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Dampak Kepemimpinan Transformasional Terhadap Pengembangan Karier dan Motivasi Kerja Pegawai di Kelurahan Tembong 转型领导对Tembong社区就业发展和就业动机的影响
Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.46772/jecma.v6i2.1232
Muhammad Arif Rahman
This study aims to determine how much impact the workload has on job satisfaction. Quantitative causality is used as research design. Respondents were 188 nurses at the Bakti Timah Pangkalpinang Hospital. PLS SEM is used as a data analysis method. The results of the study found that workload had a significant negative impact on job satisfaction. Hospital management can increase nurse job satisfaction by reducing work demands through support provided by colleagues and superiors, fairness in dividing workloads, and more flexible working time. This research contributes to efforts to increase job satisfaction through workload on nurses.
本研究旨在确定工作量对工作满意度的影响程度。定量因果关系被用作研究设计。受访者是Bakti Timah Pangkalpinang医院的188名护士。采用PLS扫描电镜作为数据分析方法。研究结果发现,工作量对工作满意度有显著的负向影响。医院管理可以通过同事和上级提供的支持、公平分配工作量和更灵活的工作时间来减少工作需求,从而提高护士的工作满意度。本研究有助于通过增加护士工作量来提高工作满意度。
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Can national productions replace imports in West African countries? Estimation of the Marshall–Lerner–Robinson condition (MLRC) 西非国家的国产产品能否取代进口产品?Marshall-Lerner-Robinson条件的估计
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-08-18 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-05-2022-0205
Laurent Oloukoi
PurposeThis article examines if the national productions of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries can be substituted for the imports by testing MLRC in these countries.Design/methodology/approachThe Mundell–Fleming model (MMF) is the analytical framework adopted in this paper with import demand and export supply functions estimation borrowed to Thirlwall (1979). This study covers four countries in West Africa from 1990 to 2021. The estimation procedure used is an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration.FindingsThe findings reveal that there is a strong marginal propensity to import in the WAEMU countries. The hypothesis of a non-significant price effect on imports in the short-term is confirmed for several countries while only Togo satisfies the MLRC in the short and long run.Originality/valueThis study presents several originalities: (1) it evaluates MLRC with a clear analytical framework; (2) unlike other studies, this article quantifies the MLRC from a theoretical, econometric and empirical point of view; (3) this article presents the results country by country in order to reveal heterogeneity between countries; (4) this study adds to the Marshall–Lerner condition for the derivation of Robinson by considering a situation where initially the trade balance is not in equilibrium.
目的本文通过对西非经济和货币联盟(WAEMU)国家MLRC的测试,考察了这些国家的国内生产是否可以取代进口。设计/方法论/方法蒙代尔-弗莱明模型(MMF)是本文采用的分析框架,借鉴了Thirlwall(1979)的进口需求和出口供应函数估计。这项研究涵盖了1990年至2021年西非的四个国家。所使用的估计程序是协整的自回归分布滞后(ARDL)方法。调查结果表明,西非经货联盟国家的进口倾向很强。一些国家证实了短期内对进口价格影响不显著的假设,而只有多哥在短期和长期内满足MLRC。独创性/价值本研究提出了几个独创性:(1)以清晰的分析框架评估MLRC;(2) 与其他研究不同,本文从理论、计量和实证的角度对MLRC进行了量化;(3) 本文介绍了各国的结果,以揭示各国之间的异质性;(4) 本研究通过考虑最初贸易平衡不平衡的情况,增加了推导Robinson的Marshall–Lerner条件。
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What factors influence household financial decisions in Malawi? 哪些因素影响马拉维的家庭财务决策?
