ABSTRACT The telecommunication industry in Ghana has undergone tremendous change over the years as a result of competition among the players. Telecommunication service providers are constantly influencing perception of customer, based on the country of origin in order to influence consumer choice. The study focused on the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firm’s performance in Ghana. The objectives of the study are to examine some of the Corporate Social Responsibility act...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of work-life balance policies on stress management: a case study of some selected National Health Insurance Schemes within the Kumasi Metropolis. The objectives of the study were to asses the worklife balance policies and their effects on stress management and to find out the effects of stress on job performance of selected National Health Insurance schemes/offices within the Kumasi Metropolis.The descriptive research design was used...
ABSTRACT The study employed a mixed method to investigate the relationship between women‟s access to and control of family‟s assets and their wellbeing within family negotiations. Data were collected from three communities in the Awutu Senya East municipality to complete the investigation. It was found that most women have access to and control over family assets. These mainly comprised of personal small-scale businesses and household consumables. Two components of wellbeing Women‟s sel...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the use of financial information in management decision making processes by SMEs in the Kumasi Metropolis. This study examines the existing literature to find the contribution of financial information in making organisational and managerial decisions. The literature review suggests that the use of financial information in decision making depends on the owners’ attitude and their level of financial literacy skills. A qualitative approach was ...
ABSTRACT The telecommunication industry in Ghana has undergone tremendous change over the years as a result of competition among the players. Telecommunication service providers are constantly influencing perception of customer, based on the country of origin in order to influence consumer choice. The study focused on the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firm’s performance in Ghana. The objectives of the study are to examine some of the Corporate Social Responsibi...
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 This study was carried out to investigate factors affecting maternal health care delivery in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abbrem Municipality. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to elicit information for the study. For quantitative method, simple random and snow ball sampling procedures were used to sample 150 respondents for the survey. Indepth interviews and focus group discussions were employed to solicit information for the qualitative data. The findings of the study show...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and employees’ commitment to change. It was also aimed at exploring the roles regulations play during organizational change assignments. In order to accomplish these objectives, survey questionnaires and interviews were used to sample views of employees of Ghana Revenue Authority in order to gather their perspectives on the change process that was initiated by their organization in 2009. Resu...
ABSTRACT Local government systems are created by various governments across the world to enhance broad participation of citizens in the process of governance, improve on the quality of lives of these citizens and to hopefully reduce fiscal burdens of states. In Ghana, to achieve these objectives, the local governments (District Assemblies) are empowered under the Local Government Act 462, 1993 and the Constitution of Ghana (1992) to mobilize revenue within their jurisdictions. District Assemb...
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 There is a global consensus about climate change and variability‟s effects as serious environmental problems. Against this backdrop, adaption and mitigation have been established as key elements for addressing them. However, adaptation to climate change has been established as an important and complementary response to mitigation. In view of this, the study examined the adaptive strategies of the people of Dome to the effects of climate change and variability. Drawing on the adapti...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s pursuit of outward-oriented trade liberalization and capital account liberalization polices since the 1980’s has the proclivity of subjecting the economy to external shocks that may affect the size of government. It is therefore imperative that the effects of external interferences within the domestic economy on government’s spending behavior are examined. In this light, this study investigate the short-run and long-run effects of trade and financial openness on governm...
ABSTRACT Election observation has become the new phenomenon for assessing the quality of elections in nascent democracies. There are two main types of election observation; international and domestic election observation. Since 2000 the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), a con of civil society has watched Ghana’s elections. The study therefore assessed the role the CODEO played in Ghana’s electoral process in order to ascertain whether CODOE activities led to the increase ...
ABSTRACT The effect of improper bookkeeping on institutional management is enormous. The survival of every institution, organization and business relies on the work of bookkeepers. The study into bookkeeping was motivated by the invaluable role they play in the socio-economic development of the country. Interestingly, the performance of most bookkeepers has been abysmal and lack the expertise needed for efficient bookkeeping and efficient financial management to ensure better utilization of f...