Major Motives Research Articles

Consumer stockpiling under the impact of a global disaster: The evolution of affective and cognitive motives

Although consumer stockpiling is a prevalent phenomenon under the threat of a disaster, little is known about its underlying mechanisms. Leveraging consumer interviews, we build a theoretical framework that identifies two major motives for stockpiling: fear and expectations of a supply shortage. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a viable context, through a global survey across 31 countries and search datasets from Google in the United States and 6 additional countries, we find that: (1) both fear and expectations of a supply shortage lead to stockpiling; (2) the relative prevalence of these motives evolves over the progression of the disaster, with the boost and subsequent reduction in fear being more pronounced than for expectations of a supply shortage; and (3) the impact of a disaster on fear is attenuated when consumers have high trust in the government. These findings can help retail managers and public policymakers to make more informed decisions.

Relationships between Expenditure of Regional Governments and Suicide Mortalities Caused by Six Major Motives in Japan.

Suicide mortality in Japan reduced in the period of 2009–2018. A number of studies identified the impact of financial governmental support for social welfare systems on suicide mortality; however, the detailed effects of specific regional policies, designed according to regional cultural, economic, education and welfare situations, on suicide mortality remain to be clarified. Therefore, the present study analyses the associations between the regional governmental expenditure of six major divisions, “public health”, “public works”, “police”, “ambulance/fire services”, “welfare” and “education”, and suicide mortalities caused by six major suicidal motives, related to “family”, “health”, “economy”, “employment”, “romance” and “school”, across the 47 prefectures in Japan during the period of 2009–2018, using fixed-effect analysis of hierarchal linear regression with robust standard error. The expenditure of “public works” displayed a positive relationship with suicide mortality of females caused by family-related motives but was not related to other suicide mortalities, whereas the expenditures in “public health”, “police”, “ambulance/fire services”, “welfare” and “education” contributed to a reduction in suicide mortality, at least in some statistical indicators. The expenditures of both “ambulance/fire” and “education” were predominantly effective among the six major divisions of regional governmental expenditure in reducing suicide mortalities. In the education subdivisions, the expenditure of “kindergarten” was related to a reduction in suicide mortalities caused by a wide spectrum of motives. The amount of expenditure of welfare indicated the limited possibility of facilitating a reduction in suicide mortalities caused by only motives associated with economy or employment. However, in the welfare subdivisions, the expenditure of “child welfare” and “social welfare” was effective in reducing suicide mortalities, but the expenditure of “elderly welfare” was unexpectedly related to an increase in suicide mortalities. These results suggest that most Japanese people are struggling to bring up children even in the situation of an increasing elderly population with a decreasing birth rate. Therefore, it is important to enhance the investment welfare policy for the future to improve the childcare environment. Although the issue of an increasing elderly population and a decreasing birth rate in Japan has not yet improved, the obtained results suggest that evidence-based welfare expenditure redistributions of prefectures and municipalities could improve Japanese society and welfare systems.

Accident Alarming and Collision Avoiding System for Drowsy Drivers

Now a day’s road accident is one of the principal concerns in our states. Reckless automobile driving and driver drowsiness are the major motives in the back of those road accidents. The alarming rate of accidents and uncontrollable automobiles on the streetdemand an automatic system that could guide drivers right now in dangerous conditions. While any obstacle (just like the human, vehicle, and some other item) comes in front of the vehicle, control speed of the vehicle is the viable strategy to keep away from injuries. While a driver in a drowsy state or sleep state, give warning to the driver and control the velocity of the vehicle is the possible way to keep away from injuries. We endorse a solution in our mission to avoid avenue injuries and to manipulate the rate of automobiles. The machine will locate boundaries and motive force drowsiness using an ultrasonic Sensor and eye blink sensor and Arduino will execute a collision-avoidance gadget according to a pre-burnt code in the Arduino. The machine has also velocity manipulate features. It’s going to reduce or increase the rate of the vehicle relying on the impediment distance from the shifting car to decrease the damage or collision of an accident. Furthermore, if any obstacle from the bottom comes in the direction of cars, right now a buzzer will alert the driving force, and if any quick circuit happens in the engine element smoke sensor detecting and gives alert to the driving force and stop the automobile.

