scholarly journals A structural equation model of cooperative member satisfaction and long-term commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper Grashuis ◽  
Michael Lee Cook
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Member Satisfaction

The organizational growth of farmer cooperatives is tied to increased heterogeneity in member attitudes and perceptions. To inform possible solutions, a better understanding of the complex interrelationships of member attitudes and perceptions is necessary. Using survey responses from 1,116 members of an organic marketing cooperative in the United States, this paper develops a structural equation model of six factors: organic lifestyle, mission support, participation, trust, satisfaction, and long-term commitment. The final model illustrates nine significant relationships, including satisfaction and long-term commitment. The result suggests the long-term survival or viability of farmer cooperatives is not only dependent on its financial performance but also the utility of its members. In terms of member attitudes and perceptions, trust and mission support may offer the best opportunities for farmer cooperatives to foster member satisfaction and thus address the negative consequences of heterogeneity.

Constructing Structural Equation Model Rule-Based Fuzzy System with Genetic Algorithm

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
EnDer Su ◽  
Thomas W. Knowles ◽  
Yu-Gin Fen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Lower State ◽  
Inference System ◽  
United States Dollar

The present study uses the structural equation model (SEM) to analyze the correlations between various economic indices pertaining to latent variables, such as the New Taiwan Dollar (NTD) value, the United States Dollar (USD) value, and USD index. In addition, a risk factor of volatility of currency returns is considered to develop a risk-controllable fuzzy inference system. The rational and linguistic knowledge-based fuzzy rules are established based on the SEM model and then optimized using the genetic algorithm. The empirical results reveal that the fuzzy logic trading system using the SEM indeed outperforms the buy-and-hold strategy. Moreover, when considering the risk factor of currency volatility, the performance appears significantly better. Remarkably, the trading strategy is apparently affected when the USD value or the volatility of currency returns shifts into either a higher or lower state.

The Social Influence of Brand Community: Evidence from European Car Clubs

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Algesheimer ◽  
Utpal M. Dholakia ◽  
Andreas Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Brand Community ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Community Influence ◽  
Brand Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Community Pressure

The authors develop and estimate a conceptual model of how different aspects of customers’ relationships with the brand community influence their intentions and behaviors. The authors describe how identification with the brand community leads to positive consequences, such as greater community engagement, and negative consequences, such as normative community pressure and (ultimately) reactance. They examine the moderating effects of customers’ brand knowledge and the brand community's size and test their hypotheses by estimating a structural equation model with survey data from a sample of European car club members.

Horizontal, Vertical, and Hybrid: An Empirical Look at the Forms of Accountability

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1410-1438
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick ◽  
Tansu Demir ◽  
Bruce Perlman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
City Managers ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Survey Sample

The existing accountability research in public administration either provides conceptual analyses and definitions of forms of accountability or case studies on accountability. They focus on the structure of responsibility or responding behavior. This article is different in that it tests actors’ perceptions of the three commonly cited forms of accountability identified in the literature—vertical, horizontal, and hybrid. We test accountability on a national survey sample of city managers across the United States. Our structural equation model indicates that there is both vertical and horizontal accountability present in city governments in the United States supporting a hybrid model. The results of this study add to the literature because most of the existing research on accountability does not test this important relationship nor examine actors’ perceptions.

scholarly journals A Structural Equation Model of Leader–Member Exchange, Employee–Supervisor Relationship, Performance Appraisal, and Career Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Joseph Henkel ◽  
Al C Endres
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Member Exchange

Some employees perceive that supervisors do not accurately reflect employees’ performance or effectively differentiate among employees’ performances during performance appraisals (PAs). Other employees believe the performance feedback they receive is not valuable for supporting their career development (CD). Leader–member exchange (LMX) and the distributive and interactional justice dimensions of organizational justice theories comprised the theoretical frameworks in this study for examining the significance of the relationships among LMX and employee–supervisor relationships (ESRs) and those relationships’ potential influence on employees’ CD through the PA process. Participants consisted of 44 defense contractor employees in the United States. Results from partial least squares analysis for the structural equation model indicated significant (<em>p </em>< .01) positive relationships between LMX, ESR, PA, and CD. Furthermore, the results indicated that a positive relationship between LMX and ESR can influence employees’ CD through the mediating effect of employees’ perceptions of their PAs. The implications for positive social change include the potential to improve communications between employees and supervisors for benefiting employees’ CD for improving employees’ families’ quality of life and employees’ contributions to their communities

scholarly journals Structural Equation Modeling of Parkinson’s Caregiver Social Support, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Strength-Based Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen M. Tyler ◽  
Richard S. Henry ◽  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Jack Watson ◽  
Teresita Villaseñor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

