Xiayu Chen, Renee Rui Chen, Shaobo Wei and Robert M. Davison
This study investigates how individuals' self-awareness (specifically, private and public self-awareness) and environment-awareness (perceived expertise, similarity and…
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Purpose
This study investigates how individuals' self-awareness (specifically, private and public self-awareness) and environment-awareness (perceived expertise, similarity and familiarity) shape herd behavior, encompassing discounting one’s information and imitating others. Drawing from latent state-trait theory, this research aims to discern the impact of these factors on purchase intention and behavior.
Design/methodology/approach
Longitudinal data from 231 users in Xiaohongshu, China’s leading social commerce platform, were collected to test the proposed model and hypotheses.
Findings
The findings from this study show that private self-awareness negatively influences discounting one’s own information and imitating others. Public self-awareness positively affects imitating others, while it does not affect discounting one’s own information. Perceived expertise diminishes discounting one’s own information but does not significantly affect imitating others. Perceived similarity and perceived familiarity are positively related to discounting one’s own information and imitating others. The results confirm different interaction effects between self-awareness and environment-awareness on herd behavior.
Originality/value
First, this contributes back to the latent state-trait theory by expanding the applicability of this theory to explain the phenomenon of herd behavior. Second, this study takes an important step toward theoretical advancement in the extant literature by qualifying that both self- and environment-awareness should be considered to trigger additional effects on herd behavior. Third, this study provides a more enlightened understanding of herd behavior by highlighting the significance of considering the interplay between self- and environment-awareness on herd behavior. Finally, this study also empirically confirms the validity of classifying self-awareness into private and public aspects.
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Mujahed Thneibat, Motasem Thneibat and Bader Al-Tamimi
This study aims to lay the groundwork for the potential application of value management (VM) in construction projects. This paper presents a critical review on the status of VM in…
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This study aims to lay the groundwork for the potential application of value management (VM) in construction projects. This paper presents a critical review on the status of VM in a developing country and highlights the role of perceptions on critical success factors (CSFs) for the phases of VM studies, as the participants in a VM study should consider CSFs tailored to the local context.
Design/methodology/approach
A series of interviews and a questionnaire were conducted to understand the drivers, perceptions, barriers, and CSFs of VM in the Jordanian construction industry. Although descriptive statistics were used to analyze the status of VM, a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was adopted to highlight the interrelationships between perceptions and the CSFs of the three phases of VM (i.e. pre-workshop, workshop, and implementation).
Findings
The descriptive analysis revealed conflicting viewpoints for perceptions and drivers. Most practitioners acknowledged little awareness of VM phases, and the SEM results indicated that perceptions of VM, in terms of its capacity in improving the scope and objectives of the project, and reducing overall costs, most strongly influenced the CSFs of the implementation phase in terms of support and clear plan for implementation, and had the least influence on the pre-workshop phase. Further, the perceptions had a moderate effect on the CSFs of the workshop phase and it tended to be positive, highlighting the importance of function analysis in this phase.
Originality/value
This is the first study to reveal the status of VM in Jordan in terms of adoption, drivers, perceptions, barriers and CSFs; no prior studies have investigated how perceptions can affect the CSFs of each phase of VM and the endorsement of VM by the construction industry. The contributions of this study include linking the perceptions of construction professionals with the CSFs of VM.
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Yuan Zhang, Christopher Gan and Zhaohua Li
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of borrowers' quality on the size of market reaction to bank loan announcements in the Chinese financial market, where poor…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of borrowers' quality on the size of market reaction to bank loan announcements in the Chinese financial market, where poor quality borrowers are prevalent and the banking system is highly controlled by the Chinese government.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses different measures to proxy for borrower quality, including the borrowers' information opaqueness, possibility of expropriation and their financial status. A cross‐sectional regression analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between the market response to bank loan announcements and the borrowers' quality.
Findings
It is revealed that the negative market response to bank loan announcements is particularly significant for borrowing firms with lower quality, including firms that are opaque, have a higher possibility of expropriation or tunnelling, have ineffective expropriation‐reduction mechanisms, are controlled by the state and are in financial distress, for the sample period 1996 to 2009. Furthermore, to test whether there is any significant difference on the effects of the borrowers' quality on the size of the market response to bank loan announcements following China's announcement of share‐split reform in 2005, this paper splits the sample period into sub samples, 1996 to 2004 and 2004 to 2005. The results on the effects of the borrowers' quality on the size of market response to bank loan announcements for the sub sample period 1996 to 2004 are similar to those for the full sample 1996 to 2009.
Research limitations/implications
The paper's findings imply that the reforms in the Chinese financial market since 2005 do not have any significant effects on the borrowers' quality on the size of the market response to bank loan announcements for the full sample period.
