An Investigation into the Construct Validity of the Arousal Seeking Tendency Scale, Version Ii

Baumgartner, Hans; Steenkamp, Jan-Benedict E.M.

doi:10.1177/0013164494054004016

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“…We assessed convergent validity by examining the significance tests of the standardized factor loadings (all loadings were significant at p < .001) and by calculating the average variance extracted for each construct (Table ). Although some items had standardized factor loadings below the .70 guideline, following Baumgartner and Steenkamp (), these items were retained to ensure construct validity (cf. Rodrigues et al.…”

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Combining Formal Controls to Improve Firm Performance

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F ormal controls are an essential part of organizational design, and are theorized to positively influence organizational performance. Mello and Hunt ([2009] Transportation Journal, 48:20-39) were the first to suggest using formal controls to influence truck drivers' behavior. Extending the salesperson control literature, they documented an underresearched method of formal control that we term technology control, whereby firms use on-board and communications technology to influence drivers. We build on their work by investigating the contingent effects of formal controls that influence the behavior of truck drivers and thereby influence the operational performance of firms in the U.S. motor carrier industry. Our work integrates the monitoring aspect of agency theory with the theory of operant conditioning and the theory of psychological reactance to develop a rationale for hypothesized contingent effects of formal controls on motor carriers' operational performance. We collected primary data pertaining to the controls used to influence truck drivers' behavior from a large sample of U.S. motor carrier firms. The results of our analyses using nonlinear structural equation modeling suggest a complex set of relationships between formal controls and operational performance. Our results shed light on scenarios where using technology to monitor driver behavior can result in positive and/or negative organizational outcomes.

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“…Bagozzi and Yi (1988) conclude that the extent of CR needs to be greater than 0.6 to attain high internal consistency and reliability measure. Next, the value of AVE should be greater than 0.4 to achieve the acceptable level of convergent validity (Baumgartner and Steenkamp, 1994). Further, Chin (2010) asserts that AVE and CR should be greater than 0.50 and 0.70 respectively to achieve acceptable level.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on financial reporting and disclosure practices: empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Sultana¹,

Ghosh²,

Sen³

2021

AJEB

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PurposeTo investigate the consequence of COVID-19 pandemic on the financial reporting and disclosure (FRD) practices, the study has been conducted. Moreover, this paper highlights the significance of FRD practices in any emergency period and its relevance with legitimacy theory in Bangladesh Perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe COVID-19 pandemic has adverse impact on business. Hence, all the business activities have been categorized into five major aspects which are financial factors, business operations, business contracts, business value and stakeholders. These five major activities have been considered as independent variable. By analyzing various policy recommendations and guidelines of global and local accounting bodies, a structured questionnaire was developed in association with related IAS and IFRSs. Then, it was distributed among the accounting professionals of Bangladesh who are currently engaged in financial statement preparation and auditing services. Finally, data was analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothetical relationship between dependent variable and independent variable.FindingsThis study finds that financial factors, business contracts and stakeholders have significant relationship with the financial reporting and disclosure practices during the COVID-19 pandemic period. However, business operation and business value have no significant relationship with financial reporting and disclosure practices.Research limitations/implicationsThis study tries to analyze why and how firms should disclose essential information (both financial and non-financial) to the financial statement users during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study can be used as benchmark to issue a separate policy or standard for reporting any kind of adverse event in the financial reporting and disclosure practices.Originality/valueTo our best knowledge, we believe that this is first kind of study undertaken to investigate the consequence of COVID-19 pandemic on the FRD practices in the context of Bangladesh. This study is kind of exploratory in nature. Hence, future studies can explore industry-based financial reporting and disclosure practice in any pandemic period.

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“…It relates positively with extraversion and psychoticism in Eysenck's three-factor theory (Byman, 2005;Zuckerman, 1994;Zuckerman, Kuhlman, Teta, Joireman & Kraft, 1993) as well as openness to change values (i.e., stimulation, selfdirection and hedonism), monotony avoidance, risk-taking, thrill and adventure seeking, impulsivity, curiosity, need for cognition and preferences for novelty, complexity and ambiguity in life. OSL relates negatively with conservation values (i.e., conformity, tradition, and security), riskavoidance, premeditation, rigidity, and dogmatism (Baumgartner & Steenkamp, 1994;Roberti, 2004;Steenkamp & Baumgartner, 1995;Steenkamp & Burgess, 2002). Finally, OSL relates conceptually to SWL (Csikszentmihalyi, Abuhamdeh & Nakamura, 2005).…”

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Social axioms: A new culture measure for South African business research

Burgess

2011

SAJBM

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This study is intended to introduce social axiom theory to South African business researchers and, in this process, to provide new empirical evidence pertinent to the South African context. We examine social axioms in the largest and most representative national metropolitan population ever studied, providing scores for social axiom dimensions at the individual-level and nation-level, as well as assessments of relations with sociodemographics, values, personality and life satisfaction. The results support the convergent validity, discriminant validity and composite reliability of the 25-item brief version of the Social Axioms Scale. We extend prior research on social axioms and personality by examining relations with optimum stimulation level (OSL), an important personality construct studied in marketing and human resource management. A hierarchical regression model illustrates the power of social axioms in predicting life satisfaction, over and above the effects of sociodemographics, values and optimum stimulation level. Several points of departure for fruitful business research are identified.

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An Investigation into the Construct Validity of the Arousal Seeking Tendency Scale, Version Ii

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Combining Formal Controls to Improve Firm Performance

Combining Formal Controls to Improve Firm Performance

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on financial reporting and disclosure practices: empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Social axioms: A new culture measure for South African business research

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