Intention Relationship Research Articles

The Influence of Volunteerism to the Relationship of Academic Environment and Social Entrepreneurship Intentions: Empirical Evidence from a University in the Philippines

Research on social entrepreneurship intentions (SEI) focuses on personal predispositions but lacks examination of external factors. We investigated public sector volunteerism's role in mediating the academic environment's influence on SEI. Cross-sectional data from surveys with 300 university students, selected through stratified random sampling at a Philippine public university, was analyzed using Sobel mediation analysis. Results show positive impact of the academic environment on SEI, and public sector volunteerism significantly mediates this influence. Volunteerism in universities may enhance students' inclination to take on future social entrepreneurship roles in addressing societal issues and engaging with stakeholders. We suggest that such approach empower next generations to foster positive social change through social entrepreneurship.

Assessing Marketing Capabilities and Re-Patronage Intentions Relationship Through the Lens of Technological Advancement

This study examines the relationship between marketing capabilities and re-patronage intentions in the retail sector. Building upon dynamic capability theory, expectation-confirmation theory, and social exchange theory, it also investigates the moderating role of technological advancement between marketing capabilities and customer satisfaction. Further, the mediating role of customer satisfaction has also been examined. Four hundred and seventy-nine shoppers across six shopping malls have responded to the questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the measurements have been confirmed through Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Structural equation modeling has been used for hypothesis testing. The study revealed that marketing capabilities affect customer satisfaction, and customer satisfaction affects both customer trust and re-patronage intentions. Further, technological advancement moderates the relationship between marketing capabilities and customer satisfaction. The study has many implications for academics and practitioners.

Consumer Product Perceptions Within Emerging Markets: The Product Adoption Process and Consumer Ethnocentrism

The general acceptance of globalization and free trade across most national governments has led to the massive proliferation of foreign goods across the globe within the past few decades. As a result, the consumer adoption of imported products has been researched extensively; however, the bulk of these studies have focused on developed countries, leaving less developed and emerging countries vastly unexplored compared to their developed counterparts. Using Mexico to represent an emerging market with high levels of consumer ethnocentrism, this study examines the relationships among consumers’ attitudes toward imported products, their behavioral intentions, and consumer ethnocentrism within the product adoption process framework. The results provide evidence of positive direct effects of attitude and behavioral intention towards imported products. The hypothesis that the product adoption process leads to purchase intention was also supported; however, there was insignificant evidence to support the proposed moderating effect of consumer ethnocentrism upon this product adoption process and purchase intention relationship.

Knowledge-driven hierarchical intents modeling for recommendation

Previous studies on user–item interaction graphs have typically concentrated on simple interactions, often overlooking the significant role of user intent in shaping these interactions. While some recent research has explored intent relationships to enhance modeling, these approaches mainly focus on user preferences derived from interactions, ignoring the knowledge information with good interpretation in knowledge graphs. In addition, some recent work usually utilize undenoised graph structure information to learn the node representations, which introduces plenty of noise and impedes the well learning of users’ preference. In this paper, we utilize the rich interpretable knowledge information in the knowledge graph to design a novel knowledge-driven hierarchical intent modeling framework called KHIM. The focus is on designing a hierarchical user intent modeling process and an intent-based multi-view contrastive learning mechanism. The former extracts both the popular and personalized preferences of users from attribute tuples within the knowledge graph at the global-level and local-level, respectively. For global level, we capture the user’s true intents from positive view and augment the positive intent representation with negative view. While the latter generates high-quality user and item representations through multi-level cross-view contrastive learning. Two data augmentation strategies are designed during the contrastive process to mitigate the effects of noise in the learning process. Additionally, we also designed a neighbor filtering strategy based on semantic view to obtain more neighbor semantic information of user and item nodes, so as to further improve the recommendation performance. Experimental results on three benchmark datasets demonstrate that KHIM significantly outperforms various state-of-the-art approaches, highlighting its effectiveness in leveraging knowledge graph information for better recommendations.

