Structural Equation Modeling Program Research Articles

Towards Sustainable Corporate Attraction: The Mediating and Moderating Mechanism of Person–Organization Fit

With the burgeoning “war for talent”, attracting the right workforce has become a major key checkpoint for a firm’s sustainability. The main purpose of this study was to predict prospective employees’ organizational attraction by integrating person–organization (P–O) fit perceptions and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) into a single framework. Although many studies have reported inconsistent results for the impact of subjective norms and self-efficacy on intention in the TPB framework, adequate empirical research on applicant attraction for this theoretical phenomenon is still unavailable. This may be the first study that examined the mechanism of how and when the TPB model becomes more instrumental with subjective P–O fit perceptions. With a sample of 335 young job seekers in Bangladesh, the study examined the research hypotheses related to the TPB and P–O fit using path analysis with AMOS, a structural equation modeling (SEM) program. The results showed that P–O fit partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and job search intentions. Observably, P–O fit significantly moderated the relationship between subjective norms and job search intentions in such a way that the impact of subjective norms was stronger for individuals with a lower level of P–O fit but slightly weaker for those with a higher level of P–O fit. In line with the research findings, some notable theoretical contributions and practical implications for HR professionals have been discussed.

Analysis of Banking Risk, Good Corporate Governance, Capital and Earning Influences on the Indonesia’s Commercial Bank Performances

This study aims to analyze the effect of commercial bank soundness in Indonesia based on Bank Indonesia regulation number 13/24/DPNP date 25 October 2011, which concern on the implementation guide for Bank Regulation in Indonesia number 13/1/PBI/ 2011 on assessment of bank healthy. In general, those assessments cover risks, good corporate governance (GCG), earning and capital. While, the performance of commercial bank is measured based on credit growth and profit growth. A total of 45 commercial banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange are the population of the study which will be analyzed using the structural equation modeling program - partial least square (SEM-PLS). The results show that credit risk, GCG and earnings have no effect on bank’s performance in Indonesia. Market risk, liquidity risk and capital negatively affect the performance of commercial banks in Indonesia. This research is expected to contribute to the policy making of central banks and also commercial bank organization in particular to improve their performance. This research also contributes to the theory by enriching the discussion on related themes.

Modeling Corporate Environmental Responsibility Perceptions and Job-Seeking Intentions: Examining the Underlying Mechanism

This study aims to propose and empirically test a research model to examine the relationship between prospective employees’ corporate environmental responsibility (CER) perceptions and their attraction to an organization based on social theories. This may be the first study to elucidate how CER perceptions can influence prospective employees’ job-seeking intentions by exploring the sequential mediating mechanism of organizational trust and job-seeking attitudes in a prehire context. Collecting data from a sample of 357 young prospective employees, the research hypotheses were tested using path analysis with AMOS (version 24), a structural equation modeling (SEM) program. The study results revealed direct association of CER perceptions and job-seeking attitudes with job-seeking intentions. Observably, the organizational trust could not predict job-seeking intentions. However, organizational trust and job-seeking attitudes together sequentially and partially mediated the direct effects of CER perceptions on job-seeking intentions. In line with the research findings, some notable theoretical contributions and practical implications for HR professionals have been discussed. The paper concludes by presenting some limitations and future research directions.

The Effect of Integrated Marketing Communication on Image, Satisfaction and Loyalty of Hotel Guests in Makassar City

