Arash Hosseinpour; Hamid Reza Kordlouie
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 10-27
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The present study is an applied-analytical research in which employees of combined transport of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines were chosen as statistical population and 105 of them were selected as sample through stratified random sampling. The required data were collected by means of a questionnaire. ...
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The present study is an applied-analytical research in which employees of combined transport of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines were chosen as statistical population and 105 of them were selected as sample through stratified random sampling. The required data were collected by means of a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by content validity and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling and path analysis through SPSS and PLS. The results confirmed the impact of strategic approaches of human resources on knowledge management and organizational innovation capacity. Examining the impact of strategic approaches to human resources aspects on knowledge management and organizational innovation capacity, the impact of training aspect from strategic approaches to human resources was the only aspect to be approved by all aspects of the two variables.
Elham Naeimi; Mohammad Hossein Askariazad; Kaveh Khalili-Damghani
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2015, , Pages 10-25
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Energy as a production process input has an effective role on economic indicators such as gross domestic production (GDP). Limitations in fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources urge utilizing renewable energies. In this paper, the impact of renewable energy consumption on economic welfare indicators ...
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Energy as a production process input has an effective role on economic indicators such as gross domestic production (GDP). Limitations in fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources urge utilizing renewable energies. In this paper, the impact of renewable energy consumption on economic welfare indicators (i.e. GDP, GDP per capita, annual income of urban households, and annual income of rural households) is investigated. For this purpose, 41 annual data sets are collected, from 1971 to 2011, mostly from Iran’s Statistical Yearbook and Iran’s Balance Sheet. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used for forecasting the effect of renewable energy consumption on economic welfare indicators. Advantages in using the proposed ANN-based method are demonstrated by comparing its results with the multi-layer regression (MLR) model. The comparison between the artificial neural network and the multi-layer regression model demonstrates that the artificial neural network has more accurate results than the multi-layer regression model. Both ANN and MLR models show significant effect of using renewable energies on the economic welfare. Results demonstrate the importance of using the proposed model for policy makers in implementing new policies for renewable energies. The ANN prediction results show that GDP, GDP per capita, annual income of urban households, and annual income of rural households will grow by 35.63%, 62.59%, 167.61% and 143.19%, respectively, from 2007 to 2016.
Alireza Modanlo Joibary; Mostafa Mohammadi; Ruhollah Geraeeli; Nasrin Karimian Shamsabadi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2016, , Pages 14-27
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Knowledge management is considered as one of the most significant competitive resources for any organization such that most believe that the faster the companies acquire knowledge taking into application, the more they are successful in a competitive market. On the other hand, the competition among companies ...
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Knowledge management is considered as one of the most significant competitive resources for any organization such that most believe that the faster the companies acquire knowledge taking into application, the more they are successful in a competitive market. On the other hand, the competition among companies is no more important; instead, the competition among supply chains is highly focused in order to provide the most value to the customer. Research statistical population included 30 individuals of all practitioners and middle management experts in National copper industries company headquarter. The present research used Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) to rank knowledge management effective factors in supply chain of national Iranian copper industries company. Research results showed that management factors, knowledge creation, acquisition and production process, knowledge assessment and feedback process, knowledge transformation, sharing and distribution process, organizational culture, knowledge use, application and utilization process as well as employees’ characteristics are in order the most to the least important knowledge management criteria in supply chain of national copper industries company through using FAHP technique.
Economics
Johora Tahsin
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ICT has been considered a crucial player in environmental quality in the present age of industrial revolution and technological advancement. This study, therefore, seeks to examine the effects of ICT on environmental quality including technological innovation in selected Asian developing countries. A ...
