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Wealth Status and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Ghana and Kenya

Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Annim, Samuel K. (Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 2008)

Background: Emerging evidence seems to suggest that there is some association between individual socioeconomic status and sexual risk-taking behaviour in sub- Saharan Africa. A number of broad associations have emerged, ...
Analysis of Poverty Reducing Effects of Microfinance from a Macro Perspective: Evidence from Cross-Country Data

IMAI, Katsushi S.; GAIHA, Raghav; THAPA, Ganesh; ANNIM, Samuel Kobina (Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, 2010)

This paper tests the hypothesis that microfinance reduces poverty at macro level using the cross-country data in 2007. The results of econometric estimation for poverty head count ratio show, taking account of the ...
Determinants of Bank Staff Motivation in the Cape Coast Metropolis

Okorley, Edna Naa Amerley; Boohene, Rosemond (International Business and Management, 2012)

Staff motivation is one of the key drivers of success in today’s competitive environment. The paper seeks to determine the factors that influence bank staff motivation in the Cape Coast Metropolis. In specific terms, ...
Organizational Justice in Performance Appraisal System and Work Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Warokka, Ari; Gallato, Cristina G.; Moorthy, Thamendren a/l (Journal of Human Resources Management Research, 2012)

This study aimed at extending the literature of the effect of performance appraisal on productivity and employees by connecting the employees’ perception on fair performance appraisal and organizational justice-considered ...
Microfinance efficiency trade-offs and complementarities

Annim, Samuel Kobina (European Journal of Development Research, 2012)

This study argues that patterns, trends and drivers of the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) depend on the scope of financial sustainability measures and on MFIs’ inclination to either of the dual objectives ...
Call Centre Outsourcing: Comparative Assessment of Ghana’s Readiness as a Provider

Oppong, Nana Yaw (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

Many multinational companies are moving their back offices to developing countries where costs (especially labour) is low. The government of Ghana has therefore taken the initiative, through the Ghana Investment Promotions ...
Construction and Application of Conceptual Framework as Research Tool: A Researcher’s Reflections

Oppong, Nana Yaw (Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013)

The importance of any study is demonstrated through the linkages made between research questions and larger theoretical concepts or policy, demonstrating how the particulars of the study serve to illuminate larger ...
Dilemma Theory and Path to Cross-Cultural HRM Synergy within Multinational Firms

Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Affairs and Global Strategy, 2013)

Multinational companies (MNCs) have become the most significant players in world trade, with the world’s 100 largest MNCs now controlling approximately 20 per cent of global foreign assets. However, MNCs as they grow out ...
Entrepreneurial Inclination among Ghanaian University Students: The Case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Asamani, Lebbaeus; Mensah, Abigail Opoku (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

This study examined the level of entrepreneurial inclination among Ghanaian university students. It explored whether the academic programmes read by students and certain personal characteristics have any influence ...
Dilemma Theory and Path to Cross-Cultural HRM Synergy within Multinational Firms

Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Affairs and Global Strategy, 2013)

Multinational companies (MNCs) have become the most significant players in world trade, with the world’s 100 largest MNCs now controlling approximately 20 per cent of global foreign assets. However, MNCs as they grow out ...
National Managerial Talent Development in Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry: Comparing Western and Indigenous Approaches

Oppong, Nana Yaw (Developing Country Studies, 2013)

Management development in improving productivity has become powerful tool for management effectiveness, as well as to address the management gap especially in developing countries. However, management development programmes ...
International Tourists’ Environmental Attitude towards Hotels in Accra

Mensah, Ishmael; Dei Mensah, Rebecca (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2013)

The available literature suggests that there has been a rise in green consumerism not only among general consumers but tourists. This has provided the impetus for the ‘greening’ of hotels as hotel guests have indicated ...
The Good and the Bad of Structural Adjustment Programme in Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry

Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)

Structural adjustment programme (SAP) is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank agenda for addressing the debt and economic crises of some Third World countries. To help countries however, the World Bank/IMF ...
Towards African Work Orientations: Guide from Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions

Oppong, Nana Yaw (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

Work orientation is the meaning an individual gives to work and the relative importance assigned to work in one’s life. This study assesses and predicts work orientations of employees of Sub-Saharan African – countries with ...
Talent Management: A Bundle of Hurdles

Oppong, Nana Yaw (Public Policy and Administration Research, 2013)

Although companies around the world have made talent management a top priority, most human resource professionals and senior executives believe their organisations have not fully resolved the talent management puzzle. ...
Voluntary employee turnover phenomenon in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited: Is Hay pay system the force behind employee exit decisions?

Oppong, Nana Yaw (Journal of Business and Enterprise Development, 2013)

The paper examines voluntary employee turnover in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, a multinational gold mining company operating in Ghana. The aim is to investigate whether the company’s pay system contributes in any way to the ...
Can Access to Microfinance Reduce HIV Prevalence among Women? Evidence from the Literature

Peprah, James Atta; Buonbah, Charles (IGI Global book series, 2014)

Microfinance has been heralded by many as the magic bullet, able to empower marginalized populations by investing into their agency. It has been growing at an average rate of about 40%, and providers have shown interest ...
Addiction to Microcredit: An Obstacle to Social and Financial Mobility

Peprah, James Atta; Koomson, Isaac (Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2014)

Contrary to the confidence in the ability of microfinance to uplift the poor on the social structure so that upon reaching a higher echelon, the poor (clients) will be able to save and borrow from formal financial ...
Economic Drivers of Domestic Violence among Women: A Case Study of Ghana

Peprah, James Atta; Koomson, Isaac (Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy, 2014)

Violence against women seems to be more of an economic than a sociological problem. In Ghana, no study has investigated the economic causes of domestic violence against women. The chapter seeks to investigate the economic ...
Employee Commitment: Nature, Antecedents and Outcomes

Oppong, Nana Yaw; Tetteh, Charity Barbara (International Journal of Management Sciences, 2014)

The authors explore the meaning, contributory factors; and results of employee engagement. We employ predominantly academic and popular literature to assess the three parts of the subject. Combining the review with discussion, ...

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