Framework For Intention Research Articles

Understanding entrepreneurial intention among Indian youth aspiring for self-employment

The main aim of this study is to confirm whether entrepreneurial intention models (EIM) explain the entrepreneurial phenomenon when applied to India. We have tested the Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework for testing entrepreneurial intention (EI) in Indian setting. The data has been collected by administering entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ) among the students of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India who are aspiring to take up self-employment as their career option. The paper employs a linear regression model to examine the determinants of entrepreneurial intention (EI) based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Results obtained partially support the theory of planned behaviour. The construct social norms (SN) found to be insignificant in predicting entrepreneurial intention (EI). Moreover, perceived behavioural control (PBC) or self-efficacy explains highest variance than other variables which indicates that entrepreneurial behaviour is not under volitional control; hence, India has a less munificent environment for entrepreneurs than other nations. This is one of the few studies to provide evidence for entrepreneurial intention models (EIM) in India based on the TPB framework. In addition, it checks the robustness of the TPB in explaining EI in India and confirm the some of the previous findings.

A conceptual framework for purchase intention of sustainable life insurance: a comprehensive review

The insurance industry plays a substantial role in sustainable development by providing social and financial security. Sustainable insurance is a new concept and a strategic approach to sustainability. It is an innovative solution that improves business performance and contributes to economic, social and environmental sustainability. However, studies show that the majority of the population in Asia does not have insurance, which could be detrimental to their future livelihoods, particularly in the event of illness or death. Therefore, this study proposes a conceptual framework to attract the households' intention to purchase life insurance in Malaysia. The proposed framework is developed based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and a comprehensive review of previous studies. This framework will contribute to raising public awareness by providing the information necessary to help them understand the many benefits of a life insurance policy.

MDO Evaluation in California: History, Review, and Discussion

In 1986 the state of California enacted the Mentally Disordered Offender law. Its purpose is to protect society from certain inmates with dangerous but treatable severe mental disorders, and to provide treatment for those inmates in the most appropriate setting. The designation has significant consequences for inmates, including often being initially paroled to a state hospital, rather that straight to the community. This paper describes the MDO certification process and explores some of the related professional, ethical, and moral issues related to the MDO process. The paper concludes that the intention and basic framework of the MDO program are sensible and morally justifiable, however, it is also appropriate and necessary to reconsider the factors that are assessed in the process, how those factors are assessed, and how that information is used.

Consumer purchase intention towards private label brands of virtual retailers: evidence from a developing nation

Despite an evolutionary growth in PLBV in the recent past, the study on PLBV is scarce. The present study is a novel attempt to gauge underlying purchase intention of consumers towards PLBV in developing nation like India. A PLBV purchase intention framework incorporating the online store image and consumers' technology acceptance along with other pertinent factors has been designed and empirically validated. An online questionnaire was framed and administered to the identified survey pool followed by analysis of data using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) to validate the proposed framework. The findings unveil store image, technology acceptance, consumer innovativeness and shoppers' value consciousness as the building blocks of attitude towards PLBV. Additionally, the result unfolds that price consciousness does not influence shoppers' attitude towards PLBV individually. However, when other factors act in unison, the purchase intention towards PLBV increases which is remarkable in contrast to the PLB purchase intention in offline mode.

Risk factors of consumer switching behavior for cross-border e-commerce mobile platform

The cross-border e-commerce mobile market was an application of the mobile internet era; therefore, the cross-border e-commerce mobile platform also has a 'transfer cost law'. This study explored the risk factors of consumer switching behaviour for cross-border e-commerce mobile applications. We combined perceived risk, transfer cost and user loyalty VSL framework theory to construct a new cross-border e-commerce mobile market user transfer intention framework, and analysed the relationship between user loyalty, transfer costs and transfer intentions in the cross-border e-commerce mobile market, and provided advice to companies in the cross-border e-commerce mobile market. 1614 valid questionnaires were collected from e-survey. The analytical results indicated the higher the perceived value and the lower the perceived risk, the higher the user satisfaction. User satisfaction will directly improve user loyalty, and high transfer costs with high user loyalty will directly weaken the user's transfer intention. However, further research shows that learning costs were not directly related to user loyalty and transfer intention, and the complexity of a cross-border e-commerce platform did not directly lead to user transfer.

