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Volume 8 Number 6 Year 2019

37 articles in this issue 

Geoffrey Kipkirui langat, Teresia K Linge, Damary Sikalieh

This study had two research questions as follows: What is the influence of inspirational motivation on employee job performance? To what extent does employee work value congruence moderate the relationship between transformational leadership and employee ... see more

Pags. 01 - 07  

Jane Nyokabi Njuguna, Juliana Namada, Maina Muchara

It is estimated that emerging economies will get over 1 billion international tourists by the year 2030. Strategic management researchers have severally recommended credible research in the area of strategy-structure coalignment in the hospitality industr... see more

Pags. 08 - 14  

Hassan Bashir Ibrahim, Caren Ouma, Jeremiah O. Koshal

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of audit committee independence (ACI) on the financial performance of insurance firms in Kenya. The study analyzed data from the 55 insurance firms licensed by the Insurance Regularity Authority (IRA) in Ken... see more

Pags. 15 - 24  

Irwan Effendi, Leni Sepri Yandi, Indah Listiana

The Regency of Tulang Bawang develops a program called Simultaneous Movement for Village Development (Gerakan Serentak Membangun Kampung), that is a movement carried out by, from, and for the community of Tulang Bawang to do the right thing together in an... see more

Pags. 25 - 30  

Bak Barnaba Chol, Elizabeth Kalunda Nthambi, Joseph N Kamau

Since independence in 2011 the Republic of South Sudan has witnessed growth in the financial systems and the overall economy. This has led to growth in the number of the financial institutions in the country. There is however minimal research on their ove... see more

Pags. 31 - 39  

Muhammad Ahmed Butt, Paul Katuse, Juliana Namada

The study's purpose was to investigate through empirical research the moderating role of government in the relationship of porter diamond factor conditions attribute and firm’s performance in the automotive industry of Pakistan. The research methodology u... see more

Pags. 40 - 48  

Omid Faseli

This study had the purpose to investigate the impact of 38 scheduled major United States (US) macroeconomic news on WTI crude oil intraday volatility for the period 2012-2018. It was the aim to provide a news ranking that indicates upcoming high volatilit... see more

Pags. 49 - 57  

Rafeed faiz Abozaid, Rafique Mansoor Mansoor, Sayyed Sadaqat Hussain Shah, Sinan Abdullah Harjan, Ahmed Alalimi, Almushaira Mustafa

Preceding researchers have tended to focus on the negative aspect of the perceived overqualification and its inadequacy in the organization. We offer an alternative perspective and postulate that perceived overqualification could influence employees’ beha... see more

Pags. 58 - 71  

Wan abbas Zakaria, Lidya Sari Mas Indah, lidyasari

This study aims to: (1) analyze the risk of production, price, and income of technical irrigated rice fields and rainfed rice field in South Lampung regency, 2) to analyze farmer behavior against rice farming risk on the technical irrigated rice field and... see more

Pags. 72 - 79  

Bashkim Bellaqa, Xhavit Shala; Dea Bellaqa

Improving gender equality in decision-making is a very important issue in a country's economic development. The main purpose of the research is to analyze the level of central level decision making and the alignment of the labor market at Kosovo level on ... see more

Pags. 80 - 87  

Netty Merdiaty, Neil Aldrin, Delon Y N Runtu

This study aims to examine the role of servant leadership by using an adversity quotient mediator on workplace conflict and quality of work life. The study uses a quantitative approach using 332 respondents and uses path analysis using the AMOS version 24... see more

Pags. 88 - 95  

Retno Dwiyanti, Hazalizah Binti Hamzah, Nurul Binti Abas

Employee turnover is a classic problem that is often faced by entrepreneurs. The behavior of employees who move from one company to another can be an indication of employee dissatisfaction with the company and the lack of good relations between employees ... see more

Pags. 96 - 104  

Tulel Cherop Patricia, Beatrice Ombaka, Kariuki Ann

The support of tourism stakeholders is essential for the development, successful operation, and long-term sustainability of tourism. The aim of this paper was to establish how stakeholder involvement influence tourism sector performance the purpose of get... see more

Pags. 105 - 115  

Sagarika Irangani, Zhiqiang Liu, Weedige Sampath Sanjeewa

Status is an important circumstance for  People’s subjective “well-being, self-esteem, and mental and physical health”. The paper aimed to test how leader status stimulates the quality of employee job performance in the organization. We argue that in... see more

Pags. 116 - 128  

Priscilla Nduku Wangai, Amos Njuguna, Joseph Ngugi

Under capitation health scheme, a member freely selects a health facility from which to seek health services. There is no restriction of the number of times a member seeks health services from the facility within the contract period. This has affected del... see more

Pags. 129 - 136  

Rozmina Rana, George K'Aol, Michael Kirubi

The study sought to examine the extent to which directive and achievement-oriented path-goal leadership styles influence employee performance of coffee trading companies in Kenya. The positivism philosophy was adopted and the design used was a descriptive... see more

Pags. 137 - 147  

doris change

Employee engagement continues to pose a challenge to parastatals. Consequently, governments have adopted the transformational leadership style as an effective method of enhancing employee engagement. Nevertheless, it is still unknown whether the establish... see more

Pags. 147 - 161  

Davidson Mghanga Mwaisaka, George K'Aol, Caren Ouma

The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of directive and supportive leadership style on employee job satisfaction in commercial banks in Kenya. The study adopted the positivism research philosophy and descriptive correlational research desig... see more

