This study explores the relationship between human capital and the usage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity by households. While the impact of educational attainment on the choice of various utilities and household welfare has been dealt with in detail, work exploring the impact of...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of human resource management (HRM) practices that facilitate innovation in the public sector in a developing country. Design/methodology/approach - Qualitative method was engaged whereby a semi-structured interview was...

This paper investigates the role of human capital and institutional quality in the nexus of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in 46 African countries between 2002 and 2018. Based on panel data modelling, the empirical findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote...

This paper assesses Brazil’s real convergence (1822-2019) analysis unit root tests and Markov Regime-Switching (MS) models in three different scenarios: towards (i) other six Latin American countries (LA6); (ii) Portugal; and (iii) the technological frontier country, the US. The extended unit...

This study explores the linkages among globalization, human capital development, and productivity growth in Africa from 1990 to 2019 using advanced panel estimation techniques. The findings from the Dumitrescu–Hurlin non-causality test indicate bidirectional causality between human capital...

Purpose The main purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and impersonal trust. The study focuses on five HRM practices, namely training, fair reward and promotion opportunity, employment security and performance appraisal and impact...