Negative Moderating Effect Research Articles

Spatial Effects of Green Credit on Air Quality: An Empirical Test Based on the Dual Carbon Perspective

Based on balanced panel data from 30 provinces and cities (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region) from 2016 to 2020, this article empirically analyses the spatial effect of green credit (GD) on air quality index (AQI) and the regulatory mechanism between them and explores the differences in the impact of GD on AQI by dividing China into regions in terms of geographical distribution, financial development level, and air quality level. The empirical results found that AQI depends on significant spatial characteristics. GD has a significant inverted U-shaped impact on AQI and is currently at the stage of suppressing air quality. The inverted U-shaped impact is more remarkable in the eastern region, in areas with poor financial development, in areas with poor air quality and GD has entered the stage of promoting air quality levels in the eastern regions, and in areas with good financial development. Environmental regulation has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between GD and AQI, which is less pronounced in eastern regions, in areas with poorly financial development, and in areas with better air quality.

Peer trust and prosocial behavior among rural left-behind adolescents: The negative moderating role of hope

ABSTRACT Based on the positive youth development (PYD) framework, the protective-protective model, and the conservation of resources theory, this study examined the negative moderating effect of hope between peer trust and six types of prosocial behaviors (emotional, dire, altruistic, compliant, anonymous, and public) among rural left behind adolescents (LBAs) and analyzed the difference of the moderating effect of hope between LBAs and nonLBAs. A total of 700 rural LBAs and 673 rural non-LBAs in Fujian province were surveyed using the Peer Trust Scale, Hope Scale, and Prosocial Tendencies Measure. Correlation analysis showed that peer trust, hope, and six types of prosocial behaviors were all positively correlated. Moderated analysis revealed that peer trust had a stronger influence on emotional, dire, altruistic, and compliant prosocial behavior under a low level of hope in LBAs. Compared with LBAs, hope did not moderate the relationship between peer trust and emotional, dire, and compliant prosocial behavior in non-LBAs. This study revealed the moderating mechanism of LBAs’ peer trust and prosocial behavior and might help them to improve their prosocial behavior.

Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Industrial Convergence: Evidence from China

The uncertainties in current economic policies have increased, and Decisions about industrial convergence by businesses are impacted by uncertain macroeconomic policy. Using a fixed-effects model, the article selects annual data from A-share listed Chinese companies from 2010 to 2021 and empirically analyzes the relationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and industrial convergence, as well as the mediating and moderating effects of diversification strategies and financial distress under this path of action. The findings are as follows: (1) EPU has a significant negative impact on industrial convergence, and this phenomenon is most obvious for non-state enterprises. (2) Enterprise diversification strategy mediate the relationship between industrial convergence and EPU (3) Corporate financial distress has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between EPU and industrial convergence. (4) The nature of firm property rights has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between EPU and industrial convergence. The aforementioned conclusions have implications for policy: the government should always ensure the long-term stability of economic policies and direct and encourage the development of cross-industry convergence of enterprises. Enterprises need to actively empower development with joint efforts to achieve win-win cooperation.

The Impact of Cue-Interaction Stimulation on Impulse Buying Intention on Virtual Reality Tourism E-commerce Platforms

Virtual reality (VR) tourism e-commerce platforms (VRTEPs) can provide trial experience for tourists, which is easy to trigger irrational impulse buying. Based on cognitive emotion theory and S-O-R model, this study innovatively explores the impact of the multi cue-interaction stimulation (the interactivity of VR display and the empathy of text display) of VRTEPs on consumers’ impulse buying intention through the mediating effect of new cognitive and emotional responses, namely, interactive pleasure (perceived usefulness and immersion). The results reveal that: (1) The interactivity of VR display stimulates interactive pleasure, then positively affects impulse buying intention. (2) The empathy of text display only stimulates perceived usefulness to positively affect impulse buying intention. This study also finds that the interactive comparison has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between immersion and impulse buying intention. These findings contribute to developing the new theory for effectively marketing using highly interactive new technology on VRTEPs.