B. Ed. First Year Students’ Motives for Learning English

This research article attempts to evaluate B.Ed. first year students’ major motives for learning English A cross-sectional survey design was adopted to accomplish the research study. The twelve questions as a data collection tool were administered to the students across three campuses of Makawanpur District, Nepal in the Academic Year 2019-2020. The study showed that a large number of the students learnt English to have good job opportunities in the country, whereas the smallest number of students learnt it to be tourist guides. The chi-square tests showed that there was statistically significant association between sex and the motives for learning it, whereas there was no statistically significant association between campuses and motives for learning it. The findings of the research study indicated that students learnt English for fulfilling differing purposes in their life. Their attitude towards learning English was found to be dissimilar.

MOKINIŲ FIZINIO AKTYVUMO DIDINIMO GALIMYBĖS SVEIKATOS POŽIŪRIU: KŪNO KULTŪROS MOKYTOJŲ NUOMONĖ

The aim of the research is to explore the application of health promoting PA education methods applied by teachers of physical education in basic school. The survey included 136 teachers of physical education working in comprehensive schools of five Lithuanian cities and districts (Klaipėda, Kaunas, Kretinga, Silalė, and Mažeikiai) selected by the convenience sampling method. Teacher survey was conducted in November – December 2012 by the academic staff of the Department of Physical Education of Klaipeda University. The article deals with some aspects of health promotion of non-exercising schoolchildren by physical activity in the context of the contemporary society. The outcomes of the conducted qualitative research and their interpretation are presented. The views of teachers of physical education on the physical activity promotion methods are analyzed, as well as their insights into the issue of physical activity promotion methods at school and major motives of schoolchildren’s exercising. KEY WORDS: schoolchildren, health, physical activity, teacher, motivation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/tbb.v66i1.778

Analysing the Impacts of Financial Support for Regional Suicide Prevention Programmes on Suicide Mortality Caused by Major Suicide Motives in Japan Using Statistical Government Data.

To improve and plan regional suicide prevention programmes that utilise more cost-effective governmental financial support compared with previous programmes, the present study determined the effects of the amount of financial support provided for regional suicide prevention programmes, such as the Emergency Fund to Enhance Community-Based Suicide Countermeasures (EFECBSC), on the trends of suicide mortalities caused by six major suicide motives between 2009 and 2018, using forward multiple regression analysis. The ranking order of motives for male suicide was health, economy, family, employment, romance and school (in that order), whereas the ranking order for females was health, family, economy, romance, employment and school. Male suicide mortality caused by economy-related motives was significantly/inversely related to prefectural intervention programmes, whereas mortality caused by health-related motives was also significantly/inversely related to prefectural intervention programmes, but significantly/positively related to prefectural personal consultation support programmes. Contrary to males, female suicide mortality caused by health-related motives was significantly/inversely related to the municipal development programmes of leaders/listeners, whereas mortality caused by family- and school-related motives was significantly/positively related to prefectural and municipal telephone consultation support programmes, respectively. Contrary to our expectations, school-aged female suicide mortality caused by school-related motives was significantly/positively related to prefectural personal consultation support, enlightenment and municipal telephone consultation support programmes. These results indicate that Japanese regional suicide prevention programmes probably affect the suppression of male suicide mortality. However, these programmes are possibly ineffective, or at least partially, have an adverse effect, in regard to the suicide mortalities of female and school-aged populations. Therefore, we should work to improve regional suicide prevention programmes, making them more cost-effective and targeted towards female and school-aged populations in the future.

Expansion of Acacia decurrens plantation on the acidic highlands of Awi zone, Ethiopia, and its socio-economic benefits

Expansion of Acacia decurrens plantation on the acidic highlands of Awi zone, Ethiopia, and its economic benefit was undertaken in Fagita-Lekoma district to assess major motives of farmers behind t...

