Dimensions Novelty Research Articles

A netnographic analysıs of tourists’ memorable tourısm experıences: the case of historical Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar ın Istanbul

Purpose To provide visitors with a variety of experiences, tourism is a collection of activities that might leave a lasting impact on them. Anticipating and understanding what makes visitors memorable can give destinations and tourism marketers a competitive advantage. Regarding this, the purpose of this study is to investigate the memorable tourism experiences of international tourists who have visited the Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar in Istanbul. Design/methodology/approach The comments made by travelers from abroad on TripAdvisor following their experiences were examined using a netnographic analysis methodology. The data were collected from the most recent to the oldest comments posted on tourist experiences about historical Egyptian (spice) bazaar (n: 825). Findings In line with the findings obtained from the reviews examined, six components were determined that make the tourists’ experiences memorable: ambience (1), novelty (2), hedonism (3), local culture (4), knowledge (5) and price (6). Originality/value The memorable Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar experiences of international tourists analyzed within the scope of the research were in line with the dimensions of novelty, hedonism, knowledge and local culture of the study conducted by (Kim & Ritchie, 2014); ambience and product price were found to be the two different dimensions. It can be stated that results of the study can help to develop effective strategies to improve the competitiveness of the destination.

ANALISIS TINGKAT KEPENTINGAN DAN KINERJA (IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS) NILAI KEGUNAAN APLIKASI M-COMMERCE

Good application quality can bring user satisfaction to form user’s loyalty and trust in the company. The level of user satisfaction is different between Gojek and Grab even though each them has similarities in application features. Gojek and Grab are trying to make position as the most popular by the community in getting people's needs quickly and efficiently with huge competitive. This study aims to analyze and compare the usability qualities of Gojek and Grab based on the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) approach on the dimensions of attractiveness, perception, efficiency, dependability, stimulation and novelty. Measurements are made using Importance-Performance Analysis to graphically measure customer satisfaction so that service quality improvement priorities can be established. The data was collected by questionnaire to 32 selected respondents who accessed the Gojek and Grab applications in the Greater Jakarta area in August-December 2022. Based on the results of the study, the position of the usability quality attributes in Gojek and Grab was visually almost the same for each IPA quadrant. The Gojek application is superior in 5 dimensions to Grab, in terms of attractiveness, perception, dependability, stimulation, and novelty. Grab has one dimension that is superior to Gojek, in terms efficiency.

Analyzing User Experience In The M-Tix Application Using The User Experience Questionnaire Method

The utilization of mobile applications in the service sector has experienced significant growth, fueled by increased access to the internet and the use of smartphones. The M-TIX app, which provides online movie ticket booking services, is one example of an app that has become an important part of movie fans' routines. Despite its popularity, users have reported various issues related to usability and overall user satisfaction. In this study, we focus on the user experience of the M-TIX app by using the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the user experience aspects. Through a structured qualitative approach, the UEQ enables an in-depth evaluation of six key dimensions of user experience, namely Attractiveness, Perspicuity, Efficiency, Dependability, Stimulation, and Novelty. The study involved respondents predominantly aged between 17 to 21 years old, with the largest group being 20 years old (15 respondents), and most of them (26 respondents) were students. The results of this study are expected to provide valuable recommendations for improving the design and functionality of the M-TIX application, as well as increasing the understanding of the relationship between users' characteristics and their perceptions of user experience in the context of online movie ticketing applications. This research aims to address the existing problems and enhance user satisfaction by providing actionable insights.

Analyzing User Experience In The M-TIX Application Using The User Experience Questionnaire Method

The utilization of mobile applications in the service sector has experienced significant growth, fueled by increased access to the internet and the use of smartphones. The M-TIX app, which provides online movie ticket booking services, is one example of an app that has become an important part of movie fans' routines. Despite its popularity, users have reported various issues related to usability and overall user satisfaction. In this study, we focus on the user experience of the M-TIX app by using the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the user experience aspects. Through a structured qualitative approach, the UEQ enables an in-depth evaluation of six key dimensions of user experience, namely Attractiveness, Perspicuity, Efficiency, Dependability, Stimulation, and Novelty. The study involved respondents predominantly aged between 17 to 21 years old, with the largest group being 20 years old (15 respondents), and most of them (26 respondents) were students. The results of this study are expected to provide valuable recommendations for improving the design and functionality of the M-TIX application, as well as increasing the understanding of the relationship between users' characteristics and their perceptions of user experience in the context of online movie ticketing applications. This research aims to address the existing problems and enhance user satisfaction by providing actionable insights.

