Impulsive Attitude: An Empirical Study on College Students

Urja Jobanputra;  ; Preeti Nakhat;

doi:10.32381/jpr.2020.15.02.23

An Empirical Study on the Improvement of English Reading Ability of Chinese College Students Based on Big Data——Based on the Lens Grading System

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/1744/3/032066 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1744 (3) ◽

pp. 032066

Author(s):

Fang Liu

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Big Data ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Reading Ability ◽

Grading System ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

English Reading

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The Determinants to Promote College Students’ Use of Car-Sharing: An Empirical Study at Dalian Maritime University, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126627 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6627

Author(s):

Shichao Sun ◽

Yuanqian Liu ◽

Yukun Yao ◽

Zhengyu Duan ◽

Xiaokun Wang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Service Providers ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Key Factors ◽

Car Sharing ◽

Willingness To Use

Sustaining the development of car-sharing is considered an efficient way to counter environmental issues worldwide. Against this background, college students are recognized as a promising customer group of car-sharing service providers in China. However, the determinants that promote students’ willingness to use car-sharing services are rarely studied, and the uniqueness of college students in China in the context of car-sharing is justified. Therefore, this paper examines the key factors that affect Chinese college students’ adoption of car-sharing. An empirical study using samples from Dalian Maritime University was conducted, and survey data were collected via the Internet. Specifically, respondents’ socio-demographics were obtained, and their latent attitudes on car-sharing services were measured in terms of willingness to use car-sharing services, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and safety concerns. In addition, nine hypothetical travel scenarios were defined, and regarding each travel scenario, the respondents were asked to state whether they were willing or not to use car-sharing services. On this basis, a hybrid logit model was established to investigate the key factors that influenced the willingness to use car-sharing services. Aside from the common findings in line with previous studies, the results indicate that with the increase in the number of travel fellows, willingness to use car-sharing services went up. Furthermore, college students’ willingness to use car-sharing services was significantly affected by money costs rather than time costs. Additionally, college students in China are more likely to use car-sharing services during workday off-peak hours and weekends. Separately, among the respondents’ latent attitudes, only the perceived usefulness of car-sharing services was found to have a significant and positive impact on students’ willingness to use them. Relevant policy implications with regards to theoretical findings are also offered in this paper to car-sharing service providers in China.

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