ABSTRACT The sustainable environment has become an important issue in global development as a result of recurrent instability in the interaction among environmental, economic and social systems. Different policy directives and interventions have therefore been championed for promoting a balance in these systems. Key among them is education for a sustainable environment, identified to contribute knowledge, skills and attitudes required to bring about a change. In spite of these, a sustainable ...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to assess the challenges pertaining to the adoption and implementation of Affirmative Action Practices and their impact on Female Empowerment in some selected Tertiary Institution in Ghana. The universities used for the study were, The University of Ghana, Legon (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). The study adopted the qualitative research approach, using explanatory and descriptive r...
ABSTRACT This study sought to compare leadership emergence and engagement among leaders of charismatic and historic mission churches in Ghana. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for the study. The qualitative technique was used to explore the differences in leadership emergence among the leaders of charismatic and historic mission churches. On the other hand, quantitative technique was used to assess the differences in leadership engagement. In all, four hundr...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the effects of organizational structure (formalization and centralization) on employee job stress and employee efficiency of micro finance firms in Ghana. Guided by theoretical concepts in organizational behavior and institutional theory, a standardized questionnaire was adapted and used to collect data from a sample of 222 employees working in the microfinance industry in Ghana. The collated data was analyzed using factor, correlational and reg...
ABSTRACT The issue of occupational health and safety (OHS) management is gaining significant attention among scholars in this millennium and there is the need for hospitals providing healthcare in developing countries to formulate policies and take the necessary actions that lead to creating a conducive work environment and improving productivity. This study, therefore, examined the effect of occupational health and safety on the service delivery of healthcare workers (nurses) in Ghana. The...
ABSTRACT This study examined pension reforms and retirement income security for Ghanaian workers. The study also considered how the three-tier pension scheme is positioned to meet the retirement needs of informal sector workers. Using a qualitative research method, the research sampled views from 83 informal sector workers from selected markets and 3 officials from the regulator, regulated and informal sector foundation using a combination of elite interviews and focus group discussions. Re...
ABSTRACT The practice of training has been ongoing in Electricity Company of Ghana, a utility company in Ghana. However, complaints of poor customer attitude and general uproar still exist against the company. The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of training on organisational commitment (affective, continuance and normative commitment) while assessing the moderating role of organisational justice among employees of ECG. Crosssectional survey design was adopted with the quanti...
ABSTRACT This study examined students’ attitudes towards female senior members in Ghanaian Universities. The study also considered whether Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) will moderate the relationship between students’ attitude and female senior members’ job performance. The study employed mixed method approach. Ghanaian graduate students and female senior members were sampled for the study. A total of 330 valid questionnaires was used for the quantitative survey analysis and 12 rec...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the role of the office of the company secretary in strengthening corporate governance and administrative justice in listed companies in Ghana. Methodologically, the study took the qualitative approach and used interview guide and face-to-face interview to extract data from respondents. Ten (10) company secretaries from thirty eight (38) listed companies were used for the study. The data was analysed using thematic approach. The study found tha...
ABSTRACT One of the main factors to ensure improved organizational performance is training. When training is conducted, trainees are equipped with new knowledge and skills with the expectation that the new learnt skills will be transferred to the organization. The climate in which transfer occurs is very critical to ensuring that transfer is possible. The main objective of this research was to identify how organizational climate can affect transfer of training using a micro finance organizati...
ABSTRACT This study investigates individual personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion and emotional stability) as a potential explanation for why some people feel a stronger sense of job outcome (commitment and turnover intention) than others when psychologically empowered. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 220 full-time employees, using structural equation modelling (SEM) partial least square (PLS). The cross-sectional nature of this study restricts...
ABSTRACT The study sought to ascertain the extent to which Valley View University (VVU) has complied with the Data Protection Act (DPA) since the implementation of the E-HRS at the University. This case study sampled a total of thirty employees from diverse functional units of the University. The aim was to evaluate respondents’ acceptability, knowledge and understanding of E-HRS issues relating to the DPA, security issues in the DPA and adherence to such security issues. Findings revealed ...
ABSTRACT Conflict and conflict management is undoubtedly very critical in any setting; organisations are no exception. The type of conflict management in organisations plays an essential role when it comes to achieving missions and visions. ADR is gaining widespread attention. Research on adoption of ADR mechanisms is practically non existent in Ghana. This research reviews the adoption of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Ghana and examines the incidence in firms of ADR practices addre...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of transformational and transactional leadership styles on employees’ work engagement and the moderating effect of perceived organisational politics (POPS) among employees of some selected indigenous Banks in Ghana. The study employed the cross-sectional design and the quantitative method approach, where data was gathered with the use of standardised survey questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used in analysing the...
ABSTRACT A lot of companies and firms from all sectors have undergone rightsizing over the years. These organizations do so in order to reduce their workforce for multiple reasons, including efforts to gain a more competitive advantage, to manage or reduce cost expenditures, and to streamline the way in which work is conducted. Management more often carried out these exercises with little attention to adequately and effectively address the ―people factor‖ throughout the process. This is e...