ABSTRACT For a long time, the Catholic Church, Nakuru Diocese has been facing the challenge of not achieving intended goals of their projects due to the over runs in time and budgets in most Catholic Churches’ projects, it become necessary to examine the influence of project management practices on project outcomes at catholic churches. The study was therefore carried out to establish the influence of selected project management practices on project outcomes at Catholic Churches Nakuru dio...
ABSTRACT After about a decade of civil war, Liberia still has a fertility similar to other countries who have not had such similar experiences. The civil war was expected to lead to a decrease in fertility given the expected increased usage of contraceptives and decrease in the desire for children. So, the question about the role of education, contraception and desired fertility was asked. To answer this question, four main questions were asked. First, whose education is more significant in ...
ABSTRACT Over the last four decades, the pressure on organizations to engage in CSR has increased. Being socially responsible involves costs and therefore it should be beneficial to the business and improve sustainability. This study sought to investigate the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance of microfinance institutions in Mombasa County. The specific objectives of this study were to determine how the firms participation in environmental activities ...
ABSTRACT This study explored how spiritual leadership, engaged leadership and extrinsic motivation influence continuance commitment of employees in the banking industry in Ghana. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership and continuance commitment, the relationship between engaged leadership and continuance commitment and the relationship between extrinsic motivations and continuance commitment in the banking industry in Ghana. The study adopt...
ABSTRACT Budgetary process was a key activity in public secondary schools in Kenya as it guided activities of the schools. If not properly addressed, administrations of the schools were to find it difficult to consistently provide timely and quality learning services. The main objective of this study was to examine budgetary process and budget variance in public secondary schools in Rongo Constituency, Migori County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: To determi...
ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to investigate the influence of knowledge management strategy on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County. Specifically, the study sought to: establish the influence knowledge creation on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County, determine the influence knowledge acquisition on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Wajir County, assess the influence of...
ABSTRACT The performance of most projects in Kenya fails to meet the expected goal based on time and cost indicators. More than seventy percent of the implemented projects recorded time and cost variations. Most of Kenya’s urban construction sector projects fail to achieve their objectives despite the many rules, regulations and the quality training of the consultants. In 2016, Mombasa County failed to deliver on its development public projects to the tune of forty seven percent. The study...
ABSTRACT Unaitas Sacco is faced by brand competition from the dominant market players such as commercial banks and micro-finance institutions with facilities throughout the country hence affecting loyalty among account holders in Unaitas Sacco. This is due to the fact that there are so many products and as such, consumers are highly influenced by perceptions on brand equity and other product attributes. This study therefore is aimed at establishing the effect of brand equity on brand loyalty ...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s economy is heavily dependent on the performance of SMEs which gives the foundation for the upcoming of other sectors. However, the strategic management in many SMEs in Kenya is still being challenged.This study looked into how Information and Communication Technology influences strategic management in SMEs in Trans Nzoia County. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of Information and communication technology on strategic management in SMEs of Trans Nzoia County,...
ABSTRACT The problem of waste collection and disposal has been a canker to the development of cities and towns across Ghana. Day in day out, there are reports of piles of waste left uncollected around city centres and residences. Huge tonnes of waste are seen scattered in streets and gutters and the effects are enormous especially in the face of rapid urbanization. Some of the effects include flooding, the spread of diseases as a result of cross contaminations, the aesthetic value of the com...
ABSTRACT Different countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) have experienced different levels of growth of their domestic Government bond markets due to various factors. This study aimed at evaluating the drivers of the growth of domestic government domestic bond markets in selected countries in Eastern and Southern Africa during the period 2003-2015. The main study problem is the inability of countries to sustainably fund their budgetary deficits from dependable and reliable local sour...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to look at accounting education and accounting curriculum in Ghana and to assess the perception of accounting academics on the matter of how sustainability could be integrated adequately in accounting education among public universities in Ghana. This investigation takes a gander at the critical issue of sustainability and how it can be coordinated at the institutional, curricular and instrumental level. A combination of two qualitative approaches were utilized for ...
ABSTRACT Over the last eight years, agency banking has progressively gained importance in Kenya. Agency banking has enabled banks to save on costs associated with opening bank branches and has offered convenience to bank customers who before the introduction of agency banking involuntarily had to travel long distances and incur hefty amounts on transportation in order to access a bank branch. Agency banking is facilitated by small scale enterprises who take up the role of the bank teller and ...
ABSTRACT Belief in witchcraft is a world wide phenomenon. In Africa, its occurrence is almost universal. Although in some societies this belief plays a very minor role in the daily lives of the people, in most it is no exaggeration to say that one cannot gain any fundamental grasp of the attitude which people have towards one another nor can one understand many aspects of their ideas regarding good, evil and causation and their associated beliefs without understanding their belief in witchcr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate leadership styles (transactional and transformational) among bank workers and to ascertain whether it moderated the relationship between workload and occupational stress. The study adopted the quantitative research approach. Purposive and convenience sampling techniques were used in select participating banks and respondents for the study. In all, four banks participated in the study and a total of 250 structured questionnaires administere...