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Item Corporate governance in banks: impact of board attributes on banks performance(African J. Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2020) Nyuur, R.B.; Ofori, D.F.; Dedzo, B.Q.The study examines the impact of the board of directors’ composition on firm performance in the Ghanaian banking industry. Using the GMM, fixed and random effect econometric models, the presence of independent non-executive directors (INEDs) on boards are found to significantly and positively contribute to higher bank performance in terms of return on assets. Board size is also found to have significantly influenced banks' performance positively concerning both return on assets and return on equity, but negatively affects the net profit margins of banks. The study further establishes that board members political attachment has a profound adverse influence on firm performance particularly on net interest margin. These findings provide further insights into the impact of board attributes on firm performance in the banking industry, especially in a developing and under-researched context. Research and practical implications are discussed.Item How Does Leader’s Support for Environment Promote Organizational Citizenship Behaviour for Environment? A Multi-Theory Perspective(Sustainability, 2018) Priyankara, H.P.R.; Nubuor, S.A.; Luo, F.; et al.Organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment of employees is indispensable in realizing the environmental sustainability goals of organizations. However, in the growing literature on employee green behaviour at work, scant attention has been paid to the impact of a leader’s specific support for the environment, and the mechanisms through which it impacts organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment. Drawing upon social exchange theory, self-determination theory and theory of normative conduct, we tested the impact of a leader’s support for the environment, autonomous motivation for the environment and perceived group’s green climate on organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment in an integrated model. The sample included 313 executive-level employees of green-implemented textile and apparel manufacturing factories in Sri Lanka. The results of structural equation modelling showed a direct positive impact of a leader’s support for the environment on organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment. Further, autonomous motivation for the environment and the perceived group’s green climate were found to be partial mediators between the leader’s support for the environment and organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment. We discussed the theoretical implications for sustainability literature and the managerial implications for organizational practitioners in promoting organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment.Item Dimensions of expatriates adjustment in distant subsidiaries: A field study of a sub-Saharan African institutional distance(Thunderbird International Business Review, 2020) Abugre, J.B.; Williams, K.; Debrah, Y.A.This study aims to investigate the determinants of expatriates’ adjustments in distant and complex multinational subsidiaries. Using the institutional theory as a basis for expatriates’ assignments in complex subsidiaries, the work employed a sequential mixed methodology of data collection. An in-depth face-to-face interview with 21 senior expatriate executives and a quantitative survey of 204 expatriates working in various multinational subsidiaries in Ghana served as data for the work. Consequently, structural equation modeling (SEM) and content analysis were the basis of the data analysis. Findings showed host country culture plays a significant role in determining expatriate adjustment in distant subsidiaries. Findings also showed expatriates’ competence in cross-cultural communication significantly determines expatriates’ adjustment in distant subsidiaries. The work recommends intensive training of expatriates in cross-cultural communication and host cultural values and behaviors for international assignees.Item Workforce Planning: An Undergraduate Edition(Office of Research, Innovation and Development, University of Ghana, Legon., 2023) Damoa, O.BWorkforce Planning is a book which serves as a foundation for practising human resource management and, therefore, constitutes an essential requirement for every human resource management student, especially at the undergraduate level. As a foundational text for human resource practice, the book is built around one of the recommended conceptual frameworks for designing a workforce and/or human resource management plan.