scholarly journals Widening the Breadth of Knowledge Diffusion among Nigerian Employees: The Upsides of Globalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Onodugo Vincent A ◽  
Nwoji Stanley C
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Uniform Design ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sectors ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
Survey Strategy ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Companies

Many scholars from the developing world argue that globalization is a weapon of imperialism used to perpetuate the income and welfare gap between developing and developed countries. This study joins an emerging stream of studies calling for a holistic re-examination of the impact of globalization on developing countries to understand both the positive and negative contributions instead of have a one-sided view of globalization. Employing a quantitative design with a survey strategy, data for this study was collected from 130 human resources personnel across six multinational firms spanning: oil, banking, and manufacturing sectors of the Nigerian economy. Inferential analysis of collected data found significant positive contributions of globalization towards personnel training and development. In particular, findings show that globalization has increased the frequency and methods of trainings, increased use of e-trainings and certifications, and uniform design of training programmes across the subsidiaries of MNCs globally. All these were found to reduce the physical incidence of personnel going abroad to study reducing both brain-drain and expenses to domestic companies and governments.

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of Training on Staff Performance: Evidence from Ghana Health Service in the Kumasi Metropolis

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Victoria Timah
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Staff Performance ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ghana Health ◽  
Ghana Health Service

The quest for quality efficient workforce in the attainment of organizational goals continues to attract attention from organizations in their desire to remain competitive in the business arena. This study sought to assess the impact of training on staff performance at the Ghana Health Service in the Kumasi Metropolis (GHS-K). The research was conducted through questionnaire administration on the impact of staff training and development at GHS-K. The questionnaire was administered to randomly selected health workers at the selected public hospitals and staff of GHS-K. The data collected were analyzed to yield frequencies and percentages of responses. The results showed that In-service training (85.0%) as part of on-the-job training types dominate training programmes organized by GHS-Kumasi Metro and that greater number of these programmes are routine (66.0%) in nature and as such do not base on training- needs assessment. The study also shows that the organization of training and development programmes at GHS-K has brought some remarkable improvement (59.0%) in the performance of employees, and that financial constraints (64.0%) and lack of organizational objectives (54.0%) pose a challenge to its sustenance. The study concludes that as more training programmes in varying forms are given to employees and right procedures adopted, better performance of job execution will be achieved.

scholarly journals The impact of Tailor-Made skills based training programmes on the performance of municipalities: The case of the city of Tshwane

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solly Pooe ◽  
Zeleke Worku ◽  
Enslin Van Rooyen
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Satisfactory Performance ◽  
Municipal Employees ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Opportunities

Various South African municipalities are under close scrutiny due to widespread protests over poor quality of municipal services. Prior studies that examined situations in municipalities recommend training and development as the most apposite strategic tool for raising municipal performance. This study aimed to determine whether there is a statistically significant association between the provision of adequate training and development programmes and satisfactory performance at municipal level. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analyses were used in the study in which data was collected from n=131 respondents (119 questionnaires + 12 in-depth interviews). Purposive sampling was used for selecting eligible respondents. The results showed that 49% of respondents have had past training opportunities. The percentage of employees with satisfactory performance was equal to 52%. The study found a significant association between the provision of training and development programmes and satisfactory performance among municipal employees. At the 5% level of significance, the results show that inadequate performance was significantly associated with lack of training opportunities, low level of formal education, and lack of job satisfaction, in a decreasing order of strength. A model has been proposed for ensuring adequate performance by municipal employees, and for monitoring and evaluating progress on a quarterly basis.

scholarly journals Contextual Factors and the Diffusion of MAIs in Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Sectors in Libya

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
Alhadi Boukr ◽  
Hassan Yazdifar ◽  
Davood Askarany
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Manufacturing Sectors ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Training Programmes

