Article
Food Science & Technology
Rungsaran Wongprawmas, Cristina Mora, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Raquel P. F. Guine, Eleonora Carini, Giovanni Sogari, Elena Vittadini
Summary: This study evaluates food choice motivations among 531 Italian consumers and identifies that environmental factors and health are the strongest determinants for food choices. Consumer groups were segmented into Emotional eating and Health-driven consumers, showing a good awareness of healthy diets and potential market for healthy and sustainable food products. Promotion of food labels and information strategies could assist consumers in making healthy food choices.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ruiyao Cao, Jiaoyan Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Xingwang Peng, Mei Han, Keke Liu, Juan Zhang, Rongying Yao, Hui Han, Lianguo Fu
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the associations between negative gender attitudes and eating behaviors among Chinese children and adolescents. The findings showed that boys who disliked their own gender or wanted to be the opposite gender had higher frequencies of unhealthy eating behaviors, while girls with negative gender attitudes had higher frequencies of protein eating behaviors.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Shazna Buksh, Phillipa Hay, John de Wit
Summary: The home food environment plays a crucial role in influencing dietary practices, and nutrient transitions in Pacific Island countries contribute to high rates of overweight and obesity. Mothers in this region have complex perceptions of healthy eating, which have both positive and negative impacts on family food choices.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gloriana Rodriguez-Arauz, Nairan Ramirez-Esparza
Summary: This study found that Latinx caregivers were less warm and less likely to encourage their children to eat compared to White-European caregivers, both at the behavioral level and the caregiver-report level. In the case of Latinx caregivers only, behavioral praise and warmth were related to lower consumption of sweets and sweetened beverages.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Johana Monthuy-Blanc, Giulia Corno, Stephane Bouchard, Marie-Josee St-Pierre, Francisca Bourbeau, Leila Mostefa-Kara, Emie Therrien, Michel Rousseau
Summary: This study explores and documents the eating profiles during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general Canadian population. Three distinctive profiles were found and highlight the importance of understanding how individuals perceive their bodies in assessing and promoting food well-being.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
S. D. Dicker-Oren, M. Gelkopf, T. Greene
Summary: This study used a dynamic network approach to examine the associations between food craving, restrained eating, hunger, and negative emotions in daily life. The results showed that restrained eating was the most central predictor of eating behaviors and negative emotions, while stress and sadness were central negative emotions. The study suggests that restrained eating and stress should be investigated as potential targets for interventions addressing food craving and overeating.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lupita Maria Gonzalez, Amy Lammert, Suzanne Phelan, Alison K. Ventura
Summary: This study found that parenting stress during the pandemic was associated with less desirable feeding practices and problematic eating behaviors in children.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lupita Maria Gonzalez, Amy Lammert, Suzanne Phelan, Alison K. Ventura
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relationships between parenting stress, feeding practices, and perceptions of children's eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that higher levels of parenting stress are associated with less desirable feeding practices and greater perceptions of problematic eating behaviors in children.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Noemie Carbonneau, Elise Carbonneau, Audree-Anne Dumas, Genevieve Lavigne, Fanny-Alexandra Guimond
Summary: Based on a study of 296 French Canadian mothers, it was found that mothers' autonomous and controlled motivation to regulate their own eating behaviors are related to their food parenting practices. The interaction between mothers' motivation and child food responsiveness also influences maternal food parenting practices. Guiding mothers to develop more autonomous and less controlled motivation can help them adopt more positive and less controlling parenting practices.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ladislav Pilar, Lucie Kvasnickova Stanislavska, Roman Kvasnicka, Richard Hartman, Ivana Ticha
Summary: Social media platforms have become an integral part of people's lives, with users generating a digital footprint through their interactions that holds potential for research in various areas. Research shows that social networking site usage impacts adolescents' eating behaviors, particularly on platforms like Instagram. Understanding young people's expressions regarding healthy food on social media is crucial for predicting their future associations with healthy food characteristics.
