The effect of positive reciprocity in the relationship between college students' moral identity and moral behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Li ◽  
Yonghai Zhu ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Junhe Liao ◽  
Yuqiu Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Moral Behavior ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Reciprocity

We explored the mediating mechanism of positive reciprocity in the relationship between moral identity and moral behavior, using data obtained from a survey of 567 college students. The results indicate that moral identity internalization, moral identity symbolization, and overall moral identity were positively correlated with positive reciprocity and moral behavior. In addition, positive reciprocity was positively correlated with moral behavior. Further, moral identity internalization moderated the influence of moral identity symbolization on moral behavior, and this moderating effect was partially mediated by positive reciprocity. Specifically, the effect of moral identity symbolization on moral behavior through positive reciprocity was strong among individuals with higher moral identity internalization, but weak among individuals with lower moral identity internalization. Overall, the study findings reveal how moral identity affects moral behavior, which has implications for improving the structure of ideological and moral education in colleges and universities.

Factors influencing college students’ behaviours of spreading internet public opinions on emergencies in universities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinghao Ye ◽  
Liqiong Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to explore the influencing factors on college students’ behaviours of spreading Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities. This study provides a reference for these institutions to cope with and reduce the influence of Internet public opinion on emergencies and maintain their normal teaching order. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a research model by using motivation theory and design a questionnaire on the basis of relevant literature are constructed. This paper surveys college students and collects a total of 317 valid questionnaires. On the basis of the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, this study verifies the proposed model by using Smart PLS. Findings The results show that social motivation and information source preference have significant positive influences on college students’ willingness to spread Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities. Moreover, information source preference has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between social motivation and dissemination willingness. If college students’ information source preference is high, then the moderating effect is significant. The extent of college students’ interaction and involvement has a significantly positive influence on their trust in the dissemination platform for Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities. Egoism has a significantly positive influence on the social motivation of college students to spread Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities. Involvement degree has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between social motivation and trust. If college students’ involvement degree is low, then the moderating effect is significant. Thus, when the involvement of college students in Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities is low, the influence of social motivation on trust is great. Originality/value This study increases the influencing factors in the literature on Internet public opinion, enriches the research theory of Internet public opinion on emergencies in colleges and universities and expands the application scope of the theory of social motivation. The conclusion provides guidance for colleges and students to govern Internet public opinion on emergencies and improve the ability of these institutions in dealing with Internet public opinion on emergencies.

Examining the Relationship Between College Students’ Interworldview Friendships and Pluralism Orientation

2021 ◽  
Vol 123 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Tara D. Hudson ◽  
Alyssa N. Rockenbach ◽  
Matthew J. Mayhew ◽  
Lini Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
First Year ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Prosocial Development ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

Background One of the most influential factors shaping college students’ prosocial development—the development of attitudes and behaviors that involve positive engagement within one's community and larger society—is the peer group. Friends have an especially important influence on students’ learning and development because of the time and emotional investment friendship involves. While ample research documents the association between college students’ friendships across racial differences and the development of prosocial attitudes and behaviors, the question of whether friendships across other social boundaries may also do so remains. Purpose This study was guided by the theory of civic friendship, which posits that friendships that cross social boundaries (e.g., religion, race) can foster positive attitudes toward people of other social identity groups and a commitment to justice because of the solidarity and attention to injustice that develop within such relationships. We focused on friendships across the social boundary of worldview identity. More inclusive of secular and spiritual students than “religious identity,” “worldview identity” is defined as a student's guiding life philosophy based on religious, spiritual, and/or non-religious perspective(s). Specifically, the purpose of our study was to examine the relationship between the number of interworldview friendships in the first year on campus and one particular prosocial attitude, pluralism orientation, which reflects acceptance of and active engagement with worldview diversity. Participants We utilized Time 1 and Time 2 data from the Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS), a national, longitudinal dataset comprised of 7,194 first-year students of diverse racial and worldview identities at 122 U.S. institutions. Research Design We ran a series of blocked multilevel regression models to examine the relationship between the number of interworldview friendships and pluralism orientation at Time 2, controlling for four domains of variables shown in prior literature to also be associated with pluralism orientation. Results Results revealed that, holding constant other predictors, the number of interworldview friendships in the first year on campus is positively associated with pluralism orientation. Conclusions Our results provide additional support for the particularly powerful relationship between friendship across social differences and students’ prosocial development. It is essential, therefore, that colleges and universities create conditions that will help students develop and solidify these vital relationships early in their collegiate journey. By supporting interworldview friendships among their students, colleges and universities are contributing to the creation of a more just and egalitarian society and a stronger democracy.

scholarly journals Work–life programmes and organisational outcomes: the role of the human resource system

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 516-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohinur Akter ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Artemis Chang
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hr Systems

Purpose Empirical findings on the link between work–life programmes and organisational performance have been inconsistent, demanding further investigation of contextual factors. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This study uses social exchange theory, strategic human resource (HR) management theory and stakeholder theory to examine the relationship between work–life programmes and organisational outcomes, using three performance measures: perceived organisational performance, financial performance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). It also investigates the moderating effect of HR systems on the work–life programmes–performance relationship. The hypotheses were tested in 192 organisations in Australia, using data from an HR manager survey and archival databases. Findings The findings support the hypotheses that work–life programmes are positively associated with all three measures of performance. The results partially support the moderating effect of HR systems on the relationship between work–life programmes and perceived organisational performance. Originality/value This study provides pioneering evidence for the moderating effect of HR system on the work–life programme–performance relationship. It also includes the rarely studied CSR as an outcome of work–life programmes.

