Blend Ibrahim, Ahmad Aljarah, Joe Hazzam, Hamzah Elrehail, S. A. Qalati
{"title":"Investigating the Impact of Social Media Marketing on Intention to Follow Advice: The Mediating Role of Active Participation and Benevolence Trust","authors":"Blend Ibrahim, Ahmad Aljarah, Joe Hazzam, Hamzah Elrehail, S. A. Qalati","doi":"10.1177/23197145221147991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221147991","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of social media marketing (SMM) extends beyond general marketing. SMM has significantly impacted the creation and development of marketing concepts. Drawing on the stimulus (S)–organism (O)–response (R) model, this research aimed to explore benevolence trust, active participation and intention to follow advice (IFA) as three consequences of SMM activities (SMMAs). It also aimed to investigate benevolence trust and active participation as a mediator between SMMAs and IFA with regard to a restaurant brand advertised on Facebook. This study used structural equation modelling and obtained data from 364 followers of a restaurant’s Facebook page. The study results showed that SMMAs significantly influenced benevolence trust, active participation and IFA. Furthermore, benevolence trust and active participation significantly influenced IFA. The findings also indicated that benevolence trust mediates the relationship between SMMAs and customer IFA. In addition, active participation with restaurant brands on Facebook acts as a mediator between SMMAs and IFA.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41774668","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":"Reducing Cost of Capital. Do Voluntary Disclosure and Accounting Conservatism Contribute?","authors":"Muiz Abu Alia, Alaa Khaled AbuSarees","doi":"10.1177/23197145221145753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221145753","url":null,"abstract":"Theoretically, accounting conservatism and voluntary disclosure may be used as means to reduce cost of equity. Supportive evidence has been provided by the majority of studies, especially in developed countries. We address this issue by focusing on an underdeveloped country with political instability. The impact of accounting conservatism and voluntary disclosure on cost of capital is estimated using the data belongs to all companies listed on the Palestine Exchange during the period from 2015 to 2019. The results confirm the negative influence of voluntary disclosure and accounting conservatism on cost of capital.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46564891","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":"Internal Branding: Connecting Links to Establish Employees’ Brand Behaviour in Hospitality Sector","authors":"Chanda Gulati, Garima Mathur, Yog Upadhyay","doi":"10.1177/23197145221143831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221143831","url":null,"abstract":"Brand creation is accepted as a competitive strategy providing the organization with an edge to win over others. The service brand mainly relies on the employees of the organization for sharing the brand’s reality with the customers. Assuming this interaction between the internal and external branding help in building a successful brand, this study explores the effect of internal branding practices. The article aims to establish the relationship among communication & training, congruence, leadership, brand internalization, brand attitudes and behaviours. A sample of 200 hotel employees was collected using questionnaire technique from Central India. Further using Smart PLS3, the hypotheses have been tested. The study revealed a significant effect of communication & training, congruence and leadership on brand loyalty through brand internalization. The findings also indicated the effect of brand loyalty on brand citizenship behaviour, wherein brand citizenship behaviour improves employees’ intention to stay. Thus, the organization should revaluate the internal branding practices to cultivate better work environment for engendering brand building outcomes and inculcating brand aligned attitudes and behaviours among the employees.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41531932","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":"Assessing Factors Influencing Female Entrepreneurship Intentions and Behaviour","authors":"Jawaher A. Alomar","doi":"10.1177/23197145221146348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221146348","url":null,"abstract":"There has been an increasing level of interest in female entrepreneurship across the world in recent times. Female entrepreneurship represents a significant aspect of economic growth, particularly in developing countries, leading to job opportunities, socio-economic growth, prospects of innovation, poverty reduction, etc. Nevertheless, despite the growing awareness of its prominence, the research in this area has received limited attention in the entrepreneurship literature. While traditional cultural norms have been inclined to hinder Saudi women’s engagement in entrepreneurship, this country has seen several successful female entrepreneurs. However, although the Saudi government is creating more programmes to encourage women to become entrepreneurs, only a few have taken advantage of this initiative. Moreover, only a limited number of research studies have analysed the impact of the key factors influencing female entrepreneurs’ intention to start their own ventures. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify the constructs that affect Saudi female students’ intentions to start a new business after professional degree programmes. The paper proposes an integrated model of the theory of planned behaviour and an entrepreneurship event model, validated with data collected from one of the larger Saudi public universities.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48554796","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 Workplace Incivility Undermine the Potential of Job Resources? The Role of Psychological Capital","authors":"R. P. Kumar, Ramesh Chandrahasa, R. Shashidhar","doi":"10.1177/23197145221137963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221137963","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the relationship between psychological capital, workplace incivility, job resources, and work engagement. The moderating effect of workplace incivility and psychological capital on job resources and work engagement is investigated using multiple regression. The study’s findings are based on the survey conducted on 400 respondents from essential services. The association between job resources and work engagement is considerably moderated by workplace incivility. Psychological capital has insignificant interaction effects with job resources and workplace incivility on work engagement. This study offers various avenues for further research and alerts essential services workplace in several ways.