Dissertations / Theses: 'Perceived attributes of innovation'

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Abdelmagid, Randa Fouad Abdelhafiz. "Technology Adoption and Integration: A Multiple Case Study of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory in Kuwait." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78002.

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The adoption and integration of technology is limited in K-12 contexts worldwide, including in the Middle East. Based on the work of Everett Rogers (1995) and his disciplines, studies in the United States indicate that teachers' perceptions towards the attributes of technology (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability and observability) reflect the extent by which technology is used. Furthermore, teachers' characteristics and the support environment provided can potentially encourage or inhibit the adoption of technologies. This multiple case study was designed to show the applicability of Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory in Kuwait public school systems. The study was conducted with eight female Kuwaiti teachers in two primary public schools. A qualitative methodology was employed using interviews, participant observations, and physical artifacts for collecting data. The study reveals that Rogers' three attributes relative advantage, compatibility and observability (result demonstrability) contributed to use, while complexity and observability (visibility) limited use. Prior experience and practice, motivational support provided by the school administration and department head, and teachers' voluntary decisions on the type of technologies to use encouraged use. Anxiety from lack of functionality of devices and extra time and effort in preparing materials, centralized decision-making on technology purchases, budget constraint, and limited access to technology and classrooms in which devices are located were factors that limited teachers' use. The study showed that Kuwaiti teachers' acceptance of technology varied along the continuum, where some teachers were early adopters and some were laggards. Support initiatives are needed from the Ministry of Education and school administration, in order to facilitate technology adoption and use in Kuwaiti schools.
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Almobarraz, Abdullah. "Perceived attributes of diffusion of innovation theory as predictors of Internet adoption among faculty members of Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3710/.

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The Internet is the most common communication and research tool worldwide. Perusal of the World Wide Web quickly reveals the variety of information available. Internet adoption can be considered the late 20th century's most important event. In academic environments today, Internet use among faculty members has been widely expanded, with professors now integrating Internet technology into classroom activities. Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University (IMSU) is a pioneering public university in Saudi Arabia. Until recently, some faculty members at IMSU were unable to access the Internet through the university. It is important to study the effects of this delay on faculty members regarding research and academic activities. This study identified the statistically significant differences in demographic characteristics of Internet adopters and non-adopters among faculty members at IMSU, examined whether faculty members' perceptions of the Internet affected adoption, determined if the university administration's decisions impacted faulty members' decisions to adopt the Internet, identified factors motivating faculty members to adopt the Internet, identified obstacles influencing faculty members' decisions to use the Internet, and determined whether innovation characteristics as perceived by faculty members predicted Internet adoption. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory, the influence of eight attributes were examined regarding Internet adoption among IMSU faculty members. Multiple regression and chi-square techniques were conducted to analyze the data and answer research questions. Statistically significant differences were identified among Internet adopters and non-adopters regarding gender, age, academic rank, discipline, and English proficiency. The data revealed 54.7% of IMSU faulty members used the Internet for research and academic activities twice a month or less, indicating a low Internet adoption rate. Statistically significant differences were noted among adopters and non-adopters relative to income level and English proficiency. Multiple regression analysis showed that all attributes of innovation individually predicted Internet adoption. The combination of all attributes indicated the model could predict Internet adoption among faculty.

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Sokari, Ibukun Esther. "Technology innovation management in the Nigerian banking industry : integrating stakeholders' perspectives : an exploration of strategy and policy implications." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2445.

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Technology innovation is one of the defining attributes of the 21st century. The banking sector amongst other key sectors has embraced the use of new technologies to offer electronic banking (e-banking) services. E-banking has been introduced in various economies of the world as a way of delivering effective and efficient banking services. Despite the several benefits of e-banking technologies, many individual bank customers in Nigeria have not adopted most of the available channels. ATM has remained the most patronized compared to other channels such as the point of sales (POS), online banking and the mobile banking. Promotional offers and various publicity for these platforms by commercial banks as well as the introduction of the cash policy which made the use of these platforms mandatory have not yielded substantial outcome. Therefore, the researcher set out to carry out two interrelated studies in a bid to explore the levels of e-banking adoption by individual bank customers in Nigeria. Firstly, a comparative analysis of the starting conditions of e-banking in Nigeria and the UK was carried out using secondary sources of data. The second part of the study examined the significance of an extended model of Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DIT) on e-banking adoption in Nigeria. This extended model entails the addition of "cost variables" to the mix of Rogers’s five attributes of innovation diffusion (i.e. Relative Advantage, Complexity, Compatibility, Trialability and Observability). Cost variables according to this study are the three types of switching costs, the available complementary assets and the usefulness of available services. Based on this DIT extended model, adoption levels of five e-banking platforms: ATM; POS; Online banking; Mobile banking and telephone banking services were investigated. Data for this study were obtained from both the service providers (the commercial banks) and the service users (individual customers). NVivo 10 was used to analyse the qualitative data while ordinal regression modelling was utilised to analyse the quantitative data obtained. According to the findings of this research, the security of the platforms, need for a strategic enlightenment campaign as well as infrastructural development (i.e. internet and electricity) are the three key factors that are fundamental to increase adoption of e-banking platforms in Nigeria. Findings also reveal the peculiarity of each of the e-banking platforms as different variables significantly predict uptake of individual platforms while Compatibility, Observability, Gender and Education emerged as significant predictors of ATM. Compatibility, Trialability Procedural Switching Cost and Gender predict POS patronage. For online banking, Compatibility, Procedural Switching Cost, Gender and Education emerged as significant predictors of this platform while Financial Switching Cost, Relational Switching Cost, Age and Education significantly predict the use of mobile banking. Telephone banking is not currently available to individual bank customers in Nigeria and as such further discussions on the quantitative output were discontinued. Following the expert witness feedback of these key findings, the researcher concludes that it is imperative to critically assess the availability of the enabling mechanisms/structure before introducing an innovation such as e-banking. The importance of this assessment is to evaluate and carefully direct the approach to that which fits such innovation. Underestimating or ignoring the impact of these fundamental structures usually have a negative impact on adoption as evident in the findings of this research which pointed that the current level of infrastructure of the country does not support the uptake of this innovation. This study also concludes that, the security of the platforms, the development of e-banking enlightenment campaign and infrastructural inadequacies should be addressed. Furthermore, attempts to unify or adopt a singular approach to increase e-banking patronage will not yield a significant result because each platform is unique. Thus, subsequent governmental policies and the CBN dictates on e-banking adoption should be formulated or modified based on the consideration of the enabling mechanism. Banks should adopt specific strategies towards increasing the patronage each platform.

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Saitong, Sirintip, and Shahid Mahmood. "Differences in Perceived Attributes of an Innovation between Group of Users and Non Users : A Case Study of Bualuang ibanking (Thailand)." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-4312.

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The respondents can be classified into 3 groups as follows,

users 47%, non users 37%, non awareness customers 16%.

We found that the group of users perceived more positive

toward Bualuang ibanking than the group of non users in four

aspects, relatively advantage, complexity, compability and

observability, while, trialability was not perceived as a

significant attribute facilitating the use of Bualuang ibanking.

However, in some circumstances, such as, time processing,

mental effort, frustrating, privacy and security, the attitude

toward these circumstances is positive but not divergent

between these two groups. For the non awareness customers,

there are 58% of them preferred adopting this technology in

the future and the most frequently selective duration that they

will adopt this technology is within one month.

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Almobarraz, Abdullah O'Connor Brian. "Perceived attributes of diffusion of innovation theory as predictors of internet adoption among the faculty members of Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3710.

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Hiett, Michael. "Examining K-12 Teachers' Affective Job Satisfaction and Perceptions of Blended Instruction." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3103.

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The increasing use of blended models of instruction within the U.S. public school system is transforming the K-12 education. However, few studies have been conducted of the innovation-adoption process involving blended instruction within the K-12 public school sector. In this nonexperimental, quantitative study, Rogers's five perceived attributes of innovations was used as a theoretical lens to explore how teachers' affective job satisfaction might affect the innovation-adoption process at the individual level. Research questions pertained to the relationship, if any, between affective job satisfaction among teachers and their perceptions of the complexity, compatibility, and relative advantage of blended instruction. Surveys were administered to middle school teachers (n = 40) in the core curriculum within southeastern U.S. schools. Data were analyzed for relationships using Spearman's correlation; relationships found to have statistical significance were further explored using ordinal logistic regression. Affective job satisfaction had a moderately positive and statistically significant relationship with how participants perceived the compatibility and relative advantage of blended instruction (rs = .487). However, the relationship was inconsistent among subgroups, varying from rs = .181 (n = 13) to rs = .693 (n = 10). Findings could be used to promote positive social change by providing insight into the role of affective job satisfaction within the innovation-adoption process within the K-12 sector.

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Tang, Songyuan Veena Sirisook. "On using health information website to improve the reproductive health in rural Yunnan of China : perceived attributes of innovation and its utilization /." Abstract, 2004. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2547/cd364/4537980.pdf.

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Lazo, Edmundo, and Oxana Casu. "Towards a new transformation of e-payments paradigm: a case study on Moldovan public services." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-209817.

