Business process standardization (BPS) is an important instrument for transforming an organization from function orientation to process orientation. But, standardization initiatives’ implementation success is highly volatile. One major reason for failure is the behavior and the underlying job-related attitude of the affected employees. Recent research examining BPS implementation success propos...

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes: cultural distinction and cultural conformity. Under cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On the contrary, under cultural distinction, ethnic minorities are more motivated in ...

This study investigates the adoption of mobile services across four different service categories. The adoption model underlying the study includes analysis of the motivational, attitudinal, social and resource-related influences on adopters' intention to use mobile services. Overall, the model explains 62-75 percent of the variance in " intention to use ". Two important findings stand out as ve...

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the determinants of learning flow and achievement in corporate online training. Self-efficacy, intrinsic value, and test anxiety were selected as learners’ motivational factors, while perceived usefulness and ease of use were also selected as learning environmental factors. Learning flow was considered as a mediator of predictors and achiev...

Path analysis of attitudinal, motivational, demographic and behavioural factors influencing food choice among Australian consumers who had consumed at least some organic food in the preceding 12 months showed that concern with the naturalness of food and the sensory and emotional experience of eating were the major determinants of increasing levels of organic consumption. Increasing consumption...

The present research aims to systematically review the determinants and reasons for swimming dropout. The systematic review was conducted through electronic searches on the Web of Knowledge and PsycInfo databases from 2 February to 29 July 2015, using the keywords dropout, withdrawal, motives, reasons, sport, framework-theories, motivation, swim*, review, attrition and compliance. Fifteen studi...

Previous studies have demonstrated that a number of behaviors change their probability of occurrence during the estrous cycle. Wheel running is known to show estrous-related changes while reports upon intracranial reinforcement (self-stimulation, ICS) have been equivocal. The present studies examined both behaviors to further resolve the underlying behavioral determinants of these estrous effec...

The purpose of this study was to compare the achievement goal, self-determination and beliefs about the nature and determinants of sportive competence in function of competitive level in 3 groups of adult football players: Professionals (n=105), Semi-Professionals (n=156) and Amateurs (n=78). There were no signifi cant differences in motivational orientations as a function of a competitive leve...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB) and its application to health promotion in childhood cancer survivors. DATA SOURCES Periodical literature about cancer survivors, health behavior models, and the IMCHB. DATA SYNTHESIS Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for various late complications of treatment. The primary goal of intervention is th...

background: health worker motivation has the potential to have a large impact on health system performance, and this depends on some factors. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting this motivation. methods: from winter 2013 to spring 2014, 1046 employees and physicians (439 males and 607 females) with a mean age of 36 and 37.2 years in men and women, respectively were ...