Equation Modeling Analysis Research Articles

The role of internal marketing in employee job satisfaction, affective commitment and turnover intention in Morocco

PurposeThe current study investigated the effect of internal marketing practices, specifically the training and rewards system, on job satisfaction, affective commitment and employee turnover intention.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling analysis was conducted on a sample of 288 responses from employees working in different organizations and diverse industries in Morocco.FindingsThe findings revealed that internal marketing positively affected employee job satisfaction and affective commitment and negatively affected employee turnover intention.Practical implicationsThe current investigation extends our understanding of the effects of internal marketing practices, especially training and rewards, on an emerging country context and contributes to the organizational behavior and management field. The results may be of interest to organizations and managers who should consider the importance of internal marketing in enhancing job satisfaction, affective commitment and decreasing employee turnover intention.Originality/valueThe current study is the first of its kind to investigate the impact of internal marketing practices on job satisfaction, affective commitment and employee turnover intention in Morocco.

Speculation in investment in technology firms: a trust-based perspective

PurposeWe analyze the role of trust as a driver of speculative investment decisions in technology firms.Design/methodology/approachStructural Equation Modeling analysis in the context of blockchain technology supports our hypotheses.FindingsOur findings indicate that a general propensity to trust technology leads to trusting beliefs in a service based on technology and that trusting beliefs in a technological service leads to a higher propensity to invest in any firm associated with that service. In addition, we show that in a non-technological context, there is no evidence for such an effect of trusting beliefs in a service on investment decisions. These results support the notion that trusting beliefs are facilitators of speculative investment in technology firms.Research limitations/implicationsThe research advances knowledge about the influence of trust in technology on investment decisions; its findings can help build new theoretical models regarding investment decisions using Fintech.Practical implicationsFor investors, it is important to realize the potential bias identified in this study, so they can actively avoid adhering to it, thus avoiding exposure to unnecessary risk. Further, beyond individual investors, investment firms take active measures to avoid biases in their own decision-making. Banks and investment firms can help guide their clients about trust-based bias when building their investment portfolio.Originality/valueAlthough trust in information systems has been studied extensively, research on the relationship between trust in technology and decisions to invest in technology-related firms is limited.

CONCURRENCY OF THE EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING MODEL TO CREATE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

We have surveyed 100 residents of the Royal Sentul Park Apartments, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Respondent characteristics based on gender and age in this survey period were dominated by 57% of men and the age of range betwwen 17-55 years old. Respondent’s education level is dominated by D3/S-1, women at 51% and men at 45%. Primary data was obtained by distributing hardcopy questionnaires and Google forms utilized a Likert scale. The Puspose of this research is analyzing Experiential Marketing in creating Customer Satisfaction through Celebrity Endorsements and WOM. Analysis of model equations uses path analysis. The results of the analysis show that the role of Experiential Marketing in creating Consumer Satisfaction has a positive influence both directly and indirectly through Celebrity Endorsement and WOM variables. Celebrity endorsement and WOM are important in advertising to build product recognition, especially for Royal Sentul Park apartments, and also in understanding the functions and characteristics of apartment products for consumers. An endorser is selected from a reference group who is considered to have the ability to act as a role model for the target market and also act as a provider of information, he/she communicates the features or facilities of the benefit value of the apartment product through media technology applications. The role that creates emotional feelings towards an apartment product for consumers in creating pleasant experiences is celebrity endorsement variable. The role that create positive value opinions for apartment products is WOM by utilizing buzzers and social media technology.

