This study sought to find out the extent of employee engagement in the public sector in Ghana using the Upper East Regional Health Directorate as a case study. The survey method was employed in the study. Close-ended and Likert-Scaled questionnaires were administered to participants to generate the data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic data while the Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to analyze the scaled responses using the equation: RII= Σ???? / (???? × ????). The figures obtained confirmed the positive relationship between employee engagement and organizational performance. The good performance of the Upper East Regional Health Directorate was found to be influenced by the effective engagement of the staff.
{"title":"Employee Engagement and Organizational Performance","authors":"Emmanuel Akanpaadgi, Felicia Binpimbu","doi":"10.32861/BMER.73.93.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32861/BMER.73.93.100","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to find out the extent of employee engagement in the public sector in Ghana using the Upper East Regional Health Directorate as a case study. The survey method was employed in the study. Close-ended and Likert-Scaled questionnaires were administered to participants to generate the data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic data while the Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to analyze the scaled responses using the equation: RII= Σ???? / (???? × ????). The figures obtained confirmed the positive relationship between employee engagement and organizational performance. The good performance of the Upper East Regional Health Directorate was found to be influenced by the effective engagement of the staff.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80271178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-11DOI: 10.32861/BMER.73.101.107
D. I. Ochonogor, E. Amah
Service delivery is a key factor to be taken seriously for organizations that wants to survive and thrive. This study examines the influence of managerial resourcefulness on quality services delivery while assessing the relevance of information sharing in the process. The theory of learned resourcefulness was adopted to serve as an undergirded model in this review. It was concluded that; organizations can make excellence in customer service their hall work of success if they take advantage of the opportunity to have resourceful managers who will not feel discouraged and withdrawn in the face of a challenge, but who are posit to think critically and demonstrate readiness and enthusiasm to turn such situations around in favor of the organization. Therefore, organizational leadership should: Pay active attention to changes, events, and trends in the business environment and take practical steps to adapt to these changes to increase customer traffic to the organization in a seamless manner. Adopt a flexible disposition that allows the organization to modify these changes, events, and trends in the business environment and better understand what can drive the organization to succeed. Allow customers to prioritize change to help management get a better understanding of their expectations and respond sufficiently to improve the user experiences of these customers. Provide a lasting purpose to make informed decisions that will generate greater productivity and boosts organizational growth through effective collaborations. Give room for information sharing to dispense knowledge and competencies that will help in resource utilization, and cost-effective operation to improve service delivery.
{"title":"Managerial Resourcefulness and Quality Service Delivery: The Place of Information Sharing in Public Sector Organizations","authors":"D. I. Ochonogor, E. Amah","doi":"10.32861/BMER.73.101.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32861/BMER.73.101.107","url":null,"abstract":"Service delivery is a key factor to be taken seriously for organizations that wants to survive and thrive. This study examines the influence of managerial resourcefulness on quality services delivery while assessing the relevance of information sharing in the process. The theory of learned resourcefulness was adopted to serve as an undergirded model in this review. It was concluded that; organizations can make excellence in customer service their hall work of success if they take advantage of the opportunity to have resourceful managers who will not feel discouraged and withdrawn in the face of a challenge, but who are posit to think critically and demonstrate readiness and enthusiasm to turn such situations around in favor of the organization. Therefore, organizational leadership should: Pay active attention to changes, events, and trends in the business environment and take practical steps to adapt to these changes to increase customer traffic to the organization in a seamless manner. Adopt a flexible disposition that allows the organization to modify these changes, events, and trends in the business environment and better understand what can drive the organization to succeed. Allow customers to prioritize change to help management get a better understanding of their expectations and respond sufficiently to improve the user experiences of these customers. Provide a lasting purpose to make informed decisions that will generate greater productivity and boosts organizational growth through effective collaborations. Give room for information sharing to dispense knowledge and competencies that will help in resource utilization, and cost-effective operation to improve service delivery.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83395545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study aims to analyze the factors affecting employee satisfaction with extracurricular activities held at FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company Da Nang Branch by interviewing 270 employees. We adjusted appropriately it through evaluated by Cronbach’s Alpha tool, EFA exploratory factor analysis, correlation, and regression analysis. Quantitative research results show that 5 factors of the proposed rational model have a positive impact on employee satisfaction with extracurricular activities organized at the company, decreasing in order: (1) Nature of extracurricular activities; (2) Rewards, Achievement; (3) Colleagues; (4) Value of extra-curricular activities; (5) Attention of leadership. Since then, the study proposes some administrative implications for the HR & Administration Department of the company to have policies to organize the right activities to maintain and improve employee satisfaction, promote the quality of employee work.
