scholarly journals Participation in the Sharing Economy Revisited: The Role of Culture and Social Influence on Airbnb

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9980
Author(s):  
Jieun Lee ◽  
Aybuke Nur Erdogan ◽  
Ilyoo Barry Hong
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Practical Implications

Despite a multitude of studies on the motivators of sharing economy participation, we understand little about how cultural and social drivers affect an individual’s use of sharing services on an online platform. This paper examines the influence of cultural and social factors on a consumer’s participation in a sharing economy. We used Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory and Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior to formulate the research model to predict the behavioral intention to book an accommodation using the Airbnb platform. To test the model, an empirical study was conducted by collecting survey data on Amazon Mturk from 401 participants. Findings provide evidence that all the cultural dimensions except for masculinity were found to have significant relationship with attitude toward booking on Airbnb. Moreover, social influence has no significant effect on booking intention on Airbnb. We offered academic and practical implications and suggested future research directions based on our findings.

The Role of the Feedback Environment in Self-Development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montana L. Drawbaugh ◽  
John E. Gianelloni ◽  
Paul E. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Employee Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Feedback Environment ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Developmental Opportunities ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Practical Implications

Many organizations have moved away from taking sole responsibility for employee development. Instead, they offer a variety of developmental opportunities, place the impetus on employees to take advantage of these opportunities, and encourage them to seek out other developmental activities when needed. This trend highlights both the importance of employees taking responsibility to engage in self-development efforts as well as the need to investigate factors that predict such self-development. In this chapter, the authors take the stance that supervisors play a key role in facilitating self-development of employees and, in particular, argue that a favorable supervisor feedback environment can empower employees to engage in self-development efforts. To set a foundation for this discussion, the authors begin by defining self-development and differentiating it from similar constructs. Subsequently, they define the feedback environment and outline the existing research in this area. They then bridge these two areas of literature and discuss how the feedback environment relates to the self-development of employees, highlighting a few key theoretical and empirical works supporting this relationship along the way. Finally, the authors offer practical implications for organizations as well as numerous future research directions for scholars.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders

2010 ◽  
pp. 347-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Tanofsky-Kraff ◽  
Denise E. Wilfley
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Interpersonal Psychotherapy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Routine Clinical Care ◽  
Interpersonal Factors ◽  
Future Research Directions

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a focused, time-limited treatment that targets interpersonal problem(s) associated with the onset and/or maintenance of EDs. IPT is supported by substantial empirical evidence documenting the role of interpersonal factors in the onset and maintenance of EDs. IPT is a viable alternative to cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The effectiveness of IPT for the treatment of anorexia nervosa requires further investigation. The utility of IPT for the prevention of obesity is currently being explored. Future research directions include enhancing the delivery of IPT for EDs, increasing the availability of IPT in routine clinical care settings, exploring IPT adolescent and parent–child adaptations, and developing IPT for the prevention of eating and weight-related problems that may promote full-syndrome EDs or obesity.

Job Apathy

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 484-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon B. Schmidt ◽  
Guihyun Park ◽  
Jessica Keeney ◽  
Sonia Ghumman
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Personal Initiative ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Practical Implications

Work anecdotes and popular media programs such as Office Space, The Office, and Dilbert suggest that there are a number of workers in the United States who feel a sense of apathy toward their workplace and their job. This article develops these ideas theoretically and provides validity evidence for a scale of job apathy across two studies. Job apathy is defined as a type of selective apathy characterized by diminished motivation and affect toward one’s job. A scale of job apathy was developed and data from a sample of currently or recently employed college students supported two dimensions: apathetic action and apathetic thought. Job apathy was found to be empirically distinct from clinical apathy, negative affectivity, cynicism, and employee engagement. Job apathy was also found to have incremental validity in the prediction of personal initiative, withdrawal, and organizational deviance. Practical implications and future research directions for job apathy are discussed.

The Effectiveness of Family-Supportive Supervisors: The Moderating Role of Employees’ Collectivistic Self-Construal

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 442-455
Author(s):  
Peng Wang ◽  
Zhengxue Luo ◽  
Zhen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Employee Perceptions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work Family Enrichment

Built upon conservation of resource theory and self-determination theory, this study explores boundary conditions under which family-supportive supervisors (FSSs) influence employee-perceived leader–member exchange (LMX) and work–family enrichment (WFE). Findings from this research reveal that FSSs positively relate to employee perceptions of LMX and WFE. Employees’ collectivistic self-construals moderate the effect of FSSs on LMX but not on WFE. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Cardiovascular Comorbidities of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Report from the GRAPPA 2012 Annual Meeting