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42980490","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":"Startup Financing: Some Evidence from the Indian Venture Capital Industry","authors":"R. Majumdar, Ankur Mittal","doi":"10.1177/23197145221142109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221142109","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyses the venture capitalists’ evaluation of startups in the Indian context by using primary data obtained from a survey study of representatives drawn from the industry. A distinguishing feature of the study is the categorization of venture capitalists on the basis of their stage of financing for analyzing the nature of diversification prevalent in the industry, the rank order of risks as perceived by the different categories of venture capitalists, and their expected risk premium. The findings of the study suggest the existence of two broad categories of venture capitalists; those involved in early-stage financing and those who invested across the life stages of startups. Furthermore, results indicate that each of these two categories of venture firms attaches varying importance to the broad considerations that are known to impact a startup’s value, they are differently diversified, their rank order of perceived risks is different and so is the expected risk premium.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44446953","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":"Volatility Spillover Effects between Indian Stock Market and Global Stock Markets: A DCC-GARCH Model","authors":"Nikhil Yadav, Anurag Bhadur Singh, P. Tandon","doi":"10.1177/23197145221141186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221141186","url":null,"abstract":"The present article empirically estimates the volatility spillover transmission in Indian equity market represented by Sensex from world economies composite index (Euro Stoxx 50) using the dynamic conditional correlation generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (DCC-GARCH) model. The study uses secondary data spanning between 1 April 2012 and March 2022 on weekly basis. The DCC-GARCH model is applied to examine the spillover from developed stock markets to Indian stock market (Sensex). The findings of the study revealed that in short run there is a spillover effect from global markets to Indian stock markets. Investors can invest in the Indian stock market for the long period of time as there is no volatility spillover or volatility transmission from Euro and Nasdaq however in short run the investment in the Indian stock market is not safe due to the presence of volatility effect from all developed stock markets.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46365920","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}
Hani El-Chaarani, Yahya Skaf, Fabiana Roberto, A. Hamdan, Ruaa Binsaddig
{"title":"Assessing the Direct and Moderating Effect of COVID-19 on the Performance of the Banking Sector in the MENA Region","authors":"Hani El-Chaarani, Yahya Skaf, Fabiana Roberto, A. Hamdan, Ruaa Binsaddig","doi":"10.1177/23197145221137962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221137962","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial performance, credit risk and capital adequacy of the banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the determinants of the banks’ financial performance before and during the pandemic investigated. The data were collected from the Orbis Bank Focus database and banks’ annual financial reports, with descriptive statistics, t-tests and multiple regressions employed to analyse the data. The results revealed that the pandemic negatively and significantly affected the financial performance of the banks, increasing the credit risk, but that it had no significant impact on capital adequacy. Furthermore, the findings indicated that the managerial efficiency, the bank’s size and the gross domestic product had a significant positive impact on the bank’s financial performance in both periods, while in contrast, the credit risk had a negative and significant impact on the banks’ financial performance. Finally, the liquidity risk, capital adequacy, inflation and oil prices had no significant impact on the banks’ financial performance. The findings of this study are important for the banks in the MENA countries given the uncertain future with the recurrent emergence of global crises. Overall, it is recommended that the banks implement strategies to control the credit risks and thus maintain their profitability during such crises.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47766904","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}
Isaac Nyarko Adu, Evelyn Twumasi, K. Boakye, Michael Kyei-Frimpong
{"title":"Does Organizational Support Moderate the Influence of Family–Work Conflict on Career Progression?","authors":"Isaac Nyarko Adu, Evelyn Twumasi, K. Boakye, Michael Kyei-Frimpong","doi":"10.1177/23197145221125294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221125294","url":null,"abstract":"One of the major challenges faced by female employees is the difficulty in juggling between family and work roles. This affects their career progression in the organization. Therefore, this study aims at examining the buffering role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between family–work conflict and career progression. The study utilizes the quantitative research paradigm and employed the survey research design. Responses from two hundred and twenty (220) female officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority–Customs Division were analysed using Smart PLS – 3.0 and Haye’s (2017) PROCESS macro. The result of the study revealed that family–work conflict is negatively related with career progression (career goal progression, professional ability development, and promotion speed). Perceived organizational support moderated the association between family–work conflict and both professional ability development and promotion speed. However, it did not moderate the relationship between family–work conflict and career goal progression. These findings imply that for female officers to progress in the midst of family–work conflict, organizations must institute support systems and policies to reduce its impact on career progression.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"208 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48061961","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":"New Higher Education Policy and Strategic Plan: Commensurate India’s Higher Education in Global Perspective","authors":"K. Sharma, Vikas Arya, H. P. Mathur","doi":"10.1177/23197145221125351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145221125351","url":null,"abstract":"A national education policy (NEP) is a comprehensive framework to guide education development in any country. In light of this, the present contribution is structured on an analysis of recent changes in the education policy of an emerging economy. The study is an original contribution to the qualitative study literature, applying the system model of inquiry and Twitter mining methodology using NVIVO 12 software. The sketch of the article begins by analysing the limitations and gaps of the extant education policy in an emerging country, and its implications through the SAP-LAP framework, and then analysing the reaction of various stakeholders on Twitter. The sentiment index (SI) scored +3.59, denoting a broad approval of the policy amongst the people. Further, the gap analysis develops the pathway to learning issues that guide the recommendations. The article concludes by offering a capacity development framework for better implementation and monitoring of new education policies for lower-middle income countries.","PeriodicalId":53215,"journal":{"name":"FIIB Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43292962","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}