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-11-2022-0470
Paul Kachepa, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz
PurposeThis study investigates the factors influencing household financial choices in Malawi. The authors also compare how household financial decisions differ in urban and rural areas.Design/methodology/approachThe authors utilize the logit model to examine the factors that influence household financial decisions using the Malawi Integrated Household Survey 2019–20, while Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition is used to estimate the variations in household financial decisions between urban and rural areas.FindingsThe authors find that the likelihood of saving increases with income, secondary and tertiary education, and age. The likelihood of saving also decreases with household size and remittances. Additionally, the authors report that marriage reduces the likelihood of loans, whereas sex, age, and income raise the likelihood of loans. According to this study’s findings, income discrepancies between urban and rural samples account for most observed household financial variations. The authors also find that most of the observed variations in household financial decision-making between urban and rural households are reduced when income equality, participation in agriculture, university education, and household size are considered.Originality/valueUsing data from the Malawi Integrated Household Survey 2019–20, this research analyzes the components that affect household financial decisions. While most studies only look at one component of household finances, this study concurrently addresses debt and savings. The study also evaluates whether changes in the variables between urban and rural households impact those households' financing choices.
目的本研究调查了影响马拉维家庭财务选择的因素。作者还比较了城市和农村地区家庭财务决策的差异。设计/方法/方法作者利用logit模型,使用2019–20年马拉维综合家庭调查来检验影响家庭财务决策的因素,而瓦哈卡-布林德分解用于估计城市和农村地区家庭财务决策中的差异。研究结果作者发现,储蓄的可能性随着收入、中等和高等教育以及年龄的增长而增加。储蓄的可能性也随着家庭规模和汇款而降低。此外,作者报告说,婚姻降低了贷款的可能性,而性别、年龄和收入增加了贷款的可能。根据这项研究的结果,城市和农村样本之间的收入差异是观察到的大多数家庭财务差异的原因。作者还发现,当考虑到收入平等、参与农业、大学教育和家庭规模时,观察到的城乡家庭财务决策的大多数差异都会减少。独创性/价值利用2019–20年马拉维综合家庭调查的数据,本研究分析了影响家庭财务决策的因素。虽然大多数研究只关注家庭财务的一个组成部分,但这项研究同时涉及债务和储蓄。该研究还评估了城市和农村家庭之间变量的变化是否会影响这些家庭的融资选择。
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Creativity, innovation and employment growth in sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲的创造力、创新和就业增长
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-02-2022-0074
S. K. Medase, I. Savin
PurposeAlthough employees' creativity is vital for firm innovation and overall performance, little is done to examine the potential association between creativity and employment. This paper investigates the contribution of employees' creativity, process and product innovations to firm-level employment growth.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use data from World Bank Enterprise Survey and Innovation Follow-up Survey on 9503 firms covering the period 2012–2015 in 11 countries from sub-Saharan Africa and Heckman's two-stage estimation model.FindingsThis study's results indicate a positive role of creativity on firm-level employment growth. In addition, the authors find evidence for a complementary effect arising from the combination of creativity with managerial experience, staff level of education and their associated skills, in contrast, combining creativity with internal or external R&D results in a substitution effect. Interestingly, these synergy effects are pronounced for SMEs but absent for large firms.Practical implicationsPolicy makers in developing economies of sub-Saharan Africa should stimulate company management to use free time offered to employees to be creative in the workplace as one of their key strategies to stimulate employment growth. This strategy is expected to be particularly fruitful among SMEs having some managerial experience and skilled stuff.Originality/valueIn contribution to innovative work practices and workforce creativity, the authors demonstrate that providing employees with free time could be an alternative way to enhance the focal firms' performance.
