Equation Modeling Analysis Research Articles

ANALISIS STRATEGI CITRA MEREK DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEPUASAN PELANGGAN OCTO MOBILE

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of promotion, service quality, and innovation directly or indirectly on Brand Image, as well as the effect of all these variables on OCTO Mobile customer satisfaction. The research sample was 385 respondents who were CIMB Niaga customers. The sampling technique was purposive sampling—data collection using a questionnaire and FGD. The data analysis technique used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis which aided with SmartPLS software. The study results prove that the variables of service quality and innovation have a significant effect on brand image and brand image has no significant effect on customer satisfaction. However, the promotion variable does not have a significant effect on brand image. Promotion variables, service quality, and innovation significantly affect customer satisfaction, while the brand image variable has no significant effect on customer satisfaction. The results also show the customer satisfaction strategy plan by referring to the strategies from the analysis that has been done, and the right strategy is selected, namely product development.

Antecedents of private university students’ satisfaction: The effects of traditional and electronic service quality

High competition in the higher education sector, especially private universities, has brought a high attention to service quality that can increase students’ satisfaction and their retention rates. This study aimed to investigate the effect of traditional and electronic service quality of private universities in Jakarta on students’ satisfaction. A total of 151 students’ responses from three private universities in Jakarta were collected. A factor analysis with the Principal Component Analysis method with Varimax rotation, Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Importance Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) were performed. The results proved that perceived value of traditional service quality and perceived web value significantly affected student satisfaction. The three indicators of perceived quality provided by administrative staff (b=0.198), perceived quality of university infrastructure (β=0.333), and perceived quality of support services (β=0.362) significantly affected students’ satisfaction while in the context of electronic service quality, only accessibility (β=0.469) and attractiveness (β=0.123) had significant effects on students’ satisfaction. Furthermore, the two-dimensional IPMA matrix indicated the dominance of importance (score=0.621) and performance (score=66.438) of perceived value over the perceived web value.

Diri dan Pengetahuan Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Pada Dinas Pekerjaan Umum Medan

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the effect of self-concept and knowledge on employee performance at the Medan Public Works Department. The research method used is associative research, where variables are measured with a Likert scale. Data collection methods by interview, questionnaire and observation. In this study the sample used was 80 respondents. Data management uses smartPLS3 with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. The results showed that: (1) partially the self-concept variable influenced the performance of employees in the Medan Public Works Department by 5,825 (2) partially the knowledge variable affected the performance of the employees at the Medan Public Works Department by 7,738. R-Square value obtained is 0.642. To see the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable by calculating the coefficient of determination shows that 64.2% the remaining 35.8% is influenced by other factors not explained in this study.

Job Value and Organizational Socialization of the Youth of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: The Mediation of Career Exploration?

This paper took the social exchange and social cognitive perspectives to examine the effects between job values and organizational socialization and how to play a mediation in career exploration and moderating effect in demographic characteristics. The research collected 700 valid samples of the youth of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for statistical analysis and then subjected them to job value scale, career exploration, and organizational socialization scale. With structural equation model and correlation analysis, it verified that the proposed scale had demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity, a theoretical model of a good overall fit. In the final part, this paper used hierarchical regression analysis and path analysis. The results indicated that career exploration plays a mediation role between job value and organizational socialization, demographic characteristics are moderating effect between job value and career exploration, and demographic characteristics make a moderating effect between career exploration and organizational socialization, but demographic characteristics are not moderated on work value and organizational socialization.

