ABSTRACT Proficient communication has a positive effect on employees. Some previous studies in the communication literature revealed that communication style is a main driver of organizational, employees’ performance and satisfaction. The study set out to investigate the relationship between communication styles and employees’ performance. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between communication styles and employees’ performance. Thus, using quantitative appro...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the motivational factors that have been responsible for teachers’ high output leading to excellent student performance in private Junior Secondary Schools in the Ga District of the Greater Accra region. The study involved 150 teachers sampled from 25 schools. The descriptive survey design was used because it is practical and versatile and indicates how data are collected, organised and displayed in tables and graphs. Teacher motivation and teacher co...
ABSTRACT The study was to assess community water and sanitation programmes and its effects on sustainable water and sanitation delivery. Water and sanitation are an important aspect every human development. Without access to safe drinking water and sanitation, people are likely to suffer from sanitation and related. Primary data was gathered through household surveys using interview schedules and unstructured interviews with key individuals from water and sanitation committees and Department ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find the role of motivation on employee performance. The study was conducted by collecting data from a sample of 72 respondents’ selected using purposive and convenience sampling technique from the targeted population of 90. The data was analysed using the responses from the survey reveal that motivation has a positive effect on employees’ performance in the company. Again, it was revealed from the study that non-monetary factors also motivate employees signif...
ABSTRACT Reward management is one of the ways used by organizations for attracting and retaining suitable employees as well as helping them to improve their performance. This study was conducted at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between reward systems and employee performance at University of Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to determine the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards an...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between work-family conflict on employees‟ job and family satisfactions. The study covered University of Cape Coast junior staff. Descriptive cross-sectional survey was employed to achieve the objectives of the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 339 respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire which consisted four sections was used as the main instrument for...
ABSTRACT Human resource development is being viewed today as an important strategic approach to to improved productivity, efficiency and profitability. The level of human resource development which is the central driving force in the achievement of organisational goals and economic development in Ghana is rather not encouraging and should be given the needed boost by building the knowledge, skills, working abilities and innate capacities of all the people in the society. The study therefore a...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the perception of performance appraisal and employee performance. The main objective of the study was to examine the relationship between performance appraisal and employee performance of employee from Blue Skies Product Limited at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. Data for this present study was collected through a biographical questionnaire, performance appraisal questionnaire and employee performance questionnaire. The census method was employed which was made up of...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the extent to which selected factors such as salaries, conditions of service, incentives, opportunities for promotion, relationship with heads, supervisors, colleagues, teaching and learning materials influence the retention of graduate teachers at senior high schools in the Ho Municipality. A sample of 154 graduate teachers was drawn from a population of 239, representing about 65%. Proportionate stratified sampling method was used to select the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the assertion that there is a relationship between Human Resource Development and productivity by examining the effect of Human Resource Development on stevedore operation at the Tema Port in terms of ship turn-around time, ship productivity, labour productivity and accident rate. The study investigated the educational background of the stevedore gangs and officers, how training needs analysis was conducted, the effect of training on stevedore productivi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effectiveness of in-service training (INSET) programmes on the performance of teachers in the Offinso South Municipality. The study targeted all the 32 Junior High Schools with a total teacher population of 270. Simple random sample was used to select 19 schools while stratified sampling method was used to select five (5) teachers from each of the selected schools. Five (5) Circuit Supervisors responsible for the schools were added. Questionnaire and inter...
ABSTRACT Within the polytechnics, enormous strides are being made with some of the polytechnics striving to introduce more market driven programmes such as Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech). These emerging trends require that the Koforidua Polytechnic positions itself in all strategic human resources management, including recognition and rewards. This prompted the need to investigate current rewards and recognition and their potential effects on employee retention at the polytechnic. The study ...
ABSTRACT The main reason for undertaking this study was to examine the main recruitment and retention problems affecting teachers in the Sunyani Metropolis and alternatively find out how transparent the recruitment process was. To investigate these concerns therefore, a sample size of 110 respondents from three senior high schools in the Sunyani Metropolis were selected. The simple random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents from the various schools. Questionnaire was the mai...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing training and job performance among administrative senior staff at the University of Cape Coast. Specifically, the study sought to assess the level of effectiveness of training among the administrative senior staff; evaluate the job performance of the administrative senior staff; and finally assess the effect of training on the job performance of the administrative senior staff. Using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) statistical table, 214 administrative sen...
ABSTRACT Employees are valuable assets of any organisation, and therefore need training and development to upgrade their skills. This study seeks to examine the training and development practices in the education units in the Koforidua Municipality. The research design for the study is descriptive survey. Using convenient sampling technique, 100 employees were selected for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. The Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS ve...