Peran Brand Image Situs Tripadvisor Memediasi Pengaruh Ewom terhadap Niat Beli Kamar di Kabupaten Badung

EWOM given by other consumers in a sharing review platform or community can influence consumers' purchase intentions. TripAdvisor as an online review site that provides access for its customers to write a review. On the TripAdvisor site, people who want to share their experiences are required to become regular users and have their TripAdvisor account first and it is known that 65% of respondents see hotel reviews before making a booking. Thus, high ratings and good reviews from customers can create profits for hoteliers as EWOM can help hotels attract new customers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of EWOM on room purchase intention in Badung Regency and the role of Tripadvisor website brand image in mediating the relationship between EWOM and room purchase intention. This research method uses a quantitative approach and Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis. The population determined in this study is the Indonesian population with a sample of 180 respondents in accordance with the provisions of the sample calculation. The equation models analyzed are the outer model, the inner model and hypothesis testing. Based on the results of calculations using PLS-SEM software, the results show that there is no significant effect between the effect of EWOM on room purchase intentions, there is a significant effect of brand image on EWOM, the brand image of the Tripadvisor site has an effect on room purchase intention and there is a significant influence on brand image the Tripadvisor website as a media to mediate the influence of EWOM on room purchase intentions in Badung Regency. The implication of the results of this study shows that hotels around Badung Regency must maintain professionalism in improving the quality of services and facilities provided to tourists so that they can increase the value of reviews on the Tripadvisor site.

Social Support and Life Satisfaction in Women With Cervical Cancer: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model.

Although the number of studies focusing on life satisfaction in women with cervical cancer is increasing, there are limited studies on the pathway between social support and life satisfaction in this population. This study explored the pathway between social support and life satisfaction in women with cervical cancer by examining the serial mediating effects of self-care self-efficacy, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 292 women with cervical cancer completed a questionnaire for assessing social support, self-efficacy, coping strategies, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and/or indirect effects of the variables on life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that self-efficacy, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms mediates the effect of social support on life satisfaction. Direct paths from social support to life satisfaction, social support to self-efficacy, self-efficacy to coping strategies, coping strategies to depressive symptoms, and depressive symptoms to life satisfaction were significant ( P < .05). Moreover, indirect paths from social support to life satisfaction, self-efficacy to life satisfaction, and coping strategies to life satisfaction were also significant ( P < .05). Self-care self-efficacy, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms are potential pathways through which social support may affect life satisfaction in women with cervical cancer. Healthcare providers, family, and friends should offer more social support to the patients and make efforts to strengthen their self-care self-efficacy, facilitate active coping, and alleviate depressive symptoms to improve women's life satisfaction.

PID controllers with delay in a problem of stabilization of robotic manipulators’ desired motions

Proportional-integro-differentiating (PID) controllers are widely used in solving control problems of technical systems, including mechanical ones. For this case, most of works are limited to the study of stabilization problem for steady motions and states; such studies are based on the analysis of model equations in a linear approximation. On the other hand, one of the urgent problems of controlled-motion mechanics is the problem of using PID controllers in tracking the trajectories of multi-link robotic manipulators with semi-global or global stabilization in a non-linear formulation. Practically little studied is the problem of justifying the applicability of such controllers taking into account possible delay in the feedback structure. This paper deals with such a problem. As an application of the theory developed in this paper, the control for a motion of a six-link manipulator is obtained.

It Doesn't Mean that Students Don't Have Mathematics Anxiety: A Case Study of Mathematics Learning with Path Analysis

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;Mathematics anxiety has always been an interesting topic to study and discuss in the world of education. This study aimed to (1) investigate the impact of teacher roles, mathematics content, and mathematics anxiety on learning motivation, and (2) explore how students manage mathematics anxiety as a stimulus in learning motivation. This research used mixed methods with embedded concurrent design. The research sample was 100 respondents. The questionnaire instrument was arranged based on a Likert scale with 5 answer choices. This study used a structural equation model and confirmatory factor analysis as data analysis methods. The research findings indicated that: (1) a significant direct impact emerged between mathematics anxiety and students' learning motivation, and there was an indirect impact between the teacher's role and mathematics content on learning motivation; (2) students could manage mathematics anxiety when they were in optimal anxiety or positive anxiety so that they could overcome mathematics anxiety as a stimulus for achievement and deconstruct anxiety into motivation according to experience and personal resources. Results of this study confirmed that the statements about mathematics anxiety which always has a negative impact on motivation and learning achievement is not universal, because mathematics anxiety does not always have a negative impact on motivation and learning achievement if this anxiety is managed effectively.&lt;/p&gt;

