scholarly journals Foreign Language Enjoyment and Anxiety as the Correlates of the Ideal L2 Self in the English as a Foreign Language Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Fathi ◽  
Farnoosh Mohammaddokht
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
English Major ◽  
Ideal L2 Self ◽  
Language Context

Learners’ emotions in learning a foreign language are claimed to shape complicated dynamic associations contributing to their motivational and linguistic outcomes, as evidenced by recent research in this area. In order to advance this research area, this study sought to investigate the foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) as the predictors of ideal L2 self in Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The total number of 195 English-major students from various universities completed an online survey containing the three scales in question. The measurement models were first verified using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Then, the structural model for the relations among the variables was tested employing structural equation modeling (SEM). The SEM results showed that although FLE and FLCA significantly predicted ideal L2 self, FLE was a stronger predictor of ideal L2 self than FLCA. This study provides significant pedagogical implications for EFL practitioners.

Identifying and treating unobserved heterogeneity with FIMIX-PLS

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy M. Matthews ◽  
Marko Sarstedt ◽  
Joseph F. Hair ◽  
Christian M. Ringle
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
European Business ◽  
Number Of Segments

Purpose Part I of this article (European Business Review, Volume 28, Issue 1) offered an overview of unobserved heterogeneity in the context of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), its prevalence and challenges for social sciences researchers. This paper aims to provide an example that explains how to identify and treat unobserved heterogeneity in PLS-SEM by using the finite mixture PLS (FIMIX-PLS) module in the SmartPLS 3 software (Part II). Design/methodology/approach This case study illustrates the application of FIMIX-PLS using a popular corporate reputation model. Findings The case study demonstrates the capability of FIMIX-PLS to identify whether unobserved heterogeneity significantly affects structural model relationships. Furthermore, it shows that FIMIX-PLS is particularly useful for determining the number of segments to extract from the data. Research limitations/implications Since the introduction of FIMIX-PLS, a range of alternative latent class techniques has appeared. These techniques address some of the limitations of the approach relating to, for example, its failure to handle heterogeneity in measurement models, or its distributional assumptions. This research discusses alternative latent class techniques and calls for the joint use of FIMIX-PLS and PLS prediction-oriented segmentation. Originality/value This article is the first to offer researchers, who have not been exposed to the method, an introduction to FIMIX-PLS. Based on a state-of-the-art review of the technique, the paper offers a step-by-step tutorial on how to use FIMIX-PLS by using the SmartPLS 3 software.

scholarly journals Using Structural Equation Modeling to Evaluate Tourists’ Revisit Intention toward Ecotourism Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (15) ◽  
pp. 229-236
Author(s):  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Nam Nguyen-Dinh ◽  
Zhi-Wei Pan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to clarify the relationship between three behaviours toward ecotourism sites include “ecotourism attitude,” “ecotourism experience,” and “revisit intention.” The structural equation modeling was used to evaluate how the attitude of ecotourism and the visit experience impact the tourists’ revisit intention. The analysis indicated that three constructs logically are suitable for the research direction after the test of the validity of measurement models. The structural model revealed that both “ecotourism attitude” and “ecotourism experience” positively influence “revisit intention.” Especially, “experience” also plays as a mediator, which causes the indirect effect of ecotourism attitude on revisit intention. Keywords: Ecotourism attitude; Ecotourism experience; Revisit intention. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2459.

scholarly journals Visual eWOM Usefulness and Credibility: The Antecedents and Consequences

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Whony Rofianto ◽  
Desta Atasyah Kornelys ◽  
Muhammad Rifkhansyah
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Communication Framework ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Nowadays the practice of spreading and utilizing eWOM increasingly prevalent. A lot of examination on eWOM effectiveness has been done, but it is still fragmented and overlook the potential of Visual eWom (VeWOM). Departing from the electronic word-of-mouth communication framework this research attempts to provide empirical evidence on the eWOM credibility-forming aspect and its implications toward eWOM adoption rate in the context of VeWOM video "unboxing". This research was conducted by a descriptive-explanatory approach using primary data, collected through a cross-sectional online survey. The hypothesis testing is performed by analyzing structural model estimation result through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach on 105 sample data of YouTube video-sharing site viewers. The proposed structural model involves three exogenous variables and three endogenous variables. The estimation results of the structural model indicate that VeWOM argument quality has a positive impact on VeWOM usefulness. Meanwhile, communicator expertise and trustworthiness proved to encourage the formation of VeWOM credibility. On the other hand, this study also proved the positive impact of VeWOM credibility on VeWOM adoption, however, the positive effect of VeWOM usefulness on VeWOM adoption was not proven in this study

