Pub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00345-1
Alaa Alden Al Mohamed, Sobhi Al Mohamed, Morhaf Alebrahem
The aim of this study is to investigate how remote work affects job performance. It suggests that factors such as the work environment, employee productivity, and work-life balance play a role in mediating this impact. The study also explores how remote work influences employee performance through these variables. The findings of this research have practical implications for businesses looking to evaluate the effectiveness of their remote work policies, especially during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. One distinctive feature of this study is its questionnaire, which has been specifically designed to capture the effects of COVID-19. Data were collected through an online survey distributed to workers in Syria. The survey, which utilized a Likert scale, was sent via email to around 2650 employees and was also shared on social media platforms. A total of 300 respondents took part in the survey. To address the research questions, structural equation modelling was employed in this study. The results indicated that remote work resulted in increased enjoyment, satisfaction, and motivation among employees, ultimately improving job performance. It is worth noting that while this research focuses on examining these benefits within the context of Syria, there is potential for external validity among other countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of strategic leadership on change management within public organizations, mediated by knowledge management. In this study, an explanatory design and a quantitative approach were employed. A structured questionnaire survey was administered to 366 randomly selected respondents from public organizations in northwest Ethiopia. The reliability and validity of the scale items were rigorously assessed, and the data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The findings reveal the direct effects of strategic leadership and knowledge management on change management, with knowledge management partially mediating the relationship between strategic leadership and change management. The study addresses a significant gap in the literature by shedding light on how strategic leadership drives change in public organizations. Its interdisciplinary approach and examination of mediation offer original insights, paving the way for future studies on challenges within public service contexts. Recommendations underscore the importance of considering local context, embracing adaptive leadership, and integrating knowledge processes for effective change management in public organizations.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00378-6
Silvia-Andreea Peliu
This paper aims to investigate the impact of influential ESG factors on risk, focusing on debt risk and liquidity risk. The influence on a sample of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange belonging to the NYSE index is analyzed over a 10-year period, 2012–2021. The quantitative framework covers a multitude of indicators regarding debt, liquidity, corporate governance, the environment, CEO characteristics, performance, and other variables, and the research methodology uses the method of least squares to highlight their impact, using regression models with fixed and random effects, both linear and nonlinear. By estimating regression models, the empirical results confirm the hypotheses found in the existing knowledge stage that debt risk and liquidity risk are significantly influenced by asset profitability, the CEO duality significantly influences debt, while CEO gender diversity has a negative influence on corporate risk, specifically debt and liquidity risk. Additionally, it is shown that the emergence of COVID-19 brings significant changes to company autonomy and their financial performance, the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced corporate risk through restrictions, economic uncertainty, and the amplification of risks. These research results are crucial for practitioners by the necessity of integrating ESG criteria into the risk assessment process and decision-making. Furthermore, concerning policy decision-makers, they help promote sustainability and a responsible approach. Therefore, ESG factors can impact companies' financial performance and influence how they are perceived by investors. By understanding and correctly evaluating these ESG factors, one can identify and manage risks more efficiently, achieve better long-term returns, make appropriate decisions, and promote sustainability in the business environment.
