Purpose: This study investigates the impact of risk disclosure practices on stock return volatility, market liquidity, and financial performance for insurance companies in UK and Canada before and after IFRS adoption. Design/methodology/approach: The sample is divided into two groups; 14 insurance companies in UK and 12 ones in Canada. Univariate and Multivariate analysis were conducted to examine the impact of risk disclosure practices on stock return volatility, market liquidity, and financial performance for insurance companies before and after the implementation of IFRS with and without ...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the difference between the CSR reporting and the CSR execution in the Lebanese banking sector specially during the current financial crisis and lack of trust between the customers and the banks‟ administration as a whole. Design/methodology/approach – To proceed with this study, we used the quantitative method by extracting data and information for 13 Lebanese banks and calculating the sovereign exposure debt of all these banks separately and comparing them to their disclosed CSR practices. Findings – Our research showed that not all CSR actions ...

Purpose – This research aims to explore the determinants of work -life balance for university student workers within Lebanon. The proposed relationships consist of causality between each of the variables of working hours, proximity to employment, proximity to university, workload, study leave, leaving early, work from home, study at work, and flexible working hours on one hand, and work-life balance on the other. Design/methodology/approach – Employing a deductive approach, this study presents one main research question and quantitatively tests 11 hypotheses using a sample of 300 workers studying ...

In the field of the application of the CSR into the Gambling industry, interests are taking recently a higher attention from researchers’ perspectives for futures studies. The application of CSR practices is approached directly through the importance of customer loyalty with a revisit intention often serving as a key indicator of loyalty. In other words, customers’ perceptions will be adopted in a way to understand how the Casino du Liban establishes a climate of a responsible gambling and ensure a better accountable image for its entity. The study relies on a quantitative method. Its purpose ...

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to understand the effects that a food and beverage FOH or BOH applicants’ physical appearance characteristics have on recruiters and hiring decisions in Lebanon. Hiring managers should be aware of physical appearance stereotypes and unethical hiring practices especially when physical appearance isn’t a job requirement. Design/methodology/approach - A questionnaire was distributed to employers and HR managers from several F&B organizations in Lebanon. The responses of 240 participants were analyzed using SPSS. In order to investigate the study’s ...

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and assess the predictive ability of the GARCH (1,1), IGARCH (1,1), EGARCH (1,1), GJR-GARCH (1,1), APARCH (1,1), TGARCH (1,1) and CGARCH (1,1) models in forecasting the volatilities of six major cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Monero, Dash, Dogecoin and six world currencies: Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc and the Japanese Yen. The optimal volatility model selected for each virtual and hard currency is then integrated into the Volatility Update Historical Simulation approach to evaluate the ...

Purpose: This paper investigates the interconnectedness of the five largest cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization namely, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin through a volatility spillover inspection. It also studies the hedging and/or safe haven capabilities of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, against the main conventional currencies and the traditional assets in the United States and the European markets. Design/methodology/approach: In the first part of the research, univariate general autoregressive conditional ...

The study purpose is to assess students’ satisfaction on services provided by higher education institutions (HEIs) and consequently their loyalty towards the institution. The research design followed a quantitative approach where a questionnaire was developed based on a seven-point Likert scale. Data was collected from 297 students at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) in Lebanon. The results elucidated that the affective component positively and strongly influences students’ satisfaction. Variables related to physical facilities did not outstand in the results so we were not able to conclude ...

Purpose – Human resources management practices constitute an important intervention lever and more particularly those related to young generation integration. In such, the main research statement tries to understand how do HR practices overcome generational cleavage to better integrate Generation Z into the workplace?” Design/methodology/approach – the research study adopts a quantitative approach. It consists on adopting a deductive reasoning by analyzing, first, the literature review, and to formulate accordingly research hypotheses to be tested on the selected population. Findings – The ...

Purpose -- This research attempts to study the effects of adopting job rotation on nurses at three main hospitals located at North Lebanon since those members are frequently subject to job rotation. Design/methodology/approach – A positivist epistemology and a deductive reasoning approach were adopted. A questionnaire was developed and distributed manually, 106 responses were received. A linear regression and correlation analysis were performed using SPSS program. Findings – The quantitative findings of this research showed that the adoption of job rotation at the hospitals in search enhances ...