Dimensions Of Credibility Research Articles

An integrated model of factors affecting consumer attitudes and intentions towards youtuber-generated product content

This study examines the factors affecting consumers’ perceptions regarding the credibility of YouTuber-generated product content (YGPC) and its perceived usefulness, and how such perceptions can influence attitudes and intentions towards YGPC use for purchase decisions. This study applies the maximum likelihood-based structural equation modeling approach to an online survey of 315 YouTuber followers. Our findings highlight the importance of investigating the dimensions of source credibility to understand better how YouTuber-generated content use affects attitude and behavior intentions regarding product purchase decisions.

COMPANY CREDIBILITY: A TOOL TO TRIGGER POSITIVE CSR IMAGE IN THE CAUSE-BRAND ALLIANCE CONTEXT IN INDONESIA

Purpose of study: This research aims to analyze the mediating effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) image in the effect of company credibility dimensions (trustworthiness and expertise) on participation intention, in the cause–brand alliance (CBA) context.
 Methodology: The sample design which is used is purposive sampling with the sample criteria as the stakeholders of the University of Lampung, Indonesia. Data were collected by direct interview. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the hypotheses with 160 university’s stakeholders, using purposive sampling.
 Result: The results show that trustworthiness and expertise have a directly positive significant effect on CSR image. However, expertise statistically has a greater positive significant effect on consumer participation intention toward the CBA than trustworthiness. This finding is contrary to the contrast-effect theoretical framework (Dean, 2003) and balance theory (Heider, 1958). Newly finding is that CSR image considered a mediating role in the effect of trustworthiness and expertise credibility on participation intention.
 Implications: This implies that in the context of CBA, the company’s trustworthiness and expertise can be a more useful tool to trigger the positive CSR image in encouraging the stakeholders’ perception to buy the products and services or brand of the company implementing CSR, because CBA practices are considered as a genuine social cause, not as a promotion tool.
 Novelty/Originality of this study: In this study, the collected data uses the cross-sectional design and the CBA context uses CBA practices implemented by agriculture, education service, beverage industry, and a bank stated-owned enterprise.

The predictors of access to health services for people with disabilities: A cross sectional study in Iranian context.

Background: In developing countries, people with disabilities (PWD) are more likely to have unequitable access to health care services than their counterparts without disabilities. Access to health care is a multidimensional concept and PWD experience various barriers to use health care. This quantitative study explored the predictors and determents of access to health care for PWD in an Iranian context. Methods: Data were collected from a cross sectional study conducted in Tehran in 2017. A total of 403 adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities were selected using census method. The data on PWD were collected from 14 rehabilitation centers affiliated to Welfare Organization and Red Crescent Organization. The self–report World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) was used to collect data on disability status. T test, ANOVA, and multiple linear regressions were used to determine factors influencing access to health care for PWD. Significance level was set at 5%. Also, SPSS software version 20.0 was used for data analysis. Results: The mean of access to health care among people with intellectual disabilities (mean: 61.77, 95% confidence interval (CI):59.20, 64.35) was significantly lower than their counterparts with physical disabilities (Mean: 67.97, 95% CI: 65.26, 70.69). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that in the affordability dimension, type of disability, marital status, and supplemental health insurance could predict access to health services for PWD. In availability dimension, only location predicted the outcome variable significantly. Also, location and type of disability were considered to be potential predictors of access to health services in acceptability dimension. Conclusion: The results indicate that various factors can limit access to health services for PWD. To achieve universal health coverage, vulnerable groups and their needs should be identified to increase equitable access to health care services. Also, the health care system should pay more attention to demographic differences when planning and providing affordable and acceptable health care for PWD. Finally, the role of the government as the heath stewardship is vital to promote health care access for PWD in Iran.

Effect of transitional care based on IMB model in hematological neoplasms caregivers

