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Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Commitment an a Faith-Based Non-Governmental Organization in Greater Accra Region, Ghana

This study explores the effect of human resource management (HRM) practices on employee commitment in a faith-based NGO in Ghana's Greater Accra region. Using a quantitative, cross-sectional design, data was collected from 341 employees, including 174 administrative staff, 50 managers, and 117 ministers, via self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression analyses were employed. The findings indicate that age, education level, years of employment, and job status significantly influence perceptions of HRM practices implementation. Marital status, years of employment, and job status were significantly influenced employee commitment. Notably, education level negatively influenced commitment, while hiring, remuneration, performance appraisal, and training positively correlated with commitment. Education level also affected the implementation of remuneration and training, whereas employment duration influenced performance appraisal and training practices. Regression analysis revealed six predictors of employee commitment, collectively explaining 33.5% of its variance, with hiring practices as the strongest determinant. Ministers exhibited the highest levels of commitment. The study concludes that HRM practices significantly drive employee commitment, emphasizing the roles of hiring, remuneration, and performance appraisal. It recommends that faith-based NGOs strengthen their HR departments with qualified personnel to ensure effective policy implementation and administration, thereby enhancing overall employee commitment.

Source: UCC
The effect of human resource management practices on job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Cape Coast

Human resource management (HRM) practices play an important role in ensuring that organizations deliver quality services. The study sought to examine the effect of HRM practices on job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). A sample of 302 respondents, who were all senior staff, was selected from a population of 1469 using both the stratified and convenient sampling techniques. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect the data. The analysis of data was done using the Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS). The results of the analysis revealed that Training and Development programs give the opportunities to employees of UCC to learn, grow, and improve upon their knowledge, skills, and competencies. Yet, Supervision of immediate subordinates, which can lead to high performance of both the employees and the organization, has the potential to impede on employees’ job satisfaction at UCC. Hence, in an attempt to improve on the current HRM practices at UCC, the following recommendations were made: The Directorate of Human Resource of the University must train, supervise, and motivate supervisors to ensure that they actually encourage, mentor, and impart knowledge and skills on their immediate subordinates. The existing annual pay increments system as being offered by the government under the single spine scheme must be improved in order that the reward packages could be satisfactory to the University’s employees. Finally, HRM must adopt promotion policies that will give opportunities to all employees to be promoted in due time, regardless of their ranks.

Source: UCC
The effect of human resource management practices on staff intentions to quit: a study of cape coast and Elmina hotels

Labour turnover is one of the hindrances to expansion and growth in the hotel industry. This study therefore sought to investigate the factors that cause employees in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina Municipality. Descriptive survey design was adopted; self-administered questionnaires were used to collect information as well as the adoption of systematic sampling. The data was analysed using correlation and regression. The results showed that the best factors that influence employee’s intentions to quit are: lack of training and inadequate compensation package in the hotels in the Cape Coast and Elmina municipality. However, there was correlation between commitment and selection, training, and employee’s participation. The study recommends the following to management of the various hotels: management should provide enough compensation in the form of salary advancement, and allowances; management should organise regular and intermittent training programmes to employees and management should institute clear career path for loyal employees to boost their morale of progress to assume leadership position in the future.

Source: UCC
The effect of ICT facilities on teaching and learning in Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis

Despite the increase in ICT tools in Ghanaian Senior High Schools, most of the schools are teaching ICT as an isolated subject. Instead of completely integrating the ICT tools into the educational curriculum to enhance the teaching and learning of ICT. The objective of this study was, to investigate the effects of ICT facilities on teaching and learning in Senior High Schools in Cape Coast Metropolis.A total sample of 200 respondents took part in the survey. This sample was picked from five Senior High Schools, comprising both males and females. Convenience random sampling was used to select the students. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software to produce frequencies and percentages.The main findings of the study were that most of the students had access to ICT in their schools but the real integration of ICT into their curriculum which could aid in effective teaching and learning was lacking. Student’s skills of ICT were not restricted to application software. ICT is being used as a pedagogical tool. Students had very positive perception of the usefulness and ease of use of ICT in schools.Based on the findings, it was recommended that policy-makers, the Ghana Education Service, and Curriculum Developers should help provide enough computers and internet accessibility as well as the provision and maintenance of ICT infrastructure in Senior High Schools.