Building Critical Thinking Skills Through a New Design Mobile-Based Interactive Learning Media Knowledge Framework

Education is expected to be a solution to issues in human resource development. A number of initiatives have been made to overcome educational problems ranging from improving the curriculum, developing and increasing the quality of teachers, developing student abilities, and other efforts related to improving the quality of education. Based on the preliminary observation, students’ critical thinking skills were considered low and a confirmatory study related to building critical thinking skills is necessary. This study analyzed critical thinking skills that are built based on perceptions of mobile media, self-directed learning, and digital literacy. The research method used was a quantitative approach by using a questionnaire instrument.. Data analysis included analyses of prerequisite tests including validity and reliability tests. The data were analyzed using the structural equation model (SEM) analysis. The results showed that 1) there was a positive and significant effect on the variable of perceptions on online learning media on self-directed learning and digital literacy, 2) there was a positive and significant effect on the variable of self-directed learning on critical thinking skills 3) there was a positive and significant effect on the variable of digital literacy on critical thinking skills 4) the variable of the perceptions on mobile-based learning media had a positive and significant effect on critical thinking skills through the mediation of self-directed learning and digital literacy.

Analysis of the Tax Compliance in the EU: VECM and SEM

Tax compliance is an important indicator for the proper functioning of the tax authority, influencing the budget revenue level. In this study, a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) analysis was developed to identify the long-term relationships between the compliance in individual income taxation (taxpayer’s behavior), public trust in politicians (trust in authorities), and rule of law (power of the authorities), using unbalanced panel data for the European Union (EU28) during the 2007–2017 period. The results underline the causality of the long-run relationships between the variables. The results of the VECM analysis underline the need for various support measures for voluntary tax compliance, with the trust variable having an important impact on tax compliance. In addition, a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis was employed using an improved data set with variables such as the compliance in corporation taxation (taxpayer’s behavior), wastefulness of government spending, and quality of the education system. The results of the SEM analysis underline the positive and significant influences of the variables on tax compliance.

Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors

We investigated the relationship between employee perceptions of narcissistic supervision and employee followership. Further, we investigated the influences of employee proactive personality, self-efficacy, political skill, and team political climate on said relationship. Data were from 383 employees of a large Chinese IT enterprise (female = 37.33%, mean age = 36.85 years, SD = 8.57 years; mean year of experience = 2.34 years, SD = 1.56 years). Multi-level structural equation modelling and bootstrap analyses resultsindicated that follower proactive personality positively moderated the relationship between follower self-efficacy and employee followership. Follower self-efficacy and team political climate influenced employee followership under narcissistic supervision. These results suggest employee work predispositions to likely buffer the influences of narcissistic supervision on employee followership.

FACTORS CAUSING STUDENT LOYALTY TO THE LOW COST CARRIERS AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN JAKARTA

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of the implementation of service marketing strategies on student loyalty of LCC users. The student segment consumer contributes a considerable amount to the number of LCC airline users in Indonesia. This research using verifiative and descriptive methods using data analysis tools is descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis supported by Lisrel and SPPSsoftware. Aumlah 240 respondents how to sample selection using judgment sampling techniques. The results of the study based on descriptive analysis are known that the marketing mix of services, consumer satisfaction, consumer loyalty, consumer confidence and consumer value of students of LCC airline users in general is considered inadequate. The results of the study showed that Service Marketing has an effect on Consumer Satisfaction Consumer value affects consumer loyalty Consumer Value affects Consumer Satisfaction Consumer value affects consumer confidence Consumer Satisfaction affects Consumer Loyalty Consumer Satisfaction affects Consumer Confidence Consumer trust affects consumer loyalty. While the hypothesis that is rejected is that the marketing of services has no effect on consumer loyalty.

