Developing a Conceptual Model Using Inductive Analysis: The Voting Strategies of First-Time Voters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ ◽  
Zlatko Skrbiš ◽  
Zareh Ghazarian
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
First Time ◽  
Inductive Analysis

The effect of the 2018 Giro d’Italia on Israel’s tourism firm value

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1070-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Luis Nicolau ◽  
Abhinav Sharma ◽  
Tal Zarankin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Market Value ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

On September 18, 2017, the organizers of the 2018 Giro d’Italia announced that for the first time in its history, this world famous event would begin outside of Europe—in Israel. This article contributes to the literature by taking advantage of this unique opportunity of analysis; in particular, it tests the effect that this announcement had upon Israeli tourism companies’ market value. The results show that on the very same day the announcement was made, there was an increment in the firm value of these companies. We propose a conceptual model and argue that the hype generated helps enhance the country’s image, leading to higher expectations of incoming tourism. This article presents a contribution to the growing evidence regarding the impact of such announcements upon actual market value of tourism companies.

scholarly journals Factors that Encourage Student Engagement: Insights from a Case Study of ‘First Time’ Students in a New Zealand University.

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Barbara Russell ◽  
◽  
Gloria R L Slater ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
First Time

This case study reports on the findings from one of nine tertiary institutions that took part in a project funded by the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) in New Zealand. The research question explored how institutional and non institutional learning environments influence student engagement with learning in a higher education, university setting. Data was collected initially by means of a questionnaire; subsequently more in-depth data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with students randomly selected from those who indicated, on the questionnaire, that they were willing to be interviewed. Respondents were enrolled for the first time in this institution, but not necessarily for the first time in a tertiary education programme. A conceptual model with four strands: motivation and agency; transactional engagement; institutional support and active citizenship was used to organise the data. Findings were analysed against a synthesis of current literature and suggest that factors identified in the first three strands of the conceptual model played a significant role in student engagement with learning; active citizenship, however, did not feature highly in student responses and is an aspect of engagement that could benefit from further research.

First-Time Mothers: For Vaccine Questions, Consult Your Peers on Facebook

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
First Time Mothers ◽  
Childhood Vaccine ◽  
First Time

Despite numerous scientific studies affirming the safety and efficacy of vaccinations, decreased parental uptake has led in part to disease resurgence in the United States (Ventola, 2016). A systematic review of 42 studies revealed that exemption rates for vaccination requirements to enter public schools or daycares have been increasing and occur in geographic“clusters,” where vaccination rates fall dangerously below the national average (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes, & Buttenheim, 2014). At the transition to parenthood, mothers rely on Facebook with increased intensity for health information-seeking purposes. In a rejection of the health information deficit model, the purpose of this study was to propose a conceptual model which describes how first-time mothers’ dependence on Facebook may lead to childhood vaccine avoidance, in accordance with social network theory. A model is presented and propositions are offered to explain why discerning first-time mothers, who are consistently more vaccine hesitant, may seek and rely on information from peers in closed Facebook groups rather than from health professionals. While research has separately explored both vaccine hesitancy and social network utilization for health information seeking, no conceptual model to date has linked these concepts with first-time mothers’ childhood vaccine avoidance. Published research supports the constructs included in the proposed causal pathway, and this “Maternal Facebook Dependence-Childhood Vaccine Avoidance Model” will act as a springboard for advancement in operationalization of this complex relational construct.

scholarly journals Röthlisberger channel theory: its origins and consequences

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (200) ◽  
pp. 1079-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Walder
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Keen Interest ◽  
Surface Water Hydrology ◽  
Physically Based ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
First Time ◽  
Channel Theory

AbstractThe theory of channelized water flow through glaciers, most commonly associated with the names of Hans Röthlisberger and Ron Shreve and their 1972 papers in the Journal of Glaciology, was developed at a time when interest in glacier-bed processes was expanding, and the possible relationship between glacier sliding and water at the bed was becoming of keen interest. The R-channel theory provided for the first time a physically based conceptual model of water flow through glaciers. The theory also marks the emergence of glacier hydrology as a glaciological discipline with goals and methods distinct from those of surface-water hydrology.

