ABSTRACT Recruitment and selection as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organisation. It has an important role to play in ensuring worker performance and positive organisational outcomes. This study seeks to examine the recruitment and selection practices in Ghana Navy. A descriptive survey design was used for the study and data were obtained from thirty team leaders responsible for recruitment and selection in ...
ABSTRACT Employee job description is critical for ensuring the performance of employees in an organization. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying the practices of employee job description, evaluating the work performance of employees, and examining the association between job description and work performance at the NHIA. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 168 workers at various departments and units at the Authority. From the findings of the st...
ABSTRACT Teacher turnover is a phenomenon that has assumed a global dimension, requiring more attention from all stakeholders in Ghana. This study examined the factors that influence turnover intentions, the effects of turnover intentions on teachers’ commitment to Ghana Education Service (GES) and the teaching profession and how to reduce turnover intentions among teachers in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The study adopted a survey research design. A total sample of two hundred and fifty f...
ABSTRACT People cannot fully enjoy their personal lives whiles achieving all their job related goals. In many situations, people are forced to make compromises; conflict between their work and family are no exception. Work-family conflict is a determinant in maximizing productivity in every industry and in fulfilling the duties in respective homes. Parents are saddled with a lot of work and they are again demanded to care for their children. The inter-role conflict that occurs when engaging i...
ABSTRACT Due to the nature of the work of University lecturers’ they are likely to experience high mental workload and varied behavioral outcomes such as job satisfaction. These conditions may invariably affect how well they will be able to balance their work and personal lives concurrently. Notwithstanding these causal relationships, the working conditions of lecturers’ can influence their work-life balance. As such, the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of University lectu...
ABSTRACT The study assessed human relations and job performance in Anglo Gold Ashanti Limited at Obuasi . Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was employed. All workers of Anglo Gold Ashanti at Obuasi constituted the population. The population was rendered into stratas which represented the five divisions or departments in the company out of which 3% of the respondents were randomly sampled from each which resulted in the selection of 131 res...
ABSTRACT In this modern, dynamic and complex business environment, organisations including commercial banks are under immense pressure to acclimatise to changes, opportunities and challenges in bid to compete and survive. This therefore puts pressure on staff to meet target. In this regard, staff may either have to concentrate more on their job to meet the demanding target at the neglect of their family and vice versa. It is in this regard that the current study seeks to examine the effect of...
ABSTRACT Leadership styles have been recognised to have immense impact on the performance and growth of subordinates including employees, students and invariably organisational performances. However, in Ghana, students’ academic performances have been declining and unclear leadership styles have been found to be a major contributor. It was, therefore, relevant to examine the effect of leadership styles on student performance in Ghana focusing on Foso College of Education. The study specific...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the training needs of academic staff of Bolgatanga Polytechnic. The general objective of this study is to determine the training needs of academic staff of Bolgatanga Polytechnic. In furtherance of the general objective, the study sought specifically to examine training policies are adopted by Bolgatanga Polytechnic for its academic staff, identify training needs of academic staff for current and future job assignments, explore methods employe...
ABSTRACT This study researches into the effect of cost of basic education on human resource development in the Teshie Township. Specifically, the study sought to examine the relevance of basic education to human resource development, what motivates parents to send their children to school, the effect of cost of basic education on access to basic education and implication of cost of basic education on human resource development. Data for the study was collected from eighty nine (89) parents/gu...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to evaluate the employee recruitment and selection practices of commercial banks in Cape Coast Metropolis. More specifically the study sought to ascertain whether the banks have employee selection policy, examine the employee recruitment and selection methods applied by the commercial banks, and evaluate the methods. Simple random sampling was used to select one hundred and twenty (120) respondents for the study. Management and Human Resource Manager...
ABSTRACT People cannot fully enjoy their personal lives whiles achieving all their job related goals. In many situations, people are forced to make compromises; conflict between their work and family are no exception. Work-family conflict is a determinant in maximizing productivity in every industry and in fulfilling the duties in respective homes. Parents are saddled with a lot of work and they are again demanded to care for their children. The inter-role conflict that occurs when engaging i...
ABSTRACT The rapid advancement in mobile phone technology has also increased consumers appetite for newer versions. This has shortened the average lifespan of mobile phone and induced the need for resources to produce more phones. To ensure the sustainability of the global natural resources, reuse and recycling of mobile phones have been suggested as a potential alternative. The study sought to examine the prospects and challenges associated with mobile phone recycling and reuse in the Accra ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the extent of labour turnover in the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and a cross sectional research design was adopted to help achieve the objectives of the study. A questionnaire was designed to collect the data for the study and after the data collection; a sample size of 161 was obtained for the study. From the outcome of the study showed that there is evidence of both internal and willingness to quit customs division of Ghana Revenue Au...
ABSTRACT Human resource development is vital for the development of every nation. As a result various attempts have been made by governments to ensure the development of its human resource. In Ghana, one of the efforts towards this direction was the establishment of rural banks. The study, therefore, examined the contributions of rural banking activities to human resource development in the communities in which they operate using the Ahantaman Rural Bank [ARB] as a case. It became evident tha...