Experiential Relationship Research Articles

Christian Spiritual Formation towards Holiness

Freedom is one of the most fervently fought for values and, at the same time, the very idea of freedom belongs to concepts that are essentially contested. This situation is a part of human brokenness, and in Christian formation, it has to be seriously dealt with. According to the popular view, ‘holiness’ is a life-negating and judgmental attitude towards everything ‘normal.’ In biblical usage, it connotes belonging to God as a gift in Christ. Spiritual formation begins with a biblical explanation of freedom and holiness. A Christian worldview has to be the background to Christian formation, functioning as a correction of the commonly- accepted naturalistic worldview. A personal experiential relationship with God is the key to successful growth towards realistic and practical holiness in daily life. ‘Dos and don’ts’ that usually arise at the beginning of religious education shall be experienced as liberating instructions, if they are offered as guidance to a fully persuaded mind and a devotedly loving heart.

Absorptive Capacity and Project-Driven Firm Performance

Absorptive capacity is an important determinant of a routine-based firm performance. However, there is need to validate its impact on project-driven firm performance such as in construction companies. In this article, we conceptualize absorptive capacity and firm performance as third-order hierarchical constructs. Our model is tested based on the impact of absorptive capacity on firm performance by using survey data from a sample of 158 project managers in construction companies belonging to the Federation of Construction Industries (FOCI). Using the partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM) approach for the hierarchical order constructs (HOC), the findings from the research corroborate most of the earlier studies as well as contrasting relationship between the realised absorptive capacity and financial performance (β = -0.029, t = 0.565). The study offers useful insight into the experiential relationship for our conceptualization and its influence on project-driven firm performance.

헤테로토피아로서의 현대미술과 전시 공간

The purpose of this paper is to understand that ‘experimental Heterotopia’ is the spatial singularity of contemporary art based on Foucault's ‘Heterotopia’. The Panopticon, a surveillance and discipline system, developed into an exhibition space, the White Cube. However, Heterotopia subverts the white cube and acts as a void in utopia. Heterotopic art is art as a ‘different space’ that deviates from regulations, subverts the system, and accepts all heterogeneous aspects. If ‘heterotopic art escaped from the panoptic white cube’ embodies a space that subverts the existing norms, ‘other space of contemporary art’ can be said to express Heterotopia as the heterogeneous appearance of art. Accordingly, the spatial characteristics of contemporary art are defined by Heterotopia is analyzed through the works of Duchamp and Eliasson to reveal that heterotopia forms an experiential relationship with the audience.

Exploring the drivers of pink-seeking intentions among women consumers

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the relationships between pink atmosphere, pink promotion, positive emotions, pink experiential equity, pink experiential relationship quality and pink-seeking intentions. The findings are based on structural equation modeling of a convenience sample of 495 women consumers who have purchased L’Oréal Paris beauty products at three stores in Shanghai. The results contribute to the pink marketing theory by providing additional insights into pink atmosphere, pink promotion, warm glow, sense of belonging, pink experiential equity, pink experiential satisfaction, pink experiential trust, pink experiential loyalty and pink-seeking intentions. These findings are discussed based on both academic and practitioner implications.

Smart vending machine experiences, experiential relationship quality and experiential relationship marketing outcomes

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the relationships between the dimensions of smart vending machine experiences, experiential relationship quality and experiential relationship marketing outcomes. The study findings are based on structural equation modeling of a convenience sample of 443 consumers purchasing products using smart vending machines in Taipei, Taiwan, indicating that the proposed model fits the data. The analysis results contribute to the services marketing theory by providing additional insights into the dimensions of smart vending machine experiences, experiential relationship quality and experiential relationship marketing outcomes. These findings are discussed in terms of both academic and practitioner implications.

Service innovation, experiential relationship quality and shopping outcomes in a smart unmanned store

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the relationships among the dimensions of service innovation (product innovation, process innovation, marketing innovation and organizational innovation), the dimensions of experiential relationship quality (experiential value, experiential satisfaction, experiential trust and experiential commitment) and the dimensions of shopping outcomes ((positive word-of-mouth (WOM) and patronage intentions)). Data were obtained from 485 respondents at one smart unmanned store in Wuhan of China, and were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings show that product innovation, process innovation, marketing innovation, organizational innovation and experiential value have a direct positive influence on experiential satisfaction. Also, experiential value, experiential satisfaction and experiential trust have a direct positive influence on experiential commitment, which in turn lead to positive WOM, while experiential trust has a positive influence on patronage intentions. This study concludes with key implications arising from the analyses and further research opportunities.

