scholarly journals Relationship between Democratic Leadership and Organisational Performance of Dangote Cement PLC Gboko, Benue State Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 20562-20573
Author(s):  
Idoko Peter
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
P Value ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
The People ◽  
Trait Theory Of Leadership

This research examined the relationship between democratic leadership and organizational performance of Dangote Cement Plc Gboko. The study was anchored on Trait Theory of Leadership. Both primary and secondary source of data and information were used. Questionnaire was used to obtained information from the primary source while journals and internet constituted secondary source of data collection. Two hundred and twenty nine questionnaires (229) were administered to the staff of Dangote Cement Plc Gboko and one hundred and eighty nine (189) were properly filled and returned. The technique used in analyzing the data was Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis with the aid of SPSS version 23.0, while percentages was used to present descriptive data. The results of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation indicate that there is a positive or direct relationship between Organizational Performance and leadership measurement in Dangote Cement, Benue State. Hence, on the basis of p-value of the estimate, we reject the null hypothesis; that is, we accept that there is a significant relationship between leadership measurement and organizational performance. An inverse relationship exists between Organizational Performance and realistic timeframe in Dangote Cement, Benue State. Also, an inverse relationship exists between Organizational Performance in Dangote Cement, Benue State and achieving teambuilding. A positive or direct relationship between Organizational Performance in Dangote Cement, Benue State and Leadership Accuracy. It was concluded that democratic leadership positively relates to organizational performance> It was recommended among others that it is advisable to practice democratic leadership in an organization especially when the rules are followed this will boast the moral of the people and they will work harder for the organization to achieve its goals.

scholarly journals Impact of Process Oriented Business Culture in Transforming Organizational Performance: A Case of Texaco

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Shafi F. Al Dousari
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Organizational Transformation ◽  
P Value ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Learning Cultures ◽  
The People

The rapid advent of industrialization has confronted majority of the people with complexity and novelty of their respective organization. They are forced to cope up with an increasing number of tasks along with the open dynamic processes and changing parameters. The present study aims to evaluate the perceptions regarding Texaco’s learning culture and the role of learning cultures in achieving organizational transformation. The study also investigates national and non-national respondents employed at Texaco’s facility in Neutral Partition Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The study has employed mixed research design using a survey based on 3-point Likert scale. The questionnaire was designed to examine the employee behavior and organizational support, whereas personal interviews were conducted for examining the awareness of employees towards the learning organization models. The results showed significant level of employee participation (p-value 0.049), commitment (0.068), innovation (p-value 0.033) and feedback (0.025). Whereas, the interview results showed that employees had a higher degree of awareness regarding organizational learning models. However, they requested training sessions for learning how to implement these models. These results have clarified that Texaco has evolved into an innovative and culturally diverse organization following Chevron’s takeover. Therefore, the study has concluded that Texaco employs knowledge sharing learning models through their knowledge management (KM) initiatives.

Patterns of traditional religious and cultural practices of the Idoma People of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Anizoba ◽  
Edache Monday Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Ancestor Veneration ◽  
The People ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

The research focuses on the patterns of traditional religious and cultural practices of the Idoma People of Nigeria. The study also seeks to investigate the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma traditional society which were affected by the advent of Christianity in the area. Some of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people before the advent of Christianity will be examined, as well as the people response to the new faith and the propelling factors behind the responses of the people. The study adopted qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method of data analysis. Personal interview forms a primary source of data collection while the secondary source includes library sources. The study reveals that the advent of Christianity in the Idoma traditional society had some impact and consequences on their traditional and cultural practices. Some of the Idoma beliefs and practices affected include ancestor veneration, polygamous marriage, burial rites, widowhood practices, naming ceremony among others which are no longer practiced the way it used to be practiced before the advent of Christianity. The study recommends among other things that, there should be a synergy between Idoma traditional beliefs and practices and Christianity for peaceful co-existence, progress and developments in the area.

