scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Sustainable Maintenance on the Relationship between Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Social Sustainability: A Conceptual Framewor

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 222-228 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

It appears that companies' interest in achieving economic returns has made them neglect the social effects of their activities. With this imbalance in sustainability performance that causes environmental pollution and social damage, there is an urgent need to strike social sustainability. Therefore, this study aims to achieve social sustainability (SoS) by providing a proposed framework that integrates sustainable maintenance (SMA) into sustainable manufacturing practices (SMPs). Effective adoption of SMPs and SMA has a significant positive influence on SoS. Nevertheless, there are limited studies conducted on integrating SMA into SMPs and how it could impact SoS. The theoretical contribution of the present study depends mainly on expanding existing knowledge about highlighting the moderating role of SMA on the relationship between SMPs and SoS

THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PRACTICES ON SUSTAINABILITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norsiah Hami ◽  
Mohd Razali Muhamad ◽  
Zuhriah Ebrahim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Influence ◽  
Do So

This study aims to empirically investigate the impact of sustainable manufacturing practices (SMP) on sustainability performance (SP) among manufacturing firms in Malaysia. Drawing from the theoretical lenses of stakeholder theory, the present study advocates the three pillars of sustainability, encompassing economic, environmental, and social sustainability, in measuring firm performance. Using PLS-SEM approach, the survey data collected from 150 firms were analyzed. The findings reveal that both underlying variables of SMP, internal SMP and external SMP, have positive and significant impact on environmental and social sustainability. Surprisingly, while internal SMP proof the significant positive influence on economic sustainability, external SMP failed to do so. Theoretically, the study contributes to the sustainable manufacturing literature by demonstrating the relationship between SMP and sustainability performance (SP). Practically, the study is beneficial for practitioners in understanding the diverse aspects of SMP and SP, identifies the strengths and weaknesses of their current SMP, and provides a guideline in improving their performance. 

The Effect of Face Consciousness on Consumption of Counterfeit Luxury Goods

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Qing Chen ◽  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Meng Le ◽  
Yi-Zhen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Luxury Goods ◽  
Intention To Purchase ◽  
Luxury Item ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

We conducted 3 laboratory experiments to determine how face consciousness influences consumption of counterfeit luxury goods, along with the moderating roles of usage occasion and brand prominence. The participants in the first study were 138 Chinese undergraduates who were allocated to a 2 × 2 design to evaluate their intention to purchase a counterfeit luxury item that would be used either in public or in private. In Studies 2 and 3, using two 2 × 2 designs we evaluated the purchase intention of the participants (132 and 136, respectively) in order to investigate the moderating role of brand prominence. The results showed that participants' face consciousness had a significant positive influence on intention to purchase counterfeit luxury goods. In addition, the products' usage occasion and brand prominence positively moderated the influence that face consciousness had on counterfeit luxury item purchase intention of our participant groups.

Employability and Temporary Workers’ Affective Commitment: the Moderating Role of Voluntariness

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mafalda Espada ◽  
Maria José Chambel
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Temporary Agency Workers

AbstractThe development of either internal or external employability of temporary workers has been considered a mechanism of protection since it ensures that employment can be maintained. According to the social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity, when temporary workers perceive that the training promoted by the organization furthers employability, they are inclined to feel obligated to reciprocate with positive attitudes toward the organization. With a sample of temporary agency workers from three distinct industry organizations (N = 279), the current study investigated the relationship between training that promotes both internal and external employability and affective commitment as well as the role of voluntariness as a moderator of these relationships. The hypotheses were tested by using regression analysis. The results indicated that the perception held by temporary workers that the training they received is a promoter of their internal employability is positively correlated with their affective commitment towards the organization. Furthermore, the data revealed that this relationship is weaker for the group of temporary workers with high voluntariness. On the other hand, there was not a significant relationship between the training that promotes external employability and the affective commitment of temporary workers. Likewise, voluntariness did not moderate this relationship.