The diffusion of innovation theory has already addressed the major contextual factors hindering or facilitating the diffusion of management accounting innovations (MAIs) in organisations. However, the diffusion of MAIs in less developed countries (such as Libya) is still very low, and the contextual factors addressed by the diffusion of innovation seem to fail to explain the low diffusion. To address this important gap in the literature, this study used contingency theory and investigated the association between a variety of contextual (contingent and institutional) factors and the diffusion of MAIs in Libyan manufacturing and non-manufacturing organisations. Seven MAIs were chosen from the literature perceived to have higher popularity, namely, ABC, ABM, BSC, TC, life-cycle costing, benchmarking, and Kaizen. A questionnaire acted as the data collection instrument. Two hundred and fifty questionnaires were distributed, and one hundred and three useable questionnaires were returned. The results indicate that three factors were significantly associated with facilitating the adoption of MAIs in both sectors. They were using computer systems for MA purposes, top management support, and MA training programmes.

scholarly journals Enhancing Organizational Performance: The Role of Training and Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Eric Osei Kwakye ◽  
Osei -Wusu Bempah
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Job Productivity ◽  
Effective Organization ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Municipal Assembly ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the impact of training and development on employees’ productivity and organizational performance in the Asante Akim South Municipal Assembly as a case study. The study applied structured questionnaires to a sample size of 75 drawn by a convenient sampling technique. The study also employed the purposive sampling technique to generate respondents to be interviewed. The data generated was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings of the study show that majority (77%) of the respondents agreed that training and development has enhanced their efficiency and job productivity. Secondly, majority (68%) of the respondents agreed that training and development enhanced organizational performance. The effectiveness and quality of the training programmes have also been found to be appreciable. The study recommends that departments within the district assembly should conduct more training programmes for their employees on a continuous basis. Organizers of the training programmes should also ensure the effective organization of these programmes.

Antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance: an empirical perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Jha ◽  
Md. Moddassir Alam
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study investigates the antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance in an emerging economy. Based on the review of extant literature, six antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance, namely, motivation, networking, socio-cultural, business environment, training and development, and financials were proposed and subsequently empirically examined.Design/methodology/approachGaps in the literature were identified, based on which the theoretical background of the study was formulated. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied to confirm the factor-item structure. The impact of explanatory variables was investigated using the structural equation modeling (SEM) based path analysis.FindingsThe study concludes that motivation, networking, socio-cultural, business environment, training and development, and financials have a significant positive influence on the performance of the women entrepreneurs.Originality/valueThere is a dearth of quality research that holistically investigates the key antecedents of performance among women entrepreneurs. Most existing studies have not considered the possible antecedents of performance concomitantly. Additionally, the relationships have been measured individually rather than at the construct level. Further, a majority of the existing studies investigating the performance of women entrepreneurs have been confined to settings within developed countries. By providing insight into the antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance elsewhere, the present study attempts to bridge these identified gaps. This study is expected to advance the knowledge about the factors influencing the performance of women entrepreneurs in emerging economies such as India. These insights will likely be valuable when creating policies related to this crucial aspect of economic development.

scholarly journals The importance of a company’s capital structure in financial relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-430
Author(s):  
Dean Učkar ◽  
Manuel Benazić ◽  
Daniel Tomić
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
Low Interest Rates ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Companies

Purpose: The main objective of this research was to determine the impact of capital structure on the profitability of Croatian companies. The second objective was to analyze the consistency of the way in which capital structure is managed with respect to the existing theories of capital structure. Methodology: A survey was conducted on the sample of Croatian companies for the period from 2009 to 2019 using panel model GMM estimation. In order to be included in the sample, all shares listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange were considered which meet the liquidity criterion and are part of the non-financial sector. Accordingly, the sample consists of 30 shares. Results: The research established a significant relationship between capital structure and profitability, with a negative sign. With these results, Croatian companies are placed alongside other companies from countries that belong to the group of developing countries, and diametrically opposed to the results obtained for the markets of developed countries. Indirectly, the validity of theories of capital structure formation on the Croatian market was tested, and it was proved that the behavior of Croatian companies can best be described by settings of the trade-off theory of capital structure. Conclusion: For Croatian companies, this means that any further use of debt will lead to a decline in profitability. Consequently, this means that domestic companies cannot make significant use of the current situation of low interest rates on loans, and therefore they lag behind in terms of the level of investments made.

