ABSTRACT The study sought to explore factors influencing the low representation of women in management positions in University of Cape Coast and Central University College. An exploratory qualitative research design was employed to undertake the study. A survey questionnaire was completed through interviews with forty-eight workers in management positions in both universities. Among the respondents, the majority were males, married, aged 30 - 34 and held at least a post-graduate degree. Gener...
ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to assess the extent to which team building interventions have helped to promote teamwork; examine how these interventions have enhanced organizational effectiveness; assess the extent to which the interventions have helped to address obstacles to employees’ performance and identify the constraints in operationalizing team building interventions. Research questionnaires were administered to seven teams to diagnose work group/team effectiveness. Inte...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted primarily to examine the effect of celebrity endorsement on young voters‟ choice of political candidates during national elections in Ghana. The study targeted Technical University students in Cape Coast Technical University. Explanatory research design, backed by quantitative research approach, was employed to survey 400 students from the institution. An estimated population of 2500 were targeted for the study. Simple random sampling was employed for the se...
ABSTRACT This study sought to address the determinants of work-family conflict among female teachers and how it affects their job satisfaction. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the determinants of work-family conflict; assess the differences between work-family conflict among married and unmarried female teachers; and examine the effect of work-family conflict on satisfaction of female teachers. A total of 250 respondents were used for the study. The lottery method of the...
ABSTRACT Revenue Generation has received significant public and regulators attention in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana and the internal control has been identified as the most effective control mechanism that provides support in the revenue collection, eliminating income and resource loss, identifying and preventing fraud. This study was set to achieve three objectives namely; to assess the effect of controls activities on revenue collection, to examine the influ...
ABSTRACT The main ambition of most organizations today is to present good financial results that may have the impetus of propelling the organization into the realization of its grand objectives. One important part of this is to ensure an effective way of managing liquid capital or in other words fund management. The thrust of this document is to help improve the public sector financial management practices, with a particular reference to the second cycle institutions of Ghana Education Servic...
ABSTRACT The Ghana Education Service (GES) as an organization uses its study leave with pay policy which has been at the easy disposal of teachers since independence of Ghana as a means of up grading its staff. This policy was very flexible until the year 2000 when some restrictions were placed on the accessibility of the facility. This study therefore sought to find out the prospects and challenges of accessing the study leave with pay facility with the restrictions the GES has placed on the...
ABSTRACT The most debated issue or controversy in the field of finance is over the impact of dividend policy on the performance of a company (Brealey and Myers 2002). Different views exist regarding the impact of dividend policy on the performance of firms. Some empiricists argue for dividends irrelevance while others take the opposite view and maintain that dividends do have relevance. This current study has been undertaken aiming at evaluating the impact of dividend policy on performance in...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the perception of teachers about training in public basic schools .The research was conducted using self administered questionnaire and an interview guide. Three objectives were formulated to guide the study. The study was based on the systematic training theory. A sample size of 51 consisting of 40 teachers, 10 head teachers and the District Training Officer was used for the study. Descriptive analysis was employed in the discussion of employment charact...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of corporate governance on firm performance using listed financial institutions on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The study also investigated the influence of board composition on firm performance. Ex-post factor research design was adopted for the study and purposive sampling was used in selecting sample for the study which comprises all financial institutions listed on Ghana Stock Exchange. The study revealed that there is a positive and significant ...
ABSTRACT The issue of credit risk is of greater concern because of the higher levels of perceived risks resulting from some of the characteristics of clients and the business conditions that these clients find themselves in. The structure of risk management calls for a review that reflect on policies and procedures which will help manage risk as well as conform to the best practices. As a contribution to this exercise, this study focuses on Unique Trust (UT) Bank and Teachers’ Fund (TF) Fin...
ABSTRACT Education plays a vital role in the development of the human resource of every nation and it is an undeniable fact that the development of every nation also depends on the human resource. Investment in the education, training and development of the human resource is a necessary condition for national development however the success of this largely depends on the quality of teachers. Hence there is the need for staff development programmes that commensurate with the nation’s develop...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess occupational health and safety practices at the Tarkwa Government Hospital. Case study research design was adopted for the study. Through the use of stratified and simple random sampling procedures, 144 hospital employees were selected to participate in the study. The mixed method was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analysed through the computation of descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, and mean of distrib...
ABSTRACT Employee retention is vital as it brings implications for organisational competitiveness in an increasingly global landscape. This study was undertaken to examine the factors influencing retention in the public sector more specifically at National Disaster Management Organisation, Greater Accra region. It further seeks to establish a relationship between factors such as the recruitment and selection process of the organisations, the employees hired; that is their competencies, availa...
ABSTRACT Every organisation has its own unique culture which defines its existence and operation. This culture is so critical to the existence of any organisation and it could either be a barrier to change or a catalyst to the same in an organisation. This study sets out to assess the organisational culture of the Business schools of University of Ghana and Central University College within the context of Van der Post, De Coning and Smith (1997) dimension of organisational culture. The study ...