A Comprehensive User Experience Analysis of Cultural Heritage Progressive Web App Using a Hybrid UEQ-IPA Approach

This study utilised a user-centred design approach integrated into the Agile framework to develop Sarawak Cultural Heritage Progressive Web Apps (SCHPWA). The user experience (UX) of SCHPWA was evaluated using a combination of the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) and Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) to measure six dimensions of UX. The evaluation involved 239 participants, comprising 184 females and 55 males. The results indicated that the SCHPWA scored above average in attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, and stimulation. However, the dimensions of novelty and dependability scored below average. Therefore, the attributes related to attractiveness, efficiency, stimulation, and perspicuity are grouped using IPA under Quadrant 2 (Possible Overkill), while novelty and dependability fall under Quadrant 3 (Low Priority). The study highlights the benefits of using a combination of UEQ and IPA for evaluating Progressive Web Applications (PWA). Furthermore, it suggests the potential to improve the UX of cultural heritage PWAs. These findings offer insights for designers and developers in optimising the UX of cultural heritage PWA.

Die deutschsprachige weltliche Liedkultur um 1600

Abstract Far-reaching changes in poetry and music emerge at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Poetry and Lied can hardly be separated around 1600, as the lyric poetry of this period is generally singable and decisively influenced by the secular Lied. The significant contribution of the Lied to aesthetic change and to the modernisation and Europeanisation of German-language lyric poetry (themes, motifs, metrics, forms, sentence structures) will be worked out on the basis of some 5 200 songs in about 340 printed song collections between 1567 and 1642. Against the background of this broad corpus of sources, the interdisciplinary study analyses individual songs and song collections from the German-speaking world in terms of both musicology and literary studies. In addition to social and sociological aspects, dimensions of novelty are addressed as well as the relationship between theory, poetics and practice, cultural transfer processes, and questions about continuities and dynamics of literary and musical phenomena. The case studies as well as the theoretical and poetic statements on the Lied show how two conceptions of the Lied are profiled: In becoming independent, both song concepts are valorised in literature and music. In this way, the secular German-language Lied contributes to the modernisation and Europeanisation of German literature.

Sex work and substance use disorder: the role of personality and trauma

ABSTRACT Objective Substance use disorders (SUDs) and sex work often co-occur. Possibly, this relationship can be understood by studying personality dimensions and psychological traumas. The aim of this research is to study the role of personality and traumas in sex work and co-occurring SUD. Method In the present study, focusing on females, drugs use disorder patients not active as sex workers (DUD+/SW−), sex workers not suffering from drug use disorders (DUD−/SW+), sex workers with a drug use disorder (DUD+/SW+) and controls (DUD−/SW−) were compared regarding the personality dimensions Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, and the psychological trauma variable “total level of experienced trauma,” and several specific trauma variables. Results Although Harm Avoidance turned out to be related to DUD, neither Novelty Seeking nor Harm Avoidance could explain the co-occurrence of DUD and sex work. Experienced trauma was more straightforwardly associated with both DUD and sex work. Both DUD and sex work were associated with trauma, with the DUD+/SW+ group showing the highest levels of experienced trauma. Conclusions Trauma plays an important role in not only DUD and sex work separately, but also in the co-occurrence of DUD and sex work.

Personality differences in patients with and without gallstones

ObjectivePresence of gallstones is associated with a range of risk factors that have previously shown associations with personality traits. Our aim was to assess the differences in personality traits between the patients with and without gallstones. MethodsThis study used a case-control design with 308 participants from the general population, 68.2% female, mean age 49.2 (SD 9.24) years, of whom 154 (50%) participants had asymptomatic gallstones. Personality was assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory - Revised – 140 (TCI-R-140) and depression with the Center for Epidemiological Study of Depression Scale (CESD). Cut-off ≥16 on the CES-D was used as an exclusion criterion. Subjects were also checked for metabolic risk factors and sociodemographic characteristics. ResultsThe group with gallstones had significantly more pronounced metabolic risk factors and higher prevalence of smoking and alcohol usage in comparison with the group without gallstones. This group also exhibited higher temperament dimension Harm avoidance (HA) and lower character dimension Self-directedness (SD). Metabolic variables differed based on character dimension Cooperativeness (CO), smoking based on temperament dimensions Novelty seeking (NS) and HA, and alcohol usage on dimension NS within the gallstones group. In the logistic regression, controlled for smoking, alcohol usage and metabolic variables, temperament dimension HA was shown to be a significant predictor of the presence of gallstones. ConclusionOur findings indicate that personality may be associated with the presence of gallstones. Future longitudinal studies addressing the complex interplay of personality traits, psychological mechanisms and the associated behavioral, metabolic and neurobiological factors, are needed.