Pags. 168 - 174  

Emmanuel Mango, Jeremiah Koshal, Caren Ouma

Effective leadership development has eluded many organizations and academia for a long time. Those who have attempted to improve the practice and study of leadership development focus on the same old elements of leadership development. The traditional ele... see more

Pags. 175 - 180  

Md. Abdul Kaium, Mohammad Zahedul Alam, Najmul Hasan, Md. Rakibul Hoque

Numerous studies have addressed the different context of mHealth services among diverse user groups. But due to a lack of understanding the insight of factors affecting the mHealth adoption, it’s crucial need to conduct a systematic review on this issue. ... see more

Pags. 181 - 200  

Jawad Talha Rehan, Zhao Xuefeng, Rafiq Mansoor

Practitioners and academics have been perplexed over the years by low efficiency and bad performance in construction projects. Several critical factors have been uncovered by previous studies which are governance mechanism, task conflict and opportunism. ... see more

Pags. 201 - 211  

Muriu Stephen Macharia

Vocational and Technical Education forms a very key foundation in enabling a nation to achieve aspired MDGs and SDG. Kenya as a country highly depends on technical skills to achieve the Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals. However, this can only... see more

Pags. 212 - 218  

Adisu Abebaw Degu, Dagim Tadesse Bekele

Total factor productivity (TFP) as a source of economic growth, has been recognized in economic theory for a long period of time. In this research we tried to examine the effect of some macroeconomic factors, which include trade openness, inflation, gover... see more

Pags. 219 - 228  

Clement Karani Mbore, Jane Sang, Joyce Komen

The purpose of this study was to determine the Moderating Effect of Management Control System (MCS) in the relationship between Organisation Processes and Institutional Performance of Technical Training Institutions (TTIs) in Kenya. The study was a cross-... see more

Pags. 229 - 239  

Ahashan Habib, Yukun Bao

Knowledge management is one of the most important strategic resources of the firm which has been ascertained to many organizations to acquire and apply it before their competitor for achieving competitive advantages. Similarly, due to rising environmental... see more

Pags. 240 - 255  

Wa Ode Irma Sari, Bambang Subroto, Abdul Ghofar

This study aims to verify the correlation between corporate governance mechanisms, reflected independent commissioners, audit committee and audit tenure to audit report lag, and the audit complexity has able to moderate the relationship between corporate ... see more

Pags. 256 - 261  

Simeon Oeta, Richard Kiai, Joseph Muchiri

Taxes form a significant portion of a company’s expenses and in order to increase probable returns, tax planning is vital to financing and investment decisions of an entity. This study sought to find out the influence of tax avoidance on financial perform... see more

Pags. 262 - 270  

Sevdie Zymer Alshiqi Bekteshi

Export is considered a significant aspect of the economy regarding international trade. Many organizations need to improve their staffs’ capacity towards positive export performance. This enrichment of capacity is done through education and skills-specifi... see more

Pags. 272 - 277  

Nindia Nur Arifiana Putri, Rosidi Rosidi, Zaki Baridwan

This research is the use of cloud-based regional information management system (IT) by applying existing theories. The purpose of this study is to investigate enablers and inhibitors including the dual factor theory of the use of cloud-based regional mana... see more

Pags. 278 - 286  

Eben Ezer Pasaribu, Zulkili Lubis, Zulkifli Zulkifli, Rizabuana Ismail, Henry Sitorus

Clients’ non-performing loan is one of the problems faced by a Bank. The differences in character, culture, and people’s socio-economy influence a Bank, through its collectors, to solve the problem of this non-performing loan. The objective of this resear... see more

Pags. 287 - 291  

Wang Bing, K M Safiqul Islam, Md. Miraj Hossen

Climate change is a reality and, it affects the lives of poor and vulnerable people in developing countries like Bangladesh. In order to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable people, it is urgent to set up a link between environmental policy implementatio... see more

Pags. 292 - 300  

But Dedaj, Genc Zhushi, Luljeta Aliu, Peter Eckl, Mjellma Carabregu Vokshi

In recent years the European countries have created a standard form for their Higher Education Systems, the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). In this paper, we have analyzed the levels of the Accre... see more

Pags. 301 - 320  

Rachel Nderitu, Peter Mwaura, David Gichuhi

Contemporary employees spend most of their working lives in the workplace. Work provides economic, social and psychological experiences that promote the mental wellbeing of individuals. The work environment should be devoid of hazards as much as possible ... see more

Pags. 321 - 330  

Nguepi Tsafack Elvis

This study attempts to clarify and evaluate the factors that impact on cotton sector production in Cameroon and differentiate producers `behavior. A description of producers ‘behaviour is made in order to identify their main characteristics, which should ... see more

Pags. 331 - 343  

Andrra Qielli, Albana Berisha Qehaja

This paper has been detected as a fake paper prepared and submitted by Albana Berisha-Qehaja. This paper has been checked by ithenticate and presented no plagiarism with a score below %20 including references.This fictitious paper has been detected follow... see more

Pags. 344 - 350  

Dewa Ayu Sri Swasti Putri Wiryani, Eko Ganis Sukoharsono, Endang Mardiati

The objective of this study is to ex?mine the imp?ct of profit?bility ?nd feminism of bo?rd of directors on corpor?te sust?in?bility perform?nce. This study ?lso investig?tes the role of independent bo?rd in moder?ting the rel?tionship between profit?bili... see more

Pags. 351 - 356  

Catherine Njoki Chege, Kenneth Wanjau, Severina Nkirina

The Insurance industry is essential to the economic course of every nation attaining sustainable growth and prosperity. However, the industry continues to experience a marginal growth of 2.5% compared to the global real term growth of 4%. This study analy... see more

Pags. 357 - 366