This study explores the nexus between foreign direct investment, financial development, energy consumption, economic growth and globalization for a selected panel of Belt Road Initiative (BRI) countries over period 1990–2016. After employing appropriate unit root tests, Westerlund co-integration test, DSUR long-run estimation approach Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality results reveal significant relationship among analyzed variables. The show that consumption is boosted by 0.023 0.790% when 1% rise...

Work procrastination is a retreat behavior associated with negative cognitive experience and it results in great losses to individual as well organizational development. Understanding the antecedents of employees’ work contributes lower frequency its occurrence. This research builds dual-moderated mediation model from perspective appraisal theory explored employees subjected abusive supervision. With 378 valid returned questionnaires, data collected 32 companies Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin,...

The study aimed to explore whether sugary beverage consumption is a key mediator of late chronotype, sleep duration, and weight increase in college students China. cross-sectional was conducted four universities using sample 800 undergraduate recruited by cluster sampling. A self-reported questionnaire given out collect information, including the characteristic social demography, state physical exercise intake, types psychological conditions. Then, two structural equation models (SEMs) were...

Purpose This study investigates the impact of corporate governance (CG) mechanisms with inclusion compliance and diligence index on performance (CP) firms in Nigeria Ghana. It further examines moderating effect financial distress relationship between CG CP. Design/methodology/approach The used panel data 102 nonfinancial listed Ghana stock exchange for period 2012–2016 total observation 510. first OLS estimating influence Due to multicollinearity independent variables, ridge regression was...

Purpose Succession of family enterprises has been an issue concern to a number researchers, and extensive studies have conducted on this. Transfer business from one generation next resulted in collapse most both developed developing economies. This study looked at succession enterprise Ghana using theory planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1991) cognitive dimension social capital know the intention founder/incumbent hand over internal successor. Design/methodology/approach Our target population for...

Anxiety arising from workplace bullying is a key concern for job performance. can explain the effects of bullying: individuals may seek to deal with their anxiety by applying specific behaviors. However, research does not carefully distinguish between state and trait anxiety, so impact in general has been seen as complex contradictory. Individuals respond through "passive resistance" or "swallowing insult." under what circumstances do choose these options? This paper summarizes mechanisms...

Background: Alpiniae oxyphyllae Fructus (AOF) is a medicinal and edible resource that holds potential to ameliorate hyperuricemia (HUA), yet its mechanism of action warrants further investigation. Methods: We performed network pharmacology, molecular docking, dynamics simulation, in vitro experiments investigate the AOF against HUA. Results: The results indicate 48 anti-HUA targets for 4 components derived from were excavated predicted through public databases. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment...

Differential leadership as a localized style gradually developed on the basis of Pattern Sequence. It plays dual role in stimulating “insider subordinates” and “outsider through dynamic transformation roles. Using process game reasoning, study identifies differing principles used by insider subordinates outsider implementing deviant innovative behaviors. The simulation graph presents perceived benefits employees performing or not behaviors clues during reasoning process, implements for high...

This study investigates the impact of trade openness on informal sector employment during drastic 1988s reforms Pakistan. It is generally perceived that increased external competition in less developed countries results as an expansion sector, which has compliance with labor market regulations. Using micro-level data Pakistan, we adjustments due to openness. We find informality and are associated. In have given rise sector. Our findings robust different trade-related measures. A substantial...

This study contributes to the literature by exploring relationship between board financial expertise and cash holding policy further showing how this relation is moderated multiple large shareholders (MLS). research based on agency theory, resource dependence, trade‐off, pecking order theory confirm resourceful directors screen practices. selects 100 listed family firms from emerging economy of Pakistan for period 2006–2017. With use static (random fixed effect estimator) dynamic (GMM)...

Competitive advantage and sustainability emerge as important factors for the success of an organization’s overall differentiation. This research aims to identify relationship between internet banking bank investment decision, well gaging mediating effects competitive attributes decisions. To achieve that, a questionnaire was administrated banks’ employees customers. carry out hypothesis testing, we have employed structural equation modeling through SPSS SmartPLS. The findings suggest that...

Given the complex business environment worldwide and rapid development of information technologies, employees' deviant innovation behavior has attracted increasing attention. However, few scholars have explored internal mechanism influence differential leadership on outsider subordinates from a positive perspective. Based relative deprivation theory attribution theory, we construct theoretical model to study in family businesses subordinates, hypothesis testing is conducted based 243...

Purpose This paper aims to analyse that how the remittance effect growth indicators like Employment;Export and Inflation in South Asian Region Countries(SAARC). Design/Methodology/Approach examined impact of remittances economic on SAARC region using panel data set for period 12/1994 12/2017. Our models are estimated fixed model (FEM) or random (REM) Hausman (1978) specification test. Findings Remittances showed positive statistically significant region. Though coefficient is relatively low...

Purpose Conflicts among top management team (TMT) members have a significant impact on sustainable development of family enterprises in China. The complex attributes different kinds conflicts TMT dual effects firm performance and its stability. Thus, avoiding through systematic conflict strategy is very important. This paper aims to therefore investigate how maximize the income level managing systematically, while adopting best coping strategies. Design/methodology/approach In this study,...

Pakistan is one of those countries that are heavily dependent on hydrocarbon fuel for energy production. This results in severe CO2 emissions lead to climate change. Although renewable resources such as wind available abundance, they have not been fully utilized and so crises increase every year. study focuses using an alternative thermal power sources the main source generation Pakistan. research also helps designing a project management tool prioritize generation, including both renewables...

This study investigates the long-run effect of corporate governance mechanisms on earnings management listed companies in Nigeria and Ghana. The uses Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) establishing a good reducing practice by managers. ACO selected four major mechanisms: Board Procedure Index, Disclosure Ownership Structure Shareholders’ Rights Index; these were key that influence reduction activities. KNN produced strong significant longitudinal implementing decreasing...

With the development of market economy and fast-growing economic globalization, limitations in management model China’s private high-tech SMEs gradually emerge as constraints for family businesses. In which, financing, capital integrating, especially integrating human are important issues to emphasize family-owned enterprises. Therefore, how efficiently introduce professional manager’s mechanisms resolve trust vacancy will be two major problems SMEs. The article introduces characteristics...

This study examines the effect of corporate governance on working capital policy; Aggressive and Conservative 103 firms listed Nigeria Ghana Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2016. used a panel data nonfinancial companies stock exchange for period 2012–2016. Data extracted annual financial report. Companies with missing were dropped given total both countries (Nigeria Ghana) observation 510. We discovered that implemented aggressive/conservative policy by produced mixed result. implementation...

Being overweight and obese is a serious public health issues in China. However, the effects of substance use mental factors on weight changes remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate association among self-perceived stress, history smoking drinking, status by using data from China Health Nutrition Survey 2015.A total 8028 adults were selected 2015. The self-reported primarily included sociodemographic data, stress scores, drinking. Physical measurements including height logged...