Category Archives: AJBED: Volume 3, Issue 6

June 30, 2023
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ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF UNDERGRADS IN UNIVERSITIES: THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND GENDER

Tags : Entrepreneurial education.Entrepreneurial intention Entrepreneurship Practical classes Theoretical classes

ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF UNDERGRADS IN UNIVERSITIES: THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND GENDER

*Timinepere Ogele Court & Binaebi Kingsley Ogbolo
Department of Business Administration, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Nigeria
*Correspondence Email: timi2k2002@gmail.com; timinepere.court@uat.edu.ng

Abstract:

The study explored the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in universities. An analytic descriptive survey design was employed while a sample of 240 undergrads was selected through a stratified sampling procedure from the study population of 534 students. A structured questionnaire designed on a 5-point Likert scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree was the means of data collection. The instrument was structured and pretested to ascertain the content validity and reliability of the instrument through Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.76 and 0.85 for entrepreneurial education and orientation. The data were collected through the distribution of the pieces of questionnaire to undergraduate students and were collected. The data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis and independent samples t-test. The results indicated that practical and theoretical entrepreneurship education had a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention of undergraduates of universities. We concluded that entrepreneurship education is a key aspect in driving the intention of students towards entrepreneurship. Further, we recommended that both theoretical and practical entrepreneurship classes should be employed in imparting entrepreneurship curriculum contents and knowledge to students.

Keywords: Practical classes, Theoretical classes, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial intention, Entrepreneurial education

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WHISTLEBLOWING AND VOLUNTARY TAX COMPLIANCE: A STUDY OF BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY, ADO-ODO OTA, NIGERIA.

Tags : Morality Tax Avoidance Tax Compliance Tax Evasion Whistle Blowing

Category : AJBED: Volume 3, Issue 6

WHISTLEBLOWING AND VOLUNTARY TAX COMPLIANCE: A STUDY OF BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY, ADO-ODO OTA, NIGERIA.

OKERE, Wisdom
Department of Accounting, Bells University of Technology, Ota Ogun State

OFFIAELI, Amarachukwu Grace
Department of Accounting, Bells University of Technology, Ota Ogun State

ADELEKE, Ademola
Department of Accounting, Babcock University, Ogun State

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to empirically examine the relationship between whistleblowing and voluntary tax compliance in Nigeria. The study used a survey research design in order to get the opinion of tax payers on the subject matter. For the paper, we administered copies of the questionnaire to tax payers within the Bells University of Technology, Ota Ogun State, Nigeria. The data collected from the field was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Ordinary least square regression analysis. The findings from the analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between whistleblowing and voluntary tax compliance. The paper concluded that Nigerian taxpayers are strongly influenced by the threat of punishment employed by the tax authority as well as other factors that are influential in encouraging their willingness to voluntarily comply with tax laws. It is recommended that Government should also ensure that taxpayers understand their tax obligations and find them easy to comply with. This may require that the government and revenue authorities should, at all times, act with integrity and in a manner that is perceived to be fair and reasonable.

Keywords: Tax Compliance; Whistle Blowing; Tax Avoidance; Tax Evasion; Morality.

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HARNESSING GENDER EDUCATION: OVER-COMING BARRIERS TO GIRLS EDUCATION IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING (TVET) IN NIGERIA

Tags : Harnessing gender education Overcoming barrier Technical vocation

Category : AJBED: Volume 3, Issue 6 , Uncategorized

HARNESSING GENDER EDUCATION: OVER-COMING BARRIERS TO GIRLS EDUCATION IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING (TVET) IN NIGERIA

DR. NTOR-UE, JOANAH GBENEKANU
Department Of General Studies
Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic,
Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Abstract

This paper discussed harnessing gender education: for overcoming barriers to girls’ education in TVET in Nigeria. It makes an attempt to discuss how the male gender education especially in TVET concept in Nigeria was dominated over the female gender. It further discussed on how African tradition in the olden days have posed some barrier to girls education mostly in science and technology. Girls were underrepresented in major occupation related to technical, vocational and educational training (TVET) concept in Africa. Some definition of terms like sex, sex role, sex-link, gender, gender role and gender stereotyping on female gender as related to career by traditional and religious beliefs were discussed. Impediments to the provision of vocational education to the female in Nigeria were examined. Factors that hinder female performance on TVET concept were analyzed. Way forward and the recommendation were made following by conclusion of the work.

Keywords: Harnessing gender education, Overcoming barrier, Technical vocation

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF OIL SERVICE FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE.

Tags : Coaching Delegation Employee Performance.Leadership development Training

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF OIL SERVICE FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE.

FUBARA Boma Judith
Doctoral Student
Department of Management,
University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
08060398494
bomafuby@gmail.com

B. Chima Onuoha (PhD)
Professor of Management
Department of Management,
University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
Chimaonuoha2005@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract

This study examined leadership development strategies and employee workplace effectiveness of oil and gas companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research design. A population of one hundred and forty-nine (149) employees which comprises of managers and supervisors were chosen for the study using convenience sampling techniques. Data for the study was collected using questionnaire and the analysis of the data collected was done using spearman rank order correlation coefficient. The findings of the study revealed that the dimensions of leadership development strategies (coaching, training and delegation) all significantly and positively related to employee workplace effectiveness. This implies that coaching, training and delegation all had direct relationship the performance of employees in the oil and gas companies. The study concluded that when there are appropriate leadership development strategies in an organization, it will enhance the level of employee effectiveness and performance in the workplace. The study recommended among other things that management of oil and gas companies should ensure that adequate attention is given to coaching, training, and delegation in order to ensure that performance of employees are improved and therefore translate into better performance for the organization.

