UCC IR: Recent submissions

  • Generation of patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes as a cellular model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy 
    Ma, Dongrui; Wei, Heming; Lu, Jun; Ho, Shuswen; Zhang, Guangqing; Sun, Xiaoming; Oh, Yingzi; Tan, Suat Hoon; Ng, Mah Lee; Shim, Winston; Wong, Philip; Liew, Reginald (European Heart Journal, 2013)
    Aims; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a primary heart muscle disorder associated with sudden cardiac death. Its pathophysiology is still poorly understood. We aimed to produce an in vitro cellular ...
  • GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MARITAL STATUS AND HYPERTENSION IN GHANA 
    TUOYIRE, DEREK ANAMAALE; AYETEY, HAROLD (Journal of Biosocial Science, 2018)
    Hypertension is a significant contributor to the global burden of cardiovascular and related target organ diseases such as heart failure, coronary heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, and their associated ...
  • Five Years Of Family Medicine Undergraduate Education In Ghana: A Wake-Up Call! 
    Essuman, Akye; Lawson, Henry; Nortey, David; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Ofori-Amankwah, Gerhart; Ndanu, Thomas A.; Gold, Katherine .J. (GHANA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2017)
    Objectives: Given the introduction in 2008 of undergraduate family medicine in the University of Ghana, the study aimed to identify the perceptions of medical students in Ghana about family medicine with regard to knowledge ...
  • 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 ...
  • Factors that influence midwifery students in Ghana when deciding where to practice: a discrete choice experiment 
    Ageyi-Baffour, Peter; Rominski, Sarah; Nakua, Emmanuel; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Lori, Jody R (BMC Medical Education, 2013)
    Background: Mal-distribution of the health workforce with a strong bias for urban living is a major constraint to expanding midwifery services in Ghana. According to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report, the ...
  • Enhancing safety culture in the mining industry in Ghana 
    Opoku, Felix Kwame; Kosi, Isaac; Arthur, Dominic Degraft (Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2020)
    The paper concerns organisational safety culture and how it may be applied to reduce employee accidents in the mining industry in Ghana. A sample of 340 managerial workers of three mining companies in the Tarkwa Nsuaem ...
  • 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, ...
  • Effects of Socio-Economic Factors on Entrepreneurship Activities in Cape Coast, Ghana 
    Gbadeyan, Rotimi A.; Oppong, Nana Y.; Oduro, Stephen (Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business, 2017)
    Entrepreneurship involves the creation of jobs and wealth in the economy, normally through a small business management. There may be problems in performing these functions by entrepreneurs, because of certain factors, ...
  • Effects of service quality and customer satisfaction on repurchase intention in restaurants on University of Cape Coast campus 
    Mensah, Ishmael; Mensah, Rebecca Dei (Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing, 2018)
    This study sought to examine the effects of service quality and customer satisfaction on the repurchase intentions of customers of restaurants on University of Cape Coast Campus. The survey method was employed involving ...
  • Establishing the First Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program in Ghana 
    Essuman, Akye; Gold, Katherine J.; Vitale, Caroline; Toma, Ghazwan; Cigolle, Christine; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Spangenberg, Kathryn; Odoi-Agyarko, Kwasi; Skye, Eric; Zazove, Philip (The American Geriatrics Society, 2019)
    As life expectancy in Ghana improves, a large and growing population of older adults require healthcare. Despite governmental support for the care of older adults, there have been no geriatricians and no in-country educational ...
  • Effect of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Non-financial Listed Firms in Ghana 
    Agyapong, Daniel; Appiah, Salomey Ofori (British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 2015)
    The paper investigates the effect of gender diversity in the boardroom on the financial performance of non-financial listed firms in Ghana using panel data between 2007 and 2011. The fixed and random effects approaches ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Developing local managers in the Ghanaian mining industry: an indigenous talent model 
    Oppong, Nana Yaw; Gold, Jeff (Journal of Management Development, 2015)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide varied conceptualisation of talent management and development (TMD) by building managerial talent development model that is more appropriate to the context of the Ghanaian ...
  • Engineering Genetic Predisposition in Human Neuroepithelial Stem Cells Recapitulates Medulloblastoma Tumorigenesis 
    Huang, Miller; Tailor, Jignesh; Zhen, Qiqi; Gillmor, Aaron H.; Miller, Matthew L.; Weishaupt, Holger; Chen, Justin; Zheng, Tina; Nash, Emily K.; McHenry, Lauren K.; An, Zhenyi; Ye, Fubaiyang; Takashima, Yasuhiro; Clarke, James; Ayetey, Harold; Cavalli, Florence M.G.; Luu, Betty; Moriarity, Branden S.; Ilkhanizadeh, Shirin; Chavez, Lukas; Yu, Chunying; Kurian, Kathreena M.; Magnaldo, Thierry; Sevenet, Nicolas; Koch, Philipp; Pollard, Steven M.; Dirks, Peter; Snyder, Michael P.; Largaespada, David A.; Cho, Yoon Jae; Phillips, Joanna J.; Swartling, Fredrik J.; Morrissy, A. Sorana; Kool, Marcel; Pfiste, Stefan M.; Taylor, Michael D.; Smith, Austin; Weiss, William A. (Cell Stem Cell, 2019)
    Human neural stem cell cultures provide progenitor cells that are potential cells of origin for brain cancers. However, the extent to which genetic predisposition to tumor formation can be faithfully captured in stem cell ...
  • 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, ...
  • Demand for Insurance in Ghana: Do Poverty, Employment Status and Demographic Characteristics Matter? 
    Peprah, James Atta; Koomson, Isaac; Forson, Richmond (Network for Socioeconomic Research and Advancement, 2017)
    The paper answers the question of whether poverty, employment status and demographic characteristics matter in the demand for insurance in Ghana. Using binary logit estimation on the GLSS6 data, we found that the poor have ...
  • 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 ...
  • Capital and credit sources and household non-farm income in Ghana 
    Koomson, I; Peprah, J. A (Journal of Arts and Social Science, 2015)
    This paper examines the effects of the various sources of capital and credit available for financing non-farm enterprises in Ghana. A maximization of the household production function yields linear equations for estimating ...
  • 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 ...