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1434-1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
April W. Armstrong ◽  
Joel M. Gelfand ◽  
Wolf-Henning Boehncke ◽  
Ehrin J. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cardiovascular Comorbidities ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Necrosis Factor

At the 2012 annual meeting of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) in Stockholm, Sweden, several GRAPPA members led a panel discussion on cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The panelists discussed the role of insulin resistance in the pathophysiology of psoriasis, the possible effect of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors on CV comorbidities, and the effect of 12/23 monoclonal antibodies on CV outcomes. The panelists also addressed how lessons from CV comorbidity research could be applied to other areas of comorbidity research in psoriasis and PsA and identified future research directions in this area.

scholarly journals Emerging role of a novel small non-coding regulatory RNA: tRNA-derived small RNA

ExRNA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangfang Jin ◽  
Zhigang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Small Rna ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Regulatory Rna ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Non Coding Rna ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Non Coding Rnas

Abstract The discovery of small non-coding RNAs, such as miRNA and piRNA, has dramatically changed our understanding of the role RNA plays in organisms. Recent studies show that a novel small non-coding RNA generated from cleavage of tRNA or pre-tRNA, called tRNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA), serves as a new regulator of gene expression. tsRNA has been determined participate in regulating some specific physiological and pathological processes. Although knowledge regarding the biological roles of miRNA and piRNA is expanding, whether tsRNAs play similar roles remains poorly understood. Here, we review the current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of action and biological functions of tsRNAs in intracellular, extracellular and intergenerational inheritance, and highlight the potential application of tsRNAs in human diseases, and present the current problems and future research directions.

scholarly journals The Unified Theory Acceptance and Use of Technology in the Industrial Internet of Things Era: A Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nugroho Ridhwan ◽  
Edi Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Industrial Internet Of Things ◽  
Industrial Internet ◽  
Hofstede’S Cultural Dimensions

The purpose of this article is to build a conceptual framework based on literature review that will be tested in future research related to Digital Business. The results of the literature review allow for the construction of hypotheses into a conceptual framework. Furthermore, the study assesses the influence of performance expectations, efforts expectations and social influence on behavioral intention and usage behavior by modifying Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. The conceptual framework will be tested among Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) users for future research in Indonesia. Keywords: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, behavioral intention, use behavior, UTAUT, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, Industrial IoT

Value Co-Creation in Cloud Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 74-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Rashid ◽  
William Yu Chung Wang ◽  
Felix B. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Future Research Directions

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in cloud services in academic literature. Most research in this area has focused on the technical aspects of designing and implementing cloud services, with few studies focusing on understanding the value of cloud services and the processes by which consumer and service providers engage each other to co-create these services. This chapter explains the co-creation processes, and, the role of consumer in the value co-creation process of cloud services. It incorporates extant marketing and information systems literature, industry reports, and practical experience reflections to highlight the significance of cloud services. The drivers of co-creation are explored with the description of co-creation processes and the underlying factors involved in value co-creation of cloud services. The chapter concludes by outlining the opportunities associated with the development of cloud services, noting future research directions and discussing academic and managerial implications.

The Role of Human Resources in Hotels in China

2015 ◽  
pp. 164-181
Author(s):  
Jenny Chen
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Good Person ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Points Of View

There was a famous saying from the celebrated hotelier, “king of hoteliers and hotelier to kings,” Mr. Cesar Ritz, that a good person is priceless (Leng, 2013). Human resources has always played a very important role in hotels. This is because the hotel industry is a labor-intensive industry that requires great contribution and support from human resources to identify and recruit the required staff, train and manage the manpower to fill the various jobs, and retain and develop the talented employees for greater responsibilities or higher positions. This chapter displays the changes of the role of human resources in hotels in China and its significant impact of the changes to the industry. In addition, this chapter also provides its unique points of view in the part of Solutions and Recommendations and in the part of Future Research Directions.

Business Models and Organizational Processes Changes

2011 ◽  
pp. 192-205
Author(s):  
Helena Halas ◽  
Tomaž Klobucar
Keyword(s):  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Main Stress ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Future Business

This chapter explores the influence of pervasive computing on companies and their businesses, with the main stress on business models. The role of business models for companies is presented. Introduction to pervasive computing and a survey of existing e-business models classifications are used as a base for our research. The main characteristics of today’s business models are discussed and a method for evaluating business models characteristics is proposed. We concentrate on characteristics of pervasive computing and their influence on companies’ business processes and business models. The present and future business characteristics and business models are briefly compared, and future research directions on pervasive computing and business models are presented.

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