ABSTRACT Nigeria has earned an appellation for herself as a show case of Africa’s democracy for several score of years. Ironically, every journey towards such democratic process/experience had been laden with electoral violence even since the colonial days. With the rebirth of African liberalism and the wave of democratic consolidation process that swept across the globe/world in the 1990’s, electoral violence returned in a more frightening dimension in most African states. It is, therefo...
ABSTRACT Anglo American Plc (“Anglo”) is one of the world’s largest mining companies. In addition to the London Stock Exchange, it is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with operations that span the globe. At the date of valuation, 30 September 2014, Anglo’s shares constituted a significant portion of the investment portfolio of the researcher’s employer and was one of the primary drivers of portfolio performance. Incorporated in 1917, Anglo’s maturity was further evidenced...
TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page ...........................i Approval Page ......................ii Dedication ..............................iii Acknowledgment .......................iv Table of Content .........................v CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction .............................1 1.2 Statement of the problem ...........................2 1.3 Research Questions ................................3 1.4 Aim and objectives of the study ............................3 1.5 Justification and signif...
ABSTRACT In this thesis, I discuss the sound system, tonal patterns and some phonological processes of Gua (Gwa). As a „Hill Guan‟ language, Gua belongs to the Guan language group under Central Comoe sub-family of the Kwa language family. It is spoken typically by the people of Anu-(m) and Boso, which form the two dialects of the language. It is located in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The thesis relied on data from the Boso dialect of Gua for its description. U...
ABSTRACT Despite the fact that mental health nurses are more prone to job stressors, little research has been done on stress in their day to day activities at the hospital. This study, therefore, identified the causes of job-related stress among mental health nurses, assessed the effects of job-related stress on mental healthcare delivery and explored coping strategies among mental health nurses. Based on a mixed-method approach, the study was based on nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospita...
Background to the Study One of the important aspects of the production of goods and services is the proper distribution of the same in such a manner that it will reach the target consumers in the most cost-effective and expeditious manner. Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, delivering and communicating value to customers, and customer relationship management that also benefits the organization. Marketing is the science of...
ABSTRACT Women empowerment, financing in business is very vital and of utmost importance because of the level of which our global world is moving. This project work is aimed at dishing out the need for women to be given reasonable opportunities in business. Also, in the research work a lot will be dealt with on women in business though at small scale and it will be more narrowed down to the incubation centre that is situated in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state at the Northern part of Nigeria. ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between childhood abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, and neglect), religiosity and later life satisfaction among adults with a history of childhood abuse in any form. One hundred and thirty-three adults, with a history of childhood abuse, were purposively sampled from Tema SOS Village. It is an institution that provides daycare, education, medical, psycho-social support and vocational training for people who have suffered abuse. Participa...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to provide an understanding of how employee engagement and psychological empowerment influences the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour of first-line employees in one-two star hotels in Ghana. The study employed a cross-sectional design and a quantitative method approach. The data was gathered with the use of a standardised questionnaire, a total of 302 first-line employees from 25 hotels in the Upper West Regi...
Abstract District Assemblies across the whole nation continue to face increasing developmental demands from their various areas of jurisdiction. However, in the midst of the increasing demands is the challenge of mobilizing local revenue as many people are unwilling to pay tax. District Assemblies continue to face financial challenges as the volume of IGF generated is far below the needed capacity to harness the desired level of growth. This in effect has affected the DAs ability to meet the...
ABSTRACT This study examines calendar anomalies, specifically day of the week and month of the year effects on the Namibian stock exchange using daily and monthly data from January 4th, 2000 to March 31st, 2017 obtained from the Namibian stock exchange. In an attempt to select a model best fit to account for return and volatility in the Namibian stock market, the symmetric GARCH (1,1) and two other asymmetric models EGARCH(1,1) and TARCH(1,2) models were estimated. The empirical results deriv...
Abstract Ghana is a country with strong cultural and religious beliefs. These beliefs tend to foster stigmatization and discrimination of the disabled and their primary caregivers within society. Developmentally disabled children, like those having other disabilities, are the most affected by the stigmatization of their primary caregivers. The present study examined the effect of stigmatization on the psychological wellbeing of primary caregivers of developmentally disabled children. Sixty- ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Pages Title page - - - - - - - - - - i Declaration - - - - - - - - - - ii Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iii Certification - - - - - - - - - - iv Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - v-vi Table of contents - - - - - - - - - vii-viii CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 1-2 1.2 Statement of Research Problem - - - - - - 3 1.3 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 3 1.4 Research Questions - - - - - - - - 4 1.5 Research Assumptions - - - - - - - 4 1.6 Significanc...
ABSTRACT Major problems faced by Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all over the world is limited access to business funds, accounting records, human resource management and managing their SMEs productively. Part of the solution to address the aforementioned challenges is inherent in social capital. Social capital provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to use mutual relationships to access financial and other forms of capital without having to provide collateral securities. Despite ...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the relationship between financial development and economic growth in Namibia. It employed an auto-regression distributive lag modelling approach on quarterly data for the period 1995 to 2014. The study used the following variables, namely: ratio of broad money supply to gross domestic product, real gross domestic product (GDP), saving and interest rate. Firstly, the results of the unit root tests showed a combination of integration of order zero and one. Secon...