Meng, Zhiqian
Xu, Zhongyang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-7547
Yu, Xingshang
Shah, Suhaib Hussain
Funding for this research was provided by:
Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China (24&ZD190)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2025
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 14 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the Academic Committee of the School of Business Administration, University of Science and Technology Liaoning (No. 2024TX154).
: All participants provided informed consent after receiving clear information about the study’s purpose, procedures, and data use. Participation was fully voluntary, with no coercion or undue influence. Data were recorded in Arabic numerals, which did not include participants’ names.
: The authors declare no commercial or financial relationships that can be interpreted as conflicts of interest. On behalf of all the authors, the corresponding author states that there are no conflicts of interest.