Motives behind community participation: Evidence from natural and artefactual field experiments in Sri Lanka

AbstractWe tested four alternative hypotheses concerning the motivations behind the participation by rural households in community work: public goods investment, production network formation, risk‐sharing network formation, and pure altruism. We used a unique dataset from an irrigation project in Sri Lanka under a natural experimental situation where a significant portion of irrigated land was allocated through a lottery mechanism. In addition, we elicited the level of altruism using the dictator game. By combining these data, we showed that community participation patterns fit the motive to form risk‐sharing networks better than the other major motives. Only a few studies have empirically investigated the process of risk‐sharing network formation, and our analysis fills the gap in the literature.

Psychosocial Impacts of War and Trauma in Temsula Ao’s Laburnum for My Head

Violence constantly carries trauma and suffering to combatants as well as non- combatants identically. It also brings enmity and negativity to everyone both emotionally and physically. The cause for any conflict does not emerge from single motive but depends on multiple factors like socioeconomic conditions, marginalisation, discrimination, political power and sometimes even environmental elements. In recent times, the conflicts often emerge among various regional groups rather than states. North Eastern part of India is one of the hotspots for such ethnic conflicts and violence. The major motives for bloody conflict between Indian Army and the underground armed rebels are perceived political imbalance and desire for a separate nation. Even the common civilians are forced to join the rebel groups without knowing consequences. Temsula Ao is one of the prominent English writers from Nagaland who through her moving narratives brings out the existent misery of conflict in her native land. The aim of this paper is to study the psychological impact of domestic violence over the combatants as well as non-combatants whose lives are inseparably intertwined with violence and bloodshed. Though violence is considered as typical condition of human nature most of the time it leads to unbearable trauma and misery. This paper also attempts to interpret the representation of women from the marginalised Ao community who finds difficult to preserve the customs and moral values in spite of regional revolt.

Psychosocial Impacts of War and Trauma in Temsula Ao’s Laburnum for My Head

Violence constantly carries trauma and suffering to combatants as well as non- combatants identically. It also brings enmity and negativity to everyone both emotionally and physically. The cause for any conflict does not emerge from single motive but depends on multiple factors like socioeconomic conditions, marginalisation, discrimination, political power and sometimes even environmental elements. In recent times, the conflicts often emerge among various regional groups rather than states. North Eastern part of India is one of the hotspots for such ethnic conflicts and violence. The major motives for bloody conflict between Indian Army and the underground armed rebels are perceived political imbalance and desire for a separate nation. Even the common civilians are forced to join the rebel groups without knowing consequences. Temsula Ao is one of the prominent English writers from Nagaland who through her moving narratives brings out the existent misery of conflict in her native land. The aim of this paper is to study the psychological impact of domestic violence over the combatants as well as non-combatants whose lives are inseparably intertwined with violence and bloodshed. Though violence is considered as typical condition of human nature most of the time it leads to unbearable trauma and misery. This paper also attempts to interpret the representation of women from the marginalised Ao community who finds difficult to preserve the customs and moral values in spite of regional revolt.

Hybrid control strategies of SVC for reactive power compensation

<span>This article shows a prospective utilizations of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controls, like the static VAR compensator (SVC). One of the major motives for setting up an SVC is to recover dynamic voltage controller and thus increase system load aptitude. Static VAR compensator system proposed in this work consists of thyristor switched capacitor and thyristor controlled reactor sets, this style of SVC modelled using MATLAB simulink toolbox. A hybrid genetic algorithm with PI and fuzzy logic controls that used to control and expand the grid performance of the power system. The model results reveal that the Static Var Compensation contribute a decent result in upholding bus voltage after the power network is in an active and steady moment, besides it has a capability of the constancy control. It can totally work as a significant plan of reactive power recompense in power networks. </span>

