School of Business and Human Resource management: Recent submissions
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An overview of fish disease and parasite occurrence in the cage culture of Oreochromis niloticus: A case study in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(2021)Cage aquaculture has been on a steady rise in Lake Victoria, Kenya, since 2016, resulting in the current culturing of over 3,600 cages of Tilapia (O. niloticus) (Orina et al., 2018). Unfortunately, there has been limited, ... -
Lean manufacturing practices and supply chain performance of sugar manufacturing firms in western Kenya
(American Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2021)Introduction:Western Kenya is the largest producer of sugar in Kenya, supporting about 170,000 smallholder farming households and contributing about 80 percent of the total sugar produced in Kenya. ... -
Firm size and performance: an econometric analysis of the financial performance of deposit taking microfinance institutions in Kenya
(Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2020)Firm size has been a dominant control variable in most cost finance studies involving organizational performance where it has been used as proxy for corporate competitiveness. However, its isolated effect on performance ... -
Effect of Diversification on Competitiveness of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Journal of Business and Management, 2021-07)Background: Commercial bank diversification consists of the creation of many service branches across various geographical regions of the country involved, investment in asset kinds, lending book and other income streams, and ... -
The Assessment of the Effect of Firm Size on Competitiveness of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Journal of International Business and Management, 2021-01-14)Over the past few decades, Kenya’s banking industry has been experiencing several challenges and upheavals. Thus, it is worth exploring the business strategies that banks adapt to survive and remain competitive in the ... -
The Influence of Feature-Oriented Framework on Employee’s Commitment in Migori County Government, Kenya
(The international Journal of Business Management, 2020-11)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of psychological contract on employees’ commitment. The objective was to establish the influence of feature-oriented framework on employee’s commitment in ... -
Does Mainstreaming Board-Level Leadership affect Employee Performance?
(Journal of Business Management and Economic Research, 2021)Leadership is a determinant of the success or failure of any organization. A leader is an individual who induces others and guides them to execute particular duties and to give their best towards achieving the desired ... -
An Assessment of the Effect of Prepaid Service Transition in Electricity Bill Payment on KP Customers, a Survey of Kenya Power, West Kenya Kisumu
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013-09)The purposes of the study were to determine employees and clients’ response to the ongoing service transition from post-paid to pre-paid electricity bill payment, to assess key human resource requirements needed for successful ... -
Corporate governance and performance of universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2020-09)Although strategic management literature strongly acknowledge the existence of a relationship between corporate governance and the overall organizational performance, some studies have reported mixed results about the ... -
Effects of work-life balance practices on organization performance in Homa bay county referral hospital, Kenya
(Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, 2020)Purpose: The specific objective of the study was to establish the effects of compressed workweek on organization performance on public health sectors in Kenya. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design. ... -
Effects of Non-financial and capacity building services on the Welfare of Households: Evidence from Homabay Sub-County Town, Homabay County Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Marketing Management and Economics, 2019)Microfinance play a greater role in the social economic development of the households in terms of providing employment and the general contribution in an economy through the output of goods and services. The socio-economic ... -
Moderating Influence of Conflict Resolution on the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Construction Projects in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(European Scientific Journal, 2019)Transformational leadership is depicted mainly in four dimensions as idealized behavior, individual consideration, Intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation. The study sought to explore whether Conflict Resolutions ... -
Value of Knowledge Management as a Strategic Resource: Evaluating the Non-Financial Performance of MSMEs in Migori County, Kenya
(2018)Knowledge management is premised on the notion that a firm’s most prized asset is the knowledge of its workforce. The implication, therefore, is that all jobs undertaken by organizations will in one way or another involve ... -
Implications of Responsive Cultures of Knowledge Sharing on Non-Financial Performance: An Empirical Study of Family Owned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Migori, Kenya
(The international journal of business & management, 2018)In the last decade, sharing of new knowledge has become an essential component for the survival of enterprises that are keen on maintaining their overall competitiveness. More and more studies are confirming that when a ... -
Firm size and performance: an econometric analysis of the financial performance of deposit taking microfinance institutions in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2020)Firm size has been a dominant control variable in most cost finance studies involving organizational performance where it has been used as proxy for corporate competitiveness. However, its isolated effect on performance ... -
Influence of Intelletual Stimulation and Conflict Resolution on Project Implementation: A case of Constituency Development Fund Construction Projects in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(2015)Intellectual stimulation is one of the manifestations of transformational leadership. Intellectual stimulation is the aspect of leadership where the leader encourages teams’ ingenuity, creativity and innovative ... -
Influence Of Principals‘ Age On Conflict Management Styles In Secondary Schools In Kisumu County, Kenya
(International journal of scientific & technology research, 2015)Conflict management skills are a fundamental aspect of leadership effectiveness and likeability of principals has become of greater importance. If an individual is perceived to manage conflict in an appropriate and effective ... -
Bank Diversification and Market Valuation: An Analysis of Commercial Banks Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(Eastern Africa Journal of Contemporary Research (EAJCR), 2020)The discourse on bank diversification and performance has long been based on accounting measures of performance. However, these measures only present the historical and present outlook of firm performance while ignoring ... -
Influence of Corporate Governance Practices on Financial Distress of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(Eastern Africa Journal of Contemporary Research, 2020)Corporate governance has gained global prominence owing to increasing collapse of major corporations across the world as a result of their financial distress which is a major cause of shareholders’ wealth loss, diminishing ... -
Health Effects of Pesticide Exposure among Formulators, Repackers and Store Workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2017-12)Though it is widely believed that adverse health effects occur among farm workers who handle pesticides, few studies have been done to quantify the extent to which pesticide formulators, re-packers and store workers are ...