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Career sustainability is a well-researched issue in academics and other sectors. Technology advancements and COVID-19 have jeopardized career sustainability. Numerous studies have explored the influence of individual characteristics on career sustainability, but few have focused on leadership. In addition, cultural factors must be considered because leadership is rooted in culture. In particular, inclusive leadership reflects traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, based on self-determination social exchange theories, we analyzed the effects of inclusive leadership on career sustainability as well as the roles of thriving at work and supervisor developmental feedback (SDF) in career sustainability. In total, 363 samples were collected from China. The results revealed that inclusive leadership improves career sustainability through SDF and thriving at work. Theoretically, our study fills the research gap and establishes a mechanism and theoretical framework for inclusive leadership and career sustainability. Practically, we offer guidance for enterprises to cultivate inclusive leadership and improve career sustainability.
Yang-Chun Fang; Yan-Hong Ren; Jia-Yan Chen; Tachia Chin; Qing Yuan; Chien-Liang Lin. Inclusive Leadership and Career Sustainability: Mediating Roles of Supervisor Developmental Feedback and Thriving at Work. Frontiers in Psychology 2021, 12, 1 .
AMA StyleYang-Chun Fang, Yan-Hong Ren, Jia-Yan Chen, Tachia Chin, Qing Yuan, Chien-Liang Lin. Inclusive Leadership and Career Sustainability: Mediating Roles of Supervisor Developmental Feedback and Thriving at Work. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021; 12 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang-Chun Fang; Yan-Hong Ren; Jia-Yan Chen; Tachia Chin; Qing Yuan; Chien-Liang Lin. 2021. "Inclusive Leadership and Career Sustainability: Mediating Roles of Supervisor Developmental Feedback and Thriving at Work." Frontiers in Psychology 12, no. : 1.
Sexual health education is an essential part of quality-oriented education for college students. It aims to help these students to acquire knowledge of sexual physiology, sexual psychology, and sexual social norms that is consistent with the maturity of the students. Along with college students’attitudes toward sex, their perceptions regarding sexual behavior have also undergone profound changes. The importance of safe sexual behavior, sexual taboos, and sexual autonomy are gaining increasing attention as Chinese society is becoming more open. For college students who have just reached adulthood and have full autonomy of themselves, however, are they really going to have sexual behavior without careful consideration? Or is it something they have planned to do in the first place? To answer the above questions, this study was conducted to understand the relationship between college students’ attitudes toward sex, subjective norms, and behavioral control of their sexual behavior intentions by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. In this study, 460 valid questionnaires were collected from Chinese college students and analyzed with partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). This study analyzes the relationship of multiple factors, including those influencing college students’ sexual behavior intentions. Meanwhile, it also compares the differences in factors affecting sexual behavior intentions between college students with or without sexual experience and those of different genders. Based on the results of the study, it was found that, first, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control of college students had a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions, while attitudes did not have a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions. Second, the gender and sexual experience of college students had a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions. Third, non-sexually experienced college students were more likely to be influenced by external factors. Relevant future research suggestions will be proposed based on the results of this study. Finally, this study helps to provide substantive suggestions for enhancing safe sexual behavior among college students in the context of universal higher education, as well as strengthening the self-protection of college students and providing practical advice for the development of sex education in China.
Chien-Liang Lin; Yuan Ye; Peng Lin; Xiao-Ling Lai; Yuan-Qing Jin; Xin Wang; Yu-Sheng Su. Safe Sexual Behavior Intentions among College Students: The Construction of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6349 .
AMA StyleChien-Liang Lin, Yuan Ye, Peng Lin, Xiao-Ling Lai, Yuan-Qing Jin, Xin Wang, Yu-Sheng Su. Safe Sexual Behavior Intentions among College Students: The Construction of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (12):6349.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChien-Liang Lin; Yuan Ye; Peng Lin; Xiao-Ling Lai; Yuan-Qing Jin; Xin Wang; Yu-Sheng Su. 2021. "Safe Sexual Behavior Intentions among College Students: The Construction of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12: 6349.