항공서비스 전공의 대학생들의 내재적 직업가치관이 전공만족도, 학습동기와 직업탐색행동에 미치는 영향

This study tries to understand the Internal Professional Value of University Students majoring in Air Service on Major Satisfaction, Learning Motives and Occupational Exploration Behavior. The study method was to conduct a online survey research targeting University Students majoring in Air Service. The empirical survey was conducted between Jun 12 and Jun 25, 2020, and 221 valid questionnaires were analyzed. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 23.0, and the hypothesis was tested through structural equation modeling. The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, Internal Professional Value positively influenced Major Satisfaction accordingly. Second, Professional Value positively influenced Learning Motives. Third, Major Satisfaction positively influenced Learning Motives. Forth, Major Satisfaction not influenced Occupational Exploration Behavior. Fifth, Learning Motives positively influenced Occupational Exploration Behavior. The findings has significant implications for Professional Value, Major Satisfaction, Learning Motives, Occupational Exploration Behavior and academic researchers. This research has several implications such as importance of Professional Value, Major Satisfaction and Learning Motives should be preceded in order to strengthen Occupational Exploration Behavior.

외식 관련학과 대학생들의 전공 선택동기와 전공인식이 취업 준비행동에 미치는 영향

This study is to certify the effect of major choice motives and major recognition on job preparation behaviors in case of university students in foodservice related departments. For this research, 350 students in foodservice related departments were selected and analyzed by using SPSS 18.0. Major choice motives consisted of inherent motives such as interest, aptitude, talent, and future job, and extrinsic motives such as recommendation, acceptability, social recognition, and major popularity. As a result, first, both inherent and extrinsic motives showed significantly positive influence on subject satisfaction. Second, both inherent and extrinsic motives had significantly positive influence on major practice contents. Third, inherent motives showed significantly positive influence on social recognition while extrinsic motives did not. Fourth, social recognition and subject satisfaction influenced job preparation behaviors while major practice contents did not. Accordingly, university students have to select their majors based on their interest, aptitude and talent while university has to provide them with some programs for enhancement of employment capability such as field education and level based practical education.

Health motive and the purchase of organic food: A meta‐analytic review

AbstractThere are many empirically determined influential factors known to control the organic food purchase behaviour. Of these known factors‐ health, product quality and concern for natural environmental degradation are seen as the major motives behind the organic food purchase. We, therefore, attempted to investigate the most prominent reason(s) for buying organic food, using the meta‐analyses of studies published during the last 25 years as our basis for conviction. Multilevel meta‐analyses was applied to the studies in review, in order to find the major reason(s) for the purchase of organic grocery, milk, fruits and vegetables. Although the three motivational factors mentioned above have been echoed throughout the history of organic food purchase research, the health factor has always topped the priority chart. The study in its overall empirical scale contributes to managerial implications and sets an agenda for future research.

Dashcam Witness: Video Sharing Motives and Privacy Concerns Across Different Nations

Vehicle dashboard cameras or dashcams, among other smart vehicle technologies, are increasingly attracting interest across the globe. Furthermore, dashcam videos as objective witnesses are often shared to resolve various traffic incidents. In this work, we aim to understand cross-national differences in motives and privacy concerns of dashcam video-sharing, which are closely related to the factors that vary across countries, such as cultural values, traffic regulation, driving environments, and privacy perception. Toward this goal, we conduct a cross-national survey study with three countries with high dashcam adoption rates, i.e., China, Korea, and Russia. The survey results from these countries consistently revealed two major motives for sharing dashcam data: (1) reciprocal altruism and social justice, and (2) monetary reward. Respondents from all three countries felt more strongly towards reciprocal altruism and social justice and less towards monetary rewards. Regarding privacy concerns, however, the surveys presented discrepancies among these countries, indicating stronger cross-national influences on sharing concerns than on sharing motives. Cross-national differences in privacy concerns and their relationship with motives were nuanced and context-dependent.

