Push and pull factors associated with the CTTSL game events between on-site and online consumers

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Kevin K. Byon
Keyword(s):  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Online Consumers ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Push And Pull

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the push and pull factors associated with the consumption of Chinese Table Tennis Super League (CTTSL) game events by online audiences and on-site attendants. Design/methodology/approach Conducting a comprehensive review of literature and a test of content validity, a questionnaire was formulated to assess push and pull motives, event consumption, and sociodemographic variables. A total of 433 CTTSL event consumers, including 225 respondents who primarily followed CTTSL game events via television and webcasting and 208 respondents who primarily consumed the events by attending live game events. Findings Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that for online consumers, two push factors, self-esteem and drama excitement, were found to be positively related to the event consumption factors; whereas, social interaction and sport performance factors were found to be negatively predictive of event consumption factors. For on-site consumers, none of the push and pull factors were found to be related to the consumption factors. Research limitations/implications These results indicate that unlike research findings derived in other research settings mainly conducted in Western countries, push and pull factors are more functional for online CTTSL consumers who are of comparatively stronger fandom level, which are likely affected by CTTSL’s contemporary operations. Originality/value Enriching the dual process theory through examining its applicability in studying sport consumer behavior, from both perspectives of internal and external motivations; applying theories and research findings of internal and external motivations that have primarily been derived in Western countries into a professional sport setting in China; identifying unique and diverse perspectives of professional table tennis consumers in China between online and on-site consumers; contrary to the findings derived in Western countries, the motivational factors are more functional for online CTTSL consumers who are of comparatively stronger fandom level, which are likely affected by CTTSL’s contemporary operations; and conducting micro-perspective analyses to study Chinese sport consumer behaviors, which has rarely been done in contemporary scholarly inquiries in China.

Professor Hamlet’s dilemma: to retire or not to retire?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet E. McDaniel ◽  
Beverlee B. Anderson ◽  
Jennifer Jeffries
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Retirement Plans ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Faculty Retirement ◽  
Contractual Agreements ◽  
Push And Pull

PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to explore the experiences of tenured academic retirees and the decision-making process leading to their retirements. The inquiry addressed the research question, What were the factors that most influenced the decision to retire?Design/methodology/approachTwenty retirees from a public university were interviewed. The interview began with a multipart question about the variables that influenced the decision to retire – the positive and negative factors that “pushed against” and “pulled towards” retirement. The researchers coded the interviews, identifying common themes that contributed to responding to the research questions. Data analysis was done using the constant comparative procedure. The analysis interpreted the data to form three propositions to serve as prompts for further study.FindingsThree propositions addressed the participants' “tipping point” where retirement was more attractive than remaining employed, the relative importance of financial vs other factors and the strong role of familial/personal factors pulling toward retirement.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was conducted in a university system with contractual agreements on retirement policies and benefits and therefore might not be generalizable to dissimilar institutions. Three propositions form the basis for further research to validate. The new conception of “push” and “pull” factors can serve as a basis for future research.Practical implicationsDefined Phased Retirement Plans are recommended as a “win-win” for faculty members and the institution.Originality/valueThis paper reconceptualizes the definitions of push and pull factors in the literature on faculty retirement and enriches the understanding of the complex factors influencing the decision to retire.

Push and Pull Factors in E-Sports Livestreaming: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-642
Author(s):  
Tyreal Yizhou Qian ◽  
Jerred Junqi Wang ◽  
James Jianhui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Partial Least Squares ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Oriented Approach

Shifting from a player-oriented approach, e-sports has increasingly positioned itself as emerging spectator entertainment. In the wake of the growing online viewer market, the industry has made tremendous efforts to innovate marketing strategies and build up a base of passionate fans across the globe. To augment this endeavor, the current study investigated push and pull factors that influence e-sports online viewers’ consumption behaviors (N = 1,309) using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The authors proposed a new way to operationalize push and pull factors that have been relatively overlooked in the literature. The findings indicated that, while push and pull factors had different effects on e-sports consumption behaviors, they should be considered equally important in e-sports livestreaming. The study expanded our understanding of the attractiveness and desirability of e-sports and shed some critical light on management and marketing issues within and beyond the e-sports space.

