Leadership Ambidexterity As A Tool For Employee Empowerment In The Nigerian Civil Service
Ambidexterity is a concept that is coined to direct the organization’s members to act a little to the right and little to the left. The main objective of the study was to determine if there is significant relationship between ambidextrous leadership and the empowerment of subordinates for leadership succession in the Nigerian Civil Service. The methodology adopted involved
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Personal Characteristics Influencing The Use Of Video Mediated Technology In Teaching Agricultural Knowledge And Skills To Farmers In Homa-bay County, Kenya
The study assessed public extension agent's factors influencing their use of video mediated technology (VMT) in Homa-Bay County, Kenya. All the 85 extension agents in Homa Bay County were assessed using a structured questionnaire. The study found out that the extension agents were relatively young with a mean age of 38. The majority (61.2 %) of the extension agents had
The Factors That Influenced Trainee-teachers At E. P. College Education, Amedzofe To Choose Teaching As A Career
This study was carried out at E. P. College of Education, Amedzofe, in the Volta Region. The study sought to examine the decision-making process of trainee-teachers at the College to become a teacher. A case study design was adopted using qualitative and quantitative data which was analysed using SPSS 16.0. The study sampled 527 trainee-teachers at the college for the
Impact Of Loan Provisioning On Asset Quality Of Commercial Banks: Empirical Evidence From Nigeria
The purpose of this study was to examine empirically the effect of loan provisioning on asset quality of commercial banks in Nigeria under the panel data framework using annual data for a period of eleven years from 2005 to 2016. Asset quality ratio is the dependent variable while loan-loss provisions and non-performing loans were both used as explanatory variables. Bank
Volatility Clustering And Persistence Of Shocks In The Nigeria Stock Market: Evidence From Univariate Garch Models
In this study, we consider the issue of whether volatility shocks are persistent in the Nigerian stock market using 3179 daily market returns data for the period from 14th January 2003 to 31st December 2015. The study employs the GARCH-in-mean model of Engle, Lilien and Robins (1987) but assumes that the conditional errors follow student t distribution. The results confirm
Board Characteristics And Financial Performance Of Microfinance Institutions In Nanyuki Town, Kenya
The management of many Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) in Kenya has been characterized by corruption and mismanagement of scarce resources which include finances, human resource and time Microfinance institutions have received much attention regarding their financial performance. The objective of the study was to establish the effects board characteristics on the financial performance of MFIs in Nanyuki town, Kenya. Descriptive
Taxation And Nigeria Economic Development
The pivotal role of taxation as a revenue generation machinery has informed the inordinate emphasis by emerging economies on the revenue potentials of taxation to the total neglect of economic development roles. This study examined the efficiency and effectiveness of tax as an economic development instrument in Nigeria. The study followed Keynesians argument that the focus of taxation should be