Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Key Issues for Cios in South Africa
(2007)Business strategy, operations, communication and technology have converged and resulted in increased demand for business flexibility. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are particularly challenged because they operate at ... -
Global Diffusion of the Internet XIII:Internet Diffusion in Kenya and Its Determinants– A Longitudinal Analysis
(2008)This paper assesses Internet diffusion and its determinants in Kenya using the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework. Kenya was selected due to its strategic importance for the economic progress of the great ... -
Emergence of the e-government artifact in an environment of social exclusion in Kenya
(2008)Purpose: E-Government, introduced in African countries under the banner of New Public Management (NPM), is envisaged to fundamentally aid in improving governance in developing countries. The imported model of E-Government ... -
Global diffusion of the Internet XI: Internet diffusion and its determinants in South Africa: The first decade of democracy (1994-2004) and beyond
(2007)South Africa has one of the most sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures in Africa, and was one of the early adopters of the Internet on the continent. This paper describes a longitudinal ... -
Assessing irreversibility of an E-Government project in Kenya: Implication for governance
(2010)This paper offers an exploratory analysis into the relationship between E-Government conceptualization and its intended impacts. By combining three independent research streams of technology transfer, information technology ... -
Practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories in Africa with reference to The University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Purpose – This paper aims to assess practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi and provide useful guidelines to the issues and lessons ... -
Honour and Shame in the Construction of Difference in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Novels
(2013)In Abdulrazak Gurnah's writings, characters invoke idea(l)s of honour/reputation/ dignity as contrasts of obverse attributes like shame/shamelessness to demarcate social, economic, religious and racial boundaries. Whether ... -
Rights of persons with disabilities
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Organizational Restructuring Influences Employee Quit Decision Through Employee Dissatisfaction In Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study was aimed at investigating the antecedents and predictors of employee quit decision process during organizational restructuring. This was done by examining the nature of relationships between Organizational ... -
Current State of Plant Species Composition in Boni Forest, Garissa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Globally, conservation of forest bioresources is hampered by lack of information on the resources and on how communities interact with the resources. In most of African countries, the interaction of local communities with ... -
The Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Outcomes: A Study of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2015)Most empirical research on the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and employee outcomes has concentrated on the private sector, yet understanding this relationship in publicly listed firms, in the ... -
Devolution as a Means for Self-governance: Its Potential for Poverty Reduction in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study examined devolution which was introduced in Kenya at the beginning of 2013 with a view to establishing whether it was helping to reduce poverty as provided for in the Republic of Kenya Constitution (RoK, 2010). ... -
Effectiveness of ISO 9001:2008 Certification On Service Delivery Of Public Universities In Kenya
(2013)ISO develops voluntary technical standards, which add value to all types of business operations. They contribute to making the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficiently, safer and ... -
The Impact of Perception on Performance in Mathematics of Female Students in Secondary Schools in Teso District, Kenya.
(2013)This study seeks to determine the impact of perception of female students on the performance of the Mathematics within secondary schools in Teso District. The main objectives were: to establish the effect of perception ... -
Incorporation of traditional African cultural values in the formal education system for development, peace building and good governance
(2014)In contemporary Africa, formal education is recognized as a basic prerequisite for development. By implication, the school has become important as a socializing agent. In spite of this, schooling is based in institutions ... -
Globalisation and the International Governance of Modern Biotechnology Implications for Food Security in Kenya
(2010)Agricultural biotechnology in Kenya is characterised by low-technology applications such as biofertilisers, micropropagation and use of molecular assisted selection (MAS), however, and the country is experiencing an ...
