ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the factors that contribute to the educational attainment of women in the Accra metropolis, their level of educational attainment and their resulting occupation. The study employed a qualitative design, and a sample size of fourteen (14) women was selected randomly from ten (10) categories of occupation within the Accra metropolis. Face to face interviews were conducted with these women with the aid of an interview guide and life histories as research i...
ABSTRACT In this study, attempt has been made to determine the coverage of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign in Nigeria by online newspapers. Seventy-one editions of Daily Trust, the Punch, Sahara Reporters and Vanguard newspapers from April 2014-October 2014 were content analysed. The study examined how much coverage BBOG campaigns received in the sampled online newspapers, the nature of reporting BBOG campaigns and the dominant sources of stories and themes in the framing of stories on t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the determinants of academic performance of pupils in the Wa West District. Both quantitative and qualitative research designs were used. The study participants comprised 160 pupils, eight headteachers and eight Parent Teacher Association chairmen. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used to collect data. The results show that a number of statistically significant relationships existed between school factors, teacher factors, pupil char...
ABSTRACT Organizations are looking for ways to improve their performances to meet their targets and adapt to the highly competitive work environment. An alternative is employee motivation. The study examines the relationship between employee motivation and firm performance using SSNIT as a case to test this relationship. A sample of fifteen (15) respondents were obtained via purposive sampling and convenience. Face-to-face interviews were conducted, and the data were transcribed and analyzed ...
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a central pillar for the world, as the world is now tagged as ‘digital’ and ‘global village’. The usefulness of ICTs transcends to all sectors including education. Distance education per se, rests heavily on ICTs. ICTs have the potential to foster interaction and communication between instructors and students as well as the outside world. The main objectives of the study are: To ascertain ICTs usage among distance...
ABSTRACT The traditional conception of production, where companies were sole originators of products has opened up to emphasize consumer’ input in a process known as co-creation. As a communicationladen activity, co-creation interactions appear to have deepened as social media provide more opportunities for brand producers and their customers to meet and share ideas. This study sought to explore the ways in which social media is shaping co-creation interactions by small artisanal businesses...
ABSTRACT The end of the Cold War has brought about a new dimension in international politics, whereby the thinking of state actors and non-state is no longer guided by East-West considerations. Multi-polarity has emerged with a new set of global concerns which are influencing the domestic set up of many nation- states. Most of these concerns have tended to have ethno-religious undertones, consequently inspiring internal reaction. The "domestication" of sensitive international issues very ofte...
ABSTRACT The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Ghana Disability Act were both developed to give Persons with Disabilities access to rights that they had been denied of for long. Yet twelve years after, PWDs are still being marginalized and do not enjoy the same benefits and opportunities as persons without disabilities. This research, therefore, focuses on examining the interventions in Ghana towards protecting the human rights of persons with physic...
ABSTRACT The phenomenon of young people drift from churches is a complex problem since it involves multiple dimensions that are sometimes difficult to unravel. This study explored the experiences of the laity and clergy of the Methodist Church on youth drift within the Church. The target population were ministers, young people and youth who have drifted from the Methodist Church, Accra Diocese to either Pentecostal or Charismatic Churches. A mixed research design was adopted and a purposive s...
ABSTRACT The question of how best developing countries must organize and allocate resources for effective decentralization and local governance has been one that scholars have been grappling with for decades. Several models have been proposed by scholars as a way of providing the most effective and judicious allocation of resources for local government. The focus of this study was to examine the issues of access and use of the Members of Parliament (MPs) share of the District Assemblies Commo...
ABSTRACT Until recently, the concept that governed our view about metaphor was that, it is a figure of speech in which there is comparison between two unlike entities characterised by the schematic form A is B. For this reason, we thought we can get along perfectly well without using it. Today, a new approach to the study of metaphors by the cognitive scientists and linguistists has produced new and important results. Metaphor is now defined as understanding one conceptual domain in terms of ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of motivation on the performance of public sector employees; with special focus on the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study examined motivational packages available at the Eastern Regional Directorate of the YEA and how performance of employees towards the agency’s corporate objectives is affected. The study adopted the use of quantitative techniques to analyse field data. Findings revealed that, there were enough mo...
ABSTRACT The downstream oil and gas sector is growing at an increasing rate in Ghana. This growth has come with a cost regarding public safety. Various gas explosions have occurred in Ghana leading to injuries, loss of life, and destruction of properties. However, there is little research investigating this problem. The study investigated the interaction between safety climate perception and safety behaviour among fuel station attendants. A self-report survey was used in collecting data from ...
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...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been conducted in educational settings in Ghana and other parts of the world regarding the linguistic behaviour of teachers, and the implication of such behaviour on the learning outcome of the pupils they teach. In Ghana, where English is learned as a second language, most teachers are unaware of how and when to use code-switching as an L1 resource in their teaching. This situation negatively affects uniformity in instructional procedures. While the use of code ...