ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of personality factors (conscientiousness and locus of control) and organizational factor (organizational support and organizational openness to change) on perceived training transfer among 109 employees selected from Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in Ghana. The study also determined the influence of trainer’s reputation and training content validity on perceived training transfer. The moderating role of personality factors (co...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in three (3) colleges of education in northern Ghana.The purpose of the study was to investigate the provision of guidance and counselling services and the perceived benefits of these services. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Questionnaires and interviews were the tools used to gather data for the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample of four hundred (400) students from the three sampled colleges. Purposive ...
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 Perhaps one of the most unresearched subjects is the impact of the self on employees' perceptions of and reactions to inequity (Locke, 1976; Mowday, 1979; Brockner, 1985). Therefore the purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of the self on equity comparisons and job satisfaction. The self variables in this study are the general and self; self-esteem, competence Equity comparisons refer to: work-related aspects of the thema, ability and influence. (1) the degree of e...
ABSTRACT Depression is a major psychological disorder which is common among patients in psychiatric hospitals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has been used as complimentary intervention for depression, its efficacy on group cognitive therapy in Nigeria is yet to be established. This study therefore, examined the efficacy of group CBT in the treatment of depressed patients at the Federal. Neuro psychiatric Hospital, Yaba (FNPHY) Lagos. The cognitive and behavioural theories provided the ...
ABSTRACT This multivariate study examines the relationships among parental status, parental level of education, class size, location of school parental involvement, teacher effectiveness, academic motivation and academic self-concept on pupils’ academic performance. The research design for the study was a sequential explanatory with mixed methods approach. Stratified, simple random and purposive samplings were used to sample 324 pupils from the population for both quantitative and qualitat...
ABSTRACT Job involvement and employee turnover have been implicated in many studies as serious challenges for organisational management. Although, several factors have been empirically linked with these variables, the role of personal values and perceived job characteristics has not been studied in-depth among workers in Anambra State. This study, therefore, examined the influence of personal values and perceived job characteristics on job involvement and turnover intention among workers in ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated how large class size and the psychological classroom environment influenced students‟ academic performance. Again, the researcher sought to determine the extent to which large class size and psychological classroom environment influenced the manner in which teaching and learning was mediated in public senior high schools. To achieve this, the survey design was employed. 320 students were purposively selected from ten (10) public senior high schools in the K...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of transformational and transactional leadership styles and employee personality traits (locus of control and self-efficacy) on work-related outcomes. Work-related outcomes were defined in terms of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The cross-sectional survey design was employed. A total of 178 employees of First Capital Plus consisting of both males (n=87) and females (n=91) were asked to fill questionnaires that contained Work ...
ABSTRACT Universities have unique features from regular business entities. However, like any other organisation the environment in which they operate is constantly changing, and they need to change not only to survive but to compete successfully to achieve set objectives. This study examines universities and how they achieve success in change implementation, given their culture and readiness for change tendencies. A total of 528 participants made up of academic and non-teaching staff, as wel...
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 study examined the influence of leadership styles and organizational culture on organizational innovativeness among Ghanaian organizations. One hundred and seventy five (175) respondents were conveniently sampled from six organizations in the manufacturing, telecommunication and financial sectors in Ghana for the study. All selected participants completed questionnaires on Leadership approaches, Organizational culture typologies, and Organizational innovativeness constru...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to ascertain the impact of bullying behaviour and personality traits on psychological health of junior high school students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The study used the descriptive survey design with quantitative approach. Multi-stage sampling procedures were used to select a sample of 390 junior high school students for the study. Three questionnaires adapted from the Olweus Bullying Questionnaires, Brief Symptoms Scale and Eysenck’s Person...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the impact of depression, anxiety and spirituality on the quality of life of prostate cancer patients in Ghana. The Survey research design was employed and the simple random sampling technique was used in selecting twenty-nine (29) prostate cancer patients as participants. Four hypotheses were tested using the One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis. The research outcome indica...