Educational Backgrounds and Youth Criminality in Nigeria

Mismanagement and recurring strikes in the Nigerian educational sector have institutionalized a legacy of intellectual poverty and criminality among youth. Unchecked persistent strikes have led to progressive deterioration in infrastructure and academic quality, leading to criminal activities among the youth. This study utilizes the concept of alternative educational backgrounds to interpret the density of crimes among youth in Nigeria. The research draws empirical evidence from Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and supports it with a field survey. The collated data were subjected to both descriptive and regression analyses. The statistical results show that neglect of education is significantly correlated with criminal and mendicant (area-boyism) behavior among youth. This paper recommends that for the nation’s education to have an impact in reducing crime there is a need to inject vibrancy into the educational system in order to encourage and enhance educational quality/quantity

POSITIONING NIGERIAN SERVICE SECTOR TOWARDS VISION 2020: STYLIZED FACTS FROM BANKING SUB-SECTOR

The paper investigates the relationships between institutional enactments and the challenges of Nigerian commercial banks survival (1980-2006) towards policy option for realizing vision 2020. The divergence between government expectations and banks’ reality coupled with macroeconomics, and competitors’ activities could create failures in the sector. Using statistical data, the authors elucidate the impact of re-engineered interventions on banks’ survival over the period. The empirical results, among others, indicate that the high level unemployment rate in Nigeria poses a threat to banks’ survival. The statistical output also shows that government interventions could lead to a counterproductive effect on commercial banks’ strength, if not properly guided. Thus, for commercial banks to be well positioned as the nation approaches the year 2020, efforts to reduce the level of unemployment and ensure that government policies in the sub-sector are consistent and well articulated, would be rewarding

External Reserve and the Nigerian Economy: The Dual Folded Debate

The external reserves‑economy relationship argument has generated debate due to unsatisfactory theoretical and empirical consensus. This paper provides an economic assessment and empirical insight to the debate in Nigeria. Towards this, the paper used secondary data from CBN statistical bulletin (1994 ‑ 2005). The outputs generated revealed that external reserves exceeding the three months benchmark equivalent was in excess: its holding cost was high. In addition, the results suggested dual fold interpretation of the analyses: 1) holding of external reserves do promote exchange rate stability, 2) positive relationship exists between external reserves and exports; however, the relationship was not significant, hence suggesting that export was not induced significantly by the nation’s external reserves. The paper suggests that domestic production efficiency is required not really external reserve accumulation to improve macroeconomic performance

Job-Characteristics Dimensions and Employee Continuance Commitment

Effort towards retaining committed of regular non-academic staff has remained a recurrent concern, indicating that, employees' commitment among university workers, could have been compromised. However, even when investigated into, more extrinsic and less intrinsic factors are applied to determine the commitment. Hence, the study approached this gap from job-characteristics dimensions to employee continuance commitment. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted and, data collected from 377 regular non-academic staff using validated and reliable copies of a questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis was applied as the inferential statistics. Results from multiple regression analysis conducted found that job-characteristics dimensions had a significant effect on employee continuance commitment [R = 0.726, F(5, 371) = 78.081, p < 0.05]. Also, task identity, task significance, and feedback had a significant positive effect on continuance commitment. On the strength of the statistical findings, it was recommended for management emphasize on task identify, significance and, feedback to enable continuance commitment of non-academic staff. Keywords: Continuance commitment, job-characteristics dimensions, DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/11-27-03 Publication date:September 30th 201

Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Revenue Performance in Nigeria (1987-2016): Terrorism-Effect

The study argued that terrorism exhibited negative effect on the interaction between   foreign direct investment (FDI) and tax revenue performance in Nigeria from 1987-2016. An econometric model was formulated and hierarchical regression analysis conducted. Jarque-Berra test indicated that the series are normally distributed meaning that the data were robust, appropriate and met goodness of fit standard. The results revealed that the interaction between FDI and Tax revenue performance (-75213.95 and probability 0.000) was negatively moderated by Terrorism with the Adjusted R2 0.9098 and F-stat 95.144. Recommendation was anchored on nationwide security improvement to increase tax returns, tax payment, and foreign investors’ confidence on investment in Nigeria

TALENT MANAGEMENT AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: THE MODERATION ROLE OF WORKPLACE CULTURE

The study aims to analyse the effect of talent management on competitive advantage through workplace culture moderation. The data was collected from 425 full-time employees from the top ten deposit money banks in Lagos State using a questionnaire as a data collection tool. This research uses a quantitative approach with a survey method. Respondents were selected from the top ten deposit money banks in Lagos State through a stratified random sampling technique. The collected data were analysed using hierarchical regression analysis (HRA) to test the hypothesis and evaluate the regression model specified. These findings show that the effect of talent management on competitive advantage was significantly moderated by workplace culture (β = -0.015, R2 ∆ = 0.003, F∆ = 13.865, p<0.05). It was concluded that workplace culture moderated the relationship between talent management and competitive advantage in the selected deposit money banks in Lagos State. A recommendation was anchored on management to create a positive workplace culture that supports talent management practises to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.  Article visualizations

EXPORT-PRENEURIAL BEHAVIOURS AND PROFITABILITY OF SELECTED NON-OIL ENTERPRISES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA.

Export-preneurialBehaviours constitute strategy options deployed to expand cross-border demand and improve profitability of enterprises due to perceived saturated domestic markets. This paper examined the effect of export-preneurialbehaviours on profitability of selected non-oil enterprises in South-Western Nigeria. Data were collected through validated questionnaire administered to two hundred and forty-five respondents after establishing the reliability test. Linear multiple regression analysis was conducted to depict profitability as a function of export-preneurialbehaviours. The results indicated that export-preneurialbehaviours significantly affected profitability along entrepreneurial orientation, distribution logistics and trust, entrepreneurial mindset, and packaging. Social network was otherwise not significant among the surveyed firms profitability. Recommendation was pillared on social capital as this enables interconnectivity, interdependency, required orientation, mindset and trust to improve relationships which invariably influence profitability

Globalization: Its Catholicism and Its Impacts on Nigerians

Whilst globalization and its impact have been heavily exploited in recent years, little has been published about its Catholicism. The impact on persons, families and Nigeria constitute the focus of this discussion. However, one cannot deny the importance of the topic, and whilst Nigerians appear to lack an answer to the enigma, the academic arena frequently provides measures to foster better strategic policies

Business Strategies and Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Flour Mill Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria

The authors argued from business strategies perspective to understand competitive advantage among homogenous producers. The population consisted of top and functional managers of flour mill companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. Cross sectional survey research design was adopted and primary data were collated and used. The research instrument was an adapted questionnaire. Its validity and reliability were statistically determined. Six hundred and twenty copies of the questionnaire were administered and 605 retrieved. Econometric equation was formulated and multiple regression analysis was employed for data analysis. Business strategies were found to have significantly affected competitive advantage. The study recommended product differentiation and portfolio diversification in order to achieve competitive advantage