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ICT has been considered a crucial player in environmental quality in the present age of industrial revolution and technological advancement. This study, therefore, seeks to examine the effects of ICT on environmental quality including technological innovation in selected Asian developing countries. A panel data that spanned from 1990 to 2018 is utilized to pursue the objectives of this study by applying second-generation panel approaches. In the long run, an inverted U-shaped relationship between the ICT index and CO2 emission is found by FEM and FMOLS estimators, indicating that environmental pollution decreases after attaining a threshold level of ICT development in selected Asian developing countries. The study reveals that technological innovation has a negative and significant influence on reducing CO2 emission, leading to energy efficiency and diminishing the intensity of energy used by inventing environmentally friendly technologies. Besides, electricity consumption and economic growth have positive and significant effects on the environment however, a negative and significant effect is found in the case of trade openness. The interactive effect of ICT and economic growth decreases the level of pollution while the moderate effect of ICT and technological innovation worsens the environmental quality in sample countries. The findings reveal that the role of ICT and technological innovation in mitigating environmental degradation still needs improvement in sample countries. The use of environmentally friendly ICT products and more green technological innovation are needed to improve energy efficiency by providing more fiscal incentives and infrastructures and enforcing environmental laws and regulations in the sample countries.
Masoud Nonejad; Sarvoldin Fathi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 15-27
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The study of the reasons of economic growth is of great importance and it is always considered by many economists. Improving life quality of people and increasing public welfare are the goals of various governments in the world and economic growth is one of the important factors in achieving these goals. ...
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The study of the reasons of economic growth is of great importance and it is always considered by many economists. Improving life quality of people and increasing public welfare are the goals of various governments in the world and economic growth is one of the important factors in achieving these goals. Thus, searching about the factors effective on economic growth is of great importance. The present study evaluated the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Iran and time series data were used during 2009-1971. To estimate model, vector error correction model (VECM) is used. The results showed that there is a two-way causal short-term and long-term relationship between energy consumption and economic growth.
Kazuhiro Ohnishi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 17-29
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This paper investigates Cournot and Bertrand duopoly models with complementary goods, where firms can enter into lifetime employment contracts with their respective workers as a strategic device. The paper treats the following four cases: ‘Cournot competition with strategic complements’, ...
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This paper investigates Cournot and Bertrand duopoly models with complementary goods, where firms can enter into lifetime employment contracts with their respective workers as a strategic device. The paper treats the following four cases: ‘Cournot competition with strategic complements’, ‘Cournot competition with strategic substitutes’, ‘Bertrand competition with strategic substitutes’ and ‘Bertrand competition with strategic complements’. The paper presents the equilibrium outcomes of the four cases. In addition, it is shown that lifetime employment is beneficial for firms in the cases with strategic complements.
Arman Moghaddas; Mohsen Jajarmizadeh; Narges Abbasi
Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 20-29
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The talented and capable Human Resource is the main competitive advantage for any organization, and in the light of this competitive advantage, deficiencies and shortcomings of other resources will also be compensated. Hence, studying how the three variables of Talent Management, Human Resource Productivity, ...
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The talented and capable Human Resource is the main competitive advantage for any organization, and in the light of this competitive advantage, deficiencies and shortcomings of other resources will also be compensated. Hence, studying how the three variables of Talent Management, Human Resource Productivity, and Organizational Creativity can affect each other in any organization can reveal the latent potentials of Human Resources. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between Talent Management and Human Resource Productivity, considering the mediating role of Organizational Creativity in Shiraz Water Company (Known as ABFA). The statistical population of this study includes 130 experts and managers of ABFA. According to Cochran formula, 97 research sample was calculated, who filled out the questionnaires. Questionnaire was the main tool for data collection and measurement of research variables and Cronbach’s Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the variables. In addition, SPSS and LISREL were used for data analysis. As a result, the relationship between Talent Management and Productivity, as well as the relationship between Organizational Creativity and Productivity, was positive, but the relationship between Talent Management and Organizational Creativity was only positive at the graduated level (MA and PhD experts and managers). Given these relationships, it can be concluded that the Organizational Creativity (as a mediating variable) can have a positive impact on the relationship between the two other variables at Shiraz Water Company.
Saif Khan; Hashim Khan; Faisal Khan
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 22-47
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In this study we have examined the effect of internal audit committee and external auditor quality on accrual-based measures of accounting conservatism, and the benefits of accounting conservatism on firms’ market performance. Moreover, this study also investigates whether the accrual-based conservatism ...