Social Responsibility and Organisational Commitment in Local Public Administration: The Moderating Role of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour and Social Bonding

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalsoom BeBe ◽  
Wang Bing
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Bonding ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The commitment of public employees to organisations is an imperative deliberation that affects the efficiency of public services organisations. The objective of this study is to investigate whether the social responsibility among local public administrators raises organisational commitment. This study subsequently explores the moderating role of citizenship behaviour and social bonding (permanent vs temporary employees) of public employees in the relationship between social responsibility and organisational commitment. In this study, empirical data are collected from local officials working in local public administration services organisations in Pakistan (n = 308). The statistical analysis is used to test the relationship between social responsibility and commitment and the moderating effect of citizenship behaviour and social bonding on social responsibility-organisational commitment relationship.The results show that social responsibility is a determinant to organisational commitment and citizenship behaviour and social bonding moderate the social responsibility-commitment relationship. The effect of social responsibility on organisational commitment is stronger in permanent public administrators having high perspective of organisational citizenship behaviours than in temporary public administrators having low perspective of organisational citizenship behaviours. This study contributes to knowledge of the effect of social responsibility on organisational commitment in local public employees and proves that citizenship behaviour and social bonding affect the social responsibility-commitment relationship in local public administrators.

Electronic commerce adoption, entrepreneurial orientation and small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Influence ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose – This study aims to contribute to the literature by addressing two research questions: is there a relationship between e-commerce adoption and performance of SMEs? And, more importantly, does the degree of entrepreneurial orientation moderate the relationship between e-commerce adoption and SME performance? Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a sample of 55 manufacturing and service SMEs located in the state of Texas, USA, between 2008 and 2009 using a structured questionnaire. Customized questionnaires were mailed out to the owner-managers of 55 SMEs. A moderated regression analysis was conducted to test the two hypotheses. Findings – The results suggest that e-commerce adoption has a significant, positive influence on SMEs' average sales growth rate and that adopters of e-commerce technology have significantly higher average sales growth rate than non-adopters. The results also indicate that e-commerce adoption positively affects SMEs' annual sales growth rate even more when the sample firms have higher level of entrepreneurial orientation. Overall, the results of this analysis indicate the importance of e-commerce adoption as well as SMEs' entrepreneurial orientation on the performance of SMEs. Research limitations/implications – The findings of this study can be useful for SMEs in general as a means of understanding how e-commerce adoption positively affects the firm's performance. Such a relationship suggests that e-commerce adoption is an important factor that can enhance firm's internal processes and ultimately performance. Therefore, e-commerce adopters should continue to utilize this technology while non-adopters should consider harnessing the potential of this technology to further streamline their operations and effectiveness. Originality/value – This study contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence on the role of e-commerce adoption and entrepreneurial orientation in small firm performance.

The important role of ethical behavior in improving customer loyalty

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Gede Riana
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Customer Commitment ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Customer Trust ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

PURPOSE: This research was done to 1). Explain the influence of ethical behavior on customer trust and loyalty. 2) Explain the influence of ethical behavior on customer commitment and loyalty. 3) Analyze the influence of ethical behavior on customer trust and commitment. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY: This research was done using well-structured and comprehensive procedures to examine the relationship among variables in order to obtain valid answers for the research questions. An explanatory design in the form of survey was employed to describe and investigate the relevant phenomena and factual information. FINDINGS: The conclusions of this research are drawn as follows. 1) Ethical behavior has a significant positive influence on trust. This means that the ethical behavior of employees in providing services to customers increases customer trust. 2) Ethical behavior has a positive and insignificant influence on commitment. This implies that ethical behavior shown by employees is not yet able to improve customer commitment. 3) Ethical behavior has a negative and insignificant influence on loyalty. Therefore, ethical behavior does not have any significant role in increasing customer loyalty. 4) Trust has a significant positive effect on customer commitment. This implies that customer trust plays an important role in increasing the commitment of customers. 5) Trust has a significant positive influence on customer loyalty. Thus, stronger trust supports stronger customer loyalty. 6) Commitment has a significant positive influence on loyalty. This implies that the customer’s commitment upon their perception of services provided by employees is able to increase customer loyalty. ORIGINALITY: The population of this study included all Bank customers in Denpasar City. Samples were selected using a purposive sampling method to select samples based on certain specific objectives. Only customers who had completed their transaction at the Bank could be selected as the samples.

