scholarly journals Effects of Privacy Policy and Government Regulation on Trust of Consumers in Saudi Arabia: An Empirical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Alharbi Nesreen Nasser A. ◽  
Yanhui Li
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
Privacy Risk ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Government Regulations

The research aimed to analyze the influence of privacy policy and government regulation on privacy risk concerns and trust. In other words, this paper attempted to highlight the importance of privacy policy and government regulations, which are two important aspects related to user’s privacy rights. Data were collected through an online questionnaire to test the relationships between each FTC category in online privacy statements of websites/Government regulation and its effect on trust/privacy concerns and relationships. Two hundred sixty-eight respondents participated in the online survey. Results of the study indicate that the privacy policy has a positive impact on trust, whereas privacy risk concerns have a negative impact on trust. A clear and transparent privacy policy helps organizations to establish good relationships with consumers. Additionally, the privacy policy has a negative impact on privacy risk concerns. A strong and powerful privacy policy will significantly improve users’ conservative attitudes about information sharing and privacy disclosure risks. Finally, government regulation has a positive impact on trust and a negative impact on privacy risk concerns. Government regulations such as disclosure, sharing, and use of personal information must be enforced to increase the willingness to use users’ information, thereby enhancing users’ trust in the relevant privacy policy protection laws. Clear and effective laws and regulations reduce users’ fear of privacy policy; that is, the quality of the law will effectively motivate users to provide personal information. The findings of the research imply that there is a high level of concern among the citizens linked to their privacy risk, indicating people do not trust e-government sufficiently. Taking into consideration weak spots related to e-government policies a cybersecurity plan should be implemented. Besides that, consumers’ trust related to privacy policy should be increased. This can be done by improving the standards for a privacy policy.

scholarly journals Impacts of Trust in Government and Privacy Risk Concern on Willingness to Provide Personal Information in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Alharbi Nesreen Nasser A. ◽  
Yanhui Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Privacy Risk ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Willingness To Disclose

The current study followed a quantitative research design to determine the significance of the relationships presented in the research model. The relationships between Privacy risk concerns, benefit to disclose, trust, and willingness to provide personal information has been tested using SPSS. An online questionnaire in Arabic language was used collect data by distributing survey link via WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram. The sample consists out of 268 respondents. The results of the study indicate that trust has a positive impact on the privacy disclosure revenue whereas privacy risk concerns have a negative impact on the benefits of privacy disclosure. Also the privacy disclosure revenue has a positive impact on the willingness to disclose personal information. Users will increase the quantity and quality of information disclosure when the perceived benefit of personal information disclosure is high. The study also suggests that trust has a positive impact on the willingness to disclose personal information, and the user’s degree of trust in government protection policies and information environment will directly disclose the user’s information. Finally, privacy risk concerns have a negative impact on the willingness to disclose personal information, reduce the user’s perception of the risk of the policy environment and technical environment, and will increase the willingness of users to disclose personal information. Keeping the above points in consideration the Saudi government to keep their aims high towards strong legislations regarding personal data sharing, privacy right and security of the data so that the trust of citizens can be gained towards e-governance.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Recruiter Burnout, Work Engagement and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Tatjana Ivanovic ◽  
Sonja Ivancevic ◽  
Milica Maricic
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

Contemporary research on disorders in modern-day work environment marks burnout among employees in different professions as an important disorder with serious consequences. Practice has shown that recruiters are one of the professions frequently facing burnout. The relationship between burnout, work engagement and turnover intention has often been investigated in the literature. However, even though scholars are increasingly interested in these relationships in other professions, there is a growing need for studies evaluating the relationship between the three concepts among human resource (HR) professionals, particularly recruiters. Having this in mind, the aim of this study is to identify, understand and examine the relationship between burnout, engagement and turnover intention of recruiters in Serbia. The data was collected using an online questionnaire within a sample of 100 recruiters in Serbia. Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was used for measuring burnout, UWES-9 for measuring work engagement and TIS-6 for measuring turnover intention. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used for evaluating the relationships between burnout, turnover intention and work engagement. The results of the research showed that work engagement has a negative impact on burnout and that burnout has a positive impact on turnover intention, while the relationship between work engagement and turnover intention was not confirmed. The correlation analysis confirmed all three examined relationships. The results largely support the findings from the literature for other professions confirming that employees who suffer from a high degree of burnout are more likely to have a turnover intention. Finally, the implications of these results and recommendations for organizations and recruiters themselves to prevent and decrease burnout are discussed. The findings of this study can make a contribution to the specific academic literature on burnout among recruiters and initiate further research on this topic of high interest.

