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Hansen, Vincent, Sean Shih-Yao Liu, Stuart M. Schrader, Jeffery A. Dean, and Kelton T. Stewart. "Personality traits as a potential predictor of willingness to undergo various orthodontic treatments." Angle Orthodontist 83, no. 5 (February 1, 2013): 899–905. http://dx.doi.org/10.2319/070212-545.1.
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ABSTRACTObjective:To establish an association between patient personality traits and potential willingness to undergo various orthodontic treatments.Materials and Methods:One hundred adolescent individuals aged 12–16 years completed an anonymous electronic questionnaire via Survey Monkey. The 24-item questionnaire contained three major sections: patient demographics, a modified Big Five Inventory (BFI)-10 personality index, and a willingness to undergo treatment assessment. Multiple-variable linear regression analyses were used to determine the associations among age, gender, ethnicity, and the five personality traits simultaneously with willingness to undergo treatment. Statistical significance was set at P ≤ .05.Results:Ninety-six of the 100 individuals were included in the statistical analysis. Age, ethnicity, and gender failed to correlate with potential willingness to undergo orthodontic treatment. Several personality dimensions within the modified BFI-10 (agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism) were significantly associated with willingness to undergo various orthodontic treatments (P ≤ .05). Agreeableness demonstrated positive correlations with five treatment modalities, while both conscientiousness and neuroticism exhibited negative associations with a single treatment modality. Openness and extraversion were the only personality dimensions that failed to associate with any of the treatment modalities. Four of the nine treatment modalities had no association with patient demographics or a patient's personality dimensions.Conclusions:Personality traits are useful in predicting a patient's potential willingness to participate in various orthodontic treatments. The agreeableness dimension provided the most utility in predicting patient willingness. Age, ethnicity, and gender were not significant in predicting patient willingness.
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Degutis, Mindaugas, Sigitas Urbonavičius, Ignas Zimaitis, Vatroslav Skare, and Dalia Laurutytė. "Willingness to Disclose Personal Information: How to Measure it?" Engineering Economics 31, no. 4 (October 29, 2020): 487–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.31.4.25168.
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The study investigates a possibility of multidimensionality of a construct of willingness to disclose personal information (WTD). Willingness or unwillingness to disclose personal information has been a widely studied phenomenon as personal data is becoming increasingly important for many industries including marketing. Most of these studies treat the willingness to disclose personal information as a homogenous construct. In many cases it is measured by providing a number of personal information items and asking about the willingness to share them. Although recently there have been studies that find possible multidimensionality of the construct, most of them do not further elaborate this possibility. Therefore, we have adopted a scale used in many previous studies and made an attempt to test the hypotheses that would base the argument regarding the multidimensionality of this construct or even the possibility to consider several separate variables and constructs aimed at measuring the willingness to disclose personal data. This was achieved by using three antecedents of the willingness to disclose personal data – the perceived regulatory effectiveness, privacy awareness and disposition to value privacy – and comparing how they interact with different types of the willingness. This allowed to assess different relationship patterns between the antecedents and possible dimensions of the willingness to disclose personal information. We have employed Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to check the homogeneity of the willingness to disclose personal information and Structural Equation Modelling to test the patterns of the relations. We have found that there is more than one separate dimension of WTD which means it could not be treated as a homogenous construct. Factorial analysis distinguishes three types of the willingness linked with three types of data: the willingness to disclose personal data that includes individual facts (profile data), social networking data and online browsing/purchasing data. The conclusion of multidimensionality is also supported by the differences in relationship patterns observed between the antecedents and the willingness to disclose personal information.
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Wang, Cheng. "Consumer Acceptance of Self-service Technologies: An Ability–Willingness Model." International Journal of Market Research 59, no. 6 (November 2017): 787–802. http://dx.doi.org/10.2501/ijmr-2017-048.
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This study suggests that, in addition to willingness, ability is a relevant and important dimension of self-service technology (SST) acceptance and, going beyond prior studies' exclusive focus on willingness, develops an SST acceptance model that captures both consumer ability and willingness to use such technologies. Previous research on consumer acceptance of SSTs has focused primarily on consumers' willingness, while neglecting their ability – this is evident in many SST studies investigating adoption intentions. However, using an SST often requires skills and some level of confidence. Drawing upon the ability–willingness framework, this study adopts a cross-sectional field survey approach to recruit real consumers using self-checkout technology at a supermarket. Results from structural equation modelling based on 281 consumers highlight the relevance and importance of ability, and show that consumers' willingness and ability to use SSTs are determined by different factors.
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Yi, Sangchoul. "Willingness-to-Pay for Sustainable Aquaculture Products: Evidence from Korean Red Seabream Aquaculture." Sustainability 11, no. 6 (March 15, 2019): 1577. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11061577.
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A New Ecological Paradigm scale was used as a measurement tool to determine consumer perception of the environment through the context of red seabream (Pagrus major) aquaculture and the use of copper-alloy nets. To identify the underlying dimension of consumer perception, exploratory factor analysis was conducted, which showed that consumer perception comprised two dimensions—nature and balance, and human dominance—yielding two indicators as independent variables for a contingent valuation method estimation. The estimation results indicate that demographic variables and one consumer perception variable (i.e., the human dominance indicator) are insignificant. However, the economic variable, one consumer perception variable (i.e., nature and balance), and seafood preference are significant. Finally, willingness-to-pay was estimated for sustainable aquaculture products by comparing the mean willingness-to-pay within New Ecological Paradigm-level groups.
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Chang, Ting-Pong Vincent, Jo Rhodes, and Peter Lok. "The Mediating Effect of Brand Trust Between Online Customer Reviews and Willingness to Buy." Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations 11, no. 1 (January 2013): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2013010102.
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This research investigates how online customer reviews affect consumer decision-making (willingness to buy) during their first purchase of services or products. By using brand trust as a mediating variable in the relationship between online customers’ reviews and consumers’ willingness to buy, data was collected through a quasi-experiment approach, and analysed using structural equation modelling. 240 returns were used in this study (a response rate of approximately 70%). The findings demonstrated that the “reliability dimension” of brand trust has a mediating effect on online customer reviews’ valence to willingness to buy, while the “intentionality dimension” had little effect. Furthermore, the findings also suggested that online customer reviews generated by in-group and out-group reviewers have little effect on purchasing decisions when viewing the reviews from an independent source. These results suggest that marketers should focus more on managing negative online customer reviews that have a damaging effect on brand trust.
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Prasetya, Syarief Gerald. "PENGARUH PELAYANAN PINJAMAN KREDIT TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN MEMBELI PADA PT. BESS FINANCE CABANG LEUWILIANG BOGOR." Jurnal Ilmiah Binaniaga 9, no. 1B (June 21, 2019): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.33062/jib.v9i1b.333.