Risk factors of consumer switching behaviour for cross-border e-commerce mobile platform

The cross-border e-commerce mobile market was an application of the mobile internet era; therefore, the cross-border e-commerce mobile platform also has a 'transfer cost law'. This study explored the risk factors of consumer switching behaviour for cross-border e-commerce mobile applications. We combined perceived risk, transfer cost and user loyalty VSL framework theory to construct a new cross-border e-commerce mobile market user transfer intention framework, and analysed the relationship between user loyalty, transfer costs and transfer intentions in the cross-border e-commerce mobile market, and provided advice to companies in the cross-border e-commerce mobile market. 1614 valid questionnaires were collected from e-survey. The analytical results indicated the higher the perceived value and the lower the perceived risk, the higher the user satisfaction. User satisfaction will directly improve user loyalty, and high transfer costs with high user loyalty will directly weaken the user's transfer intention. However, further research shows that learning costs were not directly related to user loyalty and transfer intention, and the complexity of a cross-border e-commerce platform did not directly lead to user transfer.

Exploring managerial intentionality

To enable a better understanding of individual and, as a logical extension, organizational behavior, we set forth a theoretical framework of managerial intentionality. At its core are the concepts of desire and belief, which together form intentions. We argue that it is these intentions that may substantially affect strategic choices and, by that, organizational change. Exploring managerial intentionality, we acknowledge a central building block of cognitive science, which contrary to representations and computations has, by and large, been neglected in the management and organization literatures. We use the framework to explore the intrapersonal and interpersonal role of managerial intentionality as well as its effectiveness in an organizational context. We also clarify the differences to related concepts and discuss implications for future research. In doing so, we contribute to the overall objective of increasing our understanding of managerial action and organizational behavior.

Travel destination choice: does perception of food safety risk matter?

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between risk characteristics, risk perception and future travel intention in the context of food safety risk.Design/methodology/approachThis research used a structured questionnaire administered to a convenience sample of 715 participants. By using structural equation modelling method, a travel intention framework was successfully developed to test the impact of characteristics of food safety risk on perception of risk, and subsequently on travel intention. In addition, the framework was also tested and compared with different demographic groups.FindingsThe research confirms that the characteristics of risk have impact on the two dimensions of perception of risk, namely, likelihood of occurrence and consequence of occurrence in turn travel intention. Furthermore, characteristics of risk affect demographic groups differently.Research limitations/implicationsThe finding of this study offers insight into the distinct effects between the two dimensions, namely, likelihood and consequence of risk perception and each dimension consists of different loss components and has different effect on travel intention.Practical implicationsThe framework provides insight to the government and travel industry that risk perception is a paramount issue for travellers when making destination decision. As such, the government and travel industry should take action to prevent the occurrence of food risk and to reduce the severity consequence of the risk when it occurs.Originality/valueThis research is one of the few studies generating new insights into perception of food safety risk in international tourism from the social science and marketing perspective.

Pathways to Successful Queer Stepfamily Formation

Queer stepfamilies occupy multiple marginalized statuses (e.g., queer, step). Accordingly, it is logical to expect these stepfamilies might be particularly vulnerable to adjustment difficulties, and scant literature demonstrates some of these. Other literature suggests some queer stepfamilies might be particularly flexible, adept, and less rooted in heteronormative ideals (e.g., expecting queer repartnerships to function like first partnerships) when adjusting to stepfamily life. However, the processes these families use to navigate stepfamily formation and adjustment are relatively unexplored. The current phenomenological study identified the strategies queer stepfamilies used to navigate early stepfamily life and how combinations of strategies represented larger pathways of family formation. Data came from family, couple, and individual focal child interviews about the lived experiences of six queer stepfamilies. Participants reported strategies consistent with Oswald’s [(2002). Resilience within the family networks of lesbians and gay men: Intentionality and redefinition. Journal of Marriage and FamilyFamily, 64(2), 374. 383, doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00374.x] redefinition and intentionality framework. Variations in how these strategies were used led to the identification of three pathways. In contrast to a traditional monolithic view of queer families, our findings identify important within-group variations. The strategies and pathways suggest important implications for how practitioners might conduct assessments and carry out a strengths-based course of treatment or psychoeducation.