A Survey and a Case-Study Regarding Social Media Security and Privacy on Greek Future IT Professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venetis Kanakaris ◽  
Georgios Lampropoulos ◽  
Kerstin Siakas
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Nowadays, social media and social networks are increasingly used in business as they have drastically changed the way the community works, communicates, collaborates, socialises, creates content and shares knowledge and ideas. However, in particular, IT professionals and practitioners need to be aware of online security and privacy issues and the potential negative impact that they may cause on different aspects of business, such as online breaches or information theft. The use of social media inevitably leads to disclosure of personal information, with the use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) and other similar techniques. Hence, the aim of this article is twofold, namely first to show results of a survey towards future Greek IT practitioners regarding awareness and viewpoints of social media users concerning security and privacy on social media. More specifically the study was based on responses and viewpoints of 178 Greek electrical engineering and IT students to an online questionnaire. Secondly, the aim is also to show how easily a potential malicious user can anonymously track and retrieve sensitive personal information in an automated and undetectable way from popular social media platforms by using publicly available information, resources, and tools. The results of the survey show that most of the respondents are aware of the privacy settings of the social media platforms they use. However, they consider that they should be more careful concerning personal data and whom they add as friends or followers and they do not feel comfortable with the fact that a stranger might be able to access their personal information through their publications on social media platforms.The case study indicates that it is possible for malicious users to acquire sensitive personal data (e.g. user's location via tweets and instas from smartphones). In addition, the ability to map activity could allow malicious users to track the activities of unsuspected users and predict their future locations.

scholarly journals Ecological and/or Nutritional Scores for Food Traffic-Lights: Results of an Online Survey Conducted on Pizza in France

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Stéphan Marette
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Global Score ◽  
Dominant Effect ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
Red Color ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Nutritional Score ◽  
Open Question

Understanding the hierarchy for consumers between different labels signaling various characteristics defining food sustainability is still an open question. A web survey was conducted in France to examine how providing different scores about the environment and/or nutrition could influence purchase intents for one pizza. 1200 participants were recruited in France in April 2021. They were asked about their purchase intents for one pizza, before and after seeing nutritional and/or ecological scores associated with colors going from green to red. A Global-Score synthetizing both nutritional and ecological dimensions was also tested. The results show that the appearance of scores and colors significantly affect the purchase intents for this pizza. Indeed, for each type of score (namely nutritional, ecological or global), the dominant effect comes from the reduction in purchase intents related to the red color, although green or yellow colors also change purchase intents but to a lesser extent. With the red color, the nutritional score leads to more significant decreases in purchasing intents than the ones related to the ecological score or the Global-Score. With an additional round, the appearance of another score complementing the alternative one underlines that the negative impact of the red color for one score on purchase intents is not outweighed by the positive impact of the green color for the other score.

scholarly journals Electronic Commerce for Sustainable Rural Development: Exploring the Factors Influencing BoPs’ Entrepreneurial Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10604
Author(s):  
Lijuan Huang ◽  
Guojie Xie ◽  
Raoyi Huang ◽  
Guokai Li ◽  
Weiwei Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Resource Endowment

Rural e-commerce entrepreneurship is an effective and credible means to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable social development, particularly in the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). Understanding how to encourage BoPs’ entrepreneurial intention in the rural e-commerce market has become a key issue for private enterprises and local governments. Based on the entrepreneurial event model, we constructed a research framework to evaluate the factors influencing BoPs’ entrepreneurial intention in rural e-commerce. We conducted an online survey of rural e-commerce practitioners from Jieyang and Chaozhou in Guangdong Province, China, and empirically analyzed the survey results using SmartPLS software. The results show that professional knowledge, resource endowment, information and communication technology, and logistics infrastructure have a significant positive impact on BoP entrepreneurship in rural e-commerce, while previous market channels had a significant negative impact. Based on the findings, we recommend that BoPs should focus more on cultivating professional knowledge in e-commerce entrepreneurship and capitalize on local resource advantage. E-commerce enterprises and local governments should strengthen and improve information communication technology and logistics infrastructure among BoP communities. Policymakers should support BoP entrepreneurship in rural e-commerce by creating a favorable environment.