虽然员工的创造力对企业创新和整体绩效至关重要,但很少有人研究创造力和就业之间的潜在联系。本文研究了员工创造力、流程创新和产品创新对企业层面就业增长的贡献。作者使用了来自世界银行企业调查和创新跟踪调查的数据,涵盖2012-2015年撒哈拉以南非洲11个国家的9503家公司和Heckman的两阶段估计模型。本研究的结果表明,创造力对企业层面的就业增长具有积极作用。此外,作者还发现,创造力与管理经验、员工教育水平及其相关技能相结合会产生互补效应,而创造力与内部或外部研发相结合则会产生替代效应。有趣的是,这些协同效应在中小企业中很明显,但在大企业中却不存在。实际意义撒哈拉以南非洲发展中经济体的政策制定者应该鼓励公司管理层利用提供给员工的自由时间在工作场所发挥创造力,作为刺激就业增长的关键战略之一。这一战略预计将在具有一定管理经验和技术人员的中小企业中取得特别丰硕的成果。原创性/价值对创新工作实践和劳动力创造力的贡献,作者证明,为员工提供自由时间可能是提高重点公司绩效的另一种方式。
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Entrepreneurship and internationalisation: to what extent do the perceptions of male and female entrepreneurs differ on success factors 创业与国际化:男女企业家对成功因素的看法有多大差异
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-09-2022-0355
O. B. Damoah
PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to explore gender variations in entrepreneurship and internationalisation from the perspective of the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm; in particular, the paper explores how differences in the personal idiosyncrasies of both males and females in part account for the variations in export internationalisation.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on extant literature on the critical success factors in entrepreneurship and internationalisation research (e.g. foreign market knowledge, firm-level technology and firm age) as the conceptual framework to explore the issue. The study is based on 21 male and 17 female export entrepreneurs from Ghana and uses a descriptive research design (i.e. frequencies and chi-square test) to analyse the results.FindingsThe results show that the perceptions of male and female exporters differ on key internationalisation success factors based on extant literature. Implicitly, whilst both groups shared a similar degree of basic knowledge on a few export success factors, across most of the other key export success factors, the male counterparts demonstrated a more expanded view compared to the females. The results support the assumption of the RBV theory applied in this study to argue that to account properly for the internationalisation outcomes of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the personality characteristics of the owner entrepreneurs are critical resources which cannot be ignored.Research limitations/implicationsIn terms of limitation, the study is exploratory study based on non-probability sampling methods using descriptive frequencies tables and analysis of chi-square test and so readers must bear this limitation in mind in interpreting the results to improve on future studies.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the empirical literature by offering a unique perspective regarding how women and men perceive and interpret export success factors and how that impacts on the internationalisation outcomes of women and men. The paper responds to calls by researchers (e.g. Terjesen et al., 2011; Ratten and Tajeddini, 2018; Kuschel and Labra, 2018; Javadian and Richards, 2020) to populate studies on the topic to deepen the present understanding. By using data from Ghana, West Africa, the study sheds a fresh insight on the topic from an under-studied and under-researched geographical context.
目的从企业资源观的角度探讨创业和国际化过程中的性别差异;特别是,本文探讨了男性和女性个人特质的差异如何在一定程度上解释出口国际化的差异。设计/方法论/方法本研究借鉴了有关创业和国际化研究中关键成功因素的现有文献(如外国市场知识、公司层面的技术和公司年龄),作为探讨这一问题的概念框架。该研究基于加纳21名男性和17名女性出口企业家,并使用描述性研究设计(即频率和卡方检验)来分析结果。研究结果表明,基于现有文献,男性和女性出口商对关键国际化成功因素的看法不同。隐含地说,虽然两组人在一些出口成功因素上有着相似程度的基本知识,但在大多数其他关键出口成功因素中,男性表现出了比女性更广泛的观点。研究结果支持了RBV理论在本研究中的假设,即为了正确解释中小企业的国际化结果,所有者-企业家的人格特征是不可忽视的关键资源。研究局限性/含义就局限性而言,本研究是基于非概率抽样方法的探索性研究,使用描述性频率表和卡方检验分析,因此读者在解释结果时必须牢记这一局限性,以改进未来的研究。原创性/价值该论文为实证文献做出了贡献,提供了一个独特的视角,即女性和男性如何看待和解释出口成功因素,以及这如何影响女性和男性的国际化结果。该论文回应了研究人员的呼吁(例如,Terjesen等人,2011;Ratten和Tajeddini,2018;Kuschel和Labra,2018;Javadian和Richards,2020),对该主题进行研究,以加深目前的理解。通过使用来自西非加纳的数据,该研究从研究不足和研究不足的地理背景中对该主题提供了新的见解。
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Economic growth, inflation and unemployment in Africa: an autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach, 1991–2019 非洲的经济增长、通货膨胀和失业:自回归分布滞后界限检验方法,1991-19
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-09-2022-0378
Mario Gómez, Oluwasefunmi Eunice Irewole
