May 2019

Board gender diversity, non-executive director’s composition and corporate performance: evidence from listed firms in Nigeria

This paper examined the nexus between board gender diversity, non-executive director’s composition and corporate performance (return on asset) of listed firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Ex-post facto research design was employed and agency theory formed the basis of theoretical framework of the study. Data of board gender diversity, non-executive director’s composition and return on asset were obtained...

Author(s): Imade, Osazee Graham  

May 2019

Determinants of financial performance in private banks: A case in Ethiopia

The objective of this study is to empirically assess the effect of bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants of Ethiopian private commercial banks financial performance using three measures namely, return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and economic value added (EVA) for the period 2006 to 2015 by using multiple regression on a sample of seven private commercial banks. The results indicated that performance...

Author(s): Tewodros Biset Amene and Gedion Abayneh Alemu

May 2019

The influence of internal marketing and job satisfaction on quality service delivery in a public health sector: A case study of a local government organization in Uganda

The major objective of this study is to examine the combined influence of internal marketing and job satisfaction on quality health service delivery in Greater Iganga Local Government. A case study research strategy is used in which data are collected using self-administered questionnaire administered to 635 respondents. A sample of 127 health centres was drawn from a population of 205 health facilities from the...

Author(s): Gordon Otieno Ong’unya, John Baptist Kowa, Aziz Wakibi  and Kassim Ssenyange