ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to estimate the technical efficiency of the Ghanaian insurance firms and also to investigate the levels and patterns of these efficiencies over the study period. Annual reports were obtained from National Insurance Commission (NIC), the Ghanaian insurance regulator on a sample of insurance companies from 2007 to 2012. Basically, the study was quantitative in nature where an optimization technique was used. Specifically multi-directional efficie...
ABSTRACT The study examined gender based violence awareness creation among sex workers in James Town and Abeka Lapaz in Accra. It sought to determine the knowledge, understanding and related experiences following the GBV education rolled out by the SHARPER Project for the most at risk groups: FSWs, MSM and the Law enforcement agencies (LEA). Interviews of focal group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 20 FSWs, 30 MSM and 6 law enforcement officials in James Town and Abeka Lapaz, in Accra....
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the coverage of agricultural biotechnology by the Daily Graphic and Public Agenda newspapers in the years 2013 and 2014. Agricultural biotechnology which is linked to genetic modified foods (GM foods) is a controversial topic worldwide also subject to media framing. The main objectives of this study, therefore, were to investigate the dominant frames employed in the coverage of agricultural biotechnology, the sources most cited in such coverage...
ABSTRACT Sacred spaces and their attendant pilgrimage attractions are prevalent in almost all religious traditions in the world. People‘s belief in the presence of the luminous or transcendent reality at places and the possibility of their interaction with the luminous through prayer rituals, do not only define those places as sacred, but are also some of the major reasons for pilgrimage to such places. Thus, the traditional notion of sacred places as spaces for prayer, worship and divine r...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of competition on the solvency of non-life insurers in Ghana. It further examines the role of cost efficiency in the competition- solvency nexus. The study uses firm level yearly data from the National Insurance Commission on 26 non-life insurers from 2008 to 2017. Using ordinary least squares panel corrected standard error, generalized least squares and systems generalized methods of moments, the study reveals that market power (competition) enhances (...
ABSTRACT There is scant scholarly attention on the gendered experiences of left-behind spouses living in the same socio-cultural environment in the context of internal migration. This study therefore compared the gendered experiences of left-behind wives and husbands in Northern Region of Ghana. Using Sequential Explanatory Strategy approach of mixed methods, the study purposively sampled 400 left-behind spouses from four administrative districts in Northern Region of Ghana. The study adopted...
ABSTRACT This dissertation assessed public relations practice in Ghanaian football clubs by studying four Premier League clubs in Ghana namely; Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC, Obuasi Ashantigold FC, Accra Hearts of Oak FC and Wa All Stars FC. Underpinned by the systems and relationship management theories, the study interviewed heads of administration and public relations officers of the four clubs, leadership of supporters of the four clubs, and some media organizations. Through a qualitative metho...
ABSTRACT This thesis explores the Verbal Group (VG) of Buli, a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana, with focus on three main aspects: the morphology of the Buli verb, the grammatical functions of Buli verbal particles, and the distribution of such verbal particles in Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs). Having its underpinnings in Functional Grammar (and skewed towards Functional Typological Syntax), a theory that views language as a set of tools for communication, its data is drawn mainly fro...
ABSTRACT The issue of time management is very important in any organization, therefore this study focuses on the effect of time management on employee performance at Fan Milk Ghana Limited; to explore the nature of time management, to examine the extent to which time management affects employee performance and to identify the measures to improve on the nature of time management. The study adopted a quantitative approach because it gives an advantage of describing the respondent’s personal c...
ABSTRACT The study is a synchronic sociolinguistic analysis of personal names among Ewe people in Ghana. It treats as its background Egblewogbe’s (1977) thesis in which he describes vividly the various types of Ewe names, their linguistic structure and their semantics. In this study a variationist sociolinguistic analysis is made to determine age, gender and regional and variations in personal names being given among the Ewe people. Four types of data were collected: registers from three Se...
ABSTRACT Accessing justice has been challenging, particularly for the poor due to the cost involved in seeking legal services. This has resulted in the recognition of the need for legal aid in improving access to justice for marginalized, excluded and impoverished groups. The purpose of this research was to compare two legal aid schemes with respect to their capacity and delivery of social justice. Theoretically, the arguments of this study are grounded in the justice theory, vertical equity ...
ABSTRACT The contents of television programmes have different meanings for teenagers. In order to obtain an understanding of the meanings of such content for teenagers within the Madina municipality, this study examined why teenagers watched television serials, what lessons they learnt and whether they equated situations in the serials with their own real lives. The study employed a quantitative research design that surveyed 120 teenagers selected from the following areas of the Madina Munici...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the place of taboos in contemporary Akwamu traditional society. Its primary aim is to identify taboos which are observed in Akwamu traditional society and the philosophical explanations underpinning the practice of these taboos. It is also to examine how taboos affect ethical values in the daily lives of the people and their relevance in the maintenance of social order in contemporary Akwamu traditional society. A qualitative design and phenomenological approa...
Lßuzrsrmcr The project work hinged on management perception of public relations (PR) in ' service organisations, based particularly on GNAT. The aim was to bring to light the lapses Y _ in PR of GNAT and examine management plans to check or minimize these setbacks in order to prornote effective public relations. Y - A descriptive study involving a total population ot 140 members was carried Out. Respondents were made up of ful1·time senior management staff at national, regional and district...
ABSTRACT Countries worldwide could either be origin, transit or destination countries, or all three. Migration can be voluntary or forced, and the resultant effects for migrants and countries involved presents diverse challenges. In this regard, migration is therefore an important area of study. Research has been done on issues related to migration and identity. However, little is known about the inter-relation among migration, identity and land rights focusing on a particular group of long-t...