scholarly journals The effect of Christianity on the tradition and culture of the Idoma people of Nigeria: A comparative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Anizoba ◽  
Edache M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Some of the traditions and cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people of Nigeria have been influenced both positively and negatively as a result of the advent of Christianity in the area. The aim of this research is to investigate some of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people before the advent of Christianity, the people’s response to the new faith and the propelling factors behind the responses of the people. In doing so, a comparative study on these beliefs and practices after the advent of Christianity in Idoma traditional society was done. The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method for data analysis. Personal interviews form a primary source of data collection, while the secondary source includes library sources. This method of study was chosen to allow the data collected to speak for themselves without any interference from the researchers. The study unveils that the advent of Christianity in the Idoma traditional society had some impact and consequences on the traditional and cultural practices of the people, such as death and burial ceremonies, the Aje-alekwu festival and widowhood practices among others. The study recommends that there should be a synergy between Idoma traditional beliefs and practices and Christianity for peaceful co-existence, progress and development in the area.Contribution: It is erroneously believed that in the contemporary society, traditional religious practices are going to die and become a thing of the past. However, one would observe from this study that Idoma people still hold their traditional beliefs and practices in high esteem despite the influence of Christianity in the area.

scholarly journals Pengaruh physical evidence, harga dan produk terhadap kepuasan serta dampaknya terhadap loyalitas pelanggan hypermarket

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Vanessa Jacobus
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
The People ◽  
Convenience Sampling

The goal of this research was to analyze the effect of physical evidence, price and products on loyalty with customer satisfaction as a mediating variable of Hypermarket A and B in East Jakarta region. The population on this research were all the people who lived in East Jakarta and Bekasi which eased the researcher to find consumers from both Hypermarkets. Sampling method was using convenience sampling technique with the calculation of sampling using Slovin formula so it obtained at least 100 samples. The source of this research was a primary and secondary source. A primary source was collected by fill the questionnaires by respondents and literature studies as a second source. The method for analysis was the classic assumption test and partial t-test. The result of the hypothesis shows that; price and product were positively impacted on customer satisfaction and so do the satisfaction on customer loyalty.   

Creative Tourism in Songkhla Lake Basin

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
Dr.Prachyakorn Chaiyakot ◽  
Wachara Chaiyakhet ◽  
Dr.Woraluck Lalitsasivimol ◽  
Dr.Siriluck Thongpoon
Keyword(s):  
Local People ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Tourism Community ◽  
Songkhla Lake

Songkhla Lake Basin has a long history of at least 6,000 years and has a wide variety of tourism resources including nature, history, beliefs, culture and various traditions of the local people. It covers 3 provinces, the whole area of Phatthalung, 12 districts of Songkhla and 2 districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. It has an area of approximately 8,727 square kilometers. There are many tourist attractions because the basin has a long history through different eras, natural, historic, ancient sites, and the culture of the local people. In 2018, both Thai and foreign tourists visited Songkhla and Phatthalung, which is the main area of Songkhla Lake Basin. The total number of tourists that came was 7,628,813 and 1,641,841 and an income of 68,252.64 and 3,470.96 million baht was generated from each province, respectively (Ministry of Tourism and Sports, 2020). Although Songkhla Lake Basin has various tourist attractions, the promotion of tourism with the involvement of government agencies in the past mainly focused on promoting tourism along with the tourist attractions rather than encouraging tourists to experience and learn the culture of the people living in the area; the culture that reflects the uniqueness of the people in the south. This study, therefore, aims to find creative tourism activities in SLB in order to increase the value of tourism resources, create tourism activities that are aligned with the resources available in the community and increase the number of tourists in the area. Data for this study were collected using a secondary source of data collection method. It was done through a literature review of related documents, texts, magazines, and research which focus on Songkhla Lake Basin as a guideline for designing tourism activities. The field survey was done through twelve community-based tourism sites in SLB to find creative tourism activities. Data on each activity were collected in detail by interviewing the tourism community leaders and the local people. Content analysis was used to describe the individual open-ended questions by focusing on the important issues and the information obtained was presented as a narrative. Keywords: Songkhla Lake Basin, Creative Tourism, Local Wisdom

scholarly journals Management Entrenchment, Firm Characteristics and Earnings Management Of Conglomerate Companies In Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Temitope Olamide Fagbemi ◽  
Olubunmi Florence Osemene ◽  
Oyinlade Agbaje
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
P Value ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Management Entrenchment ◽  
The Impact

