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{"title":"Does economic policy uncertainty matter for a firm's leverage and speed of adjustment?","authors":"Muhammad Aftab, Saman Shehzadi, Fiza Qureshi","doi":"10.1108/apjba-10-2022-0452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-10-2022-0452","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This research intends to investigate the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the firm's leverage and its adjustment speed. Design/methodology/approach This study applies dynamic panel data modeling by using a partial adjustment model. The study is based on secondary data of the non-financial firms that are listed on the Pakistan stock exchange. For the analysis purpose, the study applies the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation technique and uses a newly developed text-based measure of economic policy uncertainty. Findings The results show the negative impact of EPU on leverage decisions but a positive impact of EPU on leverage speed of adjustment for both, short-run and long-run economic policy shocks. Additional analysis reveals that the negative influence of long-run policy shocks on leverage decisions is moderated through profitability, and the negative influence of short-run policy shocks on leverage is moderated through firm size, tangibility and available growth prospects. However, the significant positive impact of EPU on the leverage speed of adjustment in both short and long-term policy shocks indicates that the speed of adjustment for these firms is not affected by policy shocks. Originality/value This research contributes to the existing literature on capital structure dynamics,by investigating the impact of EPU on firm financing decisions and estimating the adjustment speed of capital structure in a developing market context. The study also extends the existing literature by applying the concept of long-run and short-run economic policy uncertainty in the capital structure dynamic framework. Additionally, the new news-based measure of EPU is used. Moreover, it also looks into the COVID-19 effect on the relationship.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135689749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding consumers' intentions to use drone food delivery services: a perspective of the theory of consumption values","authors":"Kian Yeik Koay, Mei Kei Leong","doi":"10.1108/apjba-04-2023-0155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-04-2023-0155","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing consumers' intentions to use drone food delivery services from the perspective of the theory of consumption values (TCV). Design/methodology/approach Data collection involves the utilisation of self-administered questionnaires. Subsequently, 305 data were gathered from Malaysian consumers and subjected to analysis through partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Findings This study demonstrated that functional, social, emotional and epistemic values, as well as personal innovativeness, can strongly predict intentions. However, neither the conditional value nor environmental concerns were significant predictors of intentions. Originality/value The study is the first of its kind to use the TCV from the perspective of a developing country to understand consumers' intentions to use drone food delivery services.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135109886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental concerns in brand love and hate: an emerging market’s purview of masstige consumers","authors":"Swati Singh, Ralf Wagner","doi":"10.1108/apjba-12-2022-0531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-12-2022-0531","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeFashion brands are one of the strongest means of expressing consumers identity. This study explores and empirically validates the concepts of brand love and hate for masstige fashion brands from the purview of emerging markets. This study deciphers three components of masstige fashion brand promise through the lens of hedonic identity, uniqueness and expected social gains for the affluent middle-class consumers. The model is complemented by the impact of environmental and society’s well-being.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical evidence was obtained through an online survey in India. Total of 222 complete responses were used to test hypotheses by fitting a model with the partial least squares algorithm.FindingsFashion brand love is triggered by consumers’ hedonic identity and expected social gains. Brand hate is fuelled by environmental and societal well-being concerns, expected social gains and uniqueness. Theoretical contribution is threefold: First, the relevance of social and environmental consequences reflecting consumers’ accepted responsibility for their masstige consumption is introduced. Second, the study deciphers the emotions related to masstige brand love and brand hate for emerging market’s affluent middle-class. Third, empirical results contribute to the ongoing discussion on whether brand hate and love are two distinct concepts or collapse to be two extremes of one and the same continuum.Practical implicationsMiddle-class consumers in India are strict in their avoidance and rejection of the lower classes’ preferred fashion brands. Targeting must consider the social classes hierarchy. Marketing-mix design, particularly prices and distribution networks, need to enable a distinction between the social classes.Social implicationsMasstige fashion brand love and hate turn out to be two distinct constructs that co-exist rather than being two extremes of one and the same dimension.Originality/valueIndian middle-class consumers satisfy their need of environmental and social caretaking by avoidance and brand hate but continue to choose masstige brands to demonstrate social status and are not modernizing their traditional accumulative materialism.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43778550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How green sustainability efforts affect brand-related outcomes","authors":"A. Wong","doi":"10.1108/apjba-03-2023-0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-03-2023-0104","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeUtilizing the Stimulus-Organism-Response framework, this study examines how stimuli such as green sustainability efforts and brand image affect organisms namely brand experience and brand trust, leading to brand-related outcomes such as brand affinity, brand satisfaction and purchase intention in the soft drink industry in Singapore.