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Deepfakes Generated By Generative Adversarial Networks, Olympia A. Paul

Honors College Theses

Deep learning is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that mimics the workings of the human brain in processing data such as speech recognition, visual object recognition, object detection, language translation, and making decisions. A Generative adversarial network (GAN) is a special type of deep learning, designed by Goodfellow et al. (2014), which is what we call convolution neural networks (CNN). How a GAN works is that when given a training set, they can generate new data with the same information as the training set, and this is often what we refer to as deep fakes. CNN takes an input …

Application Of Theory Of Planned Behavior In Consumers’ Purchase Decision Of Cats And Dogs Food Products, Rendi Tegar Pratama, Elevita Yuliati

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Manuscript type: Empirical paper Research Aims: This research was conducted to analyze the influence of Theory of Planned Behaviour in determining the consumers’ purchase behaviour of cats and dogs food products. Design/methodology/approach: The constructs used in the research model are attitude, subjective norms, Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC), intention, and behaviour. The research model was added with self-identity and social norms constructs. Respondents of this research were 300 cats and dogs owners. Data was collected through online questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with LISREL version 8.8 as the software analysis tool. Research Findings: The results showed …

Determinants Of Non-Muslim Consumers’ Purchase Behavior Toward Halal Packaged Food, Asih Untari, Anya Safira

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Manuscript type: Research article Research Aims: The objective of this research is to determine factors affecting the purchase behavior of non-Muslim consumers toward halal packaged food. Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected from self-adminstrated questionnaire from non-Muslim consumers who have purchased halal packaged food. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using SmartPLS was used to analyze the effect of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, halal logo and halal marketing on purchase intention and purchase behavior. Research Findings: Only subjective norm, halal logo and halal marketing affect purchase intention, which later affects purchase behavior. Meanwhile perceived behavioral control was found to directly affect purchase …

Determinants Of Eco-Conscious Consumer Behavior Of Muslims In Indonesia Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Sumayyah Amalina Nasr, Anya Safira

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Manuscript type: Research paper Research Aims: This study aims to analyze the determinants of eco-conscious behavior of Indonesian Muslim consumers by using the Theory of Planned Behavior, with the incorporation of several additional variables namely intrinsic religious orientation, green trust, and environmental concern. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis used for this research is Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS software. Research Findings: The results show that intrinsic religious orientation influences the eco-conscious behavior of Indonesian Muslims directly and indirectly through attitude toward green products. Furthermore, environmental concern influences the eco-conscious behavior of Indonesian Muslims directly and indirectly through subjective …

Predicting Tourist Loyalty To A Small Emerging Destination – The Importance Of Destination Image, Binh Nghiem-Phu

ASEAN Marketing Journal

In the Southeast Asia region, Vietnam is a developing country and also a developing tourism destination. The number of international tourists to Vietnam has been increasing in recent years. However, the post-trip issues (e.g., not returning, bad word-of-mouth) have become the focal points of many arguments. Based on the existing literature, this study devel- oped and tested a theoretical model to predict international tourists’ loyalty to Vietnam from a combination of destination image, tourist motivation, and overall trip satisfaction. The findings revealed that destination image significantly and positively predicted tourists’ overall satisfaction with the trip and their loyalty to the …

Antecedents And Consequences Of Tourist Satisfaction: A Literature Review, Joko Adinegara, Ni Wayan Sri Suprapti, Ni Nyoman Kerti Yasa, I Putu Gde Sukaatmadja

ASEAN Marketing Journal

The concept of satisfaction is being practiced worldwide at very large scale and has drawn significant attention from academics and practitioners, because it played an important role in company marketing strategies and it was recognized as driving force of loyalty. Although the antecedent of satisfaction was widely learned, the antecedent of satisfaction is still debate by the researcher. The aim of this article is to develop more integrative constructs of satisfaction and its consequences and how the correlations among constructs that form the satisfaction. By understanding the factors that form the satisfaction and its consequences, is expected to be composed …

Consumer Preference For Genetically Modified Halal Yogurt Drinks, Siti Hasnah Hassan, Qaisar Iqbal

ASEAN Marketing Journal

This study strives to understand the importance placed by consumers on the features of a product when purchasing yogurt drinks. In addition, their attitude towards genetically modified foods, generally, and their purchase intention towards genetically modified yogurt drinks, in particular, was also determined. Convenience sampling was employed; 120 usable responses were received from the self-administered survey. The research findings showed that nutrition was deemed as being the most important product feature that influenced the decision in purchasing yogurt drinks. This was followed by freshness, price, flavor, variety, and origin. Furthermore, it was found that respondents presented a neutral attitude and …

How Consumers Respond To Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative: Cause Related Marketing Vs Philantrophy, Lisia Astari Pertiwi, Tengku Ezni Balqiah

