Social Perspective Research Articles

A study of patients' choice of medical treatment based on rational choice theory: a cross-sectional survey from China.

To describe how patients choose between primary care institutions (PCIs) and non-PCIs using rational choice theory from the perspective of survival rationality, economic rationality, and social rationality. Multi-stage stratified sampling and convenience sampling were applied to select 1723 patients to conduct the questionnaire survey. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were performed to analyze the factors associated with patients' choice of PCIs. In total 55.83% of 1723 patients would attend a PCIs for healthcare. The results of the univariate analysis revealed that patients who are female (58.46%, P = .015), suffering from chronic diseases (56.26%, P = .047), inpatients (67.58%, P < .001), Beijing (59.62%, P = .002), partial understanding of the family doctor contracting system (62.30%, P < .001), and not understanding of the medical alliance policy (58.04%, P = .031) had significantly higher probability of choosing PCIs. Logistic regression analysis showed that females were more unwilling to attend PCIs (odds ratio (OR) = 0.822, 95%CI: 0.676-0.999). Following survival rationality, patients without chronic diseases were more likely to attend PCIs (OR = 1.834, 95%CI: 1.029-3.268), and inpatients were more unlikely to attend PCIs (OR = 0.581, 95%CI: 0.437-0.774). From an economic rationality perspective, patients from the Fujian province were more likely to attend PCIs (OR = 1.424, 95%CI: 1.081-1.876). From a social rationality perspective, patients who partial understanding of the family doctor contracting system were more unlikely to attend PCIs (OR = 0.701, 95%CI: 0.551-0.892), and patients who partial and complete understanding of the medical alliance policy were more likely to attend PCIs (OR = 1.340, 95%CI: 1.064-1.687; OR = 1.485, 95%CI: 1.086-2.030). Survival, economic, and social rationality are involved in patients' choice to attend PCIs. Compared to survival rationality and social rationality, economic rationality showed a lower association with patients' choice to attend PCIs. Medical institutions are recommended to adopt a "patient health-centered" approach when providing medical services and further optimize the family doctor contracting system and construction of medical alliances.

When digital transformation meets supply chain needs in emerging markets: contributions for social and economic performance

Purpose Supply chains are increasingly incorporating social perspectives into their activities. It is often argued that social initiatives in supply chain management (SCM) are a response to external pressures. However, it is still undetermined whether these initiatives can improve economic performance. Additionally, it is proposed that digital transformation in supply chains, also described as Smart Supply Chain, can support social performance. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the association between digital transformation, social performance in SCM and economic performance. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a survey of 473 companies in Brazil, a country where social needs create high pressures on companies to respond to the country’s challenges. The data collected underwent testing using ordinary least squares regression and bootstrapping techniques to examine the mediation effects between Smart Supply Chain, social performance and economic performance. Findings The findings indicate that digital transformation supports social performance. Additionally, adopting social initiatives helps to increase firm performance in the context of an emerging economy, while social initiatives mediate between digital transformation and firm performance. Originality/value This paper provides a new perspective on the social side of supply chains by demonstrating the close relationship between digital transformation and social engagement initiatives. It argues that aligning digital transformation strategies and technologies with social performance is crucial for companies to establish stronger connections with stakeholders.

A Multifaceted Approach to Health Crisis in the Philippines Comment on "Experiences and Implications of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Emergency in Italy: A Social Science Perspective"

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of every country’s healthcare system. May it be a developed nation like Italy or a developing one, like Philippines, it has seriously impacted the different aspects of people’s everyday living. While the epidemiological/pharmacological interventions is the top priority to battle the health crisis, considering the social science perspective in crafting any health policy is a must to develop holistic, relevant, and effective programs for policy-makers. This is not to underestimate the effectiveness of the former but it simply signifies the essential support of the latter for a higher success rate since it is a multifaceted approach. It is important to note that a human is not only composed of physicality, but all the other aspects that are connected to one another, including social, political, and spiritual ones.