Keywords: Leadership development, Coaching, Training, Delegation, Employee Performance.

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June 21, 2023
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Public-Private Partnerships Infrastructure Financing Model: How theoretical perspectives help explain cost-overrun in some select projects.

Tags : Agency theory cost overrun Infrastructure Financing Public Private Partnership transaction cost theory Transport Infrastructure

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Public-Private Partnerships Infrastructure Financing Model: How theoretical perspectives help explain cost-overrun in some select projects.

Jude Chidiebere Anago
University of Nigeria, Department of Banking and Finance, Enugu Campus

Abstract

Despite the rising significance of Public-Private Partnerships as infrastructure financing model in developing countries’, their efficiency is currently undermined by challenges linked to cost overrun. Although studies focusing on this issue have been discussed extensively, little effort has been made to theorise cost-overrun issues bedevilling PPP projects in Africa vis-à-vis Nigeria through the lens of economic theories of transaction cost and agency theories. Following the deployment of a flexible abductive research approach in order to use theory with an immense degree of provenance to explain the propositions surrounding this particular phenomenon and case study to enable the development of context-dependent knowledge, this study investigates the likely triggers of cost-overrun in the case studies of two failed projects in Nigeria and its link to select economic theories. Subsequently, the paper developed a three-phase conceptual framework to improve PPP implementation and provide insulation for cost overruns. The study findings are valuable to the literature as they will deepen the understanding of theoretical linkages to cost-overrun issues in transport infrastructure.

Keywords: Agency theory, transaction cost theory, cost overrun, Infrastructure Financing, Public Private Partnership, Transport Infrastructure,

JEL: R4

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The effectiveness of Igbo Apprenticeship Model in Nigeria: How Can these Master-Servant Intersection Improve Youth Employment in Nigeria’s Informal Sector.

Tags : Entrepreneurship Igbo Apprenticeship model Job Creation Nigeria Poverty Drop

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The effectiveness of Igbo Apprenticeship Model in Nigeria: How Can these Master-Servant Intersection Improve Youth Employment in Nigeria’s Informal Sector.

Jude Chidiebere Anago

University of Nigeria, Department of Banking and Finance, Enugu Campus

Abstract: In the face of extreme poverty, amplified by massive youth unemployment in Nigeria, this study theorises that collaboration between the government and private sectors to mobilise resources to restructure the Igbo apprenticeship model is a panacea to rising youth unemployment in Nigeria. Against this backdrop, this study examines the factors militating Nigeria’s Igbo apprenticeship model decline through the qualitative methodology. Results show that the apprenticeship duration, lack of education integration and provision of seed capital upon graduation from the apprenticeship training are the top three challenges triggering failure. Recommendation stressed that the Igbo apprenticeship model solely practised by the informal private sectors of Igbo origin could drop the unemployment rate in Nigeria if the government reformed the process by introducing grants or seed capital and education for the apprentice. There is optimism that both would achieve more together than the current practice where the practitioners are left practising the old-fashioned model.

Keyword: Igbo Apprenticeship model, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Poverty Drop, Nigeria

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June 10, 2023
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Quality of Institutions as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment Inflow and Economic Growth: Recent Empirical Evidence from Nigeria.

Tags : Economic Freedom Indices.foreign direct investment Gross Domestic Product Institutions

Category : AJBED: Volume 3, Issue 6

Quality of Institutions as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment Inflow and Economic Growth: Recent Empirical Evidence from Nigeria.

MAJEKODUNMI, Waheed Oladipo (majeesky@gmail.com)
Department of Economics
Lagos State University, Ojo

Abstract

The inflow of foreign direct investment has been recognized in economic literature and proven by empirical studies as one of the key drivers of economic growth, especially on the heel of its roles in filling the resource gap and enabling knowledge and technology transfer in developing countries. This paper investigates the impacts of the quality of institutions and effective policy on the inflow of foreign direct investment and economic growth in Nigeria from 2012 – 2021. The study utilizes a quantitative research technique to assess how the quality of institutions in Nigeria has either enabled or hindered the inflow of FDI and economic growth. Evidence shows that the poor quality of institutions in Nigeria has bred inefficient bureaucracy, corruption, and weak governance which in turn encroach on indices of economic freedom such as legal structure and security of property rights and regulation of credit, labour, and business. Low economic freedom triggers low FDI inflow which has inhibited favourable economic growth outcomes in Nigeria. We, therefore, recommend the following policy applications, amongst others: building and strengthening effective institutions to transmit efficient information and protect property rights, improving the macroeconomic policy framework to address macroeconomic instability which distorts the policy environment, and implementing effective corruption control measures to strengthen governance and its institutions which is fundamental to the inflow of foreign direct investment and economic growth in Nigeria.

Keywords: Institutions, Foreign Direct Investment, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Freedom Indices.

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