Volume 17 Issue 2 (2021)

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EDITORIAL

Nowadays, the economic situation in different parts of the world is witnessing unparalleled crises across different sectors. Globally, the growth rates of GDP of different countries around the world, flows of trade, investments in international markets, and supply chains are negatively affected…Read more

 

Evaluation of performance based financing practices among health workers in Nigeria

Saka Mohammed Jimoh, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Dennis Egga Kudu, Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Ige Elisha Taiye, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

https://doi.org/10.37383/SBJ170201 

ABSTRACT
Performance Based Financing (PBF) is an approach to health financing that shifts attention from inputs to outputs, and eventually to the outcomes of health services…Read more

Keywords: Performance, Evaluation, PBF, Health Workers, Nigeria.

Suggested citation: Jimoh, S.M., Kudu, D.E., & Taiye, I.E. (2021). Evaluation of performance based financing practices among health workers in Nigeria. Skyline Business Journal, 17(2), 1-16.

Adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in promoting sustainable wildlife conservation in communities around Hwange national park, Zimbabwe

Sifile Obert, Department of Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
Sithole Daniel, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Graduate Business School, Zimbabwe
Mbizi, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Graduate Business School, Zimbabwe
Chavunduka Desderio, Department of Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe

https://doi.org/10.37383/SBJ170202 


ABSTRACT
Though there are various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA), through the Communal Areas Management of Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) and wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe is facing perennial challenges that range from illegal hunting, wildlife habitat fragmentation, and wildlife retaliatory killings…Read more

Keywords: CAMPFIRE, corporate social responsibility, Hwange National Park, sustainable wildlife conservation and Zimbabwe.

Suggested citation: Obert, S., Daniel, S., Mbizi., & Desderio, C. (2021). Adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in promoting sustainable wildlife conservation in communities around Hwange national park, Zimbabwe. Skyline Business Journal, 17(2), 17-32.

 

Assessment of human resource management during Covid-19 pandemic in private universities in Kwara state, Nigeria

Olaolu Paul Akinnubi, Department of Educational Management and Counselling Al-Hikmah University, Nigeria 

https://doi.org/10.37383/SBJ170203 


ABSTRACT
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a virus that can spread from person to person. It is a new coronavirus that has spread throughout the world and causes devastating effects on all sectors of the nation, private universities inclusive...Read more

Keywords
: Human Resource, Management, COVID-19, Private Universities, Kwara State.

Suggested citation: Akinnubi, O.P. (2021). Assessment of human resource management during covid-19 pandemic in private universities in Kwara state, Nigeria. Skyline Business Journal, 17(2), 33-43.

 

Nation branding: Twenty-first century branding dynamics impacting emerging economies in the global marketplace

Gratitude Tasara, Department of Finance and Marketing, Solusi University, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Forbes Makudza, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Mutare, Zimbabwe
Gleams Nyazi Ndlovu, Department of Marketing, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Reason Masengu, Department of Management Studies, Middle East College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

https://doi.org/10.37383/SBJ170204 

ABSTRACT
This study examines the extent to which nation branding antecedents can be leveraged to create a strong nation brand for emerging economies…Read more

Keywords
: Brand equity, nation branding, national competence, Zimbabwe, global marketplace.

Suggested citation: Tasara, G., Makudza, F., Ndlovu, G. N., & Masengu, R. (2021). Nation branding: Twenty-first century branding dynamics impacting emerging economies in the global marketplace. Skyline Business Journal, 17(2), 44-60. 

 

Role of human resource practitioners towards involvement of local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry

Nur Shafiqah Husna Azizan, Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
Suhaidah Hussain, Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
Nurhaizan Mohd Zainudin, Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia

https://doi.org/10.37383/SBJ170205 

ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study are to identify the role of human resource practitioner in recruiting local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry and to identify if there is any relationship between the role of human resource practitioner and involvement of local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry…Read more

Keywords
: Construction industry, selection and recruitment, employee’s skills, effective policies and procedures, involvement of local workforce.

Suggested citation: Azizan, N.S.H., Hussain, S., & Zainudin, N.M. (2021). Role of human resource practitioners towards involvement of local workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. Skyline Business Journal, 17(2), 61-75.