Abstract Stock markets in developing countries have been likened to “casinos” as a result of the general perception that they do not contribute to economic growth. Very few studies have tried to specifically examine the situation in Ghana with varying results. Most studies employing OLS have found a positive relationship between the variables whiles those that have employed ADRL or VEC, have often found a negative stock market and growth nexus in Ghana. Research, however, shows that, OLS ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to use the health belief model in social marketing to influence behaviour change towards cholera prevention from the context of a developing country, specifically Ghana. Research into cholera prevention has focused predominantly on the issues surrounding effective sanitation, improvement in potable drinking water and use of oral dehydration. Therefore, little attention in literature has been paid to understand the behavioural aspects of individuals in co...
ABSTRACT The confidentiality promise is technically complex, politically uncertain and scientifically ill-defined to address multiple patients’ needs. This is because patients’ confidentiality provides diverse perspectives which are yet to meet thorough academic examination. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to assess circumstances that may constrain healthcare workers from keeping the confidentiality promise. The study’s objectives were to assess the impact of knowledge level of ...
ABSTRACT The Princess Marie Louise Hospital (PML) caters for malnourished tr children suffering from Kwashiorkor, Marasmus or Marasmic Kwashiorkor with food and drug therapy. All cases admitted are treated with free food nutrients. In addition, drugs which are used as supplements are however paid for by the caretakers. The main problem that the research seeks to investigate is the frequent inadequacy of its essential supplies namely, food nutrients and drugs, the consumption of which is belie...
ABSTRACT Firms or companies merge or acquire each other in order to create synergies. Mergers and acquisitions normally occur when firms or companies are facing financial challenges and want to either survive or sell the firm early to get a good price. This study sought to evaluate the impact of M&As on the financial performance of some selected Ghanaian banks namely GCB, Ecobank, Access and Republic banks. The researcher employed descriptive research design and relied mainly on secondary dat...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to find out the impact of performance and investment on corporate tax a case study of Peterson (PZ) The study aimed at assessing the impact that corporate tax has on performance and investment of manufacturing companies in the Greater Accra region, finding out if tax has an effect on the performance and investment companies and the challenges they face as fulfilling their tax obligation. The study applied quantitative research designs where annual reports we...
ABSTRACT Researchers suggest there are numerous factors affection academic performance, these factors tends to either impact negative or positive on academic performance. Inclusive of factors affecting academic performance is the issue of residential accommodation. The impact of residential accommodation on academic performance has received little attention, thus research work conducted is sparse. As established in the Maslow theory the most basic need of the individual includes shelter. Thus...
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility reporting (CSRR) has received huge attention in both academic and corporate settings, owing partly to the fact that it has been made mandatory in some jurisdictions and the idea that it has the potential of benefitting organizations in the long run. This thesis looked at how the biggest telecommunications companies in Africa report on their CSR via their corporate web sites. Drawing on inspirations from prior studies, this thesis looked at corporate so...
ABSTRACT Currently, the Government of Ghana (GoG) is encouraging consumers to patronise more locally produced items, including local rice. It is believed that this will provide economic, environmental, and social benefits to the local economy. The current study seeks to apply social marketing using a behavioural change theory (the theory of planned behaviour) to predict and understand factors influencing behavioural intention of urban consumers to purchase the locally produced rice. A conveni...
ABSTRACT Training is one of the most pervasive methods for enhancing the productivity of individuals and communicating organizational goals to personnel (Arthur.W.Jnr, Bennet.W.Jnr, Edens. P.S. and Bel. S.T 2003). In the field of human resource management, training and development is the field concerned with organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings. Training and Development is the framework for helping employees to develop...
ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the impact of rural banking on economic development. The study involves a survey of management and employees of Unity Rural Bank Limited and the inhabitants of “Ziope”; a rural area in the Volta Region of Ghana. Interviews and questionnaires were the main research techniques adopted for the data collected for this study. Results show that, for the bank to be able to contribute effectively to economic development, further education of the rural ...
ABSTRACT Dividends are payments made to the shareholders (owners) out of firms‟ earnings. Numerous academics, adopting either a behavioural or empirical approach, have provided rationales to address the issue of why companies pay dividends and whether the market response to the announcements can be predicted. However, these endeavours have failed to achieve unanimity on either issue. Moreover, most of these studies have been conducted in countries with developed markets; relatively little r...
Abstract This study was carried out to assess the strategies for survival of small-scale business in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. Six research question and three hypotheses were postulated to guide the investigation. Structured questionnaire, dichotomous in nature was the main research instrument. The stratified sampling method was used to select 72 small-scale businesses from 10 business types. Data were analyzed using simple percentage and the three hypotheses were ...
ABSTRACT This project emphasized on the relationship of promotional tools as an impact on organization performance. Efforts are made to find the problem and significant of promotional tools by reviewing some related literature written by expert. Also both Primary data and secondary data were collected. In primary data, questionnaires were used in gathering information from respondents and secondary data collection involves the use of books, journals, etc for gathering information. The d...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to find out the effects of employee turnover in the timber industry. The study is to find out sources of employee turnover, causes of employee turnover,effects of turnover, cost of turnover(A case study of East Forest Products Limited). Ghana has a relatively high turnover rate in the timber industry as a whole. This has gone a long way to affect the productivity rate of most of the timber companies as asserted by most of the companies. The issue of empl...