Only scant literature has focused on social support in Parkinson’s disease (PD) caregivers, and no studies to date have examined resilience in this population, despite both variables having been shown to be important in other caregiving populations. As a result, the purpose of the current study was to construct and validate a theoretical structural equation model whereby social support is associated with higher levels of resilience in PD caregivers and increased resilience is related to decreased mental health symptoms. Two hundred fifty three PD caregivers from two clinics in the United States and Mexico completed self-report measures of these constructs. Results suggested that the hypothesized pattern was robustly supported with the structural equation model showing generally good fit indices. Higher levels of social support were associated with increased resilience, which in turn was associated with reduced mental health symptoms. Resilience partially mediated social support’s effect on mitigating mental health symptoms. The model explained 11% of the variance in resilience and 35% in mental health symptoms. These findings have implications for future research on the development and tailoring of interventions to improve social support, resilience, and mental health in PD caregivers.

Intergroup tolerance leads to subjective morality, which in turn is associated with (but does not lead to) reduced religiosity

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-243
Author(s):  
Onurcan Yilmaz ◽  
Hasan G Bahçekapili ◽  
Mehmet Harma ◽  
Barış Sevi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Bootstrap Analysis ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Relationship

Although the effect of religious belief on morally relevant behavior is well demonstrated, the reverse influence is less known. In this research, we examined the influence of morality on religious belief. In the first study, we used two samples from Turkey and the United States, and specifically tested the hypothesis that intergroup tolerance predicts a shift in meta-ethical views toward subjective morality, which in turn predicts decreased religious belief. To examine the relationship between intergroup tolerance and religiosity via subjective morality, a structural equation model (SEM) was run. SEM results yielded good fit to the data for both samples. Intergroup tolerance positively predicted subjective morality, and in turn, morality negatively predicted religiosity. The bias-corrected bootstrap analysis confirmed the mediation, indicating that the association between intergroup tolerance and religious belief was mediated via subjective morality. In Study 2, we probed for the causal relationship, and the results showed that manipulating intergroup tolerance increases subjective morality, but does not influence religiosity. Therefore, we found only partial evidence for our proposed model that tolerance causally influences subjective morality, but not religiosity.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Emotional Regulation and School Burnout: Structural Equation Model According to Dedication to Tutoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
pp. 4703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramón Chacón-Cuberos ◽  
Asunción Martínez-Martínez ◽  
Marina García-Garnica ◽  
María Dolores Pistón-Rodríguez ◽  
Jorge Expósito-López
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
School Context ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Burnout

School burnout constitutes a current phenomenon which generates diverse negative consequences in the personal and academic lives of students. Given this situation, it is necessary to develop actions that permit us to regulate this harmful mental state and that are administered from within the school context. A descriptive and cross-sectional study is presented that pursues the objective of examining a structural equation model which brings together burnout and emotional regulation. The model assumes that students receive tutoring at school in order to tackle these types of problems. For this, the sample constituted a total of 569 students from the province of Granada (men = 52.3% (n = 298); women = 47.7% (n = 271)). Mean age was reported as 10.39 ± 0.95 years and the School Burnout Inventory (BMI) and the Emotional Regulation Scale were utilized as the principal instruments. As main findings it was observed that students who received one hour of weekly tutoring showed a positive relationship between expressive suppression as a strategy of emotional regulation, cynicism, and exhaustion as consequences of school burnout. In the same way, a direct association existed between burnout-related exhaustion and cognitive repair. Given that significant relationships could not be observed between these variables in students who do not receive tutoring, higher use of emotional regulation was confirmed amongst tutored students when faced with this negative mental state.

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