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was administered to a total of 243 members of several Singapore-based Facebook groups. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results show the positive effects of green sustainability efforts on brand image, brand experience and brand trust. Brand experience affects brand satisfaction, brand affinity and purchase intention, whereas brand trust affects brand satisfaction and purchase intention. Moreover, the mediating roles of brand experience and brand trust are verified.Practical implicationsTo build strong consumer-brand relationships, managers can elevate brand experience and brand trust through the implementation of green sustainability efforts.Originality/valueThis study adds to the body of green sustainability literature by verifying the mediating effect of brand experience and brand trust in the relationship between green sustainability efforts and brand-related outcomes. The study clarifies the direct and indirect antecedents of brand affinity, brand satisfaction and purchase intention.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45564168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How much does an employer's attractiveness matter to youth employment? Evidence from a developing country","authors":"E. Buitek, S. Kaliyeva, A. Turginbayeva, M. Meldakhanova, A. Shaikh","doi":"10.1108/apjba-02-2023-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-02-2023-0086","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeDrawing on the contemporary literature and the theory of employer attractiveness, the authors aimed to examine key antecedents and consequences of employer attractiveness by proposing functional hypotheses and relationships between some endogenous variables.Design/methodology/approachUsing the quota-cum-purposive sampling method, the unit of analysis selected for this study was millennials aged 18–35 years and working in the hospitality, travel, tourism and leisure (HTTL) sectors for the last two years. A total of 218 responses were collected in three months (June–August 2022). The data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsFor young employees, company recruitment behaviour, company image and source credibility are significantly and directly related to company attractiveness. The relationship between company image and employee word of mouth (WOM) was significantly positive. Company recruitment behaviour was found to significantly influence employee commitment. Company attractiveness was found to be directly related to young employees' WOM about the company and commitment to it.Originality/valueThe study establishes the significance of company attractiveness because a company's success largely depends on the company's ability to attract and retain a talented and skilled workforce. Moreover, the present study provides much-needed insights to policymakers and regulators that can help the policymakers define and implement favourable policies to promote and protect the country's job market and offer directions to youth employment.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48550020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INFLUENCE OF TASTE AND PRICE ON PURCHASE DECISIONS CASE STUDY OF NOMO COFFEE SHOP IN BANDUNG","authors":"Muhamad Irvan, Agis Maharani, Muhammad Nizar Dzaki","doi":"10.61317/js.v1i2.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61317/js.v1i2.22","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000The development of the coffee industry in Indonesia has increased rapidly in recent years. In the face of increasingly fierce competition, coffee shops have become one of the favorite places for people to enjoy coffee. One of the famous coffee shops in Bandung is \"Nomo Coffee\". Currently, \"Nomo Coffee\" faces challenges in maintaining and increasing the number of customers amid increasingly fierce competition. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of taste and price on consumer purchasing decisions at \"Nomo Coffee\" in Bandung. The method that will be used in this study is a structured survey that will be run through a questionnaire to consumers \"Nomo Coffee\". The results of the descriptive analysis showed that most respondents gave a low to moderate rating on the taste of products at Nomo Coffee. This analysis provides an initial picture of consumer perceptions of the taste and price of products at Nomo Coffee. Furthermore, further analysis such as regression analysis can be performed to determine the extent to which taste and price influence on consumer purchasing decisions. Regression analysis shows that the variable \"Taste\" has a regression coefficient of 0.589, with a t-value of 3.725 and a significance of 0.001. Meanwhile, regression analysis shows that the variable \"Price\" has a regression coefficient of 0.378, with a t-value of 2.198 and a significance of 0.035. The results showed that the taste of the product has a strong influence on consumer purchasing decisions at Nomo Coffee. The importance of efforts to improve the quality of coffee taste and maintain competitive prices to influence consumer purchasing decisions in coffee shops. Coffee shop \"Nomo Coffee\" can focus on improving coffee quality, such as through the selection of high-quality coffee beans and good brewing techniques. \u0000  \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90539389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of team support, financial incentives and public sector motivation on employee motivation: an empirical study of the public sector in Vietnam","authors":"Hoa Dinh Nguyen, Thi Minh Ngoc Chau, Quyen T. B. Huynh","doi":"10.1108/apjba-09-2021-0460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-09-2021-0460","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship of employee motivation to team support, financial incentives and public sector motivation in various agencies under the Binh Dinh People's Committee in Vietnam. These agencies fulfil state management functions in many fields, such as investment, finance, construction, sports, culture and tourism.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies the quantitative method to test team support, financial incentives and public service motivation (PSM) in relation to employee motivation in the public sector. The data are analysed using covariance-based structural equation modelling (SEM), with a sample size of 263 employees who work at provincial government agencies.FindingsThe study results show that team support, financial incentives and PSM have a positive influence on employee motivation in the public sector.Originality/valueThe findings provide theoretical evidence that team support, financial incentives and PSM are key predictors of employee motivation in the public sector in the context of an emerging economy. Consequently, the authors propose that managers in the public sector should motivate employees by communicating with employees about the employees' roles in improving the local people's lives to stimulate the PSM of employees. In addition, managers should always provide constructive feedback that recognises employees' achievements and pay bonuses based on job performance and successful projects to improve public service.