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In light of agency and resource dependence theories, we explored the impact of ownership patterns on the likelihood of financial distress using 57 financial institutions (FIs) listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange and 390 firm years from 2016 to 2022. This study observed that 97.94% of the firms are in distress, 1.03% in gray, and 1.03% in the safe zone. Thus, the stability of FIs lags quite behind the expected standards. Multiple linear regression results show that director ownership is inversely associated with corporate failures, suggesting higher stakes of directors lower the risk of financial distress. When directors align their interests with those of firms by owning shares, it enhances firm performance and lowers the likelihood of failures. Also, institutional ownership negatively correlates with financial distress due to their active surveillance and focus on long-term performance. Besides, effective overseeing process of institutional investors works as a deterrent to making freaky decisions. Conversely, foreign ownership showed a positive affinity with financial distress. In Bangladesh, family dominance, lopsided influence, and political connections limit foreign investors’ ability to contribute to a firm’s long-term success. While most earlier studies in emerging economies showed financial resilience through the Altman Z-score, only a few have examined ownership patterns as a potential cause of firm bankruptcy. Considering ownership patterns as an explanatory variable of financial distress, this study discourses the corporate governance issues and resilience of FIs in an emerging economy.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00374-w
Mª Celia López-Penabad, José Manuel Maside-Sanfiz, Yousif Agha, Ana Iglesias-Casal
This study investigates the integration of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in relation to Sustainable Development Goals. Through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and bibliometric analysis of 281 Scopus-indexed articles from January 1999 to November 2023, we delineate seven essential thematic clusters that define the CSR paradigm in MFIs: performance dimensions, balanced social and financial goals, improved social performance, qualitative perspectives, mission drift determinants, environmental sustainability, and funding sources and lending techniques. The study uncovers emerging research areas including the impact of digital-fintech innovations, climate change adaptations, the rise of Islamic microfinance, and explores significant gaps such as internationalization, corporate governance, gender diversity, and alternative funding mechanisms. These insights are pivotal for framing future research and offer critical guidance for policymakers and practitioners aiming to maximize the societal impacts of MFIs. Our analysis not only maps the current landscape but also sets a comprehensive agenda for enhancing CSR’s role in achieving sustainable development, thus providing a strategic framework for ongoing empirical and theoretical advancements.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-31DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00377-7
Reem Essam Bedeir
This study examines the governing role of gender diversity on the board of directors on conditional accounting conservatism and executive remuneration. Using proprietary data about women representation on the board of directors to investigate the impact on the choice between accounting methods and the structure of executives remuneration. A sample of listed firms on the London Stock Exchange from 2019 to 2022 is used. The results first document that firms exhibit a higher level of conditional accounting conservatism when women represent a larger fraction of the board. The analyses further establish different relationships between performance-based versus equity-based remunerations and conditional accounting conservatism. Last, the results show that women representation is related to pay out policy and its impact on conditional accounting conservatism. The findings also offer novel insights on the governing role and consequences of gender diversity of woman chairperson and/or woman CEO. Overall, contrary to notions of opportunistic behavior of executives, the results find that boards achieve more level of governance with more women representation.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-27DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00375-9
Md. Nazmus Sakib, Shah Ridwan Chowdhury, Mohammad Younus, Nehad Laila Sanju, Farhana Foysal Satata, Mahafuza Islam
Over the last decade, human resource (HR) analytics has been widely discussed in the landscape of human resource management due to its dynamic capacity to transform into a data-driven decision-making system for optimizing workforce management. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive summary of the emerging trends and themes of HR analytics drawn from previous literature and offer valuable insight into academia, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. This paper employs a bibliometric methodology while using RStudio, Biblioshiny, and VOSviewer tools to collect and analyze 102 articles from the Scopus database from January 2008 to September 2023. The findings of the paper reveal current state-of-the-art research in the HR analytics domain while exploring key themes and areas for further study. This study offers practical guidelines for policymakers and contributes to the existing knowledge domain of HR analytics.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00376-8
Georgiana Danilov
This research is important for both the academic and business environments due to the extraordinary results obtained. Additionally, the significance of the study is also attributed to the addressed topic, which is intensively studied in the world of corporate finance. The primary aim of this research is to scrutinize a cohort of 66 information and technology (IT) companies, all of which are constituents of the American Standard and Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500). The study period spans two decades, covering the years 2003–2022. To summarize the outcomes, the analytical framework incorporated linear models with both fixed (fe) and random effects (re), as well as quantile regression models. This study's key outcomes highlight that firm size, sales growth, current ratio, long-term debt to capital, free cash flow, asset turnover and receivable turnover, board meeting frequency, female board representation, chief executive officer age, audit committee independence, and the presence of compensation and nomination committees, alongside a pandemic indicator, positively impact firm performance. Conversely, firm age, dividend payout ratio, effective tax rate, board size, chief executive officer duality, and corporate social responsibility committee presence have negative effects on performance. Also, regarding quantile regressions, CEO duality significantly influences companies with high profitability rates, and companies with low to medium profitability rates are more strongly and negatively influenced by board size. The implications of the core policy in this research focusing on corporate governance will consider certain rules and guidelines regarding financial transparency and protecting shareholders' interests. Additionally, it will take into account the independence of the board of directors and the presence of its committees, as well as ethical leadership practices.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00340-6
Mohamed Samy El-Deeb, Lana Mohamed
Purpose
The main objective of the research is to examine the influence of audit committee attributes on the integrated reporting quality (IRQ) and to investigate whether this association is moderated by board gender diversity in the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The study specifically investigates the association between audit committee independence, meetings frequency, financial expertise, audit committee size, and integrated reporting quality.