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Increasing in demand of CSR from various stakeholders has caused company¡¯s CSR motives to be more complex. CSR activities are not only founded on the benevolence of corporate agents but also as part of a corporate strategy formulated in pursuit of stakeholder interest. This study investigate whether CSR motives could enhance customer trust and satisfaction. Focus on two CSR initiatives conducted by GrabTaxi (transportation industry) and Alfamart (retail industry), the purposes is to demonstrate how two type CSR initiative could delivered perceived motives and create loyalty. Cross-sectional offline and on- line survey was conducted on 175 respondents of GrabTaxi and …

Effects Of Externalities And Flow On Perceived Usefulness, Satisfaction, And Loyalty In Mobile Instant Messaging Promotion, Theresa Victory Gloria, Adrian Achyar

ASEAN Marketing Journal

At its introduction, instant messaging (IM) was predicted to facilitate communication between businesses and customers. Growing numbers of smartphones coupled with internet penetration then led to the development of mobile instant messaging (MIM). Some MIM provides a feature for businesses to communicate to customers, which enables businesses to send promotions and information directly to customers. For this to be effective, loyalty is crucial for continued MIM use, especially MIM that can be used as a promotional tool, or mobile instant messaging promotion (MIMP). This study focuses on the factors that affect loyalty and satisfaction in MIMP. The results suggest that …

The Effects Of Knowledge, Religiosity Value, And Attitude On Halal Label Reading Behavior Of Undergraduate Students, Megawati Simanjuntak, Muhammad Mardi Dewantara

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Halal label is a label on food that justified according to Islamic law, qualified and did not harm our health. The purpose of this research was to analyze the effect of intrinsic factors (individual characteristics and family characteristics), extrinsic factors, knowledge, religiosity and the attitude towards behavior of reading the halal label on food products of undergraduate students. This study used cross sectional study with survey method. The research involved 400 students of Bogor Agricultural University that were chosen by multistage random sampling with gender as a layer. There was significant difference between female and male in knowledge, religiosity value, …

Stakeholder Analysis On Boycott Movement: A Preliminary Study Using Media Contexts, Kresno Agus Hendarto

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Just like the celebrities, social movement depends, to an extent, on media in communicating its activities to the public. The relationship between social movement and media is transactional. On the one hand, social movement needs media to disseminate its activities. On the other hand, media needs social movement as the news source. Scant (beyond very few notable exceptions) empirical research is not available on boycott product as a social movement and stakeholder analysis in Indonesia. The objective of this study is to perform stakeholder analysis on boycott product as a social movement. To do so, the study attempts to answer …

Marketing Impact Of Halal Labeling Toward Indonesian Muslim Consumer’S Behavioral Intention Based On Ajzen’S Planned Behavior Theory: Policy Capturing Studies On Five Different Product Categories, Imam Salehudin, Bagus Adi Luthfi

ASEAN Marketing Journal

The purpose of this paper is to test the applicability of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in explaining the intention to switch from products without certified Halal labels within a wide array of purchase context, especially in the purchase of food and medicine products. A policy capturing questionnaire was used to elicit responses from consumers using a convenience sampling technique. A total of 7500 responses were obtained from 150 participating respondent in 50 different scenario cases. Data is analyzed using Multi-Group Structural Equation Modeling. The study finds that the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is not completely valid to …

Revisiting The Inner Self In Times Of Debilitating Distress: Gateways For Wellness Through Spiritual Tourism, Manpreet Arora, Roshan Lal Sharma, Sandeep Walia

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on our bodies, minds and souls. Having suffered it for more than a year now we know how crucial it is to tackle the pandemic at physical, psychological and spiritual levels. We have well-established Standard Operating Procedures alongside vaccines to deal with it at physical level, but equally crucial are mental and spiritual problems caused by COVID-19 (Chopra, 2020).

This paper seeks to explore certain gateways and possibilities of dealing with distress, despair, anxiety, angst, trauma and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in diverse arenas of human activities to ascertain how crucial …

Women’S Experiences In Religious Tourism: An Investigation Into Women’S Involvement In Sabarimala Pilgrimage, Kerala, Shyju P.J., A. Vinodan, S. Meera, Jithendran Kokkranikal

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Preparations for the Sabarimala pilgrimage involves devotees observing a 41 day period of austerity (vrata) during which they practice an ascetic life. Women between the age of 10 and 50 do not visit the shrine at Sabarimala due to long-established customs. However, women do play an important role during the 41-day austerity observed by family members preparing for the pilgrimage, which could be described as a non-participant involvement in the pilgrimage. While there have been many studies on the spiritual and secular experiences of pilgrims, research on this unique form of non-participant involvement in pilgrimages is not found especially in …

