Accounting and Management Information Systems Vol. 11‚ No. 3‚ pp. 442–454‚ 2012 DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA Uwalomwa UWUIGBE1 Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Jimoh JAFARU Auchi Polytechnic‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria Anijesushola AJAYI Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study basically investigates the relationship between the financial performance and dividend payout among listed firms’ in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship
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Teacher Opinionaire was used to collect information on teacher morale. Results indicated that principal leadership and teacher morale were significantly correlated and that the leadership practice of Enable Others to Act had the strongest positive correlation to teacher morale. These results imply that a principal’s daily behavior plays a vital role in the environment of the school. Implications for practice and recommendations for further research are also included. iv Dedication This dissertation
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family interference and family to work interference. Job satisfaction is also found to be negatively related with stress in our research. However‚ the correlation of workload is positive and insignificant which shows that workload does not effect the job satisfaction of the employees in Pakistan. Job autonomy emerged as having a strong and clear correlation with job satisfaction‚ more autonomy in a job leads to higher job satisfaction among employees. The policy alternative should be that a supportive
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SECTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE Total worth: 30 points REPORT THE RIGHT ANSWER/ANSWERS LIKE THIS: Q”number”‚ “answer” For example: q15‚2 (MULTIPLE RIGHT ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE) 1. The standard deviation is the square root of: 1. 2. 3. 4. the coefficient of determination sum of squares variance range 2. Which of the following is true about a 95% confidence interval of the mean of a given sample: 1. 95 out of 100 sample means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval. 2. There
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Impact of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance—an Empirical investigation from the Insurance Industry of Pakistan Hafiz Muhammad Raheel Arif* Raheel_prince23@hotmail.com 00923216190575 *COMSATS Institute of Information Technology and Science Lahore‚ Pakistan Abstract The study is devoted to check the impact of corporate governance (CG) on the firm performance (FP) of the insurance industry of Pakistan. Four measures have been used in the paper to check the firm performance being affected
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satisfied? Correlations Correlations | | 7. Rating based on scale from trip advisor | 6.Overall Rating by the scale from trip advisor | Spearman’s rho | 7. Rating based on scale from trip advisor | Correlation Coefficient | 1‚000 | ‚729** | | | Sig. (2-tailed) | . | ‚000 | | | N | 448 | 447 | | 6.Overall Rating by the scale from trip advisor | Correlation Coefficient | ‚729** | 1‚000 | | | Sig. (2-tailed) | ‚000 | . | | | N | 447 | 469 | **. Correlation is significant
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has indicated that judgments of scatterplots are curvilinearly related to Pearson ’s correlation coefficient. In this article‚ we argue that because Pearson ’s correlation is composed of three distinct components (slope‚ error variance‚ and variance of A") it is better to look at judgments as a function of these components rather than as a function of Pearson ’s correlation. These three components of Pearson ’s correlation and presentation format (graphical and tabular) were manipulated factorially
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the collected data were analyzed by using the following statistical tests on (SPSS): T-test for one sample‚ One-way analysis of variance‚ and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results indicated that: motivation scores were higher among students‚ no significant differences were found on motivation attributed to class level‚ and there was no correlation between motivation and age. At the end of this research‚ some recommendations and suggestions for future studies were presented. Keywords: motivation
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EFFICACY OF CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION MODELS MIR FAROOQ ALI CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT KING FAHD UNIVERSITYOF PETROLEUM & MINERALS MAY‚ 2005 In the Name of Allah‚ Most Gracious‚ Most Merciful. KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS DHAHRAN 31261‚ SAUDI ARABIADEANSHIP OF GRADUATE STUDIES This thesis‚ written by MIR FAROOQ ALI under the direction of his thesis advisor and approved by his thesis committee‚ has been presented to and accepted by Dean
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A) $69‚200 B) $42‚526.70 C) $26.7 D) $69.20 A6. Explain what the following sample correlation coefficients tell you about the relationship between the x and y values in the sample: r = - 0.8 A) No correlation. B) Perfect negative correlation. C) Strong negative correlation. D) Weak negative correlation. A7. What is meant by time-series data? (A) A set of values which occurs sequentially in time. (B) A set
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