Determinasi Inovasi Pelayanan Publik Terhadap Konseptualisasi Paradigma Humanis

This paper aims to explain the implementation of public services today from a humanistic perspective/paradigm. Public policy innovation as a necessity in principle and substantively will provide reinforcement in responding to and resolving public policy problems that take place in the community.The method used is descriptive method, which describes several studies, public service policies from various literatures. The results of the literature review show that character education and the inculcation of humanistic values to service providers (government/political elites, bureaucratic apparatus) are very important and must be carried out so that the public service process can be of higher quality and provide optimal satisfaction for service recipients.The result to be achieved in this research is the existence of public policy innovation efforts with the dimensions of novelty and usefulness so that it is expected to have an impact on more concrete efforts and build sustainable community participation. Innovation is applied not only at the evaluation stage of public policies but is applied from the beginning of public policy planning, implementation and evaluation of public policies.

A Study of the Impact of Museum Website Creativity on Customer Citizenship Behavior

Based on the stimulus - organism - response theory, this paper analyzes the influence mechanism of museum website creativity on customer citizenship behavior. Through the empirical analysis of 268 questionnaires, the results show that the three dimensions of website creativity, aesthetics, novelty and ease of use, all have significant positive effects on flow experience; Aesthetic, novelty and ease of use have significant positive effects on customer recommendation behavior and customer feedback behavior. Flow experience has significant positive influence on customer recommendation behavior and customer feedback behavior. Flow experience plays a mediating role in the influence of aesthetics, novelty and ease of use on customer recommendation behavior and customer feedback behavior.

The relationship between parenting behavior and the personality of kindergarten children.

According to Cloninger's biosocial model of personality touching upon temperament and character, personality development is a lifelong adaptive process that begins in early childhood. Similarly, theories of parenting behavior and attachment predict that associations between personality and parenting behavior should be found in young children. The present study therefore had the goal to investigate, whether associations between parenting behavior and personality in terms of Cloninger's temperament and character dimensions previously found in adolescence and adults can already be observed in kindergarten children. This study assessed personality in a sample of 324 kindergarten children (169 girls/155 boys) aged 3-6 years (M age = 4.59, SD = 0.90). Parents rated their children's temperament and character using the JTCI 3-6 R questionnaire, which has been specifically developed to measure personality dimensions in three to six-year-olds according to Cloninger's model. Character traits (especially Self-Transcendence), which reach mature levels in adults, may not be reliably assessed in three-year-old children. Parenting behavior was documented using the DEAPQ-EL-GS self-report questionnaire measuring the parenting behavior dimensions Responsiveness and Demandingness. Correlation analyses revealed that responsive parenting behavior was positively related to the personality dimensions Reward Dependence, Self-Directedness, and Self-Transcendence. Demanding parenting behavior was positively related to the personality dimension Novelty Seeking, but negatively related to the personality dimensions Persistence, Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness. Although the cross-sectional design of our study prevents unequivocal conclusions about the causal direction of these associations, our results highlight possible differential consequences of responsive vs. demanding parenting behavior for personality development in children in line with theories of parenting behavior and attachment. Our results thus advance earlier work in adolescents and adults, by showing that parenting behavior influences the development of the child's personality according to Cloninger's biosocial model already in three to six-year-olds.

Prototyping an Online Virtual Simulation Course Platform for College Students to Learn Creative Thinking

With the rapid development of science and technology, the ability to creative thinking has become an essential criterion for measuring talents. Current creative thinking courses for college students are affected by COVID-19 and are challenging to conduct. This study aimed to explore practical ways to teach creative thinking knowledge online and explored design opportunities for working on this teaching activity online. Through qualitative interviews, we found that the factors that influenced the design of the online virtual simulation course platform were focused on five dimensions: information presentation, platform characteristics, course assessment, instruction design, and presentation format. Through the analysis of user requirements, we obtained six corresponding design guidelines. Based on the knowledge system of design thinking, we set up eight modules in the course platform and developed a prototype including 100 user interfaces. We invited three experts and 30 users to conduct cognitive walk-through sessions and made design iterations based on the feedback. After user evaluation, dimensions of attractiveness, efficiency, dependability, and novelty reached excellent rating and were recognized by users.