Objective To investigate the impact of transitional care based on IMB model on caregivers of patients with hematological malignancies. Methods A total of 200 patients with hematological neoplasms who were treated with chemotherapy in our hospital from May 2017 to September 2018 were selected, their caregivers were also selected as the research objects, and they were randomly divided into the study group with 82 cases and control group with 85 cases. The study group used a transitional care based on IMB model to intervene the patient caregivers, and the control group received routine nursing care. The general data questionnaire, the Caregiver Positive Feeling Scale (PAC), the Chinese version of Benefit Finding Scale (BFS), the nursing quality satisfaction questionnaire were used to investigate the caregivers. Results After nursing intervention, the self-affirmation and self-expected dimension scores of PAC in the study group were 18.41±5.65, 18.87±4.23, which were higher than those in the control group (14.56±5.83, 15.24±4.59), the difference was statistically significant (t=2.476, 5.287, P<0.05 or 0.01). The acceptance, family relationship, personal growth, social relations and health behaviors dimension scores of BHS scale in the study group were 10.41±3.12, 9.87±3.93, 22.41±5.12, 10.22±3.52, 9.65±3.17, which were higher than those in the control group 9.06±3.87, 8.14±4.19, 19.51±5.24, 8.47±3.61, 7.52±3.74, the difference was statistically significant (t=2.476-3.963, P<0.05 or 0.01). The nursing satisfaction degree of caregivers in the study group was 75.61% (62/82), which was higher than that in the control group 42.35% (36/85), the difference was statistically significant (χ2=19.039, P < 0.01). Conclusions Transitional care based on the IMB model can improve the positive feelings in hematological neoplasms caregivers, enhance their benefit findings, and improve the quality of nursing care. Key words: Hematological neoplasms; Drug therapy, Combination; Transitional care; Caregivers

Stakeholders’ Attributions of Whistleblowers: The Effects of Complicity and Motives on Perceptions of Likeability, Credibility, and Legitimacy

Organizational wrongdoing remains a persistent, prevalent problem, one that leads to exponentially more injuries, deaths, and cost than street crime in the United States each year. Whistleblowing has become one of the primary ways in which wrongdoing is exposed and investigated, but without support from key stakeholders, whistleblowing may not affect constructive change. This study used an attribution theory framework to explore relationships between stakeholders’ perceptions of different types of whistleblowers. Specifically, we varied whistleblowers’ motives (altruistic and selfish) and involvement in wrongdoing (complicit or innocence) to test their effects on stakeholders’ intentions to ostracize the whistleblower and their perceptions of the whistleblower’s likeability, legitimacy, and three dimensions of credibility (goodwill, trustworthiness, and competence). Respondents were composed of two stakeholder groups, fraternity and sorority members and university alumni. Results indicate that both stakeholder groups found the innocent whistleblower more likeable and credible than the complicit whistleblower, while the fraternity/sorority respondents found the altruistic whistleblowers more likeable, credible, and legitimate, than their selfish counterparts. The article concludes with implications of the findings for whistleblowers, and limitations and directions for future research.

Context and technology use: Opportunities and challenges of the situated perspective in technology acceptance research

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of the situative perspective in understanding technology acceptance. Briefly, this is the position that holds technology acceptance is influenced by the context of use, which determines the situations and activities in which the technology is employed. Specifically, we review the literature studying the relationship between political engagement and social media use. We examine the link between individuals' political beliefs and political engagement on their acceptance and use of social media extending the core factors of the technology acceptance model. Using a sample drawn from a pre‐university college physics program, we test a structural path model, using WarpPLS, and reproduce the oft‐reported link between social media use and political engagement and showing that social media use for political engagement influences individuals' perceptions of social media technology. These results are interpreted with respect to the situative perspective, specifically, we employ the ecological psychology notion of affordances to understand how social media technology is disrupting traditional political discourse and creating new forum for public discourse and political engagement. Our study demonstrates the value of considering the social dimension in understanding individuals' technology acceptance decisions and behaviors. Understanding the social dimension pf technology acceptance is necessary for modeling user technology acceptance and key to successful implementation initiatives and life cycle management of educational technologies. Practitioner NotesWhat is already known about this topic Using social media varies by individual characteristics and by instrumental use, creating different contexts of use, such as online political engagement. What this paper adds Using social media for political engagement influences perceptions of usefulness and ease of use. A fuller account of technology acceptance must include social and affective determinants in addition to cognitive factors. Implications for practice and/or policy Understanding technology acceptance as a social process requires an account of the purposes and functions of technology within spheres of activity. Thus, understanding the social dimension of technology acceptance appears key area of research for educational technologists working on implementation and life‐cycle management of educational technologies.

Idioms of resilience among cancer patients in urban South Africa: An anthropological heuristic for the study of culture and resilience.