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In this study we have examined the effect of internal audit committee and external auditor quality on accrual-based measures of accounting conservatism, and the benefits of accounting conservatism on firms’ market performance. Moreover, this study also investigates whether the accrual-based conservatism mediate the relationship between audit committee and external auditor quality factors with market-based firms’ performance. A total of 543 sample firms are selected from the Bursa Malaysia for the period from 2004 to 2013. For data analysis, panel data methodology is employed and structural equation modeling (SEM) technique is used to test the developed hypotheses of this study. Results show that audit committee effectiveness and external auditor quality found to be significant with two-year-lagged effect on accrual-based measure of conservatism. Furthermore, accrual-based measure of conservatism mediated the relationship between (a) audit committee effectiveness and market-based firms’ performance, and (b) external auditor quality and market-based firms’ performance. The findings of this study contribute to the signaling theory, agency theory, reputation theory and accounting conservatism literature in emerging economies settings.
Accounting
Raihan Sobhan
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to find out the effects of board characteristics on firm performance in the listed companies of non-banking financial institutions industry of Bangladesh. This study has considered five board characteristics namely board size, the proportion of independent directors, ...
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The main objective of this study is to find out the effects of board characteristics on firm performance in the listed companies of non-banking financial institutions industry of Bangladesh. This study has considered five board characteristics namely board size, the proportion of independent directors, the proportion of female directors, the number of board meetings and percentage of directors’ ownership. ROA has been taken as the performance indicator. The regression results show that board size and female directors are positively and significantly related to firm performance. On the other hand the proportion of independent directors, the number of board meetings and the percentage of directors’ ownership do not have any significant impact on firm performance. The findings of this study will help the regulators and policymakers to understand the existing weakness of corporate governance structure in the financial institution industry and will aid in their quest for harmonizing the practice of corporate governance of Bangladesh with that of developed countries.
Ila Fadilah Bt Harun; Aflah Bt Isa; Faridah Najuna
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2015, , Pages 26-36
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The number of studies for Corporate Social Responsibility or known as CSR has increasingly grown in the literature. Many literatures have discussed about CSR from western point of view and also from Islamic perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility is a voluntary act which is done by an organization ...
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The number of studies for Corporate Social Responsibility or known as CSR has increasingly grown in the literature. Many literatures have discussed about CSR from western point of view and also from Islamic perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility is a voluntary act which is done by an organization for society welfare. Both perspectives bring to the same conclusion whereby CSR gives positive impact for the society. However, there are few researches done regarding its impacts on employees’ behavior. The purpose of this study is to analyze how Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility programs which are implemented in the organization can give positive or negative impact towards employees’ behavior. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the underlying positive impact of ICSR to Society, Environment, and Employee which will have an effect on employees’ behavior. The findings of this research imply that CSR has a significant effect on employees’ behaviors. Therefore, organizations should consider giving priority to CSR programmes and activities which will benefit its employees. The participation of employees in CSR activities is important and this study will give better understanding on the impact of CSR programs towards employee behavior..
Amir Motahedin; Ehsan Mirmostafaee
Volume 1, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 28-36
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This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between capital structure policies and the lifecycle of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to achieve this aim, a main hypothesis and three sub-hypotheses were developed and a multivariate linear regression was used to test research ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between capital structure policies and the lifecycle of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to achieve this aim, a main hypothesis and three sub-hypotheses were developed and a multivariate linear regression was used to test research hypotheses. This research was performed on 187 listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange based on the information contained in financial reports from 2005 to 2011. In this research companies are divided into two groups: companies in the growth stage and companies in the maturity stage; and capital structure is composed of net debt issue, retained earnings and equity. The research results showed that the effect of the deficit on net debt issue was higher in companies in the growth stage compared to companies in the maturity stage, but was no significant and also the effect of the deficit on net equity and retained earnings in companies in the growth stage was higher compared to companies in the maturity stage and was significant. The research main hypothesis also showed that companies in the growth stage follow the hierarchical theory more than companies in the maturity stage, but it is not significant.
