scholarly journals User Acceptance of Crash Helmet by Motorcyclists in Malaysia: An Empirical Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-57
Author(s):  
Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi Yusuf ◽  
Onikosi-Alliyu Saidat Oluwatoyin
Keyword(s):  
Death Rate ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Motorcycle Accidents ◽  
Crash Helmet

Abstract Malaysia ranks among the first twenty countries with the highest death rate from road accidents with death from motorcycle accidents accounting for more than sixty percent of this death rate. The Malaysian government, in the year 2010, started the enforcement of helmet (head protector) in an effort to reduce the rate of death from this source. This paper examines users‟ acceptance of helmet by motorcyclist, using the theory of reasoned action (TRA). The data for this study comes from field survey of motorcyclists in Malaysia. This data was analysed using structural equation modelling. It was discovered that different factors from the theory account for user acceptance of this novelty. The paper concludes by specifying the policy implications of this and recommends other ways of improvement.

Investigating Switching Cost Roles in Determining Loyalty in the Mobile Telecommunications Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Qayyum ◽  
Do Ba Khang
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Switching Costs ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Perceived Service Quality ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Quality Value ◽  
Telecommunications Market

The paper evaluates various roles (direct antecedent, mediator or moderator) of perceived switching costs in determining customer loyalty in the mobile telecommunications market. Data were collected through a field survey of mobile phone users in Pakistan. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate hypothesized relationships. Perceived switching costs were found to play all three roles. Findings suggest that perceived switching costs directly influence customer loyalty, mediate the impacts of perceived service quality, value, and trust on customer loyalty and negatively moderate the relationships of satisfaction and perceived service quality with customer loyalty. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Promoting knowledge sharing in academic environments using non-monetary factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 595-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Dezdar
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Advance Knowledge

Purpose Knowledge sharing is very important in non-profit organizations such as academic institutes and universities. This research is a laudable attempt in this vital area to collaborate, refine and advance knowledge production endeavours in universities. The purpose of this study is to formulate a theoretical framework to investigate the non-monetary factors that encourage knowledge-sharing behaviour among postgraduate students. Design/methodology/approach A field survey was conducted among postgraduate students in Iranian public universities to obtain empirical evidence. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the collected data. Findings The results revealed that knowledge-sharing behaviour is influenced by humility, interpersonal trust, reputation, self-efficacy and enjoyment of helping others. Originality/value Most of the prior studies focussed on rewards and monetary incentive factors to encourage knowledge sharing, whereas this paper examines the non-monetary factors that increase the willingness to share knowledge.

scholarly journals USING THE THEORY OF REASONED ACTION TO PREDICT SMOKING INTENTION AMONG NON-SMOKING SECONDARY SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Kuang Hock Lim ◽  
Hui Li Lim ◽  
Sumarni Mohd Ghazali ◽  
Chee Cheong Kee ◽  
Mohd Zainuldin Tain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Intention To Smoke ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The study aims to determine the relationship of attitude and social-norm with the intention to smoke in the future among non-smoking youth. Data were derived from a study on smoking among form four students in a selected secondary school in Peninsular Malaysia, which utilised a pre-validated questionnaire to obtain data from the selected respondents. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM) were used in data analysis. The study revealed independent variables accounted for 22.6% of the variance in intention to initiate smoking and the model had a good fit. A significant relationship was observed between subjective norm and intention to initiate smoking (R=0.46). The study revealed that attitude and social norm substantially explained intention to smoke among non-smoking adolescents. Future measures should concentrate on correcting the subjective norms to reduce the intention to initiate smoking among non-smoking youth.

scholarly journals Do Customers Adopt Auto Ijarah Financing? The Case of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ali Raza ◽  
Bushra Umer ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Muhammad Ashfaq
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Potential Customers

The present study examines the factors affecting customer intention to use auto financing (ijarah) in Pakistan. The research framework is constructed based on the theory of reasoned action, which explains behavioural intention and its determinants. The study incorporates the participation of 350 potential customers of auto ijarah in Pakistan. Data analysis was conducted with structural equation modelling (SEM), assessing the measurement, and structural model. The outcome indicates that attitude, perceived cost benefits, Sharia compliance, religious orientation, and subjective norm are the significant predictors of customer intentions. We also found a statistically insignificant association between awareness and customer intentions. The results hold significance for the Islamic banking and financial service providers. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the factors that contribute to the adoption of auto ijarah among potential Islamic bank customers.