Despite the large body of research on idioms of distress in anthropology and transcultural psychiatry, few scholars have examined the concepts that people use to describe social and psychological resilience. The experience of social and psychological resilience is embedded in and shaped by social, political, and economic contexts-much like the factors that shape idioms of distress. As resilience literature more broadly has adopted a socio-ecological rather than trait-based approach, anthropology has much to contribute. This article investigates what idioms of resilience and cultural scripts emerge among low-income patients with cancer residing in Soweto, a peri-urban neighborhood in Johannesburg, South Africa. We conducted 80 life history interviews to better understand what social and psychological factors led some people to thrive more than others despite extraordinary adversity. We describe one idiom of resilience, acceptance (ukwamukela in isiZulu), and three broader themes of resilience that emerged from life history narrative interviews (social support, religious support, and receiving medical care). We also present two examples from study participants that weave these concepts together. Our findings suggest that rarely is one form of resilience experienced in isolation. A focus on idioms of resilience can help chart the complex dimensions of acceptance and the dynamic social, religious, political, and temporal factors that mediate both suffering and resilience within individuals and communities.

Tourism development in transition economies of the western Balkans

AbstractTourism development in transition economies is characterized by hazards and incomplete setups. Tourists encounter lacking accommodation standard, full trash bins, insufficient health care and security infrastructure. Hence, tourism development actors in transition economies are often criticized for the incomplete touristic product. In this article we will have a more detailed look on this criticism and analyse the background of this discussion. We follow the criticism and analyse the given institutional constrains that influence tourism development in transition economies. We therefore question, what are the effects of these institutional constrains on tourism development in transition economies. We follow a qualitative approach with a single case study from a cross-border hiking trail in southeast Europe. Our data is based on secondary data, participant observer material and interviews with local actors. We demonstrate that transition economies face institutional voids, while performing well, when it comes to increasing tourism numbers. Therefore, the contribution aims on providing possible explanation on the obvious contradiction of a partly incomplete, but successful tourism product. The authors question the importance of classical quality criteria in case of the specific tourism product and the specific clientele while stressing the dimensions of authenticity, credibility and homogeneity of the given tourism setting.

How to Weigh Values in Value Sensitive Design: A Best Worst Method Approach for the Case of Smart Metering

Proactively including the ethical and societal issues of new technologies could have a positive effect on their acceptance. These issues could be captured in terms of values. In the literature, the values stakeholders deem important for the development of technology have often been identified. However, the relative ranking of these values in relation to each other have not been studied often. The best worst method is proposed as a possible method to determine the weights of values, hence it is used in an evaluative fashion. The applicability of the method is tested by applying it to the case of smart meters, one of the main components of the smart grid. The importance of values is examined for three dimensions of acceptance namely sociopolitical, market, and household acceptance.

E-Trust Integration with Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Adoption of Digital Financial Services (E-Cash)

This research is shown to know how the trust (e-trust) integrated with the technology acceptance model can affect the process of digital financial services digital service adoption. The results of this study indicate that 1) Perceived Ease of Use positive and significant effect on Perceived of Usefulness, 2) Perceived Ease of Use positive and significant effect on Attitude Towards Using, 3) Perceived of Usefulness positive and significant effect on Attitude Towards Using, 4 ) Perceived of Usefulness positive and significant effect on Behavioral Intention to Use, 5) Attitude Towards Using positive and significant effect on Behavioral Intention to Use, 6) E-trust positive and significant effect on Perceived of Usefulness, 7) Positive E-trust and significant effect on Attitude Towards Using, and 8) E-trust positive and significant effect on Behavioral Intention to Use to the process of re-adoption of digital financial services. Limitations in this study, one of which is the dimension of trust that is used only limited to the dimensions of credibility, benevolence, integrity and orientation to resolve problems. Keywords : Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), e-trust, digital financial services DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-8-09 Publication date :March 31 st 2019

Education and Attachment: Guidelines to Prevent School Failure

Portuguese schools have high student failure and early school leaving rates (Pordata, 2017) giving rise to a number of initiatives aimed at their reduction. The “Alternative Curricular Course” (ACC) promotes the learning of basic skills, specifically in Portuguese language and Mathematics, to support logical reasoning and artistic, vocational, and professional development. Its main goal is the fulfilment of compulsory schooling and the reduction of academic failure. Research based on attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) suggests that different internal working models of attachment are associated with different characteristics of social, academic, emotional, and behavioural competencies that may interfere in the quality of relationships that young people establish in school, especially with teachers, and also influence their academic performance. This study evaluates the relationship between internal working models of students, their perceptions of the quality of their relationships with teachers, and their academic performance using three measures: (i) the “Inventory of Attachment in Childhood and Adolescence” (IACA) measure, (ii) the “Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment” (IPPA) measure—concerning the attachment to teacher”, and (iii) a socio-demographic questionnaire on a sample of 305 students from the 8th grade of regular education (RE) and the ACC. The results reveal that students on the ACC exhibit a less secure internal working model than students in RE, and that the perception of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, regarding the dimension of acceptance and understanding by the teachers, is associated with a better academic performance. These results align with those of other recent studies in support of the conclusion that the process of attachment has a significant influence on educational contexts, consistent with attachment and related theories.

