ABSTRACT The study investigated how nutritional labelling affects consumer purchasing decisions of food products within the Kumasi metropolis. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to find out the level of awareness of consumers towards nutritional labelling in terms of buying behaviour, to examine whether nutritional labelling affect consumer decision to purchase healthy food products and finally to ascertain whether a consumer demographic characteristics (i.e. gender, income, edu...
ABSTRACT Automobile companies in Ghana continue to lose customers due to various degrees in taste, preferences for technology and poor quality of service delivery. Even though, the sales and services of vehicles are on the increase and also new customers are being attracted every day, customers continue to change their interest in the purchase and services of their vehicles from one automobile company to another. This has resulted in poor customer satisfaction in the automobile industry. Th...
ABSTRACT Gold mining is a very important segment of the extractive sector but has one of the most serious and disastrous environmental consequences; conflicting with the livelihood and cocoa production and survival of resident communities. This research was conducted in Amansie West district of Ghana to assess the effect of small scale illegal mining (Galamsey), its impact on cocoa production and livelihoods. The modified random sampling technique was used. Data collected was analyzed with S...
ABSTRACT T he success of organisations largely depend on the nature of motivational policies established in dealing with employees been the most valuable assets who work to achieve set goals and objectives. This study sought to examine motivational strategies adopted by organisations with specific reference to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The target population involves employees of KATH (3,519). Stratified sampling technique was used in selecting a sample size of 271 out of which 21...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the moderating role of working experience on the relationship between time management and employee performance. The purpose of this research is to explore the effect of time management on employee performance within Christian Service University College (CSUC), the moderating role of working experience. The objectives were to examine the effect of time management on the performance of employees and to examine the moderating role of working experience in t...
ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of stress on postgraduate working students at University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus.University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus was chosen for the study because it was established during the literature review that not much of similar studies have been conducted at public universities globally. It was therefore imperative that the views of university working students be sampled to know and to fill in the gap as to whether their work performa...
ABSTRACT The study measured the impact of rewards and compensation on employees’ performance within the Ghana Education Service. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to identify the rewards and compensation practices implemented within the Ghana Education Service, to assess the impact of intrinsic rewards on employees’ performance and finally to investigate the impact of extrinsic rewards on employees’ performance. This study was positioned within the positivism worldvie...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial and nonfinancial incentives on staff performance in public institutions. The detail of this research was conducted in an attempt to demonstrate whether incentives have a great potential to increase public employees’ motivation and work performance. To fulfill the objective of the research as well as to obtain real and reliable data, a research study was conducted at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. A proje...
ABSTRACT The study investigated employees’ satisfaction towards employer support for higher education among. The main objectives of the study were to identify the employer support systems provided by ECG to assist its employees in higher education programmes. This study was positioned within the positivism worldview hence quantitative methodology was adopted. The study used simple random sampling to select the study participants. The study subsequently used the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the determinants of staff turnover intentions in the judicial service of the Ghana with concentration on the High Court at Kumasi. The study was guided by three objectives which were to assess the impact of personal or demographic factors on staff turnover intentions, the impact of economic factors on staff turnover intentions and the impact of organisational factors on staff turnover intentions at High Court, Kumasi. The study was a descriptiv...
ABSTRACT The study assessed employees’ satisfaction with employers support for higher education at Ecobank Ghana Limited. Data for the study was obtained from a sample of one hundred (100) respondents through self-administered questionnaires. Both qualitative and quantitative data were used for the study. The results indicated that training and development help improve employees’ performance within organizations, the study showed that the input from employers was minimal or non-existent...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the present research was to explore the impact of organizational culture on the job satisfaction and employees’ commitment in the University. Data for the study was collected through self-administered questionnaire at the University. The sample size consisted of 80 employees from different department at the University of Education. The findings of this study show the existence of a clear link between employees’ job satisfaction and organizational culture in both ...
ABSTRACT The issue of leadership has being a major concern to any surviving institution. Thus the progress and success of every institution is highly depends on the kind of quality leadership styles put in place. This study sought to investigate women HODs leadership experienced in the second cycle institutions in the Kumasi metropolis. The study employed the use of descriptive method of research. A sample size of 60 was used for the study and this was carried out using purposive sampling t...