What happens on Facebook stays on Facebook? Virtual surface acting in cyberspace–workplace relationship transition

The growing prevalence of social networking sites (SNSs) has transformed the way that hospitality employees connect with their coworkers. Whereas it has been investigated that befriending coworkers on SNSs may transition to favorable workplace relationships, what conditions such friendship transitions is under-researched. Building on social penetration theory, this paper aims to explore employees’ virtual surface acting as a potential hindrance in cross-boundary relationship transitions, and how such a hindering effect could be attenuated by a supportive environment for boundary integration. A multilevel model is proposed to investigate how SNS friendship induces favorable workplace outcomes through reinforced workplace relationships. The moderating role of surface acting on SNSs and its interplay with supportive environment has been scrutinized. The results reveal that only suppressing negative emotions interferes with cross-boundary relationship transitions, while a supportive environment for boundary integration offsets this negative moderating effect. Managerial implications are provided for both employees and hotel operators.

Effect of air pollution on the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer in China: a panel data regression analysis.

The association between the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer in Chinese women and air pollution is obscure. The study aims to analyze the correlation between air pollution and the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer, and whether the gross domestic product (GDP) has a modifying effect on the impact of air pollution on the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer. Extracting panel data from 31 provinces and cities between 2006 and 2020, we evaluated the association between breast and cervical cancer prevalence and pollutant emissions from 2006 to 2015 with two-way fixed-effect models. We also analyzed the interaction between GDP and pollutant emissions and further check the robustness of the moderating effect results using group regression from 2016 to 2020. Cluster robust standard errors were used to correct for the heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. The coefficients of models show that the coefficients of logarithmic soot and dust emissions are estimated to be significantly positive, and the coefficients of their square terms are significantly negative. The robust results suggest that the relationship between soot and dust emissions and breast or cervical cancer prevalence is non-linear, from 2006 to 2015. In the analysis of particulate matter (PM) data in 2016-2020, the PM-GDP interaction term was also significantly negative, indicating that GDP growth weakened the effect of PM on the prevalence of breast cancer and cervical cancer. In provinces with higher GDP, the indirect effect of PM emissions concerning breast cancer is -0.396 while in provinces with lower GDP, it is about -0.215. The corresponding coefficient concerning cervical cancer is about -0.209 in provinces with higher GDP but not significant in provinces with lower GDP. Our results suggest that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the prevalence of breast cancer and cervical cancer and air pollutants from 2006 to 2015. GDP growth has a significant negative moderating effect on the impact of air pollutants on the prevalence of breast cancer and cervical cancer. PM emissions have a higher effect on the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer in provinces with higher GDP and a lower impact in provinces with lower GDP.

Do health anxiety and social value shape the intention to consume functional food: the role of health knowledge levels—evidence from Istanbul

PurposeThis study has two main purposes. First, the effects of health anxiety and perceived social value on the intention to consume functional food were examined. Second, the role of health knowledge levels in these relationships was identified.Design/methodology/approachThe sample consisted of 271 restaurant consumers on the European side of Istanbul between August and October 2021. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the research model.FindingsRestaurant consumers revealed that health anxiety and perceived social value positively affect functional food consumption intentions. Moreover, health knowledge levels have a negative moderating effect on the relationship between health anxiety and functional food consumption intentions.Originality/valueThanks to the findings of this study, the roles of health anxiety, perceived social value and health knowledge in functional food consumption were determined, thus filling a vital literature gap.

The Impact of Green Finance on High-Quality Economic Development in China: Vertical Fiscal Imbalance as the Moderating Effect

The vigorous development of green finance has become a national strategy in China. Green finance is gradually becoming a key driver of high-quality economic development and a key area of concern for China’s economy and ecological environment. Based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2019, we analyzed the impact and mechanism of vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI) and green finance (GF) on high-quality economic development (HQD) and then used the fixed-effect model and spatial Durbin model for empirical testing. We found that GF can significantly contribute to HQD, but VFI has a negative moderating effect in contrast to the positive effect of GF on HQD. This negative moderating effect is strongest in the central region. According to the analysis of the spatial econometric model based on geography, economy, and the nested spatial weight matrix, we found that the local GF has a negative spatial transmission effect on the HQD of other regions. Therefore, it is recommended that the coordinated development of green finance among regions be promoted, while affairs and expenditure responsibilities be reasonably distributed between the central and local governments to drive HQD effectively.

