{"title":"Nation branding: Twenty-first century branding dynamics impacting emerging economies in the global marketplace","authors":"Reason Masengu","doi":"10.37383/sbj170204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37383/sbj170204","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the extent to which nation branding antecedents can be leveraged to create a strong nation brand for emerging economies. The Anholt (2002) nation branding model was quantitatively applied to develop a hexagon of factors which can affect developing economies. The Republic of Zimbabwe was targeted for analysis due to its national brand challenges and the negative brand equity. Data for the study was collected using structured questionnaires. Structural equation modelling (SEM) using Amos Graphics was the main tool for analysis. Findings suggest that government regulatory framework is the single most important key nation brand element which influences emerging economies’ brands today. This is followed by tourism, natural resources, sport and entertainment, diasporic citizenry, and religion. The study concluded that if these affordances are capitalised, nation branding for emerging economies can be greatly improved by 58%. The study recommends government and private sector stakeholders to take active roles in capitalising these affordances in order to achieve the nation brand equity","PeriodicalId":393952,"journal":{"name":"SKYLINE BUSINESS JOURNAL","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117160153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nur Shafiqah Husna Azizan, S. Hussain, Nurhaizan Mohd Zainudin
{"title":"Role of human resource practitioners towards involvement of local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry","authors":"Nur Shafiqah Husna Azizan, S. Hussain, Nurhaizan Mohd Zainudin","doi":"10.37383/sbj170205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37383/sbj170205","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives of this study are to identify the role of human resource practitioner in recruiting local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry and to identify if there is any relationship between the role of human resource practitioner and involvement of local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. The construction industry has contributed towards the large number of workforce in Malaysia. However, the involvement of the local workforce in the construction field is still currently very low. It is beyond doubt that the economic growth of the country has increased rapidly due to the recruitment of migrant workers in Malaysia. Specifically, by resolving the workforce deficiencies in selected sectors of the economy, it still gives disadvantages to the country such as in the reduction of employment opportunities among local workers. In this study, some of the measures are identified to manage the shortages in the local workforce. Human resource practitioners are known to be responsible for decisions related to recruiting workers. Thus, they play a vital role in order to resolve this problem by implementing an effective selection and recruitment method, provide training to ensure workers are equipped with skills and knowledge, as well as execute effective policies and procedures. The data is collected from 100 respondents among construction companies located in Kuala Lumpur. The data was analyzed using the PLS-SEM technique in assessing the measurement and structural models. The result shows that there is a significant positive relationship between selection and recruitment as well as employee’s skills with involvement of local workforce.","PeriodicalId":393952,"journal":{"name":"SKYLINE BUSINESS JOURNAL","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125095609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of organizational power on team cohesion & team effectiveness during COVID-19: a case Turkish healthcare industry","authors":"M. Kızıloğlu","doi":"10.37383/sbj170104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37383/sbj170104","url":null,"abstract":"This research study has been carried out for investigating the impact of organizational power on team effectiveness and team cohesion during Covid-19 in case of Turkish healthcare sector. The research study was carried out on the basis of quantitative research method, based on which primary data was collected from 299 supervisors working in Turkish healthcare sector through questionnaires. The analysis has revealed that there is a significant impact of organizational power on team effectiveness as well as team cohesion. It is the responsibility of leaders and supervisors working in Turkish healthcare sector to use right type of power in order to influence effectiveness and cohesion of teams.","PeriodicalId":393952,"journal":{"name":"SKYLINE BUSINESS JOURNAL","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133823565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of tax avoidance on accounting conservatsim of listed non-financial firms in Nigeria","authors":"S. Suleiman, Mensah Barnabas","doi":"10.37383/sbj170101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37383/sbj170101","url":null,"abstract":"The study seeks to ascertain the effect of tax avoidance on accounting conservatism of listed non-financial firms in Nigeria. The independent variable, tax avoidance was proxied by Generally Accepted Accounting Principle Effective Tax Rate (GETR), Cash Effective Tax Rate (CETR) and Book Tax Difference (BTD), while the dependent variable accounting conservatism was measured using Negative Accruals (NA). The control variables utilized were leverage, Return on Asset (ROA) and Firm Size (FS). The study covered a period of seven years (2014-2020) and a population of forty-eight listed non-financial firms on the Nigerian stock exchange. The data was analysed using panel regression technique. From the findings, it was discovered that GETR and BTD significantly affect unconditional conservatism with a negative relationship between the variables. Overall, this paper shows that taxation is a determinant of financial reporting conservatism in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":393952,"journal":{"name":"SKYLINE BUSINESS JOURNAL","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132639945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}