Dynamic Interpersonal Processes at Work: Taking Social Interactions Seriously

Dynamic interpersonal processes are the core foundation of many phenomena of interest to organizational psychology and organizational behavior scholars. This article views the organization as a system of social interaction. From this vantage point, I present a selective review of the current literature that supports a behavioral interaction perspective of interpersonal processes at work. I organize insights into phenomena such as (emergent) leadership, team processes, change management, coaching, selection, and negotiation according to the respective interaction constellation (i.e., dyadic, group, or across the organizational boundary). For each of these constellations, I highlight key empirical insights into behavioral interaction dynamics at the core of each interpersonal phenomenon. I discuss gaps and derive commonalities across different interaction constellations. To promote the consistent pursuit of a social interaction perspective and theory-method alignment, I derive a future research agenda including methodological recommendations for identifying meaningful patterns of social interaction at work.

Social and Legal Perspectives on Informed Consent. A Bioethical Approach

In the biolaw literature, the concept of valid consent is sought to be accredited instead of informed consent when discussing medical responsibility and doctor's obligation to inform the patient, as part of their professional obligation, to provide them with treatment/care. In this paper we present a few cases related to ECHR and also a current case of possible malpraxis presented to the Romanian Court, not yet solved at this date.

Perceived internal corporate social responsibility and employees' proactive behavior: The mediating role of intentions to start personal projects and the moderating role of perceived external prestige

AbstractThis study deepens our understanding of the micro‐level processes underlying the relationship between employees' internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) perceptions (perceived internal CSR) and their proactive behavior. Drawing on the self‐regulation and social information processing perspectives, we propose that perceived internal CSR enacts employees' intentions to start personal projects within the organization. We contend that this relationship is contingent upon employees' perceptions of the external prestige of the organization. Additionally, we argue that this interplay influences employees' proactive behavior, specifically innovative and risk‐taking actions. Employing a multimethod approach, comprising a multisource field study involving 640 employee‐supervisor dyads and a two‐by‐two experimental design with 152 respondents, our findings demonstrate a positive association between perceived internal CSR and employees' intentions to start personal projects. This effect is stronger when employees perceive the organization as highly prestigious. As predicted, this interaction positively influences innovative and risk‐taking behaviors. This research provides valuable insights into the nuanced dynamics between internal CSR and proactive behavior, offering implications for scholars and practitioners in human resource development.

Research on the Socio-Spatial Resilience Evaluation and Evolution of the Central Area of Beijing in Transitional China

In recent decades, the increasing threats of global climate change, natural disasters, and epidemics have brought extensive attention to resilience theory. However, most studies focus on the physical aspects of cities, overlooking the significance of the social perspective. This study addresses this gap by using social areas as the core spatial unit for analysis. By constructing a scientific indicator system and employing the set pair analysis method, this study comprehensively evaluates the multidimensional resilience levels of Beijing’s central area during its transitional period (1990–2020). The findings reveal that socio-spatial divisions, which emphasize the network structure of social relations and the dynamic changes in social spaces, are more suitable than traditional administrative divisions as fundamental units for resilience assessment. During Beijing’s transitional period, the comprehensive resilience of the central area and all social areas steadily increased, although social capital resilience faced the challenges of loss and slow recovery. Social areas with a unique internal connection, such as those based on ethnicity, exhibited more positive social capital resilience development. Additionally, social areas with lower population diversity and greater homogeneity tended to have higher comprehensive resilience and a more positive trend in social capital resilience development, whereas highly heterogeneous social areas faced significant constraints in resilience development. These findings may provide valuable insights for cities and communities to enhance their capacity to address future uncertainties and assist policymakers in making informed governance decisions.

The reinvention of “locality”: Imagining the local society with local media

In this essay, we draw on the history of internet-based local media at the county level in China to investigate the social implications of the internet for the local society. We take a “formative” approach and analyze the social processes of the reinvention of “locality” from the spatial, economic, and political aspects. We view “locality” not only as the assemblage of different places but also as a theoretical scaffolding that can stimulate a refreshed imagination of geography and media. The scales are reinvented, or redefined, by the digital fabrics of these social platforms which align geographical scales for content producers, including grassroots and official stakeholders. “Locality” is reimagined with internet-based local media. By discussing what is considered as “locality” in the spatial, economic, and political senses from a social perspective, we have explored the mutual shaping of internet-based media practices and the physical world. The social implications of the internet manifest themselves profoundly in the reinvention of “locality.”

