Mediated Mechanism Research Articles

Examining the Impact of Virtual Health Influencers on Young Adults’ Willingness to Engage in Liver Cancer Prevention: Insights from Parasocial Relationship Theory

The emergence of virtual influencers and AI doctors has significantly increased the attention of Chinese users, especially their health awareness and cancer health literacy. In our current study, guided by parasocial relationship theory, we examined the psychological antecedents that influence Chinese young adults’ willingness to engage in liver cancer prevention. Specifically, we aimed to examine the mediated mechanism of reduced unrealistic optimism within this relationship. A total of 252 respondents participated in this study, and the valid data were analyzed using hierarchical regression and mediation analysis to test our hypotheses. The results demonstrated three positive correlations between psychological factors (including perceived severity, parasocial relationship, and response efficacy) and Chinese young adults’ willingness to engage in liver cancer prevention. Furthermore, we found that reduced unrealistic optimism mediated these relationships. These findings provide valuable practical insights for Chinese health departments and experts to develop effective health campaign strategies that utilize multiple media platforms for optimal promotion.

Linking a growth mindset, job crafting and in-role performance via meaningfulness at work: a moderated mediation model

PurposeInformed by the job characteristics model (JCM) and job crafting theory (JCT), this study aims to investigate the mediating role of meaningfulness at work in the relationship between a growth mindset and in-role performance and moderating role of job crafting in this indirect effect.Design/methodology/approachTo this end, the authors examined the moderated mediation model with 271 corporate trainers enrolled in the largest online community for adult educators in South Korea.FindingsResults showed that the relationship between a growth mindset and in-role performance is positively mediated by meaningfulness at work. Furthermore, job crafting acted as a moderator in this relationship, such that trainers with high levels of job crafting showed a greater in-role performance, while trainers with low levels of job crafting reported a negative indirect effect of a growth mindset.Originality/valueThe current study contributes to the JCM and JCT by suggesting a growth mindset as individual characteristics to promote meaningfulness at work and in-role performance. The study also responds to the calls to expand the mediation mechanisms and boundary conditions of a growth mindset in the workplace. The authors provide important insights into how corporate trainers’ job crafting is crucial in enhancing or impeding their performance and meaningful work.

Whether ChatGPT adoption inspires higher education students’ digital entrepreneurial intention? An integrated model of the SCCT and the TPB

Purpose This study aims to integrate the Social Cognitive Career Theory with the Theory of Planned Behavior to unravel the intricate dynamics of how engaging with ChatGPT affects individuals’ digital entrepreneurial intention, underlying the serial mediation mechanism of the cognitive and reasoned career process. Design/methodology/approach This research use a cross-sectional design, drawing on a sample of 604 higher education students from six universities in Vietnam. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the formulated hypotheses after assessing the reliability and validity of scales through Cronbach’s alpha and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings The results indicate that ChatGPT adoption significantly increases perceived AI competencies, entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and digital entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Digital entrepreneurial self-efficacy was found to have a positive impact on attitudes toward digital entrepreneurship, which, in turn, fosters digital entrepreneurial intention. ChatGPT adoption thus poses serial indirect impacts on digital entrepreneurial intention through the sequential pathways of enhanced digital entrepreneurial self-efficacy and positive attitudes. Practical implications This study’s findings provide valuable recommendations for entrepreneurs, higher education institutions and policymakers. Originality/value This research contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by integrating two prominent theoretical frameworks to elucidate how ChatGPT adoption impacts digital entrepreneurial intentions. The serial mediation model expands that understanding of the complex cognitive and reasoned processes involved, providing a novel perspective on the role of AI in entrepreneurship.

Childhood trauma associated with psychotic-like experiences among people living with HIV: The chain mediation effect of stigma and resilience

BackgroundPrevious research established the associations between childhood trauma and psychosis, but the effects of childhood trauma on psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) among people living with HIV (PLWH) and the potential mediation mechanisms in these associations remain unclear. ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the effects of childhood trauma on PLEs, as well as the chain mediation roles of stigma and resilience in this relationship. Furthermore, we explored whether the aforementioned associations differed when hallucinatory experiences (HEs) and delusional experiences (DEs) were separately modeled. Participants and settingThe sample included 333 outpatients participants (95.2 % males, Mage = 28.24 ± 7.12) living with HIV recruited from Hunan Province, China; and data were collected with a cross-sectional survey. MethodThe hypothesized chain mediation models were examined using SPSS PROCESS macro 3.3 software. ResultsVarious influencing mechanisms of childhood trauma on HEs and DEs were examined in this study. Our results showed that, (a) childhood trauma directly exerted negative effect on HEs, while the chain mediation effect of stigma and resilience were not statistically significant. Conversely, (b) childhood trauma exerted no direct influence on DEs but rather through the chain mediation effect of stigma and resilience. ConclusionsThe identification of two different routes between that childhood trauma can have on HEs and DEs highlighted the importance of tailored prevention and intervention among PLWH with a history of childhood trauma.