Lower secondary school students’ perceptions of science assessment feedback and their conceptions of science assessment: a transitional phase of developing an understanding of assessment

ABSTRACT Background In the field of science education, the importance of assessment in students’ learning process has been recognized. Understanding of how students perceive science assessment and feedback may be an important issue that science education researchers need to pay attention to in order to achieve meaningful learning. Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between lower secondary students’ perceptions of science assessment feedback and their conceptions of science assessment. Sample The participants of this survey study were 313 eighth-grade students (161 males and 152 females) in Taiwan. Design and methods Two instruments were adapted and implemented to investigate the aim of this study (i.e. the perceptions of science assessment feedback and conceptions of science assessment). To examine the structural relations between the students’ perceptions of science assessment feedback and their conceptions of science assessment, partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis was performed. Results The results showed that students who perceived the science assessment feedback as knowledge of the results, reports, and grades (i.e. outcome feedback) tended to highlight the surface conceptions of science assessment (i.e. Reproducing knowledge). Students with the perceptions of assessment feedback as the provision of the correct answer (i.e. corrective feedback) were prone to hold summative conceptions (i.e. Rehearsing and Accountability). In particular, those students who regarded the science assessment feedback as process feedback which focused on improving learning may have had both summative and formative purposes of science assessment (i.e. Improving learning, Problem solving, and Critical judgment). Conclusions The findings revealed that the lower secondary students’ perceptions of science assessment feedback made a significant contribution to their conceptions of science assessment and may be in a transitional phase of shaping an understanding of assessment. The practical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

P–785 Double versus sequential single blastocyst transfer in freeze all cycles?

Abstract Study question Is double blastocysts transfer (DET) better than sequential single blastocyst transfer (seq-SET) in freeze all cycles? Summary answer Sequential single blastocyst transfer provides a higher live birth rate (LBR) per cycle initiated and eliminates multiple births in freeze-all cycles. What is known already Improvements in cryopreservation technology helped freeze-all strategy gain much popularity. The new debate is whether guidance for single embryo transfer should also be applied to frozen-thawed embryo transfers in freeze-all cycles. Study design, size, duration We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 860 women in whom the entire cohort of embryos frozen at the blastocyst stage for various indications. All women aged 19–43 years, who had at least two blastocysts frozen and subsequently thawed and transferred were included. Preimplantation genetic testing cycles were excluded.The study period ranged from January 2016 to May 2019. Participants/materials, setting, methods Data regarding female age, number of embryos transferred, multiple pregnancy and live birth rates (LBR) were extracted from the electronic database. Women were categorized based on their age and the mode of embryo transfer. Primary outcome was live birth rate LBR per cycle initiated. Secondary outcomes were LBR per embryo transfer and multiple birth rate. Groups were compared using Fisher’s test, generalized estimating equation model and logistic regression analysis to adjust for confounding factors. Main results and the role of chance The study group comprised of 666 women (371 Seq-SET and 295 DET) who underwent 837 embryo transfer cycles. Second embryo transfer was affected in 46.1% of women in the Seq-SET group. Age, indication for freeze-all, and mode of transfer were related with the LBR. For women ≤ 35 (n = 370), LBRs per embryo transfer were similar in single and double embryo transfers (53.9% versus 64.2% respectively, p = 0.006, aOR=0.65, 95% CI:0.41–1.01). However, LBR per cycle initiated was significantly higher in Seq-SET group (78.9% versus 64.2% respectively, p = 0.004, aHR=2.09, 95% CI:1.28–3.41). While only one monochorionic twin delivery was observed with Seq-SET (0.5%), 19 out of 70 (27.1%) live births after DET were twins. For women >35 of age (n = 296) the likelihood of a live birth per embryo transfer was lower in single compared to double embryo transfers (33.2% versus 46.2%, respectively, p = 0.012, aOR=0.58 95% CI:0.38–0.88). Although LBR per cycle initiated was higher in Seq-SET (58.2%) than DET (46.2%), the difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.054, aHR=1.62, 95% CI:1.00–2.60). While no twin delivery was observed with Seq-SET, 8 out of 86 (9.3%) live births with DET were twins. Limitations, reasons for caution This was a retrospective study with small sample size performed at a single fertility center, which may limit the generalizability of our findings. Cost-efficiency was not studied. Wider implications of the findings: Seq-SET is associated with a comparable or higher likelihood of live birth per cycle initiated and a very low risk of twins when compared to DET. However, half of SET cases had to undergo two transfer cycles. Trial registration number NA