Rusul Alsarray
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 28-42
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Loss Given Default (LGD) is one of the key parameters needed in order to estimate expected and unexpected credit losses necessary for credit pricing as well as for calculation of the regulatory Basel II requirement (BCBS, 2006). While the credit rating and probability of default (PD) techniques have ...
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Loss Given Default (LGD) is one of the key parameters needed in order to estimate expected and unexpected credit losses necessary for credit pricing as well as for calculation of the regulatory Basel II requirement (BCBS, 2006). While the credit rating and probability of default (PD) techniques have been well developed in recent decades, LGD has attracted little attention before 2000s.In this paper, We compare linear regression and survival analysis models for modelling recovery rates and recovery amounts, in order to predict the LGD for unsecured consumer loans or credit cards.
Ahmad Nateq Golestan; Hossein Toolo Heydariyan Mashhadi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2016, , Pages 28-44
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Achievement of large organizations in the competitive environment first requires sustained and long-term competitive advantage. Such benefit acquisition and utilization depends on market oriented attitude and innovation of service process. This approach makes efforts in developing and dissemination of ...
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Achievement of large organizations in the competitive environment first requires sustained and long-term competitive advantage. Such benefit acquisition and utilization depends on market oriented attitude and innovation of service process. This approach makes efforts in developing and dissemination of organizational performance and provides the opportunity for valuable service delivering to customers and benefiting their satisfaction. In this regard, the present research studied the effect of mediating role of innovation of service process in the relation between market orientation and organizational performance. This study is analyzed based on individual and all Dana insurance company agents including about 2000 individuals, throughout the country, are regarded as statistical population. Research statistical participants consisted of 325 agents who were selected through clustering sampling method. Data collected through using a questionnaire (by content validity; factor analysis and validity by measuring Cronbach alpha coefficient). Data analyzed and research hypotheses were tested using structural equations method. Results showed that market orientation has a positive, significant effect on innovation of service process and organizational performance; moreover, mediating role of innovation of service process was maintained between market orientation and organizational performance variables.
Andi Ina Yustina; L Liswandi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 30-42
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The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of role to ethical environment and organizational fit as the mediating variable in public accounting firms in Indonesia. 101 auditors from 9 international public accounting firms were participated as participants in our online questionnaires. ...
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The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of role to ethical environment and organizational fit as the mediating variable in public accounting firms in Indonesia. 101 auditors from 9 international public accounting firms were participated as participants in our online questionnaires. To test the hypothesis of the study, SEM SmartPLS with WarpPLS version 3.0 software was used to process the data. The result of the study showed that role variable is positively associated with ethical environment and also organizational of fit was mediated the relationship between role and ethical environment. This study is expected to build better understanding to public accounting firms the importance to build the ethical environment in their organizations.
Khan Sarfaraz Ali; Md Ariful Islam
Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 30-40
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Corporate organizations are experiencing the challenges of understanding the factor that has significant and positive relationship on their performance. The aim of this study is to determine the role of effective leadership style on organizational performance. The aim of the findings of this study focuses ...
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Corporate organizations are experiencing the challenges of understanding the factor that has significant and positive relationship on their performance. The aim of this study is to determine the role of effective leadership style on organizational performance. The aim of the findings of this study focuses on a significant and positive relationship between appropriate leadership style and organizational performance. The development of this extensive literature review, suggestions and conceptualization would be helpful for researchers while they aim for further empirical investigation of job engagement and organizational performance.
Accounting
Shoeyb Rostami; Mehdi Faraji
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Auditors’ professional and ethical judgment has been criticized in recent years. Literature suggests that professionalism and ethics of auditors is decreasing due to the current audit market and the predominance of commercial goals; In this regard, the main purpose of this study is to investigate ...