Analysis Effect Of Environment Attitude, Health Consciousness And Knowledge In Developing Product Perception And Intention To Buy (A Study On Organic Food Product), Widyasari Widyasari, Jony Oktavian Haryanto

ASEAN Marketing Journal

This research intends to study the factors that can affect the product perception and consumer intention in buying organic product.The study is necessary in that it explores at least some of the factors that can affect the product perception and consumer intention in buying organic product. The research results indicated that there was a positive influence of health consciousness towards environment attitude, consumer’s organic product knowledge towards organic product perception, environment attitude and consumer’s organic knowledge towards intention to buy organic product. But, there was a negative influence between environment attitude, health consciousness towards consumer’s organic product perception, and consumer’s …

Halal Literacy: A Concept Exploration And Measurement Validation, Imam Salehudin

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Muslim consumers have strict commandments which guides their consumption behavior. However, Muslim individuals may have different compliance regarding the commandments. This difference in compliance may be explained by difference in halal literacy. Halal literacy is the ability to differentiate permissible (halal) and forbidden (haram) goods and services which came from better understanding of Islamic laws (shariah).Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of Halal Literacy as well as to develop and validate an instrument to measure Halal Literacy for Muslim consumers. Halal literacy was measured using two methods. One method using six items of five point …

Religiosity Aspect In Consumer Behaviour: Determinants Of Halal Meat Consumption, Jusmaliani Jusmaliani, Hanny Nasution

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Previous studies indicate that religion may influence consumer attitude and behavior in general, especially in food purchasing decisions and eating habits. There are limited studies that examined the role of religiosity in consumer behaviour; especially in relations to halal meat consumption. Due to gaps found in the literature, this study investigates the determinants of intention to eat halal meat. It also examines the levels of determinants of halal meat consumption between Indonesian Muslim living in Jakarta and Melbourne. Respondents were personally and electronically contacted. In total, 160 questionnaires were completed for this initial study. The results indicate that behavioural control …

Coo2 Bhanga Munda Data, Asli Ascioglu, Padma Kadiyala

Finance Department Faculty Journal Articles

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Ted Ayres, Social Justice And Education Advocate: "Making It Count" With Book Reviews, Kristen P. Erdem

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

This is an interview article with a prolific reviewer of books seen on public television and in print. Ted Ayres had an inspired legal career, and his advocacy continues to this day. The year 2020, like no other year in our recent U.S. history, was a raucous reckoning for an array of social justice issues. As this theme continues in 2021, it is heartwarming getting to know a quiet advocate in our midst. Meet Ted Ayres. Ayres will be a contributor to the journal with book reviews. This is an introduction to the person, Ted Ayres as social justice and …

Making Agriculture Carbon Neutral Amid A Changing Climate: The Case Of South-Western Australia, Ross Kingwell

Climate Science Research Articles

Making Australian agriculture carbon neutral by 2050 is a goal espoused by several agricultural organisations in Australia. How costly might it be to attain that goal, especially when adverse climate change projections apply to agriculture in southern Australia? This study uses scenario analysis to examine agricultural emissions and their abatement via reforestation in south-western Australia under projected climate change. Most scenarios include the likelihood of agricultural emissions being reduced in the coming decades. However, the impact of projected adverse climate change on tree growth and tree survival means that the cost of achieving agricultural carbon neutrality via reforestation is forecast …

An Examination Of Why 4-H Is Beneficial, Makayla Aichholz

Honors Projects

4-H is the largest youth organization in the United States, therefore it has an impact on many lives across the nation. As a former 4-H member myself, I wanted to discover what some of the benefits of this organization are. I started my project by researching how 4-H began and what members in the organization participate in while also using my personal experience as background knowledge. I then looked at a variety of different studies that examined some of the benefits of 4-H, specifically in alumni. These other studies were used to guide the research I conducted. Also, I found …

Understanding Nonprofit Boards: An Exploratory Study Of The Governance Practices Of Regional Nonprofits, Susan Ryan Goodman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Many researchers have catalogued best practices of board governance. Most of the existing research employed surveys to review compliance with these practices, and the results are highly quantitative as well as self-reported. This study used interviews of board members representing a cross-section of nonprofits to examine conformity with recommended governance best practices and procedures as well as to provide insight into how these practices have changed during their tenure.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 nonprofit board members in the Tampa Bay area. Using the thematic coding approach proposed by Braun and Clark (2006), four themes emerged from the data: Recruiting, …

Fighting Mass Diffusion Of Fake News On Social Media, Abdallah Musmar

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Fake news has been considered one of the most challenging problems in the last few years. The effects of spreading fake news over social media platforms are widely observed across the globe as the depth and velocity of fake news reach far more than real news (Vosoughi et al., 2018). The plan for the following dissertation is to investigate the mass spread of fake news across social media and propose a framework to fight the spread of fake news by mixing preventive methods that could hinder the overall percentage of fake news sharing. We plan to create a study on …

Signaling In Training, Megan Paul

Umbrella Summaries

What is signaling?