Coordinated reduction effect of pollutant discharge fees on enterprises' pollutant and carbon emissions in China

With the aggravation of global climate change and environmental pollution, governments of various countries have taken measures to promote sustainable development. This study evaluates the influence of China's pollutant discharge fees (PFE) on the enterprises' coordinated emissions reduction of pollutant and carbon based on fixed effects model by using a broad sample of 138,371 observations during 2003–2009 derived from two microenterprise datasets and a city dataset. Based on the empirical results, the rising price of PFE will lead to coordinated emissions reduction, specifically, a 1% increase in PFE leads to 0.0835% reduction in SO2 and 0.0294% decrease in CO2. Through heterogeneous analysis, this study finds that PFE heterogeneously influences pollutant and carbon emissions. The collaborative emissions reduction effects of PFE are significant in low pollution intensity regions, high energy consumption intensity regions, and state-owned enterprises. Furthermore, this study concludes that the clean energy substitution effect is an essential mediation mechanism of the impact of PFE on coordinated emissions reduction, while the energy-saving effect is not significant. This study provides several policy implications for achieving the goal of coordinated decreasing the emissions of carbon and pollutant from the perspective of PFE.

How Cultural Intelligence-Based Principal Leadership Affects Teacher Task Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Culture and School Governance

The effective significance of leadership for school organizations focuses on several elements, such as collaboration motivation and educational environment establishment. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effects of cultural intelligence-based principal leadership (CI-BPL) on organizational culture, school governance, and teacher task performance, accompanied by the analysis of a new empirical model prioritizing the mediation mechanism. A survey-based causal design approach was subsequently implemented by distributing questionnaires to 450 Indonesian teachers in junior high schools. The results of data analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) found a new empirical model of the influence of CI-BPL on teacher task performance through the mediating mechanism of organizational culture and school governance. The conclusion is that organizational culture and school governance mediate the effect of CI-BPL on teacher task performance. As an implication, educational practitioners can adopt the model as a strategy to improve teacher task performance, while researchers can adapt or modify the model in their future research work.

Social CRM Strategies: A Key Driver of Strategic Information Exchange Capabilities and Relationship Quality

This study aims to examine the influence of social customer relationship management (CRM) on relationship quality (RQ); the role of strategic information exchange capabilities (SIECs) as a mediator on the relationship between dimensions of social CRM and RQ was also investigated. A self-structured questionnaire survey was conducted on the subordinates working at various family-style restaurants in Egypt. Following a simple random sampling procedure, 466 valid responses were used for data analysis. The findings reveal that three dimensions of social CRM, namely customer service quality (CSQ), integrated marketing channels (IMCs), and online communities (OCs), have statistically significant effects on RQ. Moreover, SIECs mediate the relationship between CS/IMCs/OCs and RQ. The other two dimensions, rewards (RDs) and value-added services (VSs), do not directly or indirectly affect RQ. This study opens new avenues in the existing literature by identifying the most relevant factors affecting RQ in the context of Egyptian restaurants. This study can enable policymakers and restaurant owners to formulate social CRM strategies and achieve customer satisfaction properly. This study explores the mediation mechanism of SIECs on the relationship between dimensions of social CRM and RQ.

The house of tomorrow is a living being today:

“The house of tomorrow” hides a whole genealogy of mechanistic projects, developed under a perspective of energy and resource self-sufficiency. Since the mid-20th century, disciples of Buckminster Fuller and the New Alchemy Institute have been creating fully autonomous functional prototypes thanks to regenerative metabolic cycles. Today, it is essential to contextualize these mechanistic models to the demands of contemporary society. Evolving the theory of dwelling, implies adjusting the domestic space to our current need to build a reconciliation between environment and home. In order to achieve an approach towards the constitution of a self-sustainable habitable ensemble, it is crucial to demonstrate the role that architecture plays here as a mediation mechanism. It is precisely by understanding the metamorphosis undergone by the self-sufficient habitat, that the principles on which to build “the house of today and tomorrow” can be clarified.