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Quality of care is the central point for service companies because it will mempengruhi customer satisfaction. It is intended that all the goods or services being offered will have a good place in the eyes of society. Customer satisfaction will occur if service quality is good, where good service quality includes five dimensions of service quality, namely: physical evidence (tangible), reliability (realibility), responsiveness (responsiveness), assurance (assurance), several benefits, including relationships between the company and its customers to be harmonious, allowing repurchase and creation of customer loyalty and member recommendation by word of mouth (word of mouth) that benefit the company. Provide the best services, responsiveness dimension includes the willingness of employees to help customers and provide prompt delivery, assurance dimension includes courtesy of employees and their ability to evoke a sense of trust and confidence of consumers, as well as the dimensions of empathy that includes a sense of caring and concern given to the customer. The fifth dimension beyond so-called SERVQUAL (service quality), which is an instrument measuring the quality of service.Keyword:Service quality
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Thapa, Mahendra Bhushan. "Dimension of Dialectic Politics." Journal of Political Science 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2004): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jps.v7i1.1695.
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The world is guided by power politics. The power politics is the core process for regulating human behaviour activised in the society. The society is regulated and maintained with the provision of law and order sanctioned by power politics. Everybody has strong willingness for gaining power for the fulfilment of the self-interest and also for the betterment of the society. But from the view point of human nature, self-interest is more stronger than the interest in the society. The objective of this article is to analyze power politics for the fulfilment of human interest based on the struggle for power. Journal of Political Science Vol.7(1) 2004 20-28
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Kuruvilla, Sarosh, and Jack Fiorito. "Who Will Help? Willingness to Work for the Union." Articles 49, no. 3 (April 12, 2005): 548–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/050959ar.
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This paper proposes and tests a model of a critical union commitment dimension: "Willingness to work" for the union. Organization and social psychological theories, along with previous empirical research, are used to develop the conceptual model, measures, and predictions. These predictions are tested via a two stage regression model, using data from a large sample of Swedish professional union members. As predicted, both attitudinal commitment and subjective norms are critical influences on the individual's willingness to work on behalf of the union.
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Sikorskaya, I. "INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: INTERCULTURAL DIMENSION." INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN MODERN SCIENCE 8, no. 17 (October 23, 2017): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.26886/2414-634x.8(17)2017.3.
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The paper presents some aspects of the internationalization of higher education from the angle of intercultural dimension, namely willingness of host universities to create and maintain the multicultural environment, readiness of the incoming students to immerse into foreign cultural environment, their adaptation towards western educational practices, as well as the issues of the internationalization of the curriculum. The author also emphasizes that learning styles are diverse in different cultures, which should be taken into consideration by host institutions.Key words: higher education, internationalization, intercultural dimension, curriculum, international students, diverse learning styles
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Guénin-Paracini, Henri, Bertrand Malsch, and Marie-Soleil Tremblay. "On the Operational Reality of Auditors' Independence: Lessons from the Field." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 34, no. 2 (September 1, 2014): 201–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-50905.
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SUMMARY Auditor independence, which has certainly been one of the most addressed topics in auditing literature, is a complex and ambiguous construct that can be analyzed along two dimensions. The first dimension, organizational independence, relates to auditors' willingness to act in accordance with professional standards and to report errors found during the audit. The second dimension, operational independence, relates to auditors' capability to work diligently and effectively in order to detect material anomalies. Surprisingly, “much of the debate has [so far] focused on the former,” while the latter has remained largely “under-discussed” (Power 1999, 132), if not ignored. In this paper, based on ethnographic data and semi-structured interviews, we examine the realities of auditors' operational independence and discuss the practical and theoretical implications of our findings. Our evidence suggests that auditors' operational independence is both unsettled in practice and impossible to achieve through institutional measures alone. This view may challenge orthodox and regulatory conceptions of audit, but the smooth conduct of an audit engagement largely depends on the auditees' desire to cooperate. In order to arouse and maintain this desire, audit team members resort to a number of relational strategies that aim at securing their capability to work with diligence and efficacy, but that can also undermine their willingness to take enforcement action when necessary. Audit, therefore, appears to be a complex balancing act between capability and willingness. Ultimately, it is shown that because official arrangements designed to guarantee operational independence are unlikely to be effective, the reality of auditor independence remains highly uncertain and needs to be constantly negotiated and renegotiated in the field.
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Anwar, Suhardi M., and Goso. "Effect of Dimensions of Service Quality Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty of Islamic Bank in the Perspective of Islam in Palopo." Journal of Education and Vocational Research 7, no. 3 (October 9, 2016): 48–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jevr.v7i3.1415.
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This paper aims to analyze the quality of service using five dimensions that is tangible empathy, Reliability, Responsiveness, and Assurance. Where the first tangible dimension using attribute consists of the location, appearance of staff, office facilities are up-to-date, the cleanliness of the office, and exterior offices. The second dimension empathy that use attributes greet customers by name, an apology for the error service, understand customer needs, personal attention, and operational time. The dimensions of the third namely reliability that use service attributes as promised, timeliness of services, verification requests, and sincerity helped. The fourth dimension is the responsiveness attributes staff's willingness to help, the notification time of service, speed of service, readiness to serve. Then dimension the latter is the dimension of assurance that use attributes confidence in the ability of staff, courtesy staff, security transactions, and staff in still customer confidence. This research tested using SEM analysis, quality of service significant positive effect directly on customer satisfaction, means the better quality of service perceived by the customer, the higher the satisfaction of using services provided by the Islamic Bank in Palopo. Conversely, if the lower the quality of the service perceived by the customer, diminishing also their satisfaction to use the service provided by the Islamic Bank in the City of Palopo . Thus it can be conclusion that states that the quality of service in the perspective of Islam have a significant effect on customer satisfaction Islamic Bank in Palopo acceptable.
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Minkov, Michael, Michael H. Bond, Pinaki Dutt, Michael Schachner, Oswaldo Morales, Carlos Sanchez, Janar Jandosova, Yerlan Khassenbekov, and Ben Mudd. "A Reconsideration of Hofstede’s Fifth Dimension: New Flexibility Versus Monumentalism Data From 54 Countries." Cross-Cultural Research 52, no. 3 (August 29, 2017): 309–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397117727488.
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Hofstede’s “long-term orientation” (LTO) may be one of the most important dimensions of national culture, as it highlights differences on a continuum from East Asia to Africa and Latin America, strongly associated with differences in educational achievement. However, LTO’s structure lacks theoretical coherence. We show that a statistically similar, and theoretically more focused and coherent, dimension of national culture, called “flexibility versus monumentalism,” or vice versa, can be extracted from national differences in self-enhancement and self-stability or self-consistency, as well as a willingness to help people. Using data from nearly 53,000 respondents recruited probabilistically from 54 countries, we provide a new national flexibility-versus-monumentalism index that measures key cultural differences on the world’s East–West geographic axis and predicts educational achievement better than LTO or any other known dimension of national culture.
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Kobierecki, Michał Marcin. "The domestic dimension of sports diplomacy." Review of Nationalities 9, no. 1 (December 1, 2019): 17–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pn-2019-0002.
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AbstractSports diplomacy is a tool of foreign policy. Similarly to public diplomacy, for which sports diplomacy is a sub-category, it may also have a domestic dimension. The objective of the research was to overview key types of sports diplomacy activities pursued by governments from the perspective of their internal political significance and to answer the research question whether sports diplomacy may be used to influence the domestic public. The hypothesis to be verified within the research stated that sports diplomacy, despite being a foreign policy tool, is not separated from the internal policy.The research allowed for confirmation of the hypothesis. It has been observed that both sports diplomacy directed at shaping relations with other countries and at influencing the international image of a state, apart from their external dimensions, also have an effect on the domestic public. It may be about testing the society’s willingness and readiness for a change in the state of relations with another country or might be connected with creating national unity.