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E-payment paradigm in the context of fighting corruption and increasing transparency at the public-sector authority’s level is becoming more important than ever especially for Eastern Europe. The present research will address how an electronic payment system is affecting the diffusion of innovation among online public services, settling the challenges at the government level, providing solutions for diminishing the money laundering in the country and all other associated problems. Diffusion of innovations theory had been investigated by many scholars in different industries and countries. The research implication is to generate general knowledge by fulfilling the literature gap related to electronic payment systems in the public sector and diffusion of innovations. The research aim is to provide (1) an extensive literature review to gain familiarity principally on the diffusion of innovation theory, secondary on government electronic payment systems and cashless societies; (2) collect, explore and analyze empirical evidence related to the perceived attributes of diffusion of innovations theory and the rate of adoption of e-payment system designed for public services from the perspective of consumers, public service providers, and payment operators; (3) answer the research questions by the aid of the diffusion of innovation theory, and measure the rates of adoption of public e-payment systems by using an case study approach, the researchers analyzed the case of Moldova and the Governmental Payment Gateway MPay, one of the initiatives launched by the Public Institution e-Government Center. The interpretivism research paradigm was adopted for the research, and an exploratory case study methodology is implemented to gain insights, familiarity with the subject, and acquire more knowledge in the concepts and theoretical frameworks that are related to the research problem and question.

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af, Ekenstam Anna. "Cereal Couture Meets Social Networks : A case study on me&goji using Social Networks as a marketing tool to communicate their Value Proposition." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106337.

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The cereal couture company, [me] & goji, is the dream of three young entrepreneurs. They were the first online company ever to provide the U.S market with customized cereal mix. This case study finds that online companies with an innovative product such as [me] & goji may benefit from using Social Networks as a marketing channel to communicate their Value Proposition. Supported by Roger's Adoption theory, selected theories on, Value Proposition, Social Networks, and qualitative data gathered from, interviews and surveys several findings were made. The conclusion is that despite offering a relatively non complex product, with a high relative advantage the market may have difficulties with recognizing the value of the product. This is mainly due to the fact that products sold online cannot be tried by the customer until after purchase. This may be perceived as an uncertainty factor for some customers. The main benefit with viral marketing tools such as Social Networks is that they may increase the rate of the market adopting new products.

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Sadik-Rozsnyai, Orsolya. "L’impact de la culture nationale du consommateur sur la valeur perçue des attributs innovants et sur la sensibilité au prix d’une innovation." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013CNAM0899/document.

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Malgré de nombreuses recherches portant sur l’innovativité interculturelle du consommateur, l’impact de la culture sur la valeur perçue d’un attribut innovant ne fait pas l’objet de publication. Cette thèse cherche à répondre à ce besoin en étudiant l’impact de la culture nationale sur la valeur perçue de l’attribut innovant des produits technologiques dans deux pays européens majeurs (France et Allemagne), membres de la zone euro. Cette thèse s’appuie sur le modèle interculturel GLOBE pour étudier les différences culturelles entre ces deux pays. Les résultats sont fondés sur une étude de consommateurs quantitative (N=793) utilisant la méthode de l’analyse conjointe basée sur le choix et l’échelle d’attitude « sensibilité au prix ». Les résultats confirment l’impact de la culture nationale sur trois concepts liés à l’attitude du consommateur face au prix de lancement d’une innovation technologique : la valeur perçue par un consommateur de l’attribut innovant d’un produit, l’importance qu’un consommateur accorde à la présence d’un attribut innovant lors du choix d’un produit et la sensibilité du consommateur au prix d’une innovation. Le rôle modérateur du revenu sur ces relations constitue également un résultat majeur
Despite extensive research on intercultural consumer innovativeness, existing literature does not cover the topic of impacts of national culture on the perceived value of innovative product attributes. This study attempts to fill this gap, by studying the perceived value of innovative attributes, with regards to high-tech products across two major European countries (Euro zone members: France and Germany) using the GLOBE intercultural model as a framework. The results are based on quantitative consumer research (N=793) using Choice Based Conjoint Analysis and the Price Sensitivity Scale.The author’s findings highlight that national culture significantly impacts three aspects of consumer attitude with regards to the launching price of high tech innovations. These three variables are: the perceived value of innovative product attributes, the importance of innovative product attributes for consumers and the price sensitivity towards innovative products. In addition, the research identifies the moderator effects of consumer income on these relations

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Dewhirst, Martin. "Modelling perceived spatial attributes of reproduced sound." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2008. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2081/.

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This thesis has described the development of an artificial listener model capable of predicting a number of different perceived spatial attributes at arbitrary locations in the listening area for reproduced sound. Previous researchÂ·into modelling the perceived spatial attributes of sound reproduction systems has concentrated primarily on the sweet spot in the centre of the listening area. However, good audio reproduction is ideally required at multiple points in the listening area, for example for a family living room with a home cinema system. A framework for modelling the perception of reproduced audio was developed, including the capture of the original sound-field, modelling the signals at the ears and the translation of the binaural signals to the perceptual domain. Explicitly modelling the binaural signals meant that the same principal cues as human listeners are used and also allowed existing binaural models to be incorporated into the system.

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Elwalda, Abdulaziz. "Perceived derived attributes of online customer reviews." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13792.

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The influence of online customer reviews (OCRs) on consumer behaviour has recently gained considerable attention, from both academic and business communities. Technology allows customers to freely and easily post their comments and opinions online about any product or service. These types of customer reviews can have a significant effect on customers’ purchase decisions and have become an essential part of the experience when shopping online. However, knowledge of the role of the perceived derived attributes of OCRs on consumer behaviour remains vague. Previous studies have mainly focused on the influence of the virtual attributes of OCRs, such as volume and valence, on consumers’ intentions, while limited attention has been paid to understanding the effects of the derived attributes. This study, thus, aims to understand the effects of the social and functional perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and intention to shop online. Hence, we develop a research model - Perceived Derived Attributes (PDA) -, based on the integration of social support with functional support derived from OCRs. The PDA model provides an in-depth understanding of the role of the social support of OCRs by applying and utilising theories of social support, social presence and a sense of belonging. The PDA model also investigates the influence of the functional support arising from OCRs through the inclusion of perceived control, from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The PDA model characterises perceived social support through informational and emotional supports, social presence, and a sense of belonging; whereas, functional supports are characterised by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, and perceived control. A total of 489 responses to a survey were collected from users of amazon.com. The results from this study suggest that customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by social and functional supports derived from OCRs. In particular, informational support, social presence and a sense of belonging, derived from OCRs were found to positively and significantly affect both customer trust in the online vendor and consumer behavioural intention. However, emotional support was only found to affect customers’ intentions and not their trust in the e-vendor. Additionally, customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived enjoyment of OCRs. Furthermore, the sense of control derived from OCRs significantly affects customer intention and significantly affects customer trust in e-vendors but only for customers who frequently check OCRs before making a purchase. This study is the first to introduce and empirically test the effects of perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and behavioural intention. Understanding the effects of such influencing factors is of utmost importance for both theoretical development and business practices. Clearly, these attributes of OCRs are linked to the development of the shopping environment, representing a promising marketing tool that positively affects customers’ behaviour.

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Yeh, Wen-hsia. "Perceived leadership attributes of Chinese leaders in Taiwan /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487949508372913.

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Balogh, Samu Márton. "Perceived safety of cyclists : The role of road attributes." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-214830.

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Objectives Although the lack of perceived safety is an important deterrent to cycling, available knowledge is not comprehensive enough. The aim of this research is to contribute to academic knowledge by exploring the role of road section attributes in perceived safety of cyclists and to develop a method to use the theoretical results in practice. Methods A stated choice survey is carried out to estimate the effects of selected infrastructure attributes on perceived safety. A multinomial logit (MNL) model is used to estimate the effects. Results are used to develop an infrastructure assessment tool by counting aggregate perceived safety utility values of road sections. Results Cyclists perceive the presence of dedicated cycling facilities and physical separation similarly important, while other attributes (traffic volume, speed reduction and adjacent car parking) turned out to be less important. The Subjective Safety Score can be consciously used to evaluate existing and planned road sections and compare different design alternatives. Conclusions The results give a strong support for using physically separated cycling facilities (cycle tracks for example) to engage people to cycling. Further research is recommended to explore the effects of intersection attributes and to include interaction effects of attributes as well.

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Rogers-Sharer, Shelly Leigh. "Internal Attributes That Mitigate Perceived Job Insecurity: Improving Employee Satisfaction." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/762.

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Employee satisfaction has been found to have a strong relationship with perceived job security. This study explored job insecurity in an unstable global economy. Specifically, it examined internal attributes of employees, hypothesizing that such attributes would enable employees to better cope with work-related stressors such as job insecurity. Specific attributes of personality and employability were assessed as potential moderators of job satisfaction and security, utilizing the theory of work adjustment and person-environment correspondence as theoretical frameworks. The specific attributes included facets of conscientiousness and neuroticism as well as dispositions of employability including openness to change at work, work and career resilience, work and career proactivity, career motivation, and work identity. Multiple regression tests analyzed the relationship between these internal attributes and both job insecurity and satisfaction on a convenience sample of 100 participants from 2 companies. Participants completed online assessments of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire; the NEO Personality Inventory, 3rd edition (NEO-PI-3); and the Dispositional Measure of Employability. The findings of this study showed significant relationships between both work and career resiliency and vulnerability and both job satisfaction and perceived job security. Employees, employers, and future researchers may benefit from the findings. Results suggest options for improving the work environment by enabling employees to derive greater satisfaction and security and by providing employers areas for training opportunities. Additionally, future research could explore methodologies, such as mindfulness and cognitive appraisal, which may further increase resiliency and decreasing vulnerability.

