ABSTRACT The management of any business entity, be it for profit or non-profit, is deemed the most perilous faction of a firm’s survival in whatever market it operates. Both private and public agencies have the same challenge of making sure the firm’s success rests on a reliable team of experts who is capable of arresting challenges thrown at the agency as well as helping to levitate the company in the face of competition. The issue of political interference however stares in the faces of...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to determine how Ghanaian newspapers, especially the most widely circulated state-owned Daily Graphic and privately owned Daily Guide portrayed the Fulani ethnic minority in their reportage. The study used a quantitative content analysis approach in the gathering and collection of data. The census technique was used to sample 858 issues of the two dailies from 2013 to 2015. Eight categories were coded and analysed. The framing theory was adopted as ...
ABSTRACT Globally refugee integration has been one of the three durable solutions that has been used worldwide. Millions of refugees around the world live year after year with little hope of ever returning home. Some cannot because their countries are engulfed by endless conflict or because they fear persecution if they were to return. In cases where repatriation is not an option, finding a home in the country of asylum and integrating into the local community could offer a durable solution ...
ABSTRACT Soap operas are among the most popular TV genres in the United States and around the world (Allen 1995). As the world moves into a more technological paradigm, the uses and gratifications people have for watching television differ. While entertainment is the most manifest and visible function of television, research has identified other uses and effects related to its socializing role. A breadth of scholarly literature have already analyzed the influence of soap opera viewing on var...
ABSTRACT The financial performance of financial institutions is crucial for the growth and sustainability of which credit unions are no exception. This study sought to examine the financial performance of credit unions in the Volta Region of Ghana using the PEARLS ratio analysis model. Twentythree (23) credit unions were selected from the Volta Region and their financial records were analysed using the PEARL ratio analysis. The findings discovered that majority of the ratios use were met by c...
ABSTRACT This study explored the role of the communicators of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and Gold Fields Ghana Limited in the execution of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals of their companies. It was based on the logic of the excellence theory and stakeholder theory. These suggest, in effect, that symmetrical, participatory engagement with community members best enable the determination, promotion and implementation of appropriate CSR initiatives. Also important to this study we...
ABSTRACT This study is a quantitative analysis of the level of social media addiction among students of the University of Ghana. Using the Uses and Gratification theory and Media Systems Dependency theory as the theoretical framework, the study investigated the level of addiction to the various social media platforms among a sample of Students of the University of Ghana. The objective of the study was to see whether social media addiction existed among students and the extent to which they w...
ABSTRACT Focusing on politician-businessperson-owned (PBO) newspapers, the study examined how loyalty to the owners’ multiple interests has reduced the professional elbowroom of the Nigerian journalist. Through in-depth interviews and textual analysis, the study found that journalists in PBO newspapers are extremely constrained on the kind of stories they write and how. Caught in the conflict between professionalism and pandering to the owners’ layers of political and economic interests, ...
THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA AS AN UPCOMING GREAT POWER IN RELATIONS TO CLASSICAL/MODERN REALIST THEORY BY AFEEZ TIJANI OSUMAH DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH, CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (CIU), THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTH CYPRUS,(TRNC), PHONE: +(90)5488240563, +(234)7065020634, E-MAIL:osumahinnocent@y...
INTRODUCTION "Whoseoever does not show happiness for the sake of Muhammad [Peace be upon him), has never seen the true happiness”1 (Muhammad Khlid Thabit)
ABSTRACT Today despite the scientific and technological strides that have turned the world into a village, the long cherished values of a true traditional village life are rarely found in the prevailing global village. The fact seems to be that while human scientific and technological advancements have made life on earth more convenient and comfortable, it has failed to make it more decent, peaceful and sustainable. While studies abound on how the Islamic socioeconomic, political and ethical ...
Introduction Since 1964 various DFIs were established at both the national and state levels in Nigeria to cater for economic development of some specific sectors. The anticipation was that the DFIs would be able to cover the areas neglected by the commercial banks. This is because it is impossible for these banks to meet the huge financial requirements of the different sectors in the economy. It is also believed the DFIs would become specialist in their various fields to the extent that they...
ABSTRACT The study focus on the historical position of gender inequality in Greek Cypriots communities base on enosis and the role of women in it towards politic, education and economic disparities. The study introduces the pattern of analysis with the presentation of the historical events in descriptive evaluation of the central theme into two as impacts on education and politic on the enlightenment of greek Cypriots female students on enosis with a concluding remarks of showing her streng...
ABSTRACT The study introduces and at the end, reveals the position of structural realist theorist to the effect of cold war era on the decline of Soviet Union soovereignty as superpower within the international system. The theoretical framework of defensive structural realism championed by Kenneth Waltz (1979) is descriptively presented while the concluding remarks reveals the ideological stands and sole hegemon in the international system. Keywords: Soviet union, Class struct...
ABSTRACT This study examined how social media is being used as a platform for political information. The study was guided by three main objectives: (i) to find out the extent to which University of Ghana students use social media as a platform for accessing political information, (ii) to investigate the preferred communication channels used in accessing political information, (iii) to understand whether University of Ghana students view social media as a credible and reliable platform for p...