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Factors affecting employee retention in nonprofit organizations
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2011-02)This study identifies factors that affect employee retention in nonprofit organizations. It also provides suggestions for improving retention conditions to nonprofit managers and administrators. Using structural equation ... -
Factors affecting employee innovative behavior in for-profit health care organizations
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-03)This study identifies factors that predict employee innovative behavior in forprofit health care organizations in a developing country (Philippines). It also provides suggestions for enhancing innovative behavior for-profit ... -
Organizational crisis : a model of emergence
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-10)Most scholars in the crisis management field are either classifying the types of crisis or identifying the stages whereby crisis is manifested. Though these studies increase our understanding of the phenomena and how to ... -
Market capitalization performance of the Philippine listed banks : a predictive welfare model
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2013-12)Humans are living in the age of uncertainty and disruptive global economy where investments, returns, and rewards are uncertain. The evidence of financial crises, corporate scandals, and moral dilutions have jeopardized ... -
Factors affecting human resource information system performance in business organizations as perceived by employees
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2014-09)A review of related literature has revealed that there are still unanswered questions concerning Human Resource Information System (HIRS) and its performance factors. Prior research finding have revealed that HRIS performance ... -
Perceptions of antecedents of unethical behavior among leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist church : a grounded theory approach
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2014-12)Even though business ethics discipline has studied the antecedents of unethical behavior for more than 30 years, current understanding of unethical behavior in Christian organizations is unclear and more research is necessary ... -
Factors influencing employee voice behavior : a predictive model
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2015-10)Organizations need employees’ participation through voice behavior in terms of sharing information, opinions, and generating valuable ideas in their workplaces. This constructive voice behavior increases organizational ... -
Consequences of ethical climates configurations
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-05)The relationship between ethical climate and negative work outcomes such as employee turnover remains largely understudied and mostly unexplained. Furthermore, the question on whether ethical climate configurations can ... -
Antecedents of organizational social capital
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-05)Social capital is conceptualized as an intangible organizational resource embedded in informal relationships at the work place. It is considered to be one of the key drivers of the 21st-century innovation-driven economy, ... -
Influence of investor behaviour on investment performance
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-07)Investors in the financial markets are expected to act rationally in their investment decisions as postulated by the efficient market hypothesis. This expectation of rational investor behaviour, however, does not always ... -
Determinants of employee presenteeism in the workplace
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-09)Employee presenteeism is the practice of going to work despite illness, injury, and anxiety (from work related pressure, or feeling emotionally low), among others. This often results in reduced productivity. Unlike ... -
Factors influencing audit committee independence
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-10)While the consequences of audit committee independence may be widely known in accounting literature, its antecedents are not yet clearly understood, especially in the African context. This has led to poorly implemented ... -
Effects of environmental turbulence, strategic leadership, strategy implementation, and formal strategic planning on organizational performance
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-11)Although planning remains a core function in the management process, the planning-performance relationship found in literature is both diverse and inconsistent. To address these inconsistencies, scholars have suggested ... -
A Social marketing model for Seventh-day Adventist health-lifestyle change
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2019-03)Social marketing is being increasingly associated with successful behavior change initiatives. Several studies show that social marketing initiatives are effective in eliciting voluntary behavior change for preventable ... -
Path analysis of exchange rate movement
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020-01)Governments and businesses are increasingly aware of the effects that exchange rate movements can have on the economic state of the country and the profitability of businesses. A need to better predict exchange rate ... -
A Framework of entrepreneurial competencies: a case study of Cameroon
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020-10)Entrepreneurship impacts the economy of a country significantly by generating SMEs (small and medium enterprises). Since SMEs are the backbone of economic development and growth, governments worldwide, including Cameroon, ... -
Predictors of broad money supply : an evidence of Zimbabwe's volatile liquidity
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020-12)Zimbabwe’s currency once had a value stronger than the United Sates Dollar (USD) and was rated one of the strongest currencies in the world. However, rampant inflation and economic collapse led to the devaluation of the ... -
The Role of corporate governance in constraining earnings management among Philippine publicly-listed companies
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2021-11)The accounting phenomenon, earnings management, has been a major concern in the capital market because of its potentially massive damage to the shareholders’ wealth and the economy. Some analysts attributed this problem ... -
Factors driving personal accountability in non-government organizations : an exploratory factor analysis
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2023-07)The factors driving personal accountability in the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector remain largely understudied, scanty, and unexplained. Furthermore, the questions on what are the variables of personal accountability ...