The cost of foreign ownership: Voluntary sustainability reporting and financial performance in an emerging economy

PurposeMany emerging economy firms are under foreign owners' pressure to embrace the challenges of addressing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and consider adopting sustainability initiatives. However, it is not clear how foreign ownership plays a role to enable or inhibit these emerging economy firms from translating sustainability initiatives into improved financial performance. Utilizing neo-institutional theory, the authors argue that emerging economy firms that voluntarily report sustainability gain legitimacy in the eyes of shareholders and improve stock market performance. However, emerging economy firms may not have the resources to reconcile the internal stakeholders' various legitimacy requirements to promote sustainability practices, resulting in a negative association with accounting performance. Foreign ownership attenuates the relationship between sustainability reporting and firm performance due to the different legitimacy requirements in foreign markets.Design/methodology/approachTo test the study’s hypotheses, the authors collected and analyzed a large sample of publicly listed firms between 2010 and 2016 in Taiwan where the types of foreign ownership include foreign trust funds, foreign financial institutions and other foreign legal entities. Regression analyses were conducted to investigate whether the firms that report their sustainable practices have better financial performance, including stock market performance and accounting performance. Additionally, a three-step procedure was employed to address the endogeneity issue with a binary explanatory variable.FindingsThe positive stock market reaction to the emerging economy firms' voluntary sustainability reporting supports legitimacy gained among investors. By contrast, sustainability reporting has a negative association with accounting performance due to the difficulty of reconciling different legitimacy requirements among various stakeholders in emerging economies. Further, foreign ownership, particularly the trust fund, exhibits a negative moderating effect on the relationship between sustainability reporting in aligning corporate practices with sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the company's stock market performance.Originality/valueBy examining the less tested contingent role played by foreign ownership in the emerging economy firms' sustainability reporting, the authors provide insights into the influence exerted by different types of foreign ownership on firms' financial performances beyond previous studies that focus on family ownership, state ownership, or managerial ownership in emerging economies. The findings shed light on corporate sustainability strategy and foreign direct investment policies for an emerging economy.

Benefit from market knowledge: Failure analysis capability and venture goal progress in a turbulent environment

Drawing on the dynamic capabilities view, this study investigates the role of failure analysis capability in affecting venture goal progress in the technologically turbulent environment in which entrepreneurial failures are commonplace. Combining a three-wave time-lagged questionnaire survey (Study 1) with a qualitative interview (Study 2) on high-tech entrepreneurial ventures in China, we conclude that technological turbulence weakens the positive association between failure analysis capability and venture goal progress. However, the market knowledge depth of new ventures can be applied to mitigate the negative moderating effect of technological turbulence on the failure analysis capability-venture goal progress association. Theoretical and practical implications are derived from the above findings to guide future research.

Perceived a community with shared future for doctor-patient and benefit finding: a moderated mediation model