Switching from hotels to peer-to-peer accommodation: an empirical study

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1657-1678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruihe Yan ◽  
Kem Z.K. Zhang ◽  
Yugang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Stimulation Level ◽  
Valid Data ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has become increasingly popular in recent years, and hotels are facing unprecedented impacts. Attracting new consumers and retaining existing ones are critical to the success of P2P accommodation and hotels. The purpose of this paper is to examine three categories of antecedents for hotels consumers’ switching intention: push (i.e. satiation), pull (i.e. perceived value) and mooring (i.e. optimal stimulation level) factors using push–pull–mooring (PPM) model. Design/methodology/approach Airbnb was chosen as the research context. An online survey was conducted to examine the proposed research model and hypotheses. A total of 292 valid data were collected from Airbnb users through a survey. Findings The findings show that the three categories of factors have positive and significant effects on switching intention. Additionally, the mooring factor has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between pull factors and switching intention. Furthermore, the mooring factor affects both pull and push factors. Originality/value First, this is one of the early studies to pay attention to switching intention from hotels to P2P accommodation. Second, to provide a comprehensive understanding of consumers’ switching intention, the authors use PPM model to establish the research framework. This research improves the understanding of consumer’s switching intention by identifying the push and pull factors based on the differences between hotels and P2P accommodation in accordance with optimal stimulation level theory and consumer value theory.

Priorities in accommodating office user preferences: impact on office users decision to stay or go

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Remøy ◽  
Theo J.M. van der Voordt
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Transportation Accessibility ◽  
Push And Pull

Purpose – When current accommodation is unsatisfactory, office organisations consider relocating to new accommodation that optimally facilitates their main processes and supports image and financial yield. However, due to high vacancy levels, public opinion and governmental awareness oppose new office construction. Reusing existing buildings could be the egg of Columbus. This paper aims at answering the questions: which property characteristics are important push and pull factors for relocation? What does this mean for the decision: stay or go? Design/methodology/approach – A literature review of factors determining organisations' accommodation choices was conducted. Interviews were held with large-scale office organisations and creative organisations, discussing relocation drivers. Henceforth, a survey was held among creative organisations, collecting data about property characteristics important for their preferences. Finally, office user preferences were compared with characteristics of structurally vacant buildings. Findings – Traditional push factors like car accessibility, extension need, and location and building image remain important. Nowadays sustainability issues like reducing energy consumption and better public transportation accessibility are highly prioritised pull factors as well. Regarding the creative industries, bike- and public transportation accessibility, multi-tenancy, and ICT and meeting facilities are most important. Practical implications – Knowing office users' preferences is important to attract and retain stable tenants. If office space supply is highly aligned to end-users' demands and easily adaptable to changing needs, probably more organisations will decide to stay instead of go, leaving behind empty offices. Originality/value – This study combines data about push and pull factors with relocation decision-making, innovatively focussing on the creative industries. The data can be used to explore opportunities and risks of adaptive re-use of the existing building stock.

scholarly journals Income Diversification Strategies of Italian Peri-Urban Farms: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 790
Author(s):  
Orlando Cimino ◽  
Marco Vassallo ◽  
Roberto Henke ◽  
Francesco Vanni
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Income Diversification ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Diversification Strategies ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
On Farm

On-farm diversification in non-agricultural activities has been increasingly recognized as a rewarding farm strategy through which farmers produce on-farm non-agricultural goods and services. The main objective of this paper is to explore to what extent the condition of peri-urbanity affects farm income diversification in Italy by looking at the push and pull factors that allow peri-urban farmers to re-organize their business by developing diversification strategies that are tightly connected to the demand of goods and services coming from the urban society. A structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical technique has been applied to estimate direct and indirect causal relationships among the multiple variables involved. The SEM analytical approach allowed us to untie the complexity of the push and pull factors connections and to highlight the most significant ones. The strengths of the structural paths provide evidence on the key diversification strategies adopted by peri-urban farms.