ENHANCING TECHNICIAN & PLUMBER HIRING STRATEGIES WITH PYTHON: A TRENDSETTING COMPUTER SCIENCE ANALYSIS

Abstract: The Online Platform for Technician and Plumber Hiring is a digital marketplace designed to streamline the process of connecting individuals and businesses with skilled technicians and plumbers for maintenance and repair services. The platform offers an intuitive interface accessible via web browsers and mobile applications, allowing users to search, compare, and hire technicians and plumbers based on their specific needs and preferences. Service providers create detailed profiles showcasing their qualifications, experience, areas of expertise, and customer reviews, allowing service seekers to evaluate the suitability of technicians and plumbers for their specific requirements. The platform also offers advanced search and filter functionality, allowing users to narrow down their options based on location, services offered, availability, pricing, and ratings. It facilitates seamless booking and scheduling of service appointments, allowing users to specify the date, time, and nature of the required services. Clear pricing and payment information are provided for each service, ensuring transparency and eliminating ambiguity for both service seekers and providers. After service completion, users can rate and provide feedback on the quality of work and customer service received from technicians and plumbers, maintaining accountability and encouraging continuous improvement within the service provider community. The platform also offers customer support services to address inquiries, resolve issues, and facilitate communication between parties if disputes arise during or after service delivery. Mediation mechanisms are in place to ensure fair resolution of conflicts. IndexTerms – HTML, CSS, AngularJs , NodeJs , Bootstrap, MySQL

Negotiation Strategies in International Diplomatic Conflicts in United States

Purpose: The aim of the study was to analyze negotiation strategies in international diplomatic conflicts in United States. Methodology: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looked into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries. Findings: Findings on negotiation strategies in U.S. diplomatic conflicts highlight the use of coercive diplomacy, economic sanctions, and multilateral negotiations. These strategies involve bilateral talks, international organizations, and third-party mediation. Leverage, including military power and economic incentives, is employed to advance U.S. interests. Challenges arise from divergent interests and power dynamics. Success requires a balanced approach of assertiveness and flexibility. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Game theory, constructivism & distributive and integrative bargaining may be used to anchor future studies on the negotiation strategies in international diplomatic conflicts in United States. Provide negotiators with training and resources to enhance their cross-cultural competence, including understanding cultural values, communication styles, and negotiation norms. Invest in the development of mediation and third-party intervention mechanisms to facilitate diplomatic negotiations in international conflicts.

Mediated learning: A computational rendering of ketamine-induced symptoms.

This article explores the contribution of the double error dynamic asymptote computational associative learning model to understanding the role of mediated learning mechanisms in the generation of spurious associations, as those postulated to characterize schizophrenia. Three sets of simulations for mediated conditioning, mediated extinction, and a mediated enhancement of latent inhibition, a unique model prediction, are presented. For each set of simulations, a parameter that modulates the impact of associative memory retrieval and the dissipation of nonperceptual activated representations through the network was manipulated. The effect of this operation is analyzed and compared to ketamine-induced effects on associative memories and mediated learning. The model's potential to predict these effects and present a plausible error-correction associative mechanism is discussed in the context of animal models of schizophrenia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Leveraging Accounting Professional Identity to Pave a Route Toward Sustainable Development with the Role of Inclusive Leadership

This study intends to explore the interconnection between the professional identity of accountants (PIA) and sustainable development performance (SDP). It also aims to delve into the mediation mechanism of nonfinancial reporting (NFR) in the interconnection between PIA and SDP. Outstandingly, it makes many attempts to expand understanding of the moderating function of inclusive leadership (IL) in the proposed model’s postulated constructs. Statistical data from surveys given to the samples of accountants in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) obtained from the two waves of data collection within the different periods, namely the period of lockdown and period of new normal, are used to empirically corroborate the hypothesized model, which is supported by structural equation modeling. The results analyses confirm, in terms of significance and effect size, the existence of positive relationships between the hypothesized dimensions in the suggested model. In addition to serving as a beneficial springboard for further research, the importance of more nuanced insights in this work can help practitioners and policy-makers sense and seize ways to reach sustainable development pathways in an efficient and effective manner.

