ABSTRACT The study was conducted to examine the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Commitment in Highly Competitive Work Environments in the Department of Agritex’s Head-Office. Fifty employees were identified and recruited using stratified random sampling the major findings were (1) There is a weak positive relationship between emotional intelligence and organisational commitment in the Department. (2) There is a weak positive relationship between emotional inte...
Abstract The study sought to examine the role of ORAP, an operational NGO in improving water and sanitation to the people of Umguza District. The objectives were to explore the water and sanitation situation in the area before the intervention of ORAP and to offer solution on how water and sanitation could be improved in peri-urban areas. Household questionnaires were administered addressing the housing conditions in which the residents lived, water supply and quality, the sanitation situatio...
ABSTRACT In Zimbabwe, children are the primary victims of poverty, which is the main cause of violation of their fundamental rights. It is important to note that poverty remains the principal cause of the violation of children’s rights because lack of funds seriously impedes access to their basic human needs, which are access to health care, water, food, and education. Despite the existence of child focused NGOs; children’s rights are still being violated. This realisation has resultantly...
ABSTRACT Developing countries like Zimbabwe in the last decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth in the NGO sector in social, economic and political spheres. NGOs are non-profit agencies who are devoted to uplift the lives of the poor, underprivileged and marginalized areas and have gained a very high status as the leading practitioners of development in many African communities. Community development entails the provision of infrastructural facilities to enhance the lives of the people...
ABSTRACT Employee engagement is a concept that is being adopted globally by many organizations because it renders competitive advantage through human capital. This study was mainly focused on employee engagement as a predictor of organizational commitment amongst Cottco employees, Head Office, Harare. The chief aim of this study was to assess the degree to which employee engagement can impact upon the three components of organizational commitment, that is, affective commitment, continuance co...
ABSTRACT Although there are many careers and opportunities available to individuals, without guidance and the appropriate counseling, future career choice decisions can be limited in their career options. This may be so if they are especially unprepared for the requirements of the workplace, and are unaware of workplace accommodations that can broaden career options or if they underestimate their abilities. According to Fitzjkenny (2005), Career education and guidance in schools provides acce...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of the funding gap on capital projects in state universities. The researcher was mainly focusing on the situation at MSU. The researcher used mixed research methodology which involves qualitative and quantitative methods in data gathering. Research information was gathered using questionnaire and interviews. Results indicated that funding gap do exists in state universities especial those in developing countries. At Midlands State Univer...
ABSTRACT Juvenile delinquency are some misconducts in behavior that are done by children below the legal age of majority. Child abuse it is the maltreatment of a child in any manner, it is dived into four being sexual, emotional, physical and neglect. Child abuse affects the cognitive development of the child and how he relates with the environment around him. The study focused on the relationship between types of abuse and juvenile delinquency among adolescents at Luveve girls and Percy Ibbo...
Abstract This study was carried in wake of the challenges bedevilling the once lucrative contract farming business where a number of contract farming funders withdrew their arrangements citing side marketing, failure to repay loans while farmers complain about prices offered by funders which are too low for sustainability. It is to be established if the increase in the level of tobacco production is commensurate with beneficiation of both contracting parties. The purpose of this is to assess ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how the practice of conservation farming is impacting on household food security in Gwanda District. In particular, it examines four pillars of food security which are: food availability, accessibility, utilization and stability. Particular attention was given to also examine the extent of conservation farming on food security. A sample of 20 farmers under conservation farming was selected to as respondents. The major objective of the study was...
ABSTRACT Theresearchsorttoassessriskfactorsassociatedwithsubstanceabuseamong HarareNorthernCentralDistrictHighSchooladolescents.Theresearcherobservedthat substance abuse is becoming a dominantelementthatimpedes physicaland psychologicalfunctioning amongststudents.Thereforetheresearch wasdirected towardsidentifyingindividual,environmentalandlastly demographicriskfactorsfor adolescentsubstance abuse.A non-experimentalexploratorydescriptive research designwasusedwith1928adolescentsaged12-19whowe...
ABSTRACT The study explored the stressors related to transfers and coping strategies employed by female workers at ZIMRA. It was based upon the problem statement that transferring an employee from one working area to another severely affected work-life balance of that employee. The ultimate purpose of the research being to make known all the stressors related to transfers and coping strategies used by employees so that stressors could be eliminated and coping strategies improved so as to prom...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish various disasters occurring in Zimbabwe and how they are managed special reference being given to Nyanga District, and howthe Civil Protection Unit in the area is prepared to manage various disasters. Nyanga District suffered major losses in terms of life, property, and infrastructure and ecosystem destruction. The preparednessand overall role of Civil Protection Unit in managing disasters came under spotlight. The main thrust of the research was to inves...
ABSTRACT The main focus of the research was on examination into the factors that hinder the effective implementation of e-Government in Zimbabwe Local authorities using the case study of Gweru City Council. The research was aimed at identifying the factors hindering the effective implementation of e-Government program at Gweru city council, advantages of e-Government implementation, assessing the institutional capacity of Gweru City Council in the adoption of e-Government, and coming up with ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to determine the impact of internal audit effectiveness on organizational performance of NGOs using a case study of local NGO in Zimbabwe: Case study of HIVOS .The major issue that gave rise and prompted the researcher to study across this area was increased level in project performance inefficiency and funding inefficiency which was the major reason for the organization’s stagnant growth as these two forms the major basis of the operations of no...