Kuwait chapter of Arabian Journal of Business & Management Review 

About: Kuwait chapter of Arabian Journal of Business & Management Review is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Cronbach's alpha. It has an ISSN identifier of 2224-8358. Over the lifetime, 669 publications have been published receiving 1963 citations.

Nigerian youths and social media: harnessing the potentials for academic excellence

Abstract: One of the breakthroughs in information and communication technology in the 21st century was the discovery and emergence of the new media which have facilitated the creation of the different platforms for social interaction. The potentials of the new media are seamless and boundless in terms of interactions, interrelationships, and information sharing and exchanges. The only limitation to the utilization of the potentials of the platforms is illiteracy in terms of the hardware, software and usage. The question is, to what extent has the Nigerian youths converted the potentials and possibilities of the social media to platforms for networking academic materials for scholarship and academic excellence? The study examined the extent of usage of one of the most popular social media platforms, facebook, by the Nigerian youths in their academic pursuit. It found that about two-thirds of the Nigerian youths that use Facebook platform use it for other reasons than exchange of academic materials. And, recommends that the youths should be encouraged to harness the potentials of the platform for scholarship.

Awareness , Accessibility and Use of Electronic Databases among Academic Staff of Babcock University Business School

Abstract: Previous researches on the availability and utilization of Internet Resources for teaching and research by Academic Staff of Babcock University (BU) have found out that there was low pattern of usage of library electronic databases. This paper investigates the further factors of the awareness, accessibility and use of electronic resources among academic Staff of Babcock University Business School. This study was carried out among one hundred and eighteen academic staff in the Babcock Business School (BBS). The BBS happens to be BU largest single school among a total of ten. They are also naturally the largest users of electronic resources. Questionnaire was the method used for data collection among academic staff while data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). One of the findings of the study was that information awareness on electronic resources among lecturers in BBS was inadequate and this affects the accessibility and use of electronic resources. This paper discusses the need to increase awareness on electronic resources subscribed to by Babcock University Library. There is need to increase the internet facilities on campus in other to facilitate the accessibility of electronic resources to lecturers and the entire library users. It is believed that awareness; accessibility will increase the use of electronic resources subscribed to by the library. The paper recommends regular training of academic staff on updating their knowledge of the many sources, and access to electronic resources from the University library. The University also needs to improve on the provision of internet facilities on campus.

Theories of Poverty: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract: Many poverty authors point out that the various ways poverty is conceptualized and measured are very crucial because different poverty measures tend to capture different people as poor. The main focus of this research is to review the theoretical and empirical research on theories of poverty, poverty measures and outcomes. Subsequently, we discuss conceptual framework of the different poverty measures.

The Impact of Dividend Policy on Stock Price Volatility in the Tehran Stock Exchange

Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to examine the impact of dividend policy on share price volatility in Tehran Stock Exchange. The numbers of statistic community are 470 companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. We select 51 companies from these statistic communities during 2007 to 2012 by restricting the companies that meet some Criteria for doing the research. In this study to evaluate the changes in stock used Parkinson's stock price volatility. The statistical model used was multivariable regression model and for testing compound data (panel) were used. Before analyzing the data, Unit root test, Chaw test and Hausman test for Stationary tests of the variables, Select panel data in pooling data and the fixed effects model was chosen. Then the fixed effects model to test the research hypotheses. The result indicated at the error level on 5%, Dividend payout ratio has a significantly negative effect on stock price volatility and asset growth rate has a significantly positive effect on stock price volatility. Also variables leverage, earning volatility and company size on stock price volatility is not significant effect.