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MALE DOMINANCE: EXPERIENCES OF MARRIED WOMEN IN THE MOZANO COMMUNITY IN THE GOMOA WEST DISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL REGION, GHANA

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of married women concerning male dominance in Mozano. The study sought to ascertain the ways married men dominate their wives in the Mozano community, explore the factors responsible for male dominance in the Mozano community and to assess the effects of male dominance on married women. The researcher adopted phenomenological design with qualitative approach using interviews and Focus Group discussions to get data for the study...

VICTIMIZATION AND VULNERABILITY OF MIGRANTS IN THE STREET: CASE STUDY OF STREET CHILDREN IN AGBOGBLOSHIE, ACCRA

ABSTRACT In the world of unequal opportunities are children deprived of normal home life with kith and kin who have to be in the street to struggle and engage in all activities for their survival and that of their relatives. The number of children, both foreigners and nationals, on the streets is becoming alarming. The stigma involved and their fears on the streets have not received the needed attention as well as reactions. The objectives of the study were to investigate and comprehend their...

MEDIA FRAMING OF THE COLLAPSE OF BANKS IN GHANA: THE CASE OF UT BANK AND CAPITAL BANK

ABSTRACT This study assessed the framing of the collapse of UT Bank and Capital Bank on myjoyonline.com and ghananewsagency.org. The study specifically sought to ascertain the main issues that dominated online reportage on the collapse of UT Bank and Capital Bank as well as how the collapse of the two banks was framed by ghananewsagency.org and myjoyonline.com. It also investigated the factors that influenced the choice of frames adopted by journalists in reporting the collapse of the two ban...

SEX DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT IN GHANA

ABSTRACT Employment promotes economic growth and development in a country. It plays a key role in the eradication of poverty among citizens in a country. This thesis is a quantitative study research which uses the Ghana Living Standard Survey round seven (GLSS, 2016/2017) to study sex differences in employment status and sector in Ghana. The sample size for this study was 22,378 representing both the employed and the unemployed and a sub-sample of 19,054 employed were selected out of those wh...

THE USE OF PRIMARY AUXILIARY VERBS AMONG PUPILS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORM TWO, BAAPELUG.

ABSTRACT This study is explicitly geared towards investigating the use of primary auxiliary verbs in Baapelug Junior High School and it gives specific problems and the various interpretations extracted from the use of these verbs in the basic schools in the District. This study aims at looking for primary auxiliary verbs which are more used wrongly at their level. The descriptive approach to research was adopted for this study. A sample of the population was given a written test to find the l...

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS’ SOCIAL MEDIA USE: A STUDY OF SELECTED PERSONALITIES IN GHANA

ABSTRACT The study examines the kinds of posts CEOs share on social media and further investigates how the concepts of self-branding and corporate branding are enacted through the posts. This research, through the lens of Goffman’s Presentation of Self and the theory of identity construction, and anchored on a case study design interrogates Facebook and Twitter posts of two purposively selected CEOs. This study indicates that the selected CEOs share posts on governance, their personalities,...

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND DEFINED BENEFITS: INHERENT RISKS AND RISK TRANSFERS IN GHANAIAN PENSION SCHEMES

ABSTRACT Ghana, due to various economic and demographic factors, also growing concern among the general populace on the adequacy of pension benefits has undergone pension reform. The new Ghanaian Pension scheme set with the objective of securing pension income of plan members is a combination of the Defined Benefit (DB) and a Defined Contribution (DC) pension plans in a three-tier structure. This thesis examines three major issues affecting pension provision in Ghana. That is, the risks assoc...

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF SEX EDUCATION IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BIAKOYE DISTRICT IN THE VOLTA REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT This thesis investigated students’ perception of sex education in senior high schools in Biakoye District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study sought to unearth students’ perception of the sex education in senior high schools. The study reviewed theoretical and empirical studies on sex education. The goal of the study was to address the knowledge gap in the literature by contributing to an understanding of the need to enhance teaching of sex education in senior high schools. D...

PERCEPTION OF LECTURERS ONUSE OF STUDENTS EVALUATION AS A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TOOL

ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN AT EFFIDUASE IN THE KOFORIDUA MUNICIPALITY

It is commonly believed that women are the typical victims of domestic violence, and that most perpetrators are men. To varying degrees, this view has shaped different stances on and responses to domestic violence as a social problem, in areas ranging from government policy to feminist groups campaigns. However in the world today, this focus on women as the victims of domestic violence has become minimal paving way to the attention of male victimization, especially in Ghana. Domestic violence...

TEACHER PERCEPTION OF THE USE OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FOR PRODUCTIVITY AT JACOBU CLUSTER OF BASIC SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT Performance appraisal system has been one of the important tools used in human resource management in organizations to evaluate performance of the individual employees and the organization as a whole. A major concern of every organization has been to contribute positively towards the achievement of the set goals. The focus of the study was to evaluate teacher perceptions for productivity of the use of performance appraisal at Jacobu cluster of basic schools. People from different ins...

ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVE USE OF SCHOOL SELF- EVALUATION TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRESTEA HUNIVALLEY DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The study critically assessed the effective use of school self- evaluation towards the improvement of academic performance in Prestea Huni- Valley District. Data for the study was obtained using semi-structured questionnaires and interview for respondents. In all, 50 respondents participated in the study. The researcher used a non- probability sampling known as convenience sampling technique to sample staff of teachers in selected schools used for the study and head teachers. The stu...

BRAND SPONSORSHIP OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS: A CASE OF THE WINNEBA MASQUERADE FESTIVAL

ABSTRACT This study examined the brand sponsorship of the 2019 Winneba Masquerade Festival (WMF). It specifically explored the motivating factors of festival organizers for seeking sponsorship from certain selected brands and also examined why some brands sponsored the 2019 WMF. The design was a case study and it was underpinned by the tenets of the Social Exchange Theory. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews and observations. The findings were thematically analyzed. The findi...

REAL ESTATE DEMAND AND SUPPLY ISSUES IN GHANA: A CRITICAL SURVEY

ABSTRACT The study sought to determine land availability, pricing of property, economic situation of a country and the demographic profile of an area as factors that influence demand and supply of real estate property and the extent to which these factors influence demand and supply of real estate property. Purposive and convenience sampling methods were employed in selecting the population sample of 70 for the study. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics to obtain the sta...

INVESTIGATING ERRORS IN ENGLISH TENSE AND ASPECT IN THE WRITING OF WULUGU SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT This research sought to find out the problems of tense and aspect usage among the Wulugu Senior High Schools students which are in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern region of Ghana. The study, which focused on the problems of students using appropriate tense and aspect in writing, was conducted on the students in two forms. The instrument used was observation. The study reveals that students in Wulugu Senior High School had serious problems in using correct tense when writin...


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