Source: UCC
Effect of Incentive Package on the Performance of Health Workers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Accra

Human resource is widely acknowledged as the centre of all development processes in any organisation worldwide. In health organisations, for instance, health workers are expected to remain highly committed and loyal to their jobs. The main objective of the study was to determine the influence of motivation on health worker performance. This study applied an exploratory cross sectional design using quantitative methods. The study sample included a total of 324 clinical health personnel from the Accra Rgional Hospital. Self-administered structured questionnaires were used to collect data from participants. Statistical analysis used was descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages was used to analyze the socio demographic variables. Logistic regression tests were employed to analyze relationship between socio demographic and intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors and how these motivational factors influences health workers’ performance. Multinomial regression revealed that achievement, recognition and effective supervision improved work performance, however incentive was not significantly associated with performance. Improved salary, availability of equipment, availability of adequate human resource and good interpersonal relationship enhanced worker performance. Overall the findings of the study suggest that to improve the performance of health workers at Accra Regional Hospital, there is the need for carefully defined motivational factors that are reliable and strategically relevant ensuring that they are free from criterion contamination and deficiency.

Source: UCC
Effect of incorporation of heat-tolerant genes into Lohmann brown layers on egg production and quality under hot and humid environments

A breed development strategy aimed at incorporating naked-neck and frizzle genes into Lohmann Brown layers to make them more productive even under warm and humid environment is underway at Akate Farms in Kumasi, Ghana. The present experiment was carried out to find out the effect of the genes on egg production in hot and humid environments. Three genetic groups comprising naked-neck, frizzle, their normally feathered sibs were obtained after 4 successive generations of crossing. In this present experiment, a total of 360, 16-week old pullets, 90 each of the 3 groups in addition to pure Lohmann Brown layer lines (used as the genetic control group) were selected randomly and assigned to a completely randomized design experiment with 3 replicates, with 30 birds in each replicate group and kept up to 72 weeks. The birds were kept in a partitioned open-sided deep-litter house constructed with sandcrete blocks with 30 pullets in each compartment. They were fed ad lib with layer diets containing 18% crude protein and 2800 Kcal ME/kg. Results obtained showed that the Lohmann brown layers (used as the control group) were significantly superior in terms of rate of lay, egg mass, egg weight and feed efficiency, but were however significantly inferior in egg quality as compared to their counterparts with the naked-neck and frizzle traits. Within the genetic groups with the heat-tolerant traits, the naked-neck layers out-performed their frizzle and normally feathered sibs in terms of the egg production parameters measured even though they all segregated from similar parents

Source: UCC
Effect of incorporation of thermo-regulatory genes into exotic layers on egg production and quality under tropical environment

A breed development strategy aimed at making exotic layers (Lohmann Brown) more productive under tropical environment using thermo-regulatory genes is underway at Akate Farms in Kumasi, Ghana. The present experiment was carried out to find out the effect of the genes on egg production in hot and humid environments. Three genetic groups comprising naked-neck, frizzle and their normally feathered sibs were obtained after successive generations of crossing between naked-neck and frizzle cocks and Lohmann brown hens. A total of 270 18-week-old pullets, 90 each of the 3 groups, were selected randomly and assigned to a completely randomized design experiment with 3 replicates, with 30 birds in each replicate group and kept up to a period of 72 weeks. The birds were kept in a partitioned open-sided deep-litter house constructed with sandcrete blocks with 30 pullets in each compartment. They were fed ad libitum with layer diets containing 18 % crude protein and 2,800 kcal ME/ kg. Results obtained showed that the crossbred naked-neck and frizzle phenotypes produced eggs at a significantly (P <0.05) higher rates than their normally feathered sibs and also out-performed their normally feathered sibs in other egg production parameters measured, even though they all segregated from similar parents. This is an indication of the favourable effect of the genes on egg production under hot and humid environments

Source: UCC
Effect of Individual and Organisational Characteristics On Intrapreneurship Behaviour of Employees at the Commercial Banks in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

