Article history: Received 4 August 2006 Received in revised form 6 February 2008 Accepted 12 February 2008 Available online 8 April 2008 This study examines the relationships among entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge creation process, and firm performance using survey data from 165 entrepreneurs. We use LISREL analysis to test the direct and indirect effects of the entrepreneurial orientatio...

This research focuses on the factors influencing online buying intention. The aim of this research is to find out perceived value and trust’s influence on online buying intention, which combined several pervious researches’ result. Perceived value is measured by perceived value and perceived product sacrifice, trust is measured by ability, benevolence and integrity. Based on survey to 238 colle...

psychology caused directly or indirectly by technology". With the rapid diffusion and penetration of information and communication technology, computer-related technostress attracts more and more attention from academic and professional fields. Based on the analysis of the inhibitors of the computer-related technostress, this paper proposes a conceptual framework of the impacts of inhibitors on...

This study is one of the few attempts to investigate students’ acceptance of an Internet-based learning medium (ILM). By integrating a motivational perspective into the technology acceptance model, our model captured both extrinsic (perceived usefulness and ease of use) and intrinsic (perceived enjoyment) motivators for explaining students’ intention to use the new learning medium. Data collect...

This research investigates the relationships between knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity, and innovation capability in Taiwan’s knowledge-intensive industries. We propose statistical hypotheses and a LISREL model to study these based on the data sampled from 170 Taiwanese firms, including electronic, financial insurance and medical industries, yielding 355 valid returned research samples. By...

The objective of this study is to empirically determine the role of constraints and dedication as drivers of relationship commitment as most of the existing work is of a conceptual nature only. We assess how and to which extent these two drivers fit into the established relationships between overall service quality, satisfaction, trust and commitment. Using LISREL, we estimate the conceptual mo...

a r t i c l e i n f o This study presents a structural equations model for the relationship between department chairs' social intelligence (SI) and faculty members' turnover intention (TI) at a state university in the United States. SI is defined as the ability to be aware of relevant social situations, to manage situational challenges effectively, to understand others' concerns and feelings, a...