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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jianwen Li, Suja Chaulagain, Elizabeth Yost
Summary: This paper proposes a conceptual model to evaluate residents' perceptions of four types of risks and sense of safety in senior living communities. The research offers important suggestions for researchers to assess residents' perceptions of risk and sense of safety, as well as practical recommendations for operators to enhance residents' sense of safety.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Lamprini Piha, Karolos Papadas, Vasileios Davvetas
Summary: This study reconceptualizes brand orientation and provides a broader operationalization to capture companies' main organizational behaviors related to branding. The findings suggest that brand orientation is stronger in companies where the marketing department has high decision-making power, and it serially mediates the effects of marketing department power and market orientation on financial performance.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Song Liu, Lin-Lin Xue
Summary: This study aimed to find the spatiotemporal evolution rules of the leisure consumption of urban residents in China. The results showed that education, culture, entertainment, transportation, communication, and healthcare consumption have been growing rapidly over the past 20 years. There are regional differences in transportation and communication consumption, while education, culture, and entertainment consumption have converged. The spatial correlation analysis revealed a clear mutual pull regarding education, culture, and entertainment consumptions, but the regional association degree of leisure consumption is not obvious.
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Business
Xuepin Wu, Yongjun Ma
Summary: This study constructs a multi-layer panel extended linear expenditure system (ELES) model that incorporates external habit formation theory to analyze the comparison effect on different types of consumer spending. The results show that the comparison effect is significant for subsistence consumption expenditure but smaller for development and enjoyment consumption expenditure. Income inequality widens the food and clothing comparison effects, while higher educational attainment reduces the comparison effects on housing, health care, and transport. Geographical differences in the comparison effect are evident based on regional economic development. The study proposes policy recommendations to increase residents' income, raise educational levels, and promote balanced regional development.The most significant contribution of this study is the innovative multi-layer panel ELES statistical model that systematically analyzes comparison effects and causes.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ruth Horry, Jennifer A. Rudd, Helen Ross, R. Lyle Skains
Summary: Climate change presents a serious threat to life on Earth. To tackle this challenge effectively, citizens need to be both willing to change individual behaviors and actively engage in political action and systemic change. However, there is currently no scale available to measure the climate capability of adults and adolescents. Through a series of studies, we developed and validated a 24-item Climate Capability Scale for adults and validated its use for adolescents. The scale demonstrates internal consistency, test-retest reliability, correlations with related constructs, and predictive validity for self-reported pro-environmental behavior. It holds particular value for evaluating and enhancing educational and public engagement efforts related to climate change.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shiyu Liu, Dan He, Ke Chen
Summary: Forest food, as a food source with enormous potential, has gained attention recently. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted residents' health awareness and consumption patterns. This study found that the pandemic positively influenced urban residents' willingness to consume forest food, with health cognition playing a mediating role. Per capita income had a negative moderating effect on actual purchasing behavior. Furthermore, differences in forest food consumption behavior were observed among residents in cities with varying levels of pandemic severity.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Hongyang Chen, Jianhui Yu, Shiping Ma, Wenzhong Zhang
Summary: This study uses the scaling analysis framework of urban total factor productivity (TFP) to analyze data from 299 prefecture-level cities in China, revealing the patterns of rise and fall in urban development. The study finds that doubling urban population increases productivity by 18%, and resource-based cities are typical examples of high-productivity cities. Additionally, the study describes the trajectory of urban development and discusses potential mechanisms underlying this process.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Chaowu Xie, Jiangchi Zhang, Yanying Chen, Alastair M. Morrison
Summary: This research validates a measurement scale for hotel employee perceived crisis shocks (HEPCS) and provides a new perspective and theoretical basis for hotel crisis impact research.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Andrei Alexander Lux, Steven Lee Grover, Stephen Tai Theng Teo
Summary: This paper introduces a new scale to measure cognitive cultural differences and presents its development and validation process, demonstrating its effectiveness and reliability. The study examines culture from a cognitive perspective, addressing the limitations of traditional values-based approaches.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jiangchi Zhang, Chaowu Xie, Alastair M. Morrison, Zhibin Lin
Summary: This research addresses the lack of research on hotel employee resilience during a crisis (HERC) and the absence of a measurement scale to assess it. A mixed-method approach was used to conceptualize HERC, identify its dimensions, and build a measurement scale. The research provides a comprehensive five-factor model of employee resilience during a crisis and a corresponding measurement scale, offering a theoretical foundation for hotel managers to develop effective strategies to manage crises.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2023)
Review
Soil Science
Wei Hu, Rogerio Cichota, Mike Beare, Karin Muller, John Drewry, Andre Eger
Summary: Soil structure has a significant impact on soil functions such as water, air, heat, and nutrient transport, as well as ecosystem services like production and climate regulation. Agricultural intensification is the main cause of global soil structural degradation. Assessing soil structural vulnerability and identifying management practices to mitigate degradation risk are crucial for land use planning. This review highlights the need for further research exploring the link between soil structural vulnerability and loss of soil functions and ecosystem services, as well as proposing definitions to distinguish between susceptibility, vulnerability, and risk.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Yulan Fan, Jian Ming Luo
Summary: This study established a measurement scale for Shantou residents' attitudes toward leisure activities in urban parks, identifying eight dimensions. The results have significant theoretical and practical implications for urban park stakeholders in Shantou. Residents have varying attitudes toward different dimensions, with management strategies and policies provided to improve overall attitudes.
JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yazhuo Gao, Ying Chen, Yin Lin, Fangfang Zhong, Xuehua Zhu
Summary: This study investigates the perceptions and attitudes of Chinese urban residents towards emergency self-rescue and provides evidence for enhancing their ability to respond to public health emergencies.
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Environmental Sciences
Jaz Stoddart, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Carlos Alberto Silva, Eric Bastos Gorgens, Michael Keller, Ruben Valbuena
Summary: Current LiDAR-based methods for detecting forest change lack a biological link with ecosystem characteristics. We propose a model based on ecosystem morphological traits (EMTs) to predict forest aboveground biomass (AGB) change. By using a multitemporal dataset and selecting sensitive LiDAR metrics as proxies for each EMT, we can identify logging losses and regions of regrowth. The accuracy of our AGB estimation model is comparable to a statistically optimized model. Adoption of this EMT-based approach can improve the transferability and comparability of LiDAR models for AGB worldwide.
Article
Economics
Mohammad Azmoodeh, Farshidreza Haghighi, Hamid Motieyan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of individual characteristics, living environment, and transport options on residents' capabilities in Tehran, Iran. The findings show that individual characteristics significantly predict capabilities, with a stronger effect observed in the low-capability group. Additionally, environmental factors, such as road network, public transport performance, and land use, have a considerable relationship with residents' capabilities.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yanbo Zhang, Yong Liu, Keyu Zhai
Summary: This study conducted a qualitative analysis on community acceptance of NIMBY facilities in China for the first time, emphasizing the impact of interactions among multiple factors regarding the acceptance of waste incinerators. Through in-depth interviews with 22 representative residents, the study found that risk perception has a significant negative impact, while benefit perception, justice perception, political efficacy, and social situational factors were all positive influencers of community acceptance. Individual cognition, however, had a mixed impact. This research has the potential to contribute to better community governance and the development of environmentally-friendly cities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wen Qing, Yibao Wang, Yanbo Zhang, Jingwen Han, Cuixi Li
Summary: This study explores the impact of urbanization on pro-environment behavior (PEB) through a hierarchical theoretical framework and empirical testing. The results show that economic, social, spatial, and population urbanization have different effects on PEB, with economic urbanization positively influencing private PEB, social urbanization exerting a slightly positive impact, spatial urbanization having a notably negative impact, and population urbanization having no significant effect on PEB.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yachao Xiong, Changli Zhang, Hui Qi, Xizhao Liu
Summary: This study utilized official data from China between 1999 and 2019 to describe the current situation of fires in China, analyze the causes and patterns of fires, and evaluate the fire situation over the past two decades. The results indicate an overall improvement in China's fire situation, although spatial aggregation of fires is becoming more apparent and human factors are the leading cause.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yangsen Huang, Ziqi Zhang, Yanbo Zhang, Zixing Wang
Summary: This study used the Q methodology to examine the perceptions of residents living near a waste incineration plant in Xuzhou, China. The results revealed four perspectives on residents' perceptions towards waste incineration plants, and identified risk perception, trust perception, and political efficacy perception as underlying reasons for local acceptance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lan Wei, Yanbo Zhang, Jinan Jia
Summary: This research investigates the impact of environmental taxes on green process innovation in manufacturing industries and explores the moderating effects of industry pollution heterogeneity and green credit. The results show that environmental taxes have an inverted-U effect, with low-pollution industries exhibiting a steeper curvilinear pattern. Additionally, green credit moderates the relationship between environmental taxes and green process innovation.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Yanbo Zhang, Yibao Wang, Ahmad Bayiz Ahmad, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, Wen Qing
Summary: This study examines the effects of individual-level characteristics on risk perceptions across different domains using survey data from 31 provincial capitals in China. Findings indicate that trust in local government and being male are significantly correlated with lower risk perceptions, while education consistently amplifies risk perceptions. Age and income have mixed associations with risk perceptions, with age significantly mitigating perceived contingencies. Religious faith, party membership, and Hukou are also related to risk perceptions.
Article
Ergonomics
Yanbo Zhang, Yangsen Huang, Yibao Wang, Tristan W. Casey
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2020)
