Table 5.
Hypothesis Test Results.
| Hypotheses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderator | Relationship | Support for Hypothesis | |
| H1a | During an epidemic, increase in human mobility would lead to a higher epidemic growth rate. | Supported | |
| H2a | Power Distance | During an epidemic, power distance will moderate the relationship between ‘work place mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘workplace mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases as power distance increases. | Supported |
| H2b | During an epidemic, power distance, will moderate the relationship between ‘transit passenger mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘transit passenger mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases as power distance increases. | Supported | |
| H3a | Individualism | During an epidemic, individualism will moderate the relationship between ‘work place mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘global work place mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases in individualistic societies. | Supported |
| H3b | During an epidemic, individualism will moderate the relationship between ‘transit passenger mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘transit passenger mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases in individualistic societies. | Supported | |
| H4a | Masculinity | During an epidemic, masculine societies will moderate the relationship between ‘work place mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘workplace mobility’ on epidemic growth increases in masculine societies. | Supported |
| H4b | During an epidemic, masculine societies will moderate the relationship between ‘transit passenger mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘transit passenger mobility’ on epidemic growth increases in masculine societies. | Supported | |
| H5a | Uncertainty Avoidance | During an epidemic, uncertainty avoidance will moderate the relationship between ‘work place mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘workplace mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases as uncertainty avoidance increases. | Not Supported |
| H5b | During an epidemic, uncertainty avoidance will moderate the relationship between ‘transit passenger mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘transit passenger mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases as uncertainty avoidance increases. | Not Supported | |
| H6a | Long-Term Orientation | During an epidemic, long-term orientation will moderate the relationship between ‘work place mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘workplace mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases for long-term orientated societies. | Supported |
| H6b | During an epidemic, long-term orientation will moderate the relationship between ‘transit passenger mobility’ and epidemic growth; such that the impact of ‘transit passenger mobility’ on epidemic growth decreases for long-term orientated societies. | Supported | |