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Garza, Ricardo, and Alberto Lopez. "Measuring Innovation Culture: A Synthesis of the Innovation Culture Construct and Identification of its Research Clusters." Multidisciplinary Business Review 13, no. 1 (July 1, 2020): 42–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35692/07183992.13.1.5.
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We provide an integrative review of the previous research that has measured the innovation culture construct. Our data reveal that the construct has been composed of 28 different dimensions in previous research. Furthermore, these dimensions can be graphed along two axes: presence of the dimension in the literature and importance of the dimension within every single research project in which it appears. This analysis shows that the dimensions can be integrated into a four-quadrant matrix: 1) core dimensions: those high in both importance and presence; 2) niche dimensions: those high in importance but relatively low in presence; 3) minor dimensions: those low in both importance and presence; and 4) generic dimensions: those low in importance but high in presence in the literature. Moreover, by conducting a multiple correspondence analysis along with cluster analysis, we can provide a detailed structure of the construct by revealing that scholars have measured innovation culture in seven fundamental different ways, through 1) employee characteristics, 2) external orientation and strategy, 3) internal communication, 4) collaboration, 5) willingness to change, 6) technology employed, and 7) adoption of new ideas. We finally provide a discussion section and suggest areas that have the greatest potential for future exploration in measuring the innovation culture construct.
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Cohen, Aaron. "Dual Commitment to the Organization and the Union." Articles 60, no. 3 (January 26, 2006): 432–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/012154ar.
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This study examines the multi-dimensional nature of the dual commitment to the organization and the union. Most research that has examined this concept has used only one dimension for each commitment. The most established, multi-dimensional scales of organizational and union commitment were examined in their relationship to work and union correlates. The participants were 489 members (a 65% response rate) of the Union of Nurses in Israel. The findings showed that while affective commitment and union loyalty are related to the correlates examined here, the additional dimensions added significant variance to the results already explained by affective commitment and union loyalty. For example, normative commitment is related to four correlates and the variable “willingness to work for the union” is also strongly related to the correlates. The study concluded that utilizing only one dimension to examine each commitment might result in the loss of valuable information on dual commitment.
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Behe, Bridget, and Susan Barton. "Consumer Perceptions of Product and Service Quality Attributes in Six U.S. States." Journal of Environmental Horticulture 18, no. 2 (June 1, 2000): 71–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-18.2.71.
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Abstract Of seven dimensions contributing to garden center quality, customers ranked plant quality as the most important dimension (30%) and responsiveness and assurance as half as important (15%); the other dimensions (tangibles, reliability, empathy, quality of non-plant products) were slightly less important (10%). Plant health and condition (32%) was the most important plant or product characteristic, followed by price (22%) and assortment and variety (21%). Large gaps between customer expectations and perceptions existed for ‘clearly marking plant price’ (0.9), ‘willingness to offer guarantees’ (0.8), ‘plant health’ and ‘name labeling’ (0.7). Service quality gaps were reported for the tangibles dimension in the range of 0 to −0.29 and in the other four dimensions (reliability, empathy, responsiveness and assurance) in the range of −0.30 to −0.59. More frequent purchasers (Buyer 3—people who made more than 10 purchases from surveyed outlets) purchased over two-thirds of their plants from the survey outlet and had higher reliability perceptions as compared to less frequent purchasers (Buyers 1 and 2). When respondents were categorized by their expenditure at the survey outlet, those with lower expenditures ($1–50) had lower perceptions in all five service quality dimensions. Traditional retail customers responded with higher perceptions in all five service quality dimensions than mass merchandiser customers.
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Héliot, YingFei, and Michael Riley. "A study of indicators of willingness in the knowledge transfer process." Journal of Management & Organization 16, no. 3 (July 2010): 399–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200002042.
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AbstractThe literature on knowledge transfer is confident in its assertion that a ‘stickiness’ pervades knowledge disclosure process. This phenomenon is often attributed to structural communication barriers but an equally valid explanation could stem from the individual feeling a sense of ownership of their knowledge which then engenders a reluctance to be open about their knowledge within a formal knowledge transfer process. We pursue this idea theoretically through notions of possessiveness and psychological ownership; and empirically by exploring the concept of willingness to disclose. Assuming willingness to be unidimensional a methodology is put forward that uses indicators to measures its direction. Using a sample of 1050 UK engineers we illustrate the direction of willingness on a reluctance–willing dimension. We argue that knowledge transfer requires management to examine more closely the stimuli that affect the process.
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Héliot, YingFei, and Michael Riley. "A study of indicators of willingness in the knowledge transfer process." Journal of Management & Organization 16, no. 3 (July 2010): 399–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.16.3.399.
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AbstractThe literature on knowledge transfer is confident in its assertion that a ‘stickiness’ pervades knowledge disclosure process. This phenomenon is often attributed to structural communication barriers but an equally valid explanation could stem from the individual feeling a sense of ownership of their knowledge which then engenders a reluctance to be open about their knowledge within a formal knowledge transfer process. We pursue this idea theoretically through notions of possessiveness and psychological ownership; and empirically by exploring the concept of willingness to disclose. Assuming willingness to be unidimensional a methodology is put forward that uses indicators to measures its direction. Using a sample of 1050 UK engineers we illustrate the direction of willingness on a reluctance–willing dimension. We argue that knowledge transfer requires management to examine more closely the stimuli that affect the process.
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Witzke, H. Peter, and Guido Urfei. "Willingness To Pay for Environmental Protection in Germany: Coping With the Regional Dimension." Regional Studies 35, no. 3 (May 2001): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713693807.
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Urfei, H. Peter Witzke, Guido. "Willingness To Pay for Environmental Protection in Germany: Coping With the Regional Dimension." Regional Studies 35, no. 3 (May 1, 2001): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343400123557.
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Mahendra Bhandesa, Asthadi, Putu Indrayoni, and Ni Luh Putu Kartiningsih. "Health Behavior of Abuan Village Community: Social Dimension Review." Udayana Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (UJoSSH) 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/ujossh.2019.v03.i01.p04.
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The development of health is basically an effort to increase awareness, willingness, and the ability of every person to commit a healthy life to achieve the highest level of public health. Health behavior is influenced by several factors including physical, mental, spiritual, and social. This study aims to gain clarity about the social dimensions of the health behavior of the people of Abuan Village, Kecut, Bangli. Data collection in this research using observation, interview, and document study technique. Furthermore, the technique of data analysis is through data reduction or chosen according to research purpose. In the process of data analysis carried out throughout the study or carried out continuously from the beginning to the end of the study. Through the process of systematically tracking and arranging interview transcripts, field notes, and other materials, showed that the social dimension of health behavior in the form of a) human relationship with God; b) human relationships with humans; and c) human relationships with the environment.
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Madrigal, Robert, and David M. Boush. "Social responsibility as a unique dimension of brand personality and consumers' willingness to reward." Psychology and Marketing 25, no. 6 (2008): 538–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mar.20224.