What drives pilgrims' experiential supportive intentions and desires towards religious destinations?

This study examines the role of pilgrim's experiential risk, experiential motivation, and experiential loyalty towards the experiential relationship quality, supportive intentions, and desires at religious destinations. For Study 1, data were collected from 374 pilgrims (Sikh community) who visited Pakistan during their religious event (Vaisakhi). For Study 2, data were collected from 381 pilgrims (Malaysian Chinese) who visited Chinese temples in Kedah, Malaysia. PLS-SEM is employed to analyze the data. The findings revealed that experiential risk, motivation, and loyalty significantly impact experiential relationship quality, experiential supportive intentions, and experiential desire. Moreover, experiential relationship quality also plays a pivotal role in increasing the pilgrims` experiential supportive intentions and desires to visit the pilgrimage destination. This study contributes to the existing literature and will be helpful for the tourism authorities to reduce the consumer's experiential risk and enhance their loyalty and intention towards the holy destinations.

Underwater Hotel Attachment, Experiential Service Outcomes, Experiential Relationship Investment and Intention to Stay

ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationships between underwater hotel attachment, experiential service outcomes, experiential relationship investment and intention to stay. To test the model, empirical data was collected from 515 tourists at one underwater hotel in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The analysis results contribute to the services marketing theory by providing additional insights into the dimensions of underwater hotel attachment, the dimensions of experiential service outcomes, experiential relationship investment and intention to stay. The results of this study will also assist underwater hotel management in developing and implementing market-oriented service strategies to increase the dimensions of underwater hotel attachment, the dimensions of experiential service outcomes and experiential relationship investment and create intentions to stay. The theoretical and managerial implications of these results are discussed.

What Drives Experiential Outcomes? The Case of Triple Stimulus Vouchers

This study aims to examine the relationships between the dimensions of experiential motivation and experiential relationship quality, experiential participation and experiential outcomes. The study findings are based on structural equation modeling of a convenience sample of 557 tourists purchasing travel products using triple stimulus vouchers in the Taipei Tourism Expo, indicating that the proposed model fits the data. The analysis results contribute to the services marketing theory by providing additional insights into the dimensions of experiential motivation and experiential relationship quality, experiential participation and experiential outcomes. These findings are discussed in terms of both academic and practitioner implications.

The Phenomenology of Healing: Eight Ways of Dealing With the Ill and Impaired Body.

Encounters with illness, impairment, and aging can disrupt one's experiential relationship with self, body, others, and world. "Healing" takes place when the individual is able to re-integrate his or her world, even if the condition is not medically curable. Drawing on work in the phenomenology of the body, this article examines a series of eight "healing strategies" individuals employ, each representing a different way of orienting toward the painful or impaired body. One may lean into freeing oneself from the body, through strategies of "refusing," "ignoring," "objectifying," or "transcending" its problems. Conversely, one may choose to embrace the body, through strategies such as "accepting," "listening," "befriending," or "witnessing." It can be beneficial to have a good number of such coping strategies at one's disposal, enhancing flexible response to chronic challenges. They also are often used in synergistic or complementary combinations.

Café attachment, experiential relationship quality and experiential outcomes

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the relationships between the dimensions of café attachment, the dimensions of experiential relationship quality and the dimensions of experiential outcomes. The findings of this study are based on structural equation modeling of a convenience sample of 482 customers drinking coffee at B;eat in Gangnam in Seoul, indicating that the proposed model fits the data. The analysis results contribute to the services marketing theory by providing additional insights into the dimensions of café attachment, the dimensions of experiential relationship quality and the dimensions of experiential outcomes. The results of this study will assist unmanned café managers in developing and implementing market-oriented service strategies to increase the dimensions of café attachment and the dimensions of experiential relationship quality and promote the dimensions of experiential outcomes.