In order to enable online learning to continue developing when the COVID-19 pandemic passes, this study aimed to identify the critical factors that affected the use of e-learning by university students during the pandemic. These critical factors will help to increase the efficiency of future development and deployment of online learning systems. Through a literature review, this study employed the technology acceptance model, social support, and task–technology fit as the theoretical basis to establish the framework of the online learning environment with regards to the technology acceptance model in the context of emergency management. A questionnaire survey was administered to students in universities that had implemented online teaching during the pandemic, and 552 valid responses were collected. The survey explored the factors affecting the willingness of higher education institution students to continue using online learning, and the following conclusions were drawn. (1) The easier an online learning platform was to navigate, the better it was perceived by the students, and thus the students were more willing to use it. (2) Ease of use and usefulness were associated with the teachers’ choice of platform and their ability to achieve a satisfactory fit between the course design and platform navigation, which thereby affected the students’ learning outcomes and attitude towards use. (3) The positive attitude of teachers towards teaching increased the students’ perceived ease of use of online learning. (4) During the pandemic, family support—a major support for teachers in online teaching—enhanced teachers’ attitudes towards, and willingness to provide, online teaching. A high level of support showed that the parents urged the students to learn and complete online learning tasks as instructed by the teachers, implying that family support could affect the students’ habits towards, adaptation to, and identification of online learning. The study results provide insights into the factors affecting the willingness of teachers and students to continue using e-learning platforms.
Chuan-Yu Mo; Te-Hsin Hsieh; Chien-Liang Lin; Yuan Jin; Yu-Sheng Su. Exploring the Critical Factors, the Online Learning Continuance Usage during COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5471 .
AMA StyleChuan-Yu Mo, Te-Hsin Hsieh, Chien-Liang Lin, Yuan Jin, Yu-Sheng Su. Exploring the Critical Factors, the Online Learning Continuance Usage during COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5471.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChuan-Yu Mo; Te-Hsin Hsieh; Chien-Liang Lin; Yuan Jin; Yu-Sheng Su. 2021. "Exploring the Critical Factors, the Online Learning Continuance Usage during COVID-19 Pandemic." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5471.
The prevalence of COVID-19 has changed traditional teaching modes. For many teachers, online learning effectively compensated for the absence of traditional face-to-face instruction. Online learning can support students and schools and can create unique opportunities under emergency management. Educational institutions in various countries have launched large-scale online course modes in response to the pandemic. Additionally, online learning during a pandemic differs from traditional online learning modes. Through surveying students in higher education institutions, educational reform under emergency management can be explored. Therefore, university students were surveyed to investigate their continuance intention regarding online learning during the pandemic. Expectation confirmation theory was extended using the task-technology fit model to ascertain whether the technical support of promoting online learning helped student’s complete course learning tasks during the pandemic and spawned a continuance intention to use online learning in the future. Data were collected through online questionnaires. A total of 854 valid responses were collected, and partial least squares structural equation modeling was employed to verify the research hypotheses. The results revealed that the overall research framework largely explained continuance intention. Concrete suggestions are proposed for higher education institutions to promote online learning modes and methods after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ting Wang; Chien-Liang Lin; Yu-Sheng Su. Continuance Intention of University Students and Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Modified Expectation Confirmation Model Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4586 .
AMA StyleTing Wang, Chien-Liang Lin, Yu-Sheng Su. Continuance Intention of University Students and Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Modified Expectation Confirmation Model Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4586.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTing Wang; Chien-Liang Lin; Yu-Sheng Su. 2021. "Continuance Intention of University Students and Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Modified Expectation Confirmation Model Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4586.
Entrepreneurial education has always played an important role in developing entrepreneurship. In recent years, China has been emphasizing the integration of innovative entrepreneurship concepts into university curricula. Entrepreneurial education can also contribute to the sustainability of business development. In the context of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation”, entrepreneurial education is important to promote the restructuring of the economic and business model, enhance the development momentum, and follow the innovation-driven development path. However, whether the promotion of entrepreneurial education will lead to entrepreneurial intentions of college students, and thus, specific proposals for the promotion of the entrepreneurial education model remains unclear. Therefore, this study adopted the theory of planned behavior perspective coupled with perceived university support to extend the theory of planned behavior framework and explain the effect of such support on student entrepreneurial intention. The study results revealed that perceived university support significantly affected student attitude toward entrepreneurship, which signaled universities’ critical role in establishing entrepreneurial spirit in students. A significant effect on behavioral control was also observed for perceived university support. Regarding the effects of perceived university support on attitude toward entrepreneurship and behavioral control, the results revealed the effect was far greater on attitude than on behavioral control. Such intention was not directly affected by subjective norms. Therefore, a scientifically rational entrepreneurship course system is critical for effective entrepreneurship education. Overall, encouraging students to engage in the continuous process of entrepreneurship through entrepreneurship courses can concurrently benefit overall economic and social development.
Yushun Su; Zeren Zhu; Jingwen Chen; Yuanqing Jin; Ting Wang; Chien-Liang Lin; Danying Xu. Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students in China: Integrating the Perceived University Support and Theory of Planned Behavior. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4519 .