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Landon, Tracy, and John F. Mesinger. "Teacher Tolerance Ratings on Problem Behaviors." Behavioral Disorders 14, no. 4 (August 1989): 236–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019874298901400402.
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A modified 36-item version of the Disturbing Behavior Checklist was used to examine the dimension of frequency in teachers' judgments about willingness to tolerate inappropriate behaviors in regular classrooms. Two samples of clinical teachers were asked to respond to the scale developed to explore this dimension: teachers in regular classes judging for themselves and special education teachers predicting how the generality of regular teachers might respond. The two groups differed on only 4 of the 36 behaviors. Three additional questions about tolerance of the addition of seriously emotionally disturbed children to mainstream classes were posed and no significant differences between groups were found. It was concluded that teacher opinions on these questions are worthy of respect and that the dimension of frequency of behavioral disorders should be examined in subsequent research.
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Komarov, A. S. "WRITER'S STRATEGIES IN THE INTERCOURSE WITH THE READER IN BELLES-LETTRES." MGIMO Review of International Relations, no. 3(36) (June 28, 2014): 252–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2014-3-36-252-260.
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The article is devoted to some strategies aimed at involving the reader into the writer's book by means of making the reader's attitude to its content personal or subjective. In the article it is stated that there are two components which are intrinsic to virtual intercourse between writer and reader. One of the components is the content of the writer's publication while the other is the reader's attitude towards the content suggested. The article shows that the reader's attitude encompasses two processes: the process of self-estrangement from the writer's content and the process of self-involvement into it. In the article, the author analyses these two processes in relation to the content of the book. In the article, the author singles out and gives descriptions of such dimensions of the book's content as its topical and emotional dimension, its depth, human nature dimension and interpersonal relations dimension as well as of strategies used by the writer in order to involve the reader into his writings. The author argues that a successful strategy is based on managing to touch the reader to the quick, i.e. his or her subjectivity, and the result of successfulness can be measured by the reader's readiness and willingness to sink into one of the dimensions suggested. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that signs of the successful strategy can be traced in the reader's return to the intercourse with the writer when he or she rereads the writer's books, repeats or makes references to words, situations or ideas suggested or described by the writer who has grasped the reader's attention in one or several content dimensions.
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Majid, Abdul, Muhammad Yasir, and Muhammad Yasir. "Individual and work dynamics affecting the determinants of functional flexibility in SMEs." Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 9, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 144–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeee-03-2016-0008.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into how individual and work factors are related to the attitudes of functional flexibility by using the willingness and ability to be flexible as dimensions of functional flexibility. Design/methodology/approach This study is conducted through a survey of workers and administrative staff of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. Correlation and hierarchical regression techniques were used to find out the association of the dimensions of functional flexibility with the individual and work factors. Individual factors include demographic characteristics, work perception and personality traits, whereas work factors include trust in management, task formalization and autonomy. Findings Individual factors (i.e. general self-efficacy and initiative) and one of the work factors (i.e. trust in management) showed a positive relation, whereas task formalization was negatively related with the willingness to be flexible. General self-efficacy of workers and administrative staff was positively correlated with the ability to be flexible dimension of functional flexibility. It was concluded from the findings that the two dimensions of functional flexibility, willingness to be flexible and ability to be flexible, of employees depend on fair treatment and freedom provided by their organization. Research limitations/implications The current study was conducted on the employees of SMEs in Pakistan. A similar study on employees of multi-national corporations (MNCs) and service sectors may be useful for comparison. Practical implications Management should improve the attitudes of employees toward functional flexibility in SMEs in Pakistan by creating a climate of trust, using lower degree of laid down and prescribed procedures and giving them opportunities for doing new tasks. Furthermore, providing them feedback on the performance and achievement of these new tasks would also help in this regard. Originality/value The SMEs of Pakistan are in the process of transformational change. This study highlights the key factors that would be helpful to enhance the functional flexibility of employees working in the SME sector in Pakistan.
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Lamb, Martin. "The motivational dimension of language teaching." Language Teaching 50, no. 3 (May 31, 2017): 301–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261444817000088.
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Motivation is recognized as a vital component in successful second language learning, and has been the subject of intensive research in recent decades. This review focuses on a growing branch of this research effort, that which examines the motivational effects of language teaching. This is pertinent because, despite enhanced mobility and expanding access to foreign languages online, most learners’ early encounters with the second language (L2) still take place in classrooms, and these encounters may shape attitudes and determine students’ willingness to invest further in the L2. Four main types of research are reviewed: first, that which deliberately seeks to identify and evaluate strategies to motivate L2 learners; second, that which has tested the validity of psychological theories of motivation by applying their precepts in L2 classrooms; third, that which assesses the motivational effects of a pedagogical innovation or intervention; fourth, research on what has been too often the unintended outcome of language education, namely learner demotivation. The review highlights the complexity of the relationship between teaching and learner motivation but an attempt is made to articulate some emerging verities and to point towards the most promising avenues for future research.
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Cho, Yoon C. "Exploring Relationship Among Customer Dissatisfaction, Complaints, And Loyalty In The Virtualized Environment: Roles Of Advanced Services." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 12, no. 11 (January 4, 2014): 1343. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v12i11.8381.
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Various studies support how satisfied customers become loyal customers by investigating attitudes and behavior, while fewer studies have examined links among dissatisfaction, complaints, and loyalty, particularly in the virtualized environment. By applying justice dimension, the purpose of this study is to explore i) how different types of justice affect customer dissatisfaction; ii) how the level of customer dissatisfaction affects willingness to complain/complaining behavior; iii) how willingness to complain/complaining behavior affects repeat purchase behavior based on how complaints are resolved by a company; and iv) how repeat purchase behavior affects loyalty. Proposed relationships are investigated with effects of advanced services (i.e., 2Is, Interactivity and Individualization) and product category that are applied in the virtualized environment. By applying various statistical analyses, this study provides managerial and theoretical implications and offers suggestions to e-businesses.
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Fernández del Río, Elena, Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa, Ángel Castro, and Juan Ramón Barrada. "Sociosexuality and Bright and Dark Personality: The Prediction of Behavior, Attitude, and Desire to Engage in Casual Sex." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 15 (July 31, 2019): 2731. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152731.
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Research about sociosexuality, understood as differences in people’s willingness to have sex without commitment in terms of its predictors, such as demographics, relationship status, or individual traits, such as personality, is still scarce. Although sociosexuality was initially considered unidimensional, a tridimensional structure—with behavior, attitudes, and desire as its components—is gaining momentum in the literature nowadays. The present study proposes to develop different predictive models for each dimension, examining the role of personality (i.e., the “Big Five” and the “Dark Tetrad”) and sociodemographic variables. Participants were 991 university students from a Spanish university (75.5% women, 72.0% heterosexual, Mage = 20.66). Our results provide evidence that predictors of sociosexuality vary depending on the dimension under analysis. Being female, older, not having a heterosexual orientation, and not being involved in a current relationship predicted higher scores in sociosexual behavior and attitudes. Regarding personality, psychopathy and extraversion were the only traits involved in all three components of sociosexuality. Neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientiousness also play a role in the prediction of some of the sociosexuality dimensions. These results help to disentangle the relationship between personality and sociosexuality and to design more effective programs and policies to promote sexual health.