Purchase intention toward E-pharmacy: the consumption value perspective

Purpose This study aims to examine consumer purchase behavior towards E-pharmacy from a consumption value perspective. For this purpose, the influence of consumption values on consumer purchase intention is evaluated. Further, the role of consumer involvement in online purchase setup in the context of E-pharmacy is observed using moderation analysis. Design/methodology/approach The study used a cross-sectional survey design, wherein the respondents in the Delhi-National Capital Region of India were approached using a purposive sampling method. Responses received through the structured questionnaire were subjected to analysis using Smart PLS Version 4.0.9.6. Findings Results indicate a significant influence of functional (partial), emotional, social and conditional values on consumers’ purchase intention. Moreover, the moderation effect of consumer online involvement is seen in functional value (partial) and emotional value–purchase intention relationships. Research limitations/implications This study reinforces the use of the consumption value perspective to explain consumer purchase behavior toward information system (IS)-based platforms such as E-pharmacy. Some of the results, in this context, that did not establish significant relationships between a given form of consumption values and purchase intention, open up the possibilities of retesting the said relationships in the future. The researchers would realize the benefit of such examinations, as the E-pharmacy sector further evolves and matures in the future. Further, the successful establishment of a significant moderating role of consumer online involvement in certain consumption value-purchase intention relationships such as safety, perceived convenience and comfort value paves the way for future researchers to explore consumer online involvement for a similar role in IS research. Practical implications This study provides cues for E-pharmacy marketers to focus on enhancing product safety, usage comfort, users’ social image and awareness toward health consciousness that will help build purchase intention and assist in overcoming the challenges in the long run. It further suggests that marketers should have a strong re-look at forming price value perceptions and they must enhance the interactive features of the company’s mobile apps/websites with the help of the emerging artificial intelligence tools to re-orient the epistemic value and perceived convenience value toward E-pharmacy services. Furthermore, this study recommends following digital marketing practices to increase consumer online involvement, which would help strengthen perceived convenience formation that would otherwise be difficult to attain for E-pharmacy consumers. Originality/value This study provides novel insight into consumer purchase intention evaluation through the consumption value perspective in an emerging E-pharmacy market. The consumption value frame of reference helps to understand consumers’ buying rationale that affects their buying behavior beyond the initial adoption. Further, the moderation analysis of consumer online involvement provides an additional dimension to understanding consumer buying behavior concerning E-pharmacy.

BEYOND THE SCREEN: HOW VIRTUAL REALITY SHAPES SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS IN ECOTOURISM THROUGH USES AND GRATIFICATIONS THEORY

This study examines the relationships between ascribed responsibility, uses and gratifications, behavioural involvement, and visit intentions among Sicilian tourists using virtual reality (VR) to explore Romanian rural ecotourism destinations. Utilizing the Uses and Gratifications theory, it investigates how VR content's informativeness, playfulness, and social interactivity impact user engagement and behavioural intentions. Findings reveal that higher ascribed responsibility enhances gratifications from VR experiences, which increases behavioural involvement, essential for ecotourism. However, ascribed responsibility alone does not directly influence visit intentions, indicating the role of additional factors. A significant contribution of this research is the identification of a serial mediation model where uses and gratifications and behavioural involvement totally mediate the ascribed responsibility-visit intention relationship. This model highlights the complex interplay between cognitive, affective, and behavioural responses, demonstrating that ascribed responsibility enhances uses and gratifications, leading to increased behavioural involvement and, ultimately, visit intentions. The study extends the Uses and Gratifications theory into VR and ecotourism, emphasizing environmental responsibility in media engagement. Practical implications include strategies for tourism marketers to foster environmental responsibility and for VR developers to create engaging, informative, and interactive experiences. Policymakers can use these insights to promote sustainable tourism through supportive VR content development.

