IOSR-JBM   Volume-23 ~ Issue-8 ~ Aug. 2021

Abstract: The study's main goal was to investigate the relationship between gender and the development of entrepreneurial capabilities. The specific goals are to establish a link between gender diversity and managerial skill development in selected SME, to investigate the link between age diversity and managerial skill development in selected SME, and to examine the relationship between age diversity and managerial skill development in selected SME. Primary data was used and 526 questionnaires were distributed to the registered small and medium business owners. The first data gathered from their various responses were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistical methods and ANOVA and multivariate analysis. The results show that R2 is adequate at 0.642, implying that.....

Key Word: Gender, entrepreneur, inequalities, ethnic, age, SME(s).

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Abstract: The study examined the effect of internal audit practices on allocative efficiencyof government organisations in Nigeria. The population of the study consist of 350 staff in the five surveyed government organizations in Nigeria. The study through the use of Monkey Survey, sampled 310 respondents from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and validly used 310 respondents representing 89% response rate for data analysis. Risk assessment, Asset safeguard and Auditor's independence were used as the dimensions of internal audit practices in this study. The study used allocative efficiency as both dependent and measurable variable. The study used a questionnaire to elicit information from the respondents. The study........

Keywords: Internal Audit Practices, Risk Assessment, Asset Safeguard, Auditors' Independence, Allocative Efficiency, Government organizations

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Abstract: Background : The word stress is derived from the Latin word "stringi",which means , "to be drawn tight". In medical terms stress is described as ," a physical or psychological stimulus that can produce mental tension or physiological reactions that may lead to illness." Covid 19 outbreak adversely affected each and every individual around the globe. There are dramatic change happened in case of employment .Employee and employer are forced to accept the new changes. The changes in work space and work mode are the examples for these changes. The study mainly focused on employees stress in the second wave.
Materials and Methods : In this study the researcher collected data on stress relating to respondents financial insecurities, mental health.......

Key Words: Covid 19, Stress, ,Employees, mental health, physical health

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Abstract: Background: The concept of 'customer experience' has evolved as an imperative area of study within the marketing discipline. Despite its importance and the positive attention this concept has received during the last few years, the explanation of customer experiences have remained vague and lack a thorough theoretical foundation. Thus, the creation of good customer experience among tourists is very for the survival of tourist destinations. Since there are scanty studies exploring the relationship between customer experience and tourist satisfaction in Nigeria, we have selected this study to evaluate the effect of customer experience on tourist satisfaction in South West, Nigeria.......

Key Words: Tourists, Destination, Emotion, Customer experience, Satisfaction

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Abstract: BackgroundCustomer engagement has become a crucial factor for the desired success in the tourism industry and this necessitates a thorough understanding of the concept in order to deliver tourist satisfaction in the tourism sector. Thus the need to examine the various offerings and activities that tourist destinations should provide to engage the tourists during their visits. The aim of this research is explore the mediating role of customer engagement in the relationship between customer experience and tourist satisfaction Material and Method; A structured questionnaire was administered to 600 tourists to the six purposively selected tourism destinations and only 519 responded to the questionnaire with only 477 found usable. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics like frequency, mean, standard deviation and also inferential statistics such as factor analysis, regression analysis and t-test statistics. All analysis was conducted using SPSS version 25........

Key Words: Tourists, Destination, Customer Engagement, Customer experience, Satisfaction

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Abstract: Background: Most public Universities across the world have reported suboptimal financial performance compared to private universities. The poor financial performance can be attributed to financial management practices. The sound financial management practices require the institutions to have robust internal control systems. However, there are limited empirical research findings regarding the relationship between the internal control systems and financial performance in public universities in Kenya. The general objective of the study was to establish the effect of internal control systems on financial performance of public universities in Kenya. Specifically, the study specific objective was to investigate the effect of preventive controls on the financial performance of public universities in Kenya. The study was anchored on agency theory, stewardship theory, systems theory and attribution theory........

Key Word: Internal Control Systems, Preventive Controls, Financial Performance, Public Universities

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Abstract: Globally, as per AICTE report 2018, there are 13000 plus business schools providing MBA program and India counts for one third of them which indicates there is an extensive growth of management education. However, the literature suggests that, there is dreadful situation in the quality of management education and employability of Management graduates. The present paper focuses on the issue of 'employability' of MBA graduates. ASSOCHAM (2015-16), report illustrates excluding graduates from top 20 colleges, only 7% of MBA students from other Management Institutes were employed after the completion of their course. CRISIL report exhibits that 85% of MBA graduates are......

Index Terms— Academia, Employability, skills/competency, Industry, Training and Placement officers (TPO), Employers/ Human Resource Managers (Hr)

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