Xin-Jean Lim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3066374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xin-Jean Lim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xin-Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Lim |
| SIGNATURE | LIM X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6794-3607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Health anxiety and information-seeking in the digital age
Purpose Cyberchondria, characterized by excessive online health information seeking and resulting anxiety, is intensifying. This study aims to examine how threat perceptions and cognitive factors drive cyberchondria and how this condition leads to health information fatigue on social media (HIFSM), self-medication and therapy compliance. Design/methodology/approach This study integrates protection motivation theory, cognitive load theory and the …
From screen to scene
The landscape of travel information dissemination has evolved, with short travel video (STV) content now taking centre stage. While existing studies have explored the role of STVs in promoting destinations, there is still a need to pinpoint which elements of this marketing approach resonate most strongly with audiences. Our research, grounded in the S-O-R framework and flow theory, examines how technological, destination-related, and individual f…
What Makes Users Recommend Their Mobile Travel App? Findings From an Innovation Diffusion and Social Exchange Theory Perspective
This study explores the mechanisms enhancing users' intention to recommend their mobile travel app use. By drawing on innovation diffusion theory and social exchange theory, it offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how user perceptions and the trade‐offs between positive and negative aspects of mobile travel app usage shape engagement and subsequent recommendation intentions. The study also sheds light on omnichannel strategies and h…
Unlocking the potential
Shall Companies Take a Stance in Sociopolitical Activism? Navigating a Journey to Boost Employee Attributions and Ambassadorship Behaviors
Working with robots
Robots are taking on a prominent role in driving organizational evolution toward industrial revolutions. While research on the role of robots in human resource management (robot-HRM) is proliferating, the literature falls short in providing a state-of-the-art overview of the progress and ways forward for the field. Hence, this study aims to review and consolidate the extant literature on robot-HRM into a unified framework and provide pragmatic wa…
Modelling generation Z tourists' social responsibility toward environmentally responsible behaviour
Generation Z (Gen Z) is believed to be more socially and environmentally committed. While environmentally responsible behaviour is crucial to the success of sustainable tourism, little is known about Gen Z's specific environmental behaviours in tourism settings. In this research, the roles of Gen Z's consumption emotions and environmentally friendly behaviour were explored based on cognitive appraisal and elaborated intrusion theories. The modera…
A preliminary study on the relationship between cultural identification, racial discrimination, and well-being of Chinese Malaysians Young adults
It was well documented that racial minorities struggle with discrimination that jeopardizes their mental well-being. However, the interaction between cultural identification (CI) and mother tongue (MT) on perceived discrimination among minority communities was unclear. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey to investigate how different Chinese in Malaysia (CIM) groups experience in-group versus out-group discrimination based on their MT, and…
Why can’t I get a job? Exploring the drivers of perceived employability among fine art graduates
Reinvestigating repurchase intentions for travel apps
The intense competition amongst travel apps, regardless of their popularity, has made repurchase intention a critical financial challenge for travel providers. By combining the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework and the New Economic Geography (NEG) theory, this research examined how city tier disparities influence the experiential features of travel apps and user repurchase intentions. Survey data was acquired from 739 travel app users …
Inducing shoppers’ impulsive buying tendency in live-streaming
Purpose The increasing popularity of live-streaming commerce has provided a new opportunity for e-retailers to boost sales. This study integrated signaling theory and social exchange theory to investigate how streamer- and product-centered signals influence customers’ likelihood of making an impulsive purchase in the live-streaming commerce context. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was designed and distributed to the target respondent…
Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the Covid-19 pandemic
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between age-friendliness of a city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use among older people during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The survey was from ‘The 2020 Survey of Needs Assessment for a Safe Community and Age-Friendly City’ in Xinyi District, Taipei, which was conducted by face-to-face interviews with community-based older adults who were aged 65 and…
Why Not Travel to Malaysia? Variations in Inbound Tourists’ Perceptions toward Halal-Friendly Destination Attributes
The importance of halal tourism has prompted countries and business operators to place more emphasis on this lucrative sector. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of halal-friendly destination attributes on inbound tourists’ behavioral intention in the context of Malaysia. Furthermore, a comparative analysis was conducted to investigate the similarities and differences between Chinese and Indonesian Muslim tourists. A total of…
Advancing on weighted PLS-SEM in examining the trust-based recommendation system in pioneering product promotion effectiveness
The advancement in digital technologies has led to an explosive information phenomenon, particularly in Internet shopping. This paper attempts to examine the trust element in the current pervasive use of the recommendation system for product promotion effectiveness. Owing to the nature of high-volume online consumers and the nonexistence of the online consumer sampling frame, sampling weight adjustment approach was utilised for ensuring sample re…
