A salient factor in this problem is that motivation varies among the individual employees. Thus i... more A salient factor in this problem is that motivation varies among the individual employees. Thus it is not easy to establish fixed motivational standards and expect full compliances by all employees. Although motivation may include rewards and punishment, Clemmer (1996) feels that it includes ideas, expectations and experiences. Most authors are silent about the effect of gender on employee motivation. However females have achieved a lot in positioning themselves at the top of the various professions in the general allegation of discrimination from their male counterparts who dominate corporate terrains. However, the female by virtue of nature are not fully suited to do certain jobs for either safety reasons or for social reason. Thus females are either excluded from such jobs or allowed to perform only complimentary role, while men play the more prominent roles. In the banking sector, most of the jobs can be performed by both sexes and appraising motivation among either sex will not...
The business sector is globally characterized as turbulent with huge and constant movement in and... more The business sector is globally characterized as turbulent with huge and constant movement in and out. This is so because the business environment is changing, dynamic, turbulent, discontinuous and highly competitive. In the process, many small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) deploy diverse practices to gain competitive advantages for their survival. The study thus examines the survival strategies and growth of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging economy using selected SMEs in Abuja as a study. The empirical analysis was conducted using Ordinary least square (OLS) regression method; while t-test statistic was used to test each of the hypotheses. Findings from the study revealed that product line diversification had no significant effect on business expansion of SMEs. In addition, product branding has had no significant impact on the sales turnover of SMEs for the past few years. However, ideas/innovation was discovered to have a significant impact on the pro...
A salient factor in this problem is that motivation varies among the individual employees. Thus i... more A salient factor in this problem is that motivation varies among the individual employees. Thus it is not easy to establish fixed motivational standards and expect full compliances by all employees. Although motivation may include rewards and punishment, Clemmer (1996) feels that it includes ideas, expectations and experiences. Most authors are silent about the effect of gender on employee motivation. However females have achieved a lot in positioning themselves at the top of the various professions in the general allegation of discrimination from their male counterparts who dominate corporate terrains. However, the female by virtue of nature are not fully suited to do certain jobs for either safety reasons or for social reason. Thus females are either excluded from such jobs or allowed to perform only complimentary role, while men play the more prominent roles. In the banking sector, most of the jobs can be performed by both sexes and appraising motivation among either sex will not...
The business sector is globally characterized as turbulent with huge and constant movement in and... more The business sector is globally characterized as turbulent with huge and constant movement in and out. This is so because the business environment is changing, dynamic, turbulent, discontinuous and highly competitive. In the process, many small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) deploy diverse practices to gain competitive advantages for their survival. The study thus examines the survival strategies and growth of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging economy using selected SMEs in Abuja as a study. The empirical analysis was conducted using Ordinary least square (OLS) regression method; while t-test statistic was used to test each of the hypotheses. Findings from the study revealed that product line diversification had no significant effect on business expansion of SMEs. In addition, product branding has had no significant impact on the sales turnover of SMEs for the past few years. However, ideas/innovation was discovered to have a significant impact on the pro...
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