ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of the working environment on employees’ job satisfaction in the Judicial Service, Accra. Specifically, the study analyzed the direct and indirect relationship among work environment, variables of safety, relationship with co-workers and motivation on job satisfaction. Methodologically, the study was a cross sectional quantitative survey that involved the use of self-administered structured questionnaire that gathered data from respondents of jud...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate government-media relations in the Namibian public service. This study employs a qualitative design by using two methods of data collection namely the face-to-face interviews as well as focus group discussions. Data was collected by means of key informant interview guides as well as focus group discussion guides. The population of this study comprised of the 23 government Ministries and the country‘s 13 print media houses. Data received was ...
ABSTRACT Immediately after independence the Namibian government adopted a National Policy on Labour and “Manpower” Development. In terms of this policy trade unions were prioritised as main stakeholders for change in labour matters. Furthermore all labour matters were to be dealt with on a tri-partite basis. To realise the policy objectives of the Labour Policy the government enacted the Labour Act (1992), the Social Security Act (1994) and the Affirmative Action Act (1998). The implicati...
Abstract This dissertation is a rhetorical study of the speeches of Bishop Kleopas Dumeni of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. The main purpose of the study was to analyse Bishop Dumeni’s selected speeches based on the five canons of Aristotle, namely, invention, arrangement, style, delivery and memory, and his three modes of persuasion of logos, pathos and ethos. This study examined the English and Oshiwambo speeches which Bishop Dumeni delivered at meetings locally and internati...
ABSTRACT Psychologists have long been concerned with the well-being of people and how it can be achieved. There are various routes to well-being, for example, via pleasure, engagement, accomplishment and meaning. This study focuses on the second route to well-being, namely engagement in the work context, and specifically the relation thereof to work-life interference. Interference of employees’ work with their home and home with work is an important factor impacting their work engagement. T...
ABSTRACT This study broadly investigates the impact of the “Justice for All Programme” on Ghana’s prison system. Specifically, the study seeks to outline the causes of delay in access to Justice by remand prisoners, identifies the effect of the delay in access to Justice by remand Prisoners on the Prison Administration, examines the effect of delay in access to Justice by remand Prisoners, and assesses the effect of the “Justice for All Programme” on access to justice by remand Pri...
ABSTRACT Revolutionary changes in the diplomatic environment has led to the incorporation of sports and diplomacy - two distinct institutions – in theory and practice. The attachment of democracy to diplomacy has led to the call for more transparency in international relations by the global public. Stuart Murray believes the emergence of non-state diplomatic actors such as Multinational Corporations (MNCs), non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations and celebrities have become e...
Abstract This study critically examines how apartheid and the erasure of an African’s identity are presented in ‘Master Harold’ …and the Boys and ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead’. Purposive sampling was employed since the selected plays addressed the themes of apartheid and the erasure of the African’s identity which is the main focus of this study. The study used qualitative research design as it is based on data expressed in the form of words, descriptions, accounts, opinions and feeling...
ABSTRACT The research sought to investigate the social ministry of four selected Charismatic churches in Ghana. Specifically, it examined the underlying factors influencing the current interest of these Charismatic churches‟ contribution towards the development of education and healthcare services in Ghana. Charismatic churches‟ interest in social ministry is problematized due to the fact that in the past social ministry did not appear as a prominent feature in the ethos of Charismatic C...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page- - - - - - - - - - - i Approval Page- - - - - - - - - - ii Dedication- - - - - - - - - - - iii Acknowledgements- - - - - - - - - - iv Table of Contents- - - - - - - - - - vi CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study - - - - - - - - - 1 1.2 Statement of research problem- - - - - - - - 2 1.3 Significance of the study - - - - - - - - 3 1.4 Aim and objectives - - - - - - - - - 3 1.5 Scope and limitation - - - - - - - - - 4 1.6 Methodology - - - - ...
ABSTRACT Background: An understanding of where families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) seek help is important in the development of services in a country like Ghana where speech and language therapy is a relatively new concept. It appears there is very limited literature related to the help-seeking behaviour (HSB) of parents of children with ASD in Ghana. It is important to respect where parents seek help from in order to build on the existing practices in the provision of servic...
ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of rural-urban migration on agricultural development in the To District of the Northern Region of Ghana. Many studies in Ghana have focused on the causes and consequences of rural-urban migration on the destination communities with fewer emphases on the effects on the non-migrants left at the origin. The framework for analysis of causes of rural-urban migration was the push and pull theory. Non-probability sampling was employed in this study because i...
ABSTRACT The Constitution of The Republic of Namibia Article 10 guarantees equality before the law and the right to non-discrimination on the basis of sex. Therefore, the Namibian government through an Act of Parliament devoted all government institutions, Namibian Defence Force (NDF) included, to ensure equal opportunities of men and women in appointment to decision-making positions as well as equality of voices in committees dealing with security matters. Since the establishment of NDF in 1...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ………………………………………………….…….…..…i Approval Page……………………………………………………..…..…ii Dedication……………………………………………………….…...…..iii Acknowledgement………………………………………………………..iv Table of contents…………………………………………………..…..….v CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction ………………...
ABSTRACT Background: Speech and language therapy is a profession which is slowly beginning to develop in a number of sub-Saharan African countries. In Ghana, there are currently limited speech and language therapy services. There are only three (3) speech and language therapists serving the rehabilitation needs of people with communication disabilities in Ghana. The development of speech and language therapy training in Ghana means that services will grow and families of children with commun...