Situational interest of students with autism spectrum disorder using context personalization in physical education

Physical education can enable students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to live positive experiences and adopt a healthy lifestyle. However, motivation may be a critical factor in their success. In this perspective, the context personalization approach could be valuable to support the interests and motivation of students with ASD in physical education. This qualitative interpretative research documents the Situational Interest dimensions of four high school male students with ASD (14 years old, boys) following a team sports unit conceived and personalized by their physical education teacher to meet their interest in video games. After the unit, the four students and the teacher realized a semi-structured interview. According to thematic analyses, students’ situational interest was elicited. The dimensions of instant enjoyment, challenge and novelty were predominant. The emulation system, as a part of the context personalization related to video games, ends up in every dimension and sheds original light on the motivation conditions. In light of the present results, the context personalization approach, based on the interests and preferences of students, is a promising avenue to support interest in PE. However, differences between the students’ and the teachers’ perspectives underline the need to consider students’ voices regarding their interest in physical education.

CEO career horizon influence strategic novelty of a firm: A study under the boundary condition of CEO's temporal focus

AbstractThe paper examines the relationship between CEO career horizon and strategic novelty under boundary conditions of CEOs' temporal focus for firms in one of the emerging markets. Upper echelons theory predicts that CEOs' risk aggressiveness decreases with diminishing career horizons. Therefore, CEOs nearing retirement are less likely to make novel strategic investments. We assert that CEOs' career horizon influences strategic outcomes, especially risk aggressive strategic novelty outcomes contingent on the CEOs' temporal perspective, i.e., past and future temporal focus. We test the hypotheses using archival data from 285 listed firms in India. The findings support the hypotheses by showing that CEOs' carrier horizon positively influences strategic dynamism and distinctiveness, the two dimensions of strategic novelty. The results also suggest that past temporal focus enhances the negative influence of decreasing CEOs' career horizons on strategic dynamism and distinctiveness. Future temporal focus, on the contrary, diminishes the negative influence of decreasing CEOs' career horizons on strategic dynamism and distinctiveness. The findings contribute to understanding the joint role of the time static trait of CEOs, i.e., temporal focus, and time-varying trait, i.e., career horizon on strategic novelty.

Creativity Development With Problem-Based Digital Making and Block-Based Programming for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Learning in Middle School Contexts

Creativity, one of the cornerstones of students’ 21st-century skills, is regarded as an important learning outcome of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. Meanwhile, problem-based digital making (DM), which combines the child-friendly programming activities of DM with problem-solving elements, is an emerging instructional design to facilitate STEAM learning. This qualitative case study examines the implementation of a problem-based DM instructional program that used the block-based programming tool Scratch to cultivate the participants’ creativity. Fifty-four middle school students (aged 10–14 years) in Hong Kong participated in the program, which totaled 10 contact hours over five consecutive weeks. Through triangulating students’ DM artifacts, video recordings, field notes, and interviews, the researchers characterized the students’ creative expression, examined the role of problem-based DM in encouraging creative work, and investigated the use of Scratch for mediating student creativity. The results showed that problem-based DM activities fostered students’ creative expressions in the dimensions of novelty, utility, aesthetics, and authenticity. While Scratch mediated the way the students presented their solutions, it had limitations that hindered the students’ digital artifact construction. The findings provide theoretical insights for framing creativity and offer practical implications for the implementation of problem-based DM in K–12 contexts.

Pengaruh Gamification Terhadap Brand Engagement dengan E-satisfaction sebagai Variabel Mediator

Along with the development of technology, the implementation of gamification, namely bringing game elements in various fields, has been widely carried out, including in e-commerce or electronic commerce. The implementation of gamification is carried out for various purposes, such as getting consumers to be actively involved with a brand. This research was conducted on the implementation of Shopee Tanam gamification in the Shopee Indonesia application to explain whether there is an effect of gamification on brand engagement through electronic satisfaction or better known as e-satisfaction. The concept used is gamification with the dimensions of entertainment, interaction, and novelty; e-satisfaction related to convenience, customization, information, and communication; and brand engagement that includes emotional, cognitive, and social. This study uses an explanatory research method with a quantitative approach and uses a survey research method. The results obtained show that the implementation of Shopee Tanam's gamification can directly affect Shopee's brand engagement without being mediated by e-satisfaction with Shopee Tanam. However, mediated by e-satisfaction, the implementation of Shopee Tanam's gamification has a greater influence on brand engagement.

