ABSTRACT The focus of this research is in the area of performance-appraisals (PA) systems. Performance-appraisal is a key component of Human Resource Management (HRM) in every organization and one of the most vital responsibilities for human-resources and line managers/supervisors. A well-designed and implemented formal PA system can serve many valuable purposes in the manager-subordinate relationship (Longenecker et al., 1988). However, it is often perceived as a cumbersome and destru...
ABSTRACT Adolescence is one of the critical stages in the development of an individual. This is the stage at which a lot of experimentation takes place. The main aim of this study was to find out the impact peer pressure has on the decision-making of adolescents. The design was causal comparative (ex post facto). Questionnaire developed was used to obtain data from senior high school students in the Accra Metropolis. In all, 260 respondents were selected through stratified, purposive, and sim...
ABSTRACT The understanding of conflict and local governance as a result of competing interest by people at the local level informed the study. The overall objective of the study was to assess conflict and local governance in the KassenaNankana West District. Through a sample size of 398 respondents comprising 239 (60%) males and 159(40%) females were interviewed using interview schedule. Five District Assembly staff, the Presiding Member and 23 Assembly Members were purposively selected and i...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the attitudes of the public, workers towards persons with disability in the Tema and Accra municipality and metropolis respectively. The study employed a cross-sectional study design to interview one hundred and fifty three respondents made of fifty three Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and one hundred able workers or Non Persons with Disabilities (NPWDs). The one hundred NPWDs were interviewed to collect views on their attitude towards fellow workers who are ...
ABSTRACT The study examines the psychological contracts in oil marketing retail outlets in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which employees’ and employers’ expectations in psychological contract were fulfilled in the Oil Marketing Retail outlets. Data for the study was obtained through questionnaire survey from a sample of 15 managers and 109 employees from 15 Oil Marketing Retail Outlets in the Ga West M...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare supervision and performance in public and private schools at basic level in the Birim South District. The study focused on identifying the causes of the low academic standard in the public basic schools and to establish the causes of the relatively high academic performance in the private preparatory schools. One of the questions that the study is expected to answer was how has supervision in public and private schools at the basic level has...
ABSTRACT A well performing internal audit function is one of the strongest means to the promotion of the good corporate governance system in an organisation. The study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which the internal audit function is positioned to contribute towards one of the major objectives of achieving good corporate governance in the banking institutions in Tamale for accountability and service improvement. The respondents of the study were drawn from banking institutions in T...
ABSTRACT The research was undertaken to assess the extent to which labor quality affects the quality of textbooks produced by GPC at the head office in Accra. The desire by management to enhance staff quality and the quality of textbooks produced, has lead GPC to introduce training courses with the objective of improving upon skills of employees. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaires were used to elicit information from the respondents. In all, 184 employees of the GPC were t...
ABSTRACT There is the need for strategic managers to have a better comprehension of how firms benefit from new product innovation so as to be able to overcome its competitors. It is against this backdrop that this study sought to examine the effect of product innovation as a strategy on sales performance. Purposive sampling and stratified random sampling methods were used to select 250 staff members of Guinness Ghana Limited (GGL). Questionnaire was key instrument for the primary data used in...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the factors influencing Takoradi Polytechnic students’ choice of clothing in the Western Region of Ghana. The study was also interested in types of clothing mostly worn by students on campus and the body parts exposed. Questionnaire and Focus group discussion guide was used. Respondents were chosen at random. The sample for study consisted of 207 students, 104 and 103 students of the Departments of Fashion and Accounting respectively. Sevent...
ABSTRACT Recruitment and selection is a very vital aspect of every organization since the success of the organization is dependent on its human resource capacity. Responses from 103 persons from a sample of 120 persons, both junior and senior officers of ADB, selected through random and purposive sampling, revealed that the government has a very significant influence in the selection process by virtue of its ownership stake in the bank. It is solely responsible for appointing members onto the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the level of job satisfaction and employee commitment at Nyame Yie Cold Stores Limited. Data were collected from 150 employees were used through census in order to ensure high representativeness and generalisation. The main instrument for the study was the questionnaire. The SPSS (Version 10.0) software was used to analyse the data. The results were presented in frequency tables. The study found varied levels of satisfaction with different indicators. For ...
ABSTRACT The countless incidences of injury, death, frequent absenteeism and huge compensation costs that characterized most Ghanaian industry are worries to the country’s economic development. This draws from the fact that these negative implications of unhealthy and unsafe working environment continue to plague labour productivity in the country and have the tendency of retarding economic growth. At least 7 per cent of Ghana’s GDP is spent on solving problems related to the improper man...
ABSTRACT Credit risk and liquidity risk management practices are very critical for efficient operations and survival of banks. This is because they have the tendency to affect the core existence of banks (profitability). However, the impact of credit risk and liquidity risk on the performance of banks is yet to be fully explored in Ghana. The recent takeover of UT bank Ltd and Capital bank Ltd by GCB bank Ltd; where issues of insolvency were cited by BoG as reason for the takeover is a proof ...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the financial challenges and coping strategies adopted by students in financing tertiary education. It specifically investigated among others the sources of funds available to the students, the nature of financial challenges and their coping strategies. Participation in the study was restricted to only Levels 300 and 400 students of the University of Cape Coast from all eight schools and faculties in the University. A case study design was adopted, and questionnair...