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Profitability, Managerial Ownership, and Audit Committee on Stock Returns in Indonesian Commercial Banks
Full text linkProfitability shows the managerial ability to generate profits for the company. A high level of profitability gives a signal to investors about the company's better prospects in the future, thereby attracting investors and ultimately increasing stock prices. Managerial ownership also shows investors that managers are concerned about the company's development, so investors will assume that managers will work better if they are also shareholders. Meanwhile, the audit committee is in charge of internal supervision for the company. This study analyses profitability, managerial ownership, and audit committee to stock return in Indonesian commercial banks during the Covid-19 pandemic. The population of this study is companies in the banking sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2018 to 2020. Sampling was done through the purposive sampling technique, thus obtaining 44 companies as research samples. The analysis technique used multiple linear analyses. The results of this study indicate that profitability has a significant negative effect on stock returns. It could have happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which caused all stocks to drop drastically. In contrast, managerial ownership and the audit committee have no partial effect on stock returns because managerial ownership has a minimal influence. So, it is considered less effective in influencing administrative actions in decision making and the audit committee, which does not affect whichever several auditors will not affect the company's performance through the total assets or profits that the company will obtain. This study implies that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the variables studied have a minimal effect on stock returns because psychological factors influence stock prices in the form of investor panic, which makes banking sector stocks have low and even negative returns.
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Zaman, Masrurahtul A.; Ady, Sri U. (2022). "Profitability, Managerial Ownership, and Audit Committee on Stock Returns in Indonesian Commercial Banks" Journal of World Economy: Transformations & Transitions (JOWETT) 2(05):21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/jowett2521112
Socio-Demographic Determinants of Faculty Research Productivity in a Level-III Philippine State College
Full text linkThis paper explores the extent of research productivity and its socio-demographic determinants among faculty members in a level-III state college in the Philippines. The results aim to influence the decision-making on identifying appropriate interventions to further enhance research productivity and encourage faculty members to engage in research undertakings. The results suggest that socio-demographic characteristics of faculty members such as age, administrative designation, and supervision of graduate research determine their likelihood of publishing a research paper.
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Ambong, Ryan Mark A.; Dagos, Rizzi Angelica T.; Lumbo, Susanita G.; Roldan, Amalia E.; Ferrer, Veronica C. (2022). "Socio-Demographic Determinants of Faculty Research Productivity in a Level-III Philippine State College" Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & Transitions (JOSSTT) 2(05):22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt2522082
Perception of the Severity of COVID-19 Contagion in the Risk Group. A Comparative Study at the First and the Ninth Months of Compulsory Isolation.
Full text linkAfter the continued extension of the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was proposed to investigate the perception of the severity of contagion in the risk group of the population. For this purpose, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out through the online distribution of surveys, consisting of a sociodemographic questionnaire and questions related to the perception of the severity of the disease. Two comparative moments were considered: the first month and the ninth month of quarantine. The random sample consisted of 4268 individuals, of whom 1006 respondents stated that they were part of a risk group. Regarding the results, it was observed that although the perception of the risk of contagion decreased over the months, the highest risk remained "very high" (in the first month - 46.7 percent and in the ninth month - 38.5 percent), increasing the values of "medium risk" (in the first month - 20.4 percent; in the ninth month - 28.6 percent) and "high risk" (in the first month - 16.0 percent; in the ninth month - 20.8 percent). However, the difference was not statistically significant (the Wilcoxon rank test was applied and a value of p = 0.6 was obtained). In turn, the research allows us to compare the results with those of the perception of the population as a whole and compare the values of the risk group who contracted the virus, with whom they did not.
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Ceberio, Marcelo R.; Agostinelli, Jesica; Benedicto, Gabriela; Cocola, Facundo; Jones, Gilda; Díaz Videla, Marcos; Calligaro, Carolina; Daverio, Romina (2022). "Perception of the severity of COVID-19 contagion in the risk group. A comparative study at the first and the ninth months of compulsory isolation" Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & Transitions (JOSSTT) 2 (03):12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt2312012
The Future of the Eurozone: Towards a European Benchmark*
Full text linkThe European sovereign debt crisis has demonstrated the need for a rethinking of the European Integration Project. The strong variety between member countries prevented the Eurozone to become a fiscal and political union and the asymmetric architecture of the European Monetary Union (EMU) revealed different weaknesses. The outbreak of the Covid-19 emergency may represent a turning point for the EU and makes even more evident that the future of the Eurozone will depend also on the ability of member countries to make their institutional frameworks coexist. Helping member countries to achieve sustainable and stable outcomes, although in idiosyncratic ways, is the task of the European benchmark. It is a framework, inspired by European treaties, that aims to identify inefficiencies in terms of market, state and social failures and negative externalities inside economic, social, and political institutions. This benchmark represents a new tool for a correct evaluation of the economic, social, and political performance of the European member countries.