Do Knowledge and Experience Value Affect Green Tourism Activity Participation and Buying Decision? A Case Study of Natural Dyeing Experience in China

With the rapid development of niche tourism, green tourism activity has become known to the wider public. By taking into account the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study takes natural dyeing experience as a case study, with the aim of determining the tourist purchase intention of green products under the destination experience scenario. A quantitative approach was adopted, and 349 valid sets of data were collected from individuals who have participated in natural dyeing activities. Partial least squares–structural equation modelling (PLS–SEM) analysis was conducted to test the conceptual model. The results indicate that experience value (EV) had a significant impact on green purchase conception and intention. In addition, subjective norm had a significant positive influence on tourism green purchase attitude. However, environmental knowledge failed to predict green purchase attitude and perceived behavioural control. The PLS–SEM analysis confirmed the extended TPB model, which showed relatively good predictive validity. Findings suggest that TPB mediated the relationship between EV and purchase intention. The extended model considerably contributes to improving understanding of the impact on green tourism products and dissects theoretical and practical implications to practitioners. Apart from strengthening the experience value from attaining, learning, escapism, and fantasy aspects, on the basis of previous literature, this study concludes that practically, environmental education regarding the experimental environment in tourism destinations in China should return to green activity itself and induce the support of green tourism products. Tourism marketers should trigger personal green knowledge through sense experience in the process of stimulating and promoting green tourism activities, as well as stimulate purchasing power.

Analyzing the Effect of the Product, Price Perception, and Promotion on Customer Loyalty to the Product of PT. EBARA Indonesia with Repurchase Intention

This study aimed to analyze the effect of the product, price perception, and promotion on customer loyalty to the product of PT. EBARA Indonesia with repurchase intention as an Intervening Variable. The number of research respondents was 137 respondents. The approach used in this research is quantitative. The data used in this study are primary data from the results of filling out the questionnaire. The data resulting from the filling was then analyzed through the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis technique with the help of the SmartPLS program. Following the results of the analysis, it can be concluded: (: (1) PT. EBARA Indonesia's products have a positive and significant effect on consumer repurchase intention with a coefficient; (2) The price perception of PT. EBARA Indonesia's products have a positive and significant effect on consumer repurchase intention; (3) Product promotion of PT. EBARA Indonesia has a positive and significant effect on consumer repurchase intention; (4) Repurchase intention products of PT. EBARA Indonesia has a positive and significant effect on consumer customer loyalty (5) Products of PT. EBARA Indonesia has a positive and insignificant effect on consumer customer loyalty ; (6) The price perception of PT. EBARA Indonesia's product has a positive and insignificant effect on consumer customer loyalty; (7) Product promotion of PT. EBARA Indonesia has a positive and insignificant effect on consumer customer loyalty; (8) PT. EBARA Indonesia's product has positive and negative effects. Significant impact on consumer customer loyalty through repurchase intention; (9) PT. EBARA Indonesia's product prices have a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty through consumer repurchase intention; (10) Promotion of PT. EBARA Indonesia has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty through consumer repurchase intention.

Fund Ratings of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Funds: A Precautionary Note

We examine fund ratings of socially responsible investing (SRI) equity funds in emerging and developed markets by validating the assumptions of the equally weighted U.S. News mutual fund scorecard and the causal interrelations among its rating agencies—Morningstar, Lipper, Zacks, CFRA and TheStreet—for improvement priorities. In so doing, we apply a novel interdisciplinary methodology including cluster analysis, classification analysis, partial least squares structural equation modeling and importance performance analysis. We find evidence against the U.S. News assumptions, as individual rating agencies have unequal effects and exhibit the causal relationships among one another. We suggest emerging (developed) market fund managers allocate their resources—which are often limited—with the first priority to improving fund ratings of CFRA (Zacks), followed by Zacks (CFRA), TheStreet (Lipper), Lipper (Morningstar) and Morningstar (TheStreet). The positive causal relationships among rating agencies indicates that investors consider multiple rating agencies of the U.S. News for investment decisions, rather than simply use any single one of these rating agencies or their equally weighted aggregation. Interestingly, we find disagreement among rating agencies, with Zack (TheStreet) displaying rating deflation for emerging (developed) market funds. Disagreement among rating agencies may increase the monitoring effort of fund managers who usually “shop” for additional ratings in the hope of maximizing their average ratings.