Double-edged sword effects of green HRM on employee organizational citizenship behavior for the environment: interactive effects and mediation mechanisms

PurposeEmployee green behavior contributes to the achievement of hospitality organizations’ sustainability goals. However, there is a need to examine how green human resource management (GHRM) fosters employees’ green behavior. Anchored on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we anticipate that GHRM may have double-edged effects on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) via two opposing mechanisms (e.g. environmental passion and emotional exhaustion). Moreover, we expect that the relationship of GHRM on environmental passion and emotional exhaustion depends on environmentally specific empowering leadership (ESEL).Design/methodology/approachThe data were garnered from 356 hospitality employees in Pakistan and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe findings revealed a significant and positive link between GHRM and employee OCBE and environmental passion and a significant and negative relationship between GHRM and emotional exhaustion. Similarly, the link between environmental passion and employee OCBE was significant and positive and between emotional exhaustion and employee OCBE was significant and negative. Our results indicate that the impact of GHRM on OCBE among hospitality employees was mediated by environmental passion and emotional exhaustion. Further, ESEL strengthened the association of GHRM with environmental passion while mitigating the effect of GHRM on emotional exhaustion.Originality/valueAnchored on the COR theory, our study provides novel empirical evidence by investigating the mechanisms and boundary conditions between GHRM and employee OCBE nexus in the hospitality realm.

Immunologically Mediated Mechanisms in Renal Disease

Immunologically Mediated Mechanisms in Renal Disease

Modeling cynicism and organizational design on job performance: Mediation and moderation mechanism

Modern organizations assert that cynicism and organizational design provide advantages for knowledge-intensive settings. However, organizational crises may lead to resource shortages, prompting increased knowledge hiding (KH) among workers for competitive edge. Therefore, current study aims to examine the influence of organizational design and cynicism on job performance with organizational justice and KH through the moderating effect of servant leadership. Convenience sampling technique was used for data collection from 730 manufacturing organization employees via a survey questionnaire and data were analyzed with AMOS (28.0). Findings showed that KH's behavior negatively influenced by organizational design and positively influenced by cynicism. The current study also validates that higher management needs to practice advanced organizational justice to improve performance that drastically generates justice practices and reduces KH within the firms. Moreover, deploying servant leadership helps to control the cynicism, and employees start practicing knowledge-sharing behavior that significantly contributes to the performance.

Mediation in the Criminal Procedure of Western States: Comparative Legal Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to cover the theoretical component of the mediation mechanism, to determine its place in the criminal procedure, as well as to conduct a comparative analysis based on the practices of its functioning in various countries, namely the United States of America, Great Britain, Germany, France. The theoretical methodological approach, the formal legal methodological approach, the dogmatic methodological approach, the method of legal hermeneutics and others were used to conduct this study. The results of the study showed that at this stage the institution of mediation is quite young, but it is a fairly effective way of alternative dispute resolution; the study analysed the world practices of advanced states in the functioning of mediation, as well as their legislative norms that regulate this institution, considering the specific features of each of the legal systems

Job Insecurity And Job Disengagement Among Private Security Personnel: Moderated-Moderation Model

Mental health problems are on the rise in contemporary organizations largely due to frequent job insecurity among employees. Drawing from traditional stress theories, the study assesses work-family conflict as a mediator in the correlation between job insecurity and job disengagement. Additionally, it hypothesized that the influence of job insecurity on job disengagement, mediated by work-family conflict, would be contingent upon perceived procedural justice. Consequently, the study employed a moderated mediation model to test these hypotheses. Data were collected from a sample of 263 private security personnel in Accra, Ghana. Utilizing questionnaires administered at a single time point over an eight-week duration, the study gathered information from the participants on job insecurity, job disengagement, work-family conflict, and procedural justice. Subsequently, JASP software and the PROCESS model were utilized to analyze the data. The study revealed that procedural justice played a dual role: it not only moderated the impact of job insecurity and work-family conflict but also moderated the positive effect of job insecurity on job disengagement through work-life conflict. This study pioneers an examination of the moderated mediated mechanism involving procedural justice as a moderator in the relationship between job insecurity and job disengagement via work-family conflict. The findings of this study offer valuable insights for organizations by highlighting the mitigating influence of procedural justice in reducing employee job disengagement through the mediated pathway of work-family.

