Social Sciences and Humanities

This research paper examines the economic ripple effect of Taylor Swift’s concert tours on host cities, focusing on both the direct and indirect impacts. Taylor Swift is one of the most influential global artists, her tour generates significant economic activity drawing a massive audience from around the world. The research paper will explore how the Eras Tour influences the local economy of the host city through ticket sales, increased hospitality revenue, and temporary employment, alongside the indirect effects like heightened tourism, city branding, and growth in local businesses.

O presente artigo tem como finalidade discutir o instituto do direito à desconexão do trabalho, sob a ótica do trabalhado decente, com o intuito de analisar os impactos ocasionados na saúde mental dos trabalhadores, evidenciando a importância do direito ao descanso e do direito ao lazer.Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, eminentemente bibliográfica e documental, que utiliza o método hipotético-dedutivo para testar a hipótese inicial de que a inovação tecnológica aliada as novas modalidades de trabalhopropiciam o desrespeito ao direito à desconexão,violando os preceitos basilares do trabalho

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) decisions are one of the key strategic initiatives of a firm that decides the growth trajectory of the firm and puts financial leverage borne through the years. The execution of M&A process, however, is still largely non-digitized because the decisions concerning this have high impact and have to eventually be wetted by executives manually anyway. M&A Execution Process has been unanimously agreed to have bottlenecks revolving around its low level of digitization that contribute to the M&A process being slow and relatively inefficient.

The issues of technological discoveries and its wonders have been of great interest to the literary world for a long time. Yet, with regards to the depiction of characters in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, further analyses need to be conducted as to the best ways or strategies for the proper management of technological knowledge and inventions are concerned.

This study examines the evolving trade relations between China and Nigeria within the broader framework of China-Africa partnerships, exploring their potential as drivers of sustainable development. With China’s trade and investment in Nigeria growing rapidly, this relationship offers significant opportunities but also raises challenges related to environmental sustainability, labor rights, and corporate social responsibility.Using a mixed-methods approach grounded in Dependency theory, the research gathered data through 204 questionnaires to assess the perceptions of stakeholders.

The research investigated how mobile banking adoption by Nigerian banks has aided the banks’ customer satisfaction and retention. The study made use of five deposit money banks in Nigeria namely Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Zenith Bank PLC, United Bank of Africa PLC (UBA), First Bank of Nigeria PLC, and Access Bank PLC, all located in Ota, Ogun state. A total of 150 questionnaires were administered and 100 responses were received. It also analyzed and interpreted results obtained from the field using the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) regression analysis.

The objective of this study is to analyze the advent of the extension of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), pooling the monetary and economic policies for the eight member countries towards an employment union. For this, a convergence of the employment dynamics of the member countries is necessary. The study implements Okun's law, which establishes an inverse relationship between growth and unemployment, to determine the Okun coefficients of the member countries and analyze their proximity.

This paper examines political patronage in Mongolia. It argues that political patronage reaches the public sector. Weak control and accountability mechanisms in the civil service result in increased corruption, which impedes the country's development. One key feature of a democratic political system is public oversight. Exercising power without public oversight can lead to negative consequences.

Social media has revolutionized communication, offering users unprecedented connectivity and access to information. While these platforms provide numerous benefits, they also pose risks to mental health. This paper explores the multifaceted impacts of social media on mental health, examining both positive and negative dimensions. The study investigates key factors such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and addiction, while also analyzing potential mitigative strategies.

This study presents a comparative analysis of the Salamanca Declaration (1994) and the Jomtien Declaration (1990), focusing on their respective influences on national education policies in five countries: In as much as the two indicators are concerned, the country that scored high was the European country, Canada and was followed by Spain, India, South Africa and Brazil. Policies towards the education of the disabled children have been advanced in the developed world also due to the Salamanca Declaration.