scholarly journals Opportunity Motivation and Growth Aspirations of Mexican Entrepreneurs: The Moderating Role of the Household Income

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carreón-Gutiérrez ◽  
Saiz-Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Entrepreneurial Growth ◽  
Independent Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Monitor Data ◽  
Moderating Role

Framed in the Theory of Planned Behavior, this work analyzes the entrepreneurial growth aspirations in efficiency-driven economies and examines the interaction effect of household income on the relationship between opportunity entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial growth aspirations. We propose a growth aspirations model using GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) data, with two explanatory variables: increased wealth and independence, and a moderating variable (household income). Hypotheses were validated with the use of hierarchical regression, and we find that that opportunity motivation is positively related to the entrepreneurial intention to expand entrepreneurial business activities. A second interesting finding of this study is that the independent effects model infers that growth aspirations are significantly related to household income.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Intention: The Moderating Role of Improvisation on Student Faculty of Economics, State University of Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-335
Author(s):  
Desi Anggrianto ◽  
Ery Tri Djatmika ◽  
Wening Patmi Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
State University ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Moderating Role

Scholars and students are believed to be capable of becoming educated entrepreneurs and opening job vacancies to overcome unemployment. This research was carried out to investigate the entrepreneurial intention of students of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, in which the entrepreneurial intention is the closest to the act of entrepreneurship. This research is a quantitative study using analysis techniques hierarchical regression. The results showed that entrepreneurial intention was influenced by self-efficacy and improvisation, while personality and subjective norms did not affect the entrepreneurial intention. The interaction relationship between self-efficacy and improvisation affected negatively on entrepreneurial intentions. Male students were found to have higher entrepreneurial intentions than women.

scholarly journals The Moderating Effect of Leverage on the Relationship between Corporate Size and Audit Fees: Evidence from Jordanian Manufacturing Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 1038-1046
Author(s):  
Ahmad Dahiyat ◽  
Ahmad Bawaneh
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Corporate Size ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The study aimed to examine the moderating role of leverage on the relationship between the size of listed Jordanian manufacturing companies and the audit fees over the period 2016-2020. The study extracted the measures of variables from the annual report of manufacturing companies available on the Amman exchange website, it employs debt ratio to measure leverage, while issued capital and total assets were used to measure the size of the company, several statistics methods such as correlation and multiple linear regression and hierarchical regression were used to analyze the data and test the relations. The results show a statistically significant impact of the size of the manufacturing company measured by capital and total assets on audit fees, furthermore, the leverage variable has modified and increase statistically the positive relationship between the size of the company and audit fees.

The relationship between work–life balance and job satisfaction: moderating role of training and development and work environment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Aruldoss ◽  
Kellyann Berube Kowalski ◽  
Miranda Lakshmi Travis ◽  
Satyanarayana Parayitam
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Commitment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between work–life balance (WLB) and job stress, job commitment and job satisfaction. Further, the role of work environment and training and development as moderators in the relationship between WLB and its consequences is investigated.Design/methodology/approachUsing a structured survey instrument, this paper gathered data from 331 respondents working in a transportation company in southern part of India. After checking the psychometric properties of the structured survey instrument, the authors analyzed data using hierarchical regression and structural equation modeling.FindingsThe hierarchical regression results indicated that WLB is (1) negatively related to job stress, (2) positively related to job satisfaction and (3) positively related to job commitment. The results also indicated that (1) job stress is negatively related to job satisfaction, and (2) job commitment is positively related to job satisfaction. The results also support that work environment is a moderator in the relationship between (1) WLB and job stress, and (2) WLB and job satisfaction. Results also documented that training and development is a moderator in the relationship between (1) job stress and job satisfaction, and (2) job commitment and job satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsSince the present research is based on self-report measures, the limitations of common method bias and social desirability are inherent. However, the authors have taken sufficient care to minimize these limitations. The research has implications for managers in work organizations.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to both literature on human resource management and practicing managers. The study suggests that employers need to be aware of the importance of WLB and invest moneys into training and development programs. Results also suggest maintaining congenial work environment to help employees maintain balance between work and life.Social implicationsThe study is expected to contribute to the welfare of the society in terms of identifying the consequences of WLB.Originality/valueThis study provides new insights about the consequences of WLB through moderating role of training and development and work environment. To the authors’ knowledge, this is a conceptual model developed and tested and first of its kind in India.

scholarly journals Examining the Relationship between Self-rumination and Happiness: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Subjective Vitality

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan SARIÇAM
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Subjective Vitality ◽  
Hierarchical Regression Analysis ◽  
Basic Purpose ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The basic purpose of this study is to examine the mediating and moderating role of subjective vitality in relationship between rumination and subjective happiness. The participants were 420 university students. In this research, the Self-rumination Scale-SRS, the Subjective Vitality Scale and the Short Form of Oxford Happiness Questionnaire were used. The relationships between rumination, subjective vitality, and happiness were examined using correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. In correlation analysis, happiness and subjective vitality were found negatively related to self-rumination. On the other hand, happiness had positive relation with subjective vitality. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that rumination levels in a decrease of subjective vitality on an unhappy person whereas enhances in subjective vitality leads to happiness; however, rumination also produces unhappiness. Results were debated in the light of the related literature.

scholarly journals Does Science Literacy Guarantee Resistance to Health Rumors? The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy of Science Literacy in the Relationship between Science Literacy and Rumor Belief