THE EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE COMPETENCY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN OPTIMIZATION OF TAX REVENUE FOR E-COMMERS ENTREPRENEURS IN GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEDIATED COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The purpose of this study is to support potential tax revenue for e-commerce-based entrepreneurs, the Directorate General of Taxes must carry out comprehensive reforms in modernizing taxation to improve services to taxpayers, and every tax officer has good tax knowledge by receiving education and training from various sources. sources and have a business understanding and knowledge of the needs of taxpayers in relation to tax obligations The research design and method used in this research is hypothesis testing. This research is a quantitative non-experimental, using a questionnaire given to 135 respondents. This research was conducted at the Tax Service Office and Online-Based Digital Company – E-commerce. Data analysis used SPSS and PLS.3.29 software with the multivariate Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis method. The results of this study indicate that: The influence of Government Policy, Strategic Human Resource Competency on Good Corporate Governance is positive and significant. The effect of Good Corporate Governance on Organizational Performance is positive and significant. The influence of Good Corporate Governance is mediating Government Policy, Strategic Human Resource Competency on Organizational Performance is positive and significant. It means that the higher/positive mediation of Good Corporate Governance on Government Policy, Strategic Human Resource Competency, the higher/positive Organizational Performance. Theoretical implications: Good Corporate Governance as a mediating against Government Policy, Strategic Human Resource Competency is able to improve Organizational Performance, by improving Good Corporate Governance through increasing its dimensions will be able to improve the Organizational Performance of the Tax Service Office

Memorable Tourism Experiences in Red Tourism: The Case of Jiangxi, China.

Red tourism, as a form of special interest tourism (SIT), becomes widespread among Chinese tourists. This study aims to explore memorable tourism experiences (MTEs) in red tourism destinations and examines how country competence affects intention to visit similar destinations through the influences on MTEs, destination image, red tourism place attachment, and overall satisfaction. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis is utilized to analyze the data from 556 tourists. Empirical results reveal that country competence positively influences MTEs and destination image. Furthermore, both MTEs and destination image influence overall satisfaction and red tourism place attachment, but do not influence intention to visit other similar destinations; the relationships between overall satisfaction, intention to visit other similar destinations, and place attachment are all confirmed as well. This study represents one of the few studies that classify red tourism as a form of historical-based SIT, with the purpose of promoting country competence. The outcomes provide a better understanding of both scholars and practitioners of historical-based SIT planning and businesses on how to promote destination image and country competence.

Pengaruh Literasi Keuangan dan Green Perceived Risk terhadap Keputusan Investasi Milenial Jawa Barat

An increasing number of young investors have an important role in supporting the economy. However, increasing the number of investors does not mean much if the investment decisions made are not right, so it needs to be supported by an understanding of good finance. Stocks offer opportunities to get a higher return, with a higher risk as well. Stocks have varying levels of risk, such as companies that carry out sustainable business practices will differ from companies that do not, so perceived risk can influence investor’s investment decisions. Therefore, this study aims to identify the effect of financial literacy and green perceived risk on millennial generation investment decisions on the SRI-KEHATI stock index. Data analysis used descriptive analysis and PLS Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. The results showed there was a significant positive influence of financial literacy to investment decisions, which means that the better the literacy the better the decision. Green perceived risk has a significant negative effect on investment decisions, which means the greater the risk of environmental damage, the less likely it to invest in the SRI-KEHATI stock index.

