ABSTRACT The interest in financial literacy has increased globally because it enhances financial security, wealth creation and excellent portfolio choice for the individual. The study was set up to investigate financial literacy and the practice of saving and investment by public sector workers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam district of the Central region of Ghana. Frequency distributions, percentage, contingency tables and bar charts have been employed to show the results in the study conducted...
ABSTRACT In recent years, service organisations have instituted various mechanisms to ensure “long stay” of employees in the organisations. These strategies are targeted at employee’s intrinsic and extrinsic drive in order to ensure that employees stay in the organization for long time. These motivational packages includes: workfamily support, good employee-employer relation, reward and recognition systems, and training and career enhancement opportunities. While extent studies exist in...
ABSTRACT This study that was conducted at Techiman Municipal Assembly was meant to identify all the revenue sources of TMA; examine the type of limitations TMA is confronted with in her revenue mobilisation; examine the effect of staff motivation on revenue mobilisation and to make recommendations for improvement in revenue mobilisation. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data collected through questionnaire administration and interview of key management staff of the As...
ABSTRACT In most recent times the issue of the Ghana National Insurance scheme has preoccupied many a mind. Whereas some see in it a saviour others exercise their scepticism seeing it as another very big white elephant. The efforts made in this study have sought to digest some concepts of the Health Insurance as well as trace the origin of the Insurance with a commitment to ensuring that the emerging scheme is devoid of bottlenecks as it appears to be harbouring now. Two main tools were emp...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to evaluate staff perception of Action Aid Ghana’s human resource capacity building effectiveness. The purposive and simple random techniques were used in the selection of sample units of the study. A sample of 60 was drawn from a target population of 80 using the lottery method. The instruments used in this study were interview guide and questionnaire. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) was used to analyse the data collected from ...
ABSTRACT It is argued that the success of every organisation depends largely on the quality of its employees and that employees are the most vital resources for the achievement of organisation goals and objectives. It was of interest to know how the employees are inspired to commit themselves to the realisation of organisational goals and objectives. Most public sector organisations are bedevilled with poor employee performance. For a variety of reasons, however, the performance and output o...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine farmers’ perceptions of the contribution of maize farming technologies to livelihoods in the Buea SubDivision of Cameroon. The specific objectives dealt with farmers’ demographic characteristics and their use of maize technologies, farmers’ views of other factors that influence their use of maize technologies, a comparison of the yields, incomes and livelihood perceptions of farmers who use traditional technologies and those who us...
ABSTRACT The study was to examine the knowledge and utilization of e-banking facilities in Kaaseman Rural Bank in Ghana. The study used a quantitative and descriptive design of which customers and management of Kaaseman Rural Bank were targeted. Two hundred and eighty respondents were chosen with the aid of simple random sampling technique for selecting the customers while purposive sampling was used to select the managers of the four branches of Kaaseman Rural Bank. Questionnaire was the mai...
ABSTRACT Ever since the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the government of Ghana in 2003, cost of financing has been increasing from time to time, to the extent that some of the schemes have encountered financial distress. Though subjective reports exist that show high expenditures made on the health insurance schemes by the service provided, it is not clear if such high expenditures can be attributed to the incidence of moral hazards. The study sought to exami...
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 Informal workers as active agents could use collective identity as a means to achieve better working conditions for themselves. This study thus examined organising and decent work conditions among informal stone quarry workers in Ghana. The interpretivist approach and exploratory qualitative research design were adopted. A sample of 121 respondents from a population of 39,536 was selected from four districts. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to sample waged and se...
ABSTRACT This research examines the financial management practices in non-financial institution using Penfield School as a case study. The study was conducted using qualitative case study research design. The study adopted purposive sampling technique for the selection of interview respondents from Penfield School. 10 respondents were interviewed. These people were selected based on their level of knowledge and involvement in the financial management practices of Penfield School. Semi-st...
ABSTRACT This study assessed grievance handling procedures and employee performance with a specific focus on Jayee University College. To achieve this objective, the study identified the styles used at the university in handling employee grievances, explored employees’ perceptions about the way their grievances are handled, discovered factors which hinder effective management of employees’ grievances and found out what should be done to effectively manage employees’ grievances. In terms...
ABSTRACT This is a case study of how community members were involved in the planning and management of the Community School Alliance (CSA) project in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District (AEED). The main objective was to evaluate the nature and importance of community participation in the planning and management of the CSA project in AEED. The design of the study was evaluative, descriptive and cross sectional in nature. In all, four partnership school communities, namely Aworodo, Bisiase, Essia...
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 ...