Exposure therapy is an effective approach for treating anxiety disorders, although a substantial number of individuals fail to benefit or experience a return of fear after treatment. Research suggests that anxious individuals show deficits in the mechanisms believed to underlie exposure therapy, such as inhibitory learning. Targeting these processes may help improve the efficacy of exposure-bas...

In this research we develop, operationalize, and empirically test a model for explaining/predicting the satisfaction of customers with Internet-based services at different stages of adoption. We argue and empirically demonstrate the need to consider the evolutionary nature of satisfaction and the variability of its determinants. Our model identifies desire disconfirmation, expectation disconfir...

In this article, we systematically reviewed the research literature dealing with expectancy-value motivation theory within music contexts. Employing PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) approach, a total of 1,120 records were retrieved examined, 110 eventually included in analyses. Frequencies/percentages generated output 5-year time periods, type publicat...

Purpose: Linen as launderable textiles is indispensable in the hotel business. Guests pay for services rendered and deserve quality linen. (bed linen, bath guest room curtains) expected to be clean, crisp, spotless, attractive comfortable. can attributable fibre of fabric, care maintenance. Thus, study investigated linen satisfaction star-rated hotels Upper East Region Ghana. The reference was ...

Motivating salespersons is one of the most important aspects of sales force management. The prevalent sales force motivation research stream relies essentially on Vroom’s expectancy theory. In spite of its widespread use, this theory is shown to present a number of shortcomings when applied to many sales force situations. The purpose of this paper is to outline a mathematical formulation of a s...

The present study examined Reiss and McNally's expectancy model in the prediction of claustrophobic fear, measured across three domains. Non-clinical subjects (N = 117) reporting claustrophobic concerns were administered a behavioral approach test to a claustrophobic chamber. Consistent with the expectancy model, danger expectancy, anxiety expectancy and the interaction of anxiety sensitivity a...

The purpose of this paper is to explore which attributes logistics service quality (LSQ) are associated with the superior LSQ in rural territories developing economy Ukraine. data were collected from 52 Ukrainian agrarian companies. Ukraine was chosen because high potential its agricultural sector, has been one world’s largest exporters goods for years. This investigates perspective agri-busine...

In the customer expectations arena, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact on expectations of variation in cultural variables unique to a country. Here we focus on one country, India, and a major cultural influence there—the extent of belief in karma. Prior research in the United States suggests that disconfirmation sensitivity lowers expectations. Here we examine whether belie...