Profile of Students’ Scientific Literacy Competence and Attitudes toward Online Learning Using Microsoft Teams

One of the important elements of education that must be developed is scientific literacy. Regarding the impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 during the current pandemic, namely with changes in system digitization, demanding learning systems integrated through the internet network. Online learning has become a demand in education in the last few years. This study aimed to analyze the Scientific Literacy profile of high school students in terms of competence and attitudes towards science in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is a mixed quantitative and qualitative research. The research subjects were 105 respondents taken by purposive sampling from senior high schools in Central Java, Indonesia. Data was collected using tests, questionnaires, and interviews. The results showed that the Scientific Literacy profile regarding competence and attitudes towards science was moderate. Important factors must be considered in online learning: educators’ ability in online settings, interactions between students, teachers, and content, and the intentional relationship between online and offline activities in school activities and practice in the field.

Sale of second-hand goods by consumers: mediating role of satisfaction between perceived value and behavioural intentions

ABSTRACT Sustainable retail strategies are promoting product reuse and recycling, and the current trend of shifting retail environment in a socially and ecologically conscious market requires understanding second-hand merchandise transactions. The present study on second-hand product sellers examines perceived value and their effects on satisfaction (mediator) and behavioural intentions. The results show that economic, social, emotional, relational, and moral/ethical values are unrelated to satisfaction and behavioural intentions. While popular and well-regarded Expectancy-Disconfirmation theory underpinning hypotheses contradict the findings, thus, concluded that differential consumers-to-consumer behaviour intentions exists while selling or purchasing second-hands goods vs. new products. The research contributes by empirically testing additional theoretical linkages of perceived value with satisfaction and behavioural intentions relationship in the context of the second-hand goods market.

Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Graduate Admissions.

Many undergraduate neuroscience trainees aspire to earn a PhD. In recent years the number, demographics, and previous experiences of PhD applicants in neuroscience has changed. This has necessitated both a reconsideration of admissions processes to ensure equity for an increasingly diverse applicant pool as well as renewed efforts to expand access to the training and research experiences required for admission to graduate programs. Here, we describe both facets of graduate school admissions by demystifying the process and providing faculty with tools and resources to help undergraduate students successfully navigate it. We discuss admissions requirements and processes at two graduate institutions, highlighting holistic approaches to evaluating students, the ever-increasing research experience expectations, and the decreasing reliance on the GRE. With a particular focus on improving equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, we discuss resources for applying to graduate school that are available for students from underrepresented populations, including summer institutes and fellowship programs and intentional relationships with minority serving institutions (MSIs) to foster bi-directional engagement between undergraduate programs at MSIs and graduate institutions. With diverse perspectives as faculty involved in undergraduate education, graduate programs, and post-baccalaureate training programs, we provide recommendations and resources for how to help all trainees - especially those from populations underrepresented in the STEM workforce - succeed in the current graduate education admissions landscape.

The Intentional Resiliency Club: A Pilot Mentorship Program for OT Students on Level II Fieldwork

Abstract Date Presented 03/22/24 This pilot study explored the impact of an intentional relationship model (IRM)–informed club mentorship program during Level II fieldwork and its influence on student perceived stress and interpersonal growth. Primary Author and Speaker: Courtney J. Taylor Additional Authors and Speakers: Ana K. Brussa, Kate Barlow

Power versus morality: uncovering the underlying mechanisms of consumer response to perceived visual sustainability in package design

Purpose Visual sustainability has gained significant relevance for both firms and consumers. While the importance of perceived sustainability in package design is well researched, there is a research gap regarding divergent responses of consumers to perceived visual sustainability. This research aims to close this gap by providing deeper insights into the underlying mechanisms of perceived visual sustainability in package design. As a boundary condition, this work also investigates gender differences in response to a design’s visual sustainability. Design/methodology/approach To explore the mediating influences of cognitive (i.e. a product’s gentleness and power) versus emotional (i.e. moral satisfaction) attributes as well as the role of consumer gender in the perceived visual sustainability–purchase intention relationship, the authors extend previous research through three experiments. Findings Study 1 provides initial evidence supporting the main effect of perceived visual sustainability on purchase intention. Findings of Study 2 show that moral satisfaction serves as a significant driver of purchase intention for females, while power-related attributes are more influential for males. Study 3 provides additional evidence for the main effect, the interaction effect with consumer gender and underlying mechanisms. Practical implications These findings have important implications for marketers and designers aiming to design packages that appeal to different consumer groups based on their (gender-specific) values regarding visual sustainability. Originality/value This work extends the literature on green behavior by highlighting the importance of perceived visual sustainability as a factor that influences purchase intention and the role of cognitive versus affective mechanisms in shaping consumer responses to design sustainability.