scholarly journals How to Form Behavioral Intentions in the Field of Drone Food Delivery Services: The Moderating Role of the COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 9117
Author(s):  
Jinsoo Hwang ◽  
Dohyung Kim ◽  
Jinkyung Jenny Kim
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study was designed to identify the significance of drone food delivery services using the moderating role of the outbreak of COVID-19. More specifically, this study proposed that there is a positive relationship between the overall image and the desire. Additionally, it was hypothesized that the desire helps to enhance two types of behavioral intentions, which included word-of-mouth intentions and the willingness to pay more. Lastly, the moderating role of the outbreak of COVID-19 was proposed during this process. Six hypotheses were tested that used 335 samples before the outbreak of COVID-19, and 343 samples were used after the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea. The data analysis results indicated that the overall image has a positive influence on the desire, which in turn positively affects the word-of-mouth intentions and the willingness to pay more. Furthermore, this study identified the important moderating role of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the relationship between the desire and the word-of-mouth intentions.

Research the Influence of Entrepreneurs' Cognition on Dynamic Capability Based on Resources Restriction

2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 1862-1868
Author(s):  
Xiao Qin Zhu ◽  
Zhao Hui Du
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

This paper analyzes the relationship between the resources restriction, the entrepreneurs' cognition and the dynamic capability, and using the market research and the structural equation model to test them, it is found that entrepreneurs' cognition of three aspects: namely, environmental alertness, enterprise internal cognition and metacognitive ,which have significant positive influence on dynamic capability, the influence of the environmental alertness on the dynamic capability is the largest among them. At the same time, the resources restriction plays a significant role of regulation for the relationship between entrepreneurs' cognition and dynamic capability.

scholarly journals Influence of Experiential Consumption and Social Environment of Local Tourists on the Intention to Revisit Tunisian Guesthouses: Mediating Role of Involvement in the Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6584
Author(s):  
Nesrine Khazami ◽  
Zoltan Lakner
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Experiential Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intention To Revisit

This study aims to examine the relationships between the experiential consumption, the social environment, and intention to revisit. The mediating role of involvement in the experience between experiential consumption and the intention to revisit and between the social environment and the intention to revisit has been expressed and tested. The data for this research was collected from local tourists staying in guesthouses scattered all over Tunisia. The authors applied structural partial least squares equation modeling to analyze 259 questionnaires completed by participants and to test the hypotheses. The authors found a positive and direct effects of the social environment on involvement in the experience while experiential consumption did not. In addition, the results indicated positive and significant indirect effects for the social environment on the intention to revisit through involvement in the experience. The results do not support a mediating role of involvement in experience on the relationship of experiential consumption and intention to revisit. In addition, the results showed a strong and positive effect of involvement in the experience on intention to revisit. This research makes a distinctive theoretical contribution to the literature of perceived experiential value by analyzing the relationships between experiential consumption and the social environment on experience involvement and intention to revisit a guesthouse. In addition, this study explores several practical implications of these results.

scholarly journals “Moderating role of the gender and religiosity on the relationship between Gratitude and Stress”

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1670-1676
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conditional Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Researchers have taken a comprehensive approach to understanding stress, spirituality, and religion, etc. over the past few decades. Recently, there has been increasing interest in understanding psychological correlations involving gratitude and stress. A study (Wood et al., 2007) has shown that being spiritual or having a religious belief plays a positive role in stress reduction. This relationship may not be equally true for women and men, as women may get benefited, particularly from the social context, therefore, resulting in positive emotional effects of gratitude for them. In the current study, an attempt has been made to investigate the relationship between gratitude and stress with gender and religiosity acting as moderators. For testing the hypothesized relationships, primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire from 348 respondents residing in India. Stress perception was measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, S., et al, 1983) and gratitude perception was captured using it (GQ-6; McCullough, Emmons, & Tsang, 2002), using response type 7-point likert scale. The study used scientific research tooli.e SPSS PROCESS Macro, Model 1, developed by Hayes, Andrew F, (2013) to test the conjectured hypotheses and establish the conceptual model. There is evidence of having a significant negative relationship between gratitude and stress and there was not a significant relationship between religiosity and stress. Further, the moderating role of gender and religiosity on the relationship between gratitude and stress, too, has been found checked and found significant for Gender. From this analysis, with the conditional effect, we have also found that significantly, there was the negative relationship between gratitude and stress those who female and male have believe in religiosity. Findings of the differences between gender and religiosity and the possible consequences for further studies in psychology and social science are discussed in a wider context

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