Research objectives are to examine and analyze the effects of: (1) Integrated marketing communication on image (2) Integrated marketing communication on satisfaction (3) Marketing communication on hotel guest loyalty, (4) Image on loyalty, (5) Satisfaction with loyalty, (6) ) Integrated marketing communication towards loyalty through image, (7) Integrated marketing communication towards loyalty through satisfaction. This research was conducted at a 4-star hotel in Makassar City. The population of this research is hotel guests. The sample is 234 respondents. The research data were analyzed using a structural equation modeling (SEM) program. The results showed that: (1) Integrated marketing communication has a significant influence onThis image shows that marketing communication that is applied directly can improve image (2) Integrated marketing communication has a significant effect on satisfaction, this shows that the higher the integrated marketing communication, the satisfaction will increase as well (3) Integrated marketing communication has a significant effect on loyalty, This shows that there is a good integrated marketing communication that will make hotel guests loyal (4) Image has a significant effect on satisfaction, this shows that image can directly create satisfaction (5) Satisfaction has a significant effect on loyalty, this shows that direct satisfaction can create loyalty (6) Integrated marketing communication has an indirect and significant effect on loyalty through images, this shows that integrated marketing communication can increase loyalty through images. (7) Integrated marketing communication has an indirect and significant effect on loyalty through satisfaction, this shows the higher the integrated marketing communication implemented by the hotel.will create hotel guest loyalty through satisfaction.

The Effect of Restructuring, Commitment and Communication Through Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance in Parepare City Government

This study aimed to analyze the direct and indirect influence of exogenous and endogenous variables (restructuring, commitment, communication, job satisfaction, and performance). This study involved 364 employees as respondents with data analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) program with Amos software. The results of this study showed 1). The restructuring has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction; 2). Work commitment has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction; 3). Communication has a positive but insignificant influence on job satisfaction; 4). The restructuring has a positive and significant influence on employee performance; 5). Work commitment has a positive and significant influence on employee performance; 6) communication has a positive and significant influence on employee performance; 7). Job satisfaction has a positive but insignificant influence on employee performance; 8) Restructuring is influential but insignificant with variable satisfaction that mediates to employee performance; 9). Work commitment is influential but insignificant with variable satisfaction that mediates employee performance; 10) Communication is influential but not significant with satisfaction variables that mediate to employee performance.

The Effect Of Family Functioning On Moral Disengagement In Adolescents Mediated By Religiosity

This study aimed to observe the correlation of family functionality and moral disengagement among the adolescents mediated by religiosity. It involved the adolescents (N =263) aged from 13 to 17 years old. The measurement tools used in this study included the scale of family functionality using family assessment device (FAD) made by Epstein et al. (1983), The scale of Indonesian-Psychological Measurement of Islamic Religiousness (I-PMIR) arranged by Salsabila et al. (2019), and Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement developed by Bandura et al. (1996). Correlation coefficient showed that the family functionality was correlated with religiosity and moral disengagement. In contrast, religiosity was negatively correlated with moral disengagement. Analysis used Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) program AMOS 24, The results of this study showed that the religiosity fully mediated the correlation of family functionality and moral disengagement. The implementation of this study showed that to decrease the level of moral disengagement among adolescents there should be the involvement of communication among the family members and parents need to embed the religious values in family and make the adolescents to habitually do the order that has been suggested by religion.

The Effect of Education Costs Through Accreditation of Students' Decisions to Choose Private Universities in Makassar City

This research was conducted with the aim to: 1). To analyze the effect of the cost of education on the accreditation of Private Universities in Makassar City. 2). To analyze the effect of the cost of education on the decision of students choosing Private Universities in Makassar City. 3). To analyze the effect of accreditation on the decision of students to choose a private university in Makassar. 4). To analyze the effect of education costs on the decision of students to choose Private Universities in Makassar through accreditation of Private Universities. This research uses data taken from the results of the questionnaire distributed during the study. Where a sample of 190 respondents, this study was conducted from February to April in 2019. Data were analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) program with Amos software. The results of this study indicate that (1) There is a positive and significant effect of the cost of education on accreditation in Private Universities in the City of Makassar. (2). There is a positive and significant effect of the cost of education on the decision of students to choose at Private Universities in the City of Makassar. (3). There is a positive and significant effect of accreditation on the decision of students to choose at Private Universities in the City of Makassar. (4). There is a positive and significant effect of the cost of education on the decision of students to choose along with the increasing accreditation in Private Higher Education in the City of Makassar. The implication of this research is that the cost of education is a consideration for students in making decisions to choose private universities. When in the consideration of students to choose in relation to the cost of education which is then included in the element of private higher education accreditation, the student's decision becomes significant. In supporting students' decisions to choose private tertiary institutions, it is necessary to apply a model of payment terms that can be made by students to complete tuition fees at the university concerned.

