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Khayyam M, Chuanmin S, Salim MA, Nizami A, Ali J, Ali H, Khan N, Ihtisham M, Anjum R. COVID-19 Vaccination Behavior Among Frontline Healthcare Workers in Pakistan: The Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Susceptibility, and Anticipated Regret. Front Psychol 2022; 13:808338. [PMID: 35496249 PMCID: PMC9050246 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.808338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Healthcare workers in Pakistan are still fighting at the frontline to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and have been identified as the earliest beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccination by the health authorities of the country. Besides, the high vaccination rates of frontline healthcare workers (FHWs) are essential to overcome the ongoing pandemic and reduce the vaccines hesitancy among the general population. The current research employed the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to investigate the COVID-19 vaccination behavior among FHWs in Pakistan as well as the predictors of such behavior. Following the epidemic control and prevention policies, a sample of 680 FHWs were accessed to fill in the questionnaire evaluating the components of the TPB. Moreover, the potential role of anticipated regret (AR) and perceived susceptibility (PS) on COVID-19 vaccination behavior was also assessed. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results revealed that the TPB components, as well as the AR, have positive associations with the COVID-19 vaccination behavior. The results further confirmed that PS positively affects the anticipated regret, attitude (ATT), and subjective norm (SN) to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2. The perceived susceptibility also has a positive association with COVID-19 vaccination behavior through the mediation of anticipated regret, ATT, and SN. Our findings highlighted the importance of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers, which can be applied to reduce vaccine hesitancy among the general public.
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Affiliation(s)
- Muhammad Khayyam
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China
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- HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China
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- College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University Chengdu Campus, Wenjiang, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
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Tikhomirova A, Huang J, Chuanmin S, Khayyam M, Ali H, Khramchenko DS. How Culture and Trustworthiness Interact in Different E-Commerce Contexts: A Comparative Analysis of Consumers' Intention to Purchase on Platforms of Different Origins. Front Psychol 2021; 12:746467. [PMID: 34675852 PMCID: PMC8523785 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.746467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The outgrowth of e-commerce has advanced the development of countries' economies. Today, online marketplaces are targeting not only their local customers but are also spreading their interests overseas, expanding cross-border e-commerce. The current study aims to analyze the interaction of customer's personal traits, such as national culture, disposition to trust, and perceived trustworthiness, and their effect on the purchase intention within different e-commerce contexts. The contexts are chosen based on the country-of-origin parameter and serve as the moderator in the research model. Both direct and indirect effects of cultural dimensions on trustworthiness and purchase intention are analyzed within the research framework. The data for the analysis are randomly collected among the Russian population and assessed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The analysis results prove the marketplace context moderates the interaction of customers' personal traits among each other and their effect on the purchase intention. The study shows that dimensions of national culture have a more substantial effect on perceived trustworthiness and purchase intention in the Chinese marketplace context. The current study contributes to the analysis of customer behavior patterns within context, expanding context-related research direction. It increases the specificity of the culture and trustworthiness research and deepens the understanding of country-of-origin moderating effect in e-commerce. Moreover, addressing a high-level uncertainty avoidance culture within the research framework, the study diversifies the existing set of analyzed cultures in the e-commerce environment. The current study is applicable both in domestic and in cross-border e-commerce practice, broadening the understanding of consumer behavior patterns. The research model is relevant for the analysis of trust-effected behavioral outcomes.
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- Anna Tikhomirova
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- English Language Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia
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Ali H, Chuanmin S, Ahmed M, Mahmood A, Khayyam M, Tikhomirova A. Transformational Leadership and Project Success: Serial Mediation of Team-Building and Teamwork. Front Psychol 2021; 12:689311. [PMID: 34557131 PMCID: PMC8453157 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This research investigates the impact of transformational leadership (TL) style on project success (PS) in the indirect effect of serial mediation of team-building and teamwork quality (TWQ). A quantitative research approach was used for this study. Data were gathered from 374 professional information system development (ISD) project managers in Pakistan. The hypotheses were tested using regression analysis with bootstrapping. Both team-building and teamwork independently and serially mediate the relationship between the TL and PS of the project managers, respectively. The TL style of the project manager intensifies PS with team-building practices (TBP) and TWQ. The TL boosts TWQ in terms of communication, coordination, and cohesion to achieve a successful project. The findings suggest that TL is associated with PS through serial mediation of team-building and teamwork. No research to date has used this nascent methodology to explore the association between TL and PS.
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- Hussain Ali
- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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Khayyam M, Chuanmin S, Qasim H, Ihtisham M, Anjum R, Jiaxin L, Tikhomirova A, Khan N. Food Consumption Behavior of Pakistani Students Living in China: The Role of Food Safety and Health Consciousness in the Wake of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Front Psychol 2021; 12:673771. [PMID: 34385954 PMCID: PMC8353093 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.673771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has considerably changed global food production, processing, and consumption at different levels. Sojourners are among those who have experienced a higher level of food insecurity during the crisis of the COVID-19 outbreak. The current research aimed to investigate the immediate consumption behavioral intentions of the Pakistani international students in the People's Republic of China (PRC) during the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. This study applied the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and background factors of food safety and health consciousness that influence the consumption behavioral intention of Pakistani students toward unfamiliar local food in China. A relational model was analyzed where food safety and health consciousness were hypothesized to serve as background variables associated with TPB components. Moreover, the indirect effects of food safety and health consciousness on behavioral intentions were assessed. The data were collected through convenience samples from 462 Pakistani international students and were analyzed through partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results confirmed that food safety and health consciousness were positively associated with attitude (ATT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC). However, food safety and health consciousness were indirectly associated with the behavioral intention only through ATT and SN. The results highlighted the role of food safety and health consciousness as important antecedents of classical TPB components that affect intentions and behaviors to avoid unfamiliar local food in a migrated context. The present study provides enlightenment to those who aim to investigate the consumption behavioral intentions of sojourners in the wake of the pandemic situation based on food safety and health consciousness. The findings of the current study are also applicable to general consumption patterns in the food sector.
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- Muhammad Khayyam
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Business and Management Sciences, Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Rezaei Mog M, Khayyam M, Ahmadi M, Farajzadeh M. Mapping Susceptibility Landslide by Using the Weight-of-evidence Model: A Case Study in Merek Valley, Iran. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3342.3355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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