Influence Of Social Interactions Research Articles

Exposure to Foreign Languages through Live Interaction Can Facilitate Children's Acceptance of Multiple Labeling Conventions across Languages.

The current research examined whether children's expectations about labeling conventions can be influenced by limited exposure to a foreign language. Three- to four-year-old Korean children were presented with two speakers who each assigned a novel label either in Korean or Spanish to a novel object. Children were asked whether both labels were acceptable for the object. Children who had more exposure to a foreign language through live social interaction, but not through media, were more likely to accept both Korean and Spanish labels. These findings indicate the influence of social interaction in foreign language exposure on children's understanding of different labeling conventions.

Pengaruh Dampak Modal Structural dan Interaksi Sosial pada Niat Beli Pelanggan Dalam Produk Kosmetik MS Glow di Yogyakarta

This study aims to explore the relationship and direct influence of Cognitive Capital and Social Interaction on Information/knowledge sharing behavior, the effect of Information/knowledge sharing behavior on purchase intention, and the direct influence of cognitive capital and social interaction on customer purchase intention on Customer Ms Glow. On an ongoing basis, the company improves the behavior of sharing information/knowledge to bind customers so that there is customer buying interest in a product. Purchase intention is one of the important things in a company, if a company occurs in the behavior of sharing information/knowledge to customers, the customer's interest in buying a product will also increase. These efforts can be realized in the form of increasing customer cognitive capital, increasing social interaction with customers, and being able to provide better service to customers. Data were collected as many as 60 users of Ms Glow products with data collection techniques using a questionnaire containing 20 questions that must be filled out. The data that has been collected is then processed with SPSS for validity testing, hypothesis testing and classical assumption testing. The results showed that the cognitive capital variable had a positive effect on information/knowledge sharing behavior, social interaction had a positive effect on information/knowledge sharing behavior, and information/knowledge sharing behavior had a positive effect on purchase intention.
 Keywords: Cognitive Capital; Social interaction; Information/Knowledge Sharing Behavior; Purchase Intantion
 
 
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 Prodi Manajemen, Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Transmission of the gut microbiome in cohousing goats and pigs.

Social interaction facilitates the horizontal transmission of the microbiota between different individuals. However, little is known about the level of microbiota transmission in different livestock animals and different digestive tracts. The Hainan black goat and Wuzhishan pig are typical tropical local breeds on Hainan Island in China. Thus, we sampled and analyzed the gut microbiome in Hainan black goats (cecum and rumen) and Wuzhishan pigs (cecum) to study horizontal transmission by rearing them in the same pen (six goats and six pigs) or separate pens (nine goats and nine pigs). De novo assembly and binning recovered 3,262 strain-level and 2,488 species-level metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) using ∼1.3 Tb sequencing data. Of these MAGs, 1,856 MAGs were identified as novel strain. Compared with goats living in separate pens, social interaction in the same pen promotes community homogeneity in the rumen microbiome (P < 0.05) and the cecum microbiome (P < 0.05), respectively. Notably, approximately 7.08% (231/3262) of the gut microbial population could transmit during cohousing, 12 strains only in inter-species transmission, versus 190 strains only in intra-species transmission, and 10 strains only in foregut and hindgut transmission. In addition, the social contact group has high transmitted strain abundance, which is correlated with community composition. This study provided a new insight into the influence of social interaction on the animal gut microbiota.

Do Social Interactions Really Moderate Job Productivity in Coworking Spaces?

Abstract A coworking space is a setup of bringing together independent professionals who do not work for the same company. This study aims to determine the impact of the coworking space environment and of social interactions on the job productivity of coworkers, as well as the influence of social interactions in the relation of coworking space environment and job productivity. A positive significant relationship was found between the coworking space environment and job productivity as well as between social interactions and job productivity. Moreover, the moderating variable “social interactions” strengthens the relationship between coworking environment and job productivity. The findings of the study highlight the importance of coworking spaces as a source of social interactions among freelancers and entrepreneurs. Furthermore, human resource managers and corporate office managers can use this study to help their staff operate in a more flexible and productive setting.