Good people good planet: Investigating the interconnection between social and environmental sustainability

Research investigating consumers’ responsiveness to sustainability from a corporate social responsibility perspective has traditionally focused on either the environmental or social dimensions while overlooking the possible link between the two. This manuscript explores consumers’ perception of the interconnection between these dimensions of sustainability. Four experiments demonstrate that the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability are interconnected in consumers’ minds, where a promise to be sustainable in one dimension enhances perceptions of the other dimension. Companies making social or environmental promises are evaluated differently depending on whether the company later delivers a sustainability success along the same dimension (paired success) or a separate dimension (complementary success). Positive attitudes towards the company were only heightened in the case of complementary successes. The underlying psychological mechanism of perceived ethical principles is also identified. Finally, the results are shown to not only impact consumer attitudes, but also their actual choice behavior.

A social constructivist viewpoint of media effects: extending the social influence model of technology use to media effects

Abstract New media technologies are often assumed to have negative effects on user’s mental health. However, several studies found no or only small effects. Building on a social constructivist perspective on media effects, this article aims to advance the debate around media’s effect on mental health, theoretically by proposing an extension of the social influence model of technology use. Mirroring the original model’s argumentation for media characteristics, the proposed extension assumes that there is a conceptual difference between perceived and objective media use and that in addition to objective media use, also media use perceptions influence users’ mental health. Finally, it is assumed that media use perceptions are socially constructed, meaning that the social environment influences how an individual perceives their own media use. Previous research supporting the model’s assumption as well as open questions requiring more research are discussed.

Factors affecting traditional micro business (MB) to continue using E-marketplace from habit and social impact perspective

Purpose This study aims to proposes a theoretical model to understand the intention of Indonesian traditional micro businesses (MB) to continue using an e-marketplace. Design/methodology/approach This research involved the utilization and combination of habit formation and social impact theories to develop the model. A total of 162 responses were retrieved from the owners of traditional MB and used to validate the proposed model. Findings The results showed subjective norms to be the most substantial direct predictor of continuous usage, followed by usefulness, satisfaction and promotion proneness. Meanwhile, compatibility was found to have only an indirect effect through usefulness as a mediator. Moreover, moderating effect analysis also showed that the impact of herd behaviour was only significant for male and younger traditional MB owners. Originality/value The emphasis on the seller perspective using habit formation as well as the social impact theory to explain continuance behaviour is an alternative approach observed not to have been widely explored, especially for traditional businesses such as indigenous industry rather than organizations.

Exploring the Path of Digital Intelligence Innovation and Productivity Enhancement in the Greater Bay Area from a Multidimensional Perspective

“New quality productivity” is an important term put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping in September 2023 during his visit and research in Heilongjiang. It is a form of productivity relative to traditional productivity, characterized by high technology, high energy efficiency and high quality, with science and technology innovation as the core driving force, and with a wide range of permeability and integration. To develop new quality productivity, it is inseparable from scientific and technological innovation and the development of new industries. Digital economy and intelligence are important paths to develop new quality productivity. The purpose of this paper is to explore the path and its impact of digital intelligence innovation on productivity enhancement in the Greater Bay Area from a multi-dimensional perspective. The study first starts with the policy environment, outlines the policy background of the Greater Bay Area, comprehends the formation and development of the digital economy, and analyzes in depth how policies promote digital innovation. On this basis, the paper explores the specific impact of digital intelligence innovation on productivity and its path from three perspectives: technological, social and cultural. Under the technological perspective, this paper focuses on the technology-driven mechanism of digital intelligence innovation, including its direct impact on the optimization of industrial structure and productivity enhancement, and analyzes in detail the breakthroughs in major technological fields and their role in promoting the regional economy. Through technological innovation cases, it demonstrates how digital innovation can enhance productivity at the technological level and inject new vitality into the economy of the Greater Bay Area. The social perspective focuses on how digital intelligence innovation can enhance social governance, drive social benefits and public services, and explore the role of digital intelligence innovation in promoting social inclusion and narrowing the digital divide. By analyzing the specific practices and effects at the social level, it reveals the important role of digital intelligence innovation in social development. The cultural perspective analyzes the integration of digital intelligence innovation with regional culture and explores its role in promoting the cultural industry. It demonstrates the specific practices of the integration of culture and technology through typical cases, emphasizes the importance of regional cultural identity and innovation atmosphere, and proposes how to further enhance the productivity of the Greater Bay Area through cultural innovation. In the comprehensive analysis section, this paper integrates the analysis results from various perspectives and proposes the future development trend of digital intelligence innovation and its long-term impact on productivity enhancement in the Greater Bay Area. Finally, based on the findings, this paper proposes a series of policy recommendations and optimization paths, including strengthening policy support, promoting technological research and development, and fostering social inclusiveness and cultural innovation, with a view to providing scientific references and practical guidance for the future development of the digital intelligence economy in the Greater Bay Area.