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Auditors’ professional and ethical judgment has been criticized in recent years. Literature suggests that professionalism and ethics of auditors is decreasing due to the current audit market and the predominance of commercial goals; In this regard, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Machiavellianism, anti-socialism and pressures on auditors on their professional and ethical judgment. In order to achieve the mentioned goal, the statistical population of the study is auditing institutes, members of the Iranian Association of Certified Public Accountants and the sample of the study was randomly selected and included 81 auditors of these institutes in 2019 & 2020. The research method is survey and the tool is questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by the opinions of faculty professors and related academic resources. For reliability of questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used and the results of these coefficients showed appropriate reliability and internal consistency of the questions. The analysis of the research data and the relationships between the variables were also performed with Smart PLS version 3 software. The results indicate that there is no significant relationship between Machiavellianism and anti-socialism with auditors' professional and ethical judgment. In other words, variables of Machiavellianism and anti-socialism do not have a significant effect on auditors' judgment. On the other hand, the results showed that there is a significant relationship between pressures on auditors and their professional and ethical judgment.
Khadijeh Mohammadi Siyaprani; Kazem Gholami
Volume 1, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 37-51
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The present study aims to investigate the effective variables of knowledge management in food exports in Iran. A new model was designed in this research on the basis of achieved statistical data from production associations and export firms. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to assess the ...
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The present study aims to investigate the effective variables of knowledge management in food exports in Iran. A new model was designed in this research on the basis of achieved statistical data from production associations and export firms. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to assess the impact of effective variables of knowledge management in food exports. Suggested model of the research is comprised of eight dimensions which are as follows: specialized relations, coordinated knowledge, knowledge tools, organizational knowledge, knowledge process, knowledge chain, knowledge hardware, and knowledge feasibility. Target population of the study was consisting of 57 production associations which export food from Iran. The sales staffs and business departments formed the target population, and 317 questionnaires were validly obtained to test the research model. Exploratory factor analysis and Amos software were utilized for modeling. This study indicates that knowledge management is positively effective in the process of food exports in Iran, and all effective factors of knowledge management significantly affect the efficiency and performance of exporting. Eight-dimensional model which is suggested in this research introduces a practical strategy of evaluating the effective factors of knowledge management in food exports.
Ahsan Zia; Farrukh Shahzad
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2015, , Pages 37-45
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Advertising is a basic Marketing device and compelling correspondence medium. The fundamental goal of any advertisement is to empower the sales Promotion, straightforwardly or by implication by attempting to make grand claims about item execution. The question is, has any organization endeavored to survey ...
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Advertising is a basic Marketing device and compelling correspondence medium. The fundamental goal of any advertisement is to empower the sales Promotion, straightforwardly or by implication by attempting to make grand claims about item execution. The question is, has any organization endeavored to survey the effect of its advertising on sales? The reason for this study was to inspect the effect of advertising on sales. The study was explorative in nature and likewise attempted to make a quantitative evaluation of Advertising on sales performance of Bata shoes and Service shoes industry. The principle examination instrument utilized as a part of this study was Questionnaire. The people from different departments like Bankers, Doctors, Businessmen, Households and Students help us in collection of data and co-operate with us. I use different statistical tools for finalizing the information. The result are described here are based upon different statistical test. Toward the end of the study, it was understood that albeit the majority of the organizations bore witness to the way that advertising is powerful in boosting sales the greater part of the organizations did not have a year by year figures of promoting expense and sales expenditure for a quantitative evaluation of the genuine increment in deals for every comparing increment in advertising expenditure.