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Olby, Brian C. "Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Attributes: A Gender and Racial Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2509/.

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Subjects rated 12 female body shapes with respect to their physical attractiveness, and the extent to which they would be expected to possess various personality characteristics. The shapes were varied using 3 levels of overall weight and 4 levels of body shapeliness. The sample was modified to control for socioeconomic factors and results are based on 297 undergraduates from Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic racial backgrounds. Loglinear analyses revealed that men and women, regardless of racial background, rated shapely underweight females as most physically attractive, sexy, and ideal for a woman, followed by normal weight figures of similar proportion. African Americans, women in particular, judged the shapely normal weight figures more favorably than the other subjects. Multidimensional scaling and subsequent frequency analyses showed that those figures judged as most attractive, sexy, and ideal were also expected to be fairly emotionally stable, and most successful and interpersonally competitive, but least faithful, kind, and family-oriented. Overweight female shapes, while rated as least physically attractive, sexy, and emotionally stable, were expected to be most family-oriented, kind, and faithful. Shapely normal weight figures were judged to be attractive and sexy, and were assumed to possess a moderate amount of the personality traits in question. The results suggest that Caucasian and Hispanic subjects prefer shapely underweight women, while African Americans, particularly women, find shapely underweight and shapely normal weight women to be physically appealing. African American women also rate shapely normal weight women favorably with respect to personality traits. This perceptual difference may help inoculate them from developing eating disturbances and account for the low prevalence rate of eating disorders in African Americans compared to women of other racial backgrounds. It is suggested that future research identify those beliefs, values or behaviors that seem to inoculate African American women from developing eating disorders. Once identified, mental health professionals may facilitate their development in those women who are likely to have eating problems.

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Saarela, H. (Helinä). "The influence of self-perceived, subjective attributes on investment behavior." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2014. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526205779.

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Abstract This doctoral thesis aims to contribute to investment behavior research by giving new information on the causes which generate differences in investment behavior. As causes to differences in behavior we focus on the influence of investors’ self-perceived attitudes, evaluations and judgments. We refer to these investor characteristics as subjective attributes. We also test the power of demographic and socio-economic characteristics as causes of differences in investment behavior and refer to these as objective attributes. We approach investment behavior from three dimensions and construct empirical research around each dimension. We find the predictive power of subjective attributes to be strong, which makes it important to take them into account when modeling investment behavior. Our data is collected from two different databases in which subjective and objective attributes are connected with actual investment behavior, i.e. investors’ actual wealth levels and allocations. This is rare because only seldom can researchers link subjective attributes with actual behavior. Our main contributions are the following: 1) Investor-specific risk-standing ability and other subjective attributes have a tight link with investor’s actual risk-standing ability and portfolio choice. This confirms the meaning and importance of European Union regulations which require financial institutions to clarify these issues and in that way betters investor protection. 2) Subjective investor attributes as measures of financial sophistication can be visible as a propensity to withdraw from the stock market during severe market crises. We state that, in addition to its very positive effects, financial sophistication may induce the investor to make mistakes like total withdrawal from the stock market, realization of short- term losses, or exposure to timing problems of stock portfolio rebuilding. 3) Simple questions asked as claims work better as measures of overconfidence than more commonly used calibration-based techniques. Several measures of overconfidence explain trading activity. Trust in one’s own market timing abilities shows as narrower diversification. Our thesis has implications for regulation, financial institutions, financial literacy education and investors themselves
Tiivistelmä Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on antaa uutta tietoa syistä, jotka aiheuttavat eroja yksityishenkilöiden sijoituskäyttäytymisessä. Käyttäytymiserojen syissä keskitymme sijoittajien itse mieltämiin mielipiteisiin, arviointeihin ja käsityksiin. Nimeämme nämä tekijät sijoittajan subjektiivisiksi ominaisuuksiksi. Lisäksi testaamme demografisten ja sosioekonomisten ominaisuuksien vaikutusta sijoituskäyttäytymisen eroihin. Nimeämme nämä tekijät sijoittajan objektiivisiksi ominaisuuksiksi. Tarkastelemme sijoituskäyttäytymistä kolmesta lähestymiskulmasta rakentamalla empiirisen tutkimuksen jokaisen kulman ympärille. Tulostemme mukaan subjektiivisten ominaisuuksien vaikutus sijoituskäyttäytymiseen on merkittävä, joten ne on syytä ottaa huomioon käyttäytymisen mallintamisessa. Tutkimusaineistomme muodostuu kahdesta erillisestä aineistosta, joissa kummassakin subjektiiviset ja objektiiviset ominaisuudet yhdistyvät todelliseen sijoituskäyttäytymiseen, eli sijoittajien olemassa oleviin varallisuusmääriin ja -jakaumiin. Tämä on poikkeuksellista, sillä subjektiivisia ominaisuuksia harvoin pystytään yhdistämään todelliseen sijoituskäyttäytymiseen. Tutkimuksemme tärkeimmät kontribuutiot ovat seuraavat. 1) Sijoittajakohtaisella riskinsietokyvyllä ja muilla subjektiivisilla ominaisuuksilla on vahva yhteys sijoittajan todelliseen riskinsietokykyyn ja osakeriskin osuuteen. Tämä vahvistaa Euroopan Unionin määräysten merkityksellisyyttä: näiden asioiden selvittäminen on hyödyllistä sijoittajasuojan parantamiseksi. 2) Subjektiiviset ominaisuudet sijoittajien taloudellista oppineisuutta kuvaavina tekijöinä voivat näkyä taipumuksena vetäytyä osakemarkkinoilta voimakkaan kurssilaskun tilanteessa. Taloudellisen oppineisuuden yleisesti havaittujen positiivisten vaikutusten lisäksi oppineisuus voi myös johtaa sijoitusvirheisiin, kuten vetäytymiseen osakemarkkinoilta, lyhyen aikavälin tappioiden realisoimiseen ja salkun uudelleen rakentamisen mukanaan tuomaan ajoitusriskiin. 3) Yksinkertaiset väitemuodossa esitetyt kysymykset toimivat yliluottamuksen mittareina paremmin kuin enemmän käytetyt kalibrointipohjaiset mittarit. Useat yliluottamuksen mittarit selittävät kaupankäynnin aktiivisuutta. Luottamus omiin kykyihin ennustaa markkinaliikkeitä näkyy kapeampana salkun hajautuksena. Tutkimuksellamme on merkitystä lainsäätäjille, finanssialan yrityksille, tahoille, jotka vastaavat sijoittajatietämyksen kouluttamisesta, sekä sijoittajille itselleen

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Wang, Mengmeng. "The influence of the skin colour on the perceived attributes." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19342/.

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Skin colour data are important for many applications such as medical, imaging, cosmetics. The present study was aimed to collect a comprehensive skin colour database, and to study the impact of the skin colour on the variety of facial impression attributes. Although many researchers and engineers have collected skin data，few of them studied the skin colours to measure the same locations on a large number of subjects from different ethnic groups using the same colour measuring instruments. As for studying the impact of the skin colour on the visual perceptions, many studies investigated the impact of the skin colour on the attractiveness, health and youth. Limited previous studies investigated the impact of the skin colour on the other impression attributes. The present study was divided into two experiments, Experiments 1 and 2. Experiment 1 was to accumulate the skin colour database, named the Leeds Liverpool skin colour (LLSC). It included skin colours of 188 people from four ethnic groups (Caucasian, Oriental, South Asian and African) and both genders. Three colour measuring methods were used to accumulate the skin colour of each subject’s 10 locations including facial locations (forehead, cheekbone, cheek, nose tip, chin and neck) and body locations (the back of the hand, inner forearm, outer forearm and fingertip). The colour measuring methods included a tele-spectroradiometer (TSR), a spectrophotometer (SP) and a set of skin colour chart used as a visual aid. Also, a characterised digital camera controlled by an imaging system was used to collect facial images. Before the data collection, the short-term repeatability of different settings of the TSR and the SP on measuring human skin colour in vivo was determined. And this was used to settle the measurement protocols of the two instruments. The LLSC database was later used to investigate the skin colour distribution between ethnic groups, between genders, between measuring methods. A skin whiteness and blackness scales based on the CIELAB L* and Cab* scales in CIELAB was developed by referencing the vividness and depth formulae, which was developed by Berns (2000). It was found that these scales and CIELAB hue angle can describe well the property of skin colour of each ethnic group. Experiment 2 was to investigate the impact of the skin colour on the facial impression attributes. Based on the LLSC database, the gamut of skin colour was defined. Twenty-three attributes used to describe facial skin colours were accumulated. They were classified into two groups (appearance and impression). Two experiments were carried out on a monitor to understand the impact of the skin colour on the perceived facial impression attributes. The first experiment (Experiment 2.1) was to study the relationship between different attributes by 10 observers. The results showed that only four dimensions were required to describe skin facial colours, which were named Likeable, Sociable, Feminine and Youth. The health was also selected because the traditional Chinese medicine has interested in it. The second experiment (Experiment 2.2) was to scale facial images selected from two ethnic groups and both genders by using these five impression attributes by 24 Chinese observers. The experimental results showed that there were systematic patterns between the impression attributes and the whiteness and hue angle scales. There are some differences between these images for each impression. The ethnic group had an impact on the judgement, but the difference between the Oriental and Caucasian female images was limited. Finally, mathematical models were successfully developed to predict the impressions from the skin whiteness and hue angle data.