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NØRSKOV, SLADJANA, YUN MI ANTORINI, and MORTEN BERG JENSEN. "INNOVATIVE BRAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE IDEAS WITH COMPANIES." International Journal of Innovation Management 20, no. 06 (July 13, 2016): 1650046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919616500468.
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With the aim of contributing to the existing knowledge of brand community members and their willingness to share ideas, we investigate whether and how brand community innovators’ (i) lead user characteristics, (ii) brand community identification, (iii) brand knowledge, (iv) brand loyalty and (v) preferences regarding the brand owner’s interference in community activities influence their willingness to share their ideas with the company. In contrast to earlier studies, which inquired into brand community members’ intentions to share their ideas [see Füller, J, K Matzler and M Hoppe (2008). Brand community members as a source of innovation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 25, 608–619], we studied members who had already innovated and were actively involved in innovation processes. Using a survey of the Adult Fans of Lego (AFOL) community, we found that brand community members’ willingness to share their ideas is positively related to the ahead of the trend (AT) dimension of lead user characteristics, brand community identification and brand loyalty. Interference by the company in community activities also plays a role. Surprisingly, the brand community innovators perceive this role oppositely to what prior research on firm-hosted and open-source communities suggests. This study extends our knowledge of brand communities by demonstrating how brand community innovators’ interpersonal contexts, personal traits and brand perceptions may promote or demote willingness to share.
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Hurt, Stephen R., Donna Lee, and Ulrike Lorenz-Carl. "The Argumentative Dimension to the EU-Africa EPAs." International Negotiation 18, no. 1 (2013): 67–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718069-12341250.
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Abstract Not only is the participation of developing countries in international trade negotiations growing, so is their influence over the global trade agenda. This article highlights the increasing activism and impact of African states through a detailed study of the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU). In examining African resistance to EPAs, the article develops a constructivist approach to North-South trade negotiations that pays close attention to the role of development discourses. We argue that the growing willingness of African states to challenge the EU to deliver on its development promises during the decade-long EPA process was crucial to informing their sustained opposition to the EU’s goal of completing a comprehensive set of sub-regional economic agreements. We document African resistance to EU trade diplomacy in the EPAs, exploring how these otherwise weak countries were able to pursue normative-based negotiation strategies by recourse to the EU’s promise of a ‘development partnership.’
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Follmer, Kayla B., Brett H. Neely, Kisha S. Jones, and Samuel T. Hunter. "To Lead Is to Err: The Mediating Role of Attribution in the Relationship Between Leader Error and Leader Ratings." Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 26, no. 1 (April 4, 2018): 18–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1548051818767392.
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The purpose of this study was threefold: to expand the existing leader error taxonomy to include a third dimension of leader error (i.e., ethical errors), to examine the differential effects of error type on leader ratings, and to test a mediated model in which behavioral attribution mediated the relationship between error type and leader ratings. Results showed that ethical errors were distinct from previously established dimensions. Ethical and relationship errors resulted in lower ratings of leader liking and willingness to follow the leader, as compared to task errors. In addition to showing how error types differentially affected leader ratings, this study provided evidence for how this relationship is transmitted. Across two mediation models, behavioral attribution mediated the relationship between leader error and leader ratings after an error occurred. Theoretical and practical contributions are discussed as well as future directions for research.
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Durkee, Patrick K., Aaron W. Lukaszewski, and David M. Buss. "Psychological foundations of human status allocation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 35 (August 18, 2020): 21235–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006148117.
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Competing theories of status allocation posit divergent conceptual foundations upon which human status hierarchies are built. We argue that the three prominent theories of status allocation—competence-based models, conflict-based models, and dual-pathway models—can be distinguished by the importance that they place on four key affordance dimensions: benefit-generation ability, benefit-generation willingness, cost-infliction ability, and cost-infliction willingness. In the current study, we test competing theoretical predictions about the relative centrality of each affordance dimension to clarify the foundations of human status allocation. We examined the extent to which American raters’ (n= 515) perceptions of the benefit-generation and cost-infliction affordances of 240 personal characteristics predict the status impacts of those same personal characteristics as determined by separate groups of raters (n= 2,751) across 14 nations. Benefit-generation and cost-infliction affordances were both positively associated with status allocation at the zero-order level. However, the unique effects of benefit-generation affordances explained most of the variance in status allocation when competing with cost-infliction affordances, whereas cost-infliction affordances were weak or null predictors. This finding suggests that inflicting costs without generating benefits does not reliably increase status in the minds of others among established human groups around the world. Overall, the findings bolster competence-based theories of status allocation but offer little support for conflict-based and dual-pathway models.
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Smirnov, A. "Islamic Factor in Russia’s Politics: Opportunities and Constraints of Influence." World Economy and International Relations, no. 9 (2011): 72–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2011-9-72-80.
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The article deals with the problem of formation of domestic identification structures in which, according to the author, the Euro-Atlantic dimension is not the only one despite its significance. The importance of our nation's ability and willingness to position itself in non-Western societies, in particular to find the appropriate approach to the Islamic world. In no other sphere the interests of foreign policy are so closely and so hard intertwined with the requirements of internal security.
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Makki, Anas A., and Ibrahim Mosly. "Factors Affecting Public Willingness to Adopt Renewable Energy Technologies: An Exploratory Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (January 23, 2020): 845. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12030845.
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Renewable energy has become an important element of today’s modern technology targeting high-efficiency energy production. As part of its 2030 Vision, Saudi Arabia is aiming to increase its energy production through renewable sources. The purpose of this research study is to explore the factors affecting public willingness to adopt renewable energy technologies in the western region of Saudi Arabia. This was achieved through an extensive literature review of previous studies conducted worldwide and resulted in the extraction of 19 factors that affect public willingness to adopt renewable energy technologies. Following a quantitative research design, random cross-sectional data of 416 participants using the extracted factors were collected via an online questionnaire survey. Following a dimension reduction statistical approach, key components were extracted with exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis. Five main components clustering the 19 extracted factors were revealed: cost and government regulations and policies, public awareness and local market, environment and public infrastructure, residential building, and renewable energy technology systems. The implications of this research study assist in guiding governments, regulations and policy makers, marketing agencies, and investors to better understand the concerns and enablers of renewable energy technologies adoption from the public perspective.
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Kuczyńska-Zonik, Aleksandra. "Partnerstwo Wschodnie jako kluczowy element polityki zagranicznej państw bałtyckich." Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 17, no. 2 (December 2019): 137–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.36874/iesw.2019.2.5.
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One of the foreign policy priorities of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is to support the Eastern Partnership (EaP) programme as a strategic dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy and a key element of stability and economic progress in Eastern Europe. The Baltic States are of the opinion that relations with the EaP states should remain one of the priorities of the Eastern Dimension of the EU’s foreign policy. The cooperation of the Baltic States with the Eastern partners results both from the ambitions and willingness to strengthen international prestige and role, as well as the need to ensure security and stability of the region in the context of Russia’s aggressive policy. The 10th anniversary of EaP is an opportunity to assess the contribution of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the development of the programme and to discuss the future of cooperation.
