ABSTRACT The increasing rate of juvenile delinquency has become a major social problem globally and locally. Researchers and concerned individuals have traced the preponderance of juvenile delinquency to the increasing rate of family instability among other factors. However, concerted inquiries into the influence of family instability on juvenile delinquency have resulted in a raging controversy. While some researchers have found a significant relationship between family instability and ...
ABSTRACT Knowledge Management in organizations has become an important strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage. Knowledge management manages the corporation’s knowledge through a systematically and organizationally specified process for acquiring, organizing, sustaining, applying, sharing and renewing both the tactic and explicit knowledge of employees to enhance organizational performance and create value. This study sought to investigate the effect of Knowledge Management o...
ABSTRACT The study evaluates the impact of international trade flows on industrial sector employment in Nigeria. Specifically, the study evaluates the extent in which trade expansion has impacted on the industrial sector employment, the impact of net export on aggregate labour demand by industrial sector employment in Nigeria. The data for the study were mainly sourced from CBN statistical bulletins and World Bank economic indicator for Nigeria. The estimation was done within the framework ...
ABSTRACT SACCOs are on the forefront to offer financial services to their members; but they encounter with countless problems such as lack of customer care services, lack of good governance, weak member confidence, and inadequate use of technology, insufficient financial services, high registration costs and increasing interest rates among others. Therefore, there exists a gap in literature, which this study aims to fill by establishing the influence of service quality on customer retention ...
ABSTRACT The attainment of national development and socio-economic recognition in the global economy no longer depend alone on the natural and physical endowment. What is most important now is the level of human capital development of a nation. So for any country aspiring to attain global economic relevance must invest adequately in the development of its human capital. This research was aimed at identifying how to achieve effective human capital development in Nigeria that is capable of ...
Abstract This study examined the effect of Evaluative conditioning on attitudes of smokers towards smoking behaviour: With self-efficacy as a moderating variable. Evaluative conditioning was varied into evaluative condition group and control group. Fifty male volunteered undergraduate student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka who were smokers participated in the study. Their age range was between 18 and 30years with a mean age of 23.7000. Self-efficacy scale, five dimensions of attitude s...
Abstract The study focuses on a contextual analysis of the greatest happiness to the greatest number within the context of the Nigerian experience spanning between 1999 and 2009. Consequently, this study investigated whether the character of the Nigerian ruling class has undermined the utilitarian principle of the greatest good of the greatest number. The study employed the qualitative method of data collection and the qualitative descriptive method of data analysis. The ex-post-facto s...
ABSTRACT This project employed an action research design focused on the pre-intervention, intervention and post intervention processes to empower 20 returnee migrants (Kayayei) in the Kubori community. Specifically, the project sought to identify the reasons for out migration and the challenges that the migrants faced, reorient the returnee migrants to identify potentials in the communities and to build their capacities in the communities on skill development, as well as measure the effect of...
ABSTRACT 8 The study examined the impact of leadership styles on task performance in the micro-finance industry. The study is a quantitative in nature and adopted a cross-sectional research approach. With a sample of 118 employee sampled from Micro-finance firms and were drawn using the convenience sample technique. The researcher gathered data on the variables of interest and used both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the data and test the various hypotheses. Data was collec...
ABSTRACT It is increasingly becoming important to address the many problems in the realm of natural resources in Uganda. The commitment is towards sustainable use, striking a balance between economic development and conservation interventions. Agroforestry has been identified as one of the important key approaches for reducing over exploitation of natural resources while sustaining food production for rural development. Modern Agroforestry is based on improved management and organization of ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on the performance of road infrastructure projects. The study objectives were; to establish the influence of M&E planning on the performance of road infrastructure projects, to examine the influence of M&E capacity on the performance of road infrastructure projects, and lastly to examine the influence of M&E communication on the performance of road infrastructure projects, in the study context. The stu...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this current study was to examine the impact of interest margin on the profitability of banks in Ghana with the focus on Fidelity Bank Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was use to select Fidelity Bank for the study. Secondary data (Annual reports of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited for 2013-2017) was analyzed. Data was analyzed with Pearson Correlation. The findings revealed that positive relationship exist between interest rate margin and bank profitability (ROA and ROE)...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the influence of livelihood enhancement programmes on rural-urban migration in the Kijew, Dagbambia, Gbung and Libi communities in the East Gonja District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross-sectional designs were adopted for the study. A representative sample size of 502 was selected out of the total population for the study. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data...
PROJECT SUMMARY This particular project examines the poor academic performance of students at the basic school level. Examinations of all kinds including the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BEC E) are seen to be compulsory and also been used as a basic entry requirement into the Senior High School (SHS) level. However, there is generally been poor performance in the selected schools. This is attributed to teachers’ inability to complete their respective subject syllabuses and less...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page ...................i Approval Page ...................ii Dedication .................iii Acknowledgements ..........................iv Table of Contents ..........................v CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study ........................1-4 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem .....................4-6 1.3 Objectives of the Study ......................6 1.4 Hypotheses of the Study ........................7 1.5 Significance of the Stu...