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This study investigates the moderating effects of age, experience and educational qualification on the relationship between uncertainty and subjective task complexity among lawyers working in private law firms in Lagos State, Nigeria.

A survey method was adopted and data were gathered using questionnaires. The analysis was carried out based on partial least squares structural equation modelling using SmartPLS 2.0 M3 software.

Results showed that the effect of uncertainty on subjective task complexity is significantly moderated by age, educational attainment, experience of the lawyers under study.

Although data were collected in the most populated state and commercial hub of Nigeria, generalisation based on findings may still need to be made with caution.

Attainment of higher educational qualification is highly important for lawyers even though the minimum requirement to practice as a lawyer is a degree. Lawyers with higher degrees (LLM and PhD) had less uncertainty and perceived their tasks to be less complex compared to their counterparts who had the first degree (LLB).

The demographic profile of professionals (age, education and experience) has proven to have an impact on their perception about task complexity as determined by uncertainty as found in this study.

This study aims to examine the determinants of poverty among microcredit beneficiaries in Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund.

The study is based on a nationwide survey of microcredit beneficiaries of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. Using the national poverty line, this study classified borrowers into the poor and the non-poor. A Tobit model was estimated to examine the determinants of poverty among the borrowers.

The model was found to fit the data well and six out of the ten specified independent variables are found to be statistically significant.

The results of the study can be helpful in fully characterizing poverty dynamics and in policy formulation in using microcredit to reduce poverty.

The paper is the first to examine the determinants of poverty among Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund recipients.

The aim of the study detailed in this paper is to conceptualize the model of the determinants of individual decision to adopt corporate zakat collection in Malaysia.

The paper is a conceptual work that identified a number of factors that influence the adoption of an innovation as it relates to zakat collection in Malaysia by surveying a number of acceptance model.

A total of nine factors that are likely to contribute to the success of corporate zakat collection in Malaysia were identified and formulate hypotheses concerning them.

This is a conceptual paper and hypotheses need to be tested to ascertain their veracity.

The likely outcome of this research work from testing the final model will be an extension of the existing behavioural models (IDT, TAM, Trust), through new constructs validated within Muslim community, using zakat payers. The model, hopefully, will provide motivation for further research in the area of zakat collection in Malaysia.

This is a pioneer work seeking to develop a model for corporate zakat collection.