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{"title":"Exploring Influential Factors on Customer Satisfaction with Clothing for Overweight and Obese Women: A Focus on Generations Y and Z in Sri Lanka","authors":"V. Sachitra, Chamali S. Hapugahapitiya","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4806","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: At present, global trade in textiles and clothing is expanding across the world. The increase in the percentage of overweight and obese women creates tendency to focus on the demand for plus-size clothes. Prior studies confirmed that there is a low attention paid to women's plus-size clothing in Sri Lanka when compared to other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and England. The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting clothing satisfaction of overweight and obese women in Generation Y and Z in Sri Lanka. \u0000Design: Acknowledging Renoux’s theory of retail satisfaction, the study used three influencing factors; shopping system, buying system, and consuming system. Shopping system considers displaying plus-size mannequins, creating a separate section for plus-size cloth and providing proper and sufficient information. Buying system focuses on new clothing designs, maintaining a reasonable price range, high-quality materials, and adequate the space in the store. Consuming system focuses on body proportion, body image, and the length of time a garment is held after purchase. A self-administered questionnaire is used to gather data from 287 respondents via online survey. This study adopted quantitative analyses. Influencing factors were determined through the multiple regression analysis. \u0000Findings: Results revealed that the buying system and shopping system have statistically significant influences on overweight and obese women's clothing satisfaction and buying system recorded the highest influence. However, consuming system has an insignificant influence on overweight and obese women's clothing satisfaction. \u0000Research Implications: Under the shopping system, displaying plus-size mannequin and allocating a separate section for plus-size could stimulate clothing satisfaction of overweight and obese women. Offering a reasonable price range and providing an adequate fit-on-room are the significant factors to be considered in buying system.  \u0000Future Research Suggestions: Quantitative approach limited the ability to address the problems of overweight and obese women's clothing satisfaction in depth. Shopping mechanism, the ability to do online or offline shopping, store attributes and human attributes should focus on further studies.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140236256","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":"Monetary Policy on Exchange Rate Volatility in Nigeria: Evidence from BARDL/ARCH and Garch Modellings","authors":"Muntari Darda’u Iliyasu, Saifullahi Sani Ibrahim, Ibrahim Musa","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4805","url":null,"abstract":"While the impact of monetary policy on the exchange rate has been explored in the literature, the volatility of the exchange rate remains an important issue of concern. This study examines the impact of monetary policy on exchange rate volatility in Nigeria. The study uses annual time series data covering 1987 until 2023 which was analysed using Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH), bootstrap bound test for cointegration and Granger causality test within the vector error correction model. The empirical finding of the ARCH reveals the presence of conditional volatility of the exchange rate. Moreover, findings from the bootstrap bound test establish a long-run relation among the variables. The study further found that the volatility of the exchange rate is accounted for by the changes in money supply and previous fluctuation of the exchange rate. The causality test indicates the existence of causality from exchange rate volatility to money supply, interest rate, saving and population in both in short and long run. The study concludes that the volatility of the exchange rate is driven by the variability of money supply, interest rate and savings. Therefore, controlling the shocks emanating from previous exchange rate volatility and money supply is key to addressing the exchange rate fluctuation in Nigeria. The study recommends a policy mix of utilizing key fiscal and monetary policy tools that could enable Nigeria to achieve exchange rate stability.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140244724","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":"Floating Market-Based Slow Tourism: Harnessing Climate-Based Entrepreneurship towards Community Development in the South-Western Region of Bangladesh","authors":"Rubaiyat Shabbir, Md Faruk Shah, Bapon Chandra Kuri","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4804","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Slow tourism is a new, alternative form of tourism competing with mass tourism, as tapping its full potential can be utilised in riverine and flood-prone countries. The key purpose of this study is to find the elements of slow tourism in the southwestern part of Bangladesh, known for its serene floating market, and assess its features that are compatible with the principles of slow tourism.  \u0000Methodology: This research adopted a qualitative approach. Qualitative methods such as narrative interviews, key informant interviews and FGDs were used to collect primary data. The southern region of Bangladesh, is famous for floating market and was selected as a study site. \u0000Findings: To incorporate the floating market through the broader lens of “Slow Tourism”, synthesising the attributes of slow tourism was significant. As the attributes of the floating market supported the characteristics of slow tourism to a certain degree, the floating markets and adjacent areas were a suitable premise for developing the concept of slow tourism. \u0000Originality: Since there hasn’t been ample research on slow tourism in Bangladesh, this study can transform the perception of conventional tourism into alternative tourism. It provides tourists with spiritual tranquillity in the desired destinations of floating markets and a leeway to connect with local people, history and cultural products rendering a mutual reciprocity for future research.