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TRAINING A TOOL FOR JOB PERFORMANCE IN KWARA STATE OFFICE OF HEAD OF SERVICE, NIGERIA
Get PDFTraining is considered a tool for job performance in any given organization; the Office of Head of Service is one such organization. The level of performance of workers in the Office of Head of Service in Kwara State is below the expectation. That is why this work examined the training programme to improve job performance in the Kwara State Office of Head of the Service. In the process of achieving the objective highlighted, the study adopted qualitative and quantitative methodology as well as the theory of Hierarchy of needs by Abraham Maslow for the explanation of the objectives and research questions. The findings revealed that inadequate training programme affects job performance in the Kwara State Office of Head of Service. It was also discovered that the training is a measure for improving the job performance in the Kwara State Office of Head of Service. Following up on the findings, this study recommends that the government should engage in adequate training and retraining of the skilled officers in the Office of Head of Service in Kwara State. There should also be adequate knowledge for the improvement of the performance of the staff of the Office of Head of Service in Kwara State to improve the level of communication, proper management, and reward system that will promote the process of selecting staff for training in the Kwara State Office of Head of Service. Article visualizations
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED: AN APPROACH TO QUALITATIVE NETWORK RESEARCH. SOCIOLOGICAL REMARKS ON PERSPECTIVES, COMPLEXITIES, AND DIFFICULTIES
Get PDFSocial Νetwork Αnalysis (SNA) is an important methodological approach but also a valuable instrument for research in social sciences and social issues, including Diversity, Social Capital, and the Trust Crisis. More precisely, a network consists of sets of nodes, ties, and sometimes attributes. Nodes refer to elements of the researcher's project and ties are based on the researcher's interests. In a network, the vital components are the connections and patterns. In the past, the scientific community merely associated social network analysis (SNA) with the quantitative methodological approach. However, this approach has begun to be revised in recent years because the quantitative approach can only solve specific cases that arise in society. On the contrary, qualitative SNA can generate and examine data on numerous social issues. The qualitative SNA is an in-depth approach focusing on the social subject and its connections with other social subjects, institutions, or organizations. This study highlights the importance of a qualitative SNA and offers a distinctive approach to qualitative SNA in the research field. Article visualizations
STABILITY OF MONEY DEMAND IN SIERRA LEONE USING AUTOREGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG (ARDL) APPROACH 1980 – 2018
Get PDFThis work seeks to investigate whether money demand is stable in Sierra Leone. The study uses annual data for the period 1980 to 2018. A standard money demand is defined and estimated using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach. This technique permits error correction modeling to examine the short and long-run relationship between money demand and its determinants. The determinants of money demand (MD) are Real Gross Domestic Product GDP(Y) Real Exchange Rate (RER), Real Interest rate (RIR), GDP Deflator used as a proxy for inflation rate were empirically examined to determine their relative statistical significance as they affect money demand. In advance of adopting the ARDL Approach, the time series properties of the variables in the model were examined using the ADF and PP tests. All variable was found to be I(1) - stationary at the first difference, therefore the use of ADRL Approach is suitable and ideal. The model used in this study has passed all of the diagnostic tests – specification, serial correlation, heteroscedasticity, and structural stability. Hence the estimated model cannot be spurious. Therefore, these results are not misleading, rather they are reliable. The test of stability was done using CUSUM and CUSUMSQ plots, and both suggest that there exists a stable relationship between real broad money demand in Sierra Leone and its determinants. JEL: E61, E62, P3
BUSINESS CYCLE, MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE SIERRA LEONE EXPERIENCE
Get PDFThe study investigates the impact of business cycle fluctuation on economic growth in Sierra Leone using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model bound testing framework with annual time series data for the period 1992 to 2022. The result from the unit root shows that the variables are mixed variables of I (0) and I (1) variable series, while the bound test testifies that there is an existence of cointegration in the long run. The long-run result reveals that domestic credit to the private sector, inflation, lending interest rate, and broad money supply are the main determinants of the business cycle fluctuation on the economic growth in Sierra Leone. The result shows that broad money supply portrays a positive effect on the business cycle economic growth and statistically it is not significant at the 0.05 level of significance. It implies that for every 1% increase in the broad money supply, the business environment will be improved by 0.220 in the long run. This result implies that an increase in money supply is part of an expansionary monetary policy that tends to boost the industrial sector by expanding the investment which tends to create employment and improve the business cycle and economic growth in Sierra Leone. Policymakers are therefore encouraged to further enhance the power of appropriate monetary authorities in introducing both monetary and credit policies that will serve to increase the broad money supply. JEL: E61, E62, P35 Article visualizations
EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE ON PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF ACCRA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, GHANA
Get PDFHuman resources are the most important resource of every organization. To get the best out of them, they need to be properly managed by providing them with the needed resources. Employee development and welfare are basically a higher form of motivation to prove their commitment. This study was designed to assess the effects of employee development and welfare on the performance of the staff of Accra Technical University, Ghana. A total of 100 respondents comprising 21 senior staff and 79 junior staff were used in the study and a questionnaire was used to gather data. Findings indicated that short courses, seminars, workshops, delegation, coaching, and participation are some of the employee development activities of Accra Technical University. Welfare packages include first aid equipment, sitting facility, medical facilities and leave travel concessions. Factors that generally affect employee development and welfare are limited opportunities, organizational culture, and the attitude of top management. Among the recommendations made was that management should have more organized and efficient development program opportunities for its employees to help retain them. Additionally, management should improve the welfare packages of employees. Article visualizations
POLICE PUBLIC TRUST IN RELATION TO PEACEFUL BEHAVIOR, FEAR OF CRIME, AND CONTEXTUAL VICTIMIZATION PERCEPTION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS
Get PDFThis study aimed to develop the best-fit model of police public trust in the context of community leaders in Region IX. This study used a quantitative research design, employing Pearson correlation, reliability analysis using SPSS, and structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate the best-fit model for police public trust. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 435 community leaders in Region IX who participated in the study. Findings revealed that peaceful behavior and fear of crime obtained a high level, while contextual victimization perception posted a moderate level, and police public trust acquired a high level. Results also revealed that there were significant relationships between peaceful behavior and police public trust, but fear of crime and contextual victimization perception towards police public trust were discovered to be not associated. Further, Model 3 best fits the public trust of the police in the Davao Region. The regression analysis indicates a strong and increasing positive relationship between exogenous and peaceful behavior, while fear of crime can lead to less peaceful behavior and the influence of victimization perception decreases over time. Also, the covariance analysis shows a strong positive relationship between fear of crime and victimization perception, a weaker positive link between peaceful behavior and victimization perception, and a nearly significant but weak connection between peaceful behavior and fear of crime. SDG Indicator: #16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) Article visualizations
UNDERSTANDING CONSUMERS’ ENGAGEMENT AND ADOPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING IN FASHION INDUSTRY IN SAUDI ARABIA: INSIGHTS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR
Get PDFThis study explores the adoption of social media marketing activities by the fashion industry, examining context through The Theory of Planned Behavior. As social media continues to dominate as a pivotal marketing arena, understanding consumers’ engagement across various platforms becomes imperative for marketers and researchers alike. This research aimed to ascertain if the Theory of Planned Behavior could effectively elucidate as well as predict consumers’ engagement with social media marketing activities beyond a single platform. Conducting a non-probability convenience sampling method, the study involved 656 participants above 18 years old residing in Saudi Arabia. An online survey gathered data, subsequently analyzed through regression analyses. Results revealed that attitude emerged as the most influential factor in predicting behavioral intent to be involved with social media marketing activities, tracked closely by subjective norms. Intriguingly, perceived behavioral control did not significantly predict this behavioral intent. Furthermore, the intention to engage demonstrated a strong association with actual engagement. The implications suggest a strategic focus for social media marketers: influencing attitudes and subjective norms to heighten engagement across diverse social media platforms. Additionally, the study indicates a shift towards the Theory of Reasoned Action as a more appropriate predictive model for engagement, excluding perceived behavioral control. These insights offer valuable guidance for businesses seeking to optimize their social media, and marketing strategies across various platforms within the Fashioned industry. Article visualizations