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Braga, David M. "Transformational leadership attributes as perceived by team members of knowledge networks." Full text available, 2002. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/braga.pdf.

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Henning, John Newell. "Top ten effective community college board trustees self-perceived leadership attributes." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3620684.

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This qualitative study was designed to discover what community college trustees believe are the most effective leadership attributes. Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees were asked to list in, order of importance, the most effective community college board of trustee leadership attributes. The research questions emphasized the importance of the leadership attributes that occur when board trustees must complete community college goals given the recent increased student enrollment, despite diminished college budgetary resources. The theoretical framework of Stogdill (1974) was used for trait theory, Hersey, Blanchard and Dewey (2012) for situational leadership, and Burns (1978) for transformational leadership. The study examined the issue of increased student enrollment coupled with decreased community colleges' annual budgets. The slowing economy and legislative spending affected the State of California's budget, creating a deficit and appropriations challenge. The budgetary shortfalls negatively affected academia and student development programs. People depend on the community college system to receive a college education, obtain an AA degree, transfer to a university, or enter the workforce. In the literature review, a brief history of California community colleges is provided to illustrate how institutions of higher education and governing boards were established. As a needs assessment tool, Dr. Schmieder-Ramirez's (2001) SPELIT power matrix was particularly useful for capturing the driving forces at work at community colleges. The SPELIT power matrix helped to structure the literature review by making intelligible the social, political, economic, legal, intercultural, and technological environments of the community college system.

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Cherdchu, Panat. "Effects of consumer characteristics and perceived attributes on perception of fragrances." Diss., Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16546.

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Understanding how consumers perceive fragrances based on different aspects (e.g., hedonic, emotions, term association, expectation of functional benefit, and use occasion, etc.) can help product developers or marketers create the right product or message for consumers. The objective of this study was to understand how consumers from different demographic groups, personality types, and liking patterns responded to fragrance samples. Five masculine odorants were selected and evaluated by 240 consumers across the United States. Results demonstrated that consumers from different groups (classified based on age, gender, or personality) generally differentiated products similarly. However, consumers from different personality segments used the scales differently. That is, persons who were more open, extrovert, or agreeable tended to score higher than the others. Consumers associated the most liked odorants with terms such as clean, crisp, fresh, and natural. In addition, the most liked odorants increased positive emotions, tended to be used across the most occasions, were appropriate for most products, and raised expectations of functional benefits. In contrast, consumers associated the least liked samples with the terms heavy and bold and had negative responses to most items. Similar findings were found when analyses were conducted on consumers classifying based on liking patterns. Each consumer group liked specific odorants; however, the relationship between the most liked samples and the response variables were similar. Analysis results demonstrated that openness to experience was the only personality factor that influenced fragrance acceptance. Consumers from different demographic segments tended to like different fragrances. For example, men tended to like chypré smells, whereas younger consumers tended to like soft floral/powdery scents. One limitation of the study is the number and type of fragrances tested. It is possible that a different set of fragrances could have produced different results. However, the range of fragrances in this study was broad-based and generally covered the types of fragrances typically available in the marketplace.

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Campos, Josue. "Culture: A Driver for Innovation." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504868773591606.

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Langar, Sandeep. "Routinization of Sustainable Innovation in Public Sector (A LEED Analysis)." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33475.

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Innovation can be defined as â The use of non-trivial change and improvement in a process, product or the system that is novel to the institution developing the changeâ (Slaughter1998). And once an innovation is constantly used by an organization on a regular basis, it leads to routinization. Rogers (2003) defines routinization as â when an innovation has become incorporated into the regular activities of the organization and has lost its separate identity.â We also know from the prior research that the innovation could be segregated as per its technical attributes (process or product Innovation), types of innovation (incremental or radical innovation) or economic attributes (direct or indirect economic innovation).Through this study we are trying to observe whether public sector organizations routinize sustainable innovations that are used in the initial projects, and can a relationship be established between the selected attributes of those innovations including process-product, direct-indirect, radical-incremental innovation that may explain their routinization. The LEED Checklist was used as the baseline for studying routinization in public sector organizations. A group of four public sector organizations namely: Arizona State University, University of Florida, City of Austin and City of Seattle were selected on the basis of the constraints that were identified in the early stages of the study. Upon selecting these organizations the LEED Checklists were analyzed and the routinized credits were segregated. The LEED Checklist we segregated on the basis of the attributes of the innovation. To confirm the accuracy of the sorting process an Inter-Rater Reliability was established with the help of an expert panel. The results determined from the segregation process were made to overlap on the routinized credits from the LEED Checklist and the data retrieved was used for the final analysis. During the process of establishing the final results for this research, we segregated the general credits from the prerequisites to avoid any skewing of the results considering that both types of credits were based on different concepts. The results show that public sector organizations do routinize sustainable innovations that were used in the initial projects, and incremental innovation diffuses faster than the radical innovation; product innovation diffuses faster than process innovation; and direct economic innovation diffuses faster than the indirect economic innovation.
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Represas, Duarte Reis Brandão Fontes. "Perceived image of Lisbon by foreign tourists." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6273.

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Tourism destination image is one of the most approached concepts in tourism scientific literature. It has become a subject of great matter in the tourism management field once it is considered one of the most determinant factors in tourist‘s choosing process. Lisbon is currently the most important tourism destination in Portugal and one of the top visited places in Europe. According to recent data from Turismo de Portugal, in 2012 Lisbon was the first tourism destination in Portugal with the largest number of visitors, suggesting an increasing interest for the city as a tourism destination. Therefore, this work aims to contribute for a better understanding of which are the most important components of the image of Lisbon as a tourism destination for foreign tourists. After a brief literature review, we decided that this research should be based on the tri-dimensional model, developed by Echtner & Ritchie (1993), since it involves not only a tangible and functional perspective, but also a psychological and holistic one, allowing a complete representation of the perceived tourism destination image of Lisbon. The results obtained confirm a strongly positive appreciation by the international community when it comes to evaluate Lisbon’s tourism destination image, including a good evaluation of its attributes, as well as the recognition of important unique holistic elements.

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Mutsekwa, Lynette Rudo. "The relationship between perceived leader charisma and follower innovation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59732.

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Leadership research is aligned that the most important drivers of follower innovation in organisations are their leaders. Yet there is no specific leadership style that has been irrefutably identified to inspire innovation. The lack of consistency and consensus in the leadership style that influences follower innovation has been driven by the styles that have been researched in relation to follower innovation being too broad. This research aimed to unbundle the charismatic element of leadership which could be found in some leadership styles. To this end, the research further categorized charismatic leaders as either positive or negative. This assisted in understanding the relationship between perceived leader charisma and follower innovation with employee voice as a moderator. Online questionnaires were sent to a target population which comprised of professionals, middle and senior managers who work in the technology industry in South Africa using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. Data collected from 329 participants was used to assess validity and reliability of the measuring instrument for the study. Employing regression analyses, the research showed that perceived charismatic leadership as well as perceived positive charismatic leader behaviours are both positively related to follower innovation. Further, employee voice positively enhances these relationships. No significant relationship was identified between perceived negative charismatic leader behaviours and follower innovation. However employee voice negatively moderated this relationship. The findings of this research offer empirically validated evidence to suggest a relationship between perceived positive charismatic leaders, which future researchers can develop on.
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Chaykowsky, Kelly. "Examining the Effects of Apparel Attributes on Perceived Copyright Infringement and the Relationship Between Perceived Risks and Purchase Intention of Knockoff Fashion." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177186/.

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The growth of fast fashion retailers, availability of knockoff fashion apparel, and proposed apparel copyright law prompted this study. Fast fashion retailers are expanding rapidly and producing knockoffs fashion apparel in a matter of weeks, but current U.S. copyright laws do not protect apparel. The primary purpose of this study was to identify prominent visual fashion apparel attributes that could determine perceived copyright infringement. A secondary purpose was to examine the effects of fashion apparel attributes on perceived copyright infringement, perceived risk, and purchase intention. A sequential exploratory mixed method approach was used to explore the relationship between: Attributes, perceived copyright infringement, perceived risk, and purchase intention. This study consisted of a: Study one, study two, and study three. Twelve hypotheses were proposed, and five were supported. Quality significantly affected both perceived copyright infringement and purchase intention. Performance, social, and asset significantly affected purchase intention of knockoff fashion apparel.

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Duncan, Patrick L. "Perceived servant-leadership attributes, union commitment, and union member participation| A quantitative analysis." Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3684039.

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This study represented an initial effort to systematically examine the effects of the perception of servant-leadership attributes in union leaders on the commitment and participation levels of union members. Using Barbuto and Wheeler's (2006) Servant Leadership Questionnaire, and Gordon, Philpot, Burt, Thompson and Spiller's (1980) Commitment to the Union Scale, 535 members of a U.S.-based, national healthcare union rated their union leaders on servant-leadership attributes, and answered a series of questions designed to assess their level of union commitment. Additionally, demographic and participation information was collected. A combination of descriptive statistics, and Baron and Kenny's (1986) mediation methodology was used to determine the relationship between servant-leadership attributes, union commitment attributes, and an overall participation score. Demographic information was used to determine generalizability. The results of this study indicate that each attribute of servant-leadership showed a relationship with overall union member participation and with each attribute of union commitment. The only instance in which an attribute of union commitment consistently mediated the relationship between servant-leadership and overall union member participation was union loyalty. While the respondents in this study reported lower scores on those attributes of servant-leadership and union commitment that emphasize the personal over the collective, this does not negate the statistical significance of the impact on servant-leadership on union commitment. The results of this study confirms that, in the case of the sponsoring organization, servant-leadership is a viable leadership paradigm with the potential to increase both commitment to the union-as-organization, as well as increasing overall union member participation.

