INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATION ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL ENTERPRISES IN BOSSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, MINNA, NIGER STATE. (Case Study of Selected Poultry Businesses)

Nmadu, Nuhu Kolo & Ndace Silas

Bus. Administration and Mgt.

Entrepreneurship Education.

E-mail:silwanciko@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This research work is aimed at studying the influence of Entrepreneurship Orientation on the Performance of Small Enterprises in Bosso Local Government Area, Minna, Niger State, with particular reference to selected poultry businesses. 91% of the questionnaire respondents returned their questionnaire which was used for analysis alongside the empirical view of the study. The study addresses the conceptual view of parenting and mentorship as mediums of Entrepreneurship Orientation which consequently have the tendency of influencing performance of Small Enterprises. The extent of such Influence on Performance of Small Enterprises through profitability and Turnover shown in this research is at a less significant level, due to other factors that influences profitability and turnover like; price, market share, competitors etc. Never the less, the Influence of Entrepreneurship orientation cannot be over emphasized especially at the present stage of the Nigerian economy as a developing nation. Orientation and re-orientation must continue both at the family level, mentoring, academic environment, community etc. This must not end at the theoretical state, but must be treated in practical terms, so that full impartation can be acquired by the beneficiaries of the Entrepreneurship Orientation. By doing this, there will be increase in Small Enterprises resulting to increase employment opportunities, Economic activities, healthy competition and contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the grass route level to the entire nation.

CASUAL STAFF COMMITMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE COMPANY IN NIGERIA

Raji, Oladeinde Akeem¹ & Adegboye, Emmanuel Olatunji²

¹Department of Insurance, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State.

²Department of Banking & Finance, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State.

Email: Akeemraji02@yahoo.com; Adejuwonolatunji95@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Casual staffs are sometimes uncommitted to their jobs due to some factors and benefits accrued to permanent workers but not to casual staffs. However, it is very disastrous to company performance when employees are not committed to their jobs. It is in lieu of this that the researchers attempted to examine the impact of casual staff commitment on the performance of insurance company’s in Abeokuta Metropolis, as the economic hub of Ogun state.. Explanatory research design was employed as the cross sectional survey research design in generating the required primary data. A well-structured questionnaire was developed and administered among sampled casual staff of five selected insurance companies in the metropolitan city. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select the respondents of the study and study data was analysed with STATA software application. Prior to Ordinary Least Square (OLS) analysis, Factor Analysis (FA) was conducted. The findings indicate that loyalty, pride of belonging and high morale as staff commitment indicators have positive impact on performance of insurance, while value of congruence has negative impact on performance of insurance company. Meanwhile, findings reveal further that all the predictors except value congruence were statistically significant at 5% level of significance. The study concludes that despite the informal employment status of casual staff of insurance companies in Abeokuta metropolis, their commitments have significant implications for performance of insurance companies in the city. The study, therefore, recommends that insurance sector should exhibit high level of commitment to its casual staff in term of high morale like encouragement, motivation among others.

Keyword: Casual, Loyalty, Value Congruence, High Morale, Pride of Belongings, Performance, Commitment, Insurance Company.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND THE FIRM PERFORMANCE

Bagudu, Ahmad Ibrahim & Bappa, Isa Magaji

Office Technology and Management (OTM) Department

Federal Polytechnic Bali, Bali, Taraba State.

Email: zibagudu@yahoo.com, bappamagaji@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Corporate governance has been bounded by controversy due to the recent unfortunate events of unethical and irresponsible behavior by the managers as related to fraud and economic crises of international corporations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the theoretical and empirical literature on board leadership structure and the firm performance. The review willidentify the context in which corporate governance occurs as potential to international trends that focus on extensive body of knowledge on how CEO/Chair duality would influence the firm performance, and to figure out whether CEO/Chair duality has any certain impact on firm performance with reference to agency and stewardship theory, as there are mixed results produced by researchers. Finally, is of paramount important, if further theoretical studies are carried out to improve national and international standards concerning corporate governance with the aim of balancing the interests of organizations and their stakeholders.

Keywords: Corporate governance, Board leadership structure, Firm performance