Food at your doorstep? Examining customer loyalty towards online food delivery applications
Purpose This study empirically investigated the different attributes (i.e. convenience, online reviews, online ratings, visual appeal and various food choices) of food delivery applications (FDAs) that impacted customers' perceived benefits, satisfaction and loyalty. Price consciousness was positioned as the moderator while customer satisfaction was positioned as the mediator. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing the purposive sampling technique…
To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia
Go digital
Purpose One of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is that using an e-wallet – a contactless process – rather than a payment terminal is an intuitively safer option. This study is grounded in cognitive absorption theory and investigates how the use of the money-gift function influences the intention to continue using an e-wallet app. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional approach, a structured questionnaire was designed and distrib…
The effects of anthropomorphism presence and the marketing mix have on retail app continuance use intention
Today's wastage is tomorrow's shortage
Purpose Recognizing food waste as a global issue, it has attracted scholars to conduct numerous relevant studies in the area. Growing concerns about the social and environmental impacts have intensified food waste attention to the practice of socially responsible consumption. The purpose of this study is to undertake a review of existing knowledge to edify and provide a platform for future research. Design/methodology/approach The present study r…
The Importance of Age-Friendly City on Older People’s Continuity and Life Satisfaction
According to continuity theory, successful aging is promoted when older people are able to continue familiar activities as a way to maintain self-identity. The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of both external resources provided by Taipei city and older adults' internal resources in internal and external continuity and life satisfaction. The data were from the 2019 Taipei City Senior Citizen Condition Survey acquired through fa…
Demystifying the role of causal-predictive modeling using partial least squares structural equation modeling in information systems research
Purpose Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become popular in the information systems (IS) field for modeling structural relationships between latent variables as measured by manifest variables. However, while researchers using PLS-SEM routinely stress the causal-predictive nature of their analyses, the model evaluation assessment relies exclusively on criteria designed to assess the path model's explanatory power. To…
Inducing shoppers’ impulsive buying tendency in live-streaming
Purpose The increasing popularity of live-streaming commerce has provided a new opportunity for e-retailers to boost sales. This study integrated signaling theory and social exchange theory to investigate how streamer- and product-centered signals influence customers’ likelihood of making an impulsive purchase in the live-streaming commerce context. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was designed and distributed to the target respondent…
Reinvestigating repurchase intentions for travel apps
The intense competition amongst travel apps, regardless of their popularity, has made repurchase intention a critical financial challenge for travel providers. By combining the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework and the New Economic Geography (NEG) theory, this research examined how city tier disparities influence the experiential features of travel apps and user repurchase intentions. Survey data was acquired from 739 travel app users …
Demystifying the role of causal-predictive modeling using partial least squares structural equation modeling in information systems research
Purpose Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become popular in the information systems (IS) field for modeling structural relationships between latent variables as measured by manifest variables. However, while researchers using PLS-SEM routinely stress the causal-predictive nature of their analyses, the model evaluation assessment relies exclusively on criteria designed to assess the path model's explanatory power. To…
The effects of anthropomorphism presence and the marketing mix have on retail app continuance use intention
Today's wastage is tomorrow's shortage
Purpose Recognizing food waste as a global issue, it has attracted scholars to conduct numerous relevant studies in the area. Growing concerns about the social and environmental impacts have intensified food waste attention to the practice of socially responsible consumption. The purpose of this study is to undertake a review of existing knowledge to edify and provide a platform for future research. Design/methodology/approach The present study r…
The Importance of Age-Friendly City on Older People’s Continuity and Life Satisfaction
According to continuity theory, successful aging is promoted when older people are able to continue familiar activities as a way to maintain self-identity. The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of both external resources provided by Taipei city and older adults' internal resources in internal and external continuity and life satisfaction. The data were from the 2019 Taipei City Senior Citizen Condition Survey acquired through fa…
To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia
Go digital
Purpose One of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is that using an e-wallet – a contactless process – rather than a payment terminal is an intuitively safer option. This study is grounded in cognitive absorption theory and investigates how the use of the money-gift function influences the intention to continue using an e-wallet app. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional approach, a structured questionnaire was designed and distrib…
Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the Covid-19 pandemic
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between age-friendliness of a city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use among older people during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The survey was from ‘The 2020 Survey of Needs Assessment for a Safe Community and Age-Friendly City’ in Xinyi District, Taipei, which was conducted by face-to-face interviews with community-based older adults who were aged 65 and…
