Abstract Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface temperatures (LST)
contribute significantly to the formation and intensity of urban heat islands (UHI) effects. The …

Satellite images have been used extensively to identify the land use/land cover (LULC)
changes in Bangladesh. However, no study has been conducted to classify LULC changes …

Insiders may act to sustain and improve organizational information security, yet our
knowledge of what motivates them to do so remains limited. For example, most extant …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine how consumers' perceptions of innovativeness affect
an important brand performance metric: consumer brand loyalty. Specifically, the mediating …

The growth in international research on public service motivation (PSM) raises a number of
important questions about the degree to which the theory and research developed in one …

The first half of this chapter presents an overview of the type hypotheses, statistical theory,
and major issues relevant to specifying, estimating, evaluating, and interpreting structural …

A theoretical model linking boredom and academic achievement is proposed. Based on
Pekrun's (2006) control-value theory of achievement emotions, the model posits that …

Control-value theory proposes that achievement emotions impact achievement, and that
achievement outcomes (ie, success and failure) reciprocally influence the development of …

With its emphasis on practical and conceptual aspects, rather than mathematics or formulas,
this accessible book has established itself as the go-to resource on confirmatory factor …

Significantly revised, the fifth edition of the most complete, accessible text now covers all
three approaches to structural equation modeling (SEM)--covariance-based SEM …