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* A non peer-reviewed version of this article was published as TIGER Working Paper Series No. 143, Warsaw, February 2021).
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Casagrande, Sara; & Dallago, Bruno (2022). "The Future of the Eurozone: Towards a European Benchmark" Journal of World Economy: Transformations & Transitions (JOWETT) 1(03):14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/jowett1314012
“Conversation” of Subjects, City and Tourism. Propositions for Lovingness, Autopoiesis and the Reverse Side of Tourism
Full text linkThe text presents an experience report, with social actors of the third age, members of the Group Viver Bem, of the Serviço de Convivência e Fortalecimento de Vínculos do Centro de Referência de Assistência Social da cidade de Farroupilha/RS, who, through art workshops, they were invited to experience and produce narratives of place. This is a transdisciplinary study, from the perspective of ecosystem complexity. As a methodology, the research is based on the methodological strategy Cartography of Knowledge, proposed by Baptista (2014a), which seeks to break with the separation of subject and object in research, bringing differentiated proximity instruments for doing science. The combination of theoretical work and the various operational investigation procedures allows us to perceive some flags for the construction of lovingness and autopoiesis and what, in Amorcomtur!; we call’ the Reverse side of Tourism’, based on Baptista’s proposition, that is, Tourism guided by Ecosystem Responsibility and in line with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda. The results of the ongoing studies indicate that, in the Group Viver Bem, at that particular moment, the artistic production, entangled in a set of practices and social interactions, was necessary to change ways of living and interacting and this implied that the subjects (re)see, (re)organize, (re)build themselves, to (re)perceive in the relationships “between” the subjects with the city and tourism. It was also noticed that the “conversation” made possible the ‘recognition of the other as a legitimate other in coexistence’, enhancing the ethics of the relations and the ecosystem responsibility, expressed by the experiences, and transcribed in narratives.
Bilingual Publication: The original version in Portugues is available in the PDF file
Board Characteristics Impact on the Firm Performance in the Indian Context
Full text linkThe research aims to determine the impact of the board characteristics on the firm performance for 348 firms of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) 500 Index listed on the National Stock Exchange of India for the period 2012-2018 using (OLS) Ordinary Least Square (FEM) Fixed Effect Model and more robust (GMM) Generalized Method of Moments regression techniques. GMM regression technique also controls for the endogeneity as well as heteroscedasticity and heterogeneity in panel data. Further, the moderating effects of market capitalization are also observed considering the impact of board characteristics on the firm performance using the interaction effects technique. Lastly, the ideal board size was determined based on the classification of market capitalization including small, mid and large market cap. Board characteristics including board size and percentage of shares held by the promoters have a positive significant impact on the firm performance while the percentage of shares pledged by the promoters has a negative significant impact on the firm performance. The results show that market capitalization moderates the relationship between board characteristics and firm performance. Findings also suggest an ideal board size of 8 for mid-cap firms and a range of 7-18 for large-cap firms which show a similar result to the Kotak Committee Report (2017) recommendations with the ideal board size being a minimum of 6 directors on the board. The results cannot be generalized as only the manufacturing and services (excluding financial) industries are taken into account, but the results can be applied to the abovesaid industry sectors.
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Naim, Hamza; Aziz, Tariq (2022). "Board Characteristics impact on the Firm Performance in the Indian Context" Journal of World Economy: Transformations & Transitions (JOWETT) 2(05):19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/jowett2519102
A Sociological Approach to the Adolescent Pregnancy in the Low-Income Population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina
Full text linkOur purpose is to contribute to the knowledge of the incidence of teenage pregnancy in the low-income sector of the Gran Mendoza by understanding them as part of their life strategies within the framework of their conditions of existence strongly impacted for low job opportunities and a reactive educational system. Pregnancy and motherhood in these adolescents are problematized considering that their incidence remains high compared to that for women of other social classes. We had chosen to know their opinions regarding their sexual and reproductive practices that drive them, or not, to the pregnancy and maternity. We think it is possible to argue that, in extreme conditions of social exclusion, with a lack of familiar support and limited cultural capital, teenagers tend to have sexual practices that drive them not to avoid pregnancies strongly influenced by traditional ideas regarding the role of women in society. On the contrary, when teenage women have bigger levels of cultural capital, dispute the reiterate tendencies of the traditional “class habitus” and report educational and professional life projects.
