ABSTRACT
The Covid 19 pandemic has strongly influenced different social aspects such as economic, political, cultural, and social issues. The education industry also cannot avoid the severe damage that has caused educational administrators to find out many solutions to improve the teaching and learning system during the pandemic. Zoom is one of the most effective online training tools to overcome the limitations of communications caused by social distancing in response to the Coronavirus spreading. This study uses the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) model combined with both Corvid 19 risk perception and online security risk perception variables to examine the intention to employ Zoom - a web-based platform - for online learning of students in a university of Vietnam. 185 students from Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City were interviewed and data from the interview results were used to evaluate the model's hypotheses. The results show that the combination of the TRA model and risk perception is a very good choice to assess the intention to adopt Zoom for distancing learning.
ABSTRACT
This paper uses the expanded theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to evaluate risk perception and the intention to hoard food during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In this study, questionnaires were used to obtain information from respondents in order to conduct a quantitative investigation of COVID-19 risk perception and food hoarding intention. The responses of the respondents to the surveys were the principal instrument for the collation of information and the primary tool to obtain data. The survey included questions regarding the determinants for the intention to hoard food during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 86 consumers living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with the intention to hoard food were selected as the respondents. The data showed that higher risk perception was associated with a greater tendency toward hoard food. These findings indicate that high levels of risk perception, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or other periods of civil unrest, resulting in intentions to purchase goods that are no longer based on common sense. © 2020 Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.