In a learning environment, signaling refers to cues that direct learners’ attention to specific instructional content or that emphasize how the content is organized (van Gog, 2014). Signals can be verbal (oral or written) or visual (static or dynamic images or graphics). More commonly studied examples include:

signals in written materials: underlining, italics, bold, highlighting, outlines, headings, overviews, and summaries

signals in visual materials: arrows, circles, flashing, color coding, spotlighting (graying out some content), zooming in on key content, and gestures of pedagogical agents

When signals are used only in written text (i.e., without accompanying visuals), they …

Putting The Social In Social Media: How Human Connection Triggers Engagement, Stephanie Adomavicius

Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association

Social media has become the preferred channel of information and has altered patterns of interaction and connection. As a result, society now revolves around a two-way form of communication with constant dialogue and instant responses. Public relations practitioners have had to adapt and change their strategy in order to keep up with the times, and because of this, engagement is now considered to be a measurement of success.

In terms of social media, engagement is how users interact with content and participate in online conversations. This study will uncover what causes people to engage on social media and identify the …

Improving The Child Welfare Workforce Through Training: Common Questions And Evidence-Informed Answers From The Qic-Wd, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

QIC-Tips

Training is often the first intervention child welfare agencies use to address critical workforce development issues. This QIC-Tip aims to answer child welfare agency leaders’ questions about effective training strategies to increase knowledge, enhance skills, and improve job performance. Answers are drawn from the QIC-WD Umbrella Summaries which present a synopsis of the published meta-analyses of specific workforce topics.

What broad-based training approaches can improve employee learning outcomes and job performance?

Coaching uses a structured learning process, over time, to help the learner reach specific goals. Meta-analytic research on the use of professional coaches (not managers or experienced coworkers) …

The Influence Of Intrinsic Motivational Forces On Consumers’ Product Purchase Intentions, Sumera Syed, Syed R. H. Shah, Fauziah S. Ahmad

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

Food is perceived as the top most surviving need of humans since their existence. With the passage of time, this need has been further revolutionized with added requirements of safety and hygienic factors. Halal food having both of these factors, has gained popularity among both Muslims and non-Muslims consumers. Despite of ever increasing trend of Halal food consumption, the research to uncap this amazingly growing sector is still in its infancy stages. Interestingly, the role of intrinsic motivation in shaping up intention of the consumers for Halal food purchase is still not well explored. This study has addressed this untapped …

Donor Perception And Intention Impacting Nonprofit Organizations, Emily Brohawn

Senior Honors Theses

The perception of a donor and their inevitable intention as it relates to their formed opinion is the framework of consumer-organizational interaction within the world of nonprofits. Realizing the elements that directly influence the perception one forms of an organization allows businesses to discover the best ways to market their message and present themselves in a way they deem most appropriate. Understanding an organization’s influence and ability to manipulate the view of the consumer plays a large part in the nonprofit sector, determining how much a nonprofit will be supported by potential donors. The donor behavior that relays their perception …

“We Are The Land:” An Analysis Of Cultural Appropriation And Moral Outrage In Response To Christian Dior’S Sauvage Scandal, Roxana Maiorescu

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

By analyzing the online social construction of Christian Dior’s 2019 Sauvage ad, the present study contributes to the literature on public relations and diversity from the perspective of cultural appropriation, a research line that has remained unexplored. The study builds on Coombs and Tachkova’s (2018) recommendation for a theoretical and practical delineation between crises related to products, services and operations, and scandals (crises that spur moral outrage). The results reveal that the online users’ perceptions of cultural appropriation require communicative approaches that differ from previously employed crisis communication practices. A primary and secondary type of moral outrage were found to …

Exchange Rate Pass-Through Into Japanese Import Prices: Evidence At Both Bilateral And Product Levels, Channary Khun, Sokchea Lim, Hem Basnet

American Business Review

This study investigates the degree of the exchange rate pass-through to Japanese bilateral import prices at the product level for major Japan's trading partners (US, EU, and Asian NIEs) for a period (1998:1-2010:12) dubbed as Japan's lost decade and marked by a gradual the exchange rate appreciation against the US dollar. By considering both country and product dimensions in a unified framework, this study makes one of the first attempts to analyze the responsiveness of Japanese import prices to exchange rate movement. The empirical analysis suggests a declining exchange rate pass-through to Japanese import prices at the bilateral level in …