Originality/value
This paper differs from previous studies in regards to the sample period and the measurements of the possibility of expropriation or tunnelling. The paper contributes to the banking and corporate governance literature.
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Doris Chenguang Wu, Haiyan Song and Shujie Shen
The purpose of this paper is to review recent studies published from 2007 to 2015 on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting with a view to identifying the emerging…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review recent studies published from 2007 to 2015 on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting with a view to identifying the emerging topics and methods studied and to pointing future research directions in the field.
Design/methodology/approach
Articles on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting published mostly in both science citation index and social sciences citation index journals were identified and analyzed.
Findings
This review finds that the studies focused on hotel demand are relatively less than those on tourism demand. It is also observed that more and more studies have moved away from the aggregate tourism demand analysis, whereas disaggregate markets and niche products have attracted increasing attention. Some studies have gone beyond neoclassical economic theory to seek additional explanations of the dynamics of tourism and hotel demand, such as environmental factors, tourist online behavior and consumer confidence indicators, among others. More sophisticated techniques such as nonlinear smooth transition regression, mixed-frequency modeling technique and nonparametric singular spectrum analysis have also been introduced to this research area.
Research limitations/implications
The main limitation of this review is that the articles included in this study only cover the English literature. Future review of this kind should also include articles published in other languages. The review provides a useful guide for researchers who are interested in future research on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting.
Practical implications
This review provides important suggestions and recommendations for improving the efficiency of tourism and hospitality management practices.
Originality/value
The value of this review is that it identifies the current trends in tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting research and points out future research directions.
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Dong Shen and Qiuyue Wang
The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese consumers’ perception of US-made clothing and purchase intention to US-made clothing; to explore the role of brand in the…
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The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese consumers’ perception of US-made clothing and purchase intention to US-made clothing; to explore the role of brand in the relationship between country of origin (COO) and consumer perception and purchase intention; and to investigate whether China is a potential market for US-made clothing.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted among college students in three cities in China. A 2×3 within-subjects design with two countries and three brands was performed.
Findings
For Chinese consumers, country equity of China is significantly higher than the USA. However, Chinese consumers hold significantly higher perceived quality and perceived price of product for US-made clothing for all American brands. Chinese consumers have significantly higher purchase intention for US-made clothing for popular American brands with average price points.
Research limitations/implications
Further research could sample different groups which are better representative of the whole population. Different COOs and industrial sectors will be worth of studying. Future research also needs to quantify the potential price increase.
Practical implications
The conclusions can be applied to business practices by American companies identifying their brand category before developing effective sourcing strategies.
Social implications
This study sheds light on policy making by bringing a new approach to position US-made products in China and address the trade imbalance between the two countries.
Originality/value
This study deeply examines how different brands affect Chinese consumers’ perception of US-made clothing and purchase intention to US-made clothing.
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E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Geoffrey Shen, Mohan Kumaraswamy, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu and Jin Xue
Given the heightened imperatives for boosting supply chain resilience (SCR) in industrialized construction (IC), it is essential to explore the correlational impacts of supply…
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Purpose
Given the heightened imperatives for boosting supply chain resilience (SCR) in industrialized construction (IC), it is essential to explore the correlational impacts of supply chain vulnerabilities (SCV) and supply chain capabilities (SCC) which are the measures of SCR, specifically in Hong Kong where policymakers actively promote IC. Therefore, this study aims to develop a model to explore the correlational impacts of vulnerabilities and capabilities targeting SCR in IC.
Design/methodology/approach
After drawing on the general literature on SCR, empirical research using an expert opinion survey was conducted following the methodological framework of this study. The gathered data were then subjected to the partial least squares structural equation modeling process. Thereby, four hypotheses were formulated and tested for 20 capability–vulnerability relationships.
Findings
Seven of the 20 statistical relationships tested were identified to be significant. Accordingly, production-based SCV were identified as the most critical disruptions. “Resourcefulness” could substantially withstand production-based SCV, receiving the highest path significance. An “enablers-results framework” for achieving SCR of IC was also developed based on these findings to help industry practitioners with SCR implementation.
Originality/value
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first structured evaluation model that measures the correlational impacts of SCC and SCV targeting SCR in the construction domain. Further, this study adds substantially to the existing SCR and construction “body of knowledge” by proposing a model explaining how various SCV and SCC influence SCR in IC. These findings also inform the industry where and how to deploy critical SCC at appropriate levels, targeting critical SCV, to contain or extirpate them.
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Mohammed Aboramadan and Osman M. Karatepe
This paper aims to propose a research model that explores perceived green organizational support (OS) as a mediator of the effect of green human resource management (GHRM) on job…
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Purpose
This paper aims to propose a research model that explores perceived green organizational support (OS) as a mediator of the effect of green human resource management (GHRM) on job performance (JP) and organizational citizenship behavior toward the organization (OCB-O).