Relationships Between Virtual Reality Experiences, Experiential Relationship Quality and Experiential Advocacy: The Case of Virtual Reality Park

Advances in virtual reality technology have had an increasing impact on tourism, changing the way tourists experience a destination or attraction, allowing them to have a more interactive and diverse experience. This study aims to examine the relationships between the virtual reality experiences dimensions, the experiential relationship quality dimensions and experiential advocacy. A convenience sample of 344 tourists who visited at one virtual reality park in Mashhad City of Iran was surveyed. The results indicate that among virtual reality experiences of immersion, interaction and illusion have a positive effect on experiential satisfaction and experiential satisfaction has a direct and indirect effect on experiential advocacy through experiential loyalty. Ultimately, experiential trust does not directly, but through experiential loyalty, lead to the formation of experiential advocacy. The results will assist virtual reality park management in developing and implementing market-orientated service strategies to increase perceptions of the dimensions of virtual reality experiences, the experiential relationship quality dimensions and create experiential advocacy.

Reconceptualizing the self-efficacy construct in public relations research: The case of sojourners and their communicative behaviors

Although existing public relations research has explored self-efficacy as a psychological factor that predicts behaviors, the construct has been loosely conceptualized and operationalized mainly as an all-purpose measure that has been examined and valued for its predictive but not its operational power. It is rarely tailored to the specific domains of functioning in which it is applied and is generically operationalized with items measuring whether one can perform an action in terms of ability, confidence, and knowledge. Despite the predictive power of such an all-purpose measure, the construct's operational power lies in its ability to identify the experiential sources from which self-efficacy is derived and in providing guidelines to structure experiences to enable the desired behavioral changes. To demonstrate the construct's operational power in a specific research domain within public relations, this study revisits Bandura’s (1977) original publication on self-efficacy to explain how to reconceptualize the construct for a specific research problem within public diplomacy: how sojourners—experiential relationship holders with a host region—develop self-efficacy to proactively forward information and make a positive recommendation about their host region. Results from a survey (N = 320) conducted among sojourners living in Macao found that the tailored construct with four experiential sources explains two communicative behaviors: proactive forwarding of information about a sojourner's host region and persuading others to work or study in their host region. The process of reconceptualizing self-efficacy to enhance its operational power in examining specific research domains within public relations is discussed.

Experiential quality, experiential relationship quality and future experiential intentions in the Macau gaming industry

Calidad experiencial, calidad de la relación experiencial y futuras intenciones experienciales en la industria del juego de MacaoDiseño/metodología/enfoque (límite de 100 palabras)− En este estudio, se obtuvieron 566 respuestas válidas de jugadores de casino que habían tenido experiencia en juegos en un casino de Macao.Propósito (límite de 100 palabras)− Este documento presenta a través de un estudio de caso la industria de los juegos de Macao con el objetivo de discutir las relaciones multifacéticas que involucran calidad experiencial, calidad de relación experiencial y futuras intenciones experienciales.Resultados (límite de 100 palabras)− Según los resultados del estudio, las dimensiones de la calidad de la experiencia (hedónica, participación, sorpresa, diversión, contacto con el jugador y entorno físico) tuvieron un efecto positivo en la satisfacción de la experiencia, lo que a su vez condujo a la confianza en la experiencia. Tanto la confianza experiencial como la satisfacción experiencial influyeron positivamente en el compromiso experiencial. Además, la confianza experiencial, la satisfacción experiencial y el compromiso experiencial afectaron positivamente a las futuras intenciones experienciales.Originalidad/valor (límite de 100 palabras)− La principal contribución de esta investigación es que se ha agregado al cuerpo de conocimiento sobre la interacción entre las dimensiones de la calidad experiencial, la dimensión de la calidad de la relación experiencial y las intenciones experimentales futuras, que pueden ser fructíferas para la industria del juego.

Semantic processing in children with autism spectrum disorder

El presente estudio analizó el procesamiento semántico de un grupo de niños con trastorno del espectro autista (n= 24), con el objetivo principal de averiguar si presentan diferencias en comparación con un grupo de niños con desarrollo típico (n = 24). Para ello, se realizó un análisis del contenido de los ítems del subtest de información del WPPSY-III, estableciendo una serie de categorías en función del tipo de demanda semántica requerida: asociación significante-significado, relación experiencial y conocimiento general. Los resultados obtenidos apoyan la idea de que los niños con autismo realizarían un procesamiento semántico de la información de la misma manera que los niños sin autismo, pero necesitarían más tiempo para asumir y establecer dicho procesamiento semántico.

