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The impact of maintenance culture in construction in public institutions in Ghana (a case study of selected institutions in Saboba district of Northern region)

Buildings are great assets to individuals and the nation and can be regarded as an economic asset, which must be maintained to ensure higher value. This study assessed the impact of maintenance culture in constructions or buildings of public institutions in Ghana, a case study of selected institutions in the Saboba District of Northern Region. Questionnaires, interview schedule and observation were for data collection. The analysis of the respondents’ responses was done researcher through combine method system. The total population of 150 respondents were used for the study and was sampled as follows: Staff of St. Joseph’ Technical Institute (SABTECH) 45, students of SABTECH 65, Workers of Saboba Medical Centre/Ghana Health Service 23 and Workers of Saboba District Assembly 17. Random sampling technique was used to sample out 150 respondents from Workers of Saboba Medical Centre/Ghana Health Service, workers of Saboba District Assembly and Students as well as staff of SABTECH, who were administered with questionnaires personally by the researcher. Interview was conducted on managers, maintenance officers and other stake holders and observation made on services and building components of the institutions to gather data for the study The objectives of the study were to; identify the maintenance deficiencies of public buildings and the causes of poor maintenance, and to assess appropriate maintenance culture of public institutions. The study revealed that; fire outbreak, rainstorm and irregular maintenance practices were the major causes of damage of public buildings. It was also revealed that most of the buildings had exposed and hanging foundations, broken walls, cracks on floor screeds and most of the buildings had faded paintings whilst some building roofs were partly ripped off with semi functioning or faulty electrical/water fittings. The study also revealed that most maintenance departments do not undertake regular inspections of buildings, do not have maintenance budgets and also do not have laid down maintenance plans coupled with the tepid attitude of staff towards maintenance request made by occupants. The study further shows that, most institutions do not have annual maintenance schedules due to financial constraints. The study recommends that maintenance departments should be well resourced to undertake regular inspection for prompt maintenance, accept maintenance request from occupants and finally government should make funds available for maintenance of public buildings of District Assemblies and Saboba District in particular for workers to stay peacefully in order to discharge their duties.

Source: UEW
The impact of management performance systems on employees’ productivity a case study of Atwima Mponua rural bank

The study assessed the impact of performance management system on employee’s productivity by using the Atwima Mponua Rural Bank as the study context. Specifically, the objectives of the study were; to investigate the performance management systems used by Atwima Mponua Rural Bank; investigate the effect performance management systems have employee task performance and lastly to investigate the influence performance management systems have organizational citizen behaviour. The study used a survey research design. The study population was drawn from all the employees who worked in the various departments of the Atwima Mponua Rural Bank Limited. In this study, both lower level, middle level and upper level employees constituted the study population. The study used a multi-stage cluster sampling technique in selecting the participants. Guided by the Krejcie and Morgan sampling table, 80 employees were randomly selected from all the eight branches. The scale used in measuring perception of performance management system, employee task performance and organizational citizen behaviour were adapted from existing scales. Data was analyzed with both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Findings from the study suggest that performance management system did not only have an impact on the employee task performance but also shape the employee organizational citizen behaviour. This suggests that the kind of practices the bank includes in its performance management system will have a significant influence on employee performance in diverse ways. Accordingly, it is recommended to the human resource department of the bank to pay particularly attention to their performance management system since the content and structure of it could have a substantial effect on the employee outcomes.