Antecedents of Customers Loyalty towards Go-Jek Service

Service quality is one of the biggest factors in determining consumer loyalty. The aim of this study is to analyze how the Go-Jek service quality an influence customer satisfaction in shaping customer loyalty to the Go-Jek company. This research is quantitative and the variables examined in this study are website design, reliability, trust, customer satisfaction, to support consumer loyalty. This research was conducted in Yogyakarta and the data was collected using a questionnaire based on a Likert-scale, and the taking method uses purposive sampling with 300 respondents. Data were then analyzed using structural equation model (SEM) analysis with the help of WarpPLS software. The results of the study show that the effect of e-service quality on customer loyalty to the Go-Jek company were positive and significant.

An investigation of college student-athletes’ mental health stigma, help-seeking attitudes, depression, anxiety, and life stress scores using structural equation modeling

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the directional relationship between student-athletes’ (N = 621) degree of mental health stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and levels of depression, anxiety, and life stress. The results of the structural equation model (SEM) analyses identified that student-athletes’ amount of mental health stigma contributed to help-seeking attitudes (25.6% of the variance), but not levels of depression (.16% of the variance), anxiety (.09% of the variance), or life stress (.81% of the variance). Specifically, student-athletes’ mental health stigma shared a strong negative relationship with attitudes towards seeking psychological help (β = −.506, p < .001) and the mediation models identified that personal stigma mediates the relationship between public stigma and help-seeking attitudes. Implications purport the need to address the stigma of mental health at the societal level in order to mitigate personal stigma and promote a positive sport culture surrounding mental health and health help-seeking within athletes.

Impact of market demand on recurring hallmark sporting event spectators: an empirical study of the Shanghai Masters

PurposeThe current study was designed to (1) identify core and peripheral market demand for a recurring hallmark sporting event, testing their impact on event identification and behavioral intentions; and to (2) explore the effect of core and peripheral market demand on event identification between first-time and repeat spectators.Design/methodology/approachResearch participants (N = 540) were spectators at the Shanghai Masters over a span of seven days. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and partial least squares multi-group analysis (PLS-MGA).FindingsSignificant, positive relationships were found between core market demand and event identification, and between core market demand and behavioral intentions. In contrast, peripheral market demand only had significant, positive effect on event identification; however, findings revealed that event identification fully mediated the relationships between peripheral market demand and behavioral intentions. Additionally, the effect of peripheral market demand on event identification was greater among first-time spectators than repeat spectators.Originality/valueThis study contributed to the application of PLS-SEM in sport management research by adopting a formative-formative hierarchical component model (HCM) to address the prevailing measurement model misspecification of market demand constructs. The findings highlighted the merits of promoting market demand associated with recurring hallmark sporting events and the importance of enhancing event identification through differential market penetration schemes across different spectator groups.

