scholarly journals Role of Passion as a Mediator between Motivational and Individual Traits of Technology Entrepreneurs

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 12279-12286
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
The Individual

Background and Objectives:Technology today plays a major role in devising a creative business idea and implementing the same. The process of translating an idea into business depends on the individual who is able to harness his individual potential and self-motivation to bring about a business venture. This paper aims at devising a structural equation model on the individual factors and motivational factors which can bring about a technological business venture. Methods: A conceptual framework has been prepared and tested with a structural equation model. The study was conducted with primary data collected from 100 techno entrepreneurs in the city of Chennai and Bangalore using a structured questionnaire. Results: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling has been used to identify the various motivational and individual factors that facilitateindividuals becoming entrepreneurs taking up businesses which use technology for its growth. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis. Conclusions:The findings highlight the individual and motivational the factors create a spur that sets a tone to play a vital role in establishing a enterprise that is technology driven.

The Relationship Among Non-English Majors’ Autonomous Learning Ability, Learning Burnout and English Grades: A Structural Equation Modeling Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youkun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
English Majors ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This study aims to explore the relationship among autonomous learning ability, learning burnout and English grades by structural equation modeling. The survey of 481 non-English majors showed that autonomous learning ability, learning burnout and English grades correlated significantly with each other, and the structural equation model of the three variables was stable. This suggests that the stronger the autonomous learning ability, the lower the level of learning burnout, the higher the English grades. This empirical study shows that the autonomous learning ability of non-English majors can influence the level of learning burnout, which in turn influences English grades. Learning burnout can mediate the effects of autonomous learning ability on English grades.

Indian students’ attitude toward educational debt: scale development and validation

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagdish Kaur ◽  
Sangeeta Arora
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Educational Debt ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Purpose This paper aims to develop, refine and validate a multidimensional scale for measuring students’ attitude toward educational debt for higher studies in Punjab (India) and the impact of this attitude on the satisfaction of students. Design/methodology/approach The study uses interview and survey approach. The sample comprises 417 students from four public and four private universities of Punjab (India). Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis have been used to develop and validate students’ attitude toward education loan scale (Morgado et al., 2017). Further, structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analyze the impact of factors of students’ attitude on their satisfaction. Findings The scale has been tested for both reliability and validity. Analysis has revealed six factors of students’ attitude toward educational debt, namely, economic empowerment, social empowerment, utility, procedural requirements, risk and stress. These, six independent variables and one dependent variable, i.e. students’ satisfaction, were entered into structural equation model. The structural equation model shows that procedural requirements, economic empowerment and utility have a positive, whereas stress has a negative and significant impact on the students’ satisfaction. Practical implications Education financing is a gigantic problem nowadays due to the high cost of self-financing courses in Punjab. To make higher education accessible to all students, education loan plays a vital role. Thus, the attitude of students is of great importance to policymakers to bring reforms in education loan scheme. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the foremost study for developing a validated tool to measure the students’ attitude toward educational debt in India.

Workload and Fatigue Among Assembly Operators. A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 1520-1523
Author(s):  
Juan Luis Hernandez-Arellano ◽  
Maury A. Nussbaum ◽  
Jorge Luis Garcia-Alcaraz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Good Mode ◽  
Occupational Fatigue

This study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test the relationship between workload and fatigue dimensions, using data obtained from among Constant Velocity (CV) joints assembly workers in Mexico. Three years before this study, assembly workers had complained about how their job’s high workload had increased their levels of fatigue. The NASA-TLX and the Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory ware used to collect data on the effects of workload on fatigue from 116 assembly workers. A structural equation model was used to test five hypotheses associated on the effects of workload on lack of energy, physical effort, physical discomfort, lack of motivation, and sleepiness. All relationships were significant and had associated positive load factors. As a result, the modified structural equation model showed statistical significance, as well as good mode fitness. From these results, fatigue was supported as being substantially affected by the workload.

scholarly journals A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis on Practicum Satisfaction of the Vietnamese Business Students

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-182
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Individual

Practicum in a given host company provides an opportunity for Business students to practice and enhance their knowledge and skills that can likely promote their motivation and later marketability. In doing the practicum, students are not only considered as learners, but they are also regarded as workers in the job force. Many students might need support from their universities as well as from the supporting system in the host companies. The purpose of this research was to investigate the students’ satisfaction with their practicum programs and the individual and organizational factors that would affect it. Participants were 269 (68 males and 201 females) sophomore and junior undergraduate Business students from a university of southern Vietnam. Each completed a survey collected after they finished their practicum which consists of demographic information, questions about the organizational factors (19 items), individual factors (20 items), and overall practicum satisfaction (4 items). Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted and deleted 6 items to achieve convergent and discriminant validity. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the potential mediating effects of organizational factors on the relationship between individual factors and Practicum satisfaction. Results showed the direct effect between individual factors and Practicum satisfaction. A further multi-group analysis found a similar pattern of the path on females and males. The results suggest the student’s knowledge and skills are crucial factors which related to their practicum satisfaction, organizational factors, on the other hand, are positively correlated with individual factors, however, do not affect their practicum satisfaction.