Influence of Social Interaction on Customer Experience in Tourism Industry

Customer experience has always been a pivot around which every industry revolves. Customer experience refers to sum total of beliefs, perception, feelings &amp; emotions a person develops over a period of time. It is the entire customer journey in which the Customer experience is built up. Social Interaction is one of the contributing factors of customer experience. Social interaction occurs when two or more people communicate with each other intentionally or unintentionally. The level of interaction decides the customer experience. Tourists are the people who travel and visit a place (location) other than their usual surroundings for leisure purposes. The more friendly &amp; helpful interaction a tourist encounters at the destination, the better his/her experience and vice-versa. Various factors influence the customer experience in the customer journey, but the paper focussed on only one factor i.e. social interaction. The paper consists of three objectives in which the first two objectives check the influence of social interaction based on gender and age-group of tourists during the onsite phase of customer journey, and the last objective is to find out the influence of Social interaction on customer experience during the onsite phase of customer journey. The questionnaire was prepared for conducting a survey, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman’s Rank correlation analysis was performed to check the proposed hypothesis.

The Influence of Work Behavior, Work Environment, and Social Interaction, on Job Satisfaction of Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket Employees

This study aims to determine the effect of work behavior, work environment and social interaction on job satisfaction of employees of Minimarket Raja Pas Rantauprapat. The population in this study were all employees at Minimarket Raja Pas Rantauprapat. The sample in this study was 36 people, the sampling was carried out using a saturated sampling technique or census sampling, where all members of the population were sampled. The object of this research is the result data regarding work behavior, work environment, and social interaction. The data analysis technique used is the classical assumption test, multiple linear regression test, hypothesis testing and the coefficient of determination. Data processing in this study was assisted using the IBM SPSS application. The results showed that work behavior had a positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction at the Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket, with a coefficient value of 0.202, the work environment positively and significantly affected employee job satisfaction at the Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket with a coefficient value of 0.238 and social interaction significantly. positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction at Raja Pas Minimarket with a coefficient value of 0.447. And work behavior, work environment and social interaction together have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction for employees at the Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket. work environment positively and significantly affects employee job satisfaction at Raja Pas Minimarket Rantauprapat with a coefficient value of 0.238 and social interaction positively and significantly affects employee job satisfaction at Raja Pas Minimarket with a coefficient value of 0.447. And work behavior, work environment and social interaction together have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction for employees at the Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket. work environment positively and significantly affects employee job satisfaction at Raja Pas Minimarket Rantauprapat with a coefficient value of 0.238 and social interaction positively and significantly affects employee job satisfaction at Raja Pas Minimarket with a coefficient value of 0.447. And work behavior, work environment and social interaction together have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction for employees at the Raja Pas Rantauprapat Minimarket.

Immersive Experience in Virtual Reality Horror Game

In this study, we proposed an analysis framework that examines participants' immersive experience processes from three dimensions: (1) the state of enjoyment, (2) transformation of the awareness of time, and (3) a sense of spatial integration. We found that the balance of skills and challenges is threshold factor affecting participants’ overall enjoyment state and experience of transforming the time awareness during a VR gaming process. When considering the influence of social interaction on the three dimension of enjoyment, time and space, a new emerged element of emotion connection suggests that an autotelic experience – the feel of intrinsically rewarding during the process of interacting with other partners is a threshold factor affecting participants’ overall enjoyment. Further, that the mechanism by which fear is transformed into enjoyment corresponds to the element of a sense of control in the state of flow.

Gender Differences of the Elderly on the Social and Perceptual Dimensional Interaction in Neighbourhood Park: A Case Study of Beijing

Neighbourhood parks are an essential activity venue for contemporary older adults and potentially impact their health. Most research has focused on the physical and visual dimensions of the park, with some studies demonstrating differences in the visual preferences of gender. Still, there is a lack of detailed research on the social and perceptual dimensions of male and female older people and a lack of research on psycho-emotional satisfaction and mechanisms to alleviate the psychological isolation of older people of different genders. In this study, a mixed research method was conducted to investigate the multi-dimensional interaction of older people using neighbourhood park, with a sample size of 418 participants from the Chaoyang district of Beijing, an integrated research method including questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and observation, Goodman and Kruskal’s gamma analysis and Grounded theory qualitative method applied by using SPSS and NVivo to analyse the elements of neighbourhood parks related psychological outcomes. A conceptual framework of multi-layered social interactions and the influence of different social interactions on the perceptual and psychological dimensions has been conducted, as well as the gender differences. The study found that the social, physical space and perceptual dimensions of neighbourhood parks all contribute to alleviating loneliness among older people, that site-based self-regulation also plays an important role, and that low-level social interactions generally affect older people. In contrast, mid-level social interactions have a significant effect on perceptual and psychological benefits, with a synergistic increase in impact, and older women show a more vital need for social activities and self-expression than men. The findings of this study provide a theoretical basis for a multidimensional spatial mediation to enhance the well-being of older people and provide new ideas for comprehensive multidimensional and multi-level ageing optimisation research.