The antecedents of repurchase intention in Indonesian e-commerce marketplace customers during the COVID-19 pandemic with age as a moderating variable: A study on e-commerce marketplace customers in Java

This study aims to examine the factors that affect customers repurchase intention in the e-commerce marketplace during the COVID-19 pandemic on Java Island in Indonesia, using the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theory and UI/UX Concept. Perceived ease of use, shopping experience, e-trust, and age are variables that are predicted to affect e-commerce marketplace repurchase intention behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected through an online survey from e-commerce marketplace customers in Java who have had at least two experiences of purchasing goods or services through e-commerce in Java. In total, 250 valid responses were analyzed to test hypotheses using structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis. The results show that perceived ease of use, shopping experience, and e-trust are found to significantly affect the repurchase intention in e-commerce marketplace. The study also show that e-trust has a role in mediating the relationship between both perceived ease of use towards repurchase intention and shopping experience towards repurchase intention. However, the multi-group analysis did not find any significant differences between shopping experience and repurchase intention across age groups. Finally, this paper ended with some discussions, implications, limitations, and conclusions.

The interplay of EFL teachers’ immunity, work engagement, and psychological well-being: Evidence from four Asian countries

ABSTRACT Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, conceptualised as a robust armouring system that helps language teachers cope with threats to their well-being, scant multi-cultural research has been dedicated to the investigation of its correlates. The present study seeks to explore the interplay of immunity, psychological well-being, and work engagement among 1135 English as a foreign language (EFL)teachers from four Asian countries. The data were collected through three questionnaires. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis indicated that Asian EFL teachers’ psychological well-being and work engagement positively influenced their immunity. Additionally, the findings indicated that psychological well-being was a better predictor of teacher immunity than work engagement in Asia. The results, discussed in the light of positive psychology (PP), highlight language teachers’ need for working in a psychologically healthy environment to remain committed to their job and immune to its difficulties.

Protection Motivation and Travel Intention after the COVID-19 Vaccination: Fear and Risk Perception

ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify the factors influencing tourists’ travel intention following the COVID-19 vaccination program. It also examined the mediating role of fear in the context of the threat severity, vulnerability, and protection motivation pathways. Based on a quantitative method, a cross-sectional survey was employed and data were collected from 320 prospective domestic tourists through an online survey in Malaysia during the COVID-19 vaccination period. The researchers primarily adopted the protection motivation theory (PMT) model for developing a conceptual framework to empirically test the structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis technique using AMOS software. The study confirmed that protection motivation is positively related to tourists’ travel intention, trust is negatively related to this intention, and perceived risk is not related to this intention. The study concludes that threat severity, threat vulnerability, fear, response efficacy, response cost, and self-efficacy affect the protection motivation of tourists. The main contribution of this study is to develop a model and confirm it through an empirical study. The findings indicate that companies should consider some of the factors identified so they can influence protection motivation and travel intention. This study extended the PMT model by integrating cognitive constructs and newly developed measurement scales.

Examining the Impact of Psychological, Social, and Quality Factors on the Continuous Intention to Use Virtual Meeting Platforms During and beyond COVID-19 Pandemic: A Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach

Virtual meeting platforms have been identified as the golden bullet to deliver the learning materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this is evident across thousands of universities across the globe, the literature is scarce on what impacts the continued use of these platforms during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this research develops a theoretical model to examine the impact of psychological, social, and quality factors on the continuous intention to use these platforms. Unlike the previous adoption studies, which mainly relied on structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis, the developed model was validated through a hybrid approach using SEM and artificial neural network (ANN) based on data collected from 470 students. The hypotheses testing results indicated that psychological, social, and quality factors have significant positive impacts on the continuous intention to use virtual meeting platforms. The sensitivity analysis results revealed that psychological factors have the most considerable effect on the continuous intention to use virtual meeting platforms with 100% normalized importance, followed by quality factors (72%), and social factors (31%). The contribution of this study lies behind the development of an integrated model that considers the psychological, social, and quality factors in understanding the continuous intention to use virtual meeting platforms during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to influence restaurant employees’ food safety behaviour: an application of the theory of planned behavior and norm activation model

