scholarly journals Entrepreneurs Characteristics of Thematic Small and Medium Industries in Innovation Sub District of Palu City

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Rosida P. Adam ◽  
Zakiyah Zahara ◽  
Suardi ◽  
Idris
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Ethnic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Ethnic Entrepreneurs ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Policies And Programs

Nowadays, the development and growth of Small and Medium Industries (SMEs) have become the government’s centre of attention which leads the government's commitment, policies and programs are always continuously improved, with the aim that SMEs in Indonesia can keep developing and being competitive. SMEs play an important role in being the backbone of the national economy, and they are even able to stand up straight during unstable global economic conditions. Therefore, this research aimed to produce a Model of the Success of Thematic SMEs in the Innovation Sub district of Palu City, which was predicted to be influenced by the variables of characteristics of group ethnic entrepreneurs, marketing innovation, and the competence of counterparts. The research sample consisted of 150 business group members from 30 Thematic SMEs, analysed using structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results showed that of the seven research hypothesis models, the results were acceptable with the structural model constructed, namely the characteristics of group ethnic entrepreneurs, marketing innovation and the competence of counterparts influenced significantly on the success of the Thematic SMEs businesses in Innovation Sub-districts in Palu City. The biggest influence contribution was the competence of business counterparts by 0.526, and the group ethnic entrepreneurship on the marketing innovation by 0.443.

An Examination of Innovation Capabilities and Corporate Reputation in Banking Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 227868212110451
Author(s):  
Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Corporate Reputation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
Positive Effect

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of innovation capabilities on corporate reputation in banking sector. A quantitative method was used for collecting the data and fulfilling the stated objective. Specifically, the data were collected from 188 employees in banking sector in the United Arab Emirates. The analysis for the collected data was conducted using the partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. The findings indicated that product innovation as well as service innovation have significant positive impacts on corporate reputation. The results also confirmed that process innovation has a positive effect on corporate reputation. Finally, the outcomes verified that marketing innovation has a significant impact on corporate reputation. The results confirm the significance of innovation capabilities in enabling business practitioners in the banking sector to improve their businesses reputations and thrive in today’s dynamic market environment.

Coffee in capsules consumers’ behaviour: a quantitative study on attributes, consequences and values

2020 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-208
Author(s):  
Alessandro Silva de Oliveira ◽  
Gustavo Quiroga Souki ◽  
Rodrigo Marçal Gandia ◽  
Luiz Henrique de Barros Vilas Boas
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Present Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Functional Attributes ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Social

PurposeCoffee in capsules consumers’ behaviour depends not only on the products’ attributes, but also the consequences perceived by them and the alignment with their values. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of the Attributes of coffees in capsules on the consequences perceived by consumers concerning their consumption and the effects of these Consequences on consumers’ Values.Design/methodology/approachThis study developed a scale for assessing the perception of consumers of coffee in capsules about Attributes, Consequences and Values (A-C-V) regarding its consumption. A link to this survey’s electronic questionnaire was posted on the social networks Facebook and Peabirus. This research sample is for convenience and accessibility and has 213 consumers of coffee in capsules. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was the statistical method used for data analysis.FindingsAttributes have two sub-dimensions (Own attributes and Functional attributes), while Consequences have three sub-dimensions (Handling Benefits, Rational Benefits, Convenience Benefits) and Values have just one dimension. Also, SEM has shown a statistically significant positive relationship between A-C-V perceived by consumers of coffee in capsules. These results confirm the hypotheses developed based on the Means-End Chain Theory (MEC).Originality/valueAs academic contributions, this paper develops a structural model that quantitatively demonstrates the impacts of Attributes perceived by consumers of coffee in capsules on the Consequences of consumption and its effects on their Values. The present survey is the first in the literature that uses structural models contemplating A-C-V. As managerial contributions, this survey provides relevant information to the decision-making of several stakeholders of the chain of coffee in capsules.

Offenders with Personality Disorder who Fail to Progress: A Case Control Study using PLS-SEM Path Analysis (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Mathlin ◽  
Mark Freestone ◽  
Celia Taylor ◽  
Jake Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Path Coefficients ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Control Study

BACKGROUND Offenders with personality disorder can be challenging to engage and retain in treatment. The UK offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway aims to proactively and responsively identify and engage offenders with personality disorder. However, a sub-population of offenders on the pathway have been found to not be accepted into any OPD service and therefore fail to progress. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify and describe offenders on the OPD pathway who fail to progress as well as understand the causal drivers by which individuals fail to progress in the pathway. METHODS A sample of 50 offenders on the OPD pathway who had been refused from at least two OPD services (non-progression group) were compared to 100 offenders accepted into OPD services (control group). Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to model the causal factors involved in not being accepted into OPD services. RESULTS The path coefficients in the structural model showed that the most influential factor in non-progression was attitude towards treatment (β = 0.41, P <.001, f2 = 0.25) alongside those with psychopathology (β = 0.41, P <.001, f2 = 0.25); specifically, psychopathy, psychosis and co-occurring personality disorder. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the study provide a basis of how to work with this population in the future to increase the likelihood of acceptance into OPD services.

scholarly journals Structural Equation Model of Strategies for Successful Stakeholder Management in PPPs

10.29007/d4lr ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajani Jayasuriya ◽  
Guomin Zhang ◽  
Rebecca Yang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Correct Selection ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Selection Of