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140254431","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":"The Impact of Finance, Infrastructure and Training on the Performance of SMEs in Pakistan","authors":"Ferdos Jamal, Zhijun Yan, Usmanullah Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Salman Ahmad, Farhad Sultan, Ibad Ullah","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4803","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of infrastructure, finance and training on the performance of Pakistani SMEs, using micro level data. \u0000Study Design: Quantitative descriptive \u0000Place and Duration of Study: World Bank Enterprise survey of 1247 Pakistani manufacturing SMEs is used. \u0000Methodology: To test the hypothesis of this study, descriptive and regression analysis is used to regress firm performance variable on finance, infrastructure and training. \u0000Results: The principle finding of this paper shows that finance is highly significant and positive relationship with SMEs performance. In comparison, infrastructure and training did not significant impact on performance of SMEs. \u0000Conclusion: Through infrastructure, finance and training, SMEs can achieve better performance.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140254202","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":"Does Financial Development and Improved Institutions Really Advance Formal Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries?","authors":"Luc Nembot Ndeffo, Daave Franklin Mvogo II Ossede, Gautier Tchoffo Tameko","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i4802","url":null,"abstract":"To effectively combat poverty worldwide, many development policies place particular emphasis on entrepreneurship, thanks to its ability to drive economic growth. However, there is the challenge of reducing the informal sector and promoting the formal sector. Many initiatives have therefore, been undertaken to promote formal entrepreneurship in developing countries, but little is known about the role of institutions and financial development. The aim of this article is to analyze the effects of financial development and institutions on formal entrepreneurship in developing countries. To achieve this, the system GMM method was applied to a sample of 94 developing countries between 2006 and 2018. It yielded the following results: financial development has a positive effect on formal entrepreneurship; institutions have mixed effects on formal entrepreneurship; institutions encourage financial development to foster formal entrepreneurship; and, other macroeconomic magnitudess have mixed effects. The study recommends that the leaders of these countries develop their financial systems, fight corruption more effectively, reduce regulatory constraints on business start-ups and encourage the achievement of economic policy objectives, in order to expand the size of the formal sector.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140256016","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":"Analysis of the Influence of Public Transport Fleet on Regional Development through Community Accessibility and Road Connectivity in the City of Lhokseumawe","authors":"Tira Ayudya Halisya, Agus Purwoko, Satia Negara Lubis","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2776","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, a new concept in the transportation system has developed, namely a sustainable transportation system. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of the public transportation network system on community connectivity in Lhokseumawe City. The analytical method used in this research is a descriptive quantitative method using primary and secondary data. Quantitative descriptive is a type of research that is used to analyze data by describing or describing the data that has been collected as it is. This research uses multiple linear regression analysis tools. The results showed that the number of fleets, passenger capacity, routes had a positive and significant effect on the accessibility of the people in Lhokseumawe City. The number of fleets, passenger capacity and public transport routes have a positive and significant effect on community connectivity. The results of research on community accessibility and road transportation connectivity have a positive and significant effect on the development of the Lhokseumawe City area.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139599253","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":"Employee Acceptance of Human Resource Management Information System: Integrated UTAUT and TTF Model in a Selected Public Firm in Sri Lanka","authors":"V. Sachitra, Tharini Wimalasena","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2775","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: In the modern digital world, many companies are moving towards technology-based applications to perform human resource administration work. Employees nowadays are capable of accessing a web-based Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) to obtain critical data from recognized techniques such as System Applications and Products (SAP), PeopleSoft, Bann and Lawson. This study aims to investigating the factors affecting the adopting intention of HRMIS in a selected public firm in Sri Lanka. \u0000Design: Acknowledging the vital concepts on accepting or resisting technology, six components (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, task characteristics, and technology characteristics) from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and the Task Technology Fit (TTF) model were contextualized to investigate the drivers influencing HRMIS adoption intentions in a selected public firm in Sri Lanka. Target population was identified as the Executives, Supervisors/Technical Officers, Clerical and Allied employees of the chosen public company in Sri Lanka. A structured online questionnaire, including 30 items, was used to collect data. \u0000Findings: Multiple regression analysis results revealed that the factors of Performance Expectation, Task Characteristics, and Technology Characteristics have a positive influence on users’ adoption intention to HRMIS. Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Facilitating Conditions had negative influence. \u0000Implications: The outcomes highlight the necessity of combining TTF components with technology acceptance theories when evaluating the factors influencing acceptance of HRMIS or other information systems. The study's findings will aid management in making the required organizational changes to encourage employees to use the HRMIS application.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139601993","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":"Unpublished Sasanian Coins Preserved in the Bangladesh National Museum: Unveiling with Identification and Exploring the Cause-Period of Their Arrival in Bengal","authors":"Md. Abdul Muhit, Md. Golam Kawsar, Muhammad Manirul Hoque","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2774","url":null,"abstract":"The Sasanians were the last pre-Islamic Persian dynasty that ruled present-day Iran and its neighbouring extensive territories, succeeding the Parthians from 224 A.D to 651 A.D. It was the second-longest reigning Persian imperial dynasty, enduring over four centuries until the Muslims defeated the last Sasanian Emperor, Yazdegerd III. Six unpublished coins of this dynasty stored among the rich collections of nearly fifty-eight thousand manifold coins of the Bangladesh National Museum are matter of surprise and curiosity because Bengal was neither a part of their Empire nor ever ruled by them. These coins were discovered in Bengal in the early twentieth century. They have been identified recently, although they were unidentified for a long time following collection. Typically, coin from one region found in another conveys a trading identity. The early Arabs used Sasanian coins along with other coins as currency before introducing their purely Arabic coins in 696 A.D. They were traditionally traders and had commercial contacts with South and Southeast Asia since the seventh century. They might have used these unpublished coins in the seventh century as a means of exchange in Bengal because the region was well-heeled in ancient times and drew traders from all over the world. This article has unveiled these hitherto unpublished coins with their identification and conducted a comprehensive numismatic endeavour virtually to give insight into the inferential cause as well as the timeframe of their arrival in Bengal.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139612509","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":"Rural Development Policy, Agricultural Producer Services and Wage Disparities in the Context of Developing Economies","authors":"Yuan Run, Yangshunzi Sun, Dianshuang Wang","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2773","url":null,"abstract":"In developing countries, due to the predominance of marginal and small farmers leads to agriculture practices on small and fragmented plots of land where access and usage to modern farm equipment and implements is hampered. Agricultural producer service sector that acts as an intermediate sector facilitates this process. We build three-sector general equilibrium models to delineate this process: parts of manufacturing goods are utilized by the service sector, the outputs of which are intermediate inputs that could substitute labor in agriculture. We explore the impact of labour market distortion mitigation and input subsidies on rural development policies on pay disparity using this framework. Growing subsidies result in widening wage inequality. Reduction of labor market distortion will raise wage rate of skilled labor, and its impact on wage rate of unskilled labor is ambiguous, depending on elasticity between skilled and unskilled labor. In order for the agricultural development policy to fall short of its broad objectives and may impact on agricultural output.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139612784","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":"The Role of Spiritual Leadership in Employee Loyalty in the General Company for Communications and Informatics in Iraq","authors":"Ibrahim Ahmed Abd, Ali Muften Siwan, Alaa Jumaa Karim","doi":"10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2024/v21i2771","url":null,"abstract":"The research aims to clarify the role that spiritual leadership exercises in the loyalty of workers in the General Company for Communications and Informatics in Iraq. The research was conducted on a deliberate sample of the company’s employees, numbering (100) respondents, based on a main hypothesis that states (strengthening spiritual leadership and loyalty of workers in the General Company for Communications and Informatics In Iraq) the research followed the descriptive analytical approach, basing its data analysis on the structural modeling equation (SEM). The research was able to prove its main hypothesis based on the results that showed a significant impact of spiritual leadership on the loyalty of employees in the General Company for Communications and Informatics in Iraq. The research recommended the need to establish Dimensions of spiritual leadership represented by (vision, belonging, faith, and altruism) among employees of the General Company for Communications and Informatics in Iraq.","PeriodicalId":509507,"journal":{"name":"South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139526881","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}