The study empirically examined the role of spiritual intelligence in the nexus between work-famil... more The study empirically examined the role of spiritual intelligence in the nexus between work-family conflict and employees’ career satisfaction in the banking industry of Ghana. Design, methodology/approach-Given the reliance on explanatory research design, the study utilized structured questionnaire for gathering the primary data quantitatively from 335 randomly selected participants. A second-order model was configured in SMART PLS for testing of the directional hypotheses formulated. Findings- Both family-to-work and work-to-family conflict account for significant changes in employee career satisfaction. Also, the moderation analysis showed that spiritual intelligence brought variance into the model and had a small but significant positive effect on the relationship between work-to-family conflict and career satisfaction. The second effect of spiritual intelligence also brought variance into the model and had a small but significant negative effect on the relation between family-t...
We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the st... more We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the stock-bond nexus across differing investment time scales in the COVID-19 era, using a novel technique hinged on a denoised frequency-domain transfer entropy. Our findings divulge that flights, both FTQ and FFQ, could be attained during stress periods. Generally, in the intermediate term of the COVID-19 pandemic, both Islamic and conventional bonds could act as safe havens, diversifiers, and hedges for international equities, and the same could be observed for international equities. We reiterate empirically that flights may improve the financial system’s stability and robustness by allowing diversity to be effective when it is most required. The findings have financial and portfolio implications for investors considering how to deploy their investments in the COVID-19 era. Our findings may impact policymakers’ responses to changes in various asset classes, allowing them to better monitor f...
This paper employed Engle-Granger test of cointegration and the Bound Test to explore potential d... more This paper employed Engle-Granger test of cointegration and the Bound Test to explore potential domestic portfolio diversification opportunities that are available for individual investors, institutional and other portfolio managers from constructing domestic portfolios. Daily stock prices for the period 1st August, 2011 to July 29th, 2016 have been employed as well as monthly stock return from the Ghana Stock exchange. The result from the cointegration analysis indicated that most equity stocks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange are not cointegrated with each other in the long run. In addition, majority of the stock returns are statistically insensitive to the GSE– Composite index during the period under consideration. The empirical evidence indicates that domestic investors can benefit from constructing portfolios that consist of equities from the financial sector and other non-financial sectors which are not cointegrated.
The study empirically examined the role of spiritual intelligence in the nexus between work-famil... more The study empirically examined the role of spiritual intelligence in the nexus between work-family conflict and employees’ career satisfaction in the banking industry of Ghana. Design, methodology/approach-Given the reliance on explanatory research design, the study utilized structured questionnaire for gathering the primary data quantitatively from 335 randomly selected participants. A second-order model was configured in SMART PLS for testing of the directional hypotheses formulated. Findings- Both family-to-work and work-to-family conflict account for significant changes in employee career satisfaction. Also, the moderation analysis showed that spiritual intelligence brought variance into the model and had a small but significant positive effect on the relationship between work-to-family conflict and career satisfaction. The second effect of spiritual intelligence also brought variance into the model and had a small but significant negative effect on the relation between family-t...
We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the st... more We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the stock-bond nexus across differing investment time scales in the COVID-19 era, using a novel technique hinged on a denoised frequency-domain transfer entropy. Our findings divulge that flights, both FTQ and FFQ, could be attained during stress periods. Generally, in the intermediate term of the COVID-19 pandemic, both Islamic and conventional bonds could act as safe havens, diversifiers, and hedges for international equities, and the same could be observed for international equities. We reiterate empirically that flights may improve the financial system’s stability and robustness by allowing diversity to be effective when it is most required. The findings have financial and portfolio implications for investors considering how to deploy their investments in the COVID-19 era. Our findings may impact policymakers’ responses to changes in various asset classes, allowing them to better monitor f...
This paper employed Engle-Granger test of cointegration and the Bound Test to explore potential d... more This paper employed Engle-Granger test of cointegration and the Bound Test to explore potential domestic portfolio diversification opportunities that are available for individual investors, institutional and other portfolio managers from constructing domestic portfolios. Daily stock prices for the period 1st August, 2011 to July 29th, 2016 have been employed as well as monthly stock return from the Ghana Stock exchange. The result from the cointegration analysis indicated that most equity stocks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange are not cointegrated with each other in the long run. In addition, majority of the stock returns are statistically insensitive to the GSE– Composite index during the period under consideration. The empirical evidence indicates that domestic investors can benefit from constructing portfolios that consist of equities from the financial sector and other non-financial sectors which are not cointegrated.
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