Reducing the Risks of the Financial Sector to Ensure Sustainable Growth of the Russian Еconomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
T. I. Minina ◽  
V. V. Skalkin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Impact

Russia’s entry into the top five economies of the world depends, among other things, on the development of the financial sector, being a necessary condition for the economic growth of a developed macroeconomic and macro-financial system. The financial sector represents a system of relationships for the effective collection and distribution of economic resources, their deployment according to public demand, reducing the risk of overproduction and overheating of the economy.Therefore, the subject of the research is the financial sector of the Russian economy.The purpose of the research was to formulate an approach to alleviating the risks of increasing financial costs in the real sector of the economy by reducing the impact of endogenous risks expressed as financial asset “bubbles” using the experience of developed countries in the monetary policy.The paper analyzes a macroeconomic model applied to the financial sector. It is established that the economic growth is determined by the growth and, more important, the qualitative development of the financial sector, which leads to two phenomena: overproduction in the real sector and an increase in asset prices in the financial sector, with a debt load in both the real and financial sectors. This results in decreasing the interest rate of the mega-regulator to near-zero values. In this case, since the mechanisms of the conventional monetary policy do not work, the unconventional monetary policy is used when the mega-regulator buys out derivative financial instruments from systemically important institutions. As a conclusion, given deflationally low rates, it is proposed that the megaregulator should issue its own derivative financial instruments and place them in the financial market.

Surveying adherence of dental clinic patients to preventive measures in oral cavity

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. Kudryavtseva ◽  
V. V. Tachalov ◽  
E. S. Loboda ◽  
L. Yu. Orekhova ◽  
E. Yu. Nechai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Dental Clinic ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

Relevance. Periodontal diseases are a medical and social problem due to the wide spread among the population of developed countries and the impact on the quality of life. Among the many factors that are important in the development of inflammatory periodontal diseases, an important role is played by adherence to the recommendations of the dentist in respecting oral hygiene. Aim of the work was to study the adherence of patients of the dental clinic to compliance with preventive measures in the oral cavity.Materials and methods. A total of 98 patients of dental clinic, 62 female (medial age 38,6 ± 14,0 years) and 36 male (medial age 37,2±13,1 years) participated in survey. The study participants flled in the profle and answered questions about age, gender, harmful working conditions and bad habits, frequency of visits to the dental clinic, attitudes to the prevention of dental diseases, knowledge about the means and methods of oral hygiene.Results. As a result of the study, it was found that in the vast majority of cases, respondents are employed in production that does not adversely affect their health (91%), only 8% of patients indicated harmful working conditions.Conclusions. The study revealed that, despite the recommendations of the dentist, patients are not always committed to the implementation of preventive measures in the oral cavity. Dentists need to motivate patients to use not only the usual methods and means of hygiene, but also additional ones necessary for maintaining dental health.

Impact of Training and Development Programmes on the Productivity of Employees in the Banks

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaspreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Linear Forms ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
The Impact

Manpower training and development is an important aspect of human resources management which must be embarked upon either proactively or reactively to meet any change brought about in the course of time. Training is a continuous and perennial activity. It provides employees with the knowledge and skills to perform more effectively. The study examines the opinions of trainees regarding the impact of training and development programmes on the productivity of employees in the selected banks. To evaluate the impact of training and development programmes on productivity of banking sector, multiple regression analysis was employed in both log as well as log-linear forms. Also the impact of three sets of training i.e. objectives, methods and basics on level of satisfaction of respondents with the training was also examined through employing the regression analysis in the similar manner.

scholarly journals Challenges and Sustainability of China’s Socio-Economic Stability in the Context of Its Demographic Development

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Andrea Čajková ◽  
Peter Čajka
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Population Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Demographic Challenges ◽  
Family Behavior ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

Like many developed countries in the world, China currently faces many serious demographic challenges that pose a potential risk to the country’s socio-economic development and stability. The current demographic development and trend is characterized by a change in the reproductive behavior of the population, characterized by a decline in birth rates, a change in family behavior, and a shift in the value system. This paper is aimed at identifying the impact of population policy and the degree of its influence on both the economic and social system of the country. Based on a deterministic approach, the findings reveal and demonstrate the serious demographic challenges facing China, and we are noting that there is no guarantee that parametric adjustments, such as shifting the retirement age, will de facto ensure the financial health of the pension system by preventing bankruptcy. We point out the risks and prospects for the sustainability of China’s socio-economic development based on an analysis of past and current Chinese demographic policy.

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