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Mukherjee, Ashesh. "The effect of novel attributes on product evaluation : explaining consumer resistance to technological innovation /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Li, Yan. "Faculty perceptions about attributes and barriers impacting diffusion of web-based distance education (WBDE) at the China Agricultural University." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1254.

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he purpose of this study was to examine faculty perceptions about attributes and barriers impacting diffusion of Web-based distance education (WBDE) at the China Agricultural University (CAU). Random and stratified sampling was used and 273 faculty participated in the study. About 70% of participants stayed in early stages in the innovation-decision process related to WBDE (no knowledge, knowledge, or persuasion) and about 30% were in later stages (decision or implementation). Faculty members' stage differed significantly by professional area, level of education, teaching experience, and distance education experience. Gender, age, and academic rank had no significant influence on faculty members' stage. CAU faculty tended to agree with the existence of the five attributes of WBDE (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability). Professional area, gender, age, level of education, and academic rank had no significant influence on the five perceived attributes. Teaching experience had no significant influence on the five perceived attributes, except compatibility. Distance education experience had no significant influence on the five perceived attributes, except compatibility and observability. CAU faculty perceived ten factors (concerns about time, concerns about incentives, WBDE program credibility, financial concerns, planning issues, conflict with traditional education, fear of technology, technical expertise, administrative support, and infrastructure) as moderate barriers to diffusion of WBDE. Age, level of education, academic rank, and teaching experience had no significant influence on faculty perception about the ten barriers. Professional area and gender had no significant influence on faculty perception about the ten barriers, except concerns about time. Distance education experience had no significant influence on faculty perception about the ten barriers, except conflict with traditional education. Faculty members' stage in the innovation-decision process had no significant influence on faculty perceptions about relative advantage of WBDE and nine of the ten barriers. Faculty members' stage in the innovation-decision process, however, did have a significant impact on faculty perception about compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability of WBDE, and WBDE program credibility as a perceived barrier. Relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and trialability were correlated with at least one of the ten barriers. Observability was not related with any of the barriers.

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Heaney, David. "Organisational change and remote and rural health care delivery : identifying the attributes of successful innovation." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=211425.

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Aims To investigate the impact of organisational change on the delivery of health services in remote and rural Scotland using, as an example, changes in the organisation of out of hours primary care, and to identify the attributes of successful innovation in remote and rural health provision. Methods The thesis comprised a thematic literature review; in depth interviews with key stakeholders, and case studies based in remote communities. Results The literature review identified recurring attributes of successful innovation. Interviews with remote and rural GPs showed that working out of hours had been, or still was, an integral part of life as a GP. Most agreed there had been an impact on family life. Advantages and challenges of remote and rural working were identified; many GPs could not envisage a better way of delivering services. This was contested by managers. There were divergent views of the 2004 GMS contract. The GPs who opted out of 24 hour responsibility experienced a transformational change in working life. All in all, there was a lack of understanding, and trust, between organisations. NHS 24 and Scottish Ambulance Service were criticised. There had been little change in out of hours service delivery since 2005, and the present configuration was seen as expensive and unsustainable. Despite these acknowledged difficulties, the view was that difficult decisions had been avoided, and a long-term solution that fits the area was required. The case studies added detail and contextual understanding of delivery of services. This could vary even within a practice area. Service delivery on islands was different, with a stronger tie between community and practice, governed by transport logistics, and difficult to understand from an outside perspective. Conclusions. The delivery of out of hours services in remote and rural Scotland has been a difficult and contested issue. Context can have different impacts, even within a very small area. Failure to innovate was associated with lack of collaboration, lack of strategy, lack of understanding of local context, and avoidance of difficult decisions. The organisational change literature demonstrated that receptive contexts for change were not present.

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Jones, David. "Perceived social attributes of college students with ideal versus non-ideal dental esthetics judged by peers." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2688.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of dentofacial appearance on perceived social attributes of college-aged adult males and females as judged by their peers. Specifically, the objective was to determine if ideal smile esthetics positively influenced this age group’s perception of opposite-sex peers based on ratings of the following psychosocial characteristics: attractiveness, desire to spend time with, desire to date, and desire for a long-term relationship. Evaluators were shown digital photographs of subjects with ideal and nonideal smiles and asked to rate those 4 attributes using a visual analogue scale (VAS). The subjects’ photographs with ideal smile esthetics were consistently rated higher on average than the same subjects’ photographs with nonideal smile esthetics. The differences in ratings between ideal and nonideal smile images were significant for all 4 psychosocial judgments (P <.0001). These differences ranged in magnitude depending on the sex and race of the evaluator and subject.

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Ekeroth, Felix, Viktor Sandoff, and Dennis Oskarsson. "Perceived Values of Subscription Video on Demand Services : A multiple case study exploring perceived values’ influence on decision-making when selecting subscription video on demand services." Thesis, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52669.

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Background: With great developments within technology and internet provision, subscription video on demand (SVoD) has made a remarkable entrance with a competitiveness which has resulted in a shift in the television industry (Noh, 2020). The user pays a monthly fee and gets access to a platform which offers a library of content. The escalated competition among SVoD services (Pennington, 2020) has resulted in businesses to re-evaluate how users and potential users' perceived value of the service and the resulting effects may have on their business. Problem Discussion: Perceived value is seen to be the most critical determinant of willingness-to-pay and whether an individual makes the decision to purchase (Chang, Wang & Yang, 2009; Ulaga & Chacour, 2001). Empirical studies that focus on the role of perceived values in the purchase decision in a digital context have been conducted in various fields, such as, freemium services (Hamari, Hanner & Koivisto, 2020) and music streaming (Guerra & Fernandes, 2019) or mixing various streaming apps together (Oyedele & Simpson, 2018). While previous research has studied perceived values’ role in the decision-making process in streaming segments, almost none of them has explored its role specifically in SVoD services. Furthermore, no previous studies have explored the temporal dimension of value, which has shown to be of great importance in technology-based self-services (Heinonen, 2004). Purpose: This study explores the elements that mostly influence users’ perceived values when making the decision to subscribe to a SVoD service. The purpose is to investigate the market of subscription video on demand services and better understand what users perceive as valuable, as well as how and why these influence their purchasing decision. Building on this understanding, we develop a framework that illuminates the user's decision-making process when subscribing to a SVoD service. Method: An inductive qualitative case study methodology was adopted, building on semi-structured in-depth interviews with ten SVoD service users. The interviewed users were between the ages of 25-32. Conclusion: The researchers concluded that users of SVoD services emphasize four perceived values when subscribing, these are: emotional, social, convenience and epistemic. These values were thereafter categorized into perceived immediate and future values of subscription. When an individual is in the process of subscribing, the person weighs the temporal dimensions of perceived immediate and future values towards the price of subscription, which equates in the perceived value. The user will select the service which offers the highest perceived value.

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Bernacchio, Charles P. "Perceived Attributes to the Development of a Positive Selfconcept from the Experiences of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BernacchioCP2003.pdf.

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Keesee, Gayla Spooner. "Perceived attributes and organizational support influencing course management system adopter status in Historically Black Colleges and Universities." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/820.

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The rapid growth of online learning fueled by technologies including course management systems (CMS) has transformed the traditional educational landscape. Little research shows why faculty members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been slow to adopt this new teaching paradigm. This quantitative, nonexperimental study utilized Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory as the theoretical base. Research questions explored faculty perceptions of the CMS's attributes (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability) and organizational support (policies, procedures, and norms) in order to predict adopter status. The study used a convenience sample of 137 full-time faculty from 3 public and 2 private HBCUs in the southeastern U.S. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. The findings provided evidence that faculty in different adopter categories have varying characteristics and needs related to adoption and use of the CMS. Predictors for innovators were compatibility and complexity; for early adopters, relative advantage, complexity, and observability; and for early majority adopters, the predictor was complexity. For late majority adopters, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability were predictors; and predictive attributes for laggards were relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and organizational support. Several individual factors were significant for each adopter category. The findings may be used to promote positive social change by providing a means for administrators and faculty development staff to predict adopter levels in order to develop initiatives that address differences in adopter needs, thereby facilitating adoption of the CMS and online learning.

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Chapman, Paige Renee Madsen. "Innovation attributes and electronic word-of-mouth: impact on likelihood to adopt health apps and health behaviors." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6555.

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The purpose of this study was to delve into the factors that might influence someone to adopt a health app and to ultimately adopt a healthy behavior. This research extended the use of diffusion of innovations theory to health-related mobile apps. In knowing more about the way that innovation attributes are used in real-world health app descriptions and in how those descriptions might influence the adoption decisions, not just of the health app but of the related health behavior, we might be able to impact the way that professionals communicate the need for healthy behaviors to people. This study used a content analysis of the top-rated mobile health app product descriptions and user reviews to design experimental stimuli that mirrored real-world app description pages. The experiment manipulated the use of statements of innovation attributes and examined the way participants described their likelihood to adopt an app and the associated healthy behaviors. The study found that diffusion of innovation attributes did not influence participants’ likelihood to adopt a health app or healthy behaviors, but those participants who reported tracking their own health, physical activity, and diet were more likely to download a health app and to perform the associated healthy behaviors. The study has implications for the qualities health educators or healthcare professionals attempt to educate and persuade people about their health.