Creating a fan bond with a football club on social media: a case of Polish fans

ABSTRACT The study examined the factors that influence fan bond creation with a football club on social media. The aim of this work is to show what football fans are guided by when deciding to observe a given club on social media and thus create bonds with it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of information acquisition, entertainment, pass time, fanship, and social interaction on creating a bond between fan and football club in social media. The study tested six hypotheses, all supported by the results. The partial least square method of structural equation modelling is employed to test the proposed research model. The study utilizes an online survey to obtain data from 202 Polish football fans. Results showed that the best predictor of creating a bond with a club is social interaction, followed by entertainment and information acquisition.

Estimating a model of herding behavior on social networks

In this paper, we estimate an agent-based model (ABM) to investigate herding behaviors in the formation of investor sentiment. We formalize a simple opinion dynamics model in a social network framework and rely on a numerical method to estimate its parameters. We derive a sentiment proxy from the weekly aggregation of online messages concerning 15 US stocks and 5 cryptocurrencies. Our empirical results suggest a strong impact of herding behavior on the formation of sentiment toward highly volatile assets. For such assets, we simultaneously find limited impacts of financial returns and investor attention on the opinion formation process, suggesting that investor sentiment is explained by social interactions. On the other hand, we find a limited influence of social interactions on sentiment regarding less volatile assets, whose formation process is instead explained by the strong influence of financial returns and investor attention. In particular, we find that herding behavior was significantly higher and played a major role in the sentiment formation process regarding cryptocurrencies when the bubble occurred.

Effects of Social Interaction on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults: The Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital

To analyze the effect of social interaction on the self-rated health of older adults and the mediating effect played by psychological capital in the process. The ordered probit regression model was used to analyze the impact of factors concerning social interaction on the self-rated health of the older adults, and the Bootstrap method was used to analyze the mediating effect of psychological capital. After controlling for variables of individual characteristics, active social interaction ( β=0.094, P<0.01), social contact with relatives ( β=0.075, P<0.1), and social contact with friends ( β=0.049, P<0.01) have significant positive effects on the self-rated health of older adults, while social contact with neighbors ( β=-0.019, P>0.1) did no display significant effect. Psychological capital plays a partial mediating effect on the influence of active social interaction, social contact with relatives, and social contact with friends on the self-rated health of older adults, with the mediating effect of psychological impact accounting for 15.84%, 19.40% and 11.23%, respectively, of the influence. Social interaction promotes the self-rated health of older adults, and psychological capital plays a partial mediating effect in the process. Encouraging older adults to participate in social interaction and giving positive informational feedbacks can help increase the psychological capital of the elderly, thereby improving their health.

Individual-level exit choice behaviour under uncertain risk

Understanding human decision making during emergency evacuations is important. It is because decision making is crucial at each stage of the evacuation (e.g. route choice, exit choice, path finding, etc.). Previous studies have examined the influence of social interaction and environmental factors on exit choice. However, researches on the decision-making behaviour and risk attitude towards such selection at the individual level is still limited. To fill this knowledge gap, we designed a series of virtual evacuation scenarios to examine the exit choice behaviour and decision-making attitude in uncertainty risk scenarios in different smoke conditions. Data collection was implemented by an online stated preference survey. The results revealed a systematic and pattern preference in exit choice regardless of the decisions made by experienced evacuees. The weighted uncertainty risk for individuals was determined by considering the smoke height and smoke appearance frequency. The weighting function between the subjective and objective entities exhibited an S shape. In addition, the function was estimated using an empirical equation. A decision maker’s attitude towards uncertain risk in evacuation scenarios was observed to be a rank- and reference-dependent preference rather than being fully rational. The results of the experiments conducted in virtual environment well agreed with the cumulative prospect theory. This research demonstrates the feasibility of using virtual environment for evacuation experiment which can total avoid the risk of stampede while the individual decision-making behaviours can still be captured.

A Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Model for the Spreading of Diseases Through Social Interactions During Pandemics

Epidemiological models have a vital and consolidated role in aiding decision-making during crises such as the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the influence of social interactions in the spreading of communicable diseases is left aside from the main models in the literature. The main contribution of this work is the introduction of a probabilistic simulation model based on a multi-agent approach that is capable of predicting the spreading of diseases. Our proposal has a simple model for the main source of infections in pandemics of respiratory viruses: social interactions. This simplicity is key for incorporating complex networks topology into the model, which is a more accurate representation for real-world interactions. This flexibility in network structure allows the evaluation of specific phenomena, such as the presence of super-spreaders. We provide the modeling for the dynamical network topology in two different simulation scenarios. Another contribution is the generic microscopic model for infection evolution that enables the evaluation of impact from more specific behaviors and interventions on the overall spreading of the disease. It also enables a more intuitive process for going from data to model parameters. This ease of changing the infection evolution model is key for performing more complete analyses than would be possible in other models from the literature. Further, we give specific parameters for a controlled scenario with quick testing and tracing. We present computational results that illustrate the model utilization for predicting the spreading of COVID-19 in a city. Also, we show the results of applying the model for assessing the risk of resuming on-site activities at a collective use facility.

How Symbols and Social Interaction Influence the Experienced Utility of Sustainable Lifestyle Guiding Policies: Evidence from Eastern China.

As the key to mitigating climate change, a sustainable lifestyle has become a focus of environment policy. Past studies have largely neglected the symbols of sustainable lifestyle guiding policies and failed to capture its effect on the experienced utility of sustainable lifestyle guiding policies (EUSLGP). To address this drawback, symbolic value was incorporated into a model consisting of social interaction and the EUSLGP. With data collected from 3257 respondents in Eastern China, ordinary least squares were applied to examine hypotheses and two-stage least squares based on the instrumental variable to verify the results. Results show that symbolic value combines self-expression value, relationship consolidation value, group identification value, and status-showing value, and is positively associated with EUSLGP. Social interaction plays a moderating role in the association between symbolic value and EUSLGP. Moreover, significant regional differences are discovered in the identified relationships. Consequently, policy suggestions, covering symbolic value, social interaction, and regional conditions, are proposed to enhance the EUSLGP for other countries and regions.

Privacy and housing: research perspectives based on a systematic literature review.

Grounded in psychological and social constructs, the need for privacy is reflected in human socio-spatial behaviour and in our own home. To discuss housing privacy, this article presents a systematic literature review (SLR) that identified theoretical and methodological aspects relevant to the topic. The research was based on consolidated protocols to identify, select and evaluate articles published between 2000 and 2021 in three databases (Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scielo), with 71 eligible articles identified for synthesis. The results showed a concentration of studies in the American, European and Islamic context, and the increase in this production since 2018. This was guided by the inadequacy of architectural and urban planning projects, by new forms of social interaction and, recently, by the COVID-19 pandemic. From a theoretical point of view, the SLR demonstrated the importance of investigating privacy in housing from a comprehensive perspective, observing its different dimensions (physical, social and psychological) and characterizing the issues involved and the context under analysis. Methodologically, the main instruments identified were: (i) to behavioural analysis, questionnaires, interviews and observations; (ii) to built environment evaluation, in addition to the previous ones, space syntax analysis, architectural design and photographs analysis; (iii) for the general characterization of users, the data collection regarding the socio-demographic and cultural context and the meanings attributed to spatial organizations; (iv) to characterize the participants of the investigations, the analysis of personality traits, the ways to personalize the space, user satisfaction/preferences and the influence of social interactions on these perceptions.

A proposed model to design MOOCs through the lens of addressing graduate skill gap

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the mediating role of psychological need and immersive experience on graduates' skill gaps on massive open online courses (MOOCs) adoption intention.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed research model is developed by combining two popular theoretical models, namely, the self-determination theory, network externalities theory along technology adoption theory. Data are collected from 318 respondents to test the model. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is applied to analyze the data.FindingsThe study reveals that the sense of psychological needs and immersive experience mediates the influence of skill gap and social interaction on MOOC adaption willingness. However, immersive experience alone cannot influence adoption intention. Similarly, psychological needs cannot have a significant impact on adoption intention without the graduate skill gap.Originality/valueThis study specifically focuses on investigating the mechanism of how psychological needs satisfaction mediates the relationship between graduates' skill gap and MOOC adoption intention. The findings suggest us to develop a course that will increase learners employability skill. This study also contributes by incorporating the idea of immersive experience to facilitate improved virtual social interaction.