The Effects of Information Systems on Supply Chain and Operating Performance - Analysis of the Retail Industry

In this study, researches have been done with the manager of 287 companies operating in Retail Sector in the domestic Anatolia region of Turkey in order to measure The effects of supply chain management information systems on supplier selection, demand forecasting, supply chain integration, supply chain flexibility and customer satisfaction.With this study where Structural Equation Modeling (Amos) and Spss program was used and structural equation model was analysed; The use of information technologies in the supply chain is found to has a positive effect on supplier selection, demand forecasting, supply chain integration, supply chain flexibility and customer satisfaction. The study also contributes to the supply chain literature to improve the supply chain and business performance of information systems, to guide business managers to adopt and implement information technologies and to make investment decisions.

Pengaruh Kompensasi, Motivasi Kerja dan Kepuasan Kerja Sebagai Variabel Intervening Terhadap Kinerja

This study aims to examine whether the influence of compensation, work motivation, and job satisfaction as an intervening variable on the performance of lecturers and education staff of the Trisna State College of Economics. This study uses descriptive and causal research types (causality) in explaining the influence between compensation variables, work motivation, job satisfaction, and performance. In the inferential analysis phase, data analysis is assisted by a statistical program using analysis with the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) program, which is the Smart-PLS computer analysis program. The population of this study is the lecturers and education staff of the Trisna Negara College of Economics. The sample was determined based on the purpose sampling method, with a total sample of 100 teachers and employees—data collection techniques using the method of distributing questionnaires. Compensation has a significant positive effect on job satisfaction, work motivation has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, compensation has a positive and significant effect on performance, work motivation has a positive and significant effect on performance and job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on the performance of lecturers and Higher Education staff Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Trsina Negara.

Use Omega Rather than Cronbach’s Alpha for Estimating Reliability. But…

ABSTRACTCronbach’s alpha (α) is a widely-used measure of reliability used to quantify the amount of random measurement error that exists in a sum score or average generated by a multi-item measurement scale. Yet methodologists have warned that α is not an optimal measure of reliability relative to its more general form, McDonald’s omega (). Among other reasons, that the computation of is not available as an option in many popular statistics programs and requires items loadings from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) have probably hindered more widespread adoption. After a bit of discussion of α versus , we illustrate the computation of using two structural equation modeling programs (Mplus and AMOS) and the MBESS package for R. We then describe a macro for SPSS and SAS (OMEGA) that calculates in two ways without relying on the estimation of loadings or error variances using CFA. We show that it produces estimates of that are nearly identical to when using CFA-based estimates of item loadings and error variances. We also discuss the use of the OMEGA macro for certain forms of item analysis and brief form construction based on the removal of items from a longer scale.

Çevresel Bilinç Yeşil Davranışı Etkiler mi Türkiye nin Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesinde Bir Araştırma (Does Environmental Consciousness Impact Green Behavior A Research in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey)

Purpose – Green product is a product that does not contain any toxic substances, produced using environmentally friendly processes and approved by an independent organization. Here, it is required to ensure the future of public health and the environment in the entire supply chain, from raw materials to the end user. The purpose of this research is to examine the behavior of consumers towards green products in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. For this aim, the effect of environmental consciousness are investigated on perceived value, attitudes towards green products, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. In addition, it is also examined the effect of these variables on purchase intention toward green products. Design/methodology/approach – The data of the study, which uses basically Ajzen's the Theory of Planned Behavior, were obtained by using convenience sampling method and surveys conducted with consumers on the web and face to face. The collected data were tested by SmartPLS structural equation modeling and SPSS v23 statistical program. Findings – Environmental consciousness affects attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and perceived value. While attitude, perceived behavioral control and perceived value affect purchase intention, only subjective norm was not found to be effective on purchase intention. It was found that environmental consciousness was statistically higher in males than females, but there was no significant difference in other variables based on gender. Discussion – - It is obvious that individual and social environment have an effect on consumers' preference of green products. It is thought that consciousness, attitudes and perceptions of the stakeholders in the supply chain towards green products can be improved by raising awareness through communication activities. The results are believed to be supportive to all stakeholders in the supply chain in their decision-making processes.

