Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences: Volume 40 Issue 3

Persistent inefficiency, transient inefficiency and firm unobserved heterogeneity: a comparison of two frontier approaches using simulated and real data

Jean-Joseph Minviel, Yawose Kudawoo, Faten Ben Bouheni

Recent advances in stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) suggest two alternative approaches to account for unobserved heterogeneity and to distinguish between persistent and…

The impact of public legal protection on the internal corporate governance efficiency in banking sector

Hani El-Chaarani, Zouhour El-Abiad

The purpose of this research is to reveal the impact of public legal protection on the efficiency of internal corporate governance in banks. In addition, this research proposes a…

Corporate level politics from managers and employees perspective and its impact on employees' job stress and job performance

Hina Khan, Jawad Abbas, Kalpina Kumari, Hina Najam

Perception of organizational politics is one of the key factors of the organization's performance. Based on the principles of Game Theory, this study aims to examine the impact of…

Entrepreneurs signaling: promoting equity crowdfunding in Lebanon

Mireille Chidiac El Hajj, May Chidiac, Ali Awdeh

This paper aims at shedding light on the entrepreneurs' perception towards crowdfunding as a new mean for raising capital, and their willingness to send appropriate signals to the…

The practical challenges faced by young entrepreneurs: an empirical analysis

Ambreen Khursheed, Faisal Mustafa, Maham Fatima, Marriam Rao

This study proposes a new comprehensive model of entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) that enhances the understanding of the crucial entrepreneurial personality traits. This study…

Financial inclusion: a new multi-dimensional index and determinants – evidence from the Union for the Mediterranean countries

Soumaya Ben Khelifa, Dorra Hmaied, Olfa Ben Ouda, Rym Ayadi, Rania Makni

This paper proposes a new multi-dimensional financial inclusion index.

The effect of economic policy uncertainty index on the Indian economy in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Raktim Ghosh, Bhaskar Bagchi, Susmita Chatterjee

The paper tries to analyse empirically the impact of India's economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index on different macro-economic variables of India, like import, export, interest…

Impact of recruitment practices on organizational commitment: mediating role of employer image

Tahir Hussain, Khalil Ahmed Channa, Maqsood H. Bhutto

From managerial perspective, the authors investigate the boundary and effective conditions of recruitment practices (e.g. job advertising and manager recruiting behavior) on…

Commodity prices, inflation and inflation uncertainty among emerging economies

Rexford Abaidoo, Elvis Kwame Agyapong

This paper examines the role price fluctuations associated with internationally traded commodities play in inflationary conditions and inflation uncertainty among economies in…

Determinants of bank income smoothing using loan loss provisions in the United Kingdom

Peterson K. Ozili

This paper examines the determinants of bank income smoothing using loan loss provisions in the United Kingdom or Great Britain from 1999 to 2017.

Board diversity and working capital management strategies: evidence from energy sector of Pakistan

Ammar Nawaz Khan, Farzan Yahya, Muhammad Waqas

This study investigates the mediating role of working capital management (WCM) efficiency between board diversity (based on gender and financial knowledge) and firm performance…

Bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa: does economic globalization matter?

Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu, Alhassan Bunyaminu

This study aims to examine the impact of economic globalization on bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Establishing the relationship between population aging and health care expenditure in India

Geetilaxmi Mohapatra, Rahul Arora, Arun Kumar Giri

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the role of population aging in determining the health care expenditure (HCE) in India over the period 1981 to 2018.

How ethnic dissimilarity influences perceived organizational support and organizational citizenship behaviors?

Luen Peng Tan, Yuen Onn Choong, Ching Seng Yap, Kum Lung Choe, Parisa Rungruang, Zhen Li

This study examines the mediating effect of self-efficacy between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) organization (OCBO); and…