The Impact of Categorization With Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine a factor structure for the Impact of Miscarriage Scale (IMS). The 24 items comprising the IMS were originally derived from a phenomenological study of miscarriage in women. Initial psychometric properties were established based on a sample of 188 women (Swanson, 1999a). Method: Data from 341 couples were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results: CFA did not confirm the original structure. EFA explained 57% of the variance through an 18-item, 4-factor structure: isolation and guilt, loss of baby, devastating event, and adjustment. Except for the Adjustment subscale, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were ≥.78. Conclusion: Although a 3-factor solution is most defensible, with further refinement and additional items, the 4th factor (adjustment) may warrant retention.

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The Impact of Methodological Changes in Gerontology

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/04rm-kpu0-7g7r-0hek ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 19-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

K. Warner Schaie

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Research Design ◽

Methodological Innovation ◽

Period Problem ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Age Cohort ◽

The Impact

The impact of methodological changes on gerontology is illustrated by discussing the example of the age-cohort-period problem as an innovation in research design, and examining the case of confirmatory factor analysis as an illustration of how methodological innovation informs theory.

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DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS

Journal of Applied Management and Business (JAMB) ◽

10.37802/jamb.v1i2.130 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 9-16

Author(s):

Siti Asiyah

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

Quality Test ◽

Cronbach Alpha ◽

Business Goals ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact

This research expects to decide the impact of (1) self-viability; (2) emotional standards; (3) demeanor toward conduct; and (4) enterprise instruction towards understudy business goals. This research comprised of 278 understudies as respondents. The instrument legitimacy test utilizes Confirmatory Factor Analysis, while the unwavering quality test utilizes Cronbach Alpha. The investigation system utilized is different direct relapse test. The consequences of the examination found that. (1) self-adequacy positively affects innovative expectations, (2) emotional standards positively affect pioneering aims, (3) conduct positively affects enterprising goals, (4) business enterprise instruction positively affects enterprising aims.

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PENGARUH DUKUNGAN SOSIAL SEBAGAI MODERATOR KETIDAKSEIMBANGAN KEHIDUPAN-KERJA DAN KETERIKATAN KERJA PERAWAT

Jurnal Muara Ilmu Sosial, Humaniora, dan Seni ◽

10.24912/jmishumsen.v4i2.7710.2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 339

Author(s):

Rosyeni Chan ◽

Zamralita Zamralita ◽

Rita Markus

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Work Engagement ◽

Structural Model ◽

Work Life ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact

This study discussed about work engagement of nurses who experienced work-life imbalance and how the support from supervisor, coworker, organization, and family impacting it. This study aims to examined the moderating effect of social support in relation of work-life imbalance and nurses’ engagement and also evaluate the role of social support’s dimensions. A total of 120 nurses with a diploma in nursing participated in this study. They were working in nursing activities and lived with family as daily basis. The study was using adapted form of UWES-9, Industrial Society’s Work-Life, and CESS questionnaires. Measurement being done with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method and measurement model using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with Lisrel 10.0. Structural model testing showed that work-life imbalance significantly correlated with work engagement (r=-0.24, normed c2<2.00, RMSEA<0.05), and no significant moderating effect of social support was found. Only support from coworker moderated the work-life imbalance and work engagement of nurses (r=0.20, normedc2<2.00, RMSEA<0.05), and neither support from supervisor, organization, and family show any significant correlations as moderating variables. As conclusion, hypotheses was tested and confirmed. The findings showed work-life imbalance negatively correlated with work engagement, and support from coworker can help buffer the impact of imbalanced work-life condition on nurses’ engagement. The other dimensions of social support show no significant correlations. Perawat dalam melaksanakan tugasnya rentan menghadapi kondisi ketidakseimbangan kerja yang dapat mempengaruhi keterikatan kerja mereka. Untuk mengatasi pengaruh tersebut diperlukan sumber daya seperti dukungan sosial dari atasan, rekan kerja, organisasi, dan keluarga perawat yang dapat memberi dukungan pekerjaan bagi perawat. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah untuk melihat peranan dukungan sosial dan masing-masing dimensinya sebagai moderator pada pengaruh ketidakseimbangan kehidupan kerja terhadap keterikatan kerja perawat. Partisipan penelitian adalah perawat (N=120) yang sedang aktif bekerja di bidang keperawatan dan berstatus tinggal dengan keluarga. Data diperoleh dengan kuesioner UWES-9, Industrial Society’s Work-Life, dan CESS yang telah diadaptasi. Pengolahan data menggunakan metode SEM dan pengujian model pengukuran menggunakan Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) dengan bantuan program Lisrel versi 10.0. Hasil pengujian structural model menunjukkan bahwa ketidakseimbangan kehidupan kerja berkorelasi signifikan terhadap keterikatan kerja (r=-0.24, normedc2<2.00, RMSEA<0.05), sementara peran dukungan sosial sebagai variabel moderator tidak signifikan berkorelasi. Hanya satu dimensi dukungan sosial, yaitu dimensi coworker, secara signifikan berperan sebagai moderator (r=0.20, normedc2<2.00, RMSEA<0.05), sementara dimensi supervisor, organization, dan family tidak menunjukkan korelasi yang signifikan sebagai moderator. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah ketidakseimbangan kehidupan-kerja berpengaruh negatif terhadap keterikatan kerja perawat, dan hanya dukungan sosial dari rekan kerja yang dapat berperan sebagai moderator dalam hubungan tersebut. Sementara dukungan sosial dari atasan, organisasi, dan keluarga tidak berperan sebagai moderator antara ketidakseimbangan kehidupan-kerja dan keterikatan kerja pada perawat.

