ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to assess the effect that country-of-origin and price have on efficacy of advertisements for a product. The African population has noticeably not featured much in country-of-origin research in spite of the growing size and complexity of the African consumer market. Country-of-origin refers to the country of manufacture, production, or growth where an article or product comes from. In realizing the goals for which it was set to achieve, this experimenta...
The main purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of religious orientation and locus of control on the psychological phenomenon called learned haplessness. Six hundred (600) new entrant students into the Diploma in Applied Psychology programme of the University of Jos participated in the study. The study utilized the experimental design. Word anagram was used to induce and assess learned helplessness. It was hypothesized that, 1.participants who were externally contro...
ABSTRACT Background: We aimed to determine the association between the neuro-radiological characteristics of stroke lesions and post-stroke major depression among survivors in Ibadan, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT This study examined the cognitive and behavioural functioning of patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Further, it examined whether the adherence to cultural Africentric values has any significant influence on the quality of life (QOL) among Spinal Cord Injury patients. Ninety (90) participants comprising 45 patients and 45 healthy controls between 18 and 70 years of age were sampled for this study. They were administered tests assessing cognitive failures, attention, fluency, memo...
ABSTRACT With the changing nature of family systems in Ghana, majority of informal sector workers risk suffering poverty and poor well-being in their old age. It is therefore imperative that these workers actively plan for their life after retirement. This study examined social representations of retirement and retirement planning among informal sector workers in urban and rural Ghana. Simultaneous qualitative and quantitative mixed method design was used to gather data. The qualitative compo...
ABSTRACT Smuggling is one ofthe major factors undermining the economy of Nigeria. This behaviour is aided partly by the multi-border nature of the country with niultiple entry and exit points (legal and illegal). The country shares land borders with Cameroon, Benin Republic, Republic of Togo, Chad and marine border with Equitorial Guinea. In a bid to stem the tide of smuggling, successive governments in Nigeria have put up a number of measures and legislation in addition to empowering the Ni...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the relationship between knowledge of the three-tier pension scheme and retirement planning. Using the cross sectional survey method, 196 participants made up of 102 males and 94 females were sampled from six organisations. Participants were administered with the Retirement Planning Scale, Knowledge of the three-tier pension Scheme questionnaire and the Financial Literacy Questionnaire. The result using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient indicates t...
ABSTRACT The competitive and unpredictable nature of today’s business environment is increasingly making organizations expect more from their employees. There are consistent research findings that Job Demands (JD), Psychological Contract Breach (PCB) and Emotional Exhaustion (EE) are on the rise in organizations. Though it is hard to believe that the concurrent rise in these three factors is mere coincidence, the possible links that exist between these factors seem to have eluded research a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the current state of job analysis among organisations in Ghana. This lead to identifying the methods employed, domains focused on and the sources of inaccuracies during the development of job analysis. The study further found out whether job analysis had any effect on performance indicators such as improved health and safety, training and development, performance evaluation and compensation. The study was conducted among organisations in the Gr...
ABSTRACT The impact on daily lives as a result of stroke is a concern for world health because mostly surviving stroke is an altered life to come for both the survivor and the informal family caregiver. A good proportion of its survivors are left to battle with residual neurological and functional impairment, which often require long term support and care. Mostly after discharge, these stroke survivors depend on family caregivers who are usually ill prepared for their caregiving role. Poor he...
ABSTRACT The present study examined the psychometric properties and the relationships that exist among selected logo therapy tests: Logotest, Purpose in Life (PIL) test, Seeking of Noetic Goals (SONG) test, Life Purpose 'Questionnaire (LPQ), and Belfast Tests.
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors that predict condom use and sexual practices of brewery employees who had recently been on short and long-term migration in the course of their jobs in Nigeria.
Abstract To understand the experiences and coping mechanisms of suicide attempters and their families in Ghana, 20 (10 attempters and 10 family members) persons were sampled in the aftermath of suicide attempts at the Psychiatry Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The convergent parallel design was used and participants were interviewed on their experiences and coping mechanisms after the suicide attempt. For the quantitative section, participants were administered the africultural ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of perceived organizational politics (POP) and job security (JS) on turnover intentions (TI). The study also investigated how demographic variables like age, gender and job tenure also predict turnover intentions. Employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) served as the population for this study. Data was collected through the distribution of personally administered questionnaires to the respondents who were chosen by conve...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the relationship between post deployment transition, psychological well-being and family relationship among Ghanaian soldiers. The study further investigated the role of post deployment social support in moderating the relationship between post deployment transition and psychological well-being. A total of One hundred and thirty- four Army personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces participated in the study. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data. Four hypotheses...