AMA StyleYushun Su, Zeren Zhu, Jingwen Chen, Yuanqing Jin, Ting Wang, Chien-Liang Lin, Danying Xu. Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students in China: Integrating the Perceived University Support and Theory of Planned Behavior. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4519.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYushun Su; Zeren Zhu; Jingwen Chen; Yuanqing Jin; Ting Wang; Chien-Liang Lin; Danying Xu. 2021. "Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students in China: Integrating the Perceived University Support and Theory of Planned Behavior." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4519.
Many educational institutions have adopted e-learning under COVID-19 pandemic to maintain school teaching activities. Most teachers were encouraged to use online instruction in early February 2020. Thus, whether online learning changes students’ learning habits and replaces traditional physical teaching methods, online learning has become a keen topic. Based on the push–pull–mooring model, we proposed a comprehensive research model and explored the impact of online learning during COVID-19 pandemic on students’ attitude and behavioral intention. We found that push effects (perceived security risk, learning convenience, and service quality), pull effects (usefulness, ease of use, teacher’s teaching attitude, task-technology fit), and mooring effects (switching cost, habit) had significantly influence the switching intentions of users from physical course to online learning platforms. The findings of this study will bring more insights into e-learning during an epidemic crisis.
Chien-Liang Lin; Yuan Qing Jin; Qun Zhao; Sung-Wen Yu; Yu-Sheng Su. Factors Influence Students’ Switching Behavior to Online Learning under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Push–Pull–Mooring Model Perspective. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 2021, 30, 229 -245.
AMA StyleChien-Liang Lin, Yuan Qing Jin, Qun Zhao, Sung-Wen Yu, Yu-Sheng Su. Factors Influence Students’ Switching Behavior to Online Learning under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Push–Pull–Mooring Model Perspective. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 2021; 30 (3):229-245.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChien-Liang Lin; Yuan Qing Jin; Qun Zhao; Sung-Wen Yu; Yu-Sheng Su. 2021. "Factors Influence Students’ Switching Behavior to Online Learning under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Push–Pull–Mooring Model Perspective." The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 30, no. 3: 229-245.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning has been carried out in many countries with different types of online learning models being promoted and implemented. In the global pandemic continues, the education environment is forced to change from traditional classroom or blended teaching mode to online learning teaching model. With the outbreak of COVID-19, China was the first to announce that online courses are to be implemented in February 2020. In China, whether online learning can replace traditional offline teaching has become a topic worth discussing. Therefore, this study investigates university students in China by questionnaires and discussions of this topic. The study is based on the Push–Pull Mooring model. Based on 854 valid responses collected from an online survey questionnaire, structural equation modeling was employed to examine the research model. The results show that push effects (Perceived security risk, Learning convenience, and Service quality), pull effects (Usefulness, Ease of use, Teacher's Teaching Attitude, Task-technology Fit), and mooring effects (habit) all significantly influence users' switching intentions from offline to online learning platform. Finally, this study explores whether push–pull–mooring can be a reference for promoting and implementing online learning courses in Chinese colleges and universities in the future after the pandemic.
Yuan Qing Jin; Chien-Liang Lin; Qun Zhao; Sung-Wen Yu; Yu-Sheng Su. A Study on Traditional Teaching Method Transferring to E-Learning Under the Covid-19 Pandemic: From Chinese Students' Perspectives. Frontiers in Psychology 2021, 12, 632787 .
AMA StyleYuan Qing Jin, Chien-Liang Lin, Qun Zhao, Sung-Wen Yu, Yu-Sheng Su. A Study on Traditional Teaching Method Transferring to E-Learning Under the Covid-19 Pandemic: From Chinese Students' Perspectives. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021; 12 ():632787.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuan Qing Jin; Chien-Liang Lin; Qun Zhao; Sung-Wen Yu; Yu-Sheng Su. 2021. "A Study on Traditional Teaching Method Transferring to E-Learning Under the Covid-19 Pandemic: From Chinese Students' Perspectives." Frontiers in Psychology 12, no. : 632787.
In a globalized and digital world, manufacturing firms have used internet technology to conduct value appropriation (VA). However, during the COVID-19 crisis, export-led manufacturing firms around the world, particularly those in developing countries, have been forced to lay off workers and cope with VA-related problems, and serious survival problems have resulted in critical corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related challenges. Whereas limited research has discussed relevant issues in nonwestern contexts, we adopt a global perspective of business model and transactional cost theory, aiming to fill this gap by investigating the mechanisms among different dimensions of CSR implementation, firm performance, and VA herein. Based on a sample of listed Chinese manufacturing firms, the results show that the CSR technique dimension is negatively related to firm performance, that the CSR content dimension is positively related to firm performance, and that VA positively moderates the relationships of all three CSR dimensions to firm performance. The main contribution here is providing a more comprehensive understanding of how different CSR dimensions reflect firms’ multiple ethical behaviors, which influence their sustainable performance, respectively, thus enriching the existing knowledge of CSR studies in a new digital era riddled with uncertainties and complexities. We also offer practical implications for other export-led manufacturing firms in developing countries facing turbulent times.