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become an increasingly popular choice for the delivery of infrastructure facilities in the recent years. With the involvement of multiple numbers of stakeholders in a PPP project, stakeholder management (SM) plays a decisive role in project success. However, many issues in the recent PPP projects in Australia as well as around the world can be directly or indirectly related to the SM concerns of a project. The correct selection of SM strategies and a proper framework will help to solve most of the current SM related issues in PPP projects. In an attempt to understand these preemptive SM strategies and their links to SM management related issues in PPP projects, a hierarchical structural model was established. Subsequently, by employing the structural equation modelling technique, the model adapts a total of 34 SM strategies and 12 SM related issues. Based on the survey data collected across the industry experts who have exposure to a various number of PPP projects in Australia the results of the model confirmed that the stakeholder engagement is a key to minimize the SM related issues in the PPP projects. Further, interestingly stakeholder monitoring and SM related issues has a positive significant relationship suggesting that more the stakeholder monitoring might lead to more issues. Finally, the relationships between the main tasks of SM were confirmed via the model. With a clear understanding of the significance of these SM strategies in PPP projects the findings could potentially contribute to the PPP project success.

scholarly journals Case Study of Workplace Spirituality on Organizational Commitments among University Members in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Thamil Durai Chelliah ◽  
Chan Ling-Meng ◽  
Mathivannan Jaganathan ◽  
Ying-Yin Koay
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The University

Based on the recent past studies (Ahmad & Omar, 2015; Ke & Deng, 2018; Ghani, Abdullah & Allah, 2018), there are an increasing attention from the researchers to examine the workplace spirituality in the organization. This research study seeked to study the influences of workplace spirituality (Allen & Meyer , 2000) on organizational commitments among university members in Malaysia. Data of 240 responses were collected and analyzed via partial least square structural equation modelling to examine both the measurement and structural model. It is significantly accentuated that workplace spirituality influences the three dimensions of organizational commitment. From this empirical findings, it strongly suggested that the university shold find ways to embded this workplace spirityality into university members’ performance in order to enhance the loyalty and employee engagement with the university (Alas & Mousa, 2016).

ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING, NON-TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF SMEs

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 1650041 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIMITRIOS KAFETZOPOULOS ◽  
EVANGELOS PSOMAS
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Organisational Innovation ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review

The purpose of the present study is to analyse the role of organisational learning as an antecedent to non-technical innovation comprising organisational and marketing innovation. Examining the effect of these dimensions of non-technical innovation on customer satisfaction is also an aim of the present study. The paper formulates research hypotheses based on a comprehensive literature review. These hypotheses are tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) based on data collected from 226 Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The formulated conceptual model is strongly supported based on empirical evidence. The results confirm that organisational learning capability favours the development of organisational innovation and marketing innovation. Furthermore, the study shows that both dimensions of non-technical innovation promote the achievement of customer satisfaction.

scholarly journals The balance between work and home: The relationship between work and home demands and ill health of employed females

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Mostert
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Home Work ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Interference

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and home demands, work-home interference (WHI), home-work interference (HWI), and ill health of 500 employed females from various occupations. A structural model was tested with structural equation modelling. The results indicated that work demands (work pressure and work overload) are related to ill health (physical ill health, anxiety, depression) via WHI. On the other hand, home demands (home pressure and home overload) are directly related to HWI and to ill health.

scholarly journals The study of the relationship between 21st-century learner skills, individual innovativeness and epistemological beliefs of teacher candidates by structural equation modelling

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. S1-S15
Author(s):  
Ramazan Karatepe ◽  
Cenk Akay
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Epistemological Beliefs ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Individual Innovativeness ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the study reported on here was to build a structural model of the relationship between 21st-century learner skills, individual innovativeness and epistemological beliefs. Data of the study were collected with three different scales, namely, the 21st-Century Learner Skills Scale, the Epistemological Beliefs Scale, and the Individual Innovativeness Scale. The population of the study constituted 627 teacher candidates studying at Mersin University during the summer term of 2016 to 2017. After the data collection process, Structural Equation Modelling was applied through the LISREL program to determine what kind of model was established among the scales. According to the results, an increase of 1 unit in the Individual Innovativeness Scales leads to an increase of 0.51 units in the 21st-Century Learner Skills Scale, while an increase of 1 unit in the Epistemological Beliefs Scale results in an increase of 0.34 units in the 21st-Century Learner Skills Scale.

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of Students’ Mathematics Achievement Model through Structural Equation Modelling

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S2) ◽  
pp. 680-685
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Process

The used of teaching kit among teachers plays an important role in enhancing student performance, especially for the primary students. The study aimed at developing and evaluating students’ mathematics achievement model which consists of mathematical process skills, teaching kit and mathematics achievement latent variables of Year Three Primary School Students. Cluster random sampling was used to select 98 students from 15 schools in the North Kinta District in Perak, Malaysia. Mathematics teachers from each school were trained by researchers in the workshop in utilization of teaching kit. The Partial Least Squares approach in Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was utilized in developing and evaluating the model as the size of the sample was too small. The study indicates that there was significant relationship between mathematical process skills, teaching kit and mathematics achievement latent variables in the developed model. Apart of mathematical process skills, teaching kit also a significant contribution factor to students' mathematics achievement in the structural model. The study also showed that the mathematical process skills was attributed by teaching kit. In conclusion, this study had successfully developed and evaluated students’ achievement model based on mathematical process skills and the utilization of teaching kit. This study implied that apart from others factor, mathematical process skills and utilization of teaching kit are also contributing a different perspective to the process of students' learning and achievements.

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