Sometimes the rivalry between shareholders and management is an indication of the level of entrenchment within the corporate environment. Managers are believed to routinely manipulate earnings in order to mislead shareholders about their company's actual economic outlook or performance. As a result, the study investigated the impact of managerial entrenchment, firm characteristics and earnings management of conglomerate companies in Nigeria. Employing the ex-post facto research design, the data was gathered from secondary source of the 6 listed conglomerate companies for the 11-year period running (2008-2018). The study used discretionary accruals a proxy for earnings management and to calculate discretionary accruals, the study used modified Jones model. The result showed that management entrenchment and firm characteristics have Impact on multinational firms ' earnings management in Nigeria. Specifically, from the conglomerate’s entrenchment proxies, CEO’s tenure has a positive and significant impact on earnings management (coff. =1.062821, p-value =0.0367) and management entrenchment as measured by CEO’s shareholding has a negative and insignificant effect on earnings management (coff. =-6252391, p-value = 0.4090) while firm size, profitability and leverage indicated a significant and positive impact on earnings management (coff, = 0.124587, p-value = 0.0000; coff. = 0.006647, p-value = 0.0431 and coff. = 0.032065, p-value = 0.0000). The study therefore recommended among others that management should reduce the debt in their capital structure in order to improve their companies’ value and their capital structure should be majorly financed by equity rather than debt and reduce CEOs tenure to minimise earnings management practices.

scholarly journals Conscientiousness as a Predictor of Relative Longevity

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Felix Uchechukwu Udoh ◽  
Aloysius C. Anyichie
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
The People ◽  
Selection Of

<p>This study examined the Conscientiousness domain (of the Big-Five Inventory [B5]) and its facets as predictors of Relative Longevity (RL). Its methods of investigation involved the administration of the B5 to a sample of 350 people from Anambra State (of Nigeria, West Africa) who had RL. These participants were drawn from the representative towns of the three senatorial zones in the State. Stratified sampling technique was employed in the selection of the respondents. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analysis and Multiple Regression analysis were used in data analyses. The results of the research indicated that there was no significant correlation between Conscientiousness domain and RL. However, its (Conscientiousness) facet (of Thorough) correlated significantly with RL. Besides, Conscientiousness did not predict RL, but its facets (Thorough, Reliable, Organized, and Goal-directed) were found to be significant predictors of RL. The study’s conclusion is that although Conscientiousness was neither a correlate nor a predictor of RL among the people of Anambra State, some of its Facets were (correlate and/or predictor/s).</p>

Imperial Monetary Policy and Social Reaction in Third Century Rome

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Kallmes
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Reaction