ABSTRACT Foodborne illnesses caused by food service establishments can be prevented by shaping employees’ behavior. This study examines factors influencing the food service staff’s compliance of safety procedures regarding food and hygiene at restaurants by integrating the theory of planned behavior with the norm activation model. It also investigates the moderating role of job burnout on the relationship between food safety behavior and its antecedents. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from 325 restaurant employees in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Using structural equation modeling and multiple group analysis, this study confirms that employees’ behavior regarding adoption of food safety standards is directly influenced by behavioral intention and moral norms. Subjective norm is the strongest predictor of behavioral intention and has a significant impact on moral norms. Furthermore, job burnout plays a significant moderating role by weakening the effect of behavioral intention on food safety behavior.

Strategi Promosi melalui Media Sosial dan Electronic Word of Mouth untuk Komunikasi Konsumen

This study discusses issues related to purchasing decisions. The research focused on the social networking community on social media facebook with a sampling technique using non-probability sampling. The method used in this research is Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis with Smart-PLS version 3.3.5 software support. The results of the study conclude that promotional strategies through social media have a positive influence on purchasing decisions. Promotional strategies through social media have a positive influence on electronic word of mouth. Electronic word of mouth has a positive influence on purchasing decisions. Electronic word of mouth mediates the effect of promotional strategies through social media on purchasing decisions. The practical implication of this research is that companies in the organic agricultural sector, especially organic rice products, are recommended to carry out promotional strategies through social media because this strategy is one of the most effective and appropriate tools in marketing, so that electronic word-of-mouth marketing will be formed, which ultimately has an impact on purchasing decisions.

Cost drivers associated with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in Japan: A structural equation model (SEM) analysis.

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of increasing prevalence in Japan. However, patients with relapsed or refractory disease to first line treatment (rrDLBCL) have been found to shoulder greater economic burden and have poor survival with subsequent lines of therapy. The relative impact of individual patient attributes on total medical cost among patients with rrDLBCL receiving second or third line (2L/3L) therapy was assessed. Structural equation modelling was used to identify potential cost drivers of total medical costs incurred by treatment and procedures in a Japanese retrospective claims database. From the database, rrDLBCL patients on 2L or 3L of treatment were grouped into respective cohorts. The mean [median] (SD) total medical cost of care for the 2L cohort was 73,296.40 [58,223.11] (58,409.79) US dollars (USD) and 75,238.35 [60,477.31] (59,583.66) USD for the 3L cohort. The largest total effect on medical cost in both cohorts was length of hospital stay (LOS) (β: 0.750 [95%CI: 0.728, 0.772] vs β: 0.762 [95%CI: 0.729, 0.794]). Length of hospital stay and potential heart disease complications due to line of treatment were the primary drivers of total cost for patients who had received at least 2L or 3L therapy for rrDLBCL.

Childhood emotional maltreatment and subsequent affective symptoms among chinese male drug users: The roles of impulsivity and psychological resilience.

Childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) has been widely linked to later affective symptoms. What still remains inadequately understood are the potential nuanced differences in the consequences of childhood emotional abuse (CEM-A) versus childhood emotional neglect (CEM-N) and the implicated mechanisms. Research with non-Western, clinical samples also remains scarce. Thus, we examined the associations of CEM-A and CEM-N with later affective symptoms among Chinese male drug users and tested impulsivity and psychological resilience as potential mediators and moderators. Structural equation modeling analyses were conducted with survey data obtained from 239 Chinese male adult drug users who were in a rehabilitation center. The mediating rather than the moderating hypotheses were supported. CEM-A was found to be positively associated with subsequent depressive and anxious symptoms through a positive association with impulsivity. In contrast, CEM-N was positively associated only with subsequent depressive symptoms via a negative association with psychological resilience. In addition, CEM-A was also found to be directly associated with later depressive and anxious symptoms. CEM may pose a threat to later affective well-being partly through contributing to intrapersonal vulnerabilities as well as compromising intrapersonal strengths. Differentiating CEM-A and CEM-N appears to be critical for revealing the understudied specificity and nuance that may be inherently within such effects. Drug use treatment services should sensitively attend to the affective sequelae of CEM. Interventions targeted at the modification of impulsivity and the facilitation of psychological resilience may be effective in diminishing the affective consequences of CEM among drug users. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Encouraging Brand Evangelism Through Failure Attribution and Recovery Justice: The Moderating Role of Emotional Attachment.