{"title":"The Determinants Affecting Employee Satisfaction with Extracurricular Activities in FPT Telecom JSC, Danang Branch","authors":"Trinh Le Tan, Nguyen Duc Tri","doi":"10.5430/BMR.V10N2P37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/BMR.V10N2P37","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to analyze the factors affecting employee satisfaction with extracurricular activities held at FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company Da Nang Branch by interviewing 270 employees. We adjusted appropriately it through evaluated by Cronbach’s Alpha tool, EFA exploratory factor analysis, correlation, and regression analysis. Quantitative research results show that 5 factors of the proposed rational model have a positive impact on employee satisfaction with extracurricular activities organized at the company, decreasing in order: (1) Nature of extracurricular activities; (2) Rewards, Achievement; (3) Colleagues; (4) Value of extra-curricular activities; (5) Attention of leadership. Since then, the study proposes some administrative implications for the HR & Administration Department of the company to have policies to organize the right activities to maintain and improve employee satisfaction, promote the quality of employee work.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"27 1","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81169553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacobs Chineze J., Ezeokafor Uche R., Ekwere Gabriel E.
The study examined the effect of entrepreneurial education on unemployment reduction among students in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbaria. The problem of the study is as a result of increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria. The study was anchored on Human Capital Theory and risk taking theory. As a cross-sectional survey research design, a structured instrument developed by the researcher to reflect such options as strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree popularly referred to as five (5) points likert scale was used to obtain information from the respondents. The population of the study was limited to final year students of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship Studies Department in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. The total population was 195. Business administration was 128 while entrepreneurship was 67. The study used convenience sampling technique in selecting the sample size for the study based on convenience and easy accessibility to the respondents. Research hypotheses were tested using Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) which was carried out with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Findings from the study revealed that Skill acquisition has significant effect on unemployment reduction, Entrepreneurship empowerment affects unemployment reduction, Infrastructural development has significant effect on unemployment reduction in Anambra State. The study recommended that Entrepreneurial education in tertiary institutions should be practical oriented rather than theory as this will exposed the students to various lucrative skills. Government should provide a means of getting loans by small scale business owners in order to enhance the activities of small scale business in Nigeria.
{"title":"Effect of Entrepreneurial Education on Unemployment Reduction among Students in Nigeria","authors":"Jacobs Chineze J., Ezeokafor Uche R., Ekwere Gabriel E.","doi":"10.5430/bmr.v10n2p16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/bmr.v10n2p16","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the effect of entrepreneurial education on unemployment reduction among students in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbaria. The problem of the study is as a result of increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria. The study was anchored on Human Capital Theory and risk taking theory. As a cross-sectional survey research design, a structured instrument developed by the researcher to reflect such options as strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree popularly referred to as five (5) points likert scale was used to obtain information from the respondents. The population of the study was limited to final year students of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship Studies Department in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. The total population was 195. Business administration was 128 while entrepreneurship was 67. The study used convenience sampling technique in selecting the sample size for the study based on convenience and easy accessibility to the respondents. Research hypotheses were tested using Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) which was carried out with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Findings from the study revealed that Skill acquisition has significant effect on unemployment reduction, Entrepreneurship empowerment affects unemployment reduction, Infrastructural development has significant effect on unemployment reduction in Anambra State. The study recommended that Entrepreneurial education in tertiary institutions should be practical oriented rather than theory as this will exposed the students to various lucrative skills. Government should provide a means of getting loans by small scale business owners in order to enhance the activities of small scale business in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77530146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: For decades the Human Resource Management (HRM) strategic role has been viewed as limited in its effectiveness. Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) have been criticized for their lack of formal preparation – when that preparation even exists. According to Gomez-Mejia (2015) and colleagues, fewer than one-third of all HRPs have any academic preparation in HRM and most lack an understanding of the legal, professional, and technical principles of their profession.Objective: The purpose of this paper is to focus on six myths about HRM and the role of HRPs that are frequently held by Top Management Team (TMT) members, business practitioners, and even many HRPs. The failure of so many HRPs and TMTs to recognize the fallacies in these myths is a cause of organizational dysfunction and undermines the ability of HRPs to be ethical stewards who serve and protect the best interests of their organizations.Methods: The paper begins by briefly identifying seven key strategic functions of HRM in distinguishing the HRPs’ staff role in successful organizations.Results: We describe the context of today’s challenging work environment in which HRPs perform their labors and identify six myths that plague the HRM profession and undermine the effectiveness of many modern organizations.Conclusions: We conclude the paper with a challenge to TMT members and HRPs to raise the bar and increase the accountability of those who deliver HRM services within their organizations.
