ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to examine the relationships between leadership styles and voluntary work behaviors of employees among selected banks in Ghana. Specifically, the objectives was to determine the extent to which leadership styles (transformational and transactional) predict employees‟ voluntary work behaviors (OCB and CWB); to examine the mediating effect of leaders‟ emotional intelligence on the leadership styles and voluntary work behaviors relationships; and to...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of investment in the Nigerian economy by making use of time series data for the period, 1970-2015. The study employed the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) for the analysis. From the result, it is shown that exchange rate, interest rate, inflation rate, and total financial saving, all have a positive effect on investment whereas external debt has a negative effect on investment. Therefore, the Government should improve the...
Abstract This study examines empirical determinants of inflation dynamics in Nigeria between 1995 and 2018 fiscal years. It employed monthly data that were sourced from the Central bank of Nigerian Statistical Bulletin, 2018 edition. Several studies have examined inflation determinants in Nigeria for several periods, but the empirical findings of some of these studies are mixed in terms of the different forms of inflation. Headline inflation, which is the most, reported inflation in Newspaper...
ABSTRACT Social protection programmes are redistributive programmes carried out by various governments to enhance the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable in society. Unfortunately, these programmes are confronted with errors, fraud, and corruption (EFCs), thus rendering them ineffective. This study seeks to contribute to the existing knowledge gap in social accountability mechanisms within social intervention programmes. The study seeks to examine the extent of effectiveness of social accou...
ABSTRACT Training is one of the most pervasive methods for enhancing the productivity of individuals and communicating organizational goals to personnel (Arthur.W.Jnr, Bennet.W.Jnr, Edens. P.S. and Bel. S.T 2003). In the field of human resource management, training and development is the field concerned with organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings. Training and Development is the framework for helping employees to develop...
ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the impact of rural banking on economic development. The study involves a survey of management and employees of Unity Rural Bank Limited and the inhabitants of “Ziope”; a rural area in the Volta Region of Ghana. Interviews and questionnaires were the main research techniques adopted for the data collected for this study. Results show that, for the bank to be able to contribute effectively to economic development, further education of the rural ...
ABSTRACT This research thesis sought to find out the factors influencing the stock prices in the Ghana Stock Exchange. The independent variables were gross domestic product, inflation, dividend policy, and trading volume. A descriptive survey method was used in this study. The target population was the 61 firms that are listed at the GSE. The study used secondary data obtained from annual reports and financial statements of the firms listed in GSE found at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) ...
ABSTRACT The present study explored Ghanaian socio-cultural values about work and work ethic beliefs of twenty-six employees of state owned organisations. Ghanaian socio-cultural values were investigated by examining societal beliefs about work and employee work goals/values. Work ethic beliefs examined in this study include employees’ success orientation and beliefs about self-reliance and teamwork. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and analysed using the Braun and Clark appro...
Abstract This research study focused on Corona virus and organizational innovativeness in the private sector of Rivers State using Hightaste Bakeries Limited as the case study.The Corona virus pandemic has caused serious chaos and has posed a big challenge to the Health system of the world. Although, some innovations have helped reduce exposure to the virus and private organizations have devised means of being productive in the midst of the pandemic.This research covers five chapters and has ...
Abstract This research study focuses on Corona virus and organizational innovativeness in the private sector of Rivers State using Hightaste Bakeries Limited as the case study.The Corona virus pandemic has caused serious chaos and has posed a big challenge to the Health system of the world. Although, some innovations have helped reduce exposure to the virus and private organizations have devised means of being productive in the midst of the pandemic.This research covers five chapters and has ...
ABSTRACT Dividends are payments made to the shareholders (owners) out of firms‟ earnings. Numerous academics, adopting either a behavioural or empirical approach, have provided rationales to address the issue of why companies pay dividends and whether the market response to the announcements can be predicted. However, these endeavours have failed to achieve unanimity on either issue. Moreover, most of these studies have been conducted in countries with developed markets; relatively little r...
Abstract This study was carried out to assess the strategies for survival of small-scale business in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. Six research question and three hypotheses were postulated to guide the investigation. Structured questionnaire, dichotomous in nature was the main research instrument. The stratified sampling method was used to select 72 small-scale businesses from 10 business types. Data were analyzed using simple percentage and the three hypotheses were ...
ABSTRACT This project emphasized on the relationship of promotional tools as an impact on organization performance. Efforts are made to find the problem and significant of promotional tools by reviewing some related literature written by expert. Also both Primary data and secondary data were collected. In primary data, questionnaires were used in gathering information from respondents and secondary data collection involves the use of books, journals, etc for gathering information. The d...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to find out the effects of employee turnover in the timber industry. The study is to find out sources of employee turnover, causes of employee turnover,effects of turnover, cost of turnover(A case study of East Forest Products Limited). Ghana has a relatively high turnover rate in the timber industry as a whole. This has gone a long way to affect the productivity rate of most of the timber companies as asserted by most of the companies. The issue of empl...
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