Papers by Vivian A . Ariguzo
African Research Review, 2019
LEADERSHIP AND REVENUE GROWTH OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA, 2019
Leadership remains an imperative strategy capable of engendering for growth along revenue lines. ... more Leadership remains an imperative strategy capable of engendering for growth along revenue lines. The study sought to determine the effect of leadership on revenue growth of selected commercial banks in Lagos state Nigeria. A quantitative survey of 401 managers was conducted using a pre-tested, validated and reliable questionnaire. Findings revealed that leadership positively and significantly affected revenue growth in the three most profitable banks in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study recommends that banks must prioritize leadership as a strategy capable of increasing team member participation, right mind-set and engineering growth of revenue and performance in the long run.
Job Satisfaction and Employees Productivity of Nigerian oil and Gas Servicing Companies, 2020
The study sought to investigate the effect of job satisfaction on employees' productivity in sele... more The study sought to investigate the effect of job satisfaction on employees' productivity in selected oil and gas servicing companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. Despite the perception of the oil sector is the mainstream of income to foreign reserve, and generating highly satisfying source of employment to the populace, a steady decline in the performance of the sector has been observed, leading to the collapse of various oil and gas servicing companies, massive retrenchment of workers, non-payment of salaries, inflation, high cost of living, and high exchange rate. A cross-sectional survey of 421 employees was carried out using a validated instrument and achieved an 83% response rate. The findings showed that job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employees' productivity of the selected oil and gas firms in Lagos state, Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that oil and gas firms must continue to strive to keep workers satisfied through improved pay, better working conditions, job security in order to enhance employees' productivity.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2018
Entrepreneurial success is largely dependent on the strategies employed in exploiting a unique pr... more Entrepreneurial success is largely dependent on the strategies employed in exploiting a unique profitable opportunity. The utilization of tacit knowledge and innovations had enabled firms to gain competitive advantage and achieve success. This paper examined the effect of strategies on entrepreneurial success with focus on female-owned micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Diverse theoretical and empirical discourses were reviewed to establish relationships and effects with reference to strategies and success of MSMEs. The paper utilized primary data collected after administering validated copies of questionnaire to fifty-six female-owned enterprises in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. MSMEs were selected using purposive-convenient sampling technique. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted with specified multiple regression-models to depict entrepreneurial success as a function of strategies. From the results, it was discovered that knowledge transfer and innovation were key in engendering entrepreneurial success. Also, the number of years in business had a moderating effect on the relationship between strategies and the success of female-owned enterprises. The paper recommends knowledge transfer and embedded innovation to stimulate success among MSMEs in other areas, in order to ensure enterprises' longevity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE, Jun 2018
Diverse views have emerged on leadership definitions, theories, and classification in academic di... more Diverse views have emerged on leadership definitions, theories, and classification in academic discourse. The debate and conscious efforts made to clarify leadership actively has generated socio-cultural and organizational research on its styles and behaviours. This study seeks to identify the theoretical views of various academic scholars on some of the main theories that emerged during the 20 th century include: the Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory, Gordon Allport's Trait theory, Fred Fiedler's Contingency theory, Hersey and Blanchard Situational Theory, Max Weber's Transactional theory, MacGregor Burns' Transformational theory, Robert Houses' Path-goal theory, and Vroom and Yetton's Participative theory. Empirical discourse that revealed findings of academic scholars have enshrined the import of leadership in organizations. Various academic literature that already have been subject to validity and reliability tests were reviewed and used to arrive at the findings. The study postulated the Mystical-man theory after a rich discourse and recommended it as the ideal theory for all Christian leaders to adopt as it is assumed to provide above average performance at all times, irrespective of followership behaviour.
African Research Review , 2019
Scholarly discourse has intensified the debate on differences regarding sexual drive, sexual init... more Scholarly discourse has intensified the debate on differences regarding sexual drive, sexual initiation, and intimacy between male and female partners and sexual satisfaction in marriage. A pre-tested questionnaire was administered to 124 married students of Babcock University and results were analysed using various regression analysis. Findings revealed that sexual initiation has no influence on sexual satisfaction. It depicted that sexual drive provokes sexual satisfaction more in males than in females while intimacy tends to engender sexual satisfaction more in females than in their male counterparts where the joint effect of the three variables on sexual satisfaction was tested. Furthermore, length of time in marriage significantly moderates the relationship between intimacy and sexual satisfaction. The study confirms intimacy as a key driver in the sexual satisfaction of married couples and recommends its embrace in obedience to the Holy book, as it motivates sexual initiation and increases sexual drive in each partner.
UMYUK Journal of Economics and Development (UJED), 2018
Innovation adoption constitutes a strategy option enacted to improve market share of enterprises ... more Innovation adoption constitutes a strategy option enacted to improve market share of enterprises due to customers' swiftly changing preferences and taste. This paper examined the effect of innovation adoption elements on market share of selected small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study utilized primary data, collected after administering copies of validated questionnaire which was subjected to reliability tests. Three hundred and forty-three management staff of selected SMEs in Ota/Agbara Industrial Area of Ogun State, Nigeria was the sample size. Stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to sample the respondents. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to portray market share as a function of innovation adoption sub-elements. From the results, it was discovered that the innovation adoption variables affected market share positively. The paper recommends that managers should focus efforts on adopting innovation tailored to market preference in order to realize market value, gain competitive advantage, and improve performance.