scholarly journals Research work presentation with Cards Diagram

1970 ◽  
pp. 04-07
Author(s):  
Saima Munir
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Information Base ◽  
Meta Model ◽  
First Time

In this paper, we proposed appropriate diagram to present and converted research work or data into information base of cards is called Cards diagram. It provide meaningful summary and very helpful for researchers/ students to decide and define research work in meetings. The concept of a diagram within diagram is being introduced the first time through it. The logic of a conceptual model, modelling language, meta-model and tool also explained with details.

Designing conceptual model of after-sales services, in companies producing the capital goods, with the idea of value co-creation

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gholamreza Tavakoli ◽  
Majid Feyz Arefi ◽  
Omid Heidari ◽  
Masoumeh Mirjafari
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Delphi Technique ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
European Foundation ◽  
Purchase Process ◽  
First Time

Purpose This study aims to identify the key activities after sales and the intended criteria by the customers, considering their expected services after the product purchase process. Design/methodology/approach This study is a qualitative approach, and the co-creation logic and the Delphi technique were used in two rounds to design and validate the proposed model. To achieve this study’s aims, extensive literature, interviews, interaction and exploratory meetings were reviewed with manufacturers and consumers, and then the dimensions of the proposed model were regulated, corrected and validated in the two-round Delphi technique. The final model is presented after establishing the model in the test pilots and getting feedback from industry experts. To present a conceptual model, the enabler’s logic and the underlying results in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model were used. Findings The findings of this study include the identification of dimensions for the after-sales services model and the designing of a conceptual model in both sections of enablers and results. The enabler section of the proposed model includes seven dimensions, three main sectors and four support sections. Practical implications This model can be used to design, deploy or improve after-sales services system in manufacturing companies. Originality/value For the first time in an innovative procedure, the approach of value co-creation was used to design one of the organizational systems (after-sale services system). On the other hand, the conceptual pattern was proposed inspired by the EFQM Excellence Model, to create the necessary proportionality between the enabler and results sections.

scholarly journals Shareholders’ perception of management communications in annual general meetings: narrative or not?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-103
Author(s):  
Malektaj Maleki Oskouei ◽  
Hashem Nikoomaram ◽  
Freydoon Rahnama Roodposhti
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Narrative Perspective ◽  
First Time ◽  
Management Communications

This study investigates management communications in annual general meetings (AGMs) from a narrative perspective. This study evaluates the effective elements of AGMs from the shareholder’s viewpoint. According to the theoretical framework, the authors developed a conceptual model and extracted the suggested narrative model for the first time. The shareholder’s perception was measured through a questionnaire survey containing three sections – narrative, audience, and narrator – with 32 indicators from 151 shareholders measuring shareholders’ opinions about AGMs in Iran. The results indicate that although shareholders do not consider the AGM communications made by management board as a narrative, they obtain relevant information with a logical flow in AGMs, and believe that these relations are useful. The characteristics of the management board impact on the persuasiveness of their communications. The results supported the mediating effect of AGM communication between managers and shareholders

scholarly journals Business advice by accountants to SMEs: relationships and trust

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Blackburn ◽  
Peter Carey ◽  
George Tanewski
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Practice ◽  
Latent Demand ◽  
Client Relationship ◽  
First Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test a conceptual framework explaining the role of relationships and trust in enabling the purchase of business advice by small business owner–managers from their external accountants. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a semi-structured interview approach with 20 small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners and accountants in London and Melbourne. Findings The interview data support the conceptual framework’s central proposition that relationships and trust, rather than being antecedents of demand for advice, are necessary conditions for enabling latent demand. SMEs with greater propensity to trust are more open to buying business advice but not necessarily from their accountant. Research limitations/implications A limitation of the fieldwork is that it is based on a non-random and limited sample of accountants and SMEs. Practical implications Accountants in public practice can no longer assume that the already established relationships with their clients, developed while providing compliance services, will automatically lead SME clients to purchase business advice. Originality/value The paper contributes to the accounting literature by developing a conceptual model of relationships and trust that will assist the profession in better understanding the complex dynamics of the accountant–client relationship. The conceptual model distinguishes, for the first time, the antecedent factors of demand for business advice from the enabling roles of relationships and trust. Fieldwork interviews also yielded new insights into how SMEs’ decisions to purchase business advice are influenced by specific personality traits of SME owner–managers and additional antecedent demand factors not identified in the extant literature – economic conditions, environmental turbulence and business life-cycle.