scholarly journals The Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 Home Confinement and Physical Activity: A Structural Equation Model Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuehui Sang ◽  
Rashid Menhas ◽  
Zulkaif Ahmed Saqib ◽  
Sajid Mahmood ◽  
Yu Weng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Impacts

BackgroundCOVID-19 break out has created panic and fear in society. A strict kind of lockdown was imposed in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. During home confinement due to lockdown, people face multidimensional issues. The present study explored the psychological impacts of COVID-19 home confinement during the lockdown period and Wuhan’s residents’ attitude toward physical activity.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey was conducted to collect the primary data according to the study objectives. The population was Wuhan residents (+ 18 years) who were in home confinement. A total of 2280 participant’s reply to the online questionnaire survey and collected data after quantifying the data, about 2200 (96.49%); about (49.8%) female, about (49.4%) male, others about (0.2%), and about (0.6%) were not disclosed their gender participants responses were used for analysis. The collected data were analyzed through appropriate statistical techniques.ResultsAccording to results, H1 is supported with β = −40.793, t = 57.835, p = 0.000, which claimed a negative association between COVID-19 lockdown policy and behavior and attitude. Results for H2 reveals that the COVID-19 lockdown policy have negative influence on emotional control with β = −0.769, t = 46.766, p = 0.000 and it is supported. H3 documented a significant positive relationship between COVID-19 lockdown policy and lockdown period psychological impact, which means lockdown policy, is the main reason to increase the lockdown psychological impact. Further, COVID-19 lockdown policy have negative influence on physical activity (H4) and self-belief (H5) with β = −0.657, t = 32.766, p = 0.000 and β = −0.620, t = −6.766, p = 0.000 respectively. H6 stated that there is a positive impact of behavior and attitude toward physical activity. The results for H6, behavior, and attitude affecting the physical activity with β = 0.401, t = 10, p = 0.000, which is supported.ConclusionCOVID-19 home confinement created various psychological impacts, negatively affecting the emotional state due to depression and anxiety. Physical activity is the best strategy to manage human nature’s psychological issues, and people’s attitudes were positive toward physical activity during home confinement. However, the lockdown policy also affects physical activity participation negatively, and a sedentary lifestyle prevailed during home confinement.

scholarly journals Impact of the Bolsa Família Program on energy, macronutrient, and micronutrient intakes: Study of the Northeast and Southeast

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naiara SPERANDIO ◽  
Cristiana Tristão RODRIGUES ◽  
Sylvia do Carmo Castro FRANCESCHINI ◽  
Silvia Eloiza PRIORE
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Information Booklet ◽  
Bolsa Familia ◽  
Nearest Neighbor Matching ◽  
Brazilian Northeast ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the energy and nutrient intakes of beneficiaries from the Brazilian Northeast and Southeast regions. Methods: The study used data from the 2008-2009 Pesquisa de Orçamento Famíliar, which assessed individual food intake on two nonconsecutive days of individuals aged more than 10 years. Based the personal information booklet, food intake values were transformed into nutritional values (energy and nutrients). Analysis of the impact measure was preceded by propensity score matching, a technique that matches some socioeconomic characteristics of beneficiaries and nonbeneficiaries. Once the score was calculated, the impact of the Bolsa Família Program was estimated by nearest neighbor matching. Results: The program increased energy and macronutrient intakes and decreased calcium and vitamin A, D, E, and C intakes of adolescent beneficiaries in both regions. Adult beneficiaries from the Southeast region increased their fiber, iron, and selenium intakes, and those from the Northeast region decreased their energy, lipid, added sugar, sodium, zinc, vitamin E, and pyridoxine intakes. Conclusion: The results show a positive impact of the program on the energy and macronutrient intakes, and a negative impact on the intakes of most study micronutrients, especially in adolescents, which reinforce the importance of implementing intersectoral actions to improve the nutritional quality of the Bolsa Família Program beneficiaries' diet.

scholarly journals Young Italian NEETs (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) and the Influence of Their Family Background

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Alfieri ◽  
Emiliano Sironi ◽  
Elena Marta ◽  
Alessandro Rosina ◽  
Daniela Marzana
Keyword(s):  
Protective Effect ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Family Variables ◽  
The Relationship