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Peters, Sophie, and Caren Behrens. "Collaborative Innovation between Family Businesses and Start-Ups : An empirical study on how family business attributes influence the decision for collaborative innovation with start-ups." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48566.

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Abstract Background: Innovation is a key factor in the development of new businesses as well as in the sustainable success of existing organisations. Especially for family businesses, innovation is the main strategic instrument to ensure economic growth, prosperity, and transgenerational survival. However, many organisations are unable to achieve success by themselves; thus, collaborative innovation becomes increasingly important. While collaborative innovation with start-ups is highly promising for corporations, it remains unclear how feasible the decision for this approach is for family firms due to their distinct attributes. Purpose: This thesis aims to research how particular family business attributes influence the decision for collaborative innovation with start-ups. Thereby we contribute to existing academic literature and provide valuable insights for family firms to further increase their innovation potential. Method: To fulfil the purpose of this exploratory research study, secondary data, in the scope of a literature review as well as additional valuable sources and primary data, in the form of qualitative interviews, are gathered. The in-depth interviews allow us to collect responses on sensitive information on firm insights, while triangulation with secondary data enables us to generate a deep understanding of different perspectives significant to this study. In total, ten semi-structured interviews from six family businesses are conducted. Later, Grounded Theory is used for analysing the data. Conclusion: The results show that two of the examined attributes, namely risk aversion and unwillingness to collaborate with external partners, have a negative influence on the decision for collaborative innovation with start-ups. The other two attributes, long-term orientation and unwillingness to invest in innovation purposes both demonstrate ambivalent findings. Thus, their influence cannot be clearly evidenced in this study.

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Alaiya, Mayowa. "Organizing municipal procurement of civil works and the perceived conditions for promoting innovation." Thesis, KTH, Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277065.

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Construction research brings attention to the persistent efficiency and productivity issues in the industry which often are related to a lack of innovation in the sector. To tackle these issues, considerable research has been focused on improved procurement practices, as it is seen that choosing the optimum procurement strategy can promote the development of innovative solutions, thereby resulting in improved efficiency and productivity in the sector. Moreover, research and numerous policy initiatives highlight that public clients play an important role in promoting innovation and improving the overall efficiency and productivity level in the sector through improved procurement practices. Still, this is an area in need of continued improvement since many public clients still frequently rely on traditional and rigid procurement practices which inhibit the potential for innovation to take place. Furthermore, promoting innovation in the procurement of civil works requires interprofessional collaboration between construction project managers and procurers, which can be difficult to achieve since research has shown that interprofessional tensions between these professional groups may occur. Considering the relevance and importance of the subject the research aims to study how technical functions and procurement functions are organized in the procurement of civil works and how project managers and procurers collaborate during the process. The study has also investigated the perceived conditions for promoting innovation in the procurement of civil works by project managers and procurers. The aim was achieved through a case study of four Swedish municipalities where the empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with project managers and procurers in the municipalities. The findings showed that the studied municipalities largely lacked organizational resources conducive for innovation-oriented procurement of civil works. The findings suggested that the support and commitment for innovation within the civil engineering field was modest in the municipalities, however, there existed strong support for innovation in other areas such as within IT. Still, there exists a willingness among project managers to promote innovation and increase the efficiency in the civil works contract and the findings indicated that the project managers and procurers were better equipped for focusing on incremental innovations rather than radical innovations. Furthermore, opportunities for promoting innovations were discussed and identified. For example, setting higher and more project-specific environmental requirements in projects could improve the potential of increased efficiency and development of innovative solutions in the civil works.
Byggrelaterad forskning tyder på att branschen präglas av effektivitets- och produktivitetsproblem som många menar beror på en låg innovationsnivå inom sektorn. Mycket forskning har därför riktats mot förbättringar inom upphandling då man anser att valet av en optimal upphandlingsstrategi kan främja innovation, vilket i sin tur kan resultera i ökar effektivitet och produktivitet inom sektorn. Dessutom, tyder mycket forskning på att offentliga beställare utgör en stor roll i att främja innovation och effektivitet inom sektorn, något som stödjs genom flera politiska direktiv. Detta är dock ett område som behöver förbättras då många offentliga beställare fortfarande tillförlitar sig på traditionella och stelbenta upphandlingsmetoder som hämmar innovationspotentialen. För att främja innovation inom upphandling av anläggningsentreprenader krävs det inter-professionellt samarbete mellan byggprojektledare och upphandlare, något som kan vara svåruppnått då forskning har visat att spänningar kan uppstå dessa två yrkesgrupper emellan. I betraktande av ämnets vikt och relevans är arbetets syfte att studera hur byggförvaltningar och upphandlingsfunktioner i kommuner organiseras vid upphandling av anläggningsentreprenader samt hur projektledare och upphandlare samarbetar under processen. Studien har även undersökt de upplevda förutsättningarna av projektledare och upphandlare för att främja innovation vid upphandling av anläggningsentreprenader. En fallstudie av fyra svenska kommuner genomfördes för att uppnå studiens syfte, där empirin framställdes genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer med projektledare och upphandlare i kommunerna. Empirin visade att de studerade kommunerna till stor del saknade organisatoriska resurser för att främja innovation vid upphandling av anläggningsentreprenader. Resultaten indikerade att stödet och engagemanget för innovation inom anläggningsområdet var måttligt i kommunerna, men att det fanns ett starkt stöd för innovation inom andra områden exempelvis inom IT. Likväl, finns det fortfarande en vilja bland projektledare att främja innovation och öka effektiviteten i anläggningsentreprenaderna, och resultaten visade att projektledare och upphandlare var bättre rustade för att fokusera på inkrementella innovationer snarare än radikala innovationer. Möjligheter att främja innovation diskuterades och analyserades. Till exempel bedömde man att högre och mer projektspecifika miljökriterier i projekt kunde förbättra potentialen för ökad effektivitet och utveckling av innovativa lösningar i anläggningsentreprenaderna.

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Lam, Lik-hang Conrad, and 林力行. "Associations between the perceived attributes of the built environmenton self-reported measures of walking in Hong Kong's elderlypopulation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39724463.