Understanding the emergence of wearable devices as next-generation tools for health communication

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunil Park ◽  
Ki Joon Kim ◽  
Sang Jib Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify motivational factors for using wearable healthcare devices and examine the process by which these factors are integrated with the technology acceptance model (TAM) and contribute to the adoption of the devices. Design/methodology/approach An online survey assessed the proposed motivational factors for the adoption of wearable healthcare devices. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were conducted on collected data (n=877) to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the measurement and structural model. Findings Perceived control and interactivity of wearable healthcare devices as well as users’ innovative tendencies are positively associated with usage intention, while perceived cost has no significant effects on user intention to use the devices. The results also supported the explanatory strength and predictability of TAM. Originality/value Although the promising role of wearable devices in healthcare industries has gained much consumer attention, limited empirical investigations have been conducted on explicating how user attitude and usage intention are shaped regarding the devices. This study serves as one of the first attempts to empirically examine the adoption process, with implications for the future usage of wearable technology in the healthcare context.

scholarly journals E-Commerce Shopping Motivation and the Influence of Persuasive Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeoma Adaji ◽  
Kiemute Oyibo ◽  
Julita Vassileva
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Research Area ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Influence Strategies ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Shopping Motivation

Persuasive strategies are used to influence the behavior or attitude of people without coercion and are commonly used in online systems such as e-commerce systems. However, in order to make persuasive strategies more effective, research suggests that they should be tailored to groups of similar individuals. Research in the traits that are effective in tailoring or personalizing persuasive strategies is an ongoing research area. In the present study, we propose the use of shoppers' online shopping motivation in tailoring six commonly used influence strategies: scarcity, authority, consensus, liking, reciprocity, and commitment. We aim to identify how these influence strategies can be tailored or personalized to e-commerce shoppers based on the online consumers' motivation when shopping. To achieve this, a research model was developed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and tested by conducting a study of 226 online shoppers. The result of our structural model suggests that persuasive strategies can influence e-commerce shoppers in various ways depending on the shopping motivation of the shopper. Balanced buyers—the shoppers who typically plan their shopping ahead and are influenced by the desire to search for information online—have the strongest influence on commitment strategy and have insignificant effects on the other strategies. Convenience shoppers—those motivated to shop online because of convenience—have the strongest influence on scarcity, while store-oriented shoppers—those who are motivated by the need for social interaction and immediate possession of goods—have the strongest influence on consensus. Variety seekers—consumers who are motivated to shop online because of the opportunity to search through a variety of products and brands, on the other hand, have the strongest influence on authority.

The nexus of information sharing, technology capability and inventory efficiency

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-351
Author(s):  
Yudi Fernando ◽  
Ahmed Zainul Abideen ◽  
Muhammad Shabir Shaharudin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Inventory Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Capabilities

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of inventory information sharing on inventory efficiency and its intervening effect of information technology (IT) capability in manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach Stratified random sampling and filter questions selected targeted respondents, and an online survey collected 124 completed questionnaires from Malaysian manufacturing firms. partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) examined the structural model and hypothesis statement. An analysis of importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) test identified the relative importance drivers of inventory efficiency. Findings The findings showed that enhanced IT capabilities in manufacturing firms mediate a positive relationship between inventory sharing and inventory efficiency. Research limitations/implications This study portrays the relationship between inventory level, demand and information sharing. The research was carried out only within Malaysian manufacturing firms. Practical implications These findings will enable the management of manufacturing firms to design and visualise their inventory levels and share best practices across supply chain networks to achieve effective and optimised inventory planning. Social implications This study illustrates an intervention model that offers a direct and indirect impact of IT capabilities that allow scholars to close inventories productivity gaps in research. Originality/value This paper extends the limited literature on the sharing of inventory information and inventory productivity, notably from a strategic management perspective. The findings help scholars clearly understand the information systems capability and its mediating impact on information sharing and inventory efficiency’s relationship in the manufacturing sector. Moreover, demand information sharing affected the dynamic supply chain.

scholarly journals Understanding the Quality Determinants that Influence the Intention to Use the Mobile Learning Platforms: A Practical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Turki Alshurideh ◽  
Said Abdelrahim Salloum ◽  
Barween Al Kurdi ◽  
Azza Abdel Monem ◽  
Khaled Shaalan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Learning Platform