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43574444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does basic need satisfaction foster engagement by serving as a personal demand? A mediation model based on a self-determination perspective","authors":"M. Waqas, T. Fatima, Zafar-uz-Zaman Anjum","doi":"10.1108/apjba-04-2022-0165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-04-2022-0165","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeTaking job demand-resource (JD-R) and self-determination perspective, the current study focused to see how basic need satisfaction (BNS) – as a personal demand – impacts work engagement directly and indirectly through personal resource (i.e. self-efficacy). Moreover, the aim was to test the dimension-wise impact of BNS, i.e. the need for autonomy, need for belongingness and need for competence in the aforementioned relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis research is a time-lagged survey in which three-wave data of 398 white-collar employees were collected from the service and manufacturing sector of Pakistan through convenience sampling. Each wave of data collection was two months apart. The matched responses yielded an overall response rate of 66.33%. The collected responses were duly analysed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsResults of the study confirmed all direct and indirect hypotheses encompassing the impact of the combined BNS construct on work engagement via self-efficacy. Nonetheless, in the dimension-wise analysis, the indirect impact of the need for job autonomy on work engagement was not validated. This depicted that the need for competence and relatedness are more important predictors of work engagement through the self-efficacy path.Originality/valueIt has been observed that prior research on work engagement was mainly focused on the role of job demands (JDs) and personal resources; however, the role of personal demands along with personal resources has little been discussed. The authors tested the total as well as the specific impact of each component of basic need on work engagement making it possible to examine the total predicting role of basic need satisfaction and the specific contribution of satisfaction of each need on work engagement.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41854232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From harasser tourists to above the law managers: female tour guides strategies for coping with sexual harassment","authors":"Mohamed Mousa, Hala A. Abdelgaffar, I. Salem, W. Chaouali, A. Elbaz","doi":"10.1108/apjba-10-2022-0429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-10-2022-0429","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study examines how far female tour guides in Egypt experience sexual harassment and how they cope with it.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research method is employed, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 full-time female tour guides working for several travel agencies in Egypt. Thematic analysis was used to extract the main ideas from the transcripts.FindingsThe findings show that female tour guides in Egypt would encounter annoying gender harassment mostly from tourists they serve, and they might suffer from irresponsible behavior – gender harassment, unwanted sexual harassment, and sexual coercion – from their local managers. When facing sexual harassment, female tour guides usually tend to adopt one of the following three coping strategies: (a) indifference to sexual harassment they encounter, (b) heroism by taking legal action when exposed to sexual harassment or (c) fatalism by taking inconsequential action such as complaining the harasser to his direct manager or filling in an official complaint inside their workplace. The selection of the coping strategy is usually based on the female victim's personality and the organizational and social context she adapts to.Originality/valueThis paper contributes by filling a gap in tourism, human resources management and gender studies in which empirical studies on the sexual harassment that female tour guides encounter, particularly in non-Western contexts, have been limited so far.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44313331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Job embeddedness and life satisfaction during pandemic: the impacts of work-from-home stressors and emotional exhaustion","authors":"Decha Dechawatanapaisal","doi":"10.1108/apjba-11-2022-0504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-11-2022-0504","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study applies the job demands-resources model the conservation of resources theory to explain and examine the impacts of home-work conflict, perceived insufficient organizational support, and perceived social isolation, that is, work-from-home stressors, oDesign/methodology/approachData were collected from 418 Thai employees who worked from home during the nationwide lockdowns at two time points. The hypotheses were tested and analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and a bootstrapping procedure.FindingsThe results indicate that the three work-from-home stressors significantly cause emotional exhaustion and that these stressors are negatively associated with job embeddedness and life satisfaction via the mediation of emotional exhaustion.Research limitations/implicationsTo reduce error in parameter estimation due to self-report data, future research could use a more rigorous longitudinal design with a longer time lag and collect data from multiple sources.Practical implicationsRealizing how critical situations shape the workplace would help organizations understand the issues concerning a remote work approach and create more applicable interventions to improve employees' retention and wellbeing.Originality/valueThis study reinforces the application of COR in times of crisis and extends the traditional JD-R model beyond the normal work context.","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45577715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}