Reconstructing the past: the case of the Spadina Expressway

In order to build resilient systems that can be operational for a long time, it is important that analysts are able to model the evolution of the requirements of that system. The Evolving Intentions framework models how stakeholders’ goals change over time. In this work, our aim is to validate applicability and effectiveness of this technique on a substantial case. In the absence of ground truth about future evolutions, we used historical data and rational reconstruction to understand how a project evolved in the past. Seeking a well-documented project with varying stakeholder intentions over a substantial period of time, we selected requirements of the Toronto Spadina Expressway. In this paper, we report on the experience and the results of modeling this project over different time periods, which enabled us to assess the modeling and reasoning capabilities of the approach, its support for asking and answering ‘what if’ questions, and the maturity of the underlying tool support. We also demonstrate a novel process for creating time-based models through the construction and merging of scenarios.

Dialogue in the making: emotional engagement with materials

Taking a psychological and philosophical outlook, we approach making as an embodied and embedded skill via the skilled artisan’s experience of having a corporeal, nonlinguistic dialogue with the material while working with it. We investigate the dynamic relation between maker and material through the lens of pottery as illustrated by wheel throwing, claiming that the experience of dialogue signals an emotional involvement with clay. The examination of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of habit, the skilled intentionality framework, and material engagement theory shows that while these theories explain complementary aspects of skillful engagement with the material world, they do not consider the dialogic dimension. By way of explanation, we submit that the artisan’s emotional engagement with the material world is based in openness and recognition and involves dialogue with the material. Drawing on the intimate relationship between movement and emotion, it promotes an open-ended manner of working and permits experiencing with the material, acting into its inherent possibilities. In conclusion, we suggest that dialogue, whether verbal or nonverbal, constitutes a primary means for making sense of the world at large, animate and inanimate.

The Determinants of Online Vegetables/Fruits Repurchase Intention: Stimulus-Organism-Response Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour

The aim of this study is to review of concepts, theories and models related to consumer intentions. In doing this, the objective is to explore and explain the determinants of online vegetables/fruits repurchase intention based on literature review which used Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour as basic concepts approach to put forward hypotheses for next research on consumer intention. Many research in the past examined variables as antecedents and predictors of repurchase intention. This literature study refers to the repurchase intention framework with a content of reputation, emotion, perceived risk, subjective norms, attitude, and perceived behavior control. The authors explore variables on these concepts, data for this study were generated through secondary data from many sources including paper, journal, textbooks, databases, and websites, etc. The literature review found that there is a positive relationship between reputation and emotion towards online repurchase intention, and perceived risk give a negative influence to online repurchase intention. The reputation of e-retailers is very important as it has a positive impact on online repurchase intention of e-shoppers in the future. Subjective norms have a direct significant impact on buying intentions. Subjective norms influence attitudes toward buying intentions. That attitudes and perceived behavior control are better predictors of intentions when the social environment is more conducive and supportive to perform a behavior. The present study found that perceived behavioral control significantly influences willingness to online repurchase intention toward fresh vegetables or fruits. Hence, the study provides the summary of existing literature related to repurchase intention for better understanding and helps to frame the hypothesis for future research. While some outcomes may be significant to marketing practice, the overall goal of such research is to achieve a better understanding of consumer behavior.

Product performance and its role in airline image generation and customer retention processes: gender difference

ABSTRACTThis study was designed to explore the formation of airline customers repeat purchase intention by considering the direct and indirect role of core-product and service encounter performances, hedonic and utilitarian values, and overall airline image, and by taking the moderating role of gender into account. Our results uncovered the significant role of these study variables and verified the strong prediction power of the proposed framework for intention. In addition, our result demonstrated that the strength of the relationship among value dimensions, overall image, and intention are significantly dissimilar across male and female customers. Value dimensions and image were significant mediators.

Reid on Conception and Object-Directedness: Moving Beyond the Framework of Intentionality

In this paper, I argue that using the notion of intentionality to interpret Reid on conception and object-directedness misrepresents his views on both, and generates unnecessary interpretative puzzles about sensation and consciousness. I develop an alternative, consciousness-based, interpretation of his view of conception, object-directedness, his distinction between sensation and perception, and his overall mental taxonomy. This approach clarifies the continuity of his views of conception and sensation with those of the moderns, especially Locke and Descartes. It also makes clear how Reid uses his notion of object-directedness to save the moderns’ claims about sensation while avoiding the theory of ideas.

