Information and communication technology (ICT) acceptance and use is a prolific research stream in the information systems field. Yet, studies on attitude have gone through ups and downs yielding inconsistent and inconclusive findings on attitude’s role and impact. In this paper, we provide clear definitions of two different types of attitudes and detail their relationships to each other and to...

This research paper was designed to examine the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) associations and environmental concerns on consumer-retailer love and attitude toward the retailer, as well as the subsequent effects on consumer behavioral intentions regarding the retailer, such as repeat patronage intention and willingness to pay a premium price for products offered by the reta...

Consumer's attitude toward mobile advertising has drawn lots of attention for a long time. Previous studies verified and emphasized that consumer’s attitude toward mobile advertising is significantly affected by the perceived entertainment, informativeness and credibility of an advertisement which affect the way consumers evaluate it. However, the general attitude toward how advertising manifes...

this study was performed with aim of investigating the relationship between spiritual health, attitude toward relationship before marriage and couple burnout in married women. the research was descriptive and correlational. the statistical society of this research composed of all practitioner and not practitioner married women in babol. 384 persons were selected according on cochran formula by ...

this survery investigated the secondary school students attitude regarding parent- adolescent inter-relationships. the study covered 19 town districts in tehran.   following a multi-stage process 150 girls and boys attending secondary school with an age range of 13-15 years were selected randomly.   a two parts questionnaire was developed. the first part covered information on personal and soci...

Background & Aims:  Aging is a vital phenomenon that happens to everyone. In different cultures, there are diverse beliefs and attitudes towards aging. This study aimed to determine the attitude of Fasa residents towards the elderly. Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 individuals between 13 and 60 years old by cluster sampling. The data collection ...

BACKGROUND There is a steep increase in the consumer use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM), with many users unaware of the need to inform their health care providers. Various predictors including psychosocial factors such as beliefs and behavior have been accounted for preference toward CAM use, with varying results. METHODS This study investigates the belief and attitude regarding ...

To consciously bolster behaviour that is disapproved by others (i.e., stigmatised behaviour) people may hold and report a favourable attitude toward the behaviour. However, achieving such bolstering outside awareness may be more difficult. Explicit attitudes were measured with self-report measures, and the Implicit Association Test was used to assess implicit attitudes toward behaviour held by ...

Purpose – In this study the researchers attempt to identify factors that could influence an individual’s attitude toward ethical behavior in the information systems (IS) environment and compare them to the findings of an earlier study to determine any changes. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of university students is used to assess environmental influences (societal, belief system, perso...