TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. ii
COPYRIGHT .................................................................................................................................. iii
DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................................................................... v
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... vii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................ xi
LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................xiii
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... xiv
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS............................................................................... xvii
CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Purpose of the Study .............................................................................................................. 8
1.4 Objectives of the Study .......................................................................................................... 8
1.5 Hypotheses to the Study ......................................................................................................... 9
1.6 Significance of the Study ....................................................................................................... 9
1.7 Scope of the Study ............................................................................................................... 10
1.8 The Conceptual Framework ................................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 13
LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 13
2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 13
2.2 Theoretical background ....................................................................................................... 13