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Evaluation of the Social Benefits of Financial Innovation Towns Based on SEM Model——Taking Yuhuang Shannan Fund Town as an Example

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202125101075 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 251 ◽

pp. 01075

Author(s):

Guimei Wu ◽

Yuting Ye ◽

Ting Li ◽

Xueqin Chen ◽

Shasha Zhu

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Financial Innovation ◽

Social Benefits ◽

The Social ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact

Taking Yuhuang Shannan Fund Town as a typical example, this paper established a financial innovation characteristic town social benefit evaluation system through on-site investigation and quantitative analysis. It can be summarized into five major aspects: social and livelihood development, socioeconomic development, ecological environment, infrastructure construction and related system construction. Then we constructed a structural equation model (SEM) for the evaluation of social benefits of towns, and made the assumption that the impact of the five latent variables on the total variable of social benefits is positive. Through the first-order confirmatory factor analysis and the second-order confirmatory factor analysis of the structural equation, it is concluded that the five latent variables have a positively significant impact on the social benefits and have strong internal consistency. According to the degree of influence, effective suggestions are given from private equity and industrial foundation, which provide reference and practical guidance of the construction of financial innovative towns in the future.

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Effective Self-Efficacy Factors in Empowerment of Health Care Networks Managers in East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan and Ardebil Provinces, Iran

The Journal of Tolooebehdasht ◽

10.18502/tbj.v18i4.1860 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Yousef Yaghoobi ◽

Leila Riahi ◽

Seyed Jamaleddin Tabibi ◽

Mahmood Mahmoodi Majdabadi Farahani

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Factor Loading ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Continuous Training ◽

Health Care Networks ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact

Introduction: Empowerment has determinant role in developing the ability of individuals in order to achieve sustainable improvement in efficiency of the health care organizations. This study was carried out to identify the variables and effective self-efficacy components affecting the manager’s empowerment in Health Care Networks during 2018-19. Methods: This is an applied and exploratory study. At first, the variables involving in the empowerment of human resources were extracted by reviewing the literature as well as interviewing with the specialists. Then, the conceptual model was designed, the questionnaire compiled and its validity and reliability confirmed. The data were collected through the completing of the questionnaire by 416 managers who were chosen via stratified random sampling method and analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: According to the results of the exploratory factor analysis, the variable “continuous training” with the factor loading of 0.84 was found the most important variable. Concerning the standard coefficients of confirmatory factor analysis, variables of all the three components of self-efficacy were significant (p<0.001) and the component “Believe in responsibly ability and skill in work” (factor loading = 0.96) had the higher effect on self-efficacy. The impact rate of self-efficacy in empowerment with 0.96 and the variables “having job skills” and "emotional arousal" with 0.79 factor loading are considered as the most significant variables. Conclusion: The Universities of Medical Sciences and Health Care Networks can improve the ability of the managers through continuous training, promotion of professional skills, responsibility and presenting the successful models and experiences.