BackgroundUnder the background that the concept of a community with shared future for mankind has been advocated, the doctor-patient relationship has rapidly sublimated into a community with shared future for doctor-patient. The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes and relationships of anxiety, perceived a community with shared future for doctor-patient (PCSF), health self-consciousness (HSC) and benefit finding (BF) in the outbreak stage of COVID-19 and in the stable stage of COVID-19.MethodsThe questionnaire consisted of a self-designed health self-consciousness scale, perceived a community with shared future for doctor-patient scale, revised 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale and benefit finding scale. Questionnaires were administered in the outbreak stage of COVID-19 and in the stable stage of COVID-19 to address public anxiety, BF, and trust between medical staff and patients.ResultsRisk perception will increase anxiety in public, and the public who trust medical staff and the ability of the government to prevent and control the epidemic will have a higher PCSF. Compared with those in the outbreak stage of COVID-19, PCSF, HSC and BF all decreased in the stable stage of COVID-19. HSC partly plays a mediating role in the process of the influence of PCSF and BF (95% CI = [0.3785, 0.5007], [0.2357, 0.3695], P < .001). The R-value of the model in the outbreak stage of COVID-19 and in the stable stage of COVID-19 were 0.555 and 0.429, and the value of R2 was 0.308 and 0.184 respectively (P < .001). In the stable stage of COVID-19, the coefficient of anxiety ✕ PCSF is negative. The B values of anxiety and PCSF are positive, and the moderating effect is negative (P = .038). Anxiety has a negative moderating effect between PCSF and HSC, indicating that anxiety will weaken the positive impact of PCSF on HSC. It means that there exists a substitution relationship between anxiety and PCSF.ConclusionsThe common goal of medical staff and patients is health, and health is the premise of the meaning of life. Vigorously advocating for PCSF can not only promote a harmonious doctor-patient relationship, but also establish a good HSC and improve the understanding of the meaning of life in the public. Furthermore, if the common concept of a community with a shared future for doctor-patient is integrated into the values of life, it may be more stable and long-term to maintain a good doctor-patient relationship. In addition, we should guard against the influence of high-level anxiety on the path of meaning perception.

Effects of the degree of supply chain resilience capability in supply chain performance in the UAE energy industry

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the influence of supply chain resilience (SCR) and supply chain capabilities (SCC) on supply chain performance (SCP) through the direct and moderating influence of the degree of SCR (DSCR), as demonstrated in UAE energy industry supply chain management (SCM) processes.Design/methodology/approachUsing the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), a questionnaire-survey collected 168 valid responses from UAE-based companies that operate within the energy industry. This study investigates the moderated mediation research model of the SCR, SCC and SCP with DSCR being considered as the variable having the moderation role.FindingsSCR and SCC were found to have a significant positive affect on SCP playing a mediating role in improving performance during or after a SC disruption. However, the objective was to confirm the exitance of the moderator role in DSCR to substantiate its moderated mediating effect in the research model. There was a negative moderating effect of SCR on SCP through SCC.Originality/valueThis is among the pioneer study that suggests and empirically tests the moderated mediating impacts of the SCR degree on the relationships between SCR, capability within a supply chain and its performance. An additional element of originality of this study is its relevance to the UAE energy industry and recent SC disruptions.

Interprofessional team membership stability and medical errors in emergency departments

IntroductionDelays to care and treatment in emergency departments (EDs) can lead to medical errors that harm patients. To optimize ED outcomes, indicators exist that define time frames within which patients should be assessed, receive care, and be discharged and they include time to triage, time to physician assessment (PIA), and time to discharge. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between temporal TMS and medical errors as delays to care in EDs. Methods: A nonexperimental, quantitative, cross-sectional, and correlational research design was used to study the relationship between differences in IP team membership due to shift work schedules (i.e., TMS) and medical errors as patient outcomes within EDs. Fifteen EDs and urgent care centres (referred collectively as EDs) located in the province of Manitoba, Canada were selected for this study. Results: medical errors occurred at each ED but to different extents; ED teams had low temporal stability; TMS and medical errors were not statistically significant, but worked experience captured by the individual team competence index (ITCI) decreased time to physician and length of stay was. TMS had a negative moderating effect on ITCI and neither TMS nor ITCI were statistically significant when patient volumes and levels of acuity were controlled. In contrast, when team size was controlled, TMS had a large effect size on time to physician. Conclusion: low TMS was not a significant factor in medical errors measured as delays to care but probably related to other organizational factors and team dynamics.

Research on the impact of digital economy on Regional Green Technology Innovation: Moderating effect of digital talent Aggregation.