scholarly journals e-Tendering readiness in construction: the posterior model

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moath Al Yahya ◽  
Martin Skitmore ◽  
Adrian Bridge ◽  
Madhav Nepal ◽  
David Cattell
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Body ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
First Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to varied a conceptual model for e-Tendering readiness in any construction organisation prior of implementing e-Tendering system. Design/methodology/approach Based on conceptual model called e-Tendering readiness model (e-TRM), this paper empirically examines the e-TRM’s interactions and causal relationships between e-Tendering constructs and e-Tendering readiness. The paper uses the structural equation modelling technique to test the hypothesised positive inter-relationships. A questionnaire survey is conducted for respondents of construction organisations in Saudi Arabia to understand their current e-Tendering readiness and importance of e-Tendering variables. Findings Supported by empirical evidence, this paper recognised that three out of nine constructs have direct influences on the e-Tendering readiness. However, one of the constructs, which is for the first time hypothesised and tested has the most effect. Research limitations/implications Ultimately, the empirical test for the e-TRM is conducted in certain case (Saudi Arabia); however, the e-TRM needs to be tested in other case area for more verification. Practical implications The study findings update previous information technology/information system models in construction by adding this tested model to the research literature on traditional and electronic tendering and the body of knowledge in the construction industry. Originality/value The service providers construct is proposed and tested for the first time, which is necessary to support the successful e-Tendering implementation.

scholarly journals Sub-annual moraine formation at an active temperate Icelandic glacier

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin M. P. Chandler ◽  
Samuel J. P. Chandler ◽  
David J. A. Evans ◽  
Marek W. Ewertowski ◽  
Harold Lovell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Drainage Systems ◽  
Glacier Recession ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
First Time ◽  
Efficient Transfer ◽  
Englacial Drainage

<p>We present findings from detailed geomorphological and sedimentological investigations of small recessional moraines at Fjallsjökull, an active temperate outlet of Öræfajökull, southeast Iceland. The moraines are characterised by striking sawtooth or hairpin planforms that are locally superimposed, giving rise to a complex spatial pattern. We recognise two distinct populations of moraines, namely a group of relatively prominent moraine ridges (mean height ~1.2 m) and a group of comparatively low-relief moraines (mean height ~0.4 m). These two groups often occur in sets/systems, comprising one pronounced outer ridge and several inset smaller moraines. Using a representative subsample of the moraines, we establish that they form by either (a) submarginal deformation and squeezing of subglacial till or (b) pushing of extruded tills. Locally, proglacial (glaciofluvial) sediments are also incorporated within the moraines during pushing. For the first time, to our knowledge, we demonstrate categorically that these moraines formed sub-annually using repeat uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery. We present a conceptual model for sub-annual moraine formation at Fjallsjökull that proposes the sawtooth moraine sequence comprises (a) sets of small squeeze moraines formed during melt-driven squeeze events and (b) push moraines formed during winter re-advances. We suggest the development of this process-form regime is linked to a combination of elevated temperatures, high surface meltwater fluxes to the bed, and emerging basal topography (a depositional overdeepening). These factors result in highly saturated subglacial sediments and high porewater pressures, which induces submarginal deformation and ice-marginal squeezing during the melt season. Strong glacier recession during the summer, driven by elevated temperatures, allows several squeeze moraines to be emplaced. This process-form regime may be characteristic of active temperate glaciers receding into overdeepenings during phases of elevated temperatures, especially where their englacial drainage systems allow efficient transfer of surface meltwater to the glacier bed near the snout margin.</p>

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