Olumide Olusegun Olaoye, Ambreen Noman and Ezekiel Olamide Abanikanda
The study examines whether the growth effect of government spending is contingent on the level of institutional environment prevalent in Economic Community of West African States…
Abstract
Purpose
The study examines whether the growth effect of government spending is contingent on the level of institutional environment prevalent in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopts the more refined and more appropriate dynamic threshold panel by Seo and Shin (2016) and made applicable be Seo et al. (2019). The technique models a nonlinear asymmetric dynamics and cross-sectional heterogeneity simultaneously in a dynamic threshold panel data framework.
Findings
The results show that there is a threshold effect in the government spending-growth relationship. Specifically, the authors found that the impact of government spending on economic growth is positive and statistically significant only above a certain threshold level of institutional development. Below that threshold, the effect of government spending on growth is insignificant and negative at best. The findings suggest that government spending-growth nexus is contingent on the level of Institutional quality.
Originality/value
Unlike previous studies that adopt the linear interaction model which pre-impose a priori conditional restrictions, this study adopts the dynamic threshold panel framework which allows the lagged dependent variable and endogenous covariates.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate how ethical leadership impacts employees’ innovative work behavior among public employees through the mediating role of group…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate how ethical leadership impacts employees’ innovative work behavior among public employees through the mediating role of group cohesiveness. This work further offers deeper insight into the moderating mechanism of openness to experience in the relationship between ethical leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior.
Design/methodology/approach
Three time-lagged sets of data (n = 532) were collected among Vietnamese public employees. The partial least squares – structural equation modeling method was applied to test the research hypotheses.
Findings
Ethical leadership positively relates to employees’ innovative work behavior. Furthermore, group cohesiveness plays a mediating role in the link between ethical leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior. The moderating impact of openness to experience between ethical leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior is supported.
Originality/value
This inquiry is probably the first attempt to explore the mechanism linking ethical leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior through the mediator of group cohesiveness. Additionally, this study extends the current knowledge by investigating the moderating role of openness to experience in ethical leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior nexus.