ABSTRACT The relationship between job characteristics and job satisfaction is well established in the literature. Although job satisfaction contributes to employee performance, it is unclear how job characteristics affect employee satisfaction. Anecdotal evidence shows that the ECG workers in Accra Headquarters do not stay on the job as expected and show tendencies of dissatisfaction. The hypothesis is that this may be due to factors beyond incomes levels. The overall characteristics of the ...
ABSTRACT PANAFEST is an emerging special event of international repute in Ghana. The festival' which was first held in 1992, seeks to among others, unite peoples of African descent across the world to enhance the development of the continent by establishing the truth of the history of the African. It can also be seen as a tool for accelerating tourism development in Ghana as it exposes participants to the various tourist attractions and sites in the country. The study sought to find out inte...
ABSTRACT Curriculum/instructional objectives are considered the “crux” and “key” of the entire process of teaching and learning. The more clearly and precisely instructional objectives are stated, the more will one be to obtaining precise data on the outcome or result of the instructional process. The study specifically explores the influence of graduate teachers‟ knowledge base of Social Studies curriculum/instructional objectives on their assessment practices in the Suhum Munici...
ABSTRACT This study assessed internal auditor independence in Ghana Education Service with evidence from Volta Region. Quantitative research methodology was adopted for the study hence the analyses were quantitative in nature. The study used descriptive survey as its research design and used the census method to select all internal auditors and their supporting staffs numbering 135, who served as sample size for the study. A structured close-ended questionnaire was the main instrument used f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess employees’ satisfaction at Olam (Ghana) Ltd. The target population of the study consisted of all employees (causal and permanent) of Olam (Ghana) Ltd. This included all categories of workers out of which a sample of 50 was selected and studied. Only descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The study found that the casual employees of the Company were not satisfied with the job that they were doing. This is apparent evidence that ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the news stories Ghanaian Times newspaper published on its front pages from 2015 to 2019. The study aimed at establishing the dominant news types, the news actors and the setting of the front page stories. The variables were based on the fact that the Ghanaian Times, as astate-owned media with a constitutional obligation of offering equal facilities and opportunities to all to express divergent views and opinions, will do just that. The gatekeeping theory and fra...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the use of Explicit Instruction in writing lessons at St. Monica’s College of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In this study, a collective case study design informed by constructivist grounded theory data analysis methods was used. Data were collected and analyzed using three instruments namely a semi-structured interview, sample texts on argumentative and expository essays and observations. The study revealed that combining the cognitive strat...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the communication relationships that existed between lactating student-mothers pursuing graduate programmes and their cohorts, and lecturers and the influence such relationships had on their academic development and success. It focused on the sandwich session of students, lactating sandwich mothers on Graduate programmes. It delved deep into their experiences of combining childcare and studies by using the phenomenological approach. In-depth interviews wer...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems of clause subordination among students of Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Kumasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The study specifically investigated some prevalent errors and mistakes committed by students and the source(s) of problems for the errors and mistakes. To address the objectives of the study, the descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. One hundred and two (102) participants were selected ...
ABSTRACT Tourism development in Ghana has undoubtedly moved to a key point in government policy. The district assemblies have equally been allocating resources to develop such potentials in their areas. However there seems to be no direction from most of the Regional Co-ordination Councils and hence the various assemblies are implementing programmes they think are right in their own estimations with no regional outlook. This study focuses on the Akatsi district which was the first to launch a...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the effects of the microfinance programme by Initiative Development-Ghana on its women clients in Nima, a suburb of Accra. The main instrument used in the study was a structured interview designed to tap the views of the selected respondents who were clients of ID-Ghana on the effects of the microfinance programme on them and their nuclear family, (i.e. husbands and children). It was found out that, majority of ID-Ghana’s clients engaged in trading and had...
ABSTRACT The use of pidgin among senior high school students has engaged the attention of different classes of people, especially educationists, linguists, parents and policy makers in education. The study aims at ascertaining the validity of the perception that pidgin is the cause of deviant Standard English usage among students at the senior high school. It also investigates the domain in which pidgin operates, the purpose for which it is used, whether it is used predominant and influenced ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the history and impact of Islam in the Volta Region of Ghana with special emphasis on Ave Afiadenyigba. The design used for this research was that of a case study. Unstructured interview and participant observation were used as the instruments for the study. In selecting the sample for the interview, this study made use of the purposive and simple random techniques. These sampling procedures helped the researcher access relevant information o...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine the instructional supervisory practices head teachers of Junior High Schools in Old-Tafo Municipal provide. The study population comprised of all 86 Junior High School teachers and 10 head teachers, out of the 86 teachers, 75 was the response rate, while 10 head teachers participated in the study. Questionnaire in the form of Likert format ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (4) was used to collect data. The reliability...
ABSTRACT This thesis sets out to investigate how Ayi Kwei Armah, as a post-colonial African writer, in Osiris Rising and KMT: In the house of life re-tells the history of Africa as a way of “writing back” to assert the African Identity as his way of responding to Hegel’s (1957) claim that Africa prior to European colonization had no civilization of note to boast of. Thus, through a study of the setting, plot and characters in the two novels, this work reveals how Armah artistically use...