scholarly journals Communicating Sustainability to Ethnocentric Consumers in China: Focusing on Social Distance from Foreign Corporations

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Gain Park ◽  
Hyun Soon Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Distance Perception ◽  
Message Framing ◽  
Reverse Effect ◽  
Consumer Ethnocentrism ◽  
Foreign Corporations ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examines the relationship between social distance perception and company/sustainability campaign evaluations. The study also investigates the moderating role of consumer ethnocentrism in the relationship between the variables. This study further compares the effects of construal message framing (high-level vs. low-level construal) on social distance perception. The SPSS PROCESS macro analysis revealed that social distance perception from a corporation negatively affects company evaluations. Moreover, the results demonstrated that consumer ethnocentrism significantly moderates the relationship between social distance perception and company/sustainability campaign evaluations. Finally, the results indicate that construal message framing significantly affects the level of social distance perception from the host of a sustainability campaign. This paper provides practical suggestions for corporates’ sustainability communications and adds to the literature on the reverse effect of construal level theory and social distance reduction.

Career Plateau and Turnover Intention in Chinese Employees: Career Anchor as Moderator

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 757-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueran Wen ◽  
Liu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Career Anchor ◽  
Career Plateau ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Based on a survey of 147 Chinese employees, we examined the relationship between perceived career plateau and turnover intention, and the moderating role of career anchor in challenge in this process. We hypothesized that perceived career plateau would be positively related to turnover intention, and that this relationship would be stronger in employees with a higher level of career anchor in challenge than in those with a lower level. The results showed that perceived career plateau had a strong positive relationship with turnover intention, especially in employees with a high level of career anchor in challenge. These findings have implications for research in career development and turnover intention, as well as in management practices.

Career commitment and subjective career success: the moderating role of career-enhancing strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1287-1305
Author(s):  
Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu ◽  
Mahmure Yelda Erdogan ◽  
Alptekin Sokmen
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to test the moderating role of career-enhancing strategies (CESs) in the relationship between career commitment (CC) and subjective career success (CS).Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 217 full-time employees working for three different sectors in Ankara, Turkey. The participants were asked to respond to a self-reported survey. The hypotheses were tested using a hierarchical regression analysis.FindingsThe results indicated that CC had a significant and positive effect on subjective CS. Furthermore, the positive relationship between CC and subjective CS was stronger for employees with a high level of self-nomination and for employees with a high level of networking. However, creating career opportunities did not moderate the effects of CC on subjective CS.Research limitations/implicationsBecause this study had a cross-sectional research design, causality cannot be established among the study variables.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest a better understanding of the way CC is able to affect subjective CS through the networking and self-nomination CESs.Originality/valueThis study is original, in that no previous studies have investigated the moderating role of CESs in the relationship between CC and subjective CS.

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FOREIGN COMPETITION, ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND PIONEERING INNOVATION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION IN CANADA

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 105-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
YING LI ◽  
WIM VANHAVERBEKE
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Foreign Competition ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Monopoly Market ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The relationship between competition and innovation has drawn great attention from economists and strategic management researchers. However, the empirical evidence for this relationship remains inconsistent. On the one hand, the Schumpeterian viewpoint credits that the large firms with substantial monopoly market power have resources and incentives to innovate. On the other hand, it is also possible for a monopolist to have incentives to suppress subsequent innovations. It is suggested by Baldwin and Scott (1987) and Tang (2006) that the relationship between competition and innovation is dependent on the competition context and specific type of innovation activities. In this study, we investigate the relationship between foreign competition and pioneering innovation and consider the moderating role of absorptive capacity for this relationship, using the Canadian Innovation Data. We find a U-shaped relationship between foreign competition and pioneering innovation: when foreign competition increases from a low to a moderate level, the likelihood of pioneering innovation decreases. However, the likelihood of pioneering innovation increases when foreign competition continues to increase from a moderate to a high level. We also found evidence that absorptive capacity may positively moderate the relationship between foreign competition and pioneering innovation.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Haider Chauhan ◽  
Noor Ul Ain
Keyword(s):  
Child Labor ◽  
Causal Effects ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The notion of child labor has disquieted the researcher. This paper highlights the impact of poverty, unemployment and social progress on child labor based on data from 30 countries to ascertain that incidence of child labor may be high with high level of poverty and unemployment along with low level of social progress and educational attainment. The results reveal that poverty has a positive while social progress and unemployment has negative relation with child labor. Moreover, education moderates the causal effects of social progress on child labor, while social progress also mediates the relationship between poverty and child labor.

Money, possessions and happiness: The relationships beetwen subjective and relative assessment of young adults’ material situation, materialism and well-being

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (17) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Magdalena Poraj-Weder ◽  
Aneta Pasternak ◽  
Grażyna Poraj
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Economic Well Being

The aim of this paper was to explore both direct and indirect associations between subjective and relative economic well-being, materialism and SWB of young adults of the post-transformation generation. In particular, the moderating role of materialism on the relationship between subjective and relative assessment and SWB was explored. The study was conducted on a group of 207 evening/weekend students, from public and private Warsaw colleges and universities. Correlational design was used and hierarchical regression analysis and moderation analysis using Hayes Model macro # 1 were done. The study’s results indicate that young people’s well-being is positively associated with their material situation assessment (subjective and relative) and negatively with materialism. The study’s results also show that a high level of materialism weakens or eliminates the relationship between subjective and relative assessment of one’s material situation and SWB.

Interrupting the crossover effect of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect: the moderating role of self-concordance goal

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Chen ◽  
Ming Chen ◽  
Hengjie Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Ming Yan
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Crossover Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine the crossover effect of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect. More importantly, the stuy will identify the buffering role of self-concordance goal on the relationship between leader's role overload and employee's negative affect.Design/methodology/approachThe study builds the crossover impact of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect as well as the moderating effect of self-concordance goal. By a two-wave and paired data from 51 leaders and 225 employees, the study examines the hypothesis using cross-level analysis.FindingsResults show that leader's role overload tends to reduce negative affect for employees who pursue high-level self-concordance goal and increase negative affect for employees who pursue low-level self-concordance goal.Practical implicationsIt is important for employees to get rid of negative affect in the workplace. The study informs managers the benefits of pursuing self-concordance goals in helping employees alleviate the negative effect of leader's role overload.Originality/valueFindings of the present study can enrich the literature of the crossover process from leader to employee and offer management strategy for enterprises about how to buffer the damaging effect of leader's role overload on employees.

Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 951-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Romero-Sánchez ◽  
Hugo Carretero-Dios ◽  
Jesús L. Megías ◽  
Miguel Moya ◽  
Thomas E. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Hostile Sexism ◽  
Sexist Humor ◽  
Rape Proclivity ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Three experiments examined the effect of sexist humor on men’s self-reported rape proclivity (RP). Pilot study demonstrated that people differentiate the five rape scenarios of Bohner et al.’s. RP Scale based on the degree of physical violence perpetrated against the victim. Experiment 1 demonstrated that men higher in hostile sexism report greater RP upon exposure to sexist jokes when a woman (vs. a man) delivers them, and that this effect is limited to rape scenarios depicting a moderate versus a high level of physical violence. Experiment 2 further demonstrated that the relationship between hostile sexism and rape proclivity in response to a moderately violent rape scenario after exposure to sexist humor generalizes beyond women in the immediate humor context to women as a whole.

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