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2243
Author(s):  
Lingnan He ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
Xiling Xiong ◽  
Xiqian Zou ◽  
Kaisheng Lai
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Science Literacy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Public Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Remedy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Health rumors not only incite unnecessary fears and skepticism, but may also cause individuals to refuse effective remedy and thus delay their treatment. Studies have found that health literacy may help the public identify the falsity of health rumors and avoid their negative impact. However, whether other types of literacy work in helping people disbelieve health rumors is still unknown. With a national survey in China (N = 1646), our study examined the effect of science literacy on rumor belief and further analyzed the moderating role of self-efficacy of science literacy in their relationship. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that science literacy significantly decreased the likelihood of people believing in health rumors, and moderator analysis showed that self-efficacy of science literacy plays a moderating role in this relationship; such that the relationship between science literacy and health rumor belief would be weakened if one′s self-efficacy of science literacy was low. This finding reveals that during campaigns to combat health rumors, improving and enhancing the self-efficacy of people′s science literacy is an effective way to prevent them from believing in health rumors. Our study highlights the benefits of science education in public health and the improvement of public science literacy.

scholarly journals Examining desorptive capacity in supply chains: the role of organizational ambidexterity

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 534-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Isabel Roldán Bravo ◽  
Antonia Ruiz-Moreno ◽  
Francisco Javier Lloréns Montes
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Organizational Ambidexterity ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Independent Effects ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Desorptive Capacity ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how a buying organization’s desorptive capacity relative to its supply network enhances the organization’s supply chain competence. The research also analyzes the contingent role of the balanced and combined dimensions of ambidexterity in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Empirical results are obtained through analysis of survey data from a sample of 270 European firms. Hierarchical regression analysis is used to test the hypotheses. Findings The results confirm, first, the positive and significant relationship between the buying organization’s desorptive capacity and supply chain competence; and, second, the key moderating role of organizational ambidexterity, especially in its combined dimension, in this relationship. Practical implications The study suggests that desorptive capacity is key to the organization’s contribution to supply chain competitiveness. The authors also provide practitioners with better understanding of the extent to which they should attempt to balance exploration and exploitation or/and to maximize both simultaneously when seeking greater benefit from desorptive capacity. Originality/value This study extends desorptive capacity research to supply chain management. It responds to calls in the desorptive capacity literature for deeper understanding of the benefits of desorptive capacity and of the role organizational ambidexterity plays in the success of desorptive capacity. By analyzing the independent effects of the combined and balanced dimensions of ambidexterity, the authors advance conceptual and operational understanding of the role of ambidexterity needed in the literature.

Examining the moderating role of HIHRP in the relationship between external integration and productivity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Tarifa Fernández ◽  
José Cespedes-Lorente ◽  
Jerónimo de Burgos Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supplier Integration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Based on the human resource (HR) and supply chain integration (SCI) literature, this paper aims to argue that high-involvement human resource practices (HIHRP) work as a complementary capability for SCI, and thus, HIHRP moderates the relationship between SCI and firm productivity. This moderating role is analyzed through the following HIHRP dimensions, namely, ability-enhancing, motivation-enhancing and opportunity-enhancing practices framework. Design/methodology/approach Using empirical data collected from a survey of the agri-food sector (horticultural firms of southern Spain), the moderating effects of HIHRP on the relationship between supply chain external integrations (with customers and suppliers) and productivity are examined. Hierarchical regression analysis is used to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The results support that HIHRP has a moderating effect on the SCI/productivity relationship. However, these results are only significant in the case of supplier integration. Originality/value This study analyzes HIHRP as a complementary asset in the context of SCI and makes both theoretical and managerial contributions to the SCI literature by empirically analyzing the role of HR practices in enhancing the relationship between SCI and performance.

Moderating role of entrepreneurial alertness on the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and strategic change

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor Montiel-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Small Firms ◽  
Strategic Change ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Entrepreneurial Passion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThis purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial passion for developing and strategic change as well as the moderating role of entrepreneurial alertness dimensions in this relationship.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 157 small firms within the sector of manufacturing parts for motor vehicles in Mexico. A hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe study's results show that entrepreneurs' passion for developing is related to strategic change. Furthermore, this relationship is enhanced at higher levels of the scanning and search dimension as well as the evaluation and judgment dimension, both of which relate to entrepreneurial alertness. Contrary to expectation, the results suggest that the association and connection dimension negatively moderate the relationship between entrepreneurs' passion for developing and strategic change.Originality/valueThis study not only provides a better understanding of the drivers of strategic change, but also offers insights into its temporal component by integrating emotive and cognitive perspectives into a unified theoretical framework.

Predicting Game-Attending Behavior in Amateur Athletes: The Moderating Role of Intention Stability

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 420-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Chen Lu ◽  
Chih-Fu Cheng ◽  
Lung Hung Chen
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Attending Behavior ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Weak Implications ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The theory of planned behavior is a well-established theory in predicting human behavior. However, there is evidence of an inconsistent relationship between intention and behavior. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to further investigate the gap between intention and behavior. The study proposes intention stability as the moderator. Participants ( N=154, M age = 23 yr., SD = 6.7) were recruited from Internet volleyball forums and local volleyball courts in Taiwan. Multiple hierarchical regression was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that perceived behavioral control significantly predicted game-attending behavior through intention. However, attitude and subjective norms did not significantly predict behavioral intention. In addition, intention stability moderated the relationship between intention and behavior and indicated the relationship between intention and behavior was strong when intention stability was high. On the contrary, when intention stability was low, the relationship between intention and behavior was weak. Implications and applications are discussed.

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