PurposeUnemployment is one of the major challenges facing most countries, including Africa as a continent. Seeking how to reduce unemployment, debt, inflation and increase gross domestic product (GDP), foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross capital formation in the continent has been an agenda of governments, policy makers and economists to. This study examines the relationship between economic growth, inflation, debt, FDI, gross capital formation, labor force, population and unemployment in Africa.Design/methodology/approachAn updated panel dataset of 29 African countries was selected from different regions from 1991 to 2019. These countries were selected based on their unemployment, population growth and inflation rates. The Pesaran cross-sectional dependence and panel unit root test (the Dickey–Fuller cross-sectional supplemented and the Im-Pesaran-Shin cross-sectional) were applied. Further, the panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model (Bounds test) and pooled mean group (PMG) estimator were utilized in this work.FindingsThis shows that economic growth, debt, labor force and population have a positive relationship with unemployment in the long run. Therefore, an increase in these variables generates an increase in the selected African countries' unemployment growth. In contrast, inflation, FDI and gross capital formation have a negative relationship with unemployment in the long run, which implies that an increase in these variables reduces unemployment in the selected African countries.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has potential limitations because some data from the countries are not up to date and some years are missing from the data.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to understanding unemployment and Okun's law in the African economy. This study shows that an increase in economic growth leads to a rise in unemployment, while an increase in inflation leads to a decrease in unemployment.Originality/valueThis paper provides an insight into the major factors that increase and reduces unemployment for government and policy marker to take the adequate measure.
目的失业是包括非洲大陆在内的大多数国家面临的主要挑战之一。寻求如何减少失业、债务、通货膨胀并增加非洲大陆的国内生产总值(GDP)、外国直接投资(FDI)和总资本形成一直是各国政府、政策制定者和经济学家的议程,非洲的人口和失业率。设计/方法/方法1991年至2019年,从不同地区选择了29个非洲国家的最新面板数据集。这些国家是根据失业率、人口增长率和通货膨胀率选择的。应用Pesaran横截面相关性和面板单位根测试(补充Dickey–Fuller横截面和Im Pesaran Shin横截面)。此外,本工作还使用了面板自回归分布滞后(ARDL)模型(Bounds检验)和合并均值组(PMG)估计器。研究结果表明,从长远来看,经济增长、债务、劳动力和人口与失业率呈正相关。因此,这些变量的增加会导致选定的非洲国家的失业率增长增加。相比之下,从长远来看,通货膨胀、外国直接投资和资本形成总额与失业率呈负相关,这意味着这些变量的增加会降低选定非洲国家的失业率。研究局限性/含义这项研究有潜在的局限性,因为来自这些国家的一些数据不是最新的,而且数据中缺少一些年份。实际含义本研究有助于理解非洲经济中的失业和奥肯定律。这项研究表明,经济增长的增加会导致失业率的上升,而通货膨胀的增加会降低失业率。原创性/价值本文深入了解了增加和减少失业率的主要因素,供政府和政策制定者采取适当措施。
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Business climate and sustainability of Cameroonian small and medium enterprises in times of COVID-19 2019冠状病毒病时期喀麦隆中小企业的商业环境和可持续性
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-05-2022-0214
Rovier Djeudja, Yang Salamon
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the business climate on the sustainability of Cameroonian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in times of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Design/methodology/approach To achieve this purpose, the study proceed with a quantitative analysis using the simple LOGIT model on a sample of 52 individuals.Findings Through the administration of questionnaires and estimations, results reveal that certain variables such as the taxation regime of the enterprise, the different types of taxes paid by the enterprise, the frequency of payment of income tax, the nature of the training of managers, the clauses of the debt contracts with banks/EMFs (Microfinance institution), the time taken to apply for a loan from the bank and the nature of the manager’s training have a negative influence on the sustainability of Cameroonian SMEs during COVID-19, while others such as the evolution of financial profitability in the context of the coronavirus pandemic in Cameroon, the company’s sector of activity and the main methods of financing the SME have a positive influence on the sustainability of Cameroonian SMEs during COVID-19 pandemic. The improvement of the business climate by the institutional authorities