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Janse, van Noordwyk H. S. "Perceived importance of retail store image attributes to the female large-size apparel consumer in a multicultural society." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52988.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An opportunity currently exists for retailers to develop store image strategies to target the female large-size apparel consumer market within the multicultural South African consumer society. This exploratory study set out to generate and describe retail store image attributes perceived as important to the female large-size apparel consumer within the South African context, as well as identifying differences and similarities in the perception of these attributes based on race and age group. The study also aimed to determine if the existing store image attribute groupings by Lindquist (1974-1975:31) is applicable when studying the female largesize apparel consumer. Focus groups were used as method of data collection in this study. The sample population (n=37) consisted of account holders who purchased apparel from a specific large-size apparel retail store during a specific time period. Three race groups, namely Africans, Coloureds, and Whites, as well as three age groups i.e. 20-29, 30-39, and 40-54 year age groups were included. Each focus group was homogenous in race and age composition. A facilitator conducted group discussions by following a focus group schedule. The first part of the discussion generated retail store image attributes deemed important by the focus group participants, followed by the rating of the perceived importance of these attributes using the Schutte Visual Scale. The second part of the discussion generated participants' description of Lindquist's nine identified store image attribute groupings, followed by the rating of the perceived importance of each of these attribute groupings using the Schutte Visual Scale. Transcriptions of all the focus group discussions were made. For the first part of the study the transcriptions were compiled into composite lists and refined based on Lindquist's nine attribute groupings. The aggregate ratings for each specific attribute and attribute grouping were calculated. For the second part of the study's results, the descriptions of each of Lindquist's nine attribute groupings was compiled into a single list of descriptive attributes. The aggregate ratings for each of these attributes groupings were calculated. Respondents perceived Merchandise and Clientele the most important attribute groupings in the analysis of all race and age groups, followed by Service, Post-transaction satisfaction, Promotion and Store atmosphere. Institutional factors and Physical facilities were perceived as the least important attribute groupings. No attributes relating to Convenience were generated. In the analysis of race and age groups, Merchandise and Service, followed by Store atmosphere, were perceived as the most important attribute groupings by most of the focus groups. The specific attributes generated by the different groups showed similarities, whereas the rating and definition of these attributes differed. Lindquist's descriptions of the nine attribute groupings were compared to the descriptions of the respondents. Similarities and differences were identified. Recommendations were made to refine and adapt Lindquist's attribute groupings and descriptions to develop a store image research framework that could be more applicable to the female large-size apparel consumer. This exploratory study provides some insight into the perceived importance of retail store image attributes by the female large-size apparel consumer, given the context of a multi-cultural South African society. Recommendations for future research were made and the implications for retailers were outlined.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar bestaan tans 'n geleentheid vir kleinhandelaars om 'n winkelbeeld strategie te ontwikkel wat gemik is op die vroulike groter figuur kledingverbruiker binne die multikulturele Suid- Afrikaanse verbruikersamelewing. Hierdie verkennende studie poog om kleinhandel winkelbeeldeienskappe wat deur die vroulike groter figuur kledingverbruiker binne die Suid- Afrikaanse konteks as belangrik beskou word, te genereer en te beskryf, sowel as om die verskille en ooreenkomste in persepsies van die belangrikheid van hierdie eienskappe tussen ras en ouderdomsgroep te identifiseer. Die studie het ook ten doeI om te bepaal of die bestaande winkelbeeldeienskap groeperinge, soos deur Lindquist (1974-1975:31) voorgestel, toepaslik is wanneer die vroulike groter figuur kledingverbruiker bestudeer word. Fokusgroepe is as metode van data-insameling gebruik. Die steekproef (n=37) was rekeninghouers wat aankope gedoen het by 'n bepaalde groter figuur kledingkleinhandelaar binne 'n spesifieke tydsperiode (n=37). Drie rassegroepe naamlik Swartes, Kleurlinge, en Blankes, sowel as drie ouderdomsgroepe te wete 20-29, 30-39, en 40-54-jariges is ingesluit. Elke fokusgroep was homogeen in ras- en ouderdomsamestelling. 'n Fasiliteerder het die fokusgroepbesprekings gevoer deur 'n fokusgroepskedule te volg. Die eerste deel van die bespreking het kleinhandel winkelbeeldeienskappe, wat deur die fokusgroepdeelnemers as belangrik beskou is, gegenereer. Dit is gevolg deur die meting van die respondente se persepsie van die belangrikheid van hierdie eienskappe met behulp van die Schutte Visuele Skaal. Die tweede deel van die bespreking het beskrywings van Lindquist se nege winkelbeeldeienskap groeperinge gegenereer en is gevolg deur die meting van respondente se persepsie van die belangrikheid van hierdie eienskap groeperinge met behulp van die Schutte Visuele Skaal. Transkripsies is van al die fokusgroepbesprekings gemaak. Vir die eerste deel van die studie is die transkripsies in lyste van spesifieke eienskappe saamgestel en georden volgens Lindquist se nege eienskap groeperinge. Die gemiddelde waarde vir elke spesifieke eienskap sowel as vir die eienskap groepering is bereken. Vir die tweede deel van die studie is beskrywings van elk van Lindquist se nege eienskap groepering saamgestel in 'n enkele lys van beskrywende eienskappe. Die gemiddelde waarde vir elk van hierdie eienskap groeperinge is bereken. Respondente beskou Goedere (Merchandise) en Kliëntebasis (Clientele) as die belangrikste eienskap groeperinge in 'n analise van alle ras- en ouderdomsgroepe, gevolg deur Diens (Service), Na-verkoop tevredenheid (Post-transaction satisfaction), Promosie (Promotion) en Winkelatmosfeer (Store atmosphere). Institusionele faktore (Institutional factors) en Fisiese fasiliteite (Physical facilities) is die minste belangrik. Geen eienskappe wat met Gerief (Convenience) verband hou, is gegenereer nie. In die analise van ras- en ouderdomsgroepe is Goedere en Diens, gevolg deur Winkelatmosfeer, as die belangrikste eienskap groeperinge beskou deur meeste van die fokusgroepe. Die spesifieke eienskappe wat deur die verskillende groepe gegenereer is, dui op ooreenkomste, terwyl die gemiddelde waarde en fokus van die eienskappe verskil. Lindquist se beskrywings van die nege eienskap groeperinge is vergelyk met die beskrywings van die respondente. Ooreenkomste en verskille is geïdentifiseer. Voorstelle is gemaak om Lindquist se eienskap groeperinge en beskrywings te verfyn en aan te pas ten einde 'n winkelbeeld navorsingsraamwerk te ontwikkel wat meer toepaslik is op die vroulike groter figuur kledingverbruiker. Hierdie verkennende studie bied insig in die vroulike groter figuur kledingverbruiker se persepsies van die belangrikheid van kleinhandel winkelbeeldeienskappe, gegewe die konteks van 'n multkulturele Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing. Aanbevelings vir verdere navorsing word gemaak en die implikasies vir kleinhandelaars is uitgewys.

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Tighe, Sharon. "Exploratory research into the effect of the perceived employee-organisation relationship on role innovation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6991.

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This research explored the relationship between role innovation and the perceived employee-organisational relationship. Role innovation is an inclusive perspective of individual innovation in the workplace. The design incorporated an qualitative preliminary phase and a quantitative survey format as suited to the exploratory nature of the research. The exploratory component elicited detailed information from eight R&D professionals. It focused on the construct of role innovation so as to ensure that the constructs and assessment methods were relevant and meaningful for the sample population. The sample of the subsequent survey research consisted of mid level (N = 51) employees from the administration, production and research and development departments of an electrical manufacturing firm in the Western Cape, South Africa. In the questionnaire role innovation was measured using Janssen's (2000) nine item scale of role innovation, which incorporates separate sub-scales for idea generation, idea promotion and idea realisation. The perceived employee-organisation relationship (PEOR) was assessed according to six factors; three forms of organisational commitment affective, continuance and normative as measured by Meyer, Allen and Smith's (1993) item scale, value congruence (measured using McDonald and Gantz's (1992) comparative values scale), perceived supervisory support (measured using the scale developed by Oldham and Cummins (1996) and perceived organisational support (measured using the Perceived Organisational Support Scale as developed by Eisenburger (2001)). The constructs of intrinsic motivation was incorporated as a moderating factor given the strong evidence of its influence on individual innovation. This was assessed using the Intrinsic/Extrisic Motivation Scale as developed by Amabile, Conti, Coon, Lazenby and Herron (1996). Few significant relationships were found, however those indicated through correlation proved statistically robust through ANOVA, regression analysis and the Kruder-Wallis test for non- parametric means. The role innovation instrument proved reliable for the South African sample, however the sub-scales of idea promotion and idea realisation were combined following strategic factor analysis. The most important finding was a negative relationship between normative commitment and role innovation (idea generation). A positive relationship was also found between intrinsic motivation and role innovation (idea generation and idea promotion and realisation). Subsequent discussion focused on the important of contextual factors as external variables moderating the importance of the PEOR factors in predicting role innovation. The primary limitations of this research are the lack of causal direction and the sample size, which limited the sophistication of the statistical analysis. The findings indicate promise for future innovation research linking affective variables with individual actions.

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Chen, Yi-Chun, and 陳怡君. "A Study of E-reader Adoption: The Roles of Perceived Innovation Attributes as Consumer Switching Costs." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62997323852444234248.

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國立彰化師範大學
行銷與流通管理研究所
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This research estimated the effect of switching cost on E-reader users’ intention. And it based on Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI), we discussed the influence of consumer innovation characteristics on switching costs. The purpose of this study is to provide some useful suggestion to E-reader suppliers. The valid samples who had experience with E-reader or understand about E-reader were 401. This study that adopted SPSS 18.0 and Amos 16.0 as the tool for statistical analysis. The results showed that the consumer innovation characteristics: Complexity has positive impact on switching costs; and Compatibility has negative impact on procedural switching costs and relationship switching costs. Furthermore, this research re-prove that procedural switching costs and relationship switching costs have positive impact on intention to switching.

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Ho, Jen-Chih, and 何仁智. "The relationship between product smartness and innovation attributes of new products-the moderating effects of perceived price." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10615143957980509887.

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中國文化大學
國際企業管理研究所
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Due to Information technology (IT) application in the consumer products are increasingly being used. The increasing importance of intelligent products has been recognized in the marketing literature. Rijsdijk and Hultink (2009) discussed the advantages and pitfall for each of the product smartness dimensions and their implication for new product development. The study further used perceived price as a moderating variable to investigated product smartness and how consumer respond it through innovation attributes, then discussed the moderating effects of perceived price. Result from 282 consumers, the outcome of the research are as follows: product smartness is positively related to perceived relative advantage and partly positively related to perceived compatibility and perceived complexity. There is a significantly moderating effect on the product smartness dimensions of autonomy and adaptability to perceived relative advantages and perceived complexity.

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Weng, Chun-Chi, and 翁群己. "Social Influence and Perceived Attributes of Innovation on Adopting Intention of ERP Systems and User Satisfaction Based on Extended TAM." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27648188622795198000.

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國立高雄第一科技大學
資訊管理所
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When implementing ERP system, enterprises encounter with some difficulties, for instance, the expensive software and hardware charges, the limited manpower and time, especially for limited resource of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Even these difficulties maybe result in the situation of user’s resistance. So through the discussion with adopting behavior of information technology, this research finds out some important factors that will impact the behavioral intention of adopting ERP system. Besides, this research utilizes user’s satisfaction as the important index of measurement that the information system succeeds or not. With “Technology Acceptance Model” (TAM) as fundamentals, this research is conducted to investigate social influence, perceived degree of users and perceived attributes of innovation that affect the attitude and intension of SMEs on adopting ERP system. Further analysis is required to investigate the attitude and intention of adopting ERP system that whether affect user’s satisfaction or not. A survey research technique is conducted to test the model and hypotheses of this research. This research sent out 156 questionnaires from 1th to 13th award-winning enterprises of “National Awards of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” and 348 questionnaires from 1th to 11th award-winning enterprises of “Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Innovation Research Award”. Valid questionnaires of this research have 163 copies and it has return of 32%. Through quantification of statistic method analyzing data, this research concludes five results, including: 1. Social norm, critical mass, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, compatibility, trialibility and observability have the positive influence on adopting the attitude of ERP systems. 2. Social norm, critical mass, perceived usefulness and attitude of adopting ERP systems have the positive influence on adopting the intension of ERP systems. 3. Perceived ease of use has the positive influence on perceived usefulness for users. 4. Attitude and intension of adopting ERP system have the positive influence on user-satisfaction. 5. Finally, Social norm has the positive influence on critical mass.

