ABSTRACT The concept of leader integrity has become topical as part of the call for positive organizational research. In an attempt to explore the meaning of this character strength in leaders and how it influences employee outcomes, this study employed the use of robust methodology to examine how leader integrity predicts the citizenship behaviour and counterproductive work behaviour of civil servants in Ghana. The concurrent embedded mixed method design was adopted to subjectively provide...
ABSTRACT Public transport is crucial for the growth of any economy and trade, both of which are highly dependent on the conveyance of people and goods. However, there is, in many cities of developing countries, a major challenge of adjusting the existing system of mobility to the evolving transportation needs of the people. The situation in the Accra Metropolitan area provides a template of the circumstance in most of these city-regions. Against this backdrop, the study investigated the use ...
ABSTRACT It is argued that strategic management practices positively influence the competitiveness of firms. In the light of this the study examines the strategic management behaviors (practices and tools) adopted by firms from emerging markets, using Ghana as a case study. To address this issue, literature was extensively reviewed out of which a conceptual model consisting of a sample of key strategic management practices and tools that enhance firm competitiveness was adapted and validated...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been conducted on training and organisational commitment in Western and Asian countries, but not much has been done in Sub-Saharan African countries, and particularly in the pensions industry in Ghana. This study fills this gap by conducting a theoretical analysis and empirical examination of the role of training in facilitating employees‘ commitment in the Ghanaian pensions industry. Additionally, the study contributes to human resource management practice reg...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to assess how leaders’ emotional intelligence influence the creativity of employees in indigenous Ghanaian banks. Moreover, the study examined how employee voice acts as a mediator for the leaders’ emotional intelligence-employee creativity relationship. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to examine the relationship between leaders emotional intelligence and employee creativity in indigenous Ghanaian banks; to determine the relationship ...
ABSTRACT Purpose - The purpose of this study is to compare the performance of selected West African countries regarding their attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study used the Extended Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) as the main framework. This is because TOPSIS creates room for the incorporation of the three dimensions of sustainability-social, economic and environmental to establish a threshold below which a country is deeme...
ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of business practice over the last decade and this has led many corporations to dedicate a section of their annual reports and corporate websites to CSR activities. Although extant literature with regard to CSR has examined a number of themes such as the link between CSR and financial performance, very few studies have been conducted on CSR and Competitive Advantage (CA). As such, this paper was aimed at identifying ...
ABSTRACT The sustainable environment has become an important issue in global development as a result of recurrent instability in the interaction among environmental, economic and social systems. Different policy directives and interventions have therefore been championed for promoting a balance in these systems. Key among them is education for a sustainable environment, identified to contribute knowledge, skills and attitudes required to bring about a change. In spite of these, a sustainable ...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to assess the challenges pertaining to the adoption and implementation of Affirmative Action Practices and their impact on Female Empowerment in some selected Tertiary Institution in Ghana. The universities used for the study were, The University of Ghana, Legon (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). The study adopted the qualitative research approach, using explanatory and descriptive r...
ABSTRACT This study sought to compare leadership emergence and engagement among leaders of charismatic and historic mission churches in Ghana. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for the study. The qualitative technique was used to explore the differences in leadership emergence among the leaders of charismatic and historic mission churches. On the other hand, quantitative technique was used to assess the differences in leadership engagement. In all, four hundr...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the effects of organizational structure (formalization and centralization) on employee job stress and employee efficiency of micro finance firms in Ghana. Guided by theoretical concepts in organizational behavior and institutional theory, a standardized questionnaire was adapted and used to collect data from a sample of 222 employees working in the microfinance industry in Ghana. The collated data was analyzed using factor, correlational and reg...
ABSTRACT The issue of occupational health and safety (OHS) management is gaining significant attention among scholars in this millennium and there is the need for hospitals providing healthcare in developing countries to formulate policies and take the necessary actions that lead to creating a conducive work environment and improving productivity. This study, therefore, examined the effect of occupational health and safety on the service delivery of healthcare workers (nurses) in Ghana. The...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to examine the impact of performance appraisal system on employee’s performance, at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). The study adopted the descriptive survey design and employed the quantitative research approach. The population of the study was staff at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The study used questionnaire to collect data from the respondents. Data processing was do...
ABSTRACT This study examined pension reforms and retirement income security for Ghanaian workers. The study also considered how the three-tier pension scheme is positioned to meet the retirement needs of informal sector workers. Using a qualitative research method, the research sampled views from 83 informal sector workers from selected markets and 3 officials from the regulator, regulated and informal sector foundation using a combination of elite interviews and focus group discussions. Re...
ABSTRACT The practice of training has been ongoing in Electricity Company of Ghana, a utility company in Ghana. However, complaints of poor customer attitude and general uproar still exist against the company. The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of training on organisational commitment (affective, continuance and normative commitment) while assessing the moderating role of organisational justice among employees of ECG. Crosssectional survey design was adopted with the quanti...