Interest rate exposure represents one of the key forms of financial risk faced by banks. It has given rise to an extensive body of research, mainly focused on the estimation of sensitivity of bank stock returns to changes in interest rates. However, the analysis of the sources of bank interest rate risk has received much less attention in the literature. Studies that empirically investigate the determinants of bank interest rate exposure have traditionally used asset-liability maturity or dur...
ABSTRACT Change management play a vital role in improving performance of institutions. The church as one such institution charged with maintaining the moral standards of the society, may be becoming unpopular, especially among the youth who are the future generation to ensure its continuity. This was mainly because some churches might have not broken away from outdated thinking to embrace modernity and inevitable changes in this fast developing society. Dismal performance of the church in ch...
The success of an organization greatly relies on the performance of its employees. Finding the possible and effective ways to encourage people to exert extra effort beyond what is normally required among the employers and business researchers. It is believed that an employee’s behaviour is influenced by the different types of incentives. Therefore, for the purpose of rewarding as well as recognizing greater performance, incentives are key tools in regard to employee motivation. One of the w...
ABSTRACT This study examined the institutional factors militating against career advancement of women faculty: A case study of Kenyatta University. The study was based on the premise that there are some hidden institutional challenges slowing career progress of women faculty. This exists despite the many attempts by universities to implement government calls to gender equality and equity. The promotion criteria at the universities is said to provide equal opportunities to women and men, yet ...
ABSTRACT. The struggle for water and its resources have progressively increased over periods of time. This is majorly attributed to the fact that the resource, as vital as it is, faces excessive extraction resulting from rapid population growth as well as urbanisation and industrialization trends. In Kenya, several families face many problems related to water and sanitation services. In the study area the project resolved in finding out the various challenges of water supply and sanitation i...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the determinants of employee job satisfaction among county government enforcement officers in Kenya by taking the case of Nairobi City County. Given how crucial job satisfaction is among employees today, employers are always seeking ways to ensure that their employees are satisfied at work in order to get the best out of them. For this reason, this study sought to ascertain the determinants of job satisfaction among county government enforcement offi...
Abstract Education is one of the core elements that contribute to the holistic development of a person. Higher education further develops a person’s knowledge, skill and character by going through a learning process. Higher education is becoming more competitive in recent years due to individuals need to empower themselves, harsh economy, tight measures of getting employment and reductions in government funding and higher student fees. As the nature of the environment grows more competiti...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinants of gender imbalance in education administration among teachers in public secondary schools in the larger Thika district.The study was guided by the following specific objectives: to establish the effect of gender roles on gender imbalance in education administration among teachers, to find out the relationship between teachers self perception and gender imbalance in education administration, to explore socialization and gender ...
The increasing global rates of accidents and ugly incidences in the past twelve years involving students and staff have raised concern for the safety and security of schools than ever before. In 1998, the USA experienced eight school shootings prompting the congress to create the safe school initiative. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) was directed to develop new, more effective safety technologies such as less obstructive weapons detection and surveillance equipment and informati...
ABSTRACT There has been a declining trend in the performance of companies in Nairobi Securities Exchange in the recent past with seventeen companies issuing profit warnings to investors in the year 2019, fifteen in 2018, while eighteen firms issued in 2015. Most of the firms reporting inadequate profits were listed in the Commercial and Services sector of the Nairobi Securities Exchange. It raises concern whether companies listed in this sector were more exposed to financial risks in the bus...
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of employee discipline on performance in parastatals in Kenya with a specific focus on the Kenya Revenue Authority. The objectives of this study are to determine the influence of organizational policies on performance in Kenya Revenue Authority, assess the influence of leadership styles on performance in Kenya Revenue Authority, deduce the effect of team work on performance in Kenya Revenue Authority, determine the effect of employee relation...
ABSTRACT Urbanisation and population growth have led to impact that increasingly deplete the natural resources and threaten the existence of the ecosystem. This has led to an increased awareness that the development of land use should be well managed in order to be sustainable. Improvement of housing for the Kenyan population is a major concern to the Government. In its commitment to improved housing the Government of Kenya introduced a National Housing Policy that comprehensively addresses ...
The study examined the factors affecting the effectiveness of strategic planning in the public primary teachers' training colleges in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought, to establish the extent of adoption of formal strategic planning in the public primary teachers' training colleges in Kenya, to investigate the effect of performance contracting on strategic planning effectiveness in the public primary teachers' training colleges in Kenya, to examine the extent to which monitoring and...
Parents of needy children lived below poverty line. Consequently their children were denied the opportunity to enjoy increased access in aspects not included in free Primary education (FPE) package. This descriptive survey study sought first to quantify NGOs contribution to education in Voi in aspects not included in the free education package and secondly to find out if there were alternative sources of assistance in the absence of NGOs assistance. The population of the study included t...
ABSTRACT Kenya is seeking to meet the Sustainable Development Goals-2030 agenda. The serious challenge to this course remains the soaring debt obligations, capturing a significant portion of the national budget. Kenya has been borrowing externally at higher rates and continually expanding the debt ceiling. The government will therefore in future spend a significant portion of its revenue repaying the debts at the cost of important local investment. The government is therefore limited to full...