ABSTRACT Teacher job satisfaction has become an important issue in recent times given the key role of teachers in imparting knowledge and skills. It is for this reason that this study employed qualitative research tools to investigate the causes and effects of teacher job dissatisfaction on teacher performance in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. There were a total of 209 respondents, including teachers, head teachers, district educational administrators and...
ABSTRACT Commercialization of dance has become an integral part of the evolving creative industry in Ghana. Commodification of Ghanaian traditional dance as a “product” significantly needs to be branded and packaged in a manner that makes it a commercially viable venture. Framed within attractive quality and sociological aesthetic theories, this study seeks find out why Ghanaian Dance industry has been unattractive and to explore how Ghanaian traditional dances are branded and packaged by...
ABSTRACT The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) provides affordable health care services for the residents of Ghana, of which Tolon District is not an exception although the system is faced with challenges of untimely securing of drugs and poor attention to patients. The NHIS was introduced in 2005 to replace the “cash and carry’’ system which made the health system very difficult to access in Ghana especially in the Tolon District. The study examined the challenges and prospects ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess project management inefficiencies on organisational performance. There is a higher demand for improved performance of organisations being it profit making or not for profit making organisations. This performance depends largely on effective and efficient implementation of projects in these organisations and this places emphasis on effective project management in business organisations. The study and practice of project management has been ident...
ABSTRACT The pre- colonial development gap between the North and the South still persists even though there havebeen several attempts by governmental and non-governmental interventions to bridge the gap. This has created a net migration of Northern youth to the South for menial jobs. The movement of people to urban centres poses some challenges to the development of rural areas in that in most rural areas, the impact of rural-urban migration is the rapid deterioration of the rural economy whi...
ABSTRACT The thesis investigated the nature of nominative cases in al-asmac īyāt, a legend Arabic anthology compiled by the renowned Islamic scholar cAbū Sac īd cAbd al-Malik bin Qurayb mostly referred to as al-Asmac īyī (d. 828 AD). The collection is considered as one of the fundamental sources of Arabic language and is extensively cited by Arabic linguists, philologists, and literary critics. The main objective of the study was to establish the centrality of nominative cases in Arabic...
ABSTRACT The thesis investigated the nature of nominative cases in al-asmac īyāt, a legend Arabic anthology compiled by the renowned Islamic scholar cAbū Sac īd cAbd al-Malik bin Qurayb mostly referred to as al-Asmac īyī (d. 828 AD). The collection is considered as one of the fundamental sources of Arabic language and is extensively cited by Arabic linguists, philologists, and literary critics. The main objective of the study was to establish the centrality of nominative cases in Arabic...
ABSTRACT This study focuses essentially on analyzing China’s quest for natural resources in Africa and its implications for Ghana’s environmental security. It focuses on the extent to which best practices are being pursued by China in its exploitation of Ghana’s resources. The study is purely qualitative and relies both on primary and secondary data for analysis. The primary data was obtained through interviews from key informants who have in-depth knowledge about the topic under study,...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to provide understanding on how employees’ perception of inequity in organizations’ reward systems affects their job satisfaction. Guided by literature on employees’ perception of inequity and its effects on their job satisfaction, data was collected from 50 employees of AirtelTigo (Regional Retail and Franchise unit of the Customer Experience Team) using self-administered questionnaire. Based on descriptive analysis it was found that employees hold...
ABSTRACT The world is today referred to, metaphorically, as a global village and a key contributing factor is the advances in technology. A great deal of these advances is happening in the communication sector. Faster and more economical ways of technology-aided communication keep on flooding the social and corporate market. The postal system until the introduction of the internet was a key player in the communication industry as the majority of people communicated through hard copy mails. Th...
RESUMEN DE LA TESIS La estilística como una ciencia lingüística ha evolucionado extensivamente desde la época del Romanticismo. Las escuelas de pensamiento y sus perspectivas eruditas del fenómeno han tenido la consecuencia de extender los estudios para incluir todas las obras escritas incluso los periódicos, en particular, por su difusión popular. Sin embargo, muchos de los estudios se han limitado a identificar los rasgos de la estilística gramatical de este género realizando el an...
ABSTRACT Deviant behaviours in organizations is costing firms in terms of resource loss and goodwill. Deviant practices and its triggers are of concern to all stakeholders of organizations and this inform the current study to examine ethics and deviance in one of the Multinational Company (MNC) in the downstream oil and gas company, Sahara Group. The study used a mixed method by employing both in-depth interviews and survey techniques. Forty-five respondents were sampled using purposive sampl...
ABSTRACT Islamic television programmes are avenues used by Muslims to counter misrepresentations of Islam. In Ghana, Islamic television programming has been significant in contributing to the enhancement of the image of Islam and Muslim women (Samwini, 2006). The liberalization of the airwaves in 1995 led to the proliferation of Islamic television programmes in Ghana, thereby increasing avenues which can be used by Muslims to present a true image of Islam. This study sought to examine how Mus...
SUMMARY 'Koko1 was prepared in the laboratory from Ghanaian maize. The effect of grinding and sieving on the protein content wa3 determined. Protein losses were highest with the coarsest grinding. Starters were used in the fermentation and were found to increase the rate of acid production. Preservation of 'Koko' was carried out by Roller-drying, Spraydrying, Freeze-drying and Canning. The volatile constituents of the flavours were lost during Roller-drying and Spray-drying. Freese- • dryin...
ABSTRACT For many decades, sacred spaces have become an indispensable part of individuals and collective spirituality. The Roman Catholic Church is not left out in this form of spirituality. The Grottos have become places where some Catholics and also, nonCatholics go to ‘wait upon the Lord’ and to seek spiritual nourishment, growth and breakthroughs in their lives. This study has examined one of such sacred spaces, particularly, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Grotto in Jerusalem No.2 in the N...