ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess employees’ perceptions of reward system and employees’ attitude to work in Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU). The quantitative approach and descriptive survey design were adopted for the study. The study population was 400 permanent staff made up of 146 senior members, 86 senior staff and 168 junior staff. A sample size of 196 was used. Respondents were selected through simple random sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the effect motivation has on staff retention in public second cycle institutions in Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted the explanatory research design using quantitative approach for the data collection and analysis. The study moreover, employed the quota and simple random sampling procedures to select 205 respondents for the study. The statistical tools employed were statistical product and service solutions (SPSS), the chi-squar...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine the perceived leadership style and its relationship with employees’ satisfaction and organizational performance in Takoradi Polytechnic. The study adopted descriptive research and cross sectional research designs. The sample size for the study was two hundred and sixty (260) taken from senior members, senior staff and junior staff. Also, convenience sampling was used to ensure that those employees found at their workplaces were the ones us...
ABSTRACT It is expected that there will be a cordial relationship between the mining companies and their host communities due to their (gold mining companies and host communities) supposed interdependence, However, the extraction of gold has caused widespread disaffection between gold mining companies and their host communities leading to significant backlash and occasionally, violent conflict. The research therefore, sorts to find the causes of the conflict between gold mining companies and ...
ABSTRACT Recognizing the potential of Mutual Health Organizations (MHOs) to eliminate user fees and increase utilization of health care services in the country, the government of Ghana enacted the National Health Insurance Act in 2003, mandating the establishment of district-wide MHOs. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on the probability of utilizing outpatient care and expenditure in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to identify the dominant organisational cultural type/types, and figure out how these dominating organisational cultural types helped Okaishie Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (ODTRD), to relate to customers and employees of the organisation. A structured questionnaire and interview guide were the data collection instruments employed to gather relevant information from management and staff of the Office. A sample size of eightytwo from a population of eighty-nine...
ABSTRACT The National Health Insurance Scheme is bedevilled with lots of problems. One of such problems is payment of persistent and ever-increasing healthcare claims. This phenomenon, if not properly controlled, may have the futuristic propensity to hamper the smooth running of Takoradi Mutual Health Insurance scheme (TMHIS) in particular and health insurance schemes in the country in general. The main aim of this study was to assess stakeholders’ perception on healthcare claims fraud cont...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of non-economic factors such as socioeconomic factors and psychological components which have the tendency of influencing tax compliance. The study was based on the Fisher tax compliance model. A partial modification of the model was done by incorporating an important tax compliance determinant – “Tax Knowledge”. The effect of perceived tax fairness, tax knowledge, and tax complexity in tax compliance decisions among a sample of 350 self-employ...
ABSTRACT Many conflicts in Ghana have assumed protracted nature. State and civil society organizations have used a variety of conflict resolution mechanisms to tackle most of these conflicts. However, the reoccurrence of these conflicts over time have questioned the resolution mechanisms employed to resolve these conflicts. This study sought to assess the conflict resolution mechanisms used by institutions like National Peace Council (NPC), Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC) and R...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the use of social media in recruitment and selection process in public institutions in Ghana, with particular reference to the Ghana Revenue Authority. The objectives of the study were to identify the social media tools used for recruitment and selection at the Ghana Revenue Authority, determine the benefits of using social media in the recruitment process, determine the challenges associates with using social media for recruitment. The tot...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the disbursement and utilization of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) in the Gomoa East District Assembly. A sample size of 273 was used for the study. The study employed both primary and secondary data. The study revealed the following as its major findings: That the administrator of the DACF is primarily responsible for the effective monitoring of the disbursement and utilization of the DACF through its demand of DACF budgets ...
ABSTRACT Social movement generally seek to effect change in society, and in the process encounter challenges which could extend to physical and verbal threats on the actors involved. In some cases, these threats have extended to the families and close relations of the actors (activists). Despite these threats, there are activists who dare to be different to challenge the status quo to get things done right. The study therefore sort to understand what motivations there to such engagement...
ABSTRACT The role of the police in any modern society is enormous. Maintenance of internal security is the main responsibility of the police service. It has been emphasized by several scholars that the environment within which the police operate is of great concern to civil society. It was based on this rationale that a study was undertaken into the operations of the police in the Ashanti Central Division of the Ghana Police in the Ashanti Region. A sample of 300 respondents made of 20 SPOs a...
ABSTRACT This study examines the trading activities, contributions and integration of Nigerian traders in Ghana. The study explores more specifically, the study examines the migration processes, trading activities, livelihood strategies and integration of Nigerian traders in Ghana. The study employs the Push-pull and social network theories in explaining the factors responsible for the migration of Nigerian traders to Ghana. The study in general indicates that factors such as economi...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the impact of extrinsic rewards on work performance at the Central University College (CUC), Accra. Personal and group interviews were conducted on a sample of one hundred and three Staff, comprising four management board members, eleven senior members in administration, thirty-five Academic Staff, twenty-nine Senior Staff and twentyfour Junior Staff. The purposive sampling method was used to select the management board members while the stratified random...