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Booi Chen Tan, Teck Chai Lau, Abdullah Sarwar, Nasreen Khan
Summary: This study aims to examine the effects of consumer consciousness, food safety concern, and healthy lifestyle on attitudes toward eating green, with a focus on the mediating role of healthy lifestyle. The findings suggest that health consciousness, food safety concern, and healthy lifestyle significantly influence attitudes toward eating green, while environmental and price consciousness do not. A healthy lifestyle mediates the relationship between health consciousness and attitude toward eating green, emphasizing the importance of physical health-related activities in shaping consumer attitudes.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Christopher Bailey, Ivanka Prichard, Claire Drummond, Murray Drummond
Summary: Unhealthy food choices among adolescents are a significant health concern. This study explores Australian adolescents' beliefs and perceptions towards healthy eating from a symbolic and moral boundary perspective. The findings suggest that adolescents construct their own moral and symbolic meanings to healthy eating and compare their choices with their families and peers to establish moral boundaries.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Marie-Pierre Tavolacci, Joel Ladner, Pierre Dechelotte
Summary: This study found a high prevalence of eating disorders (ED) among students of a French university fourteen months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower food security scores were associated with higher risk for all ED categories, while depression and academic stress were linked to ED regardless of category. Adhering to national nutrition recommendations was a protective factor against the risk of bulimic ED, hyperphagic ED, and restrictive ED, while a lower frequency of moderate and vigorous physical activity was associated with higher risk of hyperphagic ED.
Article
Business
Patricia de Oliveira Campos, Leticia Barbosa de Melo, Jessica Carvalho Veras de Souza, Poliana Nunes de Santana, Juliana Matte, Marconi Freitas da Costa
Summary: The study found that fear of COVID-19, ability to prepare food, and safety seeking are influencing factors on the intention to consume healthy foods. Safety-seeking mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to consume healthy eating. Fear did not directly influence the ability to prepare food and intention to consume healthy foods.
MARKETING INTELLIGENCE & PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ella. L. L. Bracci, Courtney. R. R. Davis, Karen. J. J. Murphy
Summary: Australian healthy food baskets are often based on Government Guidelines for healthy eating, but they haven't been updated recently and there's no Mediterranean Diet basket available for the Australian population. However, research suggests that following a Mediterranean Diet is beneficial for health. This study compared the nutrition and cost of different food baskets and found that the Mediterranean Diet basket was generally cheaper than the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGHE) and Western Diet baskets.
Article
Business
Iris Mohr, Leonora Fuxman, Ali B. Mahmoud
Summary: This article critically synthesizes the literature on sustainable fashion and proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding its adoption as a luxury trend. The triple-trickle theory is introduced to incorporate the role of media and technology in the diffusion of sustainable fashion.
JOURNAL OF FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Seong-Yuen Toh, Shehnaz Tehseen, Ali B. Mahmoud, Jason Cheok, Nicholas Grigoriou, John Opute
Summary: This study highlights the importance of mission statements as a tool for managers to shape value congruence, leading to improved employee performance levels. Managers can influence value congruence through two processes: guiding and shaping employees' values, and adapting the mission statement's contents. Despite decades of research into the mission statement-performance relationship, this study offers a sensemaking approach underpinned by the resource-based view theory.
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
John Ebinum Opute, Ali B. Mahmoud
Summary: This study aims to illustrate the emerging collective bargaining pattern in Nigeria, which is driven by socio-economic challenges and the emerging political situation, requiring pragmatic approaches from the state, employers, and trade unions.
Article
Management
Ali B. Mahmoud, William D. Reisel, Leonora Fuxman, Dieu Hack-Polay
Summary: The study demonstrates that the effects of COVID-19 perceptions on externally controlled employees are more significant than those with internal locus of control, resulting in a higher likelihood of negative emotions and lower engagement in customer service and organizational citizenship behavior.
EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Dieu Hack-Polay, Ali B. Mahmoud, Irene Ikafa, Mahfuzur Rahman, Maria Kordowicz, Juan Manuel Verde
Summary: This study examines the resilience in nursing education by using emerging digital technologies and enhanced emotional training. Data was collected through a mixed-method approach, including pretest-posttest data from nursing students and qualitative interviews with health professionals. The findings suggest that mental health placement significantly improves students' confidence in mental health nursing practice, and the effectiveness of the training is not affected by demographic differences. The interviews also reveal that exposure to technologies in the healthcare sector can enhance nurses' capabilities, reducing stress in the profession.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Leonora Fuxman, Iris Mohr, Ali B. Mahmoud, Nicholas Grigoriou
Summary: This theoretical synthesis explores sustainability marketing in the fashion industry, offering an updated articulation of sustainability marketing based on current scholarly perspectives. It develops a new sustainability marketing model, the 3Ps of sustainability marketing (Preservation, Public, and Performance), in addition to the traditional 4Ps. The paper considers the role of these new 3Ps in the fashion industry, taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model provides an integrated framework for designing marketing strategies consistent with sustainability marketing in the fashion industry, and presents new post-pandemic opportunities.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Dieu Hack-Polay, Francesca Dal Mas, Ali B. Mahmoud, Mahfuzur Rahman
Summary: This article examines migrants' labour market entry experiences and positions in hospitality and tourism from a dual labour market theory standpoint. It found that migrants often face underemployment in the sector, resulting in a loss of human capital for both migrants and host economies.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Olusoyi Richard Ashaye, Ali B. Mahmoud, Afzal Sayed Munna, Nurhanisah Ali
Summary: This paper examines the role of social media engagement and emotional intelligence (EI) in successful employment for young adults in the UK. The findings suggest that recruitment organizations should align the expectations of employers and potential candidates to improve the employment rate among young adults.
HIGHER EDUCATION SKILLS AND WORK-BASED LEARNING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Qing Yang, Lyu Xinyue, Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Abdullah Al Mamun, Muhammad Khalilur Rahman, Jian Yao, Ali B. Mahmoud
Summary: This study investigates the factors that lead to the consumption of organic food among Bangladeshi youth. The findings suggest that health values and motivation are positively associated with healthy eating beliefs, personal norms, and organic food consumption behavior. Trust in organic food also moderates the relationship between personal norms and organic food consumption.
Article
Business
Ali B. Mahmoud, V Kumar, Leonora Fuxman, Iris Mohr
Summary: This paper explores the integration of sustainability and luxury B2B markets, focusing on the impact of sustainable materials on luxury brand attributes and the influence of climate change risk perception. It develops a conceptual framework to identify the key drivers of B2B buyer acceptance of sustainable luxury brands and examines moderating factors.
INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ali. B. B. Mahmoud, Alexander Berman, William Reisel, Leonora Fuxman, Dieu Hack-Polay
Summary: Extreme contexts such as war zones and pandemics have forced many companies to reconsider their business strategies. This study investigates the impact of extreme-context perception on anxiety, job insecurity, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior in different generations. The research finds that the perception and anxiety levels differ among generations, resulting in variations in job insecurity and job satisfaction. Therefore, implementing agile and generationally non-sectarian management is crucial for effectively managing a diverse workforce during pandemics.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Social Work
Irene Ikafa, Dieu Hack-Polay, Janet Walker, Ali B. Mahmoud
Summary: This research examines the resettlement stress experienced by African migrants in Australia and how they cope with it. The study found that migrants used strategies such as relying on family and God to manage stress, emphasizing the importance of community support. It also highlights the multilayered approach of social work in integration strategies for migrants, identifying key issues such as the role of 'families' as community networks, experiences of discrimination, and the significance of faith in God as crucial migrant support factors.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
(2022)
Article
Business
Ali B. Mahmoud, Nicholas Grigoriou, Leonora Fuxman, William D. Reisel, Dieu Hack-Polay, Iris Mohr
Summary: This study explores the effects of Covid-19 perceptions on customer orientation among customer service employees. The results show that intense Covid-19 perceptions indirectly affect customer orientation through job insecurity, burnout, and workplace motivation. There are generational differences in the relationships between job insecurity and burnout, burnout and motivation, as well as motivation and customer orientation. Intense Covid-19 perceptions have a larger indirect impact on less favorable levels of customer orientation among younger generations.
JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC MARKETING
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Ali Bassam Mahmoud, Nicholas Grigoriou
Summary: The study found that pressuring children to eat positively predicted parents' unhealthy food choices for them; mothers were more likely to make unhealthy food choices for their children unless the child had food allergies; parents with higher education levels were less likely to make unhealthy food choices for their children.
JOURNAL OF FAMILY STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Dieu Hack-Polay, Ali B. Mahmoud
Summary: This study investigates the homesickness experiences of developing world expatriates in western countries, highlighting negative impacts on individuals and organizations. It emphasizes the importance of international HRM in improving the mental health of developing world expatriates.
GERMAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PERSONALFORSCHUNG
(2021)