Rongo University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Influence of Human Resource Management Practices on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2013-01)The increasing interest in human resource practices is due to the assumption that employees and the way they are managed are critical to the success of a firm . Small and Medium enterprises are emerging as reliable alternatives ... -
Drivers Of HIV Preventive Service Uptake Among Boda-Boda Operators In Homa-Bay Town
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2018)The mobility of the transport sector makes it difficult to access health information and treatment and/or maintain a drug regimen. The study adopted three theories, key among the theories was theory of reasoned action due ... -
Assessment of temporal primary production in tropical inland swamp wetlands of Uasin Gishu county, Kenya
(2018-07-03)Wetlands are highly productive ecosystems offering valuable ecosystem and socio-economic services. Worldwide they are threatened by encroachment due to increasing human population. Limited research has been done on the ... -
Self Evaluation: A Case Study of a School in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)External evaluation of schools purpose to monitor delivery of education with a view to ensuring adherence to stipulated curriculum and set standards as well as efficient and effective quality education. However, ... -
Measuring Impacts of Information and Communication Advances for Development in the 21st Century
(Information and Knowledge Management, 2015)This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication advances is important for development in the 21st Century and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, ... -
Building strengths in information communication and technology in Kenyan universities: way forward for the 21st century
(Wyno Academic Journal of Social Sciences, 2014-07-15)A growing number of Universities are in the process of establishing ICT standards to address information society issues of e-government, e-infrastructure, e-industry, e-learning, and e-commerce. Some large universities ... -
Relationship between Flexible Work-Arrangement and Commitment of Nurses in Public Hospitals in Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2016)The study was set to determine the relationship between flexible work arrangement and commitment of nurses in public hospitals in Kenya. The study adopted cross sectional survey design and the target population consisted ... -
Influence of leave arrangements on commitment of nurses in public hospitals in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2019-01)The aim of this study was to determine the influence of leave arrangement on commitment of nurses in public hospitals in Kenya. The results of descriptive analysis suggest that the staff leave arrangements for nurses ... -
Influence of Employee Assistance Programs on Commitment of Nurses in Public Hospitals in Kenya
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com), 2019-01-28)The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of employee assistance programs on commitment of nurses in public hospitals in Kenya. Specifically, the study was guided by the hypothesis; Employee assistance program ... -
Role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Social Development in Developing Nations
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2016)Lack of social development is a very common feature in many countries of the world those in the developing world being the most affected. Such is taking place in the backdrop of most government efforts to ensure maximum ... -
E-Insurance: An Empirical Study of Perceived Benefits
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2011-11)The recent evolution of Information technology in the financial services industry is changing the pace of providing insurance services, not only in India but in the world over. This paper is an attempt to analyze the ... -
A study on socio-economic conditions and work life balance of women workers in textile spinning mills
(International Journal of Business Management Insight & Transformations, 2019)Today, in addition to the traditional unpaid labour required for maintaining a household, which involves growing food and securing water and fuel supplies, women increasingly take on paid work outside the home to augment ... -
Discourse of Traditional Medicine Street Advertisement in Kisumu, Kenya
(Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017-07)Information is a very important concept during an interaction between interlocutors within a particular health communicative context. In matters concerning individuals' health and other emotive issues, subjective information ... -
Phytochemical Screening and in vitro Antiproliferative Activity of the Fruit of Annona muricata and Abelmoschus esculentus Pods against Selected Cancer Cell Lines
(Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research, 2018-05-10)Incorporation of fruits and vegetables in diet can successfully be used in prevention and treatment of cancer. Annona muricata and Abelmoschus esculentus which belongs to the annonaceae and malvaceae family respectively ... -
The Impact of Human Activities on Epibenthic Bivalve Communities
(1997-10)A total of 17 bivalve species belonging to 13 families were collected and identified in Malindi and Mombasa Marine National Parks; and Kanamai from Oct.'97 to Mar.'98. Bivalve fauna showed low densities (2/m2), and low ... -
Strategic Determinants of Destination Competitiveness: A Case of Western Tourist Circuit, Kenya
(2019)Kenya’s Western Tourist Circuit is often referred to as the country’s ‘best-kept secret’. However, the circuit is one of the least competitive as most tourists prefer coastal beaches and game parks. The purpose of this ... -
Use of macro invertebrate assemblage to assess the ecological integrity of Nyando Wetlands, Kenya
(academic journal, 2013-07)This study aimed to investigate changes in macroinvertebrate assemblage within Nyando wetlands and developed an index of biotic integrity for monitoring human disturbances. Triplicate macroinvertebrate samples were ... -
Determinants of m-pesa paybill adoption among safaricom m-pesa customers in migori town, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018-11)The study sought to investigate the determinants of M-Pesa pay bill adoption in Migori Town. The research objectives were to investigate the effect of literacy level on M-Pesa pay bill adoption, the effect of customer ... -
Community Based Approach to the Management of Nyando Wetland, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Mcpowl Media Ltd, 2012-12)Tropical wetlands are known to be very productive, providing water and primary productivity upon which large numbers of plants and animal species depend for survival. In the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB), wetlands are part and ...