Embedding moderators of customer-brand love for affecting purchase intention of customers in hypermarket brand stores

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the impact of brand love on customers’ purchase intention in the presence of store aesthetics, store price image and customers’ demographic variables as moderating variables for hypermarket brand stores. Design/methodology/approach For achieving the objectives, a survey is conducted on the sample of 515 respondents those are the customers of hypermarket brand stores. The collected sample is analysed through structural equation modelling and moderation analysis by using AMOS. Findings The findings indicate various insights in terms of the results of moderation analysis. This study explains a significant moderation of store aesthetics, customers’ age and their local region for the brand love-purchase intention relationship in the research context. Originality/value The present study examines relevant moderators for brand love-purchase intention relationship by empirical means for hypermarket brand stores that is an under-explored researched context in Indian context. It adds considerable insights for academics and managerial practices in the arena of customer-brand love and emotional affiliation.

How Religiosity Reduce the Intention of Alcohol Consumption in Muslim Undergraduate Students: Evidence from Indonesia

This study investigates the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on youth alcohol use intention in Indonesia using Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) framework. The purposive sampling technique was employed. The criteria of respondents are active undergraduate students who study in Surakarta. The sample comprised of 362 undergraduate students, with 63.56 percent identifying as female. A total of 53 students have ever consumed alcoholic beverages, with 90.56 percent of them identifying as male. The average age of our respondent is 19.5 years old, with a maximum of 26 years old and a minimum of 17 years old. Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Squares, or SEM-PLS is the method that we employ to estimate the relationship of each variable. Our study shows intrinsic religiosity has negative effect on intention to consume alcohol (β= -0.168, p<0.10, t = 1.945). In addition, intrinsic religiosity also has negative significant effect on all TPB factors, such as alcohol-supported attitude (β= -0.444, p<0.01, t = 4.099), alcohol-supported subjective norm (β= -0.436, p<0.01, t = 4.205), and internal perceived behavioral control (β= -0.271, p<0.05, t = 2.464). Partial mediation exists between the relationship of intrinsic religiosity, alcohol-supported attitude and intention of alcohol drinking (β= -0.165, p<0.05, t = 2.263). Thus, It implies that intrinsic religiosity is able to affect intention of alcohol drinking through attitude and intrinsic religiosity itself are able to affect intention of alcohol drinking directly. This study could provide support for the inclusion of religion as a discipline in the curriculum for undergraduates. Nonetheless, the religion course should encompass not only religious values that emphasize the expectation of a reward for completing specific actions, but also values that emphasize the act of worshiping and honoring God without expecting too much reward in return.

Scoping review of the role of equine assisted psychotherapy and learning in opioid abuse treatment

Opioid abuse is an epidemic in the United States with the number of deaths associated with this addiction growing each year, and yet, identification of a successful treatment plan is a major limitation to addressing this epidemic. Traditional treatment programs do not always fit for all addicts; however, equine assisted psychotherapy and learning (EAPL) shows promise as an alternative treatment option for those individuals where traditional treatment options have failed. Nevertheless, due to the novelty of this treatment option, literature concerning EAPL is limited. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify articles that address the characteristics and methodologies found in EAPL programs as it relates to opioid abuse treatment. Through the use of this scoping review, literature covering four key topics were gathered: 1) addiction treatment curriculums, 2) EAPL programs, 3) physiological effect of addiction treatment for humans, and 4) physiological effect of EAPL participation on the human and horse. Research associated with physiological effect was the most lacking of the topics covered during this review of literature. Reviewed literature pointed to a variety of populations that participate in addiction treatment programs that range from inpatient to long term recovery. EAPL programs offer an assortment of activity options to combat the challenges presented by the range of populations treated. Vital signs were mentioned in the literature reviewed as the leading way to track physiological changes but were not discussed in relation to addiction-specific treatment. Physiological measures showed change in both horses and humans who participated in equine programming but did not dictate concrete cause and effect instances. The limited literature identified through this scoping review validates the need to further explore the intentional relationship between EAPL and opioid abuse treatment programming.