Why Not Travel to Malaysia? Variations in Inbound Tourists’ Perceptions toward Halal-Friendly Destination Attributes
The importance of halal tourism has prompted countries and business operators to place more emphasis on this lucrative sector. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of halal-friendly destination attributes on inbound tourists’ behavioral intention in the context of Malaysia. Furthermore, a comparative analysis was conducted to investigate the similarities and differences between Chinese and Indonesian Muslim tourists. A total of…
Advancing on weighted PLS-SEM in examining the trust-based recommendation system in pioneering product promotion effectiveness
The advancement in digital technologies has led to an explosive information phenomenon, particularly in Internet shopping. This paper attempts to examine the trust element in the current pervasive use of the recommendation system for product promotion effectiveness. Owing to the nature of high-volume online consumers and the nonexistence of the online consumer sampling frame, sampling weight adjustment approach was utilised for ensuring sample re…
Food at your doorstep? Examining customer loyalty towards online food delivery applications
Purpose This study empirically investigated the different attributes (i.e. convenience, online reviews, online ratings, visual appeal and various food choices) of food delivery applications (FDAs) that impacted customers' perceived benefits, satisfaction and loyalty. Price consciousness was positioned as the moderator while customer satisfaction was positioned as the mediator. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing the purposive sampling technique…
Modelling generation Z tourists' social responsibility toward environmentally responsible behaviour
Generation Z (Gen Z) is believed to be more socially and environmentally committed. While environmentally responsible behaviour is crucial to the success of sustainable tourism, little is known about Gen Z's specific environmental behaviours in tourism settings. In this research, the roles of Gen Z's consumption emotions and environmentally friendly behaviour were explored based on cognitive appraisal and elaborated intrusion theories. The modera…
A preliminary study on the relationship between cultural identification, racial discrimination, and well-being of Chinese Malaysians Young adults
It was well documented that racial minorities struggle with discrimination that jeopardizes their mental well-being. However, the interaction between cultural identification (CI) and mother tongue (MT) on perceived discrimination among minority communities was unclear. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey to investigate how different Chinese in Malaysia (CIM) groups experience in-group versus out-group discrimination based on their MT, and…
Why can’t I get a job? Exploring the drivers of perceived employability among fine art graduates
Reinvestigating repurchase intentions for travel apps
The intense competition amongst travel apps, regardless of their popularity, has made repurchase intention a critical financial challenge for travel providers. By combining the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework and the New Economic Geography (NEG) theory, this research examined how city tier disparities influence the experiential features of travel apps and user repurchase intentions. Survey data was acquired from 739 travel app users …
Inducing shoppers’ impulsive buying tendency in live-streaming
Purpose The increasing popularity of live-streaming commerce has provided a new opportunity for e-retailers to boost sales. This study integrated signaling theory and social exchange theory to investigate how streamer- and product-centered signals influence customers’ likelihood of making an impulsive purchase in the live-streaming commerce context. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was designed and distributed to the target respondent…
From screen to scene
The landscape of travel information dissemination has evolved, with short travel video (STV) content now taking centre stage. While existing studies have explored the role of STVs in promoting destinations, there is still a need to pinpoint which elements of this marketing approach resonate most strongly with audiences. Our research, grounded in the S-O-R framework and flow theory, examines how technological, destination-related, and individual f…
What Makes Users Recommend Their Mobile Travel App? Findings From an Innovation Diffusion and Social Exchange Theory Perspective
This study explores the mechanisms enhancing users' intention to recommend their mobile travel app use. By drawing on innovation diffusion theory and social exchange theory, it offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how user perceptions and the trade‐offs between positive and negative aspects of mobile travel app usage shape engagement and subsequent recommendation intentions. The study also sheds light on omnichannel strategies and h…
Unlocking the potential
Shall Companies Take a Stance in Sociopolitical Activism? Navigating a Journey to Boost Employee Attributions and Ambassadorship Behaviors
Working with robots
Robots are taking on a prominent role in driving organizational evolution toward industrial revolutions. While research on the role of robots in human resource management (robot-HRM) is proliferating, the literature falls short in providing a state-of-the-art overview of the progress and ways forward for the field. Hence, this study aims to review and consolidate the extant literature on robot-HRM into a unified framework and provide pragmatic wa…
Health anxiety and information-seeking in the digital age
Purpose Cyberchondria, characterized by excessive online health information seeking and resulting anxiety, is intensifying. This study aims to examine how threat perceptions and cognitive factors drive cyberchondria and how this condition leads to health information fatigue on social media (HIFSM), self-medication and therapy compliance. Design/methodology/approach This study integrates protection motivation theory, cognitive load theory and the …
Psychology (14 works) · Business (11 works) · Marketing (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Advertising (8 works) · Structural equation modeling (8 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (5 works)