Source: UEW
Impact of mechanical industries on the environment -a case study in twifu atti morkwa municipality in the Central Region of Ghana

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of mechanical industries on the environment in Twifu Atti-Morkwa Municipality in the Central Region. This study employed case study research design. The researcher used quantitative research approach. The population for this study was the workers of the Twifo oil plantation in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa Municipality. The entire population for this study was 123. Random sampling method was used to select 92 respondents for the study. Questionnaires were the main instrument used to gather primary data. The data collected was analysed statistically using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Version 18. The study results concluded that 75.6% of the respondents agreed that the water bodies are destroyed as a results of the activities of the mechanical industries. Moreover, 76.7% agreed that the air is sometimes polluted as a results of the activities of the mechanical industries. Also, 84.9% agreed that the activities of the mechanical industries produce greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, in their manufacturing process. Moreover, 79.1% agreed that the activities of the mechanical industries creates environmental degradation arising from industrialism. Furthermore, 67.4% said that the kind of improvements that has been done to manage waste water is control system, 15 respondents representing 17.4% said that the kind of improvements that has been done to manage waste water is automatic while 13 respondents representing 15.1% said that the kind of improvements that has been done to manage waste water is manual. Moreover, 29.1% said that lack of environmental technologies (clean technologies applications) affects the improvement of the environmental performance of the factory. The study recommended that the environmental protection agencies and NGOs should continue to monitor the activities of the mechanical industries in order to comply with the environmental protection rules and regulations and ensure the safety of the environment.

Source: UEW
The impact of media technologies on students learning processes, a case of junior high schools in Bolgatanga East District

Media Technologies in general, has become the order of the day; as Technology advances, the use of these media Technologies also increases day in day out. The use of the media technologies to learn negative things is the biggest problem affecting the learning processes in the lives of students. However, the media technologies have both positive and negative impacts in the learning processes of Junior High School Students hence the need to analyze how these Media technologies have impacted in the learning processes of Junior High School Students. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of media Technologies on students of Junior High School’s learning processes in the Bolgatanga East District. The study adopted a survey study design. The study was conducted in Junior High Schools in Bolgatanga East District involving both Teachers and Students. A sampling weight procedure was used to select the sample of 227 students and 47 teachers from the population. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect data. Comparative and Quantitative data analysis methods were used with aid of statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23.0 in the analysis of the data. The study confirmed that students use the media technologies both in school and at home. It also revealed that students spend a lot of productive time on the media technologies rather than their academic work.

Source: UEW
The impact of metacognitive awareness on the academic performance in mathematics of senior high school students from Korle Klottey Municipal.

This study examined how metacognition awareness affects academic performance. Metacognition is the cognitive process of reflecting on and monitoring one's own thinking. The investigation took place at Korle Klottey Municipal from January to September 2023 and was a cross-sectional analytical study. Three hundred and fourteen final-year senior high school students from Korle Klottey Municipal were selected through a stratified random sampling technique, which included one hundred and seventy from Accra High School and one hundred and forty-four from Osu Presec School. The tool for data collection was the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory. The academic performance in mathematics of the students was measured based on the first mock examination. The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) has a reliability coefficient of 0.89, indicating high consistency. The data were entered into Jamovi statistical software. This study's independent variable was metacognitive score, and the dependent variable was academic performance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, independent t-tests, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, and one-way ANOVA. The result showed that only 45 –50% of the students have above-average metacognitive skills. Metacognition dimensions also correlated positively with academic performance in mathematics (r = 0.632) and indicated a significant result at p < 0.01. There is also no significant gender difference in metacognitive awareness. The metacognitive skill explains 40% of the variability in academic performance in mathematics of the students, which implies that the students' metacognitive skills influence and determine their academic performance in mathematics to some extent. Also, students' procedural knowledge, planning, information management strategies, comprehension monitoring, and debugging strategies account for variation in metacognitive skills. Thus, it is suggested that metacognitive skills should be integrated into curricular components and learning strategies, which will help the students monitor and regulate their own learning to meet the challenges of academic society.

