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Consumers’ Health-Locus-Of-Control And Social Distancing In Pandemic-Based E-Tailing Services, Omar S. Itani, Linda D. Hollebeek

Marketing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Purpose

COVID-19 and its precautions, including social distancing, have revolutionized traditional retailing- and consumption patterns. In this turbulent environment, the purpose of this study is twofold. First, this paper explores the direct effect of consumers’ internal/external health locus-of-control on their hygiene consciousness, which, in turn, affects their social distancing behavior. Second, this study posits that social distancing, in turn, impacts consumers’ current online grocery shopping behavior and their future online grocery shopping intentions, thus uncovering important insight.

Design/methodology/approach

To address these gaps, this paper develops a model that links consumers’ internal/external health locus-of-control to their adoption of e-tailing-based grocery services. …

Understanding Mental Health Services And Help-Seeking Behaviours Among College Students In Vietnam, Ngoc C. Pham, Yuanqing Li, Tofazzal Hossain, Claudio Schapsis, Huan H. Pham, Michael Minor

Marketing Faculty Publications and Presentations

OBJECTIVE

Mental health is a significant topic, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is higher prevalence, there is less attention, to mental health problems among Asian college students, so the authors decided to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health services and help-seeking behaviors in Vietnamese universities. By conducting this study, the authors hoped to contribute to current literature on the factors that contribute to professional mental health help-seeking behavior of college students in Vietnam and to suggest strategies to reduce possible barriers that prevent them from looking for professional medical help.

DESIGN

For this …