Fertility care quality and experiential relationship marketing: a case study of mainland Chinese fertility tourists to Malaysia

PurposeThis study examines the relationship between the dimensions of fertility care quality and the dimensions of experiential relationship marketing in fertility tourism.Design/methodology/approachThe data used in this study were based on a sample of 532 Mainland Chinese fertility tourists who received fertility care services in eight private fertility clinics in four Malaysian states, indicating that the proposed model fitted the data.FindingsFindings show that the dimensions of fertility care quality (professional skills, patient orientation and physical comfort) and experiential value positively influence experiential satisfaction. Additionally, experiential trust is positively influenced by both experiential satisfaction and experiential value. Also, experiential commitment is positively influenced by experiential satisfaction, experiential trust and experiential value.Practical implicationsFertility tourism service providers could focus on refining the dimensions of fertility care quality to improve experiential relationship marketing.Originality/valueThis paper provides the data that result in a better understanding of the relationship between the dimensions of fertility care quality and the dimensions of experiential relationship marketing in fertility tourism.

Arctic attachment and experiential relationship marketing in Arctic tourism

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the relationship between the dimensions of Arctic attachment (Arctic dependence, Arctic identity, Arctic affect and Arctic familiarity) and the dimensions of experiential relationship marketing (experiential satisfaction, experiential trust, experiential value and experiential commitment). The data used in this study were based on a convenience sample of 486 Mainland Chinese tourists in the Russian Arctic National Park, indicating that the proposed model fitted the data. The results indicate (a) positive effects of Arctic identity, Arctic affect and Arctic familiarity on experiential satisfaction, respectively; (b) positive effects of experiential satisfaction and experiential value on experiential trust; and (c) positive effects of experiential satisfaction, experiential trust and experiential value on experiential commitment. The implications of this study for academics and destination managers are discussed.

Fast-disappearing destinations: the relationships among experiential authenticity, last-chance attachment and experiential relationship quality

This paper explores the relationships among experiential authenticity, the dimensions of last-chance attachment (last-chance dependence, last-chance identity, last-chance affect and last-chance social bonding) and the dimensions of experiential relationship quality (experiential trust, experiential satisfaction and experiential loyalty). A convenience sample of 505 tourists in Malé, Banana Reef, Artificial Beach and Sun Island of the Maldives was surveyed. The results indicate (a) a positive effect of experiential authenticity on last-chance dependence, last-chance identity, last-chance affect and last-chance social bonding, respectively; (b) positive effects of last-chance dependence, last-chance identity and last-chance affect on experiential satisfaction; (c) a positive effect of experiential satisfaction on experiential trust; and (d) positive effects of both experiential trust and experiential satisfaction on experiential loyalty. The implications of this study for academics and fast-disappearing destination management are discussed.

The Research of Experiential Learning to Enhance Ocean Stewardship and Pro-Environmental Behavior Intention-Cross-Cultural Comparison from Taiwan and Indonesia

Marine education is a critical way to stop global marine problems. Educators are focus on educating people with not only attitude but also positive behavior toward the world. The motivation of this research is to explain the experiential learning approaches, ocean stewardship, and people’s pro-environmental behavior intention to their environment. This research used a survey method to collect data from Indonesia and Taiwan. There are 377 of participants from Taiwan and 390 of participants from Indonesia. The result shows that experiential learning is positively related to pro-environmental behavior intention. Experiential learning, ocean stewardship, and pro-environmental behavior intention are positively related to both Taiwanese and Indonesian students. However, the role of ocean stewardship between experiential learning and pro-environmental behavior intention relationship is full mediation in Indonesia, but the Taiwan sample is partially mediate. The results provide a cross-nationcomparison to understand the way of promoting marine education through experiential learning and ocean stewardship. The moderation effects show that the relationship of ocean stewardship to pro-environmental behavior intention in Taiwan is higher than Indonesia, and the relationship of experiential learning to pro-environmental behavior intention in Taiwan is lower than Indonesia.

What Drives Experiential Sharing Intentions Towards Motorcycle Touring? The Case of Taiwan

ABSTRACT This study proposes a conceptual model to examine the relationships among self-confidence, desire, acceptance, the dimensions of relationship quality (trust and satisfaction), attitude and sharing intentions from the experiential perspectives of motorcycle tourists. The data used in this study were based on a convenience sample of 470 tourists who had at least one or more experiences of motorcycle touring in the past 12 months, indicating that the proposed model fitted the data. Results will assist motorcycle management in developing and implementing market-orientated service strategies to increase perceptions of experiential self-confidence, experiential desire, experiential acceptance, the dimensions of experiential relationship quality and experiential attitude in order to boost experiential sharing intentions.