Abstract The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has been plagued with recurrent crisis emanating from perceived injustice, degradation and neglect of residents in such areas. For example, violent reactions from militant youths have become unpredictable and uncontrollable; a situation that has rendered the region volatile and stressful. This study investigated the influence of personal and social variables such as locus of control and social support on adjustment to stressful life event resulting f...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to examine the attitude of small business owners towards the Tax Stamp System in Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. The study assessed the level of knowledge of the nuances of the Tax Stamp as well as their level of compliance. The study also investigated the problems in the payment and collection of the Tax Stamp. Using a descriptive survey method, 184 respondents in the informal sector in designated areas of Sekondi were conveniently selected for the...
ABSTRACT Most developing countries face the problem of raising tax revenue to carry out public sector spending. Tax revenue is necessary for economic growth and development. Unfortunately tax revenue generation has been low in Ghana. This study therefore examined the determinants of tax revenue with evidence from Ghana using quarterly data from 1988 to 2008. The tax effort function is used by regressing government expenditure, real gross domestic product and financial deepening on tax revenue...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the prospect for and challenges to sustainable development in the Upper West Region. The issues examined related to sustainable development, peace, enhanced security and resource governance. A survey design was used in collecting data from 164 respondents comprising security officers, farmers, chiefs, opinion leaders, CBOs and NGOs to ascertain their views on the subject matter. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from the identifiable stake holder...
Abstract Community oriented policing training prepares the police trainees on how to partner with the public in crime prevention and control in Nigeria. The trainees after leaving the training grounds still find it difficult to integrate with their colleagues and members of the public in crime prevention and control in Nigeria. The crisis of theory and practice of community oriented policing in Nigeria emerges as the trainees are confronted with both organizational and environmental obstacles...
ABSTRACT Among the management training and development programmes that have been instituted in Ghana Commercial Bank limited is the Modular Management Development Programme (MMDP). This is an integrated training and development programme designed for 134 Branch and Manager and potential Branch Managers to bridge their knowledge and skills gaps to enable the bank meet the challenges posed by intense competition and changing custome! needs. This research, (which is in partial fulfilment for a ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the coverage and the sustainability of social security and national insurance trust. The study used the purposive sampling method to choose a sample size of 127, 10 clients of SSNIT and 117 employees of SSNIT. Additional information was also received from the company’s documents, magazines and journals as a source for secondary information. The results of the study indicated that 74.6% of SSNIT staff thought that an increase in coverage wou...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the influence of socio-economic background on self-esteem of female adolescent students in the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study employed a descriptive survey design with the quantitative approach. A sample of 400 female adolescent Senior High School students were used for the study. The participants were selected using the simple random and purposive sampling procedures. A close-ended type questionnaire developed by the research...
ABSTRACT Environmental degradation has been exacerbated where there has been absence or weak land use planning and regulations to ensure orderly human settlement development. The first land use plan for Tamale was formulated in 1969 for the period 1970 – 1985 and received statutory approval in 1975. The plan is still the legal frame-work within which developments are carried out This study investigated the problem of planning and development in Tamale which is not due to unavailability of ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the public perception of the services of First Allied Savings and Loans Company. As such, specific objectives were to assess the public awareness of the products offered by the bank, to examine the public access to loan and interest rate thereof of the bank, to assess the public perception on the CSR activities of the SLC and examine the public perception on access to financial information. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire fr...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at finding out if human resource management (HRM) practices are employed stringently in the hospitality industry particularly the hotel industry to attract, equip and maintain the right people to deliver quality service. It had an objective of finding out the perception of management of hospitality facilities on HRM practices such as recruitment, selection, training and motivation to get the right people to offer quality service and to reduce labour turnover. The s...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which motivation affects the attitude of teachers using content and process theories of motivation. Stratified and systematic sampling procedures were used to select a sample size of 64 teachers comprising of 43 males and 21 females and purposive method was also employed to select 16 key informants consisting of 11 Heads of Institutions in both public and private schools and 5 senior personnel at the New Juaben Municipal Educ...
ABSTRACT The concept of job satisfaction is considered to be a very critical issue for any organisation’s performance. Thus, employers benefit from lower staff turnover and higher productivity if their employees experience a high level of job satisfaction. The study sought to assess the state of job satisfaction among the staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. A cross-sectional survey design was used for the study and data were obtained from 126 respondents, using questionnaires. The st...
This study investigated the impact of leadership style and demographic variables on employees’ job satisfaction in four selected telecommunication companies in Lagos, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design in which 227 participants were accidentally sampled from a employee population of 1174. Participants comprised of 102 males and 125 females aged between 19 and 59 years with mean age of 33.82 and standard deviation of 8.12. Primary data were generated through structure...
ABSTRACT Education is a powerful agency and instrumental in bringing about the desired changes in the social and cultural life of a nation. The key variable for its achievement and survival in this competitive global economy is quality. The whole process of education is shaped and moulded by the teacher and quality teachers with commitment are prerequisites for successful and excellent education. One may wonder whether the institutional structures within which training and development progr...