Gençlerin Sosyal Medya Kullanım Amaçları İle Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

This study aims to reveal the relationship between social media usage motives and social media addiction, youths’ major social media usage motives and their social media usage frequency. According to the results of the survey carried out with the participation of 763 university students, the participants mostly use social media for entertainment, communication and keeping up to date. They use social media least to reach people, for self-presentation and information sharing and to get to know people better. When the relationship between social media usage motives and social media addiction analyzed, it is seen that there is a significant relationship between social media addiction and the following social media usage motives: Making use of spare time, getting to know people better, exchange of views, entertainment, reaching people, self-presentation and information sharing and texting. On the other hand, it is determined that there isn’t any significant relationship between social media addiction and the following social media usage motives: Communication, listening to music, keeping up to date and accessing information.

ATTITUDES TOWARD PARENTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF YOUNG-ADULT CHILDREN

Studies have shown that Americans do not save enough for retirement because they prioritize providing support of their young-adult children over saving for retirement. Attitudes toward parental support has been largely overlooked in existing literature. Using a factorial vignette experimental design and a sample of 500 Americans of age 40 and older, this study investigated how manipulation of contextual factors changed endorsement of parental support. This study found that endorsement of parental support varied depending on the goal of support, whether it was to purchase a car, pay for school tuition, or to pay for down payment for a house. Thus, 67% of respondents endorsed parental financial assistance with purchasing a car, 44% endorsed down payment for a house, and only 38% endorsed paying for college tuition, reflecting overall social importance of these three elements in becoming an adult person. Gender of the child did not affect endorsement of parental financial support to adult children, indicating that there were no gender specific social expectations of who should receive more support from parents, daughters or sons. The major motives of parental support included (a) desire to be a “good parent” and to take responsibility for the child, (b) expectation that children would eventually pay back their parents, and (c) desire to make sacrifice for own children. Parental support may provide numerous benefits to both children and their parents; however, it is important to educate parents on ways to support their children without threatening their own financial needs in retirement.

Oil price volatility driving M&A activity in oil and gas industry in recent year

It highlights different needs of modern machining technology and finishing methods in the field of advanced manufacturing. It includes the chronological development of machining starting from the prehistoric age up to the present days. The chapter also covers the usefulness of advanced machining technology considering major motives. This motivates the manufacturing engineers as well as scientists to adopt all the modern machining and super finishing processes.

Uberizing the Legal Profession? Lawyer Autonomy and Status in the Digital Legal Market

AbstractThe online gig economy has disrupted many occupations in the past decade, but only more recently has it had an impact on professional fields. The recency of this trend indicates a need for understanding the impact of the online gig economy on professional workers. Using interview data from lawyers who work on one of China's most successful online legal service platforms, this study finds that supplementary income and flexibility are the two major motives for lawyers to work online. Nevertheless, when working online, lawyers face lower intra‐professional status and lower professional autonomy. Despite its growth, the digital legal market is imposing a minimal threat to the traditional legal market due to the lack of interference in labour supply and demand between these two markets.

Effect of Perceived Health Benefits and Trust on Customer’s Satisfaction & Willingness to Pay for Organic Foods

Background: Organic food has captured the market tremendously, yet the attitude and purchase intentions differ invariably. Many researchers have made an attempt to discuss the major barriers and motives to purchase and consume organic food. There is a need to identify how these factors contribute in drawing intention to but the organic food. Objectives: To assess the significance effect of perceived benefits & trust on willingness to pay premium prices for organic foods. Also, to test the effect of perceived benefits and trust on Customer’s satisfaction. Materials and Methods: Data on perceived benefit and trust derived from organic food was collected from 304 respondents from Delhi & NCR students hailing in different demographics through a convenience sampling technique. The authors have used structured, and pre-tested questionnaire. Linear Logistic regression analysis was done using SPSS 21.0 to find association between the perceived benefits and trust on consumer satisfaction and willingness to pay premium prices for organic food. Results: Trust and perceived benefits are the main predictors of WPPP for organic foods. Conclusion: The findings gave valuable insights for marketers to learn organic consumer’s profiles based on socio-economic variables & benefit perception. Other variables could also be used to different consumer segments with respect to their purchase behavior.