Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria
This study investigates the behavioural switch and relationship of people (associates) towards a transiting chief executive officer (CEO). During the tenure of a new CEO, the rate of patronage of different categories of people seeking political and economic relevance increases over time, but as the...
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| description | This study investigates the behavioural switch and relationship of people (associates) towards a transiting chief executive officer (CEO). During the tenure of a new CEO, the rate of patronage of different categories of people seeking political and economic relevance increases over time, but as the CEO’s tenure wanes, the patronage behavioural pattern decreases. The sycophant curve model (SCM) was proposed to determine the behavioural pattern change of patronage at the onset and transitioning of the CEO tenure to a new CEO. The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) was also investigated. The results revealed that during the tenure of any CEO, the associate behaviour is increasingly positive, while during the transitioning period and beyond, the rate of the behavioural switch by associates decreases gradually. The PCC (rp = 0.9966) affirmed a strong positive relationship between the CEO and associates for four years. Meanwhile, rp = –0.9966, indicating a strong negative behavioural switch between the CEO and associates after four years of transition and beyond. This study demonstrated that during the tenure of any CEO, the behavioural switch of the associates towards the CEO is extremely minimal and gradually increases after the transition period and beyond |
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| spelling | uum-309452024-06-25T12:30:16Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30945/ Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria Okwonu, Friday Zinzendoff Ahad, Nor Aishah Zulkifli, Malina Md Yusof, Zahayu QA Mathematics This study investigates the behavioural switch and relationship of people (associates) towards a transiting chief executive officer (CEO). During the tenure of a new CEO, the rate of patronage of different categories of people seeking political and economic relevance increases over time, but as the CEO’s tenure wanes, the patronage behavioural pattern decreases. The sycophant curve model (SCM) was proposed to determine the behavioural pattern change of patronage at the onset and transitioning of the CEO tenure to a new CEO. The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) was also investigated. The results revealed that during the tenure of any CEO, the associate behaviour is increasingly positive, while during the transitioning period and beyond, the rate of the behavioural switch by associates decreases gradually. The PCC (rp = 0.9966) affirmed a strong positive relationship between the CEO and associates for four years. Meanwhile, rp = –0.9966, indicating a strong negative behavioural switch between the CEO and associates after four years of transition and beyond. This study demonstrated that during the tenure of any CEO, the behavioural switch of the associates towards the CEO is extremely minimal and gradually increases after the transition period and beyond UMT Press 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30945/1/JSSM%2019%2003%202024%20102-109.pdf Okwonu, Friday Zinzendoff and Ahad, Nor Aishah and Zulkifli, Malina and Md Yusof, Zahayu (2024) Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 19 (3). pp. 102-109. ISSN 2672-7226 https://jssm.umt.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JSSM-Vol.-19-No.-3-Article-7-Draf-1.pdf http://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2024.03.007 http://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2024.03.007 |
| spellingShingle | QA Mathematics Okwonu, Friday Zinzendoff Ahad, Nor Aishah Zulkifli, Malina Md Yusof, Zahayu Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title | Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title_full | Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title_short | Sycophant Curve Model and Pearson Correlation Coefficient: An Application to Behavioral Change in Nigeria |
| title_sort | sycophant curve model and pearson correlation coefficient an application to behavioral change in nigeria |
| topic | QA Mathematics |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30945/1/JSSM%2019%2003%202024%20102-109.pdf http://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2024.03.007 |
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