Three dimensions of central bank credibility and inferential expectations: The Euro zone

We use the behavior of inflation among Eurozone countries to provide information about the degree of credibility of the European Central Bank (ECB) since 2008. We define credibility along three dimensions–official target credibility, cohesion credibility and anchoring credibility–and show in a new econometric framework that the latter has deteriorated in recent history; that is, price setters are less likely to rely on the ECB target when forming inflation expectations.

Credibility in Online Social Networks: A Survey

The importance of information credibility in society cannot be underestimated given that it is at the heart of all decision-making. Generally, more information is better; however, knowing the value of this information is essential for the decision-making processes. Information credibility defines a measure of the fitness of the information for consumption. It can also be defined in terms of reliability, which denotes the probability that a data source will appear credible to the users. A challenge in this topic is that there is a great deal of literature that has developed different credibility dimensions. In addition, information science dealing with online social networks has grown in complexity, attracting interest from researchers in information science, psychology, human–computer interaction, communication studies, and management studies, all of whom have studied the topic from different perspectives. This work will attempt to provide an overall review of the credibility assessment literature over the period 2006–2017 as applied to the context of the microblogging platform, Twitter. The known interpretations of credibility will be examined, particularly as they relate to the Twitter environment. In addition, we investigate levels of credibility assessment features. We then discuss recent works, addressing a new taxonomy of credibility analysis and assessment techniques. At last, a cross-referencing of literature is performed while suggesting new topics for future studies of credibility assessment in a social media context.

Changing Energy Paradigm and Its Role in Economic Growth in Global South

The paper highlights the changes in the energy paradigm in the developing nations of Global South, comparing the prominent countries within the regions in terms of energy transition towards renewable and sustainable energy sources. The study has primarily two-fold objectives, first to evaluate the energy security of Global South on the basis of 4 A definition of energy security. Secondly, to investigate the interdependence of economic growth and consumption of renewable energy using the granger causality test which reinforces the case for energy transition to renewable sources of energy in these developing nations. The results reveal that High income countries are much worse off in terms of deterioration in status of energy security as compared to other categories which improve in status of energy security in this region. The paper highlights the significant role of acceptability dimension of 4A definition of energy security implying policy implications of investing more on renewable energy and carbon reducing technologies. The Granger causality test fortifies existence of no relationship between economic growth and renewable energy consumption in case of high income, upper middle, low income countries but in case of low middle income countries renewable energy consumption granger causes economic growth. Energy transition towards renewable energy sources which involves time lag in realizing socio — economic benefits is strongly recommended by the study.

Brand trust, institutional commitment, and their impact on student loyalty: evidence for higher education in India

ABSTRACTOversupply of higher education services in emerging countries, like India, implies an ever-increasing cost of student acquisition despite large student populations. Hence, creating trust through effective service delivery supported with full institutional commitment remains the only way to create student loyalty and bring the subsequent acquisition costs down. This study investigates the impact of four dimensions of brand trust, namely reliability, credibility, benevolence and integrity, on students’ loyalty, and the mediating role played by institutional commitment for this relationship. Results show that reliability is the strongest direct determinant of loyalty followed by integrity, while benevolence can lead to loyalty only if the commitment is evident. These, as well as other interesting findings, have direct implications for top management/administrator of a higher education institute (HEI) in the form of specific emphasis to elements of trust for creating higher student loyalty.

Luxury brand dilution: investigating the impact of renting by Millennials on brand equity

Modern forms of product acquisition, such as renting, provide consumers with either first-time or increased access at relatively low cost to products of brands that historically have relied on exclusivity as a part of their strategies. This study seeks to determine how the ability of Millennials to rent exclusive luxury brands affects the values of those brands from the consumer perspective (i.e., brand equity). A one-way (traditional vs. masstige brand offered renting option) between-subjects experimental design was used. Results reveal that the means of the brand credibility and brand leadership dimensions of traditional luxury brand equity were decreased significantly after a renting option was offered. Results further show that the means of the brand association and brand credibility dimensions of masstige brand equity were decreased significantly after a renting option was also offered. Implications and future research directions are addressed.