Design/methodology/approach
This paper used data obtained from small- and medium-sized hotels in Palestine. The associations given above were tested using structural equation modeling.
Findings
The findings reveal that GHRM boosts hotel employees’ perceptions of green OS. That is, the effective implementation of GHRM is a sign of perceived green OS. Congruent with the study predictions, employees’ perceptions of green OS activate their JP and OCB-O. Finally, perceived green OS mediates the impact of GHRM on JP and OCB-O.
Practical implications
Management should take advantage of green human resource practices to acquire and retain talented employees whose environmental goals and values fit those of the company. Employees should be involved in problem-solving on environmental sustainability and green management. They should also participate in continuous training programs and enhance their awareness of environmental sustainability and green management.
Originality/value
There is a lack of evidence appertaining to the effects of GHRM and perceived green OS on non-green positive workplace performance outcomes. More importantly, there is a scarcity of evidence about the mechanism linking GHRM to these performance outcomes.
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Bang Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Nguyen My and Thac Dang-Van
This study investigates the impact of religious orientation and patriotism on domestic tourists’ intention to revisit spiritual destinations through two distinct studies: (1…
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This study investigates the impact of religious orientation and patriotism on domestic tourists’ intention to revisit spiritual destinations through two distinct studies: (1) religious sites and historical landmarks and (2) cultural heritage locations.
Design/methodology/approach
Using convenience sampling, Study 1 (religious orientation) collected data from 445 Vietnamese tourists, and Study 2 (patriotism) collected data from 492 Vietnamese tourists. Spiritual elements were examined through social identity theory (SIT) and patriotism through the theory of reasoned action (TRA). The cognitive-affective-behavioral (CAB) model serves as the framework for both analyses. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling.
Findings
Both patriotism and religious orientation had a positive indirect impact on domestic tourists’ intention to return. While attitudes toward development served as the sole mediator between patriotism and revisit intention, multiple factors mediated the relationship between religious orientation and revisit intention.
Practical implications
Religious marketing campaigns can enhance the destination image of churches and temples, thereby strengthening domestic tourists’ intention to revisit. Programs emphasizing patriotism should be organized to encourage the intention to revisit cultural and historical heritage sites.
Originality/value
This study on spirituality tourism conducted a comparative analysis of two case studies by focusing on the interplay between religious orientation and patriotism regarding revisiting intention by employing frameworks of the SIT, TRA and CAB models. It enriches the existing literature and theoretical foundations of spiritual tourism and provides valuable insights for local policymakers by highlighting the distinctions between the effects of religion and patriotism.
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles are shaping our daily lives, society, and will continue to transform how we will fight…
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles are shaping our daily lives, society, and will continue to transform how we will fight future wars. Advances in AI technologies have fueled an explosion of interest in the military and political domain. As AI technologies evolve, there will be increased reliance on these systems to maintain global security. For the individual and society, AI presents challenges related to surveillance, personal freedom, and privacy. For the military, we will need to exploit advances in AI technologies to support the warfighter and ensure global security. The integration of AI technologies in the battlespace presents advantages, costs, and risks in the future battlespace. This chapter will examine the issues related to advances in AI technologies, as we examine the benefits, costs, and risks associated with integrating AI and autonomous systems in society and in the future battlespace.
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Yi-Su Chen, Tsai-Shan S. Shen and Manus J. Rungtusanatham
The purpose of this study is to assess the validity and predictability of insights from the investment model (IM) in the context of strategic manufacturer–industrial supplier…
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The purpose of this study is to assess the validity and predictability of insights from the investment model (IM) in the context of strategic manufacturer–industrial supplier relationships. IM is a theoretical model in social psychology pertaining to interpersonal relationship discontinuity. This formal empirical test of IM in a different context supports vertical theory borrowing and minimizes the risk of committing atomistic fallacy.
Design/methodology/approach
Data collected from 256 sourcing professionals participating in a scenario-based role-playing experiment were analyzed via structural equation modeling. The authors also performed bootstrapping to assess indirect effects.
Findings
The IM is generally applicable to the context of interfirm relationship dissolution. Relative to the original context of interpersonal relationship dissolution, three nuances are detected: investment size as an antecedent has lowered prominence in influencing commitment; satisfaction level, quality of alternatives and investment size have non-orthogonal effects on commitment; and satisfaction level influences relationship continuity through and beyond commitment.
Research limitations/implications
The empirical findings broaden boundary conditions for IM insights. Beyond interpersonal relationship dissolution, the IM appears to also describe, explain and predict interfirm relationship dissolution.
Practical implications
Keeping the manufacturer satisfied is critical. Moreover, suppliers should be cautious when entering joint product development agreements.
Originality/value
This study appears to be among the first to formally validate the applicability of IM insights as they pertain to the dissolution of strategic manufacturer–industrial supplier relationships.