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Chuang, He-Chun, and 莊賀竣. "The Effects of Consumers’ Innovativeness, Perceived Risk and Attribute of Innovation to Adoption Intention─A Case of Insurance e-Aggregator." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s87d9t.

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國立臺灣師範大學
圖文傳播學系
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The insurance industry is most affected by financial technology. The "Insurance e-aggregator" to remove the traditional business intermediaries directly to provide consumer insurance products, is the "insurance value chain decomposition" and "Internet insurance rise" two comprehensive manifestations of the trend.Therefore, this study focuses on "Insurance e-aggregator", with Diffusion of Innovations Theory and Perceived risk as the theoretical framework to construct the elements that influence adoption intention. The official questionnaires were issued during the period from June 10 to June 17, 2017. A total of 351 valid questionnaires were collected. After statistical analysis, the important results are as follows: Consumers "innovative", "innovative advantage" of "comparative advantage", "compatibility", "Observability", "complexity" positive relationship with "adopted intention" of the Insurance e-aggregator, and all have the significant influence. "observability" the most influential. Consumer "Perceived risk", "privacy risk", "financial risk", "time risk" Positive relationship with the Insurance e-aggregator "adoption intention". And time risk has the most positive relationship.

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PENG, SHENG-JIA, and 彭聖佳. "The Effect among Perceived Attributes of Innovations, Consumer Innovativeness and Subjective Norm toward Adoption Intention of New Products-Case in Convenient Stores of Taiwan." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u72634.

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國立臺北大學
企業管理學系
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The study investigates the diffusion of soft ice cream which becomes a hit recently in Taiwan. Soft ice cream has already existed in markets for some time. However, you can see it everywhere now. Leading convenient stores provide the product in order for the profitable market, even driving other new distributions such as supermarkets,hypermarkets and ice cream specialty stores, etc. It becomes a good choice for the young and old to choose and easy to get. The object of the study is for ice cream, differentiating from the most of research related to diffusion of new products. The study bases on the theory of innovation diffusion by Rogers and builds the model of study structure to have a further investigation for the diffusion of ice cream in Taiwan by understanding and make the definition of perceived attributes of innovations for soft ice cream. In addition, the study adds social factor ”subjective norm” and individual factor “consumer innovativeness” to examine the adoption intention for new products for having a overview from the aspect of products, society environment and individual motivation to influence the intention to adopt.The study use the questionnaire survey to collect datas and confirm hypothesis of study by Structural equation modeling and use cross-validation to confirm the model stability and validity extension. 390 questionnaires for Soft ice cream to be a calibration sample and 268 questionnaires for tablets to be validation sample. The result indicates that perceived attributes of innovations is positively related to adoption intention as the critical factor especially for “compatibility”. “Subjective norm” and “consumer innovativeness” is positively related to adoption intention as well. Besides, “Subjective norm” and “consumer innovativeness” is positively related to perceived attributes of innovations. The study finding could be as suggestions for strategies of the launching and diffusion of new products.

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Yang, Shu-chen, and 楊淑貞. "Innovation Attributes and the Adoption of Internet shopping." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58806918950719676041.

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國立交通大學
傳播所
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According to Rogers’ diffusion of innovation model, the most important factor influencing technology adoption is innovation attributes that account for 49% to 87% variance of the adoption. This study using Rogers’ diffusion of innovation model examines the effect of innovation attributes on the adoption of Internet shopping in Taiwan. A telephone interview with a random sample was conducted to Hsinchu area of Taiwan. This study obtained 120 valid interviews and found that innovation attributes are important predictor for Internet shopping. More detailed findings are discussed in the paper.

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蔣哲輝. "Japanese Perceived Importance of Medical Tourism Attributes and Perceived Performance of Different Countries." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50089398843653481685.

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國立臺灣師範大學
人類發展與家庭學系
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As an emerging industry in recent years, medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) combines medical and tourism resources to let travelers from abroad receive medical procedures, including health examination, cosmetic surgeries, joint replacement, cardiac surgeries, etc. High costs, long waiting lists for certain procedures, the ease and affordability of international travel, and information transparency have all played a major role and drawn much attention. However, the number and the extent of factors influencing travelers to decide their medical tourism destinations are behind the scope of above. This study focused on Japanese people to analyze factors considered important for medical tourism toward Taiwan as well as three surrounding countries with more mature medical tourism industries (South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand). Questionnaires were used to obtain data from Japanese people by convenience sampling, with 557 valid responses and representing an effective response rate of 85.7 %. When it comes to medical tourism, there existed five major types of factors affecting Japanese decisions for medical tourism destination, namely hospitals, tourism destinations, tourism value, information and reputation, and country images. By applying Multivariate analysis of Variance (MANOVA), the results indicated that there were significant differences among Japanese with different demographic backgrounds (gender, occupation, and times of visiting Taiwan) in their perceived importance of different medical tourism attributes. Besides, with the use of multidimensional scaling (MDS), it revealed discrimination of Japanese perceptual positioning of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand, which in turns drove tactics analyses and advices about four dimensions: claim, improvement, change and withdrawal. Based on the research results of the current study, concrete suggestions were proposed to relative authorities in the hope to provide consultation for market positioning, market segmentation and marketing strategy as Taiwan developing medical tourism industry.

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Kuo, Li-Yin, and 郭立尹. "The relationship of product attributes, perceived quality and perceived risk of cosmeceutical products." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09626528579444831754.

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國立臺北大學
企業管理學系
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Cosmeceutical products are the skin care products positioned between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals by the defined mechanisms, simple and pure ingredients as well as higher concentration of actives. The product benefits are also tested and demonstrated through scientific validation. In addition, as adjuvant therapeutic products for curative surgery, cosmeceutical products are usually with professional indication and consultation, thus the consumer confidence and reliability will be higher than general products. This research adopted questionnaires targeting to explore how the product attributes, perceived risks affect consumer’s perception on quality in regard of cosmeceutical skin care products. The results concluded that, for cosmeceutical products, the perceived quality has negative significant effect on perceived risk while the product attributes have significant effect both on perceived quality and perceived risk. In descriptive statistic results, it showed that it is still female the main consumer for cosmeceutical products with main age range between 31~40, close to 80% of the subjects have no kids and the main residence located in north and south part of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the AVONA analysis demonstrates that particular dimensions under three variables of different ages, with kids or not and residence were found to be significant different. In addition, the main channel for purchasing cosmeceutical products centralized to mass chain stores as well as professional ones such clinic and drug stores. The result shows that purchase frequency and amount only have significant effect on certain dimension while the channels significantly related to all variables. The correlation and regression analysis also shows the product attributes, perceived quality and perceived risk of consumers purchasing in different channels have significant differences.

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SUN, MIN-HENG, and 孫敏恆. "Analysis of Perceived Innovation in Electric Scooter Affecting Perceived Quality, Perceived Risk, Perceived Value and Purchase Intention." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hmpe8r.

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國立屏東大學
行銷與流通管理學系碩士班
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Currently, climate changing and global warming has become a global issue in the world. Because of the government policies and environmental protection consciousness gains ground, that there are so many motor vehicle manufacturers devote to research and develop hybrid vehicles and electric cars. This research focus on electric scooters, and explores the influence of consumers’ perceived innovation, perceived quality, perceived risk, perceived value on purchase intention respectively 　　This study collected 332 valid questionnaires and analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study are as follows: Perceived innovation has positive effect on perceived quality, perceived value, perceived risk, and purchase intention. The effect of perceived quality on perceived value is positive, however is not significant. The effect of perceived risk on perceived value is positive and significant. Perceived value affect purchase intention positively and significantly. The findings provide insight to electric scooter manufacturers.

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Huang, Yu-Han, and 黃玉函. "The relationship between Product Perceived Attributes, Perceived Value and Repurchase Intention-in the health food industry." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47f996.

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國立高雄第一科技大學
行銷與流通管理研究所
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With the arrival of aging society, general public is no longer a passive prevention, but more proactive, motivated to make themselves more healthy and can maintain better posture. People to pay more attention to health and thus promote good health, stimulate the rise of halth awareness. With the enhancement of public health awareness, with the enhancement of public health awareness, and stress under the timeliness and convenience, seek different from the traditional food to supplement their diets, tend to take more rapid and convenient health food to meet demand, thereby promoting healthy food and healthy market produce. This study focused on consumer products and cognitive attributes, perceived impact on the value of re-purchase intention. Using SPSS 18.0 software and the use of factor analysis, reliability and validity test, Pearson product moment correlation analysis for empirical analysis. Empirical part of this study is a questionnaire as a survey tool, there are 260 objects under test, completed 240 valid questionnaires. Statistical analysis showed that the product of cognitive attributes and then there is a significant influence purchase intention; perceived quality has a significant impact on the repurchase intention, Product perecived attributes, perceived value and purchase intention has significant influence.

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