This research tested a path model for how rural high school students’ self-perceptions and environmental perceptions influence their course-related interest, school engagement, and ultimately, post-graduation intentions. Participants were 414 students in all four grades, in 10 rural, public high schools. Correlation and path analyses (in LISREL 8.58) were utilized to identify significant paths ...

OBJECTIVE: This study involves the initial validation of the Short Schema Mode Inventory (SMI) in Italy. A total of 109 Axis II patients and 241 controls participated in the study. METHOD: Confirmatory factor analysis on SMI data to evaluate a measurement model of 14 factors using LISREL 8.80 was performed. Assessment of fit was based on CFI, NNFI, SRMR, RMSEA and Chi-square/df ratio. Reliabili...

This study examines cross-cultural differences in individual’s privacy concerns and attitudes towards government surveillance as related to e-commerce use for Italy and the United States. We argue that for both cultures the user’s decision to make a purchase is influenced by privacy concerns, perceived need for security provided by the government and the balancing concerns for government intrus...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to further develop and refine the Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI), a measure of individuals’ reasons for exercising. Design: Confirmatory factor analytic procedures using LISREL were employed to test the hypothesised fourteen factor structure of the revised instrument (the EMI-2) and the invariance of the factor structure across gender. Methods: 425 ci...

It has been argued that the promising benefits of Enterprise Systems (ES) implementations are overshadowed by their high failure rate. One of the commonly cited reasons for ES implementation failures is the end-user’s unwillingness to adopt or use systems. Considering that the appropriate management of expectations may play an important role in forming positive behavior toward newly implemented...

This U.S.-based research attempts to understand the relationships between users’ perceptions about Internet privacy concerns, the need for government surveillance, government intrusion concerns, and the willingness to disclose personal information required to complete online transactions. We test a theoretical model based on a privacy calculus framework and Asymmetric Information Theory using d...

This paper draws on the theory of absorptive capacity and related work to identify its dimensions and examine its impact on organizational propensity to adopt novel, complex interorganizational technologies. Specifically, it seeks to examine the causal pathway through which absorptive capacity affects organizational adoption intention. Survey-based research was carried out to test this theory. ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the gap between the planning response goal and the execution outcome in supply chain management. Gaps occur due to the incompetence of supply chain partners in successively responding toward the ever-changing market environment. It is very important to check whether the decision by supply chain partner firms to cut down the level of re-integrated coor...

In the current era, such changes have occurred in the service sector which it has never experienced throughout its history. These changes have impact either on industry structure or competition nature. So, this study aims to Study effect of site quality on online repurchase intention through satisfaction, trust and commitment of customer. This research is survey research, in terms of methodolog...

This study develops and tests a research model that investigates work engagement as a mediator of the e¤ects of coworker and supervisor support on career satisfaction, service recovery performance, job performance, and creative performance. Data were obtained from frontline hotel employees with a time lag of one month and their immediate supervisors in Cameroon. The relationships were tested us...