Sex-specific impact of diabetes mellitus on left ventricular systolic function and prognosis in heart failure

We aimed to investigate the sex differences in associations of diabetes mellitus (DM) with echocardiographic phenotypes and clinical outcomes of heart failure (HF). We studied 4,180 patients admitted for acute HF between 2009 and 2016 (median follow-up, 31.7 months) whose left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) data were available. Patients were compared by sex and DM. Structural equation model (SEM) analysis was performed to evaluate the moderating effects of two causal paths, via ischemic heart disease (IHD) and LV-GLS, linking DM with mortality. Compared to non-diabetic women, diabetic women had significantly lower LV-GLS (11.3% versus 10.1%, p < 0.001), but the difference was attenuated within men (9.7% versus 9.2%, p = 0.014) (p-for-interaction by sex = 0.018). In Cox analyses, DM was an independent predictor for higher mortality in both sexes (women: adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1.35, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.15–1.59 versus men: HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.07–1.44, p-for-interaction by sex = 0.699). Restricted cubic spline curves showed that LV-GLS consistently declined, and mortality increased in women with worsening hyperglycemia, but these trends were not evident in men. In SEM analysis, the main driver from DM to mortality differed by sex; men had a stronger effect via IHD than LV-GLS, whereas LV-GLS was the only predominant path in women.

Work\u2013Family Conflict and Job Outcomes Among Prison Officers in Ghana: A Test of Mediation and Moderation Processes

This study examines the mediating effect of job stress and the moderating effect of job autonomy on the relationship between work-to-family conflict (WFC) and job satisfaction and organizational commitment. It uses cross-sectional data from 1062 prison officers sampled from 31 prison establishments in Ghana. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis showed that WFC was negatively associated with job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Job stress significantly mediated the influence of WFC on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The negative influence of WFC on job satisfaction and organizational commitment was less for prison officers with higher levels of job autonomy than for those with lower levels of autonomy. These findings suggest the need for correctional organizations to adopt family-friendly measures that facilitate officers’ ability to integrate their work and family responsibilities.

Determinan Penerapan Akuntansi Manajemen pada Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah: Bukti Empiris dari Kota Tarakan

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are one of the economic sectors that absorb the most labor and make a significant contribution to economic growth. One of the most important elements in making decisions in business competition is information about management accounting in an entity. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the use of management accounting in micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Tarakan City. These factors include: business and production capacity; competitiveness; quality of human resources; business strategy; as well as awareness of business owners / operators of management accounting. This study uses a questionnaire-based survey on a sample of 67 MSMEs in Tarakan. The method used to test the hypothesis is structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with partial least square (PLS). The results showed that the business and production capacity; and market competition has no effect on the application of management accounting in Tarakan City MSMEs. Even so, there are other variables that show a positive and significant influence on the application of management accounting such as the quality of human resources, business strategy, and owner / operator awareness. The results of this study also provide evidence that the application of management accounting can improve the quality of information obtained by users, facilitate economic decisions, and increase the operational efficiency of MSME entities, especially in Tarakan City.

The Influence of Employee Leadership and Competency through Organizational Commitments on Employee Performance, Youth and Sport Education, Buleleng District

Every organization certainly expects success. To achieve this success, organizations need quality human resources. Important factors that need to be considered in improving employee performance are leadership . Apart from good leadership , there are other factors that must be considered by agencies, namely organizational commitment. Organizational commitment is very important because it has a close relationship with employee performance. Many factors support the achievement of high performance, including the level of employee competenceowned in an organization concerned. Organizations will be able to produce good performance if there is a custom where employees not only do their main tasks, but also want to do extra tasks such as willing to work together, please help, advise fellow employees, participate actively, provide extra services and are willing to use working time effectively and efficiently.&#x0D; Respondents dal am this research is all employee PNS / ASN at the Department of Education Youth and Sports Buleleng number of respondents da lam this study determined 64 respondents using a sampling technique called stratifuard rondom sampling or serine g also called total each sampling. This study uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with the help of the SMARTPLS 3 program . 0&#x0D; The results of this study show that: 1) Leadership positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, 2) Competence of employees affect positive and sig nifikan to k commitment of the organization , 3) Leadership positive and significant effect on employee performance , 4) Competence of employees positive and significant effect on employee performance, 5) organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on employee performance &#x0D; Keywords: Leadership, Competency , organizational commitment and employee performance