is, therefore, essential in the perspective of an eventual development of the country; the said development cannot take place without capitalizing on the potential for income and job creation by SMEs.Research limitations/implications The first limitation is related to the size of the sample and also to the specificity of our study. In fact, the study is conducted among individuals/actors likely to have access to information on the business climate and sustainability of Cameroonian SMEs at the time of COVID-19 encountered in the city of Yaoundé. In this context, the sample size is considered to be small (52). This element does not immediately allow the results of the present research to be generalized to all regions where SMEs are located in Cameroon, as other criteria or other elements must still be taken into account and the results obtained must, therefore, be interpreted with caution. This research could be deepened in the future by considering more business climate variables on the one hand and a larger sample size extended to all cities in Cameroon on the other.Practical implications The results of this research confirm the importance of institutional bodies establishing a rigorous policy of support for businesses. Such a policy would contribute to improving the business climate and extend beyond mere resilience.Originality/value The originality of this study lies in the fact that it looks at the sustainability of SMEs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon using a simple LOGIT econometric model.
本研究的目的是评估2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)期间商业环境对喀麦隆中小企业(SMEs)可持续性的贡献。设计/方法/方法为了达到这个目的,本研究使用简单的LOGIT模型对52个人的样本进行了定量分析。通过问卷调查和估计的管理,结果揭示了某些变量,如企业的税收制度,企业所支付的不同类型的税收,缴纳所得税的频率,管理人员培训的性质,与银行/ emf(小额信贷机构)的债务合同条款,从银行申请贷款所需的时间和经理培训的性质对2019冠状病毒病期间喀麦隆中小企业的可持续性产生负面影响,而其他因素,如喀麦隆冠状病毒大流行背景下财务盈利能力的演变、公司的活动部门和中小企业的主要融资方法,对2019冠状病毒病大流行期间喀麦隆中小企业的可持续性产生积极影响。因此,从国家最终发展的角度来看,体制当局改善商业环境是必不可少的;要实现上述发展,就必须充分利用中小企业创造收入和就业的潜力。第一个限制与样本的大小和我们研究的特殊性有关。事实上,这项研究是在有可能获得有关喀麦隆中小企业在yaound市遭遇COVID-19时的商业环境和可持续性信息的个人/行为者中进行的。在这种情况下,样本量被认为很小(52)。这一因素不能立即使本研究的结果推广到喀麦隆中小企业所在的所有区域,因为还必须考虑到其他标准或其他因素,因此必须谨慎解释所获得的结果。这项研究可以在未来进一步深化,一方面考虑更多的商业环境变量,另一方面扩大到喀麦隆所有城市的样本量。本研究的结果证实了制度机构建立严格的企业支持政策的重要性。这样的政策将有助于改善商业环境,而不仅仅是恢复能力。独创性/价值本研究的独创性在于,它使用简单的LOGIT计量经济模型考察了喀麦隆COVID-19大流行背景下中小企业的可持续性。
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Revisiting the oil prices–domestic food inflation nexus in Nigeria: the role of global geopolitical risk 重新审视尼日利亚的油价与国内食品通胀关系:全球地缘政治风险的作用
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-09-2022-0399
O. Adeosun, M. Tabash, S. Anagreh
PurposeThis study examines the influence of the global geopolitical risk (GPR) on the relationship between oil prices and domestic food prices under the augmented Phillips curve framework.Design/methodology/approachUsing monthly data on Nigeria from January 1995 to December 2021, the authors accommodate symmetry and asymmetry by adopting the linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag, linear and nonlinear Granger causality tests.FindingsThe study establishes the positive and significant effects of both oil prices and GPR on food prices in the long and short run, though with a small magnitude in the short run. The asymmetric model shows that, while oil price shocks (positive and negative) exert a positive influence on food prices in the long-run, the effects of oil price shocks differ when accounting for GPR in the short-run. The coefficients of the interactive term, being the moderator of GPR between oil-food prices, are positively significant across models, suggesting that they jointly influence food prices when assuming linearity. The nonlinear model shows that the positive and negative components of interactive terms exert a positively significant influence on food prices, even though food prices tend to be more reactive to positive oil price shocks. The robustness checks show a unidirectional causal flow from oil prices and GPR to food prices under the linear and nonlinear models.Originality/valueThe authors examine the moderating effect of the newly developed global GPR index of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022) on the oil–food inflation relationship in Nigeria by applying the symmetric and asymmetric approaches.
