Purpose – E-trade, electronic trading appears to offer increased efficiency in business processes, but only a limited number of small firms have adopted the new processes. The purpose of this paper is to try to establish the obstacles, the perceived barriers, to the continuing use of e-trade technologies by small Korean firms. Design/methodology/approach – The literature was employed to develop...

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 ...

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...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between strategic thinking and performance of employees who worked in libraries’ employees of ilam university. research method was descriptive –correlational in which especially structural equation modeling was used. all of libraries’ employees of ilam university (n=200) was made the population of study and via morgan’s table 127 sub...

Organizational phenomena that are still being faced coordination and consolidation, different qualifications of human resources, large work areas, the lack facilities (technology) assistance for community. The purpose this study was conducted to develop variables influence Loyalty in Digital Age COVID-19 Pandemic, Observers Plant Pest Organisms (POPT) South Sulawesi Province. research method us...

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effect Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance influence Knowledge Management indirect mediated by Management. model used in is test hypothesis using method Structural Equation Model (SEM). software for structural analysis LISREL 8.80. Data were collected from a sample 210 respondents who...

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...