Specification Issues in Assessing the Moderating Role of Issue Importance: A Comment on Grynaviski and Corrigan (2006)

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Malhotra ◽  
Alexander Tahk
Keyword(s):  
Functional Form ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Form Expression ◽  
Scale Invariant ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Interactive Relationship ◽  
Invariant Functional ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Issue Importance

The empirical study of spatial issue voting has experienced a resurgence in recent years due to advances in data collection and research design. Grynaviski and Corrigan make several important contributions to this literature. In this note, we comment on one of Grynaviski and Corrigan's recommendations—to not include a main effect for issue importance when estimating models assessing the interactive relationship between importance and policy proximity. According to the authors, including the main importance term is incorrect because it is not necessary in representing a scale-invariant functional form under some assumptions and is insufficient under others. In deriving their reduced-form expression, the authors produce a model that is unintuitive and inappropriate for most data. Moreover, the restrictions Grynaviski and Corrigan impose on their model can produce perverse empirical predictions. We show that a model including main effect terms for importance is indeed scale invariant and that inclusion of the main importance term is necessary for scale invariance with respect to partial utility functions.

Effects of Restaurant Satisfaction and Knowledge Sharing Motivation on eWOM Intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona X. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Acceptance Factors

The growth of consumer-generated media (CGM) has promoted the popularity of online knowledge sharing and electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). While the topic of eWOM has drawn much attention in academy and industry, little research has been published addressing the factors influencing eWOM intentions. Using a well-known restaurant review website, Openrice.com, as an example, this study explored three predictors to eWOM intentions in an integrative framework: experience factor (restaurant satisfaction), knowledge sharing factors (egoistic and altruistic needs), and technology acceptance factors (perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use). In addition, the moderating role of technology acceptance factors on the relationships between experience/knowledge sharing factors and eWOM intentions were examined. The results of the study indicate that (1) individuals’ altruistic needs trigger positive eWOM, (2) the perceived usefulness of the website has a significant main effect on eWOM intentions, and (3) the perceived usefulness significantly moderates the relationships between satisfaction/egoistic needs and eWOM intentions. The discussions also provide implications and managerial insights for research and practice.

Can reviewer reputation and webcare content affect perceived fairness?

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Raju
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceptions Of Fairness ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to explore the effects of webcare content type and webcare source credibility on perceived fairness, in the presence of reputation of a reviewer as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach The experiment used a 2 (Webcare content type: Specific vs Vague) × 2 (Webcare source credibility: High vs Low) × 2 (Reviewer reputation: Good vs Bad) between-subjects design. ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. Findings A significant main effect and interaction effect of independent variables was found on perceived fairness. The moderating role of reviewer reputation was also found significant in the relationship between content type and perceived fairness. However, reputation of the reviewer did not moderate the relationship between webcare source credibility and perceived fairness. Practical implications Marketers should respond to negative reviews by paying attention toward review and webcare attributes highlighted in the paper because doing so might satisfy the consumer. Originality/value This paper attempts to study a combination of webcare and review characteristics together on consumers' perceptions of fairness.

Effects of economic conditions and other factors on hotel sale prices

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 2267-2284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoki Lee ◽  
John W. O’Neill ◽  
Sean McGinley
Keyword(s):  
Market Value ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Income ◽  
Daily Rate ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This study aims to examine previously identified hotel automated valuation models (AVMs) using a more extensive and updated sample of hotel sale transaction data, introduce economic conditions as a new determinant for hotel market value and test the moderating role of economic conditions on the relationship between the previously identified indicators and market value, operationalized as sale transaction price. Design/methodology/approach This study performs simple and multiple regression analyses to examine the proposed relationships. The sample period is from 2000 to 2012, because the economy prior to 2000 is likely to have been a less-relevant economic environment for the contemporary business world. Findings As hypothesized, there is an insignificant main effect of economic conditions on hotel sale prices. A moderating role of economic conditions on the relationship between average daily rate (and net operating income) and market value was found, while no moderating effect was found for occupancy rate and hotel size. Results also find certain support for AVMs previously presented in the literature, as described herein. Originality/value This study attempts to make contributions to the existing lodging and real estate literature by investigating a main effect of economic conditions on hotel sale prices and a moderating role of economic conditions on the relationship between various hotel performance indicators and hotel sale prices. In addition, this study operationalizes a relatively extensive (large base sample size of 2,441 hotel sale transactions) and recent (since 2000) database compared to previous studies.

Life Strains and Depressive Affect Among Women

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
BECKY HEATH LADEWIG ◽  
GAIL W. McGEE ◽  
WANDA NEWELL
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Depressive Affect ◽  
Moderated Multiple Regression ◽  
Outcome Relationship ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examined the role of social support provided by spouse, friends, and relatives on relationships between strains and depressive affect among women. Strains from three life domains - financial, marital, and parental - were included. Moderated multiple regression analyses addressed main effect, buffering, and coping hypotheses regarding the role of social support. Results indicated that social support operated differently depending on the source of support and type of strain experienced. Generally, results were consistent with main effect and coping hypotheses. Only support provided by relatives played a significant moderating role in the strain - outcome relationship.

scholarly journals GENDER AS MODERATOR AND AGE AS MEDIATOR VARIABLES IN PREDICTION OF SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT BY SELF-EVALUTED SYMPTOMS OF ADHD

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tena Velki ◽  
Gabrijela Vrdoljak
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
School Success ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
General Information ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Information Research ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderating Role

The aim of the research was to examine the moderating role of gender and the mediating role of age in predicting the school adjustment by self-evaluating the symptoms of ADHD. The study included 501 students from higher grades of primary school, out of which 50.7% were boys, and the average age was 12.72. They completed Hyperactivity-impulsivity-attention Scale, Self-efficacy Questionnaire for Children, and were given some general information. Research showed that gender had only main effect on the school success, meaning that being female predicted a better school success. Age had completely mediating role for symptoms of hyperactivity and a school success (i.e., as the students’ age increases, there is no correlation between hyperactivity and the school success), and a partial mediating role for symptoms of inattention and both measures of school adjustment (i.e., as the students’ age increases the correlation among symptoms of inattention and academic self-efficacy and school success become weaker).

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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