Gursharan Kaur Sidhu; Ismail Nizam
Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 41-72
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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of workplace coaching on employees’ performance in Malaysia mediated by rewards and recognition. Many studies in the past examined the influence of coaching on employee performance, the relationship between coaching and rewards and recognition, ...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of workplace coaching on employees’ performance in Malaysia mediated by rewards and recognition. Many studies in the past examined the influence of coaching on employee performance, the relationship between coaching and rewards and recognition, as well as the impact of rewards and recognition on employee performance. However, there is limited research on the influence of coaching and employee performance mediated by rewards and recognition appears to have been conducted or examined. There is also inadequate literature on the impact of rewards and recognition on coaching. Based on the critical review of research literature, the questionnaire for this research was developed and divided into three sections based on dependent, independent and mediating variables. In this research, the dependent variable is employee performance, independent variable is coaching, and the mediating variable is rewards and recognition. The conceptual framework is developed using the assumptions of Motivation Theories, Social Exchange Theory, Reinforcement Theory and Psychodynamic Theory. The research used survey approach with a Likert Scale-based survey questionnaire (with 1 to 5 scale – from strongly disagree to strongly agree). The sampling technique adopted for respondent’s selection is convenient sampling. Total of 200 questionnaires are distributed to employees in Malaysia who have had experience in being either a coach or a coachee at a workplace. SPSS Amos Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and Regression Analysis are used to analyze the data collected. Based on the finding from this research it is found that coaching has a 31.8% positive impact on employee performance, 63.5% positive impact on Rewards, while rewards have a 39.2% impact on employee performance and impact of coaching on employee performance is mediated by rewards has an effect size of 24.9% . Future research should consider looking into other possible mediating factors; consider larger samples looking into different sectors and a different approach in the moderation effect such as demographic profiles of coaches and coachees. The foreseen limitation of this research is the sample size which may not represent the entire workforce population and work sectors in Malaysia. On the other hand, this research has only considered the mediating factors of rewards and recognition while there could be other mediating factors that could influence employee performance. There is also an opportunity in the future to examine different types of coaching and relationship between coach and coachee that may add value to the practical usefulness of the findings.
Management
Mohammad Karami; Shokoufeh Karami
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Since early this year, the world has been facing a hazardous new generation of coronavirus named COVID-19 which has rapidly spread to the extent that it has drowned the world into the pandemic condition. The spread of this pandemic has generated a strong contagion effect across markets around the ...
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Since early this year, the world has been facing a hazardous new generation of coronavirus named COVID-19 which has rapidly spread to the extent that it has drowned the world into the pandemic condition. The spread of this pandemic has generated a strong contagion effect across markets around the globe. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the impact of COVID-19 for as many markets as possible. This paper aims to analyze the cosmetic retail market’s behavior in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic using a combination of graphical statistics tools to observe the monthly growth of production and sales in cosmetic retail and toilet articles for the period from October 2019 to August 2020. The results assume that the COVID-19 can have a black swan effect on the cosmetic micro-market. These findings are remarkable for the cosmetic sector's investors and marketers to enhance their understanding of cosmetic retail market behavior during unpredictable events such as pandemics.
Yavuz Selman Duman; Onur Emre
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 43-53
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the industrial revolution and the economic policies on the energy transition process of two developing Mediterranean countries: Turkey and Italy. Both countries not only have coast to Mediterranean, they also share a similar story in terms of their energy ...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the industrial revolution and the economic policies on the energy transition process of two developing Mediterranean countries: Turkey and Italy. Both countries not only have coast to Mediterranean, they also share a similar story in terms of their energy demands and industrialization in the interwar period. The study will analyze the period between the two world wars, considering the fact that times of war and depression most likely traumatize energy consumptions and economic growth and energy policies are constantly altered by wartime policies and constraints.
J Jumadi; Dwi . Kartini Y; Rina Indiastuti; Meydia Hasan
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 43-55
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Tourism Industri is the largest industry in the word that can make the economic growth and the need of the effectiveness, marketing programs quality of service and good government policy to increase for organizational performance and customer satisfaction. The aim of this research to investigate to external ...
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Tourism Industri is the largest industry in the word that can make the economic growth and the need of the effectiveness, marketing programs quality of service and good government policy to increase for organizational performance and customer satisfaction. The aim of this research to investigate to external marketing, T-serqual and government policy toward customer satisfaction in the Indonesia tourism industry. The sample size was 420 respondents with propulsive sampling used to determine the sample. The main instrument in this study is questionnaire. The analysis used to examine the hypothesis of the study is structural equation modeling using AMOS version 20.0 software. The result of the study show that: external marketing, T-serqual and government policy influence toward customer satisfaction. Nevertheless, government policy the most influence toward customer satisfaction. Therefore manager in in the tourism industry should improve more the external marketing and T-serqual.