Should I Start My Own Venture? Moderating Effect of Pull Factors on the Relationship of Push Factors with Women Entrepreneurial Intentions

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Ghatak ◽  
Bhaskar Bhowmick
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Push Factors ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Push And Pull

Abstract Extant literature of women entrepreneurial intention (EI) has not studied the interplay of push and pull factors well, creating a lacuna in literature. In this paper, we explored how barriers within their professional careers, i.e. push factors led to women EI, and how interpersonal motivators and contextual pull factors moderated that relationship. Adopting the push-pull framework and analyzing survey-based responses from 302 working women using structural-equation-modeling, we find that the need for recognition (NFR) and the glass ceiling (GC) effect have positive relationships, whereas family support (FS) has a negative relationship with EIs. Moreover, the NFR and FS moderate GC-EI relationship. Our study contributes towards the women entrepreneurship literature by focusing on the interplay of push and pull factors. The paper also provides important managerial and policy implications for organizations and policy makers.

scholarly journals The Influence of Tourists’ Motivation on Intention to Revisit at The Traditional Village of Prai Ijing, Waikabubak, West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara

2019 ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Fransiska Fila Hidayana ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Oka Suryawardani ◽  
Agung Suryawan Wiranatha
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Intention To Revisit

Push and pull factor as motivation for travelling are the components that influence tourist perception about tourist attraction related to the level of tourist satisfaction. Motivation also able to encourage tourist to revisit. Prai Ijing Traditional Village is one of the tourist attractions and cultural sites which is located in Waikabubak, West Sumba, NTT. It has unique culture, strategic location, therefore visited by many visitors. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect between motivation, tourist satisfaction and intention to revisit the village. The research method, the population of this research are domestic and foreign tourists visiting the Prai Ijing Traditional Village. The samples of this research is 100 visitors as the respondent, by using accidental sampling. The data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS software version 3.0 and qualitative descriptive analysis to describe the characteristics of respondents, interpretate the results of SEM analysis, and reveal the result of research hypothesis test. The results showed that push and pull factors had significant effect on tourist satisfaction. Tourist satisfaction had significant effect on the intention to revisit. The push and pull factors did not had significant effect on the intention to revisit.  Pull factors had significant effect than push factors on tourist satisfaction. Therefore, the pull factors need to be maintained and improved in order to be able to provide optimal satisfaction. The management and local communities are expected to increase the diversity of attraction and tourist activities, provide unique and innovative cultural tourism products, and maintain local wisdom and cultural assets as the main attention for tourists to visit the Prai Ijing Traditional Village Keywords: tourist motivation, satisfaction, revisit intention, SEM

Push and pull factors in international franchising

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melih Madanoglu ◽  
Ilan Alon ◽  
Amir Shoham
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Push Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
International Franchising ◽  
Push And Pull

Purpose Using munificence, real options and ambidexterity theories, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the differential between home and host market environmental conditions affects US international franchising expansion. Design/methodology/approach The authors used firm-level panel data for 151 US-based franchising firms, from Bond’s Guide for Franchise Opportunities, for the years 1994-2008 plus macroeconomic data on the environment, to explain the probability of franchising. Findings The paper finds that the differential in economic growth and economic uncertainty impacts franchisors’ desire to expand abroad on a continual basis. Research limitations/implications Researchers in international franchising should not only focus on host market environmental variables (pull factors), but also on conditions in the home market (push factors). Originality/value The paper adds to environmental explanations of international franchising by focusing on the differential in munificence and uncertainty between home and host countries.

Human capital analytics: why are we not there?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Boudreau ◽  
Wayne Cascio
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose While human capital analytics (HCA) recently has developed enormous interest, most organizations still find themselves struggling to move from operational reporting to analytics. The purpose of this paper is to explore why that is the case and can be done to change that. Design/methodology/approach Referring to the “LAMP” model, the authors stress four elements as potential reasons why HCA are not sufficiently being “pushed” toward their audience, namely, logic, analytics, measures, and process. Similarly, they name five conditions why the wider use of HCA is not “pulled” in by the analytics user. Findings The authors investigations show that these “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends. Practical implications These “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends. Originality/value These “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends.

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