ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and employees’ commitment to change. It was also aimed at exploring the roles regulations play during organizational change assignments. In order to accomplish these objectives, survey questionnaires and interviews were used to sample views of employees of Ghana Revenue Authority in order to gather their perspectives on the change process that was initiated by their organization in 2009. Resu...
ABSTRACT Local government systems are created by various governments across the world to enhance broad participation of citizens in the process of governance, improve on the quality of lives of these citizens and to hopefully reduce fiscal burdens of states. In Ghana, to achieve these objectives, the local governments (District Assemblies) are empowered under the Local Government Act 462, 1993 and the Constitution of Ghana (1992) to mobilize revenue within their jurisdictions. District Assemb...
ABSTRACT It has been shown that disclosure of status to children living with HIV has a beneficial effect on health outcomes in children living with HIV. In most sub-Saharan African nations, however, the prevalence of disclosure remains low, leading to poor compliance or adherence and adverse psychological results in these children. This study explored the disclosure experiences among caregivers of children living with HIV and the influence of disclosure on health outcomes in both children and...
ABSTRACT The present research examines hostile work environment (gender harassment, abusive supervision, ethnic discrimination and religious harassment) and interpersonal conflict in predicting counterproductive work behaviour among wholesale and retail shop workers in Accra and Kumasi. The survey method was used to collect data from a diverse sample of 318 workers from different wholesale and retail shops in Accra and Kumasi. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyze the hypothese...
ABSTRACT There is a global consensus about climate change and variability‟s effects as serious environmental problems. Against this backdrop, adaption and mitigation have been established as key elements for addressing them. However, adaptation to climate change has been established as an important and complementary response to mitigation. In view of this, the study examined the adaptive strategies of the people of Dome to the effects of climate change and variability. Drawing on the adapti...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s pursuit of outward-oriented trade liberalization and capital account liberalization polices since the 1980’s has the proclivity of subjecting the economy to external shocks that may affect the size of government. It is therefore imperative that the effects of external interferences within the domestic economy on government’s spending behavior are examined. In this light, this study investigate the short-run and long-run effects of trade and financial openness on governm...
ABSTRACT Election observation has become the new phenomenon for assessing the quality of elections in nascent democracies. There are two main types of election observation; international and domestic election observation. Since 2000 the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), a con of civil society has watched Ghana’s elections. The study therefore assessed the role the CODEO played in Ghana’s electoral process in order to ascertain whether CODOE activities led to the increase ...
ABSTRACT The effect of improper bookkeeping on institutional management is enormous. The survival of every institution, organization and business relies on the work of bookkeepers. The study into bookkeeping was motivated by the invaluable role they play in the socio-economic development of the country. Interestingly, the performance of most bookkeepers has been abysmal and lack the expertise needed for efficient bookkeeping and efficient financial management to ensure better utilization of f...
ABSTRACT The research topic “the economic impact of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on health care delivery in Ghana” looks in brief the current practice of financing the health service, addressing the underlying inequalities, proving equal opportunities for the people to use current health services in Ghana and to find out the whether the NHIS is the convenient way of financing health service. Among the main objectives of introducing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), i...
ABSTRACT Packaging is central of effective distribution, sales, and use of products and services. Many manufacturing firms have come to the realization that one of their valuable assets is their packaging associated with products. This study was to identify and examine the role which packaging plays as an effective marketing tool in the soap and detergent industry. Packaging activities of the soaps and detergents of Unilever Ghana Limited were used for this assessment. In conducting this rese...
ABSTRACT This research work studies the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on dividend payout of Ghanaian banks listed on Ghana stock exchange. Panel data of a four-year period, covering 2009 -2012 from the annual reports of the selected banks were used for the study with a GLS regression. The study discovered that corporate governance variables like board size, board gender diversity, audit committee size, and board members‟ educational experience all have significant influence on d...
ABSTRACT This study was to find out the level of awareness and indulgence in financial record keeping in the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises by the Ghanaian population. This was to help ascertain whether there was the need for financial records keeping and also to bring to the fore, the benefits that people can derive from the keeping of financial records. In view of this study, probability sampling was adopted in choosing a sample size of 40 to represent the Nkawkaw Township. Various ques...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to find out the role of the accountant in the management of small and medium enterprises. The purpose is to highlight the potential contribution the Accountant could make to the development of Small and Medium Enterprises, which have been recognized as the engine of growth of the Ghanaian economy. Owing to the contingencies beyond the researcher, a simple sample method was adopted to select respondents Questionnaires and unstructured interviews were used to collect i...
ABSTRACT Just the word "audit" makes shivers go up your spine and your heart race faster. However, a church audit is a process that provides reasonable assurance that good stewardship is being used in handling and accounting for the funds and other assets of your organization and since contributions are the life blood of your organization….why wouldn't you want to ensure their proper handling? Audit comes from a Latin word “audire” meaning to hear. Auditing started way back in the 19th ...
ABSTRACT It was identified through a review conducted by the World Bank in 2004 that several weaknesses exist in the Accounting and Auditing practices in various sectors of the country. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and International Standards on Auditing were used as the benchmarks for the assessment. The Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, published in June 2004 was the result of the assessment. This contains recommendations to improve the reporting framew...