International Journal of Management and Business Studies

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 6 (4), pp. 354-361, June, 2016. © International Scholars Journals 

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Improved team performance resulting from advancement of technology communication method

Mohammed Zulfikar Jamshed

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

E-mail:[email protected] 

Accepted 16 April, 2016

Abstract

Numerous studies found that teams in organizations which communicate both effectively and successfully results in high team performance and employee satisfaction. This study examines the differences between face-to-face and virtual teams (both via Email and Portal), the impact of specific communication technology in task completion, and the ultimate impact on cohesion, team performance and employee satisfaction. A total of 362 Masters in Business Administration postgraduate students in a European university operating in Egypt participated in a team exercise to accomplish a task. They were randomly assigned via computer software into teams to one of the three specific mediums (Email (virtual), Portal (virtual), or face-to-face) for intra-team communication. Results suggested that the impact of technology usage to facilitate communication amongst teams is significant and that organizations may be detrimentally affecting their teams’ performance though the use or the lack of use of certain communication technologies. Results also suggested that all organizations utilizing teams and communication technology, and that strive to enhance performance, should implement the most effective communication practices, as per their culture specificity, that result in the greatest team performance. 

Key words: Business Administration, portal, employee satisfaction, team performance.

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Effect of remittances on gross domestic savings in Uganda

David Ereng Keino¹* and Nicholas Kariuki²

^1*Makerere University Business School, P.O.Box 1337, Kampala-Uganda

²Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P. O. Box 7062 Kampala-Uganda

E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 12 March, 2016

Abstract 

This paper investigates the effect of remittances on gross domestic savings in Uganda using maximum likelihood framework. The results show that remittances have a significant negative effect on gross domestic savings. This contradicts the studies that show positive relationship between remittances and gross domestic savings but in agreement that remittances are mainly devoted to daily consumption needs and that foreign capital inflows have a negative and significant impact on domestic savings. The study also showed that other factors such as real effective exchange rate, per capita gross domestic product, and inflation rate and deposit interest rate affect remittances positively. It is therefore recommended, that government should establish agencies in countries to where most Ugandans migrate in order to capture their savings and help them channel those savings into productive projects in Uganda.

Key words: Remittances, gross domestic savings, maximum likelihood, migration, developing countries.

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 6 (4), pp. 330-342, April, 2016. © International Scholars Journals 

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Leadership styles among managers at functional levels and generation of new models for banking sectors in North Cyprus

Abdul Saeed Ajmal

Girne American University, Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 21 February, 2016

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership styles among managers at functional levels and generate a new model for the growing sector in North Cyprus’ banking sector as its setting. A total number of 85 usable questionnaires were personally retrieved from managers in the research premises. The hypothesized relationships were tested using descriptive statistics in SPSS version 16. Overall, the results reveal that managers in the North Cyprus banking sector exhibit task-oriented leadership style. Importantly, while the older managers were found to be less people-oriented leaders, on the other hand, younger managers were found to be more task-oriented leaders. Surprisingly, the female managers were found to be more task-oriented leaders in this context. This research makes useful contributions to the current knowledge base and the related industry by exclusively generating a new model for the small island economies.

Key words: North Cyprus, banking sector, leadership style, island economies.

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 6 (4), pp. 317-321, April, 2016.  © International Scholars Journals

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The relationship between the code of professional conduct education and improving the students’ moral values

Houari B. Djaout¹ Mohamed A. Feraoun and Tahar Chouikh²*

¹Department of Management, Economics and Accounting, Payame Noor University, I. R. of Iran.

²Department of Accounting, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.

E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 23 March, 2016

Abstract

Ethics is an issue that surrounds all aspects of humanlife. Moral values provides infrastructure such that civilized society and sublime cultural and behavioral society are based on it. Without this infrastructure, civilized society is disintegrated. According to the high position and importance of moral values, improving moral values are an important factor that is considered in all fields of life. This matter especially has a double importance in the commercial fields, including accounting. Because accounting profession as an information system plays a key role in the social and economic development of societies, the society has great expectations from the members of this profession. People need to trust the quality of services provided by accounting profession. To gain trust to these services, we should trust the provider’s services and for this, they must be committed to integrity and ethics. So members’ intellectual and practical commitment to standards of conduct is essential and one of the effective factors in improving the commitment and quality of accounting services is ethical education for accountants such as code of professional conduct.

Key words: Code of professional conduct, moral values, ethical education.

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 6 (4), pp. 308-316, April, 2016. © International Scholars Journals 

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An evaluation on the effects of career stage on organizational commitment of bank employees

Ogunama E. A.^1*, Ogibah K. Oreva²* and  Avwuayi F. Anderson¹

¹Department of Business Administration, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.

²Department of Banking and Finance, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.

E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 25 March, 2016

Abstract 

This study examines the career stage effect on organizational commitment of bank employees. The subjects included 660 clerical and managerial staff of Nigerian banks operating in Lagos State, South-west of Nigeria. Results of this study revealed significant differences in organizational commitment across career stages of employees when career stages were categorized on the basis of chronological age, but no significant difference in any dimension of organizational commitment was found between employees in early-career stage (up to 2 years of experience), and employees in mid-career stage (3-10 years of experience). The findings of this study have positive and useful implications for HR systems in Nigerian banks to design more effective organizational career planning programs and procedures.

Key words: Organizational commitment, affective commitment, continuance commitment, normative, career pattern commitment, career stage.

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 6 (4), pp. 322-329, April, 2016. © International Scholars Journals

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Green marketing principles as a solution to the problem of healthy environment in Nigeria

Avwienawi O. Justice

Department of Business Administration,Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

Email: [email protected]

Accepted 10 February, 2016

Abstract

Environmental issues influence virtually all human endeavours consequent upon which green issues are incorporated into marketing literature. As a society becomes more concerned with the natural environment, marketers start to modify their behaviour as a response to address the new concerns. In Nigeria, because of consistent failure of governments to provide portable water, there is proliferation of bottled/sachet water outfits. This led to increased consumption of the product and throwing the nylon empties all over the place thereby causing environmental pollution. The paper examines green marketing using personal observations, interviews and library research with a view to finding out whether its principles can be applied as a solution to the problem. The paper establishes that green marketing if properly exploited can serve as a solution to the vulnerable and volatile environmental situation we are in. The paper therefore recommends that government should provide the enabling environment and structure for eco-friendly bottled/sachet water production in Nigeria. Governments should also be mounting seminars and workshops to reorient the citizenry on the importance of proper refuse disposal and the implications of littering of our environment with disposable nylon containers.

Key words: Green consumers, green products, environment, friendly products, eco-products, Nigeria