Abstract In the third century AD, under the pressure of plagues, external invasion, rising army costs, and usurpation, the Roman emperors incrementally debased the silver coinage that was produced at their imperial mints and incrementally took over civic mints. The debasement, from 2.7 g of silver to 0.04 g of silver in the equivalent of a denarius from 160–274 ad, was accompanied by worries from emperors, mint-workers, and bankers about the value of the currency; however, the total loss of purchasing power of the Roman coinage from the same era was 50–70 %, far less than would be expected from the change in metallic content, if it were the primary source of value. The currency reform of Aurelian in 274 ad, despite raising metallic values of coins, was followed by at least a 90 % reduction in the purchasing power of the silver coinage from 274–301 ad, the year of Diocletian’s Edict on Maximum Prices, showing a paradoxically inverse relationship between metallic value and purchasing power. Based on this quandary, I argue that the Roman silver coinage of the third century CE became a fiat currency in some respects, deriving its guarantee from imperial iconography and assurances rather than from bullion value. The fiat nature of the silver coinage was largely present in usage as a medium of exchange for those without as much long-term interest in maintaining liquid stores of value; this is indicated by the differential debasement of the denarius and aureus; imperial actions and hoarding practices indicate the extent to which the currency was accepted at nominal value. I examine the reactions of different social groups in order to determine the perceived value of the Roman coinage during this time, and in order to understand the paradoxical collapse in the currency’s value in the late third century. To demonstrate this, I will present the applicable elements of the modern concept of “fiat” to this context through portrayal of emperors and usurpers on coins, use coin hoard data to determine the effect of Gresham’s Law, and examine historical and papyrological accounts of currency reforms. I will also use evidence of the expansion of taxes in kind and the rejection of nominal value by both emperor and subjects to argue that the inflation following Aurelian’s reform resulted from an invalidation of the trust in imperial fiat.

Corruption and control from the perspective of Islam

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Waled Younes E. Alazzabi ◽  
Hasri Mustafa ◽  
Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Situational Factor ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Control

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and provide insights into corruption and the control procedures from an Islamic perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts qualitative research approach using the holy Quran as a primary source and hadith of the Prophet Mohammed supported by the anecdotes of his companions as a secondary source and prior literature. Findings This paper offers an Islamic taxonomy of corruption that contains economic, managerial, financial, political, environmental, social and ethical corruption which is explicitly prohibited because of their consequence on societies. Islam establishes proactive, preventive, detecting and reactive procedures to control corruption and prescribes how to avoid its harmful consequences. The paper also reveals significant concepts in relation to individuals’ qualities that if taken care of, better chances to reduce corruption and better living conditions can be accomplished. Research limitations/implications The paper recommends means to the business community through providing managerial and practical procedures which can be used for limiting corruption effectively. However, this piece of work provides further explanations on corruption to improve our understanding on such a phenomenon and contributes to the literature from the perspective of Islam point of view. Originality/value The paper contributes to the debate on corruption, human, religion and control from an Islamic point of view, which is lacking. This paper finds evidence that loss of belief is a situational factor that leads to corrupt acts. Also, moral teaching in early ages is necessary for inner and self-control. Moral renovation is an influential factor that keeps individuals motivated and refrain from indulging into corrupt acts.

scholarly journals Fulfilling the Mission of the Church in Ghana in the 21st Century: Lessons from India in the 16th and 17th Centuries

2020 ◽  
pp. 243-252
Author(s):  
Seth Asare-Danso
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The People ◽  
Transformation Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Church

This historical study examines the spread of Christianity in India in the 16th and 17th centuries, and lessons to be drawn by Christian churches in Ghana in the 21st century. Personal interview and content analysis of primary and secondary source documents were used for data collection. The grounded theory design was used to develop four theories, namely: “cultural rejection approach”, “cultural replacement approach”, “cultural sharing approach” and “cultural transformation approach” to mission. The research findings revealed that Christianity was introduced in India to liberate the people from ignorance. The Jesuit understood the motives of mission to be cross-cultural, international, co-operative and holistic in nature. It further revealed that the Jesuit used the “cultural transformation approach” to mission, which required the use of “radical identification”, “culture transfer”, “indigenization”, “inculturation” and “primal religion” as evangelistic methods to fulfil the mission mandate. The study recommended that churches in Ghana adapt the “cultural transformation approach” to mission to suit their cultural environments, so that the use of “radical identification” and “culture transfer” will reduce inequality, in fulfilment of UN SDG 10; while the use of “indigenization”, “inculturation” and “primal religion” will provide inclusive and equitable quality (theological) education, in fulfilment of UN SDG 4.

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