Towards an idealized model of feedback uptake: longitudinal development of feedback literacy from a social constructivist perspective

ABSTRACT One of the potentials and challenges for the implementation of effective feedback processes lies in promoting and enacting purposeful student uptake of teacher written feedback. The theoretical framework in addressing this puzzle emanates from the inter-related concepts of social constructivist approaches to feedback and student feedback literacy. Feedback from a social constructivist perspective is underpinned by social and relational interaction in co-constructing inferences from feedback information. Feedback literacy represents the capacities to use feedback information productively. The aim of this longitudinal qualitative inquiry is to analyze how an undergraduate student interprets and uses teacher written feedback to enhance her work and her feedback literacy over a four-year period, in collaboration with a co-researcher. The main data sources comprise all written feedback provided by teachers over the four-year period; co-constructed analysis and action planning; enactment of action plans; and the student’s reflective journal of feedback experiences. The findings are presented in three chronological stages to demonstrate the main feedback literacy development of the student in appreciating the value of feedback, enhancing emotional resilience in response to critical feedback and managing feedback uptake. Experiencing successful feedback uptake is identified as a significant factor in enhancing self-efficacy and supporting the development of student feedback literacy. On the basis of the longitudinal evidence, an idealized model of feedback uptake is proposed underpinned by social constructivist principles. The originality of our contribution to social constructivist feedback research lies in illustrating how its principles are implemented over time.

Space solar power project and a theoretically performable solar energy policy with some proposed improvement measures for energy transition in the future

ABSTRACT For the renewable energies (REs), solar power generation is currently the most common. Some countries are currently competing to develop Space Solar Power (SSP) projects, hoping to take the lead in this race to obtain energy from space with high conversion efficiency. In Taiwan, the SSP generation project is expected to cost US$4 billion in research and development in the next five years, and subsequent costs will be astronomical. From an energy management perspective, these proposed improvement measures will be powerful to improve the effectiveness of generating electricity for the SSP system and the solar panels on the ground, so that obtained energy from them can be integrated into an integrated energy (IE), as well as corresponding recycling measures and a reliable energy storage system (ESS) are used. This ESS can store much solar energy to avoid the phenomenon of duck curve and negative electricity prices. Therefore, combing with the concept of the IE, there is a theoretically performable solar energy policy for energy transition in the future. However, in Taiwan, such energy transition using the REs concerns must be considered not only in terms of energy availability at an affordable price, but also from a political and social perspective.

A Study of Premodern Folk Women’s Narrative Literature in Female Script

Folk women’s literature has always been a field of little research in the literary academic community. Due to the lack of seriousness in its texts, difficulty in collecting, and insufficient representative texts, many literatures analyse these texts from cultural and social perspectives. However, this article aims to explore the literary value behind these texts and prove that folk women can also achieve self-empowerment through literary creation.

Exploring the Impact of Mindful Leadership on Employee Green Creativity in Manufacturing Firms: A Social Information Processing Perspective.

Increasingly, manufacturing enterprises are compelled to pursue innovative solutions to environmental issues. Addressing such issues requires mindful leadership to support employees and organizations in maintaining awareness during complex situations, which then promotes environmental sustainability. Drawing on social information processing theory, this study theorizes and tests the relationships between mindful leadership, employee moral reflectiveness, environmental passion, and employee green creativity. To test the model, we utilize a two-wave multisource dataset comprising 215 workers from manufacturing firms in China. The findings demonstrate that mindful leadership has a positive relationship with employee green creativity. Additionally, our research reveals that both moral reflectiveness and environmental passion serve as mediators in linking mindful leadership to employee green creativity. Crucially, our empirical analysis suggests a serial mediation model, examining the sequential role of moral reflectiveness and environmental passion in the relationship between mindful leadership and employee green creativity. The findings provide a new viewpoint on employees' eco-friendly behaviors and have practical implications for improving environmental sustainability within organizations.