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Aguilo, Juan Carlos (2022). "A sociological approach to the adolescent pregnancy in the low-income population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina" Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & Transitions (JOSSTT) 1(02):10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt12100122
HIFASS-LOPIN-3 Empowerment Programs and the Wellbeing of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria
Full text linkThis study examined the various empowerment programs carried out by Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa – Local OVC Partner in Nigeria – Region 3 (HIFASS-LOPIN-3) as they affect the wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Three objectives were outlined to include investigating the relationship between HIFASS-LOPIN-3 educational empowerment program and OVC’s school enrolment; HIFASS-LOPIN-3 provision of health services and OVC’s accessibility to quality healthcare facilities; HIFASS-LOPIN-3 skills acquisition training/financial empowerment program and the income level of OVC/caregivers. An Ex-post facto research design was employed in this study and a sample size of three hundred and eighty (380) respondents was drawn using multi-stage, simple random, stratified and snowball sampling techniques. The reliability test of the instrument was done using the test-retest reliability method. Primary data was obtained using a questionnaire and in-depth interview schedule, while secondary data was sourced from journals, texts, newspapers, internet, unpublished papers. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) and Chi-Square statistical techniques, together with frequency/percentage analysis. The study revealed among others that HIFASS-LOPIN-3 educational empowerment has significantly improved OVC’s school enrolment; HIFASS-LOPIN-3 skills acquisition training/financial empowerment program has significantly improved the income level of OVC/caregivers, nevertheless, almost all the OVC who reported having income-generating skills experienced challenges like insufficient start-up capital, insecurity, and crippling economic policies. It was recommended that government should make provision for OVC’s subsidized medical bills and adequate provision for start-up capital/equipment or materials should be made for older OVC/caregivers who receive skills acquisition training.
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Okon, Goodness J. (2022). "HIFASS-LOPIN-3 Empowerment Programs and the Wellbeing of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria" Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & Transitions (JOSSTT) 1(02):09. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt1290122
Should China’s Economic Policy Be Resisted?
Full text linkChina's economic policies were transformed during the reform period that started in 1979, when the most populated country in the world adopted market-based reforms. Currently, China not only has grown to become the second largest and mid income economy in the world from one of the world's poorest countries, but also actively advances the free trade policy and fills the developing niches, although the latter has caused some concerns. The Chines active economic policy along with its economic and political strengthening in addition to the tensions with the United States rise the question whether the Chinese economic policy should be resisted? This paper analyses the different aspects of China’s economic policy and intents to answer the question based on the importance of the Chinese role in the world economy and development while the public opinion toward China’s economic strengthening has been considered as well.
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Pospelov Valentin. K.; Mironova Valentina N.; Chuvakhin Petr I. (2021). "Should China’s Economic Policy be resisted?" Journal of World Economy: Transformations & Transitions (JOWETT) 1(02):06. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/jowett1261121
The new and the old in the film industry: cinema, technology and neo-viewers.: An anthropological look at the new cinema.
Full text linkSince its invention, the cinema art and industry has drawn a lot of attention from people of all sectors. It is nowadays a mass phenomenon reaching a very large audience, which has increased even more due to the proliferation of screens resulting from technological advances. As a result, going to the movie theatre has become simply an option among others. This investigation searches into what motivates the current spectator to watch films and the way in which cinema interacts with the viewer, projecting the cinematographic arts beyond the screen. In short, the research characterises the current spectator within the values and the context around him and uses an anthropological methodology to describe how the new spectator lives the cinema and the way in which the old structures and the new ones interact in our hyperconnected world. The main objective of the research is to approach generally the concept of film viewer in our times.
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Martínez Oya, Guillem 2021. "The new and the old in the film industry: cinema, technology and neo-viewers. An anthropological look at the new cinema." JOSSTT 1(01):02. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt3210102
About the authorGuillem Martínez Oya (Barcelona, 1991) is a sociocultural anthropologist, with a M.A. in Cultural Management by the Universitat de Barcelona. Guillem has worked for social and cultural institutions such as museums and foundations in Sitges and Barcelona, and in the Sitges Film Festival. He writes about movies and film industry topics as a cultural journalist for two online magazines and a number of companies in the film industry