The Sounds of Intent Framework for Autism Intervention: A Conceptual Paper

There has been much research on the benefits of music for children with autism. The domains benefitting most from the use of music are social and communications skills. The Sounds of Intent (SoI) Framework, has been developed by Ockelford and his colleagues to promote musical abilities amongst individuals with complex needs, including autism. Underpinned by the zygonic theory, studies employed SoI also indicate increased levels of engagement among individuals with complex needs, including autism. This paper aims to provide a summary on the development of the SoI framework particularly on autistic children. Additionally, this paper includes a review of other relevant past studies on the benefits of music for children with autism on their social and communication skills. After examining the positive effects of the SoI Framework and other related past studies, the researchers intend to embark on a study using the proactive domain of the SoI framework at an autism centre in Malaysia. The researchers will employ a case study design to observe levels of musical engagement, gauge the consistency of engagement, observe the levels of prompting provided by teachers and observe challenges faced in implementing the SoI in a Malaysian special needs classroom. It is hoped that the findings could indicate that SoI would benefit children with autism, their parents and special educators and add value to existing literature on the SoI framework. Hence, the findings of this study could serve as a springboard for SoI use in Malaysia.

Enhancing customer trust in peer-to-peer accommodation: A “soft” strategy via social presence

Despite its global popularity, the Web-based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) accommodation platform (e.g. Airbnb, Xiaozhu.com) commonly suffers insufficient customer trust due to its lean human/social elements. This study examines a soft strategy of trust establishment that addresses the impersonal nature of Web-mediation by improving social presence, and assesses its applicability and functional mechanism in the context of P2P sharing economy. Specifically, this study models and tests a social presence-utilitarian/hedonic engagement-trust-purchase intention framework. Data was collected from 571 Chinese P2P accommodation customers, and analyzed using structural equation model. The result confirms that social presence does enhance P2P customer trust and purchase intention via both utilitarian and hedonic engagement. Implications and limitations are also discussed.

Extending Tobin’s mindfulness in education

A special issue of Learning: Research and Practice dedicated to mindfulness is summarized with the assertion that the contributions illustrate a perspective for successful mindfulness scholarship. Specifically, definitional components of mindfulness practice are just as essential for mindfulness scholarship. After a review of the special issue, this perspective for mindfulness scholarship is presented, and the article closes with two examples of mindfulness scholarship aligned with the 3-component framework of intention, awareness, and non-judgment.

Dávno A Dlho V Sémantických A Komunikačných Súvislostiach

Abstract The study analyses both the similar and different conceptualizations of the sections of the world reflected in Slovak adverbials dávno [‘a long time ago’] and dlho [‘for a long time’]. Lexicographic research documents that the adverbial dávno is ambisemantic and specifies temporal localization as well as durability; the adverbial dlho is monosemantic and expresses only durability. The author attempts to identify connections, which determine their semantic and communicative compatibility and complementarity as well as incompatibility and opposition. She deals with the issues of interrelatedness of semantic, grammatical and pragmatic perspectives, discursive use of adverbials within the framework of intentionality in communication (determinacy and indeterminacy), register of interpretation (narrative, dialogical), role in the communicative structure of the sentence (position of the theme and the position of the rheme), position of an observer (relativized or maximized), etc. Using the corpus findings, the paper clarifies the influence of the adverbial, pronominal and particular modifiers (už [‘already’] and ešte [‘yet’] in particular) on the meanings of both adverbials and their impact in the pragmatics of reasoning and doubt.

SDN Access Control for the Masses

The evolution of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has so far been predominantly geared towards defining and refining the abstractions on the forwarding and control planes. However, despite a maturing south-bound interface and a range of proposed network operating systems, the network management application layer is yet to be specified and standardized. It has currently poorly defined access control mechanisms that could be exposed to network applications. Available mechanisms allow only rudimentary control and lack procedures to partition resource access across multiple dimensions.We address this by extending the SDN north-bound interface to provide control over shared resources to key stakeholders of network infrastructure: network providers, operators and application developers. We introduce a taxonomy of SDN access models, describe a comprehensive design for SDN access control and implement the proposed solution as an extension of the ONOS network controller intent framework.

Experience Management with Beliefs, Desires, and Intentions for Virtual Agents

Intelligent interactive narrative systems often use an experience manager to govern the behavior of non-player charactersin a way that guides the story towards its author’s agenda, which may be for entertainment, education, training, or other purposes. For such systems, a central challenge is creating believable virtual characters. The Belief Desire Intention framework is often cited as a goal for researchers in this field; for characters to seem realistic, a human audience should attribute beliefs, desires, and intentions to them. Much of my prior work has focused on belief; my goal for the future is to finish the work on belief, and to implement a new model of desire and intention that explicitly reasons about characters’ commitment to certain plans of action.