How Intrinsic Motivation augments Innovation and Commitment? A Moderated Mediation Model of Employee’s Trust and Engagement

Based on self-determination theory, the study aimed to gauge the impact of intrinsic motivation on employees’ engagement which later augments innovation and commitment. It further examined the moderating impact of employee’s trust on the relationship between motivation and engagement. The authors collected data through an online survey from 350 respondents from the telecommunications industry in Pakistan using a cross-sectional design through simple random sampling. For analysis, the SEM (structural equation modeling) technique was used to test direct and indirect effects. The results confirmed the initially hypothesized framework of a moderated mediation mechanism between intrinsic motivation, engagement, job innovation, and commitment. Mediation analysis reflects that employee’s engagement mediates between both intrinsic motivation and job innovation as well as with commitment. Further, employee’s trust was found to be positively moderating between intrinsic motivation and employee’s engagement. Unlike traditional approaches to test mediation between intrinsic motivation and commitment and job innovation, the study examines a moderated mediation mechanism of how employee’s intrinsic motivation spurs engagement in the presence of employee’s trust which can subsequently increase innovative behavior and commitment of the employee. The study explains the self-determination mechanism in the context of telecommunications industry in Pakistan. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.

Enhancing organizational performance through knowledge-oriented leadership: the neglected role of employee creative work behavior and digital citizenship behavior in IT industry

PurposeDrawing upon Drucker’s theory of productivity, this study proposes to examine the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) and knowledge worker performance (KWP) within the Chinese information technology (IT) industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, this study examines the direct connection between KWP and organizational performance (OP), as well as mediated via employee creative work behavior (ECWB), and digital citizenship behavior (DCB).Design/methodology/approachThe data for the research was collected from a sample size of 322 individuals working in the IT industry context in China, with varying levels of seniority (lower, middle and upper). The relationship was examined by employing Smart PLS 4 in a current study.FindingsThe study findings revealed a significant and conspicuous effect of KOL on KWP. The outcomes divulged the fact that KOL has a positive impact on the ECWB, and DCB improves the performance of knowledge workers, resulting in an overall augmentation in the organizational performance of the IT industry.Originality/valuePresently, there exist a scarcity of substantial empirical studies to thoroughly examine the influence of KOL, ECWB, DCB, KWP and OP in the domain of Chinese IT industry research, particularly in the setting of the pandemic. The study makes a substantial contribution to the extant literature on the topic via empirically examining the association among KOL, KWP and organizational performance, as well as evaluating the mediation mechanism of both employee creative work behavior and digital citizenship behavior.

Legal security of mediation in Ukraine: shortcomings and prospects for improvement through the prism of the experience of the countries of the European Union

In the content of the article, the author investigated the peculiarities of the legal provision of mediation in Ukraine and the countries of the European Union. Despite the fact that today in legal science, a significant body of scientific works has been formed, which relate to certain aspects of mediation, it is worth noting that the issue of legal support for mediation in Ukraine has not been properly studied scientifically. Modern studies of the legal provision of mediation are especially relevant, given the high degree of its variability in Ukraine. On the basis of a critical analysis of the provisions of Ukrainian legislation in the field of mediation, its shortcomings and prospects for improvement were determined. The following are noted as shortcomings of the legal provision of mediation in Ukraine: a) the absence of provisions that would regulate the issues of mediation procedures, in particular before submitting an appeal to the court, during court proceedings, as well as during the execution of a court decision, etc.; b) inconsistency of its categorical and conceptual apparatus with established legislative terminology (for example, the terms "conflict” and "dispute”); c) inaccuracy of the legal provision of mediation principles; d) superficial, too general regulation of the mediation process itself; e) failure to take into account the European standard of mediation transparency, etc. The analysis of the peculiarities of the legal provision of the EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Austria, etc.) made it possible to substantiate the prospects for improving the legal provision of mediation in Ukraine. It is summarized that the Ukrainian legislation has experienced legal transformations in the field of mediation, moving from the least effective and least reliable informal model to a specialized model by adopting the framework Law of Ukraine "On Mediation”. In our opinion, the most effective model of legal support for mediation is the specialized model chosen by Ukraine, which, among other things, should be complemented by effective mechanisms of self-regulation of this legal activity through the development and application of acts of the so-called "unofficial law” adopted by professional associations of mediators. The combination of the legal regulation of mediation in Ukraine was noted: a) the typicality of the law "On Mediation”, which established the legal foundation of mediation and regulated the most general and important issues in this area; b) self-regulating mechanisms of mediation, designed to ensure a quick response to the dynamic development of mediation and relations where it should be applied.