The Effect of Brand Awareness and Quality Perception of Customer Satisfaction through Purchasing Decisions Honda and Yamaha Motors (Case study of Maros Muslim University Students)

This research was conducted with the aim to: (1) test and analyze the effect of brand awareness on consumer satisfaction through purchasing decisions; (2) test and analyze the effect of perceived quality on consumer satisfaction through purchasing decisions. The population of this study was all of Management Bachelor degree students of the Faculty of Economics, Maros Muslim University using 239 Honda and Yamaha motorcycles consumer. The number of samples in this study were 150 people using the Slovin formula with a confidence level of 95% with a value of e = 5%, the distribution of samples was based on Honda and Yamaha consumer, namely samples for Honda users were 72 people and Yamaha users were 78 people using the Stratified Random formula Sampling, the survey was conducted from November to April 2019. Data were analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) program. The results of this study indicate that: (1) brand awareness cannot directly affect customer satisfaction. This is because respondents stated that brand awareness does not guarantee consumers will be satisfied only by knowing and remembering Honda and Yamaha motorcycle brands. (2) Perceived quality has a significant effect on purchasing decisions. This shows that the higher the consumer's perception of product quality, the higher the consumer's purchasing decisions, and vice versa. Therefore, respondents stated that the perception of quality really guarantees consumers will be satisfied just by seeing and remembering the model of the motor

THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION IN ACHIEVING ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE THROUGH BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION AND ASSET RELATIONAL COLLABORATION

Purpose of the study: This study examines the role of entrepreneurial orientation in achieving the best performance of the firm through the mediation of business model innovation and strategic relational assets as intangible assets that are inimitable.
 Methodology: The study was conducted in 105 private hospitals in Indonesia, affected by the reform of the regulation and influenced by digital disruption, which triggered the disruptive change. This study used a quantitative method and processed by Structural Equation Modelling program for quantitative data analysis.
 Main Findings: The results of this study concluded that the entrepreneurial orientation of the hospital has a significant positive impact on the achievement of organizational performance, either directly or with the mediation of business model innovation and the collaboration between hospital management and the physicians.
 Applications of this study: This study proved to be a critical determinant for the business model innovation and the growth of hospital performance.
 Novelty/Originality of this study:As the theoretical contribution of this study is to enrich the development of entrepreneurial orientation concept as a part of organizational entrepreneurship which emphasizes the relationship of the stakeholders of an industry, through integration with some concepts and theories in strategic management such as resource-based theory, business model innovation and stakeholder theory.

Leadership Style of Transformational Key User in the Success of the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning in the Universities in East Java, Indonesia

AbstractThis study is aimed to analyze to what extend is the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) by involving transformational key user leadership style as the moderating variable. This study used DeLone and McLean information system success model approach. There are 285 universities in east Java, Indonesia as the population. As for this study, 164 universities are chosen as the samples by using the disproportionate stratified random sampling through organizational unit analysis. The instrument that is used to analyze the data is Structural equation Modeling (SEM) program Amos 22. The constructs used to make the model are transformational key user leadership, System Quality, and User Satisfaction. The result showed that the quality system has no influence towards the user satisfaction, and transformational key user leadership style moderates the quality system influences the quality system on the user satisfaction.

Effect of glomerulosclerosis index, tubular index, and matrix metalloprotein against serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate in obstructive kidney stone patients in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar-Bali

