ABSTRACT The issue of human resource management has become paramount and complex due to current trend of business competition resulting from globalization and trade liberalization. The purpose of this study was to examine the human resource management (HRM) practices of the University Printing Press of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (UPK) and how they affect print production. The study focused on four HRM practices namely, resource planning, recruitment and selection, ...
ABSTRACT The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis is confronted with the problem of land litigation which is as a result of a number of activities including quarrying. This study set out to examine social acceptance as a guideline for permitting quarries in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The study was both explorative and descriptive and aimed at going beyond existing information and delved into the unknown and brought to the fore what indeed the problem was and possibly identifies the causes and ho...
ABSTRACT Emotional intelligence (EI) has become a familiar term among educators, counselors, and business leaders alike. The influence of emotional intelligence on job performance was tested among 43 instructional staff from Opportunities Industrialization Centre, Ghana. The general objective of the study was to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance. A 25item Boston EI questionnaire and job performance evaluation form was used to measure the participants�...
ABSTRACT Farmers’ access to relevant and useful agricultural information is key to improving their productivity. Research shows that the information needs of farmers differ and that the behaviour of farmers in seeking information is as varied as their production systems. The study was conducted to identify the information needs and assess the information seeking behaviour of urban vegetable farmers whose activities supplement the food needs of an increasingly urbanised population in sub-Sah...
ABSTRACT This study examines the trading activities, contributions and integration of Nigerian traders in Ghana. The study explores more specifically, the study examines the migration processes, trading activities, livelihood strategies and integration of Nigerian traders in Ghana. The study employs the Push-pull and social network theories in explaining the factors responsible for the migration of Nigerian traders to Ghana. The study in general indicates that factors such as economi...
ABSTRACT Conflict resolution in Ghana has taken centre stage in the last decade with efforts geared towards developing alternative and acceptable mechanisms for dealing with the country’s numerous conflicts. One of such mechanisms that have been given prominence is the Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism (ADR). This research was set out to investigate the effectiveness of the Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict case in the Volta region of Ghana. The aim of th...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining women’s health in Accra, Ghana. The study consisted of women aged 18 and over in the City of Accra. The data used for the study were collected from Women’s Health Survey in Accra, 2003. The sample size was 3,200 women.A descriptive analysis was used to analyse the characteristics of respondents, while chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between area of residence, age and specific health conditions. The health status of women r...
ABSTRACT The concept of decentralisation as a developmental phenomenon comes with it, financial decentralisation and autonomy in which case the subnational institutions are enjoined to generate their own revenues for their developmental activities within their geographical areas. The study was to find out to what extent the Ahanta West District Assembly prosecutes its service delivery functions with its own internally generated revenues, and to examine�...