This work investigates the relationship between family variables (parents’ educational level, relationship quality, intrusiveness, support, and autonomy) and young Italians’ status as NEETs (Not in Employment, Education, or Training). We used data from a representative sample of 9,087 young Italians. Each participant filled out an anonymous online questionnaire that contained several scales to measure the variables mentioned above. The results reveal that parents’ educational level and support have a protective effect on the risk of becoming a NEET for both genders. Autonomy has a specific negative impact for males while intrusiveness has a positive impact mainly for females.

scholarly journals Women Runners in China: Constraints Negotiation Process of Serious Leisure

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Wenting Zhou ◽  
Yajun Qiu ◽  
Haibo Tian ◽  
Jiao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Serious Leisure ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Constraint Negotiation

The constraint negotiation process is a prominent part of serious leisure, and leisure-oriented women runners in China may behave differently in this process. An adjusted model was proposed to examine the constraint negotiation process of serious leisure for women runners. An online questionnaire was conducted that contained 239 valid samples measuring the participation, intrinsic motivation, constraints and negotiation of women runners. The structure of variables was confirmed based on the good results of reliability and validity test. Then the structural equation modeling results showed that constraints had a negative impact and negotiation had a positive impact on participation. Negotiation acts on constraints to reduce their negative perception. Furthermore, intrinsic motivation has a significant positive effect on negotiation. There are high intrinsic motivation and fewer constraints reporting for women runners under high negotiation in serious leisure. The results provide additional explanation for the serious leisure participation of women runners. Future research should integrate women’s life experiences to better understand the behavior revealed in this study.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Sub-health Status among College Students in Guangzhou Baiyun Technician College Business during the Coronavirus Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqi Liao ◽  
Ming-Ming Li ◽  
Wan-Xian Lu ◽  
Yan-Bin Pan ◽  
Jian-Rong Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Disease Status ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Health Measurement

Abstract Background: Sub-health status (SHS) is an intermediate status between health and disease. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of sub-health status among college students during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and analyze its influencing factors in order to provide basic information to increase the health level of college students. Methods: College students were selected as subjects from Guangzhou Baiyun Technician College Business using convenience sampling. The inclusion criteria was informed consent, current college students who voluntarily participated in this survey. Exclusion criteria were students with chronic diseases or mental disorders. General data questionnaire, daily lifestyle questionnaire, and SHS measurement scale were used to survey college students. The SHS measurement scale consists of three subscales covering the physiological (1-14 items), psychological (16-27 items), and social (29-37 items) dimensions, with 39 items in total. The items 15, 28, 38 and 39 were used for the overall evaluation of the health status within each dimension and would not be taken into account for the score rating. A commonly used 5-point Likert scale was developed to incorporate the positive items, including questions 1-3, 13-19, and 26-39 with a scaled score equal to the raw score at 1-5; while negative items including questions 4-12 and 20-25 with a scaled score equal to 6 minus the raw score. For each subscale, the sum of all item scores was the raw score. The total raw score was calculated as the sum of raw scores derived from all 3 sub-scales. For any individual dimension, a lower score indicated higher severity of SHS. For sub-scales and the whole scale, raw scores were converted into percentile scores for statistical analysis. Converted score = (raw score - minimum theoretical score) / (maximum theoretical score – minimum theoretical score) × 100. The highest and lowest converted scores of the three subscales were 0 and 100 respectively. In this study, analysis of sub-health was performed using converted scores for all subscales and the whole scale. Based on the sub-health measurement scale, the health condition of subjects would be assessed as disease status (scored < 54), SHS (scored 54 to 79) and health status. From March 6 to 16, 2020, an online survey was conducted via wjx.cn (an online platform available for questionnaire sources). A total of 16,163 students filled out the questionnaire. Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the detected prevalence of sub-health among college students was 64.4%.the total SHS score was 73.356 ± 11.115 points, the physiological SHS score was 81.284 ± 11.034 points, the psychological SHS score was 68.691 ± 12.559 points, and the social SHS score was 67.242 ± 17.112 points. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that eating irregular meals, exercising fewer times per week, sleeping fewer hours per night, sleeping after 11 PM more often, spending more time on electronic devices, exercising for fewer minutes each time, and skipping breakfast had the significant negative impact on the SHS scores of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic (P<0.05), while being the only child had a significant positive impact on the SHS scores of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic (P<0.05). Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the detected prevalence of sub-health was high among college students. Society and schools should pay more attention to the health of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic and take pertinence action to solve the problem base on influencing factors.

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