This paper aims at making modest attempts to find out the relationship between (1) workplace decent work environmental components and workers' general health well-being and (2) decent work-derived general health well-being of the workers and their chance of participating in occupational health...

This study examines how the adoption of operations research models (ORMs) affects the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lagos State. It explores the combined impact of various ORMs on both financial and non-financial performance in a dynamic economic environment.Using a...

This study examines the influence of operational risks (ORs) on the operational performance of deposit money banks (DMBs) in Nigeria, focusing on six dimensions: people-caused, internal process-caused, system-caused, damage to physical assets, external events and legal-caused operational risks...

Purpose - Financial inclusion is a prerequisite for inclusive development. In 2014, the Indian Government introduced the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) with a similar objective. The study aims to analyse the effectiveness of banks in the implementation of financial inclusion policy, i.e....

Purpose - This study tries to explain the customer adoption of smartwatches by considering the perceived benefits and perceived costs. Through this study, the authors aim to determine the factors affecting behavioural intentions towards smartwatches. Design/methodology/approach - The authors...

Purpose - This paper aims to develop and validate a comprehensive scale for measuring consumer perceptions towards social commerce (S-Commerce). With the growing prominence of social media platforms in electronic commerce (e-commerce), understanding consumer perceptions and attitudes is...

Purpose - A paternalistic employer is one that looks down on its employees and expects them to do everything their way. On the other hand, the job demand-resource (JD-R) model, developed by Arnold Bakker and Evangelia Demerouti, has been widely used in the last decade to characterize the...

Since the start of economic liberalization, Asia and Africa have been expanding new corridors for South-South trade. India and Ethiopia are the two fastest-growing economies in this region, and the trade between these countries involves many manufacturing goods. This research empirically...

The repercussions of the "Covid-19 pandemic" have been felt across all the global economies. Therefore, this study evaluates its consequences on the performance of Indian-listed SMEs across the manufacturing, service, and pharmaceutical sectors in terms of financial performance, solvency...

Tax noncompliance is increasingly becoming a global challenge, and numerous occurrences indicate that economies in sub-Saharan Africa are the greatest hit. In Ghana, only a few people pay direct taxes. The construction sector is critical for paying taxes, but many indigenous contractors usually...