The construction of a composite index for general satisfaction in Turkey and the investigation of its determinants

Predicting work performance and life satisfaction of nurses and physicians: The mediating role of social capital on self‐efficacy and psychological resilience

“…Based on the results obtained in this study, the indirect effect of self‐efficacy on life satisfaction was determined to be significant, and social capital mediated the relationship between self‐efficacy and life satisfaction, confirming H2. In the composite variable index of life satisfaction created by studies conducted in different countries, social aspects and relationships have become important variables (Bulut, 2020; Mizobuchi, 2014; Rogge & Van Nijverseel, 2019). Social capital has been associated with life satisfaction by reducing stress (Foy et al, 2019) and providing higher psychological resilience (Kalaitzaki et al, 2020).…”

The satisfaction of healthcare consumers: analysis and comparison of different methodologies

“…The first one is the Benefit of Doubt model (Cherchye et al., 2007; Ferreira and Marques, 2020), a particular case of data envelopment analysis (DEA). The Benefit of Doubt has been used to build a composite index based on the emotions and senses of citizens (Bulut, 2020), and despite not being used in the healthcare sector, satisfaction data has been included in DEA models (Löthgren and Tambour, 1999; Bayraktar et al., 2012; Gok and Sezen, 2013; Mitropoulos et al., 2014; Mohanty and Kumar, 2017). The Benefit of Doubt is commonly used for benchmarking purposes and can be coupled with MUSA.…”

Conceptualizing and measuring “industry resilience”: Composite indicators for postshock industrial policy decision-making

“…They have been frequently used to compare cross-sectional performances and statuses in a variety of realms that, in the socioeconomic sphere, include competitiveness, degree of openness, and socioeconomic and political characteristics (see, e.g., Refs. [32,63,118,119]. Composite indicators are used to build performance-based rankings among observations and are widely diffused among policy-makers, international organizations and other bodies to inform decision-makers, governments, citizens and investors about trends and changes in country rankings over time (a few examples of these are [120]; and previous years [121]; and [122].…”