Gender Differences and Environmental Friendliness among Secondary School Students in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria

The paper investigated gender difference and practice of environmental friendliness (PEF) among senior secondary school (SSS) students in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria. The sampling population comprised 480 SSS1 students from twenty-four (24) public and private schools in Benin Metropolis. The data was analyzed using percentage, independent t-test and the Ordinary Least Square (OLS). Besides the male students were found to engage in more environmental unfriendly practices than the female students. The findings from the independent t-test showed significant gender differences in four PEFs with regard to: use of waste bins, urinating around school buildings, writing and pasting posters on the walls and bush burning. The OLS results showed that gender, school administration environmental knowledge and attitude had significantly negative impact on PEF Moreover, whereas the interaction of gender on environmental knowledge has significant and positive impact on PEF, the interaction of gender with environmental attitude has significantly negative association on PEF. Therefore, the paper has implication in the redesign of the school curriculum to address students’ environment and sustainability issues as well as the introduction of affective based teaching methods to help correct the negative students’ attitude/behaviour.

Forecasting the Stock Price by using Holt’s Method

This study proposed to develop a stock indicator that can forecast the value of a share by considering the daily closing price or opening price with the different parameter of Holt’s method. Most of the indicator which is existing in most of the stock market which forecasted value is based on a long period forecast. But, Holt’s method will be easy to analyze the price of an individual company with maximum accuracy for short period forecasting. The daily data, the closing price of the different company, are collected from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) for the period of 2016. The variables: level, trend, forecast as well as smoothing constant (α, β) are used for quick reaction to systematic changes in the time series. By using Holt’s method, a buyer can predict, how much of a share price will be the next day. The research finds that Holt’s method forecasting is better for short time then long time as evidence shows that the fourth day predicted value is closer to the actual value. In addition, the analysis discovers that for prediction the forecast value, the fifteen and seven days’ data of any company are more accurate than 30 days’ data. This study notices that different smoothing constant is the big factor for forecasting and suggests to use smoothing constant α = 0.5, β = 0.1.

The Millennials – Comparative Analysis of Factors Affecting Working Behavior of Generations Y and X in Malaysia

The purpose for this study is to examine factors influencing working behaviour of Generation Y in Malaysia. A mixed approach of casual and descriptive research designs were adopted in this study. An effective sample of 202 respondents from generation Y was recruited to participate in this research. To confirm the working behaviour of generation Y, 205 respondents from generation X was also recruited. Paired Sample t test shows that there is a positive and significant difference in terms of mindset and beliefs, values, motivation and technology uses among generation Y and X workers. The result of multiple regression analysis shows that values, motivation and technology have a positive and significant influence on generation Y’s working behaviour except the mindset and beliefs. For future studies, it is important to include larger sample for Kuala Lumpur demographic area or other states of Malaysia or even across whole of Malaysia.

The Effect of Shopee e-Service Quality and Price Perception on Repurchase Intention: Customer Satisfaction as Mediation Variable

The study is aimed to analyze the effect of e-service quality (e-SERVQUAL) and price perception on repurchase intention to consume Shopee product in Solo City with satisfaction as mediation variable. This is an explanatory research using questionnaires. Population in this study are customers in Solo city who make purchases through e-commerce Shopee. Samples of 100 customers are chosen by purposive sampling method. Methods analysis used is path analysis. Research findings revealed that e-SERVQUAL, price perception, and customer satisfaction have positive and significant effect on repurchase intention. Results of Sobel test show that customer satisfaction mediates the effect of e-SERVQUAL on repurchase intention, but customer satisfaction cannot mediate the effect of price perception on repurchase intention.

Impact of Dividend Payout Ratio on the Value of Firm: A Study of Companies Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of dividend payout ratio on the value of firm. The study also examined other factors that affect the value of firm while employing companies listed on the Nigerian stock exchange. The factors which were considered to affect the value of the firm in this study include profitability, leverage policy ratio, dividend policy ratio, cash holding and the size of the firm. The study employed Panel Ordinary Least Square Regression Techniques in analyzing the collated data. The sample in this study is drawn from breweries and beverages companies listed on the Nigerian stock exchange between the periods 2007-2016. The results showed that profitability ratio and leverage ratio positively and significantly impact on the value of the firm. This implies that only the variables of Firm Leverage, and Profit after Tax are significant factors that drives firm value in both breweries and beverages companies among listed companies in Nigeria. The study however recommends that corporate managers whose interest is to raise firm value should ensure the maximization of Profit after Tax, and focus on policies that will improve the leverage ratio of the firm.