scholarly journals Influence Analysis of Sustainability Perceptions on Sense of Community and Support for Sustainable Community Development in Relocated Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12223
Author(s):  
Yi-Hsien Lin ◽  
Tsung-Hung Lee ◽  
Chiu-Kuang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community

This study aims to examine a theoretical model using sustainability perceptions, including environmental; sociocultural; economic; and life satisfaction, sense of community, and support for sustainable community development among the indigenous people of two relocated communities in Taiwan. A total of 747 usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The analytical results indicated that sense of community is an antecedent of support for sustainable community development in both relocated communities. Life satisfaction perceptions can influence the sense of community in Rinari. Additionally, environmental and economic perceptions are antecedents of the sense of community in New Laiyi. Finally, this study provides theoretical implications to fill the gaps in previous research, and offers valuable insights for promoting residents’ support for sustainable community development in aboriginal communities; thus, this study has significant contributions, theoretically and practically.

Trust, Perceived Benefit, and Purchase Intention in C2C E-Commerce

2021 ◽  
pp. 1313-1338
Author(s):  
Shukuan Zhao ◽  
Yiwen Fang ◽  
Weiyong Zhang ◽  
Hong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Perceived Benefit ◽  
The Relationship

It is a class research question about how trust and perceived benefit affect consumers' purchase intentions. This research examines the relationship in a very different context: consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce in China. Specifically, this research empirically assesses the differences in effect size due to the change of context. First, a theoretical model linking trust, perceived benefit, and their antecedents to purchase intention is developed upon the literature. Then the model is evaluated using empirical data collected at Taobao, the largest C2C e-commerce website in China. Partial least squares based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results strongly support the model and research hypotheses. A developing country context can indeed affect the strength of effect. These results contribute to the literature in that they provide new insights toward a more in-depth theoretical understanding. Meanwhile, they can also provide useful guidance for managers.

Online Advertising

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Mehdi Behboudi ◽  
Amir Abedini Koshksaray
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Advertising ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Key Dimensions

This study expands previous models of avoidance on online advertising, in particular, Cho and Cheon's (2004) model, and examines two new dimensions on why people avoid advertising on the Internet. The study presents a comprehensive theoretical model and examines seven exogenous latent variables based on structural equation modeling, SEM. By using SEM, we found that seven latent variables including user-perceived ad quality, internet life style, primary motives, gender differences (initial ad avoidance), perceived ad clutter, prior negative experience, and perceived goal impediment (further ad avoidance) collectively explain why people avoid advertising on the Internet. We found that avoidance has two key dimensions “initial ad avoidance” and “further ad avoidance.”

Evolving the Private Label Role in the Retailer-Customer Relationship

2014 ◽  
pp. 86-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Martinelli ◽  
Donata Tania Vergura
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Private Label ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Specific Kind

The chapter focuses on the role played by Private Labels (PLs) in the retailer-consumer relationship. Specifically, the results of a survey aimed at investigating the ability of a specific kind of PL, namely Premium Private Label (PPL), to improve customer loyalty to the retailer are presented. After reviewing the literature on the PLs' role in the retailer-customer relationship, a theoretical model is proposed and tested by administering a questionnaire to a sample of retail customers and then applying structural equation modeling. Four key components of PPLs' image, namely quality, assortment, access, and value, are studied as antecedents of customer satisfaction to the PPL, while customer loyalty to the PPL is considered as a mediator between customer satisfaction to the PPL and customer loyalty to the retailer. Results show that PPLs positively impact on customer loyalty to the retailer through a causal relationship driven by PPL quality and PPL value.

scholarly journals The Effects of Job Insecurity on Employees’ Financial Well-Being and Work Satisfaction Among Chinese Pink-Collar Workers

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402098299
Author(s):  
Wai Ming To ◽  
Jennifer H. Gao ◽  
Ernest Y. W. Leung
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pink Collar

This article examines the effects of job insecurity on employees’ financial well-being and work satisfaction. Based on a literature review on financial well-being, we proposed that financial well-being consists of two categories: personal financial well-being and family financial well-being. We developed a theoretical model that links job insecurity to employees’ personal and family financial well-being, and then to employees’ work satisfaction. Data were collected from 334 Chinese pink-collar workers in Macao. Results of the structural equation modeling showed that job insecurity negatively and significantly influenced employees’ personal financial well-being whereas employees’ personal financial well-being positively and significantly influenced work satisfaction directly and indirectly through employees’ family financial well-being. However, the direct relationships between job insecurity and employees’ family financial well-being and between job insecurity and work satisfaction were not significant.

scholarly journals The Factors that Affect Usage Intentions and Travel Intentions of Travel-Related WeChat Official Accounts

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6108
Author(s):  
Yanyan Wang ◽  
Yann-Jou Lin ◽  
Bau-Show Lin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Factors Influencing

WeChat Official Accounts (WOAs)—a feature of WeChat—are thriving. However, studies on travel-related WOAs remain scarce and lack depth. This study aimed to identify the factors that influence usage intentions and travel intentions in regard to travel-related WOAs. Based on the Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory, this study developed a theoretical model and examined the model through a web-based questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed through the online survey tool Sojump. After analyzing the obtained data via structural equation modeling, the results revealed that: (1) social, entertainment, and information motivations are the primary factors influencing usage intentions; (2) information and entertainment motivations are important factors influencing travel intentions; and (3) usage intentions positively affect travel intentions and play a mediating role. The findings carry theoretical and practical significance regarding how travel-related WOAs can improve users’ usage and travel intentions, as well as value for the actual management and marketing of WOAs.

scholarly journals The structure of the attitudes toward religion as measured by the Post-Critical Belief Scale: A structural modelling approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Szydłowski ◽  
Radosław Rogoza ◽  
Jan Cieciuch
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Measurement Precision ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Modelling ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Belief Scale ◽  
Modelling Approach

AbstractThis paper investigates the structure of the Post-Critical Belief Scale (PCBS), which was designed by Hutsebaut (1996) to assess attitudes towards religion according to Wulff’s (1991) model. Existing results suggest ambiguous solutions, with two, three, or four factors, when only the four-factor solution is consistent with Wulff’s theoretical model. In the current study, we examined whether this hypothesized model indeed would be reflected in the data, when the more appropriate, newly-developed, Set-Exploratory Structural Equation modeling (Set-ESEM) is applied. The study was carried out on a sample of 952 participants. The results of the Set-ESEM modeling provided evidence for the good fit of the four-factor structure. Nevertheless, we also identified some shortcomings of the measure and identified items which may be removed in order to increase measurement precision.

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