ABSTRACT This study examines migration aspirations among university students in Ghana. My interest is in undergraduate students, a group that is largely overlooked both in African studies and migration theory. The research was focused on migration aspirations, the first stage of any migration venture, and carried out at University of Ghana, a large public university, and Ashesi University College, a small private liberal arts college. A combination of methods was employed: focus groups, an e-...
ABSTRACT Much as a lot of intellectual activities go on in Africa, the limited avenues for espousing them, coupled with issues of copyright have led to little visibility of such intellectual output. Institutional repositories have thus been relied upon by many universities to preserve and share their digital resources. However, the few studies on the attrition of repositories often focused on cost and software engineering protocols, with little attention given to the needed collaborative effo...
ABSTRACT Human resource management (HRM) practices play an important role in ensuring that organizations deliver quality services. The study sought to examine the effect of HRM practices on job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). A sample of 302 respondents, who were all senior staff, was selected from a population of 1469 using both the stratified and convenient sampling techniques. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect the data. The analysi...
ABSTRACT This thesis, on quest for identity and the use of resistance in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Beloved and Paradise, examines the African-American’s search for an authentic self and the various forms of resistance they resort to in their quest. In Song of Solomon, the protagonist, Milkman leaves home in search of gold that would buy him his freedom but rather ends up on a journey in search for his roots; the discovery of which eventually earns him his identity. In Beloved, Seth...
ABSTRACT School leadership is supposed to be effective, strategic and transformative; resulting in high teacher commitment and motivation to do more than they are originally expected to do. The study examined the influence of headteacher’s transformational leadership practices on teacher organizational commitment in the Upper Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region. Cross-sectional descriptive survey design was used for the study. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 t...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the financial performance of Societe Generale-Social Security Bank Limited and Ghana Commercial Bank Limited for the period 2009-2011, using the banks respective financial statements. The study employed the case study design. The sample was Ghana Commercial Bank Limited and Societe Generale-Social Security Bank Limited. These two banks were selected purposively. The data were primarily secondary and quantitative in nature. Both descriptive and inferential statisti...
ABSTRACT The study examines organisational assimilation and employee socialisation of the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa. The case study particularly draws on Jablin’s organisational assimilation theory. Data for the study were collected through indepth face-to-face interviews. Six participants were selected for this study made up of two (2) senior members, two (2) senior staff and two (2) junior staff. The findings of the study indicate that participants went through assimilati...
ABSTRACT This study examined the sexual harassment policies of two higher educational institutions in Ghana and investigated how the sexual harassment policy documents have contributed to the understanding of the concept of sexual harassment of male lecturers in the two higher educational institutions namely University of Education, Winneba and University of Ghana, Legon. The study also investigated the reasons why the male gender is often alleged as the perceived perpetrator in instances of ...
This study x-rayed the relationship between social media and family relationship. Social media are communication platforms evolved by the technological revolutions of the 21st century where users of the channels log on to the Internet to chat and send pictures. These platforms included but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Telegram and Instagram. There is a grmving impression that physical interactions and communications which helped to bond the ties of families members are fast e...
The Jos Plateau environment in general and Beromland in particular has witnessed severe decimation and change due to a number of agents of change. These agents of change have created a great ecological imbalance on the land, even as tin mining activities have left behind human-made ponds, dumps, bare vegetation, and have precipitated an avalanche of gully erosion and other activities of denudation that are now a common phenomenon on the Jos Plateau landscape. Many researchers have ventur...
ABSTRACT Over the years, solid waste disposal in Ghana has become a major challenge to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). As a result of urbanisation and increasing densities, Metropolitan Assemblies finds it difficult to deal with the large quantities of solid waste generated in their area of jurisdiction. This study investigated the nature of the urban solid waste situation in Cape Coast Metropolis, and the causes of the problem from the perspective of key stakeholders...
ABSTRACT Most of the literature on the affairs of Caesar that survived was either written by people who stayed under the patronage of the Roman nobles or were themselves Roman aristocrats such as Appian, Livy, Plutarch, Sallust, and Cicero. For these reasons the main motive of Caesar‟s crossing of the Rubicon was seen to be the inordinate ambition of a Roman general who wanted more for himself. This propaganda has gotten hold of scholars of classical history so much that even notable histor...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, civil societies have played important role in national development in an unco-ordinated manner. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of United Civil Society Organisation of Nzema East District (UCSOND) to local governance in Nzemaland. The research assessed the activities of UCSOND at the grassroots, for example how its capacity enables it to play its role. The challenges facing the union were also examined. Case study approach was used to assess UCSOND’s...
ABSTRACT Globally, more people die from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) annually than from any other cause (WHO, 2011). In Ghana, CVDs accounted for one of the top three causes of death in 2010 after diarrhoeal and HIV/AIDS. Despite this, Ghana has no effective surveillance system in place to monitor the disease. Although hospital data may partly help in monitoring the mortality from the disease, most of these data are not analysed and interpreted. The goal of the study was to examine the tren...
ABSTRACT This study used the delays model, to explain how socio-cultural factors mediate to influence the use of health facilities during the pregnancy-postpartum period in the Awutu-Senya District of the Central Region of Ghana. The administrative capital of the district was purposively sampled in addition to two randomly selected communities. The study targeted women who gave birth between September 2007 and September 2009 in the sampled areas. Proportionate stratified sampling technique wa...