scholarly journals Can Fitness Education Programs Satisfy Fitness Professionals’ Competencies? Integrating Traditional and Revised Importance-Performance Analysis and Three-Factor Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 4011
Author(s):  
Gordon Chih Ming Ku ◽  
Chi-Ming Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Fitness Education ◽  
Three Factor

The purpose of this study is to assess whether fitness education programs could meet the needs or competencies of fitness professionals such as personal trainers and group fitness instructors. A mixed method was adopted to address the objectives of the study. In the first step, a semi-structured interview was conducted with five fitness experts to identify the five dimensions of professional competencies. In the second step, an online survey and paper questionnaires were utilized to collect data from 324 eligible subjects. Traditional importance-performance analysis, revised importance-performance analysis, and the three-factor theory were used to analyze the collected data. The results indicate that “professional skill,” “career development,” and “public relations” are the three most critical professional competencies. “Nutrition” and “coping with stress” should be strengthened and improved in fitness education programs. “Administrative management” is the least important professional competency. Multi-competencies development and lifelong learning are the factors for a successful fitness trainer.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Preparedness for Bioterrorism among Koreans

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5401
Author(s):  
Yujeong Kim ◽  
Eunmi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Coping Efficacy ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Societal Collapse ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Perceived Seriousness ◽  
Relevant Education

Bioterrorism is destructive enough to cause a societal collapse, and preparation for bioterrorism is imperative. This study aims to identify the factors influencing preparedness for bioterrorism among Koreans. A total of 1,050 subjects were included in the study, which were allocated according to region and age in proportion to population. An online survey was used to examine the following factors: participants’ general characteristics; cognitive factors including perceived probability, perceived seriousness, perceived personal impact, perceived coping efficacy, and perceived resilience; social–contextual factors including perceived governmental preparedness and perceived front-line preparedness; affective responses including affective response to terrorism and anxiety; and bioterrorism preparedness. The factors influencing the level of preparedness for bioterrorism included age, marital status, experience of bioterrorism education, perceived personal impact, perceived coping efficacy, perceived resilience, and perceived front-line preparedness. The factors that most significantly affected the level of preparedness for bioterrorism were perceived coping efficacy and perceived front-line preparedness, with an R2 of 41.4%. Relevant education and public relations programs should be strengthened to help citizens minimize their exposure and known to inform relevant institutions in the event of suspected bioterrorism, and front-line responders should cultivate their ability to respond to bioterrorism quickly and accurately.

Cultivating Relationships with Startup Employees: The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Leadership Communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 089331892110179
Author(s):  
Linjuan Rita Men ◽  
Zifei Fay Chen ◽  
Yi Grace Ji
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Motivating Language ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

This study examines how CEOs’ use of motivating language influences employee relationships within startup organizations. Informed by self-determination theory and social identity theory, the study proposes psychological need satisfaction and organizational identification as mechanisms accounting for the influence of startup leaders’ use of motivating language on employee relational outcomes. Through an online survey of 1,027 startup employees across various industries in Mainland China, the study found that startup CEO use of motivating language positively influenced employee-startup relationships both directly and indirectly through enhanced psychological need satisfaction and organizational identification from startup employees. This study advances theoretical understanding of executive leader public relations functions and their role as important communication agents in the unique Chinese startup context. Further, this research tested the explanatory boundaries of motivating language theory and provides practical insights for startup leaders, communication practitioners, and entrepreneurs regarding how to develop long-term and quality relationships with startup employees.

Gender Differences in Relationship Between Resilience and Big Five Personality Traits in Japanese Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 920-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Iimura ◽  
Kanako Taku
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
School Students ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Japanese Adolescents ◽  
Age Range

Prior work has indicated that female adolescents mature more quickly than males with regard to the various personality dimensions. From the developmental perspectives, this study aimed to explore gender differences in the relationships between resilience and the Big Five personality traits in Japanese adolescents. Middle school students ( N = 310, 155 females, age range = 14–15 years) participated in an online survey. The results demonstrated that females had higher Conscientiousness than males. Stepwise regression analyses indicated that Neuroticism was the most influential predictor of resilience in females, whereas Extraversion was the most important predictor in males. Multigroup path analysis demonstrated that the effect of Neuroticism on resilience was greater for females; however, the effects of all other variables did not differ across genders. Considering gender differences is important to understand the relationship between resilience and the Big Five dimensions among adolescents.

Understanding the Experience of Geriatric Care Professionals in Using Telemedicine to Care for Older Patients in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenwen Chen ◽  
Ashley Flanagan ◽  
Pria MD Nippak ◽  
Michael Nicin ◽  
Samir K Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Geriatric Care ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Access To Knowledge

BACKGROUND Geriatric care professionals were forced to rapidly adopt the use of telemedicine technologies to ensure the continuity of care for their older patients in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is little current literature that describes how telemedicine technologies can best be employed to meet the needs of geriatric care professionals in providing care to frail older patients and their caregivers, and families. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify the benefits and challenges geriatric care professionals face when using telemedicine technologies with frail older patients, their caregivers, and families, and how to maximize the benefits of this method of providing care. METHODS We conducted a mixed methods study that recruited geriatric care professionals to complete an online survey regarding their personal demographics and experiences with using telemedicine and participate in a semi-structured interview. Interview responses were analyzed using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). RESULTS We obtained quantitative and qualitative data from 30 practicing geriatric care professionals (22 geriatricians, 5 geriatric psychiatrists, and 3 geriatric specialist nurses) recruited from across the Greater Toronto Area. Analysis of interview data identified 5 CFIR contextual barriers (Complexity, Design quality and packaging, Patient needs and resources, Readiness for implementation, and Culture) and 13 CFIR contextual facilitators (Relative Advantage, Adaptability, Tension for Change, Available Resources, Access to Knowledge, Network and Communications, Compatibility, Knowledge and Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, Champions, External Agents, Executing, and Reflecting and Evaluating). The CFIR concept of External Policy and Incentives was found to be a neutral construct. CONCLUSIONS This is the first known study to use the CFIR to develop a comprehensive narrative to characterize the experiences of geriatric care professionals using telemedicine technologies in providing care. Overall, telemedicine can significantly enable most of the geriatric care that is traditionally provided in person, but is less useful in providing specific aspects of geriatric care to frail older patients and their caregivers, and families.