Critical assessment of construction contract administration using fuzzy structural equation modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1233-1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Gunduz ◽  
Hesham Ahmed Elsherbeny
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Contract Administration ◽  
Process Groups

PurposeThis paper covers the development of a multidimensional contract administration performance model (CAPM) for construction projects. The proposed CAPM is intended to be used by the industry stakeholders to measure the construction contract administration (CCA) performance and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the CCA system for running or completed projects.Design/methodology/approachThe research design follows a sequential mixed methodology of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. In the first phase, contract administration indicators were collected from relevant literature. In the second phase, an online questionnaire was prepared, and data were collected and analyzed using the crisp value of fuzzy membership function, and structural equation modeling (SEM). The fuzzy set was chosen for this study due to the presence of uncertainty and fuzziness associated with the importance of several key indicators affecting the CCA performance. Finally, SEM was used to test and analyze interrelationships among constructs of CCA performance.FindingsThe data collected from 336 construction professionals worldwide through an online survey was utilized to develop the fuzzy structural equation model. The goodness-of-fit and reliability tests validated the model. The study concluded a significant correlation between CCA performance, CCA operational indicators, and the process groups.Originality/valueThe contribution of this paper to the existing knowledge is the development of a fuzzy structural equation model that serves as a measurement tool for the contract administration performance. This is the first quantitative structural equation model to capture contract administration performance. The model consists of 93 Construction Contract Administration(CCA) performance indicators categorized into 11 project management process groups namely: project governance and start-up; team management; communication and relationship management; quality and acceptance management; performance monitoring and reporting management; document and record management; financial management; changes and control management; claims and dispute resolution management; contract risk management and contract closeout management.

scholarly journals Investigating of Factors Affecting the Fertility Pattern of Arak City in 2018 With the Structural Equation Modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-373
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Amiri ◽  
◽  
Rasoul Najafi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Contraceptive Method ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Infertility Treatment ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fertility Pattern

Background and Aim: Fertility pattern is one of the most important determinants of population fluctuations. Various individual and social factors affect this pattern. This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the fertility pattern using the structural equation model. Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, 384 women were randomly selected from married women of childbearing age who referred to Taleghani, Valiasr, and Amir Al-Momenin hospitals in Arak as patients. After obtaining verbal consent to participate in the study, a researcher-made and valid questionnaire was completed for them. Structural equation modeling was used to measure the effect of important individual and social variables on fertility patterns. Data analysis and analysis were performed with AMOUS software version 11 and SPSS V. 22. Ethical Considerations: This study was registered with the ethics code IR.ARAKMU.REC.1396.4 by the Research Ethics Committee of Arak University of Medical Sciences. Results: The Mean±SD age of the participants in the study was 40.03±11.19. The variables affecting the fertility pattern using the structural equation model included, respectively, the type of individual exercise, the method of contraception, the type of infertility treatment, and the duration of use of the contraceptive method. Conclusion: The results showed that physical activity, contraceptive method, and duration of use of this method and the type of infertility treatment were related to fertility pattern. By recognizing the factors affecting the fertility pattern and increasing the awareness of young couples, it is possible to help improve the fertility pattern.

scholarly journals Conception and evaluation of a structural equation model to measure the reputation of German horticulture

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Marike Isaak ◽  
Iris Brenneke ◽  
Wolfgang Lentz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Formative Indicators ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Explorative Factor Analysis

The reputation of a sector is an important strategic resource. The aim of this article is to develop a measurement model for the horticulture sector. Reputation is a latent variable and is represented by formative and reflective indicators. A theoretically elaborated model will be evaluated and completed with the help of experts (n=102), and the segments that influence reputation will be identified. The quality assessment of the formative indicators, using multiple regression, and the reflective indicators, using an explorative factor analysis, led to a model with a total of 15 indicators. With the help of open questions, it was possible, to specify the indicators already considered or to include them in the model as new indicators. A reputation map shows the interaction between the reputation of horticulture and that of the individual segments. This shows a much greater influence of the service segments on the sector reputation compared to the production segments.

scholarly journals Vocational Misfit: Source of Occupational Stress Among Accountants

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Cluskey, Jr. ◽  
Alan Vaux
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Management Accountants

<span>The career path of management accountants involves rotation through disparate positions that, we hypothesized, puts these professionals at risk for episodes of vocational misfit. Survey data from 188 management accountants were examined through correlational analyses and structural equation modeling. As predicted, many respondents (40%) met Hollands (1985b) criterion for vocational misfit. Poor vocational fit was significantly associated in correlational analysis with job dissatisfaction, how self-esteem, and turnover, and in a structural equation model, with a stress process that included both stressors and strains.</span>

Celebrity Worship Among University Students in Malaysia

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viren Swami ◽  
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic ◽  
Khairul Mastor ◽  
Fatin Hazwani Siran ◽  
Mohammad Mohsein Mohammad Said ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The West ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Movie Stars ◽  
Three Factor

The present study examined conceptual issues surrounding celebrity worship in a Malay-speaking population. In total, 512 Malay and 269 Chinese participants from Malaysia indicated who their favorite celebrity was and completed the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) as well as a range of demographic items. Results showed that the majority of Malay and Chinese participants selected pop stars and movie stars as their favourite celebrities, mirroring findings in Western settings. In addition, exploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor solution of the CAS that was consistent with previous studies conducted in the West. Structural equation modeling further revealed that participant’s age was negatively associated with celebrity worship and that self-rated attractiveness was positively associated with celebrity worship. Overall, the present results suggest that celebrity worship in Malaysia may be driven by market and media forces, and future research may well be guided by use of the CAS.

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