The digital economy is crucial to promoting green technology innovation and development. However, there needs to be more research on the relationship between the digital economy, digital talent aggregation (DTA), and green technology innovation (GTI). Therefore, based on the data from 30 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in mainland China (excluding Tibet) from 2011 to 2020, this paper uses fixed effect, threshold effect, moderating effect model, and spatial econometric model to make an empirical analysis of this research direction. The results show that (1) there is a nonlinear relationship between the digital economy and green technology innovation (GTI). This effect has regional heterogeneity effects. In the central and western regions, the digital economy is more prominent in promoting green technology innovation (GTI). (2) Digital talent aggregation (DTA) has a negative moderating effect on the influence of the digital economy on promoting green technology innovation (GTI). (3) The negative spillover effect of the digital economy on local green technology innovation (GTI) will be intensified at the spatial level due to the accumulation of digital talents. Therefore, this paper suggests that the government should actively and reasonably develop the digital economy to promote green technology innovation (GTI). In addition, the government can implement a flexible talent introduction policy, strengthen talent quality education and talent service station construction.

Tacit knowledge sharing in information systems development projects: social interdependence and regulatory focus perspectives

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine tacit knowledge sharing within information systems development (ISD) projects by exploring the combination of social interdependence theory and regulatory focus theory (RFT).Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted on 198 ISD professionals to investigate the effect of social interdependence on tacit knowledge sharing. The survey data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), and the results were discussed.FindingsThis study reveals that team members tend to share tacit knowledge in a way characterized by cooperative interdependence, and different patterns of social interdependence have an impact on tacit knowledge sharing. The RFT explains the disparities in attitude toward tacit knowledge sharing. Specifically, individuals with a prevention-focused orientation positively moderate the impact of competitive interdependence on tacit knowledge sharing, while those with a promotion-focused orientation have a negative moderating effect on the effect of competitive interdependence on tacit knowledge sharing. Moreover, promotion-focused individuals negatively moderate the effect of cooperative interdependence on tacit knowledge sharing.Originality/valueThe study identifies important aspects of social interdependence in ISD projects that affect the management of tacit knowledge. Furthermore, the study shows that the influence of cooperative and competitive interdependence on tacit knowledge sharing is moderated by the regulatory focus of an individual, providing new insights into ISD knowledge management.

The effect of marital satisfaction on the self-assessed depression of husbands and wives: investigating the moderating effects of the number of children and neurotic personality

BackgroundBased on the family system theory, there is an interactive relationship in the family, especially the cognitive style and emotional changes of the husband and wife will affect the behavior, cognition and emotion of the partner. Data about the effects of marital relationships on mental health are often paired. Scholars study the effect of individual independent variables on the dependent variables and the effect of spouse independent variables on the dependent variables to explore the actor and partner effect in marital relationships.MethodsThis study used the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2018 dataset to collect paired data on the marital satisfaction and self-rated mental health of 9,560 couples. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Moderation Model (APIMoM) was used to analyze whether moderator variables affect the direction and strength of the effect of marital satisfaction on self-rated depression. In the robustness test part, the robustness of the APIMoM model was tested by reanalyzing the independent variables using two kinds of binary codes respectively, and the results showed that the models were robust.ResultsIndividuals’ marital satisfaction was significantly negatively correlated with their own depression level and with that of their spouse. The number of family members had a positive moderating effect on the results of the wife’s partner effect. Couples who lived in the environment with more family members had lower depression scores. Couples who have more children have higher depression scores. The number of children has a negative moderating effect on the results of partner effect of husbands and wives. The wife’s neurotic personality score has a negative moderating effect on the wife’s actor effect.ConclusionsIn terms of measures to prevent depression, women’s mental health should be given more priority than men’s. Living in a larger family with more children is beneficial for couples’ mental health. Efforts to prevent depression in couples should take into account the neurotic character of the members, especially the wife, and design special treatment and preventive measures accordingly. These findings highlight that binary dynamics should be considered in exploring what factors influence the mental health of married couples.

Effects of Chinese-style fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions: is there a role for urban construction investment bonds?