Source: UEW
The impact of Mother Tongue on Second language learning and proficiency Akan speakers’ experience

Language is a tool to convey one’s thoughts, feelings, and needs. Mother tongue is the language acquired by everyone at birth. A learner encounters mother tongue influence while learning or speaking a foreign language or target language. Mother tongue influence is something that affects a person’s thought process in a sense that he thinks in the mother tongue and expresses it in English or a second language. People use incorrect pronunciation of words while communicating in English language as they are influenced by the sound patterns of their mother tongue. A second language learner has an unconscious preference to convey his customs from his first language to the target language. The influence of mother tongue has become a significant region and is generally referred to as language interference. Every language learner comes across this issue. Students sometimes use words from their parents’ language while communicating in English. Several factors affect the learning and proficiency of a second language and among them is the culture, age, environment, method of acquisition, nature and structure of the first language and the amounts of efforts invested. This research work investigates the impact of the mother tongue Akan on the learning and proficiency of the target language. The research was carried out using the JSS 1 and JSS 2 students of some selected junior high schools in the Offinso Municipality where Akan is an indigenous language and is mostly used in communication outside the classroom. Written composition/utterances of the students were the instrument for data collection. The findings of the data analysis yielded categories such as vowel harmony/ nasalization, phonemic differences, insertion of vowels between consonant clusters, wrong placement of stress, wrong use of tenses, omission/wrong use of rules of concord and wrong use of prepositions. From the results of the research, it was found out that the mother tongue ‘Akan’ influences the learning and proficiency of the English language. These findings were discussed and thereafter conclusion and recommendations were made.

Source: UEW
The impact of motivation on job satisfaction of craftsmen in the construction industry in Ghana

The productivity of the construction industry has received much attention by researchers and policy makers; particularly in developed countries. The productivity of the construction industry in developing countries, particularly Ghana is abysmally low. Strategies need to be developed to stimulate and enhance the productivity of the industry through concerted research and development. In line with this, the purpose of the research reported here was to determine the impact of motivation on job satisfaction of craftsmen in the construction industry in Ghana. Drawing on Herzberg’s Two-factor theory, conceptual framework was developed and empirically tested using a sample group of 335 craftsmen. A biographical and Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was administered to respondents and the resulting data were analyzed with the aid Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the research indicated that there is a positive, direct and significant impact of motivation (motivator-hygiene factors) on job satisfaction. The results also revealed that women received the lowest form of motivation and satisfaction than their male counterparts. The research results further revealed how low motivator factors prevailed or are experienced by craftsmen in the construction industry. For this reason, the industry can be referred to as ‘‘a pay check’’ because hygiene factors are highly existent while motivator factors are low. The research supports the assumption that a well developed and functional motivational system can increase craftsmen motivation and satisfaction since ‘‘a one size fits all’’ approach is unacceptable and irrelevant in the Ghanaian construction industry today. The industry, therefore, can develop their motivation (motivator factors) system by including the craftsmen in the decision making process. Future research on the administrative/ management staff could yield interesting insights into the different factors that motivate that category of construction workers.

Source: UEW
The impact of motivation on pupils' performance in the learning of English Language_the case of Enyan-Maim circuit in Ajumako-Enyan-Essian district

The main purpose of the study was to describe motivation and performance of all Junior High School pupils of Enyan-maim circuit in English Language and establish the relationship between them. The descriptive survey design was adopted to study, describe and interpret the relationship between motivation and performance. School performance test from the end of term examination and motivation test were used to gather data for the survey from accessible population of all Junior High Three pupils in the circuit. Interview was also used to gather information from the parents of the respondents. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 60 respondents. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (S.P.S.S.) software was used to analyze the data gathered to determine the correlation coefficient. Findings from the study indicated that pupils’ motivation level towards learning of English Language was high and more intrinsic than extrinsic. However, the boys are slightly more motivated than the girls. The boys also outperform their girls’ counterpart in the study of English Language. There was a moderate significant positive relationship between pupils’ motivation and performance in English Language. This implies that highly motivated pupils perform better than lowly motivated ones. It is recommended that teachers, parents, policy makers and guidance and counselling coordinators should ensure that pupils are provided with the necessary materials for their studies to help sustain and increase their motivation level for a better performance.