目的本研究在增广菲利普斯曲线框架下考察了全球地缘政治风险对油价与国内食品价格关系的影响。设计/方法/方法使用1995年1月至2021年12月尼日利亚的月度数据,作者通过采用线性和非线性自回归分布滞后、线性和非线性Granger因果关系检验来适应对称性和非对称性。研究发现,从长期和短期来看,石油价格和GPR对食品价格都有积极而显著的影响,尽管在短期内影响较小。不对称模型表明,虽然石油价格冲击(正面和负面)从长期来看对食品价格产生了积极影响,但在短期内考虑GPR时,石油价格冲击的影响不同。交互项的系数是石油食品价格之间GPR的调节因子,在各个模型中都是正显著的,这表明当假设线性时,它们共同影响食品价格。非线性模型表明,交互项的正负分量对食品价格产生了显著的正向影响,尽管食品价格往往对正油价冲击更具反应性。稳健性检验显示,在线性和非线性模型下,从油价和GPR到食品价格的单向因果流。原创性/价值作者通过应用对称和非对称方法,研究了Caldara和Iacoviello(2022)新开发的全球GPR指数对尼日利亚石油-粮食通胀关系的调节作用。
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引用次数: 2
What levels of informality tackle poverty in Africa? Evidence from dynamic panel threshold analysis 在非洲,什么程度的非正式性可以解决贫困问题?来自动态面板阈值分析的证据
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-07-2022-0279
Segun Thompson Bolarinwa, Munacinga C. Simatele
PurposeThe paper validates the threshold argument in the informality–poverty nexus. Recent literature and policy have argued the existence of a threshold in the relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts dynamic panel threshold analysis, estimated within the framework of system Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) to control for endogeneity and simultaneity. Data from 40 selected sub-Saharan African countries between 1991 and 2018 are used for the study.FindingsEmpirical results confirm the existence of an average threshold of 31% share of informality in GDP. Also, the paper finds that threshold of informality that addresses mild and severe poverty varies between 24.32 and 36.75%.Research limitations/implicationsThe work is limited to African economies. Evidence from other emerging and developed economies is suggested for further research.Practical implicationsOverall, the empirical results indicate a threshold in the informality–poverty nexus. Therefore, an excessive informality level does not benefit the African growth process. Policymakers and governments are advised to operate within the bounds of the threshold of informality that reduces poverty and improve the African economic growth process.Originality/valueThe paper is the first study to provide empirical findings on the nonlinear and threshold argument in the informality–poverty nexus, as far as the authors know.