Fiscal decentralization is the source of China’s rapid economic growth, but inevitably leads to a surge in total carbon emissions. We verify whether the intermediary mechanism of real estate development and the urban construction investment bonds (UCIB) can share the fiscal pressure of local governments to provide empirical support to clarify and solve the realistic decentralization dilemma. This study conducted a spatial analysis of panel data from 266 Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2006 to 2019 and obtains the following findings. (1) Carbon emissions are spatially correlated, displaying the characteristics of ‘one glory and one loss’. (2) Fiscal decentralization drives an increase in carbon emissions over the entire spatial region. (3) The decomposition results show that although fiscal decentralization aggravates local carbon emission growth, it benefits the carbon emission reduction of neighboring regions. (4) The eastern regions’ fiscal decentralization does not significantly affect carbon emissions, whereas the central and western regions’ fiscal decentralization causes an upsurge in total carbon emissions. (5) Fiscal decentralization has promoted the prosperous development of the real estate industry, which positively influences carbon emissions. (6) The UCIB has a negative moderating effect on fiscal decentralization and carbon emissions, implying that it plays a role in alleviating financial pressure on local governments. Accordingly, we propose relevant countermeasures: adjusting the degree of decentralization, controlling real estate development, and issuing UCIB.

The Impact of Internet Use on Production Efficiency of Animal Husbandry: Based on the Evidence of 340 Herdsmen in Inner Mongolia, China

Production efficiency is a standard to evaluate the high-quality development of animal husbandry. As an important tool for herdsmen to collect and use information for animal husbandry production and innovation, the internet is not only an inner motivation for improvement of production efficiency but also an important engine for transformation of animal husbandry modernization. It is of practical significance to analyze the impact of internet use on the production efficiency of animal husbandry from the micro-level. This paper, based on the survey data of 340 herdsmen in Inner Mongolia, adopts the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model to measure the production efficiency of animal husbandry and selects the Tobit model and moderation effect model to analyze the relationship between internet use and animal husbandry production efficiency under the influence of different capitals. Results show that the production efficiency of animal husbandry is relatively low and internet use has a positive and statistically significant effect on production efficiency; moreover, social capital and financial capital have a negative moderation effect when internet use affects production efficiency. Our findings suggest that the use of internet technology should be paid more attention in order to increase the production efficiency of grass-based animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia.

How Does the Intelligent Monitoring System Influence the Sense of Security of the Elderly in Home Care? A Case Study of the Hubin Community in Ningde City

Under the background of rapid aging in China, the security of the elderly in home care has become the focus of social attention. The present study takes the Hubin community of Ningde City as the case study area; and uses hierarchical regression analysis, structural equation model, and other methods to explore the influence path of the sense of security of the elderly in home care under the moderating effect of the intelligent monitoring system, and the subjective and objective demands for such equipment among the elderly. The results showed that compared with family care and social support, the influence of individual health on the sense of security of the elderly in home care was dominant. The intelligent monitoring system can play a negative moderating effect in the process of individual health directly affecting the sense of security of the elderly in home care, and indirectly improving the sense of security of the elderly in home care. Therefore, under the premise of paying attention to the individual health of the elderly at home, the reasonable application of the intelligent monitoring system and full play to its moderating effect is a practical way to improve the sense of security of the elderly in home care. In addition, the family and society should also pay more attention to the security of the elderly in home care, so as to promote the overall improvement of their sense of security.

Tax avoidance activities of enterprises and investors'attention

From the perspective of the impact of corporate tax avoidance on investors' expectations, this paper puts forward the hypothesis that the degree of corporate tax avoidance will significantly affect investors' attention.Meanwhile, using A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2017 to 2021 as samples, the paper empirically explores the impact of corporate tax avoidance on investors' attention and its mechanism. It is found that it makes a great difference on investors' attention,and the results are still valid after a series of robustness tests.The mechanism research shows that the transparency of enterprise information has a negative moderating effect on the influence of enterprise tax avoidance and investor attention.Heterogeneity research revels that the negative impact of corporate tax avoidance on investors' attention is much outstanding in Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listings with strong social responsibility without hiring four major accounting firms to audit annual reports.The research results of this paper extend the scope of the outcomes of enterprise tax avoidance behavior to a certain extent,and have certain reference value for enterprise behavior.