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HUMAN CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
No full textThis study examined the effect of human capital on the financial performance of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The study employed the ex-post facto research design which allows for historical facts to be used in gaining insight into the happenings of an entity under investigation. The population of the study comprises of all the eleven (11) oil and gas companies listed of the Nigerian Exchange Group as at 2022. A total of Nine (9) oil and gas companies were sampled using the purposive sampling technique. This technique is based on certain criteria set to ensure that only companies that meet the set criteria were sampled. Covering a period of fifteen years (2008 to 2022) panel data was extracted from the sampled oil and gas companies’ annual reports and accounts listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group. The data was analysed using multiple regression as a technique. The findings of the study revealed that, Pension Plan has positive and significant effect on the profitability of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. This was evidenced in the effect of pension plan on return on assets and return on equity which were significant at 1%. On the contrary, Training and development and salaries and wages revealed a positive but insignificant effect on return on equity. Based on the findings of the study, the study concludes that, employee welfare programs in not only fostering employee satisfaction and loyalty but also enhancing profitability. Management of oil and gas companies in Nigeria should aim for fairness and equity in compensation packages, recognizing their indirect influence on productivity and employee satisfaction. Thus, it was recommended that, Management should work closely with human resources to design employee benefit packages that align with both organizational goals and employee needs, thereby creating a motivated and dedicated workforce
INSTITUTIONAL AND CONCENTRATED OWNERSHIP AND DIVIDEND POLICY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThe main objective of this study was to examine the effect of institutional and concentrated ownership on the dividend policy of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was employed in sampling eight (8) oil and gas companies out of a total population of twelve (12) companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group as at December 31st, 2021. Secondary data were extracted from the annual reports and accounts of the sampled companies covering a period of ten years (2012 to 2021). The panel data was analyzed using multiple regression as a technique. The results of the study revealed that institutional ownership (INSTO) has a negative and insignificant effect on dividend policy. Concentrated ownership had a negative and significant effect on the dividend policy of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. This means that an increase in the concentration of ownership in the hands of few individuals would reduce dividend policy of oil and gas firms in Nigeria. Block holders (concentrated ownership CNCO) who are often powerful will always demand more returns in the form of dividends which determines the dividend policy of the companies. The study thus recommends that the management of oil and gas companies monitor the proportion of shares held by block holders or a few individuals to ensure that their power is checked
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND DIVIDEND POLICY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThe study examines the effect of ownership structure on dividend policy of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The independent variable was proxied using managerial ownership, government ownership and foreign ownership. On the other hand, dividend policy was proxied by dividend payout ratio. The study employed the ex-post facto research design in analyzing the panel data collected from eight (8) oil and gas companies sampled from a total population of twelve companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). the study covered a period of ten years (2013 to 2022) while the purposive sampling technique was employed. The multiple regression technique of analysis was employed in analyzing the data and the results of the analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between Managerial Ownership and Dividend policy. Thus, suggesting that, an increase in the proportion of shares held by management would results in increased dividend payment. On the contrary, government ownership and foreign ownership had no significant effect on dividend policy of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The study therefore concludes that, managerial ownership would influence dividend payment. Hence it is recommended that, managerial ownership of oil and gas companies be monitored by regulatory agency to ensure compliance with relevant codes and provision
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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