scholarly journals Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoyong Kim ◽  
Seol A. Kwon ◽  
Jae Eun Lee ◽  
Byeong-Cheol Ahn ◽  
Ju Ho Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Risk Knowledge

This study aimed to analyze how resource variables (health status, economic affordability, social network, social capital, and neighborhood environment) influence citizens’ intention to pay for and participate in disaster management and safety activities. We compared four psychometric paradigm variables with five resource variables and analyzed how the latter moderate the relationships of the perception variables with intention to pay and to participate. A regression analysis revealed that willingness to pay was mainly explained by trust, followed by social capital, economic affordability, perceived risk, and experience, respectively. Participation was explained by knowledge, social capital, age, trust, and social network, respectively. Gender, trust, and social capital had an influence both on willingness to pay and to participate. Perceived risk, knowledge, and trust had a moderating effect on willingness to pay, but this effect depended on the quality of the neighborhood environment. Trust, knowledge, and stigma had a moderating effect on participation intention, but this effect depended on social capital and the neighborhood environment.

scholarly journals Information Re-Sharing on Social Network Sites in the Age of Fake News

10.28945/3871 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 215-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Koohikamali ◽  
Anna Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Aim/Purpose: In the light of the recent attention to the role of social media in the dissemination of fake news, it is important to understand the relationship between the characteristics of the social media content and re-sharing behavior. This study seeks to examine individual level antecedents of information re-sharing behavior including individual beliefs about the quality of information available on social network sites (SNSs), attitude towards SNS use and risk perceptions and attitudes. Methodology: Testing the research model by data collected through surveys that were adminis-tered to test the research model. Data was collected from undergraduate students in a public university in the US. Contribution: This study contributes to theory in Information Systems by addressing the issue of information quality in the context of information re-sharing on social media. This study has important practical implications for SNS users and providers alike. Ensuring that information available on SNS is of high quality is critical to maintaining a healthy user base. Findings: Results indicate that attitude toward using SNSs and intention to re-share infor-mation on SNSs is influenced by perceived information quality (enjoyment, rele-vance, and reliability). Also, risk-taking propensity and enjoyment influence the intention to re-share information on SNSs in a positive direction. Future Research: In the dynamic context of SNSs, the role played by quality of information is changing. Understanding changes in quality of information by conducting longitudinal studies and experiments and including the role of habits is necessary.

scholarly journals WILL I SURVIVE? THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED RISK AND KNOWLEDGE TOWARD HOPE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC: STUDY ON INDONESIAN STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Gumgum Gumelar ◽  
Herdiyan Maulana ◽  
Gita Irianda Rizkyani Medellu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
New Research ◽  
Risk Knowledge

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to examine participant’s hopes whether the pandemic will end based on the perception of risk concerning vulnerability, severity, and anxiety as well as their knowledge about the pandemic among university students in Indonesia. Methodology: 431 (20 % male and 80 % female; Age mean = 19.98; SD = 1.421) undergraduate students in psychology were recruited from across university in Indonesia. A battery scale consists of three questionnaires evaluating perceived risk, knowledge, and hope were administered using the online survey. A multiple regression analysis was applied to examine the hypotheses. Main Findings: The results demonstrated that perceived risk and knowledge emerge as significant predictors of hope. The results also showed that there was a negative relationship between the dimension of perceived risk and hope. There was no significant correlation between health knowledge and hope. The results indicated a statistically significant model of regression. However, this study revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between health knowledge and hope. Applications of this study: The psychological aspect of risk perception and knowledge could be acknowledged as important variables to enhance the hope of university students to face this pandemic. Novelty/Originality of this study: The study offers a further explanation about the scope of earlier research in the field of hope in pandemic -19. It also provides a new research paradigm to the area of perceived risk by introducing understudied individual factors, such as knowledge associated with the hope of facing the pandemic among college students.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER VULNERABLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY ON THE MERAPI ERUPTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-539
Author(s):  
Entoh Tohani ◽  
Lutfi Wibawa
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Village Government

Community resilience to anticipate disaster depends on the possession of social capital that grows in the community. Social capital can produce positive effects, unfortunately, disaster mitigations have been dominated by the development of human capital skills than social capital skills. This study aims to determine the role of social capital in disaster management in the disaster vulnerable communities of the Merapi Mount, taking a case in Girikerto village, Turi Sub-district, Sleman Regency, Special Province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia as one area with high risk of the eruption. Independent interviews and focused group discussions were done involving hamlet heads, village government officials, and members of community disaster organizations; in addition to observation in the village dailylife. The results showed that social capital covering values and norms, commitment, trust, networking and sharing of information or knowledge provides benefits in the form of increased community awareness of disaster, social solidarity, and disaster knowledge of the citizens. Therefore, it is important to held community empowerment using an educational approach that is based on the utilization of social capital directly and planned in disaster vulnerable areas for enlarging the resiliency capacity of community.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION ON SMEs PERFORMANCE IN GHANA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT POLICIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Solomon Gbene Zaato ◽  
Mohammad Ismail ◽  
Sathiswaran Uthamaputhran ◽  
Wilberforce Owusu-Ansah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The primary purpose of this study was to propose a conceptual framework on the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on SMEs performance in Ghana: The role of social capital (SC) and government support policies (GSPs). The study re­viewed existing literature pertaining the five dimensions of EO and used measures of SC, and GSPs in relation to SMEs performance in Ghana. This study would be anchored on two theories thus the resource-based view and the social capital theories stressing the need for SMEs to focus more on their unique resources that existed with­in their social network relations. The study would further provide new insight to prac­titioners to understand and appreciate the role of SC and GSPs on SMEs performance

Cyberbullying-Victimization Overlap Among Chinese University Students: Does Network Structure Matter?

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110578
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hsuan Liu ◽  
Zhihao Ma ◽  
Yiwei Xia
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
University Students ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
Cyberbullying Victimization ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Social Network Approach ◽  
Chinese University Students

With widespread internet and social media use among youngsters, cyberbullying has emerged as a novel form of bullying. According to the routine activity and lifestyle theories, cyberbullying and victimization overlap significantly. However, the nature and mechanism of the overlap is not yet adequately understood. This study contributes to extant literature by investigating the role of network structure in cyberbullying-victimization overlap. Participants included 520 residential students from a single department of a Chinese university. This study applied prevalent, bivariate, and social network approach to investigate the overlap. Linear regressions with interactive terms are applied to investigate the moderating effect of network structure. First, the results revealed that the overlap phenomenon is robust against different approaches. Second, the findings demonstrated that indegree significantly moderates the effect of victimization on the perpetration of cyberbullying. Third, for betweenness and closeness, neither direct effect nor moderating effect, is statistically significant. Overall, cyberbullying-victimization overlaps among surveyed Chinese university students and social network may moderate the relationship between cyberbullying and victimization.

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