ABSTRACT The Ghana government in 1984 embarked on an economic recovery program where the country’s export crops were diversified and marketing liberalized. The diversification led to expansion in production and export of mango products. There has been a gap in ascertaining the impact of government agricultural policy on mango production and horticultural export crops promotion and agro-processing policy. Another gap is the limited literature on sociological contribution of commercial produ...
ABSTRACT Open Source Software is quickly gaining popularity among academic libraries in Kenyan and its presence is being felt by librarians everywhere. The perceived cost-effectiveness of OSS have significantly attracted managers of Kenyan libraries whose budgetary allocation is always inadequate. However, there is a glaring lack of information relating to the performance of Kenyan university libraries in relations to the unique features of Open Source Software.It is upon this background that...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between parenting style a person was train with, attachment style and later marital satisfaction as well as the factors affecting marital satisfaction in the Ghanaian context using concurrent mixed method design. Two hundred married participants comprising 86 males and 114 females were conveniently sampled from the Greater Accra region of Ghana for the study. Correlational survey design was used to investigate the relationship between parentin...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of corporate governance on risk disclosure of banks in Ghana using a sample size of 21 banks over an eight-year period (2007-2014). Using annual data of the banks the study estimates risk disclosure scores to measure risk disclosure levels and corporate governance mechanisms as surrogates for corporate governance. It employs panel regression analysis to investigate the linkage between risk disclosures of the banks and corporate governance, while contr...
ABSTRACT For a long time, the Catholic Church, Nakuru Diocese has been facing the challenge of not achieving intended goals of their projects due to the over runs in time and budgets in most Catholic Churches’ projects, it become necessary to examine the influence of project management practices on project outcomes at catholic churches. The study was therefore carried out to establish the influence of selected project management practices on project outcomes at Catholic Churches Nakuru dio...
ABSTRACT After about a decade of civil war, Liberia still has a fertility similar to other countries who have not had such similar experiences. The civil war was expected to lead to a decrease in fertility given the expected increased usage of contraceptives and decrease in the desire for children. So, the question about the role of education, contraception and desired fertility was asked. To answer this question, four main questions were asked. First, whose education is more significant in ...
ABSTRACT Over the last four decades, the pressure on organizations to engage in CSR has increased. Being socially responsible involves costs and therefore it should be beneficial to the business and improve sustainability. This study sought to investigate the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance of microfinance institutions in Mombasa County. The specific objectives of this study were to determine how the firms participation in environmental activities ...
ABSTRACT This study explored how spiritual leadership, engaged leadership and extrinsic motivation influence continuance commitment of employees in the banking industry in Ghana. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership and continuance commitment, the relationship between engaged leadership and continuance commitment and the relationship between extrinsic motivations and continuance commitment in the banking industry in Ghana. The study adopt...
ABSTRACT Budgetary process was a key activity in public secondary schools in Kenya as it guided activities of the schools. If not properly addressed, administrations of the schools were to find it difficult to consistently provide timely and quality learning services. The main objective of this study was to examine budgetary process and budget variance in public secondary schools in Rongo Constituency, Migori County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: To determi...
ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to investigate the influence of knowledge management strategy on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County. Specifically, the study sought to: establish the influence knowledge creation on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County, determine the influence knowledge acquisition on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County, assess the influence of...
ABSTRACT The performance of most projects in Kenya fails to meet the expected goal based on time and cost indicators. More than seventy percent of the implemented projects recorded time and cost variations. Most of Kenya’s urban construction sector projects fail to achieve their objectives despite the many rules, regulations and the quality training of the consultants. In 2016, Mombasa County failed to deliver on its development public projects to the tune of forty seven percent. The study...
ABSTRACT Unaitas Sacco is faced by brand competition from the dominant market players such as commercial banks and micro-finance institutions with facilities throughout the country hence affecting loyalty among account holders in Unaitas Sacco. This is due to the fact that there are so many products and as such, consumers are highly influenced by perceptions on brand equity and other product attributes. This study therefore is aimed at establishing the effect of brand equity on brand loyalty ...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s economy is heavily dependent on the performance of SMEs which gives the foundation for the upcoming of other sectors. However, the strategic management in many SMEs in Kenya is still being challenged.This study looked into how Information and Communication Technology influences strategic management in SMEs in Trans Nzoia County. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of Information and communication technology on strategic management in SMEs of Trans Nzoia County,...
ABSTRACT The problem of waste collection and disposal has been a canker to the development of cities and towns across Ghana. Day in day out, there are reports of piles of waste left uncollected around city centres and residences. Huge tonnes of waste are seen scattered in streets and gutters and the effects are enormous especially in the face of rapid urbanization. Some of the effects include flooding, the spread of diseases as a result of cross contaminations, the aesthetic value of the com...
ABSTRACT Different countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) have experienced different levels of growth of their domestic Government bond markets due to various factors. This study aimed at evaluating the drivers of the growth of domestic government domestic bond markets in selected countries in Eastern and Southern Africa during the period 2003-2015. The main study problem is the inability of countries to sustainably fund their budgetary deficits from dependable and reliable local sour...