. eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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