The prime purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality traits and compulsive buying behavior with mediating role of impulsive buying. By using quantitative research approach, convenience sampling method is selected. Data are collected by using previously established scales. Correlation coefficient and multiple regressions are applied to analyze directions and strength of relationship between variables. According to results agreeableness, neuroticism and openness to experience are three personality traits that are related with compulsive buying with mediating role of impulsive buying. The present study is useful for policy makers, consumers and for society at large. In addition, this investigation provides a starting point for future research with comprehensive theoretical framework.
Recently, tourism development is considered a significant factor to enhance the economic growth of the country and has gained the attention of upcoming studies and regulators. Thus, the present research examines the impact of perceived service quality, perceived medical quality, and language style on the perceived tourism development in Malaysia. The current research also investigated the mediating impact of customer satisfaction among the nexus of perceived services quality, perceived medical quality, language style, and perceived tourism development in Malaysia. This study has used the quantitative method of data collection and also used the smart-PLS to examines the relationships among the variables. The results revealed that perceived service quality, perceived medical quality, and language style has a positive association with perceived tourism development in Malaysia. The findings also indicated that customer satisfaction positively mediated among the relationships of perceived services quality, perceived medical quality, language style, and perceived tourism development in Malaysia. This study has guided to policymakers while formulating the policies related to tourism development that enhance economic development.
The purpose of present study is to review and analyze existing literature pertaining English as a Second Language (here onwards, ESL) writing anxiety, writer’s native language, ESL writing self-efficacy and ESL writing performance. Specifically, this article is divided into two main sections; first section offers the conceptual review of the concepts involved while second section provides a review of existing literature on the relationship of ESL writing anxiety, writer’s native language and ESL writing self-efficacy with ESL writing performance. A keen review of literature illustrates that mixed findings have been reported on above-mentioned relationships. This inconclusiveness of findings in existing body of literature calls for additional research on said area. Therefore, further research is recommended to re-examine the proposed relationships by introducing some moderating factors that may explain the inconsistencies in the relationships in existing literature.
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