Brand evangelism is essential to the profitability of e-shops, but the effects of failure attribution and recovery justice in encouraging brand evangelism in the online service recovery context are not straightforward. Grounded on a framework integrating Attribution theory, Justice theory, and Attachment theory, this study explores whether failure attribution and recovery justice affect brand evangelism through recovery satisfaction with emotional attachment as a moderator. We gathered 400 samples from e-shoppers who encountered a service failure and recovery in the past year to verify the hypotheses using structural equation modeling and multiple-group analysis. Results declare that failure attribution (locus, stability, and controllability) and recovery justice (distributive, procedural, and interactional justice) are significantly related to recovery satisfaction and subsequent brand evangelism. Moreover, failure attribution (locus, stability, and controllability) correlates significantly with recovery justice (distributive, procedural, and interactional justice). In addition, emotional attachment plays a moderating role on the relationships between distributive and procedural justice on recovery satisfaction. This work contributes to brand evangelism research by giving a different perspective (i.e., service recovery) to comprehend what stimulate or deter brand evangelism. In addition, this work develops service recovery research through the combination of the third dimension of attribution (locus) and fourth dimension of justice (informational justice) into a framework, investigating the effect of failure attribution on recovery justice, and revealing the moderating effect of emotional attachment in the recovery process.

Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions on Soil N2O Emissions and CH4 Uptake in a Phosphorus-Limited Subtropical Chinese Fir Plantation

Increased nitrogen (N) inputs in subtropical forest ecosystems were widely reported. Extra N additions were reported to cause nutrient imbalance and phosphorus (P) limitation in many tropical and subtropical forests, and further result in changes in soil nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) fluxes. Here, we conducted experiments with N (high N addition: 15 g N/m2, HN), P (low: 5 g P/m2, LP; high: 15 g P/m2, HP) and their interactive (HNLP and HNHP) treatments to investigate how N and P additions affected CH4 and N2O exchanges in an N-rich Chinese fir plantation (Cunninghamia lanceolata), and further explored the underlying mechanisms through the structural equation model (SEM) analysis. The results indicated that N addition alone (HN) significantly (p &lt; 0.05) increased the soil N2O emissions by 30.15% and 80.47% over annual and 4-month periods, mainly owing to the elevated NH4+-N content. P addition alone (LP and HP) did not significantly affect the soil N2O emissions as compared with the control. The SEM analysis indicated that increased N2O emissions under N addition were primarily explained by the increase in available N and contributed more to the stimulated NH4+-N contents. N and P interactive additions slightly (not significant) stimulated the N2O emissions as compared with that under the N addition alone treatment. High-dose P addition significantly increased the soil CH4 uptake by 15.80% and 16.23% under the HP and HNHP treatments, respectively, while N addition alone and low P addition (LP and HNLP) did not significantly affect CH4 uptake as compared with the control. The increased water-soluble organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon explained the increased CH4 uptake under high P addition. The fertilization effects on N2O emissions and CH4 uptake mainly occurred in the first 4 months and diminished after that. Our results suggested that the direction, magnitude and timing of the N and P addition effects on N2O emissions and CH4 uptake would depend on the soil nutrient status and plant–microbial competition for N and P in subtropical forests.