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PurposeThe objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of personality traits and the ability to detect fake news on information avoidance behavior. It also examined the effect of personality traits on the ability to detect fake news.Design/methodology/approachThe sample population included Shiraz University students who were studying in the second semester of academic year 2021 in different academic levels. It consisted of 242 students of Shiraz University. The Big Five theory was used as the theoretical background of the study. Moreover, the research instrument was an electronic questionnaire consisting of the three questionnaires of the ability to detect fake news (Esmaeili et al., 2019, inspired by IFLA, 2017), the Big Five personality traits (Goldberg, 1999) and information avoidance (Howell and Shepperd, 2016). The statistical methods used to analyze the data were Pearson correlation and stepwise regression, which were performed through SPSS software (version 26).FindingsThe results showed that from among the five main personality factors, only neuroticism had a positive and significant effect on information avoidance. In addition, the ability to detect fake news had a significant negative effect on information avoidance behavior. Further analyses also showed positive and significant effects of openness to experience and extraversion on the ability to detect fake news. In fact, the former had more predictive power.Practical implicationsFollowing the Big Five theory considering COVID-19 information avoidance and the ability to detect COVID-19 fake news, this study shifted the focus from environmental factors to personality factors and personality traits. Furthermore, this study introduced the ability to detect fake news as an influential factor in health information avoidance behaviors, which can be a prelude for new research studies.Originality/valueThe present study applied the five main personality factors theory in the context of information avoidance behavior and the ability to detect fake news, and supported the effect of personality traits on these variables.
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Purpose - This longitudinal study aims at assessing the impact of openness to experience and neuroticism on affective states experienced by the academics from the Malaysian public universities during the first strict COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Design/methodology/approach - The author collected data for openness to experience and neuroticism at the beginning of the lockdown, and for positive and negative affect, when the lockdown ended. The author used the efficient partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLSe2-SEM) methodology to fit the model to the screened data (N = 291). Findings - The results showed that openness to experience had a negative effect on negative affect and a positive effect on positive affect. The author also observed that neuroticism had a positive effect on negative affect and a negative effect on positive affect. These findings provided support for the proposition of the impact of personality traits on affective states amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in academic settings. Practical implications - The study shows that careful assessment of lecturers' personality traits should be considered during the process of selection and recruitment since these factors, theoretically and empirically, trigger affective states which, in turn, lead to behaviors and attitudes. Originality/value - This is the first study on examining the impact of academics' personality traits on their affective states. Also, it is amongst the few longitudinal studies on evaluating personality traits during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a methodological novelty, the author used the PLSe2 methodology to test the model and compared the results with maximum likelihood (ML) results.
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Purpose The present study is mainly concerned with investigating the migration to online learning under the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and analysing the adoption of technology in the context of Indian educational organisations. The purpose of the paper is to identify aspects that explain and predict the adoption propensity of new technology by users as a dependent variable, with perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PE) as independent variables and personality and self-efficacy as the moderator variables. Design/methodology/approach An online as well as offline survey is collected from N = 202 employees (teachers/faculty) from private (N = 97) and public (N = 105) educational organisations located in India. A conceptual model of technology adoption is developed and validated, measuring the impact of Big Five personality factors and self-efficacy on technology adoption. Findings Results of moderation analysis suggest that personality traits moderate the relationship between PU, PE and acceptance of technology (TAP). Originality/value The present research uniquely contributes to the limited literature on the role of personality and self-efficacy in adopting technology and the outcomes. Furthermore, the research captures the theoretical and practical understanding of the PU, PE and TAP link in educational organisation and COVID-19 context.
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The pandemic process, in general, is a process that creates anxiety due to reasons such as confusion, instability, misinformation and inadequate planning. Within the scope of this study, the assumption that the personality traits of individuals are effective in getting information and taking the required measures while carrying out the health communication during COVID-19 pandemic, and from the question of whether the individual differences can be associated with the inclination for information receipt or not. This scope of this study aims to measure how the communication of the COVID-19 epidemic towards the Turkish people affects the individuals' preferences for information, the relationships between the sources they trust, and their individual differences based on the Big-5 factors, within the framework of the five major personality traits. This quantitative study, firstly aims to investigate the information-seeking behavior of the Turkish public in relation to their perceptions of COVID-19 and the impact of messages received from the media. Secondly, it is aimed to measure how the COVID-19 pandemic communication affects the relationships among the media sources they trust in their choices of information. While the trust in health care professionals and independent health care associatons were the highest among the individuals who participated in the survey, those who have the responsibility personality trait, trust in the content of COVID-19 messages for government agencies is low.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are increasingly spending more time on smartphones than any other device. Due to the widespread emergence of mobile retailers, the customer's online shopping experience has become crucial. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of customer personality and mobile skills on the online shopping experience in mobile retailers with a mediating role of perceived usefulness and enjoyment. The study was applied in terms of purpose and had a quantitative approach. It was also descriptive-analytical and correlational. According to the research results, mobile skills, perceived usefulness, and enjoyment, positively and significantly affect the online shopping experience. The study's main contribution is to examine the role of customer personality traits and mobile skills on customer experience through the mediating role of perceived usefulness and enjoyment in the mobile retailing context. It provides new insight into determinants of customer experience in mobile retailers.
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The aim of the study is to reveal how the personality types of Sports Science students have affected their fear of COVID-19 in terms of some variables. 272 undergraduate students (female: 115, male: 157) who continued their studies in Sports Sciences participated in the study. In the study The 'Coronavirus-19 Fear Scale' and The 'Five Factor Personality Scale' was used. The obtained data were analyzed with the Jamovi 2.0.0 statistical software program. According to the findings, students' coronavirus total scores have a positive relationship with the 'Self-Regulation' personality type and a negative relationship with the 'Neurotic' personality type. As a result, coronavirus fears are affected by students' personality types, gender, smoking and the fact that someone in the family has COVID-19.
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Aim: The Purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between bright and dark aspects of personality dimensions and self-interest and other interest preventive related behaviors during Covid-19 pandemic. Method: This cross-sectional study was advertised on social media. 541 participants completed four self-reported questionnaires through the online link. Analysis was performed to assess the kind of association by SPSS. Results: Findings indicate different significant associations between the personality dimensions and preventive behaviors. Regression analysis indicated that conscientiousness (B=.27, P=.00) and agreeableness (B=.11, P=.03) positively and extraversion (B= -.14 P =.02) negatively predict self-protective behaviors. Likewise, conscientiousness (B=.40, P=. 00) and agreeableness (B=.14, P=.00) and antisocial tendencies (B= -.23, P=.00) could have predictive role in other-oriented behaviors. Conclusion: Personality traits have role in explaining compliance and noncompliance with Covid-19 guideline protocols and protecting self and others.