The study focused on Kenya's horticultural industry and the aspects of total quality, operations effectiveness and competitive advantage. The literature shows that total quality brings forth competitive advantage. However, most of that literature has come from developed countries. Researches carried out in less developed countries have shown contradictory results, with some showing that total quality brings forth competitive- advantage, while others show it does not. This study aimed at under...
This study sought to establish the relationship between knowledge management and organizational performance of state owned commercial enterprises in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the relationships between knowledge management processes that included knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge conversion, knowledge sharing and knowledge storing on organizational performance of state owned commercial enterprises in Kenya. Further, the study sought to exami...
This study sought to analyze the effect of mobile credit on the performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The objectives for the study were: to determine the effect of mobile credit on each of performance measures that is; financial performance, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction and organization effectiveness and also investigate the moderating effect of government policy towards mobile credit and its effect on commercial banks performance. A positivism research philosophy by...
The contemporary world is characterized with intergovernmental competition for the sole purpose of attracting multinational companies and this has made fiscal incentives to become a global phenomenon. Poor African countries rely on tax holidays and import duty exemptions, while industrial western European countries allow investment allowances or accelerated depreciation. It is for this reason that the general objective of this study is intended to establish the influence of tax incentive...
The purpose of this study was to find out teachers’ knowledge of suicidal behavior risk factors of adolescents in public Secondary Schools in Nyandarua South District, Kenya. The study employed a concurrent triangulation research methodology; both descriptive cross sectional survey and naturalistic phenomenology designs were used. Probability and non probability sampling methods were used to sample 73 teachers and 11 teacher counselors respectively. The study used 50% of the total popu...
Employee engagement is a property of the relationship between an organization and its employees. An"engaged employee" is one who is completely consumed by and eager about their work thus makespositive move to promote the organization's notoriety and hobbies. It is a work environment approachbringing about the right conditions for all individuals from an organization to give of their best every day,focused on their organization's objectives and values, roused to add to organizational accomplis...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of transformational leadership style on job satisfaction among employees in commercial banks in Kenya. The study was guided by these research questions: To what extent does idealized influence affect job satisfaction among employees in commercial banks in Kenya? To what extent does individualized consideration influence job satisfaction among employees in commercial banks in Kenya? To what extent does inspirational motivation influen...
The purpose of this study was to examine innovative healthcare financing and equity through CBHIs in Kenya. Particularly, the study explored the effect of the enrolment, mix of contributions; risk pooling, strategic purchasing and the moderating effect of government stewardship on equity in healthcare in Kenyan CBHIs. Out of the 115 CBHIs that are registered with Kenya Community Based Health Financing Association, data was collectedfrom a sample of 79 CBHIs which had complete and consiste...
A review of meta-analyses and various constructs relating to ethical leadership as presented in prior studies indicate a gap in endeavors to link ethical leadership practices and financial performance of listed firms in Kenya. This study attempted to address this gap. This study was inspired by the emerging ethical issues in the contemporary business environment as witnessed in listed firms, both regionally and locally. The study sought to evaluate the influence of various ethical leader...
ABSTRACT Malaria incidence threatens human existence and reduces economic prospects in countries with high prevalence. Physical challenges caused by malaria can be a limitation to employment probability in the labour market. The co-existence of malaria with high rate of poverty in Nigeria has implications on income loss. While the direct (treatment) and indirect (productivity loss) cost burden of malaria in relation to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been examined in Nigeria, its effects ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of strategy implementation on performance of mobile commerce (M-Commerce) in Kenya’s commercial banks. This study was based on the view that effective strategy implementation influences performance. The main objective of this study was to establish the strategy implementation influence of leadership, structure, information systems, human resources and strategy communication on m-commerce performance in Kenya’s commercial banks....
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors leading to strategy implementation gaps in Kenyan commercial banks. The specific objectives of the study were to find out how organizational policy framework leads to strategy implementation gaps, assess the relationship between environmental dynamism and strategy implementation gaps and establish how Performance Management leads to strategy implementation gaps. The study also sought to examine how Organizational Resources contribute to...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the relationship between oil exploration activities and land conflicts in Buseruka Sub-county. The study objectively sought to; examine the extent to which seismic survey activities contribute to land conflicts in Buseruka Sub-county in Hoima district; to assess how exploratory well drilling activities contribute to land conflicts in Buseruka Sub-county in Hoima district; and, to find out how building of roads contribute to land conflicts in Buseruka Sub-county ...
Cash holding has received considerable attention worldwide due to concern that firms are holding ―too much‖ liquidity in spite of the fact that cash is a low return asset. Recent research has been centered on establishing whether firm characteristics determine its cash holding. This study was undertaken due to the mixed results in the findings in earlier studies carried out on the international scene and limited research on the subject locally. The main purpose of this study was to e...
This study sought to examine the influence of internal resources on the strategic posture that business hotels took. Internal resources were determined as physical facilities, managerial competences, business processes and technology. The study subjected the internal resources to the strategic posture dimensions of risk, proactivity, innovation and competitive aggressiveness to examine proactive or reactive posture. The moderating variable was organizational culture, which is also an int...