Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Mindfulness and Quality of Innovation in Cloud Computing Adoption
(2014)The emergence of cloud computing is quickly redefining the information technology (IT) and business landscape. Cloud computing involves delivery of IT infrastructure, software and platforms as a service to the end users. ... -
Determinants of Commercial Mixed Farming on Small Farms in Kenya
(2013)Agriculture is a topic of concern for rural development programs in Kenya because of the high poverty incidents among farmers. Fundamentally, smallholder agriculture contributes substantially to total agricultural production ... -
Wages in Kenya.
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Local bureaucrats as bricoleurs. The everyday implementation practices of county environment officers in rural Kenya
(2015)Bricolage in natural resource governance takes place through the interplay of a variety of actors. This article explores the practices of a group whose agency as bricoleurs has received little attention, namely the government ... -
Senior Research Fellow & Thematic Head: Language, Culture & Society
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The Human Dimensions Studies on the East African Lake Regions: A Review
(2002)Several studies have been carried out under the auspices of the IDEAL (International Decade for East African Lakes) programme on the physical and biological factors affecting the East African lakes. These include aspects ... -
Homogenizing continental Africa and its diaspora through lessons on African oral social culture
(2014)From time immemorial the largely orate African society has educated its members through oral literature; teaching society’s history and culture: the oral traditions, beliefs and values. The aim of teaching these tenets ... -
Making decisions on health care: household management of malaria and visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) in Baringo, Kenya
(1995)When confronted with illness, households have to make decisions on the type of health cars to seek. Studies in social medicine have in recent years attempted to delineate the factors which influence illness behaviour (health ... -
FDI determinants: Kenya and Malaysia compared
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper examines in a comparative context the determinants of foreign direct investment in Kenya and Malaysia as well as its impact on economic growth in order to inform policy debates. Kenya in the recent past has ... -
The facets and economic benefits of the information communications technology and innovations used by commercial banks in Kenya
(2011)The recent developments in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) have been received with great interest in research and practice by the banking community the world over. There began to appear theoretical arguments ... -
Governance challenges in East Africa
(2011)This volume collects reflections on issues of governance in eastern Africa, based on papers presented at the conference 'Governance challenges in East Africa', organized by the Strathmore Governance Centre (SGC) in November ... -
Kenya's Increasing Older Population: A Case for Retooling Our Perspectives
(2014)This paper, which is an extract from a major study conducted by the author, makes an attempt to understand Kenya’s changing demographics in the light of burgeoning numbers of the older persons over the 1979-1999 census ... -
The Challenges of Maintaining Social Work Ethics in Kenya
(2014)Little research has been published that is specifically relevant to professional social work ethics in Kenya. This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature. One of the major challenges is maintaining professional ... -
The changing status and growth of social work education worldwide: Process, findings and implications of the IASSW 2010 census
(2014)The dramatic growth in social work education is documented in the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s 2010 census of institutions offering at least one degree program in social work. The census gathered ...