ABSTRACT Intrapreneurship is associated with many benefits to both employees and employers. Nevertheless, little attention has been given to intrapreneurship in Ghana, particularly among employees at commercial banks within the Cape Coast Metropolis. Thus, this study assessed the effect of individual and organizational characteristics on intrapreneurship behaviour of employees at the commercial banks in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. The explanatory research design was employed. Using the proportional random sampling technique, 175 bank employees were sampled for the study. Descriptive statistical tools, such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation; and inferential statistics, such as the Pearson product-moment correlation and multilinear regression analysis were used to analyse the quantitative data. Results revealed that self efficacy has a statistically significant positive effect on intrapreneurship behaviour of bank employees; thus, rejection of null hypothesis tested. Also, it was found that motivation has a statistically significant positive effect on intrapreneurial behaviour of bank employees; hence, null hypothesis rejected. Finally, firm resources were also found to have a statistically significant positive effect on intrapreneurship behaviour of bank employees, and the null hypothesis was rejected. It was then concluded that banks employees would be intrapreneurial in the presence of self-confidence, external and inner drives, and resource availability. In line with these, it was recommended that boards of banks implement strategies that would help and encourage employees to behave intrapreneurial. Finally, suggestions were made for further studies

Source: UCC
Effect of Inductive Teaching Method on Senior High School Students’ Achievement in Circle Theorems

The study examines the effect of inductive teaching method on Senior High School students’ achievement in circle theorems and whether students’ gender influence their performance in circle theorems. A non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design was employed. One hundred and sixty-two students from two schools in Keta Municipality in Volta Region participated in the study. The control group consists of 80 respondents and the experimental group consists of 82 respondents. The eighty-two students in the experimental group were taught topics in circle theorems using inductive teaching method while the eighty students in the control group were taught the same topics using conventional approach. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. At the beginning of the experiment a pre-test was administered to the students in the two groups while at the end of the experiment session that lasts for two weeks, a test was administered to the students as post-test. Data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation, ANCOVA and independent sample t-test at five percent significant level. The study revealed that those who were taught circle theorems using inductive teaching method performed better than those who were taught circle theorems conventionally. It further revealed that there was no significant difference in the performance of male and female students taught circle theorems using inductive method of teaching. The implication is that students’ gender has no statistically significant effect on their academic performance in circle theorems. The study recommended that mathematics teachers should vary their classroom teaching practices, including inductive teaching method in mathematics.

Source: UCC
Effect of Infrastructure and Credit Facilities on Performance of SMEs for Business Development. A case Study of SMEs in Cape Coast

This study seeks to assess the effect of infrastructure and credit facilities on performance of SMEs for business development in Cape Coast. The principal objective of this study is to examine the effects of infrastructure and credit facilities on the performance of SME’s: A case study of SMEs in Cape Coast. The specific objectives of the study are to: identify constraints to infrastructural development, identify constraints to credit facilities and examine both the effect of infrastructure and credit facilities on the performance of SME’s in Cape Coast. The study uses descriptive survey and simple random to select 126 SME’s from the total population of 190. Primary data was collected with the use of questionnaires. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version (22.0) is used for data entry. Both descriptive such as frequency and percentages and inferential statistics such as multiple regression analyses has been used. As such, specific objectives have been addressed and assessed. The results of the study indicated that, infrastructure development and credit facilities jointly explained about 68.2% of the SMEs performance in Cape Coast. The study also showed that the infrastructure and access to credit facilities have statistically significant positive effect on SME’s performance in Cape Coast. Findings of the study indicated that lack of collateral security to meet the eligible criteria of the credit facilities, frequent power outage, inadequate and unstable electricity supply, inadequate access to constant water supply as well as old infrastructure have hampered the performance of the SME’s in Cape Coast, and further found that the conditions of roads are not good for business to boost their performance; there are problems of telecommunication system and inadequate transportation systems affecting SME’s businesses performance in Cape Coast.