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Ruman, Natialia Maria. "Solidarity as a virtue: Attitudes and principles of human life in the thoughts of John Paul II from the pedagogical perspective." Forum Pedagogiczne 4, no. 1 (November 13, 2016): 209–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/fp.2014.1.13.
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For the proper functioning of society and the peaceful coexistence of different groups of people, communities and the state, it is essential to educate young people towards the readiness for mutual solidarity. In the absence of willingness to show mutual solidarity, a society can neither function properly nor live, however small this willingness may be. The common objectives of a nation, cultural heritage and tradition build awareness of solidarity within the particular society or nation. Therefore, the functionally conditioned consciousness of solidarity should be rooted and ultimately motivated by the universal solidarity of all men. In his teaching, John Paul II deepened the motivation for solidarity as a human and Christian virtue, emphasising its social dimension. The pope drew attention to the theological understanding of solidarity, developing the theme of solidarity on the deep background of social issue and its global dimension. Young people should be educated to participate in social and cultural life in the spirit of solidarity. They should be led to realization that the welfare of the nation depends on their moral attitude, the will to survive, the fidelity to values which have shaped the history and culture of the community over the centuries. Solidarity is motivated by a natural openness of human beings to other persons with whom there is a need to cooperate in pursuit of the common good. Hence, there is a need for constant readiness to accept and complete the tasks which result from the participation of the individual in social life.
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Sharma, Eesha, Stephanie Tully, and Cynthia Cryder. "Psychological Ownership of (Borrowed) Money." Journal of Marketing Research 58, no. 3 (March 30, 2021): 497–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022243721993816.
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The current research introduces the concept of psychological ownership of borrowed money, a construct that represents how much consumers feel that borrowed money is their own. The authors observe both individual-level and contextual-level variation in the degree to which consumers feel psychological ownership of borrowed money, and variation on this dimension predicts willingness to borrow money for discretionary purchases. At an individual level, psychological ownership of borrowed money is distinct from other individual factors such as debt aversion, financial literacy, income, intertemporal discounting, materialism, propensity to plan, self-control, spare money, and tightwad–spendthrift tendencies, and it predicts willingness to borrow above and beyond these factors. At a contextual level, the authors document systematic differences in psychological ownership between different debt types. They show that these differences in psychological ownership manifest in consumers’ online search behavior and explain consumers’ differential interest in borrowing across debt types. Finally, the authors demonstrate that psychological ownership of borrowed money is malleable, such that framing debt using language lower in psychological ownership can reduce consumers’ propensity to borrow.
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Bahri, Saepul. "Analisis Tingkat Kualitas Pelayanan Nasabah Pegadaian Syariah Cabang Veteran Purwakarta." EKSISBANK: Ekonomi Syariah dan Bisnis Perbankan 2, no. 2 (December 25, 2018): 18–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.37726/ee.v2i2.48.
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Based on the results of the research and discussion on the Level of Quality Analysis of the Syariah Pawnshop Customer Service at the Veteran Purwakarta Branch, some conclusions can be drawn as follows: (1) From the physical evidence at the Pegadaian Syariah Branch Veterans Purwakarta the community considers that the condition of the building owned and the way employees are in look good enough, and the promotion carried out by the pawnshop can attract the public to transact at pawnshops; (2) The reliability of sharia pawnshops in conducting services on time is considered to be good enough, some customers are satisfied. In addition, sharia entrepreneurs also never break promises, and always try to help solve problems faced by their customers at the time of the transaction, and always be careful in recording data; (3) The responsiveness of sharia pawnshops is a willingness to assist and provide prompt and appropriate services to customers, with clear information delivery and willingness to welcome customers to be assessed by the Veteran Purwakarta Branch of Pawnshop customers as considered to be the most important and have the most dominant influence to increase customer satisfaction; (4) Guarantees and certainty given by the branch of Veterans Purwakarta sharia pawnshop, namely the trustworthy nature of employees, adequate knowledge of the problem of sharia pawnshop products, as well as the polite attitude of sharia pawnshop employees towards customers who wish to transact which the community values are good; (5) Attention given by the Veteran Purwakarta branch pawnshop to sharia pawnshop customers get a good response. The customer considers that the pawnshop is able to provide convenience in conducting transactions, can understand the needs of its customers, and provide personal attention to its customers. Of the five service dimensions it is known that the dimensions of service that are considered the best according to respondents' perceptions are the Tangible dimension (physical evidence) which is 79%. While the assessment is low according to the respondent's perception that is in the dimensions of Reliability (reliability) that is equal to 76.5%.
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Cacho-Elizondo, Silvia, and Leïla Loussaïef. "The Influence of Sustainable Development on Retail Store Image." International Business Research 3, no. 3 (June 11, 2010): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v3n3p100.
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This article explores young consumers’ perceptions of the sustainable development (SD) initiatives of French food retailers and evaluates their impact on the brand image of the retailers and their relationships with consumers. The methodology incorporated the analysis of the websites of the main French food retailers, a press review, eight in-depth interviews and a face-to-face survey. The findings highlight that young consumers tend to link SD more to ecology and less to social and economic issues. When a retailer’s SD actions are perceived and valued, young consumers show an emotional connection that is translated into positive attitudes, purchasing intentions and a willingness to recommend the retailer. When young consumers are not sensitive to SD actions, they continue to choose their retailer on the basis of geographical proximity. Five key dimensions seem to best describe brand image in relation to SD actions: Sympathy, Innovativeness, Human Touch, Responsibility and Opportunistic Behaviour. This last dimension is the only one with a negative connotation. This is because for some consumers, investments in SD are considered to be mostly driven by profit-seeking.
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Suleic, Marijana. "Gender implications of illiteracy: Dimension of illiteracy and it’s victims." Temida 16, no. 3-4 (2013): 149–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tem1304149s.
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In the society we live in today, when human rights are spoken about, the notions of female identity and of female human rights often occupy a large space in the various theoretical debates. One of the reasons for the continued prevalence of such notions is the unequal position of women in the context of gender politics. When we take into account the different contexts in which women live, such as distance from the center, a marginalized position in some cases and a very bad image of education, taking responsibility for building a stable identity becomes one of the most important questions. According to UNESCO reports in 2007, every fourth woman suffers from the consequences of illiteracy, which are more significant in rural areas (UNESCO, 2007). Education still does not have an important place in debates in political circles in spite of efforts invested. The situation becomes more complicated when the lack of gender senstivity in educational policy and stereotypes about female roles in society are added to the existing state of inequality of availability of education, particularly the differences between rural and urban areas. In such circumstances, literacy and education are the most important components of building a stable identity, which includes willingness of women to accept responsibility for different roles that society imposes.
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Anuar, Azzahrah, and Nor Mazlina Ghazali. "Attitudes of University Students towards People with Disabilities in the Social Context: A Preliminary Study." Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development 1, no. 1 (September 1, 2015): 82–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.190.2015.