Qianqian Hu; Tianlun Zhu; Chien-Liang Lin; Tiejun Chen; Tachia Chin. Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance in China’s Manufacturing: A Global Perspective of Business Models. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2388 .
AMA StyleQianqian Hu, Tianlun Zhu, Chien-Liang Lin, Tiejun Chen, Tachia Chin. Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance in China’s Manufacturing: A Global Perspective of Business Models. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2388.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQianqian Hu; Tianlun Zhu; Chien-Liang Lin; Tiejun Chen; Tachia Chin. 2021. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance in China’s Manufacturing: A Global Perspective of Business Models." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2388.
The prediction of individual interpersonal communication skills and personality traits is a critical issue in both industrial and organizational psychology and affective computing. In this study, we invited 114 participants, including 57 interviewers and 57 interviewees, to collect the ground truth of interviewees’ communication skills and personality traits as perceived by real human interviewers in a structured behavioral interview setting. We develop an asynchronous video interview (AVI) platform with an artificial intelligence (AI) decision agent based on a TensorFlow convolutional neural network (CNN), called AVI-AI, that can be used to partially displace human raters’ work in the initial stage of employment screening and to successfully predict a job candidate’s communication skills and personality traits. The experimental results show that AVI-AI can predict not only a candidate’s interpersonal communication skills but also his or her openness, agreeableness, and neuroticism, as perceived by experienced human resource professionals. The interrater reliability values were all acceptable to support the ground truth assumption. However, our AVI-AI could not predict the conscientiousness and extraversion as perceived by the real human raters in this study.
Hung-Yue Suen; Kuo-En Hung; Chien-Liang Lin. Intelligent video interview agent used to predict communication skill and perceived personality traits. Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2020, 10, 1 -12.
AMA StyleHung-Yue Suen, Kuo-En Hung, Chien-Liang Lin. Intelligent video interview agent used to predict communication skill and perceived personality traits. Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences. 2020; 10 (1):1-12.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHung-Yue Suen; Kuo-En Hung; Chien-Liang Lin. 2020. "Intelligent video interview agent used to predict communication skill and perceived personality traits." Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 10, no. 1: 1-12.
This study developed a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)-6E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, Enrich, Evaluate; 6E Learning by Design) special course based on the theme of creative design of IoT (Internet of Things) assistant devices for the elderly and investigated the impact of this course on students’ learning effectiveness. It invited eight experts and scholars for focus interviews, jointly developed the STEAM-6E special course, designed teaching activities around the theme of creative design of IoT assistant devices for the elderly, and created a learning effectiveness scale. Furthermore, it selected 46 students majoring in nursing in a vocational and technological college as its subjects and distributed copies of a questionnaire among them to explore learning effectiveness. This study reached the following conclusions. The STEAM-6E special course on the creative design of IoT assistant devices for the elderly included three dimensions, that is, the STEAM course, 6E teaching, and the acquisition of professional knowledge, as well as 17 competence indicators. The nursing students affirmed the learning outcome in the STEAM-6E course, the 6E teaching model, and thematic knowledge after attending the STEAM-6E course. The hands-on activities of the STEAM-6E special course could guide students to learn key points step by step. The STEAM-6E special course can strengthen students’ abilities to integrate STEAM knowledge and improve their learning effectiveness in each discipline. The STEAM-6E special course for the elderly improved the cooperative learning, professional knowledge, and confidence of the students. In light of these conclusions, this study developed a teaching model for the STEAM-6E special course on the creative design of IoT assistant devices for the elderly and proposed several suggestions for curriculum planning and the implementation of a STEAM-6E special course.
Chih-Chao Chung; Chien-Linag Lin; Shi-Jer Lou. Analysis of the Learning Effectiveness of the STEAM-6E Special Course—A Case Study about the Creative Design of IoT Assistant Devices for the Elderly. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3040 .
AMA StyleChih-Chao Chung, Chien-Linag Lin, Shi-Jer Lou. Analysis of the Learning Effectiveness of the STEAM-6E Special Course—A Case Study about the Creative Design of IoT Assistant Devices for the Elderly. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):3040.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChih-Chao Chung; Chien-Linag Lin; Shi-Jer Lou. 2018. "Analysis of the Learning Effectiveness of the STEAM-6E Special Course—A Case Study about the Creative Design of IoT Assistant Devices for the Elderly." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 3040.