Source: UCC
Effect of Institutional Quality on Stability of Banks in Sub-saharan Africa

The study investigated the relationship between institutional quality and stability of banks in Sub-Saharan Africa using unbalanced panel data from 48 countries from 2007 to 2017. Two proxies were used for bank stability, namely Z-score (insolvency risk) and NPL (credit risk), and institutional quality was the main variable of interest. The study used five control variables, and the analysis relied on secondary data collected from 2002 to 2017. The fixed and random effects estimations were used for objectives one and two, while the panel Granger causality test was used for objective three. The study revealed a negative effect of institutional quality on bank stability. The quality of public and civil service, as well as its independence from political pressures, as well as the quality of policy formulation and implementation, have all been compromised, which has a negative impact on the financial system and reduces the stability of banks in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, good institutions play a vital role in ensuring that loan default rates are minimized, which reduces credit or portfolio risk for the financial system in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was established that causalities between stability and institutions were established, which suggests that the level of regulations and institutional laws are basically due to the level of accompanying risk. The study recommended that regulatory authorities should take into consideration the impact of various governance mechanisms on the risk profile of financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Source: UCC
Effect of instructional software usage for learning basic arithmetic operations on common fractions at basic six

This study investigated science process skills developed by chemistry students and assessed by West African Examination Council (WAEC) in chemistry education at the Senior High School (SHS) level in Ghana using a descriptive survey with a mixed-method approach. This approach analysed the content of the 2010 Chemistry syllabus and the WAEC chemistry papers 2 & 3 (2012 to 2016) to understand the types and the occurrences of science process skills developed by teachers and which ones were assessed. The study used multi-stage sampling technique to select 904 students and 85 teachers from category A, B and C schools covering 12 education districts in the Central Region of Ghana. Data were collected using questionnaires, document analysis and achievement test instruments. The study revealed that science process skills developed and assessed in chemistry education at the SHS level were mainly communicating, recording, and calculating. Achievement test for the 904 selected students corroborated with the document analysis to show that science process skills like inferring, predicting, classifying and integrated science process skills were not well developed. Literacy, laboratory and problem solving activities were found to be the three main avenues available to help students develop science process skills at the SHS level. The research suggests that skills like inferring, predicting, classifying and integrated science process skills should be emphasised in the WAEC SHS examinations and in the school curriculum. Also, workshops should be organised by GES to sensitise SHS teachers on the need for their students to develop science process skills during teaching and that these skills need to be assessed during school-based assessment.

Source: UCC
Effect of Instructional Strategies on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Senior High Schools in Ghana

Teaching quality, as demonstrated by effective teacher instructional strategies, has dominated education process research in the recent past. This study sought to establish the effect of instructional strategies on student academic achievement in public senior high schools in Ghana. The study utilised a sample of 210 students and 160 teachers sampled through proportionate stratified sampling. The study attempted to establish which instructional strategies were inherent in public senior high schools in Ghana and how those strategies influenced students’ achievement in the national standardised mathematics test. The study found out that most teachers had an average experience of five years, with those over ten years’ experience exhibiting ineffective teaching strategies due to lack of structured teacher professional development. Further, the study established that classroom management strategies which promote discipline among students and teacher-prepared strategies were inherent among teachers. However, strategies which increase learner engagement, as well as those which increase learning during lesson delivery, were inadequate. The study recommends that the government of Ghana enhances a structured teacher professional development as well as effective school-based teacher supervision policies.

Source: UCC
Effect of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies on the Productivity and Livelihood Outcomes Among Maize Farmers in the Hohoe Municipality, Volta Region, Ghana

MoFA in collaboration with AFRICARE trained smallholder maize farmers in the Hohoe Municipal Assembly in the Volta region in Integrated Soil Fertility Management technologies. The programme aimed to enhance productivity and livelihood outcomes of the farmers. Although anecdotal evidence suggests the programme was effective in meeting its objective, empirical evidence is scant in the literature. This research determined the impact of the ISFM technology training programme on smallholder maize farmers’ productivity and livelihood. A structured interview schedule that had been validated was employed to gather data from 278 randomly chosen farmers. Cross-sectional survey design and quantitative methodology were used to conduct the research. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, binary logistic regression, chi-square and the dependent sample t-test were used to analyze the data. The programme significantly improved farmers' knowledge, attitude skills, and aspirations on the application of ISFM technologies. Inorganic/ chemical fertilizers, slash- no burn, good farm sanitation, zero tillage and ploughing were practiced by the majority of the farmers and the perceived technology characteristics that influenced the adoption of the ISFM technologies are observability, “Others”, compatibility and relative advantage. The ISFM technology training programme significantly increased the farmers’ productivity and improved their livelihood. MoFA and other stakeholders should encourage the farmers to sustain the practice of the ISFM technologies and the implementation of more such programmes to improve farmers’ livelihoods.

Source: UCC