Background: Kidney stones is one of the many causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in clinical and kidney fibrosis in histopathology presentation. Its occurs characterized by the presence of glomerulosclerosis (GS), tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) and tubular atrophy (TA). This research aims to find out that the effect of glomerulosclerosis index (GSI), tubular index (TI), and matrix metalloprotein (MMP-9) against serum creatinine (SC) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)  in kidney stone disease.  Methode: A total of 62 samples of kidney biopsy patients during kidney stone surgery in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar-Bali, from February until December 2013. Kidney tissue biopsy stained with Masson's Trichrome. Determination of GSI was counted GS in 30 glomerular in power field 400, and TI was counted normal tubular in 30 glomerular in power field 400, and MMP-9 was carried out using Kit Methode. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) program Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) was used to analyze the effect of GSI, TI, and MMP-9 against SC and eGFR in kidney stone patients.  Results: Descriptive analysis were male 43 (69.35%), and female 19 (30.65%). Age (years) 50.0 ± 10.56; SC (mg/dl) 1.71 (0.47 to 6.76); GSI (glomerosclerosis/30 glomerular) 11 (0-30); TI (normal tubulars/30 glomerular) 850.24 (118 to1523); eGFR (ml/min) 65.41 ± 20.47; Leukocytes (cells/mm3) 7.82 ± 1.89; and MMP-9 (ng/ml) 6.13 (0.05 to 28.37). Direct and total effect (direct and indirect effect) were GS to eGFR = -0.16 and 0.33; TI to eLFG = 0.28 and 0.36, GS to SC = 0.31; TI to SC = -0.14; MMP-9 to SC = -0.16; SC to eGFR = -0.55. Conclusion: Direct and total effect of GSI to eGFR were negative (-) 16% and (-) 33%; TI to eGFR were positive (+) 28% and (+) 36%. Direct effect (without indirect effect; direct effect as same as a total effect) of GSI, MMP-9, and TI to SC were positive (+) 31%, negative (-) 16%; and negative (-) 14% consecutively. Direct effect or total effect of SC to eGFR were negative (-) 55%. The results concluded that the effect measurements of urinary MMP-9, and GSI, and TI score to SC were negative (-) 16 %, positive (+) 31 % and negative (-) 14 % consecutively. The effect measurements of urinary MMP-9, and GSI, and TI score to eGFR were negative (-) 0.09 %, negative (-) 16 %, and positive (+) 28 %.

Social implications of children's smartphone addiction: The role of support networks and social engagement.

Background and aimsMost studies have regarded smartphone addiction as a condition stemming from individuals’ psychological issues, so research has rarely examined it in relation to a lack of social resources and its social impacts. However, this study reinterprets smartphone addiction as a social problem stemming from a lack of offline social networks and resulting in a decline of social engagement.MethodsThis study drew on a survey of 2,000 children in Korea consisting of 991 males and 1,009 females with an average age of 12 years old. Using the STATA 14 structural equation modeling program, this study examined the relationships between children’s lack of social networks, smartphone addiction, and social engagement.ResultsSocial network variables, such as formal organizational membership, quality of relationship with parents, size of the peer group, and peer support, decrease smartphone addiction. Simply having good relationships and reciprocal feelings with peers do not have any influence on the smartphone addiction. The more the children become addicted to smartphones, the less they participate in social engagement.Discussion and conclusionsThis study provides a new understanding of smartphone addiction by focusing on its social aspects, augmenting prior studies that have addressed psychological factors. Findings suggest that children’s lack of social networks may inhibit comfortable social interactions and feelings of support in the offline environment, which can heighten their desire to escape to smartphones. These children, unlike non-addicts, may not take advantage of the media to enrich their social lives and increase their level of social engagement.

River Conservation Using SECEEL Approach: A Case Study on East Flood Way River, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Current practices on river conservation are solely depending on social engineering, cultural, economic and environmental approaches without taking law enforcement into account. This issue becomes critical because river conservation is frequently experiencing conflict without assertive law enforcement. One of the cases is the presence of abundant structures on river bank despite of rules against such practices. This violation is rooted on law enforcement aspect. Therefore, integrated approach incorporating law enforcement is important to be studied. The purpose of this study is to test the effect of this integrated approach named Social Engineering, Culture, Economic, Environment comfort and Law enforcement (SECEEL) against river conservation on river bank. The analysis method is quantitative approach using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS – SEM) program involving 150 respondents as a sample of approximately 400 habitants in East Flood Way river, Semarang. The result shows that higher social engineering value and economic expediency together with lower rule of law are creating higher environment comfort level along the river bank. Meanwhile, more positive cultural values will decrease the level of environment comfort on the area. Interestingly, the higher the comfort level of the environment along the river will decrease the value of conservation.