EFFET DE L’APPRENTISSAGE PAR LE JEU ET DES STRATÉGIES DE RÉGULATION DES ÉMOTIONS SUR L’ENGAGEMENT AFFECTIF CHEZ DES ÉLÈVES IVOIRIENS LORS DE LA PÉRIODE POST-TRANSITION PRIMAIRE-SECONDAIRE / EFFECT OF LEARNING THROUGH GAME AND EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGIES ON AFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AMONG IVORIAN STUDENTS DURING THE POST-PRIMARY-SECONDARY TRANSITION PERIOD
No full textL’étude a pour objectif d’examiner l’effet de l’apprentissage par le jeu et les stratégies de régulation des émotions sur l’engagement affectif chez des élèves ivoiriens lors de la période post-transition primaire-secondaire. 40 élèves de milieu défavorisé ayant participé à une activité de soutien à la transition scolaire ont été soumis à deux reprises (avant et après l’intervention) à l’échelle d’engagement affectif d’Archambault et al., (2009). Les stratégies qu’ils utilisent préférentiellement pour réguler leurs émotions dans diverses activités scolaires ont été répertoriées et classées fonctionnelles ou dysfonctionnelles selon leur fonctionnalité adaptative. Les résultats obtenus à l’aide du stata 16 indiquent que la participation aux activités d’apprentissage par le jeu crée un accroissement de l’engagement affectif chez les sujets qui utilisent les stratégies fonctionnelles et permet de ralentir le désengagement affectif chez les élèves qui utilisent les stratégies dysfonctionnelles pour réguler leurs émotions. Ces informations pourraient être exploitées par les intervenants dans le cadre de la prévention du décrochage scolaire en milieu défavorisé.The aim of the study was to examine the effect of play-based learning and emotion regulation strategies on affective engagement in Ivorian students during the primary-secondary post-transition period. 40 students from disadvantaged backgrounds who had participated in a school transition support activity were tested twice (before and after the intervention) using the affective engagement scale of Archambault et al. (2009). The strategies they prefer to use to regulate their emotions in various school activities were listed and classified as functional or dysfunctional according to their adaptive functionality. The results obtained using the stata 16 indicate that participation in play-based learning activities creates an increase in affective engagement in subjects using functional strategies and slows down affective disengagement in students using dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies. This information could be used by practitioners to prevent school dropout in disadvantaged areas. Article visualizations
THE PAYMENTS SECURITY AND CONVENIENCE ON CONSUMER OF MOBILE PAYMENTS IN BAGUIO CITY, PHILIPPINES
Get PDFThis study investigated the payment security and convenience of consumers of mobile payment applications in Baguio City. Specifically, it assessed the level of acceptance of mobile payment applications, compared the acceptance of GCash with other mobile payment platforms, and identified the challenges faced by users of these applications. Using a descriptive research design, a sample of 150 respondents was selected through convenience sampling. Based on the findings, the research revealed a positive perception of ease of use, security, and usefulness as the primary factors driving the increased acceptance and utilization of mobile payments by users. Key challenges identified included difficulty in reversing erroneous transactions, delayed notifications, inaccessible customer service, network disruptions, slow processing times, and the absence of offline functionality. Furthermore, the findings revealed that GCash is significantly more accepted than other mobile payment applications, with consumer-operators displaying higher acceptance levels compared to individual consumers. These results provide valuable evidence for mobile payment operators to enhance their technological platforms, addressing user challenges and promoting increased adoption and usage among various client segments. Article visualizations
SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATION PERFORMANCE: A QUALITATIVE REVIEW OF SELECTED STUDIES IN SUB-SAHARA
Get PDFThis systematic literature review explores the relationship between leadership and organizational performance in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on qualitative insights drawn from selected studies. The review addresses four key research questions: (1) What leadership styles and approaches are most influential in driving organizational performance in the region? (2) What challenges and opportunities are prevalent in the leadership landscape and their influence on organizational outcomes? The findings indicate that transformational and participative leadership styles are prominently associated with positive organizational performance across diverse sectors. However, the review also highlights significant challenges, such as contextual constraints, resource limitations, and socio-cultural dynamics that impact leadership effectiveness. Opportunities for improvement are linked to adopting adaptive leadership approaches and enhancing leadership development initiatives. The review concludes by identifying critical research gaps, particularly the need for empirical studies focusing on sector-specific leadership models and their impact on long-term organizational sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Article visualizations