Low maternal healthcare service utilization contributes to poor maternal and new born health outcomes in rural Zambia. The purpose of this study was to identify important factors influencing women's intention to use these services in Kalomo, Zambia. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 1007 women of reproductive age (15-45 years) from 13 rural health centres w...

The current study is the first attempt to examine the association between the Dark Triad of personality (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and corruption through a mediator-belief in good luck. Based on Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, we assumed that individuals with Dark Triad would be more likely to engage in corruption as a result of belief in good luck. In Study 1, a ...

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Blended learning (BL) combines online and face-to-face teaching is thought to be an effective means cultivate learners’ sustainability literacy. The success of BL relies on learners who take the initiative participate in process. Therefore, this study aims examine acceptance system. technology model (TAM) self-efficacy theory are combined construct a systematic determine continuous intention ad...

We present a formal model of intention grounding for robots in HRI which models the user and robot’s own current intentions simultaneously. Central to the model are interactive state machines, and strength-of-evidence functions, which are evaluations of the degree to which an agent’s current intention is being communicated publicly. The model has so far been used in a simple pick-and-place robo...

Although continuous knowledge sharing behaviour is acknowledged as important by scholars, the understanding of what influence this continuous behaviour remains limited. Thus, this paper fills the gap by examining the mediating role of identification trust and affective commitment on members’ continuous knowledge sharing intention within business online communities. 220 experienced online commun...

Nations may defend their freedom of Information and availability of their Information and Communications Technology Services by either Isolation or Habituation, which are both applicable but require totally different structures, culture and governance. Information Operations are not only state level measures, but can be utilized at very low levels and by small entities. It requires multilevel p...

Self-regulation of intention formation is pivotal for achieving behavior change. Fantasy realization theory (Oettingen, 2000) assumes that mentally contrasting a desired positive future with present negative reality turns high expectations of success into strong intentions to realize the desired future, while indulging in the positive future fails to do so. The present study tests the theory's ...