R&D subsidies, novelty of firm innovation and industrial technological complexity: the knowledge recombinant view

Firms receiving R&D subsidies are often assumed to be able to overcome market failure and have a socially desired level of R&D investment for technological innovation. However, we know relatively little about the impact of R&D subsidies on the way firms achieve innovation novelty. Drawing upon the knowledge recombinant view, this paper investigates how subsidized firms innovate with different dimensions of novelty by exploring their underlying knowledge recombination mechanisms. Using a unique dataset of 21,084 Chinese firms with 433,321 patents located in China’s equivalent of Silicon Valley, Zhongguancun, for the period 2009–2015, our empirical findings reveal that R&D subsidies foster firms to reuse existing combinations to innovate while discouraging the creation of new combinations beyond firms’ existing knowledge repertoires. These effects are further subject to industrial technological complexity in firms’ innovation environment which heightens subsidized firms’ innovation novelty based on recombinant reuse while damping recombinant creation. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

Minority Dissent, Openness to Change and Group Creativity

ABSTRACT We report the results of a quasi-experimental study that tests the interaction between minority dissent and organizational openness to change on group creativity. In a sample of 199 professionals, organized in 57 groups we have manipulated minority dissent (groups with or without a devil’s advocate) and openness to change (groups were informed that the company they work for IS versus it IS NOT open to change) and evaluated group creativity using two indicators: the creativity quotient and the peer-rated creativity on three dimensions (novelty, feasibility, and usefulness). Our results show that the minority dissent and openness to change have a positive impact on group creativity. However, the interaction effect of minority dissent and openness to change was only supported for peer-rated group creativity, rendering weak support for the moderating role of openness to change.

Creativity-related traits and the scientific production of professors from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Purpose This work studied the influence of creativity-related traits in university professors’ scientific productivity. Design/methodology/approach A survey, applied to 120 university professors, included closed-ended questions for participants to rate 33 items derived from the specialized literature and classified into five dimensions (novelty; flexibility-fluidity; achievements-dedication; confidence; and problem-solving). After the survey was applied, data were merged with three other data sets: bibliometric data (Scopus), Altmetrics (Dimensions) and peer-reviews and editorial management (Publons) for the period from 2013 to 2018. Descriptive, correlational and inferential statistical analyzes were conducted on the data collected. Findings There was little relationship between professors’ creativity scores and their bibliometric and Altmetric indicators. The highest-rated creativity dimension was flexibility-fluidity and the most prominent creativity-related trait was “I perform my activities with dedication” (belonging to the achievements-dedication dimension). During the period studied, professors published 379 documents, but there were large gaps among their indicators; for instance, only 61 professors published in journals indexed in Scopus during the period. The inferential analysis implied that the professors with the best indicators did not present substantial differences in their creativity scores when compared to their colleagues with fewer or no indicators. However, descriptive and correlational insights may aid in fostering the aspects that can positively influence creativity and the indicators studied. Originality/value Although there is a wealth of literature about the study of creativity and part of it tackles creativity and scientific research at a theoretical level, this paper did not find other empirical studies that analyzed the relationship between creativity and scientific production. It might be important for librarians to be familiar with user studies such as the present, as they may consider studying these kinds of aspects in their users. Moreover, this study can be interesting because librarians have increasingly been involved in the evaluation of scientific production and in training processes for enhancing it within their institutions. Here, information professionals have found opportunities to improve users’ knowledge, performance and experiences on digital scientific ecosystems and their indicators.

Knowledge diversity and team creativity: How hobbyists beat professional designers in creating novel board games

This study adds to the literature on household sector (HHS) innovation by investigating how user and professional designer teams differ in their ability to translate knowledge diversity into collective creative output. We test our hypotheses on a unique data set of more than 5,000 board game design projects conducted by either teams of professional game designers or by hobbyist (user) designers. Our study lends support for the notion that knowledge diversity is a double-edged sword that has opposing effects on the two dimensions of team creativity, novelty and usefulness. We argue and find that teams composed of self-rewarded users in the household sector are better able than teams of professionals to translate the informational benefits of knowledge diversity into novel concepts and game designs. Finally, we find that user teams are in general more likely to create truly creative (i.e. novel and useful) game designs. This particular result emphasizes the relevance of research on HHS innovation and shows that user designers from the HHS are able to conduct collective development work more effectively than teams of professional designers.