Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Co-existence (Short story).
(University of Nairobi, 1974) -
Farmers' Organizations in Kenya: State Agents or Civil Institutions?
(1994)This study examines the conditions under which small-scale, resource-poor farmers in Kenya have attempted to engage in representational activities to influence agricultural policies, under conditions that at best can be ... -
Quality health care strategies in the improvement of service delivery at the national referral hospitals in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)This study investigated the effectiveness of quality health care strategies in improving service delivery at the national referral hospitals in Kenya. National referral refers to any process in which health care providers ... -
Real Wages and Returns to Education in Kenyan manufacturing
(2001)Increase in real earnings is one way to improve employees’ welfare and private returns to education shape demand for education. Four waves of data drawn from surveys of Kenya’s manufacturing sector are used to explore ... -
The Twin Deficit and the Macroeconomic variables in Kenya
(2014)The purpose of this paper is to test the twin deficit hypothesis and empirical relationship between current account balance and budget deficit while including other important macroeconomic variables such as growth, interest ... -
Effect of provision of micro-finance on the performance of micro-enterprises: A study of youth micro-enterprises under Kenya Rural Enterprise Program (K-REP), Kisii County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) sector contributes 20% to the GDP of the Kenyan economy. The vision of micro finance is to promote the growth of micro enterprises. In pursuit of this vision, the rapid growth of Micro ... -
Determinants of supply chain management practices in organizations
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Getting people or organizations working together is currently one of the most critical things in our today’s business environment. This is because competition has changed from being firm based to supply chain based. As ... -
Corporate visual identity systems and brand performance of Kenyan Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2015)There is a heightened interest towards corporate identity with organisations realising that it is indispensable if they wish to create a competitive advantage in the global environment in which they are operating in. ... -
Joint and individual effects of human resource management practices, organizational learning, employee outcomes and competitive strategy on performance of firms listed on the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper is based on empirical research carried out on firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya, focusing on the joint and individual effects of Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP), organizational ... -
Testing of consistent trends in stock performance in the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Consistent stock performance contradicts random adjustment of stock prices in efficient markets and is thus anomalous despite the potential of generating significant profits for investors. This research set out to test the ... -
The significance of faith based enterprises in the dual roles of social good and economic development in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03-20)This paper seeks to investigate the impact of Faith based enterprises in their dual role of building social good and economic development in Kenya. A review of the literature reveals the absence of a coherent conceptual ... -
The Kipsigis Phenomenon
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Nilo-Bantu interaction in Western Kenya: a case study of the evolution of religious concepts of the Kipsigis
(1976)Indicated is how ethnic interaction - in this case largely Nile-Bantu interaction - may lead to evolution of religious concepts. In trying to assess the influence of religion upon a society, the author has sought to ...