{"title":"Six Myths of Human Resource Management","authors":"Cam Caldwell, Verl Anderson","doi":"10.5430/bmr.v10n2p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/bmr.v10n2p1","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: For decades the Human Resource Management (HRM) strategic role has been viewed as limited in its effectiveness. Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) have been criticized for their lack of formal preparation – when that preparation even exists. According to Gomez-Mejia (2015) and colleagues, fewer than one-third of all HRPs have any academic preparation in HRM and most lack an understanding of the legal, professional, and technical principles of their profession.Objective: The purpose of this paper is to focus on six myths about HRM and the role of HRPs that are frequently held by Top Management Team (TMT) members, business practitioners, and even many HRPs. The failure of so many HRPs and TMTs to recognize the fallacies in these myths is a cause of organizational dysfunction and undermines the ability of HRPs to be ethical stewards who serve and protect the best interests of their organizations.Methods: The paper begins by briefly identifying seven key strategic functions of HRM in distinguishing the HRPs’ staff role in successful organizations.Results: We describe the context of today’s challenging work environment in which HRPs perform their labors and identify six myths that plague the HRM profession and undermine the effectiveness of many modern organizations.Conclusions: We conclude the paper with a challenge to TMT members and HRPs to raise the bar and increase the accountability of those who deliver HRM services within their organizations.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87916545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Return on Equity (ROE) is one of the most important factors influencing the investor’s decisions. By analysing the financial statements, the financial analysers are always trying to evaluate or identify the future profitability changes of the companies. In this study, the relation between ROE of industries entered into Tehran Stock Exchange was investigated. Herein the significant role of industry is expressed through operating and financial drives. The study data is taken from a sample consisting of 4 industries including 70 companies entered into Tehran stock Exchange during a 7- year time duration (from March 21st, 2012 to March 20th, 2019). Results indicate that there is a significant relation between ROE and its elements as per the industry and future profitability.
{"title":"The Analysis and Evaluation of Profitability in Accepted Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange with ROA and ROE Approaches in Industrial Companies","authors":"M. Taleghani, A. Taleghani","doi":"10.32861/BMER.72.21.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32861/BMER.72.21.26","url":null,"abstract":"Return on Equity (ROE) is one of the most important factors influencing the investor’s decisions. By analysing the financial statements, the financial analysers are always trying to evaluate or identify the future profitability changes of the companies. In this study, the relation between ROE of industries entered into Tehran Stock Exchange was investigated. Herein the significant role of industry is expressed through operating and financial drives. The study data is taken from a sample consisting of 4 industries including 70 companies entered into Tehran stock Exchange during a 7- year time duration (from March 21st, 2012 to March 20th, 2019). Results indicate that there is a significant relation between ROE and its elements as per the industry and future profitability.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84709679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-03DOI: 10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A05
Bushra Jauhar, M. Hassan, Muhammad Asad Ullah, Imam Uddin, Shouvik Sanyal
The organizational success is largely depending on its employees; they are considered as vital assets for any organization. Therefore, the management should know how to appraise them so that they can get the desired results. The current study aims to investigate the impact of performance appraisal on employee’s motivation in an educational institute of Karachi. The population of interest was permanent faculty, visiting faculty and non-teaching staff of the ABC institute which was selected through convenience sampling technique. A survey of 56 employees was conducted with the help of a questionnaire based on close ended items on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agrees to strongly disagree. For data analysis, SPSS was used to check the reliability test, descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The research findings provided the insights regarding the impact of performance appraisal on employees’ motivation and showed a positive significant impact. The more satisfied employees are by their appraisals, the more motivated and committed they would be. Moreover, the study also shed light for future direction by keeping in view the respondents concern regarding biasness free rating, feedback and appeal process. The educational institutes should come up with better strategies in order to build trust among employees by providing fair appraisal solely based on their performance.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-03DOI: 10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A07
M. Mishra, Ankit Kesharwani, V. Gautam
It is a well-known fact now that consumers falsify profound and meaningful relationships with particular brands and that such consumer brand relationships are expected to impact brand-related behavior of consumers. The study investigates the influence of three consumer-brand relational constructs - brand trust, brand affect and brand identification – and their effects on brand evangelism behavior, which was operationalized in the form of two supportive behaviors namely; purchase intentions and positive referrals. After assessing common method bias as well as reliability and validity estimates, structural equation modelling was employed with 458 sample data to test the study model fit and hypothesized relationships. The findings reveal that the consumer-brand relationship influences brand evangelism. All consumer-brand relational constructs (i.e., brand trust, brand affect and brand identification) influence brand evangelism positively in terms of purchase intention and brand referral. The study highlights the importance of brand evangelism in the marketing literature by establishing its causal relationships with the key brand attributes of brand affect, brand trust and brand evangelism. Implications of the results are deliberated with future scope for research.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-03DOI: 10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A04
Emrah Beşe, H. Friday
In this study, the relationship between income and environmental degradation is discussed. In this study, the Kyoto Protocol is investigated by using Pooled Mean Group Estimator based on Error Correction Model by Pesaran, Shin and Smith, Cross-Sectional Augmented Distributed Lag estimator by Chudik et al. (2016), Cross-Sectional ARDL estimator based on ARDL model by Chudik et al. (2016) and Dynamic Common Correlated Effects Estimator model by Chudik and Pesaran (2015) to cover the gaps in the Environmental Kuznets Curve literature. Kyoto Protocol’s effects for developing countries and developed countries are analyzed for the period between 1980 and 2014, and 1971 and 2014, respectively. Since no significant relationship between GDP and CO2 is found for developed and developing countries in the analysis, it is concluded that Kyoto Protocol did not have a significant effect on CO2 emissions for the relevant countries in the study. This study contributes to the current literature by verifying no significant effect of Kyoto Protocol on CO2 emissions as compatible with most up-to-date studies. The limitations of this study are the studied countries and the period studied for these studied countries.
