Un pezzo critico sull'uso e l'abuso dell'idea del Sinodo nel recente dibattito

Lieve Van Hoof & Peter Van Nuffelen (eds.), The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620). Edition, Translation and Commentary (Cambridge, 2020), in Plekos 25 (2023), 145-156.

Improving employee productivity is one of the most important objectives for any organization. This is because highly productive employees can influence overall organizational performance. This study aims to test the direct effects of employee empowerment, teamwork, and employee training on employee productivity in higher education sector. Based on the review of past literature, it is clear that only few studies were conducted on employee productivity, particularly, in education sector. Therefore, the data of this study were collected using an online survey from a sample of 242 employees serving at public universities in northern Malaysia. To analyse the collected data, SPSS and structural equation modelling were utilized. The results revealed that employee empowerment has significant positive effect on employee productivity. It was also found that teamwork has significant positive effect on employee productivity. Finally, the study found that employee training has significant positi...

The study considers the effect of taxation on the dividend policy of banks in Nigeria. The study was set out to determine the relationship between dividend and taxes and to find out whether taxes affect the dividends of the quoted deposit money banks in the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 2006 to 2015. Three specific objectives were derived. In pursuance of the objectives of this study, ex-post facto research design was adopted. The study made use of secondary data obtained from the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) publications, fact books, annual reports and account of the selected quoted banks. The relevant data were subjected to statistical analysis using Pearson coefficient of correlation, and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression. The result of this study reveals that there is a negative significant relationship between tax and dividend policy. More so, that tax has statistically significant effect on dividend policy of-banks. This study recommends amongst others, that management of banks should design a dividend policy that will better the lots of shareholders and maximize the value of the bank.

Civis, scriptor, historicus. Tanulmányok a hetvenöt éves Sebestyén-Spielmann Mihály tiszteletére. Szerk. Bányai Réka, László Lóránt, Simon Zsolt. Studium Kiadó, Marosvásárhely, 2022.