A study on abusive supervision – turnover intention relationship: a mediated moderated model of voice behavior and workplace friendship

PurposeThis study based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory examines the role of employees’ voice behavior in the form of a mediator, linking abusive supervision (AS) and turnover intention. It also investigates the moderating role of workplace friendship in the mediated AS–turnover intention relationship through voice behavior.Design/methodology/approachA two-wave data collection method was used to collect data from the 324 respondents employed in various companies with a geographical spread across northern India. The study used PROCESS macro to test the hypothesized model.FindingsThe findings of the study supported the meditated moderation hypothesis suggesting workplace friendship reduces the mediating effect of AS on employees’ intention to exit employment relationships.Practical implicationsThe study yields important implications for organizations with respect to developing a disciplinary framework for AS. It focuses on the need for promoting and implementing psychological well-being-related interventions at the workplace for subordinates as well as supervisors, which in turn can help them apply healthy coping strategies in stressful situations and prevent them from indulging in counterproductive work behaviors.Originality/valueThe utilization of COR as a framework to explain the role of voice behavior and workplace friendships with respect to AS is thus far scant.

Antecedents to consumer responses to cause­related marketing campaigns: an empirical investigation in a developing country

Purpose This study aims to test the effect of cause-related marketing (CRM), campaign-related marketing and consumer-related antecedents on consumers’ behavioral responses in a developing-country context. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used. An online questionnaire was distributed, and a sample of 738 Egyptians was obtained. Both the SPSS25 and Smart PLS software were used to report the results. Findings Results revealed that campaign-related antecedents had stronger effects on consumer attitudes than consumer-related antecedents. The most important campaign-related antecedents were brand function fit and hedonic product type. Extrinsic religiosity affected brand attitude and was also the most important predictor of purchase intention. Other predictors of purchase intention were brand attitude, hedonic product type and brand function fit. Furthermore, the effect of brand attitude on purchase intention was positive and significant. Cause involvement and others’ – centered attribution of corporate motives positively moderated the relationship between attitudes and purchase intention. Conversely, skepticism and self-centered attribution of corporate motives negatively moderated brand attitudes and purchase intention relationships. Research implications and suggestions for future research were also presented. Originality/value The study contributes to the existing academic literature by providing a better understanding of the effect of consumer and campaign-related variables on consumer attitudes and purchase intentions in a CRM context. It also helps understand the role of the two dimensions of religiosity in forming attitudes and purchase intentions for CRM campaigns. Furthermore, the research examines two possible moderators of the attitude–behavior gap through the lenses of signaling theory, prosocial behavior theory, theory of reasoned action and attribution theory.

Assessing the relationship of personality and intention to start technology ventures: a comparison between business and engineering students

Assessing the relationship of personality and intention to start technology ventures: a comparison between business and engineering students

Buffering effect of psychosocial mentoring on the relationship between career mentoring and employee turnover intentions through attitude toward leaving

Purpose: This study seeks to examine distinct effects of career and psychosocial mentoring on employee turnover intentions in a moderated mediation model. Specifically, the purpose was to examine the mediating role of attitude toward leaving in the relationship between career mentoring and turnover intentions, and the moderating/buffering effect of psychosocial mentoring on the abovementioned mediating process.Design/methodology/approach: Hypotheses have been tested deductively by using cross-sectional data from 352 bank employees. Analyses have been performed by applying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: The findings suggest that attitude toward leaving mediates the career mentoring-turnover intentions relationship, and psychosocial mentoring moderates this mediating effect.Research limitations/implications: This study integrates theory of planned behavior (TPB) and Eight Forces Framework of voluntary turnover, and extends organizational literature by unfolding how psychosocial mentoring buffers the mediating effect of attitude toward leaving on career mentoring-turnover intentions relationship. Study limitations are about cross-sectional nature of data and external validity of results.Practical Implications: This study’s contribution to practice is that organizations providing career mentoring to their employees should consider also the provision of psychosocial mentoring to avoid employee turnover intentions.Originality/value: This study adds value to organizational literature by examining a previously untested buffering effect of psychosocial mentoring on the mediating process between career mentoring and turnover intentions.

