ABSTRACT The study investigated influence of perceived organizational support and self efficacy on burnout among nurses. Two hundred and nine (209) nurses from Federal Medical Centre Umuahia participated in the study. Among them were 2 males and 207 females. The Perceived Organizational Support Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to elicit the participants’ responses on burnout. A crosssectional survey design was employed and 2-way ANOVA was used to ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the effect of teacher characteristics on ICT integration in public secondary schools in Nakuru Town Sub-county, Kenya. The objectives of the study were: To establish the effect of teacher educational beliefs on ICT integration; to establish the effect of self-efficacy on ICT integration; to establish the effect of attitude on ICT integration; to establish the effect of motivation on ICT integration; and to establish the overall effect of teacher character...
ABSTRACT Dividend policy remains a source of disagreement despite many years of theoretical and empirical research findings. Paying large dividends decreases the risk and therefore influences Security prices. Dividends are relevant because they signal and have informational benefit to investors. The main question to be answered here is how much dividends should be given back to their shareholders?, companies must take this crucial decision period after period. The optimal dividend policy is t...
ABSTRACT The present study was carried out in 2014 in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in order to classify Chagga agroforestry home gardens and establish their relative contributions to food, income and wood energy to the local communities. The study methodology included random selection of four divisions, one ward from each division, one village from each ward and 30 households per village forming a total sample of 120 households. A social survey was subsequently carried out using q...
ABSTRACT The study sought to address the impact of group lending on accessibility of micro credit facilities among low income households in rural and sub-urban regions of Keiyo South Sub-county. The study specifically sought; to determine the effect of joint liability on accessibility of micro credit; examine the effect of group size on accessibility of micro credit; determine the effect of group members’ education on accessibility of micro credit and to establish the impact of group divers...
ABSTRACT Baringo District is one of the districts in Kenya that is categorized as an ASAL area, characterized by high poverty and food insecurity. Subsistence farming and pastoralism have been and still are the main source of livelihood for majority of the people. However, since crop and livestock agriculture are susceptible to drought, beekeeping has become the sole most important alternative form of sustenance. Despite documented potential benefits of value addition, honey is majorly produ...
ABSTRACT Despite that income-generating activities play a vital role on reducing the dependency of local communities on forest resources, in some cases the performance of practised income generating activities has been a challenging issue. This study was conducted to assess economic efficiency of tree nurseries and beekeeping income-generating activities, asses factors affecting the economic efficiency of tree nurseries and beekeeping IGAs, asses its impacts on forest conservation and to ass...
ABSTRACT Wetlands cover about 4–6% of the earth‟s surface and are the most productive ecosystems on earth. However, they are under threat from natural and anthropogenic factors with more than half having disappeared, largely through factors related to increase in human population such as; conversion to agricultural use, urbanization, transport and communication, human settlement and infrastructure expansion. This study assessed water quality, vegetation status, socio-economic status as...
ABSTRACT Animal feed scarcity and mostly the availability of high quality forage, is one of the major limiting factors to dairy productivity improvement in Lushoto District. This is a result of soil fertility losses due to soil erosion, deforestation practices and to the decrease or the abandonment of mineral fertilizer use. Thepresent study was conducted in Ubiri Village, Lushoto Districtto assess the influence of desmodium and farmyard manure on the agronomic performance of fodder plants s...
ABSTRACT The situation of insecurity in Kenya has triggered this research in unravelling how police officers are faced with various challenges while fulfilling their work and family roles. A considerable number of police officers experience work overload, burn out, and are often posted to work in areas, sometimes highly dangerous locations thus leading to stress resulting from work/family conflict. This has been prompted by lack of balance between the pressures of their profession and family...
ABSTRACT Past studies have found that a firm which is socially responsible acknowledges that it exists and operates in a shared environment. This is characterised by a mutual impact of a firm’s relationships on a broad variety of stakeholders, who are affected by and can eventually affect the achievement of an organisation’s objectives. This study sought to investigate the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices on the performance of organizations in the media industry. ...
Abstract A GIS-based multi-criteria land evaluation was performed in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania in order to avail decision-makers and farmers with an evidence-based decision support tool for improved and sustainable rice production in this important region for agricultural investment. The five most important criteria for rice production in the area were identified through literature search and discussion with local agronomists and farmers. The identified criteria were 1) soil properties, 2) ...
ABSTRACT Community development has remained one of the major preoccupations of various governments all over the world. In Nigeria, the rural areas, which constitute over 70% of the country’s population and largely made up of poor people, lack the basic infrastructural amenities required to meet basic human needs. Consequently, government efforts over the years have been directed at how to provide local communities with basic infrastructure as a means of ameliorating their conditions in ord...
ABSTRACT Sugarcane and soybean are emerging value chains in Awendo Sub-County of Kenya with the potential for alleviating the perpetual problems of food and nutrition insecurity, poverty and unemployment among the rural households. Agricultural extension officers have educated farmers on the economic benefits of sugarcane-soybean integration but the uptake and performance of this cropping system has not been evaluated. This study therefore aimed at contributing to increase in farmer’s house...
ABSTRACT Liberalization in the finance industry in Kenya has led to increased access to credit facilities to Kenyan employees. Primary school teachers are among the beneficiaries. Credit facilities include both secured and unsecured loans. For employees, unsecured personal loans have become more popular due to the relative ease and speed at which they can be obtained. The objectives of this study were to: evaluate the effects of school fees loans on household financial health of primary schoo...