Source: UEW
The impact of motivation on pupil’s performance in the learning of English language, the case of Enyan-Maim circuit in Ajumako- Enyan–Essiam–district

The main purpose of the study was to describe motivation and performance of all Junior High School pupils of Enyan-maim circuit in English Language and establish the relationship between them. The descriptive survey design was adopted to study, describe and interpret the relationship between motivation and performance. School performance test from the end of term examination and motivation test were used to gather data for the survey from accessible population of all Junior High Three pupils in the circuit. Interview was also used to gather information from the parents of the respondents. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 60 respondents. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (S.P.S.S.) software was used to analyze the data gathered to determine the correlation coefficient. Findings from the study indicated that pupils’ motivation level towards learning of English Language was high and more intrinsic than extrinsic. However, the boys are slightly more motivated than the girls. The boys also outperform their girls’ counterpart in the study of English Language. There was a moderate significant positive relationship between pupils’ motivation and performance in English Language. This implies that highly motivated pupils perform better than lowly motivated ones. It is recommended that teachers, parents, policy makers and guidance and counselling coordinators should ensure that pupils are provided with the necessary materials for their studies to help sustain and increase their motivation level for a better performance.

Source: UEW
The impact of motivational factors on employees’ performance in an organization, a study of Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel

The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of motivational factors on employees’ performance in an organization, a study of Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel. The objectives of the study were to analyse the influence of monetary dynamics on employee’s performance, to examine the outcomes of the various job designs on employee’s performance, and to ascertain the effects of staff training and development on employee’s performance. The population for the study was 120 respondents and a sample size of 97 was selected through the random sampling method. Questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. The study revealed that, Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel uses monetary rewards like base pay, merit pay, incentives, commission, bonus and healthy allowances to motivate workers. Moreover, the Hotel uses non-monetary rewards like recognition, decision making roles, promotion, flexible working hours and company uniforms to motivate them. The study also revealed that, employees are happy with their job design in terms of the tasks that they perform and the Hotel involved them in the job design, thus motivating them to perform better. The study recommended that management of the Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel should continue to give frequent allowances to staff to motivate employees to work effectively. Moreover, worker’s salaries should be increased to enhance employee’s goal achievement and job performance. The study again recommended that, management of Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel should organize periodic career development programs to enhance employees’ prospects for future developments and goal achievements. There is the need to provide sufficient funds to enhance employee commitment to training and also provide adequate infrastructure to enhance training and development initiatives.

Source: UEW
The impact of multimedia instructional approaches on the academic performance of SHS students in genetics

The study examined the comparative effectiveness of teaching through the use of multimedia and conventional teaching methods in biology on student‘s performance of selected biology students in Winneba Senior High School. The pre-test post-test non-equivalent quasi experimental design was adopted for this study. Two second year intact science classes in the Winneba Senior High School which comprised of twenty-three (23) students each who had biology as one of their elective subjects were selected for the study. They were later categorized into control group and experimental group. Students in the experimental group were taught using the multimedia approaches whiles those in the control group were taught using the conventional or traditional approach. Two tests namely, ―Students‘ Knowledge of Genetics Test‖ – SKGT and ―Students‘ Achievement in Genetics Test‖ – SAGT, which were both developed by the Researcher were used as the pre-test and post-test instruments respectively. Questionnaires were also administered to participants of the study to elicit information on participants‘ perception on the use of multimedia instructional approach. The moderating effects of the teaching approaches and gender were also tested. The results showed that there was a statistically significant effect of treatment on students' achievement Genetics in Biology (P < 0.05). Also, gender had no significant main effect on students' performance (P > 0.05). It was therefore concluded that multimedia instructional approaches significantly enhanced students learning of Genetics in biology than the conventional teaching approach, regardless of gender and the preferred learning style of students. Therefore, it was recommended that more multimedia instructional tools should be designed and used by biology teachers in lesson delivery for effective and efficient teaching and learning of Biology.

Source: UEW