IOSR-JEF   Volume-11 ~ Issue-4 ~ July – Aug. 2020

Abstract: The study sought toinvestigatethe impact of work-life balance on employee performance in the Zimbabwean Banking Industry. The study assessed how four identified dimensions of work-life balance namely; flexible working hours, leave entitlement, technology-oriented work systems and job sharing programs affect employee performance. The research hypotheses were tested through multiple linear regression analysis. The questionnaire was the main data collection instrument employed to gather primary data for statistical analysis. The research instrumentwas established to be valid and reliable through use of Cronbach's Alpha to test for internal consistence.367 questionnaires were distributed to respondents. The study found statistically significant evidence to support all the four hypotheses.......

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine what constitutes good corporate governance and the role of leadership in enhancing corporate governance. The research questions in the study included: What is the role of leadership in corporate governance? How do internal control systems affect corporate governance? Why does corporate governance fail? The research design used in this study was a case study using descriptive approach whereby the researcher looked into the leadership, the internal control measures in relation to corporate governance at KPLC, and found out why corporate governance fail.
The population for this study was staff of Kenya Power and Lighting Company. This study involved use of questionnaire to assess how corporate governance principles were being practiced in the company in order to ascertain what constitutes corporate governance and how the role of leadership enhanced good corporate governance. The research.....

Key Words: Leadership, Internal Control Systems, Stakeholders.

Abstract: The study examined the effect of globalization on manufacturing output in Nigeria from 1981-2017. The data for the study were analyzed using inferential statistics. Data were collected on import, export, GDP and manufacturing output from Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. The study used unit root test, co-integration and Vector Error Correction Model. To test the causality and co-integration between globalization and manufacturing output, initially, the stationary properties of the time series was checked for unit root test using Dickey Fuller test. Findings of the Johansen and Josulius co-integration test revealed that there is a long-run relationship between trade openness and manufacturing output in Nigeria. In the same vein, the vector error correction model showed that causality runs from trade openness to manufacturing output which implies that trade openness caused increase in the manufacturing output in Nigeria. The study suggested that trade barriers to export- import be discouraged by the government of Nigeria since the study established both short-run and long-term relationship between trade openness and level of manufacturing output in Nigeria.

Keywords: Globalization, Manufacturing Output, Trade Openness and Nigeria

Abstract: The issue of covid -19 with economic predicting this year is that this has been a very rapid recession, paired with an equally rapid clatter in asset prices, as governments around the world basically closed down their economies. It has unprecedented forecasts of lower GDP numbers, and the drop in GDP is so big than the 2008 crisis. But this is not end for the project decline, because the government motivation is a very big counter-factor. This is positive for investors, according to the data, there are many signs that investors are gaining comfort with the progress. I am personally a bit more skeptical

Abstract: The manufacturing sector is seen as major catalyst to development due to the ripple effect of industrial growth on every part of a country's economy. However, the structure of the manufacturing sector in developing economies like Nigeria has undermined its ability to make meaningful contribution to industrial development. This has shrouded the understanding of factors propelling growth in the manufacturing sector. This study examines the determinants of manufacturing sector growth in Nigeria from 1980-2018 with the aid of dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) method of econometric......

Keywords— Manufacturing, Industrial development, Economic growth and development, Government Policy, Nigeria.

Abstract: This paper examines the long run relationships among inflation, interest rate and exchange rate in Nigeria along with money supply and output using quarterly data from 2010 to 2018. The study employs Vector Autoregression Cointegration technique in the analysis. The Study reveals that on the average a long run relationship exists among the variables. However, the interactions among inflation, interest rate and exchange rate was weak while money supply and output had significant links with inflation, interest rate and exchange rate. Money supply and output also had significant long run interactions with each other. The findings indicate that the long run path to price stability and economic growth....

Keywords: Inflation, Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Monetary Policy, Nigeria

Abstract: Following Graham (2000), this study evaluates the role of tax benefit curves in defining the risk appetite of selected Nigerian quoted firms in the setting of corporate debt policy. The non-financial corporations quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the period 1999-2014 constitute the population of study. Out of these, 50 companies that met the minimum data criteria were selected as sample. Using a combination of the panel data least squares regression, Modigliani- Miller tax benefit formula, the Miller equilibrium and the Graham simulation technique, the research documents the following findings. First, firm-specific characteristics such as profitability, liquidity, size, market-to......

Key Words:-Capital structure, tax benefit curves, Kink, Zerobenefit, asymmetric information. JEL: G30, G32.