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PurposeThis study aims to build and test an empirical model that investigates the mechanism with which innovation-based human resource management (HRM) impacts employee satisfaction and performance in Nigerian international airports.Design/methodology/approachA time-lagged approach that involved three-waves was used to collect data from passenger-contact employees and their immediate managers for three-month period starting from January to March 2019. A total of 247 dyads of passenger-contact employees and managers were used for the data analysis.FindingsResults from data analysis showed that coworker support and absorptive capacity mediate the impact of innovation-based HRM on employee satisfaction and performance. Innovation-based human resource effort is best applied when coworker support is evident in the workplace.Originality/valueThe development and application of innovation-driven human resources in the Nigerian aviation context encourage satisfaction with assigned task roles, leading to employee performance. Theory-based implications for managing passenger-contact employees were also given. A significant strength of this study is that it is among the forerunners of scholars that investigated innovation-based HRM as a continuum rather than different aspects of broader management issues.

Although scholars have inverstigated the transformative power of social media use on human relations, health, business, politics, and so on, the application of such media use in the context of governance in African states, particularly Nigeria, is scarce. As noted in the excerpt beginning this article, African youth are not the face of African politics, even though the continent is a rather youthful one. However, young people represent the faces and voices of dissent. This is the case even more so in Nigeria, which happens to be the most populous country on the continent. Although studies have investigated the impact of popular digitally influenced movements, and a few real-time events, such as the Arab Spring and the #Occupy protests, suggest that social media provides opportunities for young people to organize and address issues that affect them, we problematize the issue by suggesting that youth in Nigeria are not willfully disinterested in politics but rather are marginalized. We measure how these feelings of marginalization affect their political participation in Nigeria. Specifically, the study examines the impact of the #NotTooYoungToRun (#NTYTR) campaign in Nigeria in the clamor for youth participation in politics in the country. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research answers three core questions: Are youth politically marginalized in Nigeria? Does political marginalization encourage online and offline political action? Does the frequency of media access moderate the relationship between online and offline political action among Nigerian youth?

Although education tourism has over the years enjoyed great attention by scholars largely because of its impact in shaping both the economic and political landscape of nations, an ample number of such studies have focused on the impact of the host community on the adaptation and survival of the sojourning foreign students or education tourists. There has been significant research into student's acculturation, mobility, and the likes, but research on the reverse impact of sociocultural interaction of these education tourists on their host communities is scarce. North Cyprus, a small island state with economic dependence on education, is a thriving host community for a substantial number of an education tourist. This study explores the influence of internationalization of education on the food consumption habit of indigenes of their host community. Data generated from a focus group of North Cyprus indigenes were used to examine how the influx of educational tourists have altered and shaped their eating behavior and culture. Current study contributes to both literature and tourism sectors by showcasing the importance of cultural transfer of education tourism.

AbstractThe current study draws on conservation of resource theory to propose a research model in which forgiveness climate mediates the influence of abusive supervision on employees' voice behaviour, helping behaviour, and customer‐centric organisational citizen behaviour (OCB). Data gathered from hotel employees and their co‐workers in Nigeria were used to assess the hypothesised associations. These relationships were assessed using structural equation modelling. The results indicated that abusive supervision reduces employees' perception of forgiveness climate, helping behaviour, and customer‐centric OCB and fosters voice behaviour. On the other hand, forgiveness climate erodes voice behaviour and heightens helping behaviour and customer‐centric OCB. This study explains the theoretical and practical contribution of the findings.