Correlation between social network and mental health in family-oriented older migrants: A study in two cities in China

BackgroundFamily-oriented mobility has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, leading to the emergence of a new demographic: older migrants. These individuals, who are often accompanied by their family members, relocate to another place of residence while retaining their household registration in their original location. The existing literature has largely neglected the social perspective on the mental health of this population group. MethodsThis study recruited participants from five communities in two cities and employed the Geriatric Social Network Scale, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, and the Geriatric Depression Scale to assess their mental health and social networks. ResultsAmong the 317 qualified participants, 31.23 % reported experiencing anxiety and 15.77 % reported experiencing depression. The mean social network score was 3.83 ± 0.54 points. A negative correlation was observed between social network scores and both anxiety (r = −0.272, P < 0.001) and depression (r = −0.338, P < 0.001). Two distinct types of social networks were identified through latent profile analysis, with a low level of social support and a low-level social network being significantly correlated with depression (P < 0.001). ConclusionsMental health issues are prevalent among family-oriented older migrants. A medium-level social network was found to be negatively correlated with anxiety and depression. The presence of a low-level social network was found to be associated with depression. It is imperative to prioritize the mental health status of family-oriented older migrants. Collaboration between community nurses and social workers should be encouraged to aid in exploring more effective ways of promoting the mental health status and social networks of this population.

Community Empowerment Alternatives to Rural Drinking Water Infrastructure Problems: Case Study of Rural SPAM in Krangkeng District, Indramayu Regency

Abstract. The Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) is a basic community need that must be provided by the government. Water availability is currently a problem in rural areas of Krangkeng District. The condition of the region often experiences drought during the dry season and only 59.27% of people have access to adequate drinking water. Every year the government provides assistance in the form of physical development and water supply via tank trucks. The lack of public awareness in the sustainable implementation of SPAM has resulted in this problem recurring every year. With this phenomenon, community empowerment efforts are needed to create increased community capacity and active community participation in managing the drinking water supply system in Krangkeng District so that it can be sustainable. This research aims to identify community empowerment alternatives described in the aspects of implementing rural SPAM in Krangkeng District using a qualitative descriptive approach. The research results show that there are aspects that are problematic in implementing SPAM in terms of planning for the provision of infrastructure and drinking water services that are not yet structured. Technically, there is limited water infrastructure that can be utilized, there is no management institution, minimal funding allocation related to SPAM, minimal regulatory aspects and there has been no effort to improve from a social perspective related to the sustainability of SPAM. Based on these aspects, the community empowerment alternatives that can be implemented are education and awareness about the importance of drinking water use, community involvement both as management institutions (pokmas) and as users, involvement in collaborative advocacy networks with external parties, and involvement in monitoring and evaluation. It is hoped that this research can help stakeholders in Krangkeng District in efforts to mitigate problems with the implementation of SPAM and the sustainability of water resources in the future.

Servant leadership, work engagement and affective commitment in social exchange perspective: A mediation-moderation framework

Servant leadership, work engagement and affective commitment in social exchange perspective: A mediation-moderation framework

دور التسامح في تعزيز العلاقات الاجتماعية من المنظور الأنثروبولوجي الاجتماعي

In the field of social anthropology, the concept of tolerance plays a pivotal role in understanding the interactions of human societies. Tolerance, which is the acceptance and respect for different beliefs, practices, and opinions, is not only a moral virtue but also an important element of social cohesion. This article highlights the understanding of the importance of tolerance in an anthropological context, and its role in strengthening social bonds from a social anthropological perspective. Tolerance in the field of social anthropology includes the acceptance and respect for cultural diversity and individual differences. It is a fundamental concept that has evolved over time in human societies. Throughout history, many civilizations have struggled with the concept of tolerance, and these civilizations were often shaped by social norms and cultural practices. Tolerance was an integral part of societal values that prioritized harmony and cooperation among their members. This historical perspective highlights the fundamental relationship between tolerance and social cohesion and emphasizes the role of cultural norms in shaping attitudes toward diversity. Tolerance works to promote social cohesion by strengthening understanding and acceptance of diverse viewpoints. When individuals embrace tolerance, they are more likely to engage in constructive dialogue and break down communication barriers with others who hold opposing beliefs. This open-minded approach not only fosters empathy and mutual respect, but also contributes to conflict resolution and peaceful coexistence within society. By fostering a culture of tolerance, a society can leverage the richness of its diversity to enhance collective efforts to collaborate and solve problems.