Majid Maddah; Shekoofe Nagheli
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2016, , Pages 45-60
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Income convergence or income similarity is defined as crack of income per capita between two trade companies in a way that fewer cracks carries more income similarity or convergence and more crack carries income divergence. Income convergence plays important role in developing trade relationship with ...
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Income convergence or income similarity is defined as crack of income per capita between two trade companies in a way that fewer cracks carries more income similarity or convergence and more crack carries income divergence. Income convergence plays important role in developing trade relationship with this explanation that whatever countries are match in terms of income, they will have closer demand and more same economic policies and they will have enough economic justification in developing trade and forming trade blocks. In this study, the existence of interaction of income convergence and developing trade flows and study of tax tariffs in countries member in OPEC group with using of gravity model has been studied. To do this, a gravity trade model is used. The results indicate that trade flow of country i to country j in time t has had negative effect on income crack. GDP of country i in time t has had positive effect on income crack. GDP of country j in time t has had negative effect on income crack. The population of exporter country in time t has had negative effect on income crack. The population of importer country in time t has had positive effect on income crack. Opening degree of the economy of importer country (the way of calculating this index from the ratio of total export and import to GDP) has had negative effect on income crack. The variable of tax tariffs has had positive effect on income crack. Physical distance of country i from country j based on Kilometer has not had significant effect on income crack. The variable of trade policy has not had significant effect on income crack. The index of same line and language has not had significant effect on income crack.
Reza Barari; Elaheh Barari
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2015, , Pages 46-63
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-efficacy with job burnout among primary school teachers in Babol (Mazandaran, Iran). This is a descriptive correlational study clearly based on structural equation modeling (SEM). The participants of ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-efficacy with job burnout among primary school teachers in Babol (Mazandaran, Iran). This is a descriptive correlational study clearly based on structural equation modeling (SEM). The participants of this study were 225 of public primary school teachers in Babol in academic year 2013-14 that were selected via cluster random sampling method. Participants completed Maslach and Jackson's Job Burnout Inventory (MBI) (1996), Teacher Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (by Tschannen-Moran, Woolfolk, 2001) and Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (by Schutte, 1998) and reliability and validity of these questionnaires were obtained. Results of Pearson correlation showed that all emotional intelligence, job burnout and self-efficacy components are mutually correlated with each other (p <0.01(. Implementing structural equation modeling (SEM) for casual relationship between emotional intelligence and job burnout through mediator variable self-efficacy, we found that the proposed model has a good fit and burnout is well explained by emotional intelligence and self-efficacy. Also all of the model path coefficients were significant.
Management
Nasrin Jamshidi; Masoud Ahmadi; Ali Farhadi Mahalli
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This study aims to identify the factors affecting productivity management and rank its improvements within government service organizations. In terms of the type of data, this is a descriptive, applied, and inferential survey, and it is both qualitative and quantitative. This paper follows ...
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This study aims to identify the factors affecting productivity management and rank its improvements within government service organizations. In terms of the type of data, this is a descriptive, applied, and inferential survey, and it is both qualitative and quantitative. This paper follows a three-step process. The theoretical sampling method was thus used to select a sample of 15 productivity experts from within the university and managers from government organizations in Tehran province for semi-structured interviews. It is a specialized sampling method. The interviews were analyzed using NVivo Plus software. Additionally, 102 items were derived from the interviews, based upon open coding, and classified into 21 sub-indexes and two main indices. As part of the second stage, the quantitative aspect of the research, Shannon Entropy, was used to determine the importance of various factors affecting productivity management. The third stage of ranking productivity improvement strategies in public service organizations utilized the MABAC method. The results showed that the indices of accountability, work experience, interdepartmental challenge, expertise and skill, flexibility, interdepartmental communication, training, workload, structure transparency, information and communication technology, organizational culture, safety and health, research and development, leadership style, innovation, and creativity, respectively, gained the highest degree of importance among the factors affecting the productivity management of government service organizations. Further, research findings indicate that improving service efficiency, improving service standards, improving service effectiveness, developing a program to improve service productivity, encouraging leadership involvement, and establishing periodic monitoring are the most effective strategies for improving productivity in government service organizations.