<p class="0abstract">There is a widespread use of Internet technology in the present times, because of which universities are making investments in Mobile learning to augment their position in the face of extensive competition and also to enhance their students’ learning experience and efficiency. Nonetheless, Mobile Learning Platform are only going to be successful when students show acceptance and adoption of this technology. Our literature review indicates that very few studies have been carried out to show how university students accept and employ Mobile Learning Platform. In addition, it is asserted that behavioral models of technology acceptance are not equally applied in different cultures. The purpose of this study is to develop an extension of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by including four more constructs: namely, content quality, service quality, information quality and quality of the system. This is proposed to make it more relevant for the developing countries, like the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An online survey was carried out to obtain the data. A total of 221 students from the UAE took part in this survey. Structural equation modeling was used to determine and test the measurement and structural model. Data analysis was carried out, which showed that ten out of a total of 12 hypotheses are supported. This shows that there is support for the applicability of the extended TAM in the UAE. These outcomes suggest that Mobile Learning Platform should be considered by the policymakers and education developers as being not only a technological solution but also as being new e-learning platform especially for distance learning students.</p>

From owning to sharing: understanding the emergence of social sharing services

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heetae Kim ◽  
Kyu Ha Choi ◽  
Ki Joon Kim ◽  
Eunil Park
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Car Sharing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Sharing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the motivational factors that help shape user perceptions of and attitudes toward car-sharing services and develop a research model that integrates these factors with the technology acceptance model to explicate car sharing’s adoption pattern. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was administered to examine the role of proposed motivational factors for the adoption of wearable healthcare devices. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were conducted on collected data (n=638) to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the measurement and structural model. Findings Perceived reliability, compatibility, and enjoyment of car-sharing services as well as users’ innovative tendencies are positively associated with usage intention. However, users’ privacy concern and perceived cost of using the services are found to have no significant effects on the adoption of the services. Originality/value While the recent advent of mobile communication devices and services has increased access to social sharing-based platform services such as car sharing, this study provides a research framework that helps to understand how various psychological factors contribute to the adoption of a social-sharing service.

Employers’ Intent to Hire People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-215
Author(s):  
Michele C. McDonnall ◽  
Emily M. Lund
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control

The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in explaining employers’ hiring intentions of people who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI). Participants were 388 hiring managers who completed an online survey that included the four TPB construct measures (attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral control, and intent to hire). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine the suitability of the measurement model, and structural equation modeling was used to test the structural model. The proposed TPB structural model provided good data fit; attitudes about productivity, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control accounted for more than 61% of the variance in intent to hire people who are blind. Attitudes about productivity of a blind employee had the strongest relationship with intent to hire, followed by subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Rehabilitation professionals who work with B/VI individuals should educate employers about how this population can perform the employers’ jobs to improve attitudes about productivity. They should consider employers’ subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, which could be influenced by providing disability awareness presentations to company employees and maintaining a relationship with employers, thus enabling employers to have access to qualified applicants.

A structural equation model for enhancing effectiveness of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1226-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Aldhaheri ◽  
Amal Bakchan ◽  
Maqsood Ahmad Sandhu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
End Users ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Success

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define and analyze causal factors shaping the effectiveness of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major projects in meeting the product objectives, from the end-user’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach An online survey questionnaire was developed and administered to end-users working in major oil and gas projects. Data collection process was initiated on, around 275 end-users, and 213 responses were received, achieving a high response rate of 77 percent. Findings The results indicate that both alignment of objectives and end-user’s engagement factors exhibit a positive influence on effectiveness of EPC, with the former having higher contribution than the latter. In this context, the product success triangle reveals higher preference of the end-user’s team toward quality than schedule and cost objectives. Research limitations/implications Shifting the efforts of involving the end-user forward in time, starting from the planning stage, alleviates the adverse impacts of design changes as well as increases the ability to save cost, improve performance and increase end-user’s satisfaction. Practical implications The model raises the awareness of oil and gas industry practitioners toward the critical factors influencing the project effectiveness and proposes useful techniques for maintaining proper alignment between project and product objectives as well as facilitating end-user’s engagement at the site level. As such, it can serve as a motivation tool for aligning the objectives and acknowledging the engagement, with the aim of achieving the product success. Originality/value The effectiveness of EPC structural model was developed and tested using PLS–structural equation modeling statistical technique. The interpretation of the structural model demonstrated that both end-user’s engagement and alignment of objectives are essential to successfully achieve project effectiveness.

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