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The article highlights on the previous literature on the attitudes of college or university students towards people with disabilities in the social context globally. The article also includes factors that influence the willingness of college or university students to build relationship with people with disabilities in the social context (such as friendship, dating, and marriage) and perceptions of students that add to the existing challenges encountered by people with disabilities. When perception is being measured in a more specific dimension, such as, in the social distance context, it provides a practical means to understand people’s awareness towards disability.Keywords: university student attitude; people with disabilities; social context
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Et. al., Deden Sutisna,. "Intangible Conditions of Human Resources Factors in MSME Decade of Covid 19 in the Bandung City-West Java-Indonesia." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 4 (April 10, 2021): 806–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i4.567.
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The purpose of this study is to compensate for the intangible variables of the human resources of MSME actors in Bandung City, related to Employee Engagement and Attitude at the time of the COVID-19. Therefore, the intact condition of the two related variables is important for stakeholders such as the government and other related parties to understand and serve as a basis for policy and decision making, especially when the economy is exposed to COVID-19. The research method used is descriptive, verification and comparative. Data were tested using the validity test, reliability test, classical assumptions and data normality, and to test the level of contribution between variables and variable dimensions used correlation and termination tests. The data were obtained from the MSME economic actors in the city of Bandung total 45 samples. The city of Bandung was chosen as a place of research because the city of Bandung is known as a model city, culinary, education, creative industries as well as the city of culture and government of West Java. The results showed that the contribution, enthusiasm, pride of business people towards MSMEs was not supportive, lost trust and small. Only MSME players have employee engagement in the form of willingness. Attitudes or attitudes in the form of motives, traits and self-concepts are still strong for every MSME actor in Bandung City, and this condition is in line with the willingness dimension of employee engagement. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the employee engagement of MSME actors in the city of Bandung is currently not good or has decreased, while the attitude at is still good.
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Ekmekci, Özge Tayfur. "Trust or Not Trust: Understandıng the Effects of Allocentrısm & Idıocentrısm on Coworker Trust." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 7, no. 4(J) (August 30, 2015): 106–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v7i4(j).598.
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The concept of coworker trust has gained importance for the last decade due to increased teamwork and collaboration within organizations. However, there is a need to study the concept of trust with emic perspective reflecting people or society’s different values, norms and expectations. The aim of this study is to examine the role of allocentrism and idiocentrism, which represent individual level manifestations of collectivism and individualism on coworker trust and its dimension (i.e. affect- and cognition-based trust). Besides that, this study investigates whether willingness to work with somebody else is affected by cognitiveor affect-based trust. Data were gathered from German and Turkish samples and analyzed separately. Hypotheses were supported in a German sample such that allocentrism predicted both overall coworker trust and affect-based trust, while idiocentrism predicted cognition-based trust. In Turkish sample, allocentrism was found to be associated with overall coworker trust and cognition-based trust. Neither idiocentrism, nor allocentrism could predict affect-based trust in this sample. Remarkably, willingness to work with German coworkers was associated with cognitive-based trust. The results demonstrated the differential effects of idiocentrism and allocentrism on coworker trust and they are discussed together with its implications.
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Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak, Irena Cajner Mraović, and Krunoslav Borovec. "An empirical test of the influence of society at large on police integrity in a centralized police system." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 39, no. 2 (May 16, 2016): 302–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-10-2015-0119.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the theory of police integrity, particularly its fourth dimension, on a centralized police agency and to assess the degree to which levels of police integrity are related to the characteristics of the larger environment. Design/methodology/approach – In 2008, a stratified representative sample of 945 Croatian police officers from ten police administrations evaluated 11 hypothetical scenarios describing a range of various forms of police misconduct. The questionnaire measures officer views regarding scenario seriousness, appropriate and expected discipline, and willingness to report the misconduct. Findings – Bivariate analyses show that police officers’ evaluations of seriousness differed across categories of police administrations for more than one-half of the scenarios. Multivariate analyses reveal that, once organizational predictors are entered into the models, community characteristics remain significant predictors of seriousness evaluations for only a few scenarios. Research limitations/implications – The analytical strategies were limited by the number of police administrations in the country. Practical implications – The results indicate that levels of police integrity in large, centralized organizations vary across units and that the characteristics of the communities the police are a contributing factor to these differences. At the same time, organizational characteristics carry substantial weight. Originality/value – Prior studies of police integrity focussed on the organizational aspects (the first three dimensions of the theory); the present paper extends the literature to ascertain the importance of the larger environment and its characteristics for levels of police integrity (the fourth dimension of the police integrity theory).
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Elbaz, Shimon, and Adriana Zaiț. "Effect of Monetary Incentives on the Demand for Electricity of Domestic Consumers – Case of Israel." Review of Economic and Business Studies 11, no. 1 (June 1, 2018): 131–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rebs-2018-0068.
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AbstractThis research, based on a pilot study performed by the Israeli Electricity Company (IEC) in the framework of a demand management arrangement, focused on an economic approach for influencing domestic customers’ electricity consumption. The main objectives were to find out if monetary incentives in the form of a constant discount in the household consumer’s electricity bill (with no connection to consumption levels) influence consumers participating in a demand management arrangement with their electricity provider (here the IEC) and if such an incentive will lead to a decrease in the participants’ electricity consumption and/or a shift in their consumption from peak to low demand hours. The study examined also the monetary incentive’s influence on the participants’ willingness to join a future arrangement. The findings show that the participants who received a constant incentive increased their consumption, contrary to the expected behaviour, suggesting the presence of a “rebound effect”. One of the incentives that predicted a tendency to save electricity was the pro environmental attitude of the consumer, whereas financial incentives did not predict a tendency to save electricity. Damage to consumer comfort caused by load shedding exerted no significant influence. The economic incentive of a discount in the electricity bill increased the consumers’ willingness to join a future arrangement, even at the cost of compromising their privacy, although the possibility that this arrangement would lead to the loss of their control of home electric appliances as a result of load shedding drastically decreased this willingness. A positive financial incentive was found to have a minor influence on consumers’ willingness to participate in a demand management arrangement, while a negative incentive (the wish to avoid fines) was found to be very influential. Comparing to previous studies, the results are mixed, confirming some previous findings and contradicting others – and they offer an important contribution for the worldwide debate on energy conservation and household electricity reduction, through the Israeli dimension in a complex puzzle.
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Röttgering, J. G., V. Belgers, M. C. M. Kouwenhoven, M. Schuur, T. J. Postma, C. M. Nijboer, M. E. van Linde, P. de Witt Hamer, L. Douw, and M. Klein. "P12.02 Symptoms of patients with diffuse glioma during stable disease as a potential target for treatment." Neuro-Oncology 23, Supplement_2 (September 1, 2021): ii30—ii31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab180.104.
