ABSTRACT Although studies that examine the uses and influence of new media in Africa have always focused on national trends and mainstream groups, the peculiar appropriation of the new media by subcultural groups has received little attention.
ABSTRACT The purposeofthisstudyistoexaminetheeffectofsectoralForeignDirectInvestment oneconomicgrowthinNigeriamakinguseoftimeseriesdatafortheperiod1981-2018. An Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique (with emphasis on short run estimates)isusedtoexaminetherelationshipforseriesthatareI(0)andI(1).Thestudy considers five FDI sectors which include: Telecommunication infrastructures, oil, Agriculture,Manufacturing,Services andotherinfrastructuressectorsasitsvariables rep...
ABSTRACT Housing deficit is one of the major problems of urban managers. This has adversely led to the unbearable demand for public infrastructure such as social housing; roads; sewage works; water and sanitation; ports; electrification; health care; telecommunication networks; education and security; entertainment transportation; public health institutions; and employments poverty, pollution, overcrowding, congestion and shortage of affordable housing in the urban centers. This study focused...
Abstract To understand the experiences and coping mechanisms of suicide attempters and their families in Ghana, 20 (10 attempters and 10 family members) persons were sampled in the aftermath of suicide attempts at the Psychiatry Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The convergent parallel design was used and participants were interviewed on their experiences and coping mechanisms after the suicide attempt. For the quantitative section, participants were administered the africultural ...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of economically active children between the ages of 5-14-years in Ghana using data from the 2012/2013 Ghana Living Standards Survey. Moreover, the effect of early work experiences on the welfare of an individual who worked as a child is explored in terms of the income and the highest educational attainment of the individual at adulthood. Using a probit model the paper finds out that variables such as mother’s presence in the household, child’s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of perceived organizational politics (POP) and job security (JS) on turnover intentions (TI). The study also investigated how demographic variables like age, gender and job tenure also predict turnover intentions. Employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) served as the population for this study. Data was collected through the distribution of personally administered questionnaires to the respondents who were chosen by conve...
Abstract This study set out to examine the role of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Ghana in resolving the transportation challenges in Accra. The study employed qualitative research approach with semistructured interviews as its main instrument of data collection. In all, a sample size of thirty includes policy makers of Bus Rapid Transit affectionately called Ayalolo at the Ministry of Transport, management members of the BRT. The study was conducted only in Accra, where the BRT has been pilo...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the relationship between post deployment transition, psychological well-being and family relationship among Ghanaian soldiers. The study further investigated the role of post deployment social support in moderating the relationship between post deployment transition and psychological well-being. A total of One hundred and thirty- four Army personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces participated in the study. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data. Four hypotheses...
ABSTRACT Available literature shows that the practice of child fostering facilitates social mobility, copes with economic shock faced by the biological home, satisfies the labour needs of the host household and strengthens kinship ties especially between rural and urban households. However, various studies conducted by earlier authors did not consider the effect of child fostering on education expenditure. Thus, this study primarily accounts for the effect of child fostering on education expe...
“ABSTRACT This study examines the factors that determine the level of per capita health expenditure in sub Saharan Africa. Using data from 2001 to 2014 and a sample of 20 countries, we test the effects of various demographic and macroeconomic variables on health expenditure per capita. The model was estimated using the Panel Fixed and Random Effects Model as well as the panel Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) estimation technique proposed by Phillips and Loretan (1991) to generate both ...
ABSTRACT The emergence of conflicts in West Africa, especially the conflict which ravaged Liberia from 1989-2003, posed a major refugee challenge to the sub-region including Ghana. The hosting of refugees by Ghana dates back to the country’s immediate post-independent era, but became more prominent from the 1990s, when the Liberian refugee settlement was established in the country. The contribution of the Buduburam local host community to the Liberian refugees and its impact on the communit...
ABSTRACT The confidentiality promise is technically complex, politically uncertain and scientifically ill-defined to address multiple patients’ needs. This is because patients’ confidentiality provides diverse perspectives which are yet to meet thorough academic examination. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to assess circumstances that may constrain healthcare workers from keeping the confidentiality promise. The study’s objectives were to assess the impact of knowledge level of ...
ABSTRACT Motivation – Globally, emerging economies are liberalizing their foreign direct investment regimes and adapting to best practices to attract investment. Purpose – The purpose of this study was to identify the motives behind increased Chinese decision to make foreign direct investment in Ghana. Methodology – The data used in this study was mainly from secondary sources consisting of yearly observations from 1993 to 2017 for the independent variables, and from 1994 to 2018 for th...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken mainly to test the hypothesis that the employer-employee match is improved when workers resort to informal contacts in the job search process. Empirical literature on the impact of the latter search medium on tenure though limited concludes that jobs obtained through the help of a worker’s friends and relatives last longer. Findings from this study are however at variant with this strand of economic literature. The study which used a sample of 150 formal s...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the interactive effect of persistence in earnings and earnings management on stock returns. It employs both firm and macro-level data comprising of 39,490 listed firms from 1995 to 2013 across 45 countries. By employing different methodologies and estimation techniques on each research objective, the study provides the following empirical evidence: first, there is the presence of strong earnings persistence and a relatively low speed of adjustment. On the determi...