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Development of a multi-item Operational Excellence scale: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

The TQM Journal ◽

10.1108/tqm-10-2020-0227 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Bilal Saeed ◽

R. Tasmin ◽

Ayyaz Mahmood ◽

Aamer Hafeez

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Continuous Process ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Content Type ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Local Loop ◽

Cellular Mobile ◽

Operational Excellence ◽

The Impact

PurposeConsidering the relevance of operational excellence as a business strategy, organizations are striving to improve themselves by adopting best practices and universally accepted principles through the process of continuous improvement, and these principles should be embedded in the culture of an organization. Organizations pursue to align themselves by continuously improving their processes by adopting scientifically proven techniques and cultural transformation throughout the organization. However, there is a lack of scientific instruments for the assessment of operational excellence. The objective of this study is to develop a scale for the assessment of practices of operational excellence principles in the organizations. Further reliability and validity of the developed scale are measured by testing the relationship between Human Resource Practices (HRP) and Operational Excellence (OE).Design/methodology/approachThis study comprises quantitative design through exploratory and confirmatory studies and also includes qualitative analysis to develop a scale for the assessment of Operational Excellence (OE). Interviews from industry experts have been conducted to identify the major components for which organizations are striving for OE. Previous literature and excellence models, especially principles of the Shingo Operational Excellence Model (SOEM), have been reviewed and considered to finalize the scale items. Data were collected in two stages from both Telecommunication subsectors (Cellular Mobile Operators and Fixed Local Loop Operators) of Pakistan through the cross-sectional survey. In the first stage, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the sample of 611 respondents from both Cellular Mobile and Fixed Local Loop operators of Pakistan. In the second stage, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed on the sample of 423 respondents from the Fixed local loop operators. EFA was conducted by using SPSS version 23 to finalize the OE scale, and for confirmatory factor analysis, PLS-SEM using Smart PLS was used to confirm the reliability and validity of the OE Scale.FindingsThe results of EFA reveal that OE is a multidimensional construct with three dimensions and 23 items. The dimensions of the developed OE Scale explored in this study are cultural enablers (CE), continuous process improvement (CPI) and enterprise alignment (EA). The confirmatory factor analysis of OE confirmed the scale dimensionality, reliability and validity along with the hypothesis testing to measure the impact of antecedent variable HRP on OE.Research limitations/implicationsOrganizations pursue to improve and align their operational processes but usually unable to confirm the implementation of their desired objectives. Based on the developed OE scale, managers may assess the implementation of OE principles in their organizations. This research has been conducted in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan only, and the developed instrument needs to be further tested in other organizations.Practical implicationsThe instrument developed in this study will help both researchers and practitioners to assess the principles of operational excellence in their organizations and enable them to design the strategies for improving organizational performance.Social implicationsThe results of this study will create awareness about the principles of operational excellence. The developed OE instrument will assist in identifying the gaps in organizational norms and values from the perspective of paying respect to every individual inside and outside the organization. OE instrument will be further helpful in the identification and assurance of health, safety, protection of the environment and community issues.Originality/valueThis study provides a reliable and validated scale for the scientific area of operation management and helps managers with the assessment of operational excellence in their organizations. This newly developed scale is also valid to test and use in different studies and industries by researchers and practitioners.

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Measuring the components of visitor experience on a mountain attraction: the case of the Nordkette, Tyrol, Austria

Tourism Review ◽

10.1108/tr-03-2017-0060 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 72 (4) ◽

pp. 429-447 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ady Milman ◽

Anita Zehrer ◽

Asli D.A. Tasci

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Sample Size ◽

Service Providers ◽

Customer Experience ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Visitor Experience ◽

Content Type ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact

Purpose Previous mountain tourism research addressed economic, environmental, social and political impacts. Because limited studies evaluated visitors’ perception of their experience, this study aims to examine the tangible and intangible visitor experience in a Tyrolean alpine tourist attraction. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted Klaus and Maklan’s (2012) customer experience model, suggesting that customers base their experience perception on the quality of product experience, outcome focus, moments of truth and peace-of-mind. Their model was used to validate the impact on overall customer experience quality at the mountain attraction through conducting a structured survey with 207 face-to-face interviews on-site. Findings The results of the confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm the four-dimensional structure, probably due to the differences between mountain tourism experience and the mortgage lending experience in the original study. Instead, principal component analysis suggested a different dimensional structure of components that were arbitrarily named as functional, social, comparative and normative aspects of the visitors’ experience. Research limitations/implications The results are based on a sample in a given period of time, using convenience sampling. While the sample size satisfied the data analysis requirements, confirmatory factor analysis would benefit from a larger sample size. Practical implications Consumer experience dimensions while visiting a mountain attraction may not be concrete or objective, and consequently may yield different types of attributes that influence behavior. Social implications The social exchange theory could explain relationships between visitors and service providers and their consequences. Attraction managers should increase benefits for visitors and service providers to enhance their relationships, and thus experience. Originality/value The study explored the applicability of an existing experiential consumption model in a mountain attraction context. The findings introduce a revised model that may be applicable in other tourist attractions.

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