How consumer mindsets in ethnic Chinese societies affect the intention to buy Fair Trade products

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghi-Feng Yen ◽  
Ru-Yu Wang ◽  
Hsin-Ti Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fair Trade ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Ethical Consumption ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
Intention To Purchase ◽  
Chinese Societies ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how psychological antecedents (i.e. consumer mindsets) and individual difference characteristics (i.e. moral identity) affect the intention to purchase Fair Trade products based on the triadic reciprocal causation model in social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986). The primary factors that influence ethical consumption decisions in ethnic Chinese societies were explored by integrating the unique cultural environment of the Chinese. Design/methodology/approach The study effective sample comprised university students and professors. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypotheses and indirect effects. Results showed that moral identity internalization had a mediating effect on the relationship between a collectivistic mindset and the intention to purchase Fair Trade products. Findings A high moral identity symbolization had a moderating effect on the relationship between a collectivistic mindset and the intention to purchase Fair Trade products. This demonstrated that the two dimensions of moral identity, internalization and symbolization, play different roles and have different functions in regards to the intention to purchase Fair Trade products. Research limitations/implications Future studies are urged to examine this issue at a cultural level by performing a cross-cultural comparison and to integrate consumer heterogeneity for a deeper examination of the interaction between demographic factors and psychological traits on consumer behaviours regarding Fair Trade products. Originality/value This study indicates that moral identity internalization is the primary factor that influences ethical consumption decisions in Chinese societies. In terms of the moderating effect of moral identity symbolization, results showed that the higher an individual’s moral identity symbolization, the stronger the relationship between a collectivistic mindset and the intention to purchase Fair Trade products is. These results can serve as a reference for marketing communications and market segmentation policies in the business world.

scholarly journals Research on the Countermeasures of Ideological and Political Education of College Students from the Perspective of Cultural Confidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Song LI
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Ideological And Political Education ◽  
Political Education ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Cultural Self ◽  
Culture Development

Cultural self-confidence is rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese civilization. It has maintained the value foundation of the changes of the times in the course of thousands of years of historical evolution and evolution. It is also a spiritual bond with the blood of the nation and influences the destiny of the country and nation. , Lasting, deep power. The value orientation of cultural self-confidence coincides with the direction of college students' cultural and moral education and moral education, which is conducive to the cultivation of students' cultural awareness, overall situation awareness, national beliefs, and life concepts, and opens up a new perspective of ideological and political education in colleges and universities. Starting from the perspective of cultural self-confidence, the article has successively investigated the current situation of college students’ ideological and political education, the relationship between cultural self-confidence and ideological and political education, focusing on the top-level design of ideological and political education, the construction of college campus culture branding, the discovery and utilization of excellent local cultural resources, and mainstream ideology Special topic education, traditional Chinese culture development and inheritance, characteristic school-based curriculum development and setting, put forward the countermeasures of ideological and political education for college students, so as to play an important role in the practice of ideological and political education in colleges and universities.

scholarly journals Behavioral and Personality Predictors of Acceptance and Rejection in University

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (68) ◽  
pp. 272-280
Author(s):  
Daniel Bartholomeu ◽  
José Maria Montiel
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Predictors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: Acceptance and rejection in the group are related to both personality characteristics and social skills and most studies focus on children instead of college students. The objective of this study was to investigate whether acceptance and rejection would be more associated with personality tendencies, specifically socialization or social skills. We collected data from 187 college students attending the Physical Education (67%) and Psychology (32%) courses. The instruments were the sociometric test, the Factorial Scale of Socialization and the Social Skills Inventory. A moderating effect of gender in the relationship between assertiveness and acceptance and rejection to go out on college was observed. Social skills were better predictors of acceptance and social rejection in the university group.

scholarly journals Board Directors’ Expertise and Corporate Corruption Disclosure: The Moderating Role of Political Connections

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masud ◽  
Bae ◽  
Manzanares ◽  
Kim
Keyword(s):  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Board Directors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Professional expert directors extensively influence corporate corruption disclosure (CCD), while higher political connections may exacerbate corporate management. This study investigates the relationship between the presence of external experts on a board and CCD, as well as the moderating effect of political connections, on the positive role of legal experts in CCD. The study combines agency, resource dependence and stakeholder theories to show how resourceful directors on the board can promote corruption disclosure. Using data on listed firms in the Bangladeshi financial sector, the study analyzes 247 firm-year observations from 2012 to 2016. The results of a multiple regression analysis indicate that accounting experts, legal experts, political connections and corporate media visibility each have a positive and significant influence on CCD. Moreover, the moderating effect of political connections on the relationship between legal experts and CCD is negative and significant due to their higher political influences. The study has significant implications for corporate governance and for policies concerning the development of the economy while reducing corruption.

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