Determinants of User Acceptance of Electronic-HRM through the Extension of UTAUT Model via the Structural Equation Modelling Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950044
Author(s):  
Mohammed Iqbal Al-Ajlouni ◽  
Sahem Nawafleh ◽  
Hiba Alsari ◽  
Mohammad Nassar Almarshad ◽  
Rami Tbaishat
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Performance Effectiveness ◽  
Utaut Model ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Administrative Employees ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Despite the assured benefits of strategic primacy for HR administrators, performance effectiveness and cost reduction provided by Electronic-Human Resource Management (e-HRM), user acceptance of these systems is a critical factor for the initiative’s success. Accordingly, current research addresses factors that permit or hamper e-HRM adoption in private universities of Jordan. Conceptual theoretical model which extends the proposed UTAUT model was used, self-administered questionnaire was developed and data from 243 administrative employees who operate in four selected private universities in Jordan were collected through non-probabilistic self-selection sampling. Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling was employed to analyse relationships, performance expectancy and habits achieved (53%) of the varying behavioural intentions (BIs). Contrary to expectations, effort expectancy and social influence were not significant in achieving the variance, as facilitating conditions and BIs (43%) achieved the variance in e-HRM use. Accordingly, practical and theoretical implications were provided, with suggestions and directions for future studies.

scholarly journals The influence of value chain integration on performance: an empirical study of the malt barley value chain in Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulugeta D. Watabaji ◽  
Adrienn Molnar ◽  
Manoj K. Dora ◽  
Xavier Gellynck
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Malt Barley

The purpose of this study is to examine the interplay between value chain integration dimensions and value chain performance along the malt barley value chain in Ethiopia. The analyses were based on survey data sets obtained from 320 farmers and 100 traders and qualitative interview responses captured from sixty-two key informants selected from members of the chain. The structural equation modelling technique was employed to seek answer for the question of how value chain integration dimensions are related to performance. The results of the analyses showed the existence of positive relationships between coordination of activities and performance; between joint decision-making and performance at farmers-cooperatives interface; and between commitment towards long-term relationships and performance at farmers-traders interface. The study has made important empirical contributions in areas of value chain integration and performance and their interplays within the context of the studied malt barley value chain. The key findings of the study make important policy implications for agribusiness value chains in the developing countries. The study would open a venue for robust investigation based on a wider database from various agribusiness chains in Ethiopia or even beyond, for better validation of the findings.

scholarly journals Hybridizing consumer behavioural approaches on agrifood markets: Attitudes, judgements and choices

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. e0109
Author(s):  
Melania Salazar-Ordóñez ◽  
Macario Rodríguez-Entrena
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Equation Modelling

The attitudinal approach, represented by the Theory of Reasoned Action and, subsequent, Theory of Planned Behaviour, and the judgements and choices – also called decision – approach, rendered by the Classical Utility Economic Theory, are the two mainstream frameworks to explain consumer behaviour. The former explains consumer behaviour based on beliefs and behavioural intentions, and the latter on products’ attributes and prices. Both are criticized by having drawbacks, which may limit their explicative and predictive power, such as the attitude-behaviour or intention-behaviour gap in the former, and both the divergence between monetary assessment and predicted utility as well as the failures to maximize the utility of the choices in the latter. Our aim was to assess the potentiality of a hybrid approach which integrates instruments from both theories in order to unravel consumer behaviour in agri-food markets. The empirical research was performed using a daily agri-food product under volitional control, olive oil, and variance-based structural equation modelling by means of the Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique, collecting data from consumers in Southern Spain. The results show there are key factors from both approaches such as attitude, expected outcomes, and socioeconomic features, which makes us conclude that it is necessary to move forward on the convergence and integration of different theories. Indeed, testable knowledge must be produced which has meaningful implications for predicting behaviours in consumption.

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