ABSTRACT This study is on the socio-cultural factors in the use of health care services in Nsukka town of Enugu State. For the study, 543 respondents were sampled across the three (3) autonomous communities that make up Nsukka town using questionnaire. Also for qualitative data, 24 people were interviewed of which 12 were health care givers and 12 community leaders. This work is divided into five chapters. In chapter one, the problems, objective and significance of the study were highlighted...
ABSTRACT This study is on the effect of Information and Communication Technology on Manpower Training Development in Nigeria. A case study of Abia State University. The information and communication technology has become an invaluable tool for learning and research. The benefits are so enormous that there is no sphere of life without the information and communication technology. This is certainly true for tertiary institutions. Premised on this consciousness, the survey research design metho...
Africa was once known for abundant populations of the now Critically Endangered Black rhino (Diceros bicornis). However, large-scale poaching in many parts of this continent during 1970- 1980 led to a 95% decline in the rhino numbers. Like in other countries that host remnant populations of the Black rhino, Tanzania’s Black rhinos are now largely restricted to protected areas such as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). This study sought to map the spatial distribution of the Black ...
Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is considered as developing securities market and for many years has faced many challenges due to its low liquidity. NSE has continued to grow and implement reforms and innovations in order to raise their levels of efficiency. Between 2002 and 2009 a series of reforms were undertaken through the market regulator-Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the exchange itself. Whether these reforms have improved the performance of bond market still remains unknow...
ABSTRACT The primary motive of a minimum wage policy is to provide a wage floor for low income earners and improve their welfare. In Nigeria, real minimum wage declined by 83.0% between 1974 and 2010, thus lowering the welfare of workers. Low skilled relative to high skilled workers’ wages also declined from 29.0% in 1991 to 11.0% in 2007. While there is a growing body of literature on the direct effects of minimum wage, there have been little attempts to investigate its indirect welfare a...
ABSTRACT This study examined the factors which influenced the implementation and prioritization of the three-pronged strategy which the Government of Kenya adopted in 2003 to fight corruption. Despite its adoption, the prevalence of corruption in the country remained high as reported in the anti-corruption commission reports, corruption perception surveys, parliamentary reports and in the media. The widespread corruption was an indication that the strategy faced challenges in reducing it and...
This study sought to examine the effect of strategic alliances on performance of supermarkets and their alliances in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish the effects of technological, production and marketing strategic alliances on the performance of supermarkets in Kenya. The study employed a cross sectional correlational research design. The sample of the study entailed a study of all the five leading supermarkets in Kenya (Nakumatt, Ukwala, Naivas, Tuskys and Uchumi) a...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of privatization, ownership structure and corporate governance on financial performance of privatized companies in Kenya. The specific objectives were to: examine whether there is a significant difference between the pre- privatized and post -privatized performance and between privatized and other listed companies; examine the influence of ownership structure on financial performance of privatized companies; establish the influence of corporate gove...
ABSTRACT This study investigated work-family conflict and personality as predictors of organizational commitments among hospital workers in Enugu, Nigeria. A cross-sectional design and Multiple Regression was used for the data analysis. A total of 300 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the Sectional Heads of the hospitals. Out of the 300 copies distributed, 184 were returned for analysis. Participants were obtained through accidental sampling of the three (3) hospitals for the st...
ABSTRACT The rapidly increasing complexity and dynamics of consumers has led marketers, practitioners and academics alike, to seek a deeper understanding of how consumers and marketers differ in their ways of making purchase decisions. To date, little research examines culture as a factor influencing consumer purchase decisions. There is evidence of cultural differences in consumer decision-making styles for fashion, although, no study has examined whether this effect extends to the purchase...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of job position and personality characteristics on job satisfaction among workers. Two hundred participants were used and two hypotheses involving job positions (high, middle, and low) personality characteristics (extrovert vs introvert) were tested. Two instruments were used for data collection and they are Eynseck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ): The design was a 3 x 2 factorial designs and a 2x2 ...
ABSTRACT Discipline and control are essential management principles that could be used as tools to enhance staff compliance to work standard, rules and regulations in order to achieve organizational goals. Recent studies on the causes of inefficiency, laxity and eye-service among Nigerian employees in the public organizations have been due to lack of discipline and control. Hence, the study investigated the impact of staff discipline and control in an organization with particular reference t...
ABSTRACT This study investigated self-esteem, personality-type and gender as factors in self-disclosure of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Three hundred (300) persons living with HIV/AIDS (120 males and 180 females) aged 18-60 years with a mean age of 39 participated in the study. Three instruments were used for data collection: Index of self-esteem (ISE), Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)-Adult, and Self-Disclosure Index (SDI). The result indicated that self-esteem - F(1,292) = 16.1...
ABSTRACT There is no gainsaying the fact that development is essential and inevitable in every human society. Thus every society strives towards development invariably giving rise to uneven or unequal development. In other words, it gives rise to a situation whereby some societies develop at a greater pace than others. This can be attributed to the divergent developmental challenges peculiar to that society. For the society to develop, therefore, it must surmount all these hurdles. Nigeria a...
ABSTRACT The automation of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2006 was expected as part of its objectives to improve the performance of the market. This study investigated the effect of the automation on stock market capitalization, liquidity, efficiency, returns and volatility of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Two study periods were considered pre-automation period (January 2002 to June 2006) and post-automation period (July 2008 to December 2012). This study therefore provided info...