OBJECTIVE Our research investigated the role of social norms in an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) in the explanation of prostate/colorectal cancer screening (CS) intention and the prediction of CS uptake among men. DESIGN A cross-sectional study (Study 1) assessed sociodemographic and TPB variables (extended by descriptive norm) in 2,426 German men (mean age 56.3 years) who differe...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect country image and beauty vlogger reviews on purchase intention, whether have an intention intention. This research will be conducted Beauty review Purchase Intention Korean cosmetics consumers Althea.kr website. survey shared via comments column Veronica Ong's video channel. Using a web Google form. In recent years, surveys been used collect re...

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BACKGROUND Four goiter representations observed by the authors in the sculptures of the Sacred Mountain of Varese, Italy, are described here. SUMMARY They should be regarded as a typical and proper example of the iconography of "real goiter," where the artists had the definite intention to depict persons with goiter. CONCLUSIONS Studies of representations of individuals with goiter are not ...

Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from expatriates in China, the authors investigated the roles of general, work, and interaction adjustment, as well as work stress, as mediators between the antecedents (learning, proving, and avoiding goal orientations, and perceived organizational support) and expatriate outcome (job performance and premature return intention) relationships. Results...

In this chapter, the authors present an intention-based decision-making system. They exhibit a coherent combination of two Logic Programming-based implemented systems, Evolution Prospection and Intention Recognition. The Evolution Prospection system has proven to be a powerful system for decision-making, designing, and implementing several kinds of preferences and useful environment-triggering ...

The global use of Web 2.0 applications has generated enormous volumes user content. Drawing on cognitive load theory, this study examines unexplored factors that influence gift purchase intention tourists. authors identify localization and real-time information for shaping tourists' intention, which is facilitated by reduced overload. Analyzes the relies a sample 273 foreign tourists in Malaysi...

Knowledge management (KM) is a dominant theme in the behavior of contemporary organizations. While KM has been extensively studied in developed economies, it is much less well understood in developing economies, notably those that are characterized by different social and cultural traditions to the mainstream of Western societies. This is notably the case in China. This chapter develops and tes...