scholarly journals How Tour Guides’ Professional Competencies Influence on Service Quality of Tour Guiding and Tourist Satisfaction: An Exploratory Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chien Lin ◽  
Mei-Lan Lin ◽  
Yi-Cheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Partial Least Squares ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction

Drawing upon the theoretical perspectives from activity competency model and prior tourism literature, this study propose a conceptual framework to explain the impacts of professional competencies on service quality and tourist satisfaction. Empirical data were gathered from a large-scale online survey with experienced GPT tourists to test the proposed hypotheses and research model. The proposed conceptual framework was validated using the partial least squares (PLS) technique. Data gathered from tourists was based on a convenience sample of 345 respondents to test the proposed plausible hypotheses. The conceptual model was validated using the partial least squares (PLS) technique. The empirical results indicate that tour guides’ professional competencies significantly impact on service quality and tourist satisfaction; and tour guides’ service quality positively influences tourist satisfaction.

scholarly journals Construction of a religious motivation questionnaire

Psihologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Stojkovic ◽  
Jovan Miric
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Religious Motivation ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Wish Fulfillment ◽  
Questionnaire Construction

The paper describes the construction of a new religious motivation questionnaire. The construction was proceeded by an analysis which revealed that the existing instruments for assessing religious motivation have deficiencies and, most importantly, may not be suitable for use with persons in adolescence or younger. In the first phase of the questionnaire construction, a semi-structured interview was used on a sample of 111 respondents aged 10-25 from Belgrade. The interview findings suggested the presence of religious motivation dimensions which are not contained in the existing instruments. In the second phase, an initial pool of items, formulated based on interview answers, was administered to a sample of 354 secondary school and university students from Belgrade. Principal component analysis revealed five dimensions of religious motivation measured by the constructed questionnaire: religion as ultimate value; religion as a means of wish-fulfillment; religion as a source of emotional well-being; ideals and morality; religion as a part of tradition; and tendency to meet social expectations regarding religion. The questionnaire scales show excellent reliability.

scholarly journals Dealing With the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Portugal: On the Important Role of Positivity, Experiential Avoidance, and Coping Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria José Ferreira ◽  
Rui Sofia ◽  
David F. Carreno ◽  
Nikolett Eisenbeck ◽  
Inês Jongenelen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
And Coping

The global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has caused an unprecedented impact on most areas of people’s lives. Thus, framed within the scope of Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0), this study aimed at assessing the psychological distress of adults living in Portugal during the first national lockdown, how they are coping with stress, as well to contribute to a deeper understanding about the role that positivity, experiential avoidance, and coping strategies have in psychological distress and well-being. For this purpose, 586 Portuguese adults (73% females) ranging between 18 and 78 years old (M = 38.96, SD = 12.20) completed an online survey during the initial phase of the pandemic crisis in Portugal. Findings suggest that experiential avoidance was the strongest predictor of a negative response (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and negative emotions), whereas positivity was a better predictor of psychological well-being and lower levels of depression. Additionally, self-blame, behavioral disengagement, and emotional venting were strong risk factors for psychological distress, whereas positive reframing, planning, and acceptance were associated with more positive outcomes. These findings highlight the critical role of experiential avoidance on individuals’ psychological distress and the essential contribution of positive life orientation in promoting flourishing. By offering a better understanding of the complex navigation through the dialectics between positive and negative life features, this study provides important and useful cues for psychological interventions directed at promoting a more positive and adaptive human functioning even through such potential adverse and painful life events.

scholarly journals Evaluasi Kepuasan Pelayanan Pengguna Aplikasi OPAC Perpustakaan STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Fatimah Nur Arifah ◽  
Abidarin Rosidi ◽  
Hanif Al Fatta
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Public Access ◽  
End User ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
End User Computing

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengukur tingkat kepuasan pengguna terhadap aplikasi Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) pada Perpustakaan STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta. Subjek penelitian ini ialah mahasiswa yang terdaftar sebagai anggota perpustakaan dan objek penelitian ini adalah aplikasi OPAC Perpustakaan STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan diagram Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) dipadukan dengan Indeks Kepuasan Pengguna (IKP) didasarkan pada indikator-indikator dari lima dimensi End User Computing Satisfaction yaitu isi (content), keakuratan (accuracy), bentuk (format), kemudahan penggunaan (ease of use) dan ketepatan waktu (timeliness). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pengguna OPAC Perpustakaan STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta cukup puas dengan hasil perhitungan IKP 78,01 %. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberi masukan pada pengelola OPAC sebagai bahan acuan untuk meningkatkan kinerja OPAC.This study aims to identify and measure the level of satisfaction of users of the application Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) in the library STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta. These subjects are students who are registered as members of the library and the object of this study is OPAC STMIK Library AMIKOM Yogyakarta. Analysis of the data in this study using a diagram of Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) which is combined with User Satisfaction Index (IKP) based on the five dimensions of End User Computing Satisfaction; content, accuracy, format, ease of use and timeliness. The results showed users of OPAC STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta quite satisfied with the results of the calculation IKP 78.01%. This research is expected to provide input to the manager of the OPAC as a reference to improve performance of the OPAC.

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