Aceptación, rechazo y control parental asociados a características sociodemográficas de padres en Cuenca, Ecuador

El presente estudio de tipo descriptivo y correlacional, tiene un enfoque cuantitativo. Esta investigación se basa en la necesidad de identificar la dimensión de aceptación - rechazo parental para el ejercicio positivo de la paternidad. El objetivo fue analizar las relaciones entre las conductas de aceptación - rechazo y el control parental con la tipología familiar, la edad, el sexo y el nivel educativo de los progenitores. Participaron 569 padres y madres de niños de primero a séptimo de educación básica de las escuelas públicas y privadas de Cuenca, y se aplicó el cuestionario de Rohner &amp; Khaleque Parent Parq//Control (2005). En el análisis estadístico, además de valores descriptivos se emplearon pruebas estadísticas no paramétricas. Como resultado se obtuvo que los progenitores manifiesten frecuentes expresiones de afecto y control y, escasas expresiones de indiferencia, agresión y rechazo. Se encontró también que el afecto e indiferencia no dependen del sexo, edad o nivel educativo de los padres; así mismo se evidenció que la agresión, el rechazo y el control son más frecuentes en progenitores menores a 36 años; los que cuentan con un nivel de instrucción básica registraron expresiones más frecuentes de control. Se constatan más afecto en las familias nucleares, en tanto que la agresión, indiferencia, rechazo y control son similares en todos los tipos de familias estudiadas. En conclusión, con independencia a las condiciones sociodemográficas, predominan padres y madres que manifiestan afecto y control hacia sus hijos.

The Link Between a Firm´s Internal Characteristics and Performance: GPTW &amp; VRIO Dimension Analysis

O seguinte artigo discute os modelos Doutor Jay Barney Autor do artigo: “Recursos firme e vantagem competitiva sustentada” e Robert Levering, autor de “A Great Place to Work”, lidando com as características internas de empresas e como eles impacto sobre o desempenho dele. Analisamos as dimensões de valor, raridade, imitação e uso do modelo VRIO Dr. Jay Barney e tamanho do Respeito, Credibilidade, Imparcialidade, Orgulho e Camaradagem através do Modelo de confiança Robert Levering, como indicadores de desempenho da empresa. Este documento descreve conceitualmente argumentos teóricos destes autores, porque as organizações precisam se concentrar em suas características internas, a fim de melhorar seu desempenho. A hipótese é que as características internas da organização e seu impacto gestão do desempenho da empresa. As características internas, propostas por esses autores, determinam a eficiência e eficácia de uma empresa.

Attractiveness, expertise and closeness: The effect of source credibility of the first lady as political endorser on social media in China

This study examines the strategies of political impression management adopted by the Weibo account Liyuan Fan Club from a source credibility perspective, investigating the capacity of each strategy in encouraging online political participation through measuring consumer’s online brand-related activities (i.e. consuming, contributing, and creating). In addition to traditional dimensions of source credibility (i.e. expertise and attractiveness), a new dimension, namely “closeness,” is added in based on previous studies in political branding and celebrity studies. A content analysis of 790 posts is conducted, in which the study finds that emphasis on Peng’s attractiveness and closeness have positive effects on participatory behaviors on social media, while emphasis on Peng’s expertise show no effect. Further analysis indicates that individual contributions of attractiveness and closeness on three levels of participatory behaviors are different, among which attractiveness is more effective in activating low-level participation, while closeness has more positive effect in encouraging high-level participation.

Public acceptance of renewable energies and energy autonomy: A comparative study in the French, German and Swiss Upper Rhine region

In the context of climate change mitigation and increasing decentralized generation of energy from renewable sources, public acceptance of renewable energy (RE) has become an important issue in energy research. Many studies have addressed public acceptance through a case-based empirical lens with rather specific conclusions for individual technologies in a given context. This paper draws more universal insights by conducting an online survey on public acceptance for a set of technologies in the three sub-regions of the Upper Rhine region (URR). Using a representative dataset of 495 German, 501 French, and 493 Swiss inhabitants of the URR, several hypotheses from the acceptance literature are tested across sub-regions and RE technologies and results are compared to related empirical studies from the literature. Moreover, we explore for the first time how public acceptance is linked with community energy and energy autonomy. The latter is especially important to understand how policy and project initiators can mobilise the population to contribute to the energy transition. Our main findings are that public acceptance is, inter alia, highly dependent on the technology in question, the dimension of social acceptance (community versus socio-political dimension) and previous experiences with RE technologies.