Social interactions and households’ flood insurance decisions

Flooding is the most costly natural disaster faced by US households, yet policymakers are puzzled by the low take-up rates for flood insurance. Leveraging novel transaction-level data, this paper studies the influence of social interactions on households’ insurance decisions. I show that households increase flood insurance purchases by 1–5 percent when their geographically distant friends are exposed to flooding events or to campaigns for flood insurance. These exogenous shocks to far-away friends should not affect local households’ own insurance decisions except through peer effects. I provide evidence suggesting that social interactions facilitate learning through information dissemination and attention triggering.

The position of financial prudence, social influence, and environmental satisfaction in the sustainable consumption behavioural model: Cross-market intergenerational investigation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The main purpose of this study is to gain an in‐depth understanding of the impact of financial prudence (FIN) on social influence and environmental satisfaction in the sustainable consumption (SC) behavioural model from a cross‐market intergenerational perspective in the context of COVID‐19. Surprisingly, we discovered that, during the COVID‐19 pandemic, significant differences emerge between the Chinese and European markets in the four factors (social influence, SC behaviour, environmental satisfaction, and FIN). Unpredictably, Generation X in the European market and Generation Y in the Chinese market had the highest FIN during the pandemic. Another substantial contribution is that, during the epidemic, the influence of social interaction promotes SC behaviour and social influence motivates users to implement SC behaviours by enhancing environmental satisfaction. However, differences arise in the moderating effect of FIN. In China, the moderating effect occurs in the relationship between social influence and SC behaviour, whereas, in Europe, it reflects in the relationship between social influence and environmental satisfaction.

Peer Effects in Housing Size in Rural China

In recent decades, rural China has witnessed a housing construction boom. In order to control the rapid growth of rural housing, both central and local governments have established quantitative restrictions on the floor numbers and total housing area; however, these have been relatively ineffective. Current research to explain this rapid growth in rural housing tends to consider independent household behavior, while social interactions among villagers are neglected. Therefore, the aim of this article is to examine the existence of peer effects in the housing size of villagers and whether they differ among different regions to better understand the influence of social interactions on individual housing behaviors, especially in the context of rural China. A spatial autoregressive model with autoregressive disturbances (SARAR) was used to analyze data from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The results confirm that villagers’ peer effects do exist, indicating that rural households build housing not only to satisfy their dwelling needs but also to keep up with the other villagers’ housing size. Moreover, there are regional disparities in terms of peer effects in rural housing size. Among the three regional parts, the undeveloped region in the western parts showed the largest peer effects. Therefore, local governments, especially from the underdeveloped region, should pay attention to the villagers’ inner motivations behind housing behavior.

Social interactions and mutual fund portfolios: the role of alumni networks in China

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the influence of social interactions on mutual fund portfolios from the perspective of alumni network in China.Design/methodology/approachBased on a data set that consists of 162 actively managed equity funds in China during the time period of 2003–2014, this study employs multiple linear regression model to control for organization- and location-based interpersonal connections as well as other confounding factors and clarify the causality relationship between alumni networks of mutual fund managers and their portfolios.FindingsAfter controlling for organization- and location-based interpersonal connections, we find that mutual fund managers who graduated from the same college/university have more similar stock holdings and are more likely to buy or sell the same stocks contemporaneously. As a result, alumni managers exhibit a higher correlation of fund returns. Moreover, the effect of alumni relationship on mutual fund investments becomes weaker when more managers are connected within the network. We also find that valuable information is shared among alumni managers: (1) the average returns for the alumni common holdings portfolios is significantly higher than those for non-alumni holdings portfolios and (2) a long-short strategy composed of stocks purchased minus sold by alumni managers yields positive and significant risk-adjusted returns.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that information dissemination among connected fund managers could be one of the driving forces for mutual fund herding behavior, and that a portfolio of funds whose managers are educationally connected could be highly exposed to certain stocks and risks.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the growing finance literature addressing the influence of personal connections on information dissemination that specifically contributes to price formation. It corresponds more closely to Cohen et al. (2008), who investigate college alumni connections between fund managers and corporate board members. Since the authors simultaneously examine three potentially overlapped social networks, which are based on education, locality and fund family, the authors are able to disentangle their effects on fund managers' investment decisions. Moreover, the findings suggest that institutional investors make investment decisions based on share private information, and therefore, it also contributes to the literature on fund herding behaviors (Grinblatt et al., 1995; Wermers, 1999).