International Journal of Advanced Research, 2019
Export-preneurial Behaviours constitute strategy options deployed to expand cross-border demand a... more Export-preneurial Behaviours constitute strategy options deployed to expand cross-border demand and improve profitability of enterprises due to perceived saturated domestic markets. This paper examined the effect of export-preneurial behaviours on profitability of selected non-oil enterprises in South-Western Nigeria. Data were collected through validated questionnaire administered to two hundred and forty-five respondents after establishing the reliability test. Linear multiple regression analysis was conducted to depict profitability as a function of export-preneurial behaviours. The results indicated that export-preneurial behaviours significantly affected profitability along entrepreneurial orientation, distribution logistics and trust, entrepreneurial mindset, and packaging. Social network was otherwise not significant among the surveyed firms profitability. Recommendation was pillared on social capital as this enables interconnectivity, interdependency, required orientation, mindset and trust to improve relationships which invariably influence profitability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT, 2019
The work argued that foreign market opportunities, firm resources and entrepreneurial ideologies ... more The work argued that foreign market opportunities, firm resources and entrepreneurial ideologies influenced business performance of export firms but queried the exporter experience. Three hundred and ninety-five owner-managers of selected non-oil export firms were surveyed after selecting them purposively. A validated questionnaire was utilized to collect primary data, after reliability testing was conducted. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine the moderating effect of export experience on the export-preneurial behaviours and business performance. From the results, the study concludes that export experience does not significantly moderate the relationship between export-preneurial behaviours and business performance. The paper recommends that managers should focus efforts on adaptation and adopting of export-preneurial behaviours in engendering improved business performance.
Journal of Association of Professional Bankers in Education (JAPBE), 2017
Theoretical and empirical discourse has established the strategic importance of decentralized dec... more Theoretical and empirical discourse has established the strategic importance of decentralized decision making to the delivery of organization goals by employees. The Nigerian Banking industry has been traumatized by bank failures ranging from issues of poor corporate governance to poor lending decisions that were taken centrally by the bank executives. This has sparked scholars to examine the relationship that exists between decentralized decision making and employees' goal
deliveries in selected commercial banks in Lagos, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted for the study with a sample size of 250 management staff in the corporate office of the three most profitable banks in Nigeria. A questionnaire was adapted, validated and distributed among 250 randomly selected management staff of the selected banks in Lagos State, Nigeria and 205 were found usable. The research instrument was established through Cronbach’s alpha reliability test and Confirmatory Factor Analysis with values of each ranging from 0.67 to 0.85 and 0.596 to 0.726 respectively. The findings revealed that there a
positive and statistically significant relationship between decentralized decision making and employees' goal deliveries. The regression models as developed were tested along the hypotheses and it was established that Participative Leadership style (r = 0.221, R2= 0.049, p = 0.001 < 0.05) and Communication flows (r = 0.222, R2 = 0.049, p = 0.001 < 0.05) significantly affected employees' goal deliveries in the selected commercial banks in Lagos state. Employees' commitment (r = 0.119,
R2 = 0.014, p = 0.89 > 0.05) did not have a significant effect on employees' goal deliveries in the selected commercial banks. The study concludes that participative leadership style and communication flows significantly impact on employees goal deliveries in the selected banks while employees' commitment showed no significant impact on goal deliveries. It is therefore recommended that the management of commercial banks adopt decentralized decision making as a competitive edge over their peers.
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Papers by Vivian A . Ariguzo
deliveries in selected commercial banks in Lagos, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted for the study with a sample size of 250 management staff in the corporate office of the three most profitable banks in Nigeria. A questionnaire was adapted, validated and distributed among 250 randomly selected management staff of the selected banks in Lagos State, Nigeria and 205 were found usable. The research instrument was established through Cronbach’s alpha reliability test and Confirmatory Factor Analysis with values of each ranging from 0.67 to 0.85 and 0.596 to 0.726 respectively. The findings revealed that there a
positive and statistically significant relationship between decentralized decision making and employees' goal deliveries. The regression models as developed were tested along the hypotheses and it was established that Participative Leadership style (r = 0.221, R2= 0.049, p = 0.001 < 0.05) and Communication flows (r = 0.222, R2 = 0.049, p = 0.001 < 0.05) significantly affected employees' goal deliveries in the selected commercial banks in Lagos state. Employees' commitment (r = 0.119,
R2 = 0.014, p = 0.89 > 0.05) did not have a significant effect on employees' goal deliveries in the selected commercial banks. The study concludes that participative leadership style and communication flows significantly impact on employees goal deliveries in the selected banks while employees' commitment showed no significant impact on goal deliveries. It is therefore recommended that the management of commercial banks adopt decentralized decision making as a competitive edge over their peers.