ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is considered as one of the key human resource practices in recent times since it covers a variety of activities through which organisations seek to assess employees and develop their competences in order to enhance their performances. The study sought to examine health workers’ perception of the performance appraisal system in St. Theresa’s Hospital, Nandom in the Upper West region of Ghana. The study employed the quantitative approach and descriptive resea...
ABSTRACT Leadership style plays a role in staff intention to quit. The study examined the relationship between leadership styles and nurses’ intention to quit at the Volta Regional Hospital. Specifically, the study assessed the perceived leadership style(s), analysed the relationship between transaction leadership style and nurses’ intention to quit and also examined the relationship between transformational leadership style and nurses’ intention to quit. Descriptive design and the quan...
ABSTRACT For any organisation to achieve its mission and set objectives, training of its employees is one of the key factors that need much attention. In-service training is a training type that can enhance the effectiveness of teachers on their jobs, develop their professionalism, and facilitate their adaptation to changes and novel situations in their professional life. The main objective of this research was to identify how organisational climate could affect transfer of training among tea...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Skills Training and Employment Placement (STEP) Programme on the youth in terms of job placements. It focused on the perceptions of the youth on the programme based on their experiences during and after the skills training. The research design, therefore, used for the study was evaluative. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select 152 respondents out of a population of 200 youth who participated in the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the effect motivation has on staff retention in public second cycle institutions in Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted the explanatory research design using quantitative approach for the data collection and analysis. The study moreover, employed the quota and simple random sampling procedures to select 205 respondents for the study. The statistical tools employed were statistical product and service solutions (SPSS), the chi-squar...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine the perceived leadership style and its relationship with employees’ satisfaction and organizational performance in Takoradi Polytechnic. The study adopted descriptive research and cross sectional research designs. The sample size for the study was two hundred and sixty (260) taken from senior members, senior staff and junior staff. Also, convenience sampling was used to ensure that those employees found at their workplaces were the ones us...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the use of social media in recruitment and selection process in public institutions in Ghana, with particular reference to the Ghana Revenue Authority. The objectives of the study were to identify the social media tools used for recruitment and selection at the Ghana Revenue Authority, determine the benefits of using social media in the recruitment process, determine the challenges associates with using social media for recruitment. The tot...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the impact of extrinsic rewards on work performance at the Central University College (CUC), Accra. Personal and group interviews were conducted on a sample of one hundred and three Staff, comprising four management board members, eleven senior members in administration, thirty-five Academic Staff, twenty-nine Senior Staff and twentyfour Junior Staff. The purposive sampling method was used to select the management board members while the stratified random...
ABSTRACT A number of studies have been conducted regarding the relationship between organizational citizenship behaviour and the Big-Five personality traits and have established some correlation between the variables. The present study sort to assess the uncertainties between organizational citizenship behaviour and the Big-Five personality traits, using the perspectives of Chiaburu et al. (2011) and Ilies et al. (2009) among teachers in Greater Accra. In this regard, two secondary schools �...
ABSTRACT The rate at which employees in tertiary institutions in Ghana move from one institution to another is quite high and this could be as a result of compensation packages employed by different institutions to attract competent employees. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of compensation packages on employees’ intention to quit in a tertiary institution in the Central Region, Ghana, precisely Cape Coast Polytechnic. Employing a descriptive survey design, data on the varia...
ABSTRACT Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) is a state agency responsible for the collection of taxes in Ghana. The role of CEPS is important because it collects about 55 percent of national revenue (Anipa, 1997: 11) but who gets recruited into CEPS has been questioned as there are several accusations by the general public about the fact that recruitment into CEPS has been shrouded in secrecy. Officers have also often been heard complaining that placements are not fair enough. Base...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the role that education plays in the empowerment of the girl- child within Jamestown. It also examined the attitude of the girl-child and their parents towards the education of the girl-child and strategies that could be put in place to encourage the girl child to give priority to education. Descriptive and cross – sectional designs were adopted to study 252 household heads and 115 students. Questionnaires were used to collect data from both set of resp...
ABSTRACT Over the years, NGOs have emerged as a key player in the field of microcredit. They have played the role of intermediary in starting and participating in micro-credit programmes by creating awareness of the importance of microcredit within the community. They have also created opportunities to learn about the principles and practices of microcredit. One of such NGOs is Plan Ghana, which has since 2005 been promoting access to credit among women’s groups in the Sissala West Di...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the effects of reward systems on job satisfaction of the staff of the National Investment Bank main branch in Accra. The research, specifically examined the nature of reward systems at NIB and compared the reward system to best practice as well as determine the extent of worker satisfaction with the reward system. The study used descriptive design to determine the effects of reward systems on job satisfaction. A total of 44 respondents made up of ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the improvement of staff performance through training and development at the Ridge Hospital. The problem was negative attitude observed toward patients by some of the nursing staff. The data were obtained from semi-structured interview and questionnaire (5 – point likert scaled questionnaire). The study design was a case study. The sample for the study involved fifty...