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Abstract BACKGROUND Patients with diffuse glioma experience many tumor- and treatment-related symptoms, including fatigue, cognitive deficits, and anxiety. It remains unclear how the frequency and burden of these symptoms change over time and specifically which symptoms patients experience during the stable phase of the disease. We assessed the frequency and burden of common symptoms in glioma patients during stable disease and whether patients were willing to undergo treatment for those symptoms. We suggest a top five of potentially treatable symptoms. METHODS Patients with a diffuse glioma during stable disease completed a questionnaire on symptoms they experienced during the past two weeks, such as irritability, fatigue, stress, pain, depressive thoughts and relationship problems. They rated the frequency and burden of seventeen symptoms on a seven-point numeric scale ranging from ‘never’ to ‘continuously’ and from ‘no burden’ to ‘unbearable’, respectively. Also, they stated whether they were willing to undergo treatment for each symptom. Data was collected retrospectively. The median values of the frequency and burden dimension were calculated for each symptom. We composed a top five of most frequent and burdensome symptoms. We used Kendall’s Tau to correlate frequency, burden and willingness to undergo treatment per symptom. RESULTS Fifty-two patients were included, 77% had a KPS score of 90–100, 23% a KPS score of 70–80 and 40% had a glioblastoma. The top five most frequent and burdensome symptoms were fatigue, memory problems, reduced physical fitness, concentration problems and drowsiness. Fatigue had the highest median value on the frequency (median 4.5, IQR 2.5) and burden (median 4.0, IQR 3.00) dimension and 21% of the patients were willing to undergo treatment for fatigue. Overall 35% of the patients were willing to undergo treatment for at least one symptom. Frequency and burden of symptoms correlated well (median Kendall’s Tau of 0.84 with a range of correlations of 0.73–0.95). Frequency and willingness to undergo treatment correlated less (median Kendall’s Tau of 0.35, range 0.24–0.57), as well as burden and willingness to undergo treatment (median Kendall’s Tau, range 0.28–0.61). CONCLUSION The top five symptoms most often reported by patients with diffuse glioma during stable disease were: fatigue, memory problems, reduced physical fitness, concentration problems and drowsiness. These symptoms may serve as a roadmap for future research on treatment strategies to alleviate these symptoms. SUPPORT/DISCLOSURE This project is funded by The Anita Veldman Foundation (CCA-2019-2-21).
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Syahid, Kendid, Rini Andari, and Taufik Abdullah. "ANALISIS PENGARUH CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE TERHADAP BEHAVIOR INTENTIONS (Survei pada Wisatawan Sebagai Tamu Individu yang Menginap di Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa)." Journal : Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Journal 4, no. 2 (April 6, 2016): 819. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/thej.v4i2.1989.
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Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa strive to provide good service to the‘’in touch’’ service oriented so that guests experience a memorable service. In order to get the guests who willing to stay longer, recommending and repurchasing, then Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta conduct stratergi namely Star Customer Experience. The purpose of this research is to describe the customer service experience as the independent variable (X), describe of behavior intentions as the dependent variable (Y) and analyze the effect of customer service experience towards behavior intentions. The method used in this research is descriptive and verification due to this research is conducted less than one year so this research is a cross-sectional method. The sampling technique used is systematic random sampling with a sample of 100 first-timer guests. The data analysis technique used is multiple regression. The results showed that the highest score in customer service experience is the sub-variables for the assessment of empathy while the lowest is recognition. The highest valuation for the variables dimensions of behavior intentions is repurchasing intention while dimension of willingness to recommend is the lowest. Simultaneously customer service experience significantly influence on behavior intentions.
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Power, Nicola, Geoffrey Beattie, and Laura McGuire. "Mapping our underlying cognitions and emotions about good environmental behavior: Why we fail to act despite the best of intentions." Semiotica 2017, no. 215 (March 1, 2017): 193–234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0035.
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AbstractDespite the widespread recognition of climate change as the single biggest global threat, the willingness of people to change their behavior to mitigate its effects is limited. Past research, often focusing on specific categories of behavior, has highlighted a very significant gap between people’s intentions to behave more sustainably and their actual behavior. This paper presents a new approach to this issue, by using more open-ended questions to map a much broader range of cognitions and emotions about good environmental behavior. Two key findings emerged. Firstly, participants were aware of the contradiction between their level of concern about the environment and their willingness to act in more sustainable ways. The qualitative analysis further revealed that this discrepancy often hinged on a lack of knowledge about how to act more sustainably; the analysis also revealed a desire for more information about genuinely green behavior. Secondly, pro-environmental behavior was often conceptualized by participants in essentially “social” terms; anticipated emotions relating to sustainable/non-sustainable behavior were as closely tied to the behavior of one’s peers as to one’s own behavior. This finding suggests that we must highlight the social dimension in any interventions to increase sustainable behaviors amongst the public.
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Van der Linde-de Klerk, Marzanne, Nico Martins, and Marie De Beer. "The factorial validity and reliability of a change agent identification assessment tool." African Journal of Employee Relations (Formerly South African Journal of Labour Relations) 39, no. 1 (February 19, 2019): 114–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2520-3223/5886.
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The main aim of the research project reported on here was to validate and test the reliability of the developed change agent identification assessment tool to be used by organisations to identify change agents more effectively in large organisations undergoing change, with a view to providing improved support to employees and ensuring more effective change management in such organisations. An initial change agent identification framework was developed by Van der Linde-de Klerk (2011) and this served as the foundation for the development of an assessment tool. Because minimal research has been conducted on identifying change agents in large organisations, it was deemed important to provide organisations with a tool to help them identify these individuals correctly. A sample group comprising 239 change agents participated in the quantitative research and completed the newly developed change agent identification questionnaire. The proposed questionnaire consists of three dimensions, namely willingness, commitment and personality traits. Participants indicated the ideal attributes in each dimension that they require to operate as change agents. The dimensions are based on the theoretical change agent identification framework that was developed. The results of the validity and reliability analysis indicated that the questionnaire can be used with confidence to select change agents. Change agents can typically be employees, managers, personnel practitioners, organisational development consultants or employee or union representatives. The developed scale showed positive reliability and validity results.
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Mohammadi, Abolfazal, Nasrin Hanifi, and Nasrin Jafari Varjoshani. "The relationship amongst nurses’ perceived organizational justice, work consciousness, and responsibility." Nursing Ethics 27, no. 3 (January 27, 2020): 701–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733019897768.
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Background: Nurses’ perceived organizational justice is one of the factors influencing their social responsibility and conscientiousness. Social responsibility and conscience are major requirements for providing high-quality and standardized care. Objective: The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship of perceived organizational justice with work consciousness and the social responsibility of the nurses. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was performed on 380 nurses who had at least 1 year of job experience and willingness to participate in the study. The study was conducted in Zanjan province, Iran, in 2018. The study subjects were selected via stratified random sampling. The data were collected using an organizational justice scale, corporate social responsibility scale, and consciousness scale. Questionnaires were completed through self-reporting. The data were analyzed using partial correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis. Ethical considerations: Research ethics approval (with the code of IR.ZUMS.REC.1397.47) was obtained from Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Results: The results indicated that nurses felt injustice in all dimensions of organizational justice (2.66 ± .753). They feel the most sense of injustice in distributive justice (2.19 ± .798). In three dimensions, except the ethic dimension, the social responsibility was in a desirable range (2.79 ± .703). In two dimensions, work consciousness was in a desirable range. The results showed a significant and positive relationship between all dimensions of social responsibility and all dimensions of organizational justice (r = .072). However, no statistically significant relationship was observed between the dimensions of organizational justice and conscience (r = –.002). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, social responsibility and the work consciousness of the nurses are affected by organizational justice. Therefore, nursing managers are suggested to change their management styles to reduce the sense of organizational injustice in nurses and have long-term productivity.