目的验证非正式性与贫困关系中的阈值理论。最近的文献和政策都认为这种关系中存在一个门槛。设计/方法/方法本研究采用动态面板阈值分析,在系统广义矩量法(SGMM)框架内估计,以控制内生性和同时性。该研究使用了1991年至2018年40个撒哈拉以南非洲国家的数据。实证结果证实,存在一个平均阈值,即非正规行为占GDP的比例为31%。此外,本文还发现,解决轻度和重度贫困的非正式性阈值在24.32和36.75%之间。研究局限/启示这项工作仅限于非洲经济体。来自其他新兴和发达经济体的证据可供进一步研究。总体而言,实证结果表明了非正式性与贫困关系的阈值。因此,过度的非正式性水平不利于非洲的增长进程。建议政策制定者和政府在减少贫困和改善非洲经济增长进程的非正式门槛范围内开展工作。据作者所知,这篇论文是第一个对非正式性与贫困关系中的非线性和阈值论点提供实证结果的研究。
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COVID-19 shock in the hospitality industry: its effect on hotel operations within the Bono region of Ghana 新冠肺炎对酒店业的冲击:对加纳博诺地区酒店运营的影响
IF 1.3 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Pub Date : 2023-06-07 DOI: 10.1108/ajems-07-2022-0264
Mildred Nuong Deri, Neethiahnanthan Ari Ragavan, Augustine Niber, Perpetual Zaazie, David Anandene Akazire, Martha Anaba, Dorlaar Andaara
PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has long-lasting effects that necessitate business revision, innovation, and transformation in the hospital industry. The research in this field is, however, still incredibly underdeveloped. Hotels have faced unprecedented pressure due to the outbreak of novel COVID-19, forcing many to close temporarily or permanently. The aim of this study is to assess COVID-19 effect on hotels within the Bono region of Ghana, as the protocols are currently relaxed.Design/methodology/approachUsing a quantitative approach, a stratified and purposive sampling method was used and 174 hotel managers in the Bono region responded to the research questions in relation to how their businesses were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsThe findings showed that the most prominent and recurring measures among hotels are the application of hygiene standards, employee training and awareness, reduction of employees’ guest contact and ensuring a safer environment for both guests and employees.Research limitations/implicationsThe study’s sample frame covers hotels in the Bono region of Ghana with lower star classifications, ranging from affordable to three stars in quality and service. Hotels should emphasize the importance of providing their personnel with ongoing training and education to prepare them to deal with the outbreak of the pandemic.Practical implicationsAs a result, the study suggests that hotel operators give innovative, fascinating and delightful accommodation experiences that may boost customers’ authentic happiness, as well as offer possibilities for customers to gain positive, memorable experiences from their experience.Social implicationsAcademia and hotel managers need to contribute to theory development in hotel marketing by analyzing changes in customer expectations and industry recovery measures to affect good changes in industry best practices in the aftermath of the epidemic.Originality/valueThis study makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge of the service delivery system model research because it is one of the initial studies to examine hotel business operations and activities during the COVID-19 utilizing the Bono region as a case. Theoretical, managerial and policy implications are discussed to cope with this crisis.
目的新冠肺炎大流行具有持久的影响,需要医院行业的业务调整、创新和转型。然而,这一领域的研究仍然非常不发达。由于新型新冠肺炎的爆发,酒店面临着前所未有的压力,迫使许多酒店暂时或永久关闭。本研究的目的是评估新冠肺炎对加纳博诺地区酒店的影响,因为目前协议有所放宽。设计/方法/方法使用定量方法,采用分层和有目的的抽样方法,博诺地区的174名酒店经理回答了与他们的业务如何受到新冠肺炎大流行影响有关的研究问题。调查结果显示,酒店中最突出和反复出现的措施是应用卫生标准、员工培训和意识、减少员工与客人的接触以及确保客人和员工都有一个更安全的环境。研究局限性/含义该研究的样本框架涵盖了加纳波诺地区星级较低的酒店,从价格实惠到质量和服务三星不等。酒店应强调为员工提供持续培训和教育的重要性,以使他们做好应对疫情爆发的准备。实际意义因此,该研究表明,酒店运营商提供创新、迷人和愉快的住宿体验,可以提高客户的真实幸福感,并为客户提供从体验中获得积极、难忘体验的可能性。社会含义学术界和酒店管理者需要通过分析客户期望的变化和行业恢复措施来影响疫情后行业最佳实践的良好变化,从而为酒店营销的理论发展做出贡献。原创性/价值本研究对服务提供系统模型研究的知识体系做出了重大贡献,因为它是以博诺地区为例研究新冠肺炎期间酒店业务运营和活动的初步研究之一。讨论了应对这场危机的理论、管理和政策影响。
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