{"title":"The Effect of the Kyoto Protocol on Developed and Developing Countries","authors":"Emrah Beşe, H. Friday","doi":"10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A04","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the relationship between income and environmental degradation is discussed. In this study, the Kyoto Protocol is investigated by using Pooled Mean Group Estimator based on Error Correction Model by Pesaran, Shin and Smith, Cross-Sectional Augmented Distributed Lag estimator by Chudik et al. (2016), Cross-Sectional ARDL estimator based on ARDL model by Chudik et al. (2016) and Dynamic Common Correlated Effects Estimator model by Chudik and Pesaran (2015) to cover the gaps in the Environmental Kuznets Curve literature. Kyoto Protocol’s effects for developing countries and developed countries are analyzed for the period between 1980 and 2014, and 1971 and 2014, respectively. Since no significant relationship between GDP and CO2 is found for developed and developing countries in the analysis, it is concluded that Kyoto Protocol did not have a significant effect on CO2 emissions for the relevant countries in the study. This study contributes to the current literature by verifying no significant effect of Kyoto Protocol on CO2 emissions as compatible with most up-to-date studies. The limitations of this study are the studied countries and the period studied for these studied countries.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"17 1","pages":"43-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79200956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-03DOI: 10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A06
Z. Ali, Wen Liu
COVID-19 pandemic is spreading across the globe, causing huge losses to humans and changing people’s lifestyles. New Zealand has also suffered from this fatal virus outbreak. Social media has been used by governments from many countries for communication about COVID-19, but the research on social media used in COVID-19 remains limited. This research aims to study how the leading New Zealand business agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), used Facebook to disseminate COVID-19, and how businesses and the public benefitted from it. Facebook posts from MBIE published over two months from March 18, 2020, to May 12, 2020, as well as user reviews were collected and thematically analysed. Before the research was conducted, an Official Information Act request was submitted to MBIE and an approval confirmation was received for using any publicly available information released by MBIE. The findings indicate Facebook was used by MBIE as a comprehensive channel to address COVID-19, as well as being an avenue to interact with businesses and people, and businesses and people benefitted from it in multiple aspects.
{"title":"Social Media and The COVID-19 Response: A Case Study of Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in New Zealand","authors":"Z. Ali, Wen Liu","doi":"10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20210601A06","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 pandemic is spreading across the globe, causing huge losses to humans and changing people’s lifestyles. New Zealand has also suffered from this fatal virus outbreak. Social media has been used by governments from many countries for communication about COVID-19, but the research on social media used in COVID-19 remains limited. This research aims to study how the leading New Zealand business agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), used Facebook to disseminate COVID-19, and how businesses and the public benefitted from it. Facebook posts from MBIE published over two months from March 18, 2020, to May 12, 2020, as well as user reviews were collected and thematically analysed. Before the research was conducted, an Official Information Act request was submitted to MBIE and an approval confirmation was received for using any publicly available information released by MBIE. The findings indicate Facebook was used by MBIE as a comprehensive channel to address COVID-19, as well as being an avenue to interact with businesses and people, and businesses and people benefitted from it in multiple aspects.","PeriodicalId":9554,"journal":{"name":"Business, Management and Economics Research","volume":"43 1","pages":"69-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80693743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}