Journal of Business and Economic Development

Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020

  • Ethical Leadership Connects Voice Behavior: The Mediating Role of Harmony

    Manh-Cuong Vu, Quang-Thang Tran, Thi-Trang-Nhung Nguyen

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 56-63
    Received: 24 February 2020
    Accepted: 12 March 2020
    Published: 24 March 2020
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    Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a study which examined the relationship between ethical leadership, organizational harmony, and two dimensions of employee voice behavior including employee promotive voice behavior and employee prohibitive voice behavior in the Vietnamese workplace. Further, the study determined the influence of ethical leadersh... Show More
  • Service Differentiation and Organization Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Deposit Taking Saccos in Nairobi City County, Kenya

    Josephine Waithira Mbugua, Godfey Muigai Kinyua

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 64-72
    Received: 25 February 2020
    Accepted: 13 March 2020
    Published: 10 April 2020
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    Abstract: The Sacco sub sector occupies a strategic position in the socio-economic development of the country. Cost of doing business and reduced saving power of the Saccos customers have reduced the revenue and access to cheap deposits that they use to give as loans to their members making them re-think their competitive strategy in order to remain competit... Show More
  • Corporate Reputation and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Motor Vehicle Assemblers in Nairobi City County, Kenya

    Dennis Mungai Muthoni, Godfrey Muigai Kinyua

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 73-81
    Received: 26 October 2019
    Accepted: 11 March 2020
    Published: 10 April 2020
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    Abstract: The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately sixteen percent of Gross Domestic Product and fourteen percent of employment globally, but its relative size in an economy varies with the stage of development. In Kenya, a strong manufacturing base is considered the foundation upon which long-lasting economic frameworks can be made. The automotiv... Show More
  • Solutions to Promote Commercialization of Research Results in Vietnamese Universities

    Nguyen Huu Xuyen, Tran Lan Huong, Nguyen Thi Lan Huong

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 82-89
    Received: 16 March 2020
    Accepted: 16 April 2020
    Published: 29 April 2020
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    Abstract: Commercialization of research results plays an important role in the socio-economic development of a country based on science, technology and innovation. In Vietnam, promoting the commercialization of research results is concerned by the Party and the State, institutionalized under the Resolution, Law, Decree and guiding Circulars. However, in rece... Show More
  • Ethical Leadership Supports Voice Behavior: Evidence from Vietnamese Service Firms

    Thi-Minh-Ngoc Luu, Viet-Dung Pham, Thi-Trang-Nhung Nguyen

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 90-98
    Received: 28 March 2020
    Accepted: 29 April 2020
    Published: 15 May 2020
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    Abstract: The research of ethical leadership has emerged as an important topic in relation to understanding the effects of leadership within an organization. Besides, in the last decades, there are numerous studies have been done that investigate some extra role behaviors, their antecedents, and consquences. Though voice behavior is not required in one’s job... Show More
  • Effect of Food Security Project on Women Farmers’ Income and Employment in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State, Nigeria: A Study of NEFSLESP

    Dahiru Ibrahim Meri, Funmilola Fausat Ahmed, Shehu Usman Adam

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 99-107
    Received: 6 February 2020
    Accepted: 20 April 2020
    Published: 28 May 2020
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    Abstract: This study examines the effect of North East Food Security and Livelihood Emergency Support Project (NEFSLESP) on Women Farmers’ Income and Employment in Fika LGA of Yobe State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examines the effect of the project (NEFSLESP) on women farmers’ income and employment status and effect of farm inputs on women farmers’ ou... Show More
  • Research on Connotation, Mechanism and Realization Way of “Going-global” Inland Open Economy and the “Bringing in” Inland Resource Economy in Sichuan Province

    Zeng Liyun, Mao Yunyi

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 108-112
    Received: 24 April 2020
    Accepted: 4 June 2020
    Published: 15 June 2020
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    Abstract: Under the macro background of the continuous deterioration of the international trade environment, the policy of “One Belt and One Road” is deeply constructed, and new industrialization and urbanization are highly integrated [1]. According to the single model of eastward opening-up, the purpose is to eliminate some unfavorable effects, including th... Show More