Design/methodology/approach
The data collection was from the financial statements and corporate governance reports of 54 Egyptian firms listed on the stock market [EGX100] for the period of 2018–2022. The study used pooled effect modelling and performed data analysis using the STATA software.
Findings
For the manufacturing sector, the results showed a significant impact of audit committee independence and meetings frequency on IRQ, while audit committee size and financial expertise showed insignificant association with IRQ. Board gender diversity moderates the association between audit committee meetings only and IRQ. In contrast, audit committee financial expertise and meetings frequency significantly impact IRQ, while audit committee independence and size showed an insignificant impact on IRQ in the non-manufacturing sector. Also, board gender diversity moderates the association between audit committee and IRQ. The findings highlight the significance of AC attributes and provide guidance to firms to strengthen their audit committees in order to provide high quality of integrated reports to increase investor trust in the Egyptian business environment as it is now mandatory by the government.
Originality/value
This research offers unique perspectives on the association between variables in Egypt. This study is one of the first investigations on the impact of audit committee attributes and board diversity on integrated reporting quality within the context of Egyptian listed companies. Comprehending the ways in which audit committee attributes impact the integrated reporting quality in the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors can enable organizations to devise focused approaches that comply to the unique operational, regulatory, and investor demands in each sector.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-22DOI: 10.1186/s43093-024-00372-y
Liam Murphy
This study investigates the domain of IT outsourcing (ITO), focusing on its implications for organisational success or failure, and its impact on innovation. Through a comprehensive literature review, significant gaps were identified, including a lack of empirical studies assessing ITO outcomes for organisations, how ITO impacts innovation, and if an organisation’s industry impacts ITO success. In response, three research questions are formulated to address the identified gaps, leading to the creation of a novel conceptual model designed to evaluate the influence of ITO on organisations. Employing a deductive approach, the model informed a triangulation research approach, combining quantitative and qualitative data. A survey garnered responses from 112 senior IT professionals across three industries, complemented by eight interviews with senior and executive management. Findings indicate a concerning rate of perceived ITO failures and reveal that the specific industry of an organisation can affect ITO success. The study also concludes that ITO adversely impacts organisational innovation. Based on these insights, eight best practices are recommended to enhance ITO outcomes, including market research on vendor skillsets and experience, the establishment of well-structured contracts, adherence to SLAs without grace periods, shorter project durations, multi-sourcing strategies, bolstering internal IT capabilities, helping employees to understand ITO value, and rigorous governance. Acknowledging its limitations, this paper calls for future research involving broader industry representation and larger sample sizes to validate and expand upon these findings.
本研究调查了信息技术外包(ITO)领域,重点关注其对组织成败的影响及其对创新的影响。通过全面的文献综述,我们发现了一些重大空白,包括缺乏评估 ITO 对组织结果的实证研究、ITO 如何影响创新,以及组织所在行业是否会影响 ITO 的成功。为此,研究人员提出了三个研究问题,以弥补发现的不足,并由此创建了一个新颖的概念模型,旨在评估 ITO 对组织的影响。该模型采用演绎法,结合定量和定性数据,为三角研究法提供了依据。调查收集了三个行业 112 名高级 IT 专业人员的反馈,并对高级和执行管理层进行了八次访谈。研究结果表明,ITO 的失败率令人担忧,并揭示出组织所处的特定行业会影响 ITO 的成功。研究还得出结论,ITO 会对组织创新产生不利影响。基于这些见解,研究推荐了八种最佳做法来提高 ITO 的成果,包括对供应商的技能和经验进行市场调研、建立结构合理的合同、遵守无宽限期的服务水平协议、缩短项目持续时间、采用多源战略、加强内部 IT 能力、帮助员工了解 ITO 的价值以及严格管理。本文在承认其局限性的同时,呼吁未来的研究涉及更广泛的行业代表性和更大的样本量,以验证和扩展这些发现。
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