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Item Determinants of Foreign Exchange Reserve in Ethiopia: A Time Series Analysis(A,A.U., 2023-06-02) Merwa Abdulkader; Asres Abitie (PhD)Using time series data, this paper sought to investigate the factors that affect Ethiopia's foreign exchange reserves. Secondary data on variables such real effective exchange rate, current account balance, debt service, loans to the private sector, Real GDP, and growth rates of price regressed on foreign currency reserves were used in the study, which covering the time frame of 1987 to 2022. The data collected from the National Bank of Ethiopia were used in this study using an ARDL model. Based on the findings, the REER, inflation, and real GDP all play a substantial and favorable role in determining Ethiopia's foreign currency reserves. In contrast, Ethiopia's foreign exchange reserves are significantly and adversely impacted by the debt service. Therefore, this analysis suggests that the government of Ethiopia should keep its external borrowing to a minimum in order to lower debt servicing costs, boost domestic economic growth, encourage the appreciation of the birr, and improve current account balance through exports in order to increase foreign exchange reservesItem The Effect of Job Stress on Employees’ Productivity during COVID 19 Pandemic at Ethiopian Airlines(A.A.U., 2023-01-02) Mahlet Habteselassie; Asres Abitie (PhD)This purpose of this study is to examine the effect the job stress has on productivity during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic among Ethiopian Airlines Cabin Crew and Technician Employees. Job stress was measured though variables, Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Work Overload, Physical Environment and Relationship at work. The study adopted a quantitative research method sourced from primary data collected through a structured questionnaire. To fulfill the research objective, a stratified random sampling technique was used to select respondents of 372. The data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire from these respondents. SPSS v.26 was used to analyze the data. From the analysis it was revealed that Role Conflict, Physical Environment and Relationship at work was found to have statistically significant effects on productivity. Role Conflict was found to have the highest effect on employee productivity. Crucial lessons were observed in industry, policy and educational implications. Role conflict, Role Ambiguity, Work Overload, Physical Environment, Relationship At work, covid-19, Productivity.Item The Effect of Women Empowerment on Organizational Performance: Empirical Evidence from the Banking(AAU, 2023-03-13) Fikerte Mikrue; Asres Abitie (PhD)The study mainly focuses on examining and evaluating the effect women empowerment on organizational performance within selected banks in Ethiopia. In doing so, the study evaluated women’s participation in decision making, sharing information, training and development and reward and recognition criteria. The research thoroughly examines whether women employee’s empowerment and organizational performance has a positive correlation. Based on this, the performance of an organization would be a dependent variable and others measures such as women’s participation in decision making, sharing information, training and development and reward and recognition are an independent variable. The study employs both an explanatory and descriptive research design, also used a quantitative approach to present research findings. The research is conducted on a targeted population of women employees within selected banks in Ethiopia. The motive in selecting the organizations specific to this study is based on their ownership types, their market profit for fiscal year 2020/2021, and the date of the bank’s establishment. The researcher employs purposive sampling and proportional stratified sampling technique in selecting samples from the given population. Primary data relevant for the study were collected through structured questionnaires, by hard-copies and Google forms, by distributing to sample size that represents the population. The questioners were distributed to three different banks, and the researcher enhanced the sample size by 10% in order to improve the response rate and decrease invalid data. Out of 134 samples, the researcher gathered 129 (96.26%) of the data. The data collected were analyzed by using statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 26 and the findings were interpreted based on the listed hypothesis, regression model, descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the independent variables have a positive and significant effect on the performance of the banks. As a result, the selected banks are advised to place a high priority on women's empowerment in relation to their organizational performance