Sustainable Academic-Clinical Alliance: A Model to Improve Academic-Practice Partnerships.

Background: National nurse shortages, ongoing nurse faculty retirements, and a dearth of clinical sites make it challenging to prepare advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who are ready to transition into independent provider roles, especially in acute care settings. One of the most effective ways to address these experiential learning challenges is for academic institutions and healthcare systems to form collaborative academic-practice partnerships. However, many partnerships between schools of nursing and healthcare institutions have found numerous challenges, including time to devote to the partnership, funding of ideas, competing initiatives and needs, and sustainability. Objective: The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) set out to expand the traditional academic-clinical partnership approach with a new collaborative model. Methods: Rather than both parties coming to the table with their own goals, the partnership focused on intentional relationship building, transparency, measurable outcomes, and sustainability. This model, further called the Sustainable Academic-Clinical Alliance (SACA), assures that both sides of the partnership benefit. The SACA model was used to create an academic-practice partnership with the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System in order to increase APRN clinical practice sites and readiness of APRN students to provide care across the continuum in the state of Maryland. Results: Since July 2016, the SACA model has enabled over 40 clinical providers in over 20 different clinical areas to offer 329 different clinical and nonclinical experiences to APRN students from UMSON. At the end of the 5-year alliance, 150 unique UMSON APRN students completed 257 different clinical rotations. Conclusion: The SACA model effectively promotes the development and achievement of sustainable academic-practice partnerships by focusing on (a) intentional relationship building, (b) transparency in goal setting and alliance maintenance, (c) development of outcome measures, and (d) sustainability. Implications for Nursing: The components of the SACA model made sustainability more achievable, which has eluded previous academic-clinical partnerships. This model can serve as a blueprint for other academic and healthcare institutions to establish sustainable academic-practice partnerships.

Digital Transformation in the Banking Sector: Evaluating Continuance Usage Intention

Abstract Many businesses, including the banking sector, have been impacted by the spread of digital technology to change their business plans, procedures, goods, and services to better serve their clients and enhance their operations. Most crucially, because digital technology platforms enable new business models, traditional product and service creation are no longer necessary. Additionally, the institution is creating operational strategies through digital transformation to help it successfully compete and adjust to the new working environment. Customers currently access financial products and services through automated teller machines, internet banking, and mobile banking. Employing the quantitative research approach, this study seeks to analyze the nexus between perceived usefulness, perceived self-efficacy, perceived ease of use and continuance usage intention towards digital banking services. Empirically, the Smart PLS approach was utilized to examine the relationship between the antecedents (perceived self-efficacy and perceived ease of use) and continuance usage intention towards digital banking service, through the intervening impact of perceived usefulness. 487 data points were collected from customers across the various regions in Ghana. The results suggest that perceived self-efficacy and perceived ease of use have a favourable impact on continuance usage intention towards digital banking services. Most importantly, perceived usefulness emerged as a favourable mediator on the perceived self-efficacy - continuance usage intention relationship as well as perceived ease of use – continuance usage intention affiliation. This study is not only providing beneficial theoretical implications for digital transformation research and the enhancement of continuance usage intention towards digital banking services. It also creates an awareness of the contribution of perceived self-efficacy and perceived ease of use towards digital banking services continuance as well as providing guidelines on the need to concentrate on investing in digital technologies within the banking sector. Further, the survey helps organizations reconsider their digital expertise when designing digital banking service platforms.