The Effect Achievement Motivation, Leadership Character and Internal Culture Towards Employee’s Performance a Case Corporate from Indonesia

The research aims to find out the regression of job achievement motivation towards employee’s working satisfaction, the regression of characteristic leadership towards employee’s working satisfaction, internal culture towards employee’s working satisfaction, job achievement motivation towards employee’s working performance, the influence of characteristic leadership towards working performance, the regression of internal culture towards employee’s working performance, and the regression of working satisfaction towards employee’s working performance in PT. Pura Barutama, the company from Indonesia. The sample is 105 employees. The Questionnaire is used as the instrument while the data analysis is done by using Structural Equation Modeling program. The research found that there is a significant effect of achievement motivation variable towards working satisfaction shown by positive regression. It is also proven by the regression that characteristic leadership is not influential towards working satisfaction of employee; internal culture has a positive effect towards working satisfaction. Meanwhile, achievement motivation has positive regression towards working performance. Characteristic leadership towards working performance is also proven to have regression. Internal culture has a positive effect towards the working performance and working satisfaction also has a positive effect towards working performance.

The analysis of mechanisms and their contingencies: PROCESS versus structural equation modeling

Marketing, consumer, and organizational behavior researchers interested in studying the mechanisms by which effects operate and the conditions that enhance or inhibit such effects often rely on statistical mediation and conditional process analysis (also known as the analysis of “moderated mediation”). Model estimation is typically undertaken with ordinary least squares regression-based path analysis, such as implemented in the popular PROCESS macro for SPSS and SAS (Hayes, 2013), or using a structural equation modeling program. In this paper we answer a few frequently-asked questions about the difference between PROCESS and structural equation modeling and show by way of example that, for observed variable models, the choice of which to use is inconsequential, as the results are largely identical. We end by discussing considerations to ponder when making the choice between PROCESS and structural equation modeling.

Effects of Using Technological Innovations on Developing Tourism Education and Learning Methods: Paradigm Shift from Learning Outcomes Perspective

Fostering e-learning information and communication technologies (ICTs) in tourism are used to explain how technological innovations improving the tourism learning outcomes. Technological innovations can be used in enhancing tourism knowledge, experiences and employment skills provision, and adapting work-experienced maximization methods. The aims of the study are: putting substantial improvements guidelines in quality of tourism educational process, measuring effects of using technological tools and possibilities on developing tourism education and learning methods, explaining how learning outcomes interrelated with tourism employability and job competitiveness, and putting paradigm shift from learning outcomes perspective. Wide random sample approach used to maximize accuracy and realistic primary data collection process, 540 valid respondents were collected from tourism education academic staff and employees. The structure model analysis depends on using SPSS V.21, and Smart Partial Least Squares and Structural Equation Modeling (SmartPLS-SEM 3.0) programs. They were applied to conduct descriptive analysis, relationship intermediates, factor loadings and reliability, cross loadings, discriminant validity and convergent validity of study model. The analysis of the discussed variables in the current study comprises; technological innovation tools, characteristics, reasons and justifications, tourism curriculum mapping design measurements, Kolb’s learning styles modes, Bloom's digital taxonomy and Web2.0 social media, employability competitiveness, learning outcomes, future of innovative technology tools, and future of traditional classroom tools. The major findings from the study model supported and confirmed significant relationships between tourism learning outcomes and the following five main variables: tourism curriculum mapping design measurements, Kolb’s learning styles modes, Bloom's digital taxonomy and Web2.0 social media, and employability competitiveness as reflective and formative indicators. Moreover, obtained findings recognized effects and supported positive relationships between using technological innovations on tourism learning outcomes in the future, and employability and job competitiveness. In contrast, findings supported negative relationships between using traditional classrooms systems on tourism learning outcomes in the future, and on employability and job competitiveness. The study ended with integrated complex paradigm shift in tourism e-learning links.