scholarly journals Cash management practice, SACCO size and Kenya’s deposit taking saving and credit co-operatives financial sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-330
Author(s):  
Justus Nderitu Maina ◽  
Richard Muthii Kiai ◽  
Teresia Ngina Kyalo
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Cash Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Deposit taking Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCO) are solution to social dilemmas like abject poverty, living standards and unemployment. Nevertheless, 14 percent do not maintain sound cash management practices despite SACCOs oversight authority in Kenya offering guidelines and supervision to the enterprises that would assist in maintaining their financial sustainability. This necessitated for the evaluation of the moderating effect of SACCO size on cash management practice and financial sustainability. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design with a positivism philosophical paradigm  was adopted. Emailed questionnaire and data collection sheet were used in data collection which registered a 95 percent response rate. A binary logistic regression results established that with presence of a moderator for the predictor sub-variables, the strength of the relationship between variables registered an insignificant change but with introduction of interaction term, the strength of relationship between variables changed. The study concluded that SACCO size portrayed a statistically significant moderating effect on predictor sub-variables and response variable. The study thus recommends that the management need to consider increasing their SACCO sizes through merging, acquiring the non-performing SACCOs or even conducting intensive marketing since large size SACCO have low chances of being financially unsustainable

Strategic Planning in Emergency Management: Evaluating the Impacts on Local Program Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Robert Manning
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
County Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Local Program

AbstractThis study examined the strategic planning practices of county-level emergency management agencies (EMAs), with a specific focus on strategic planning adoption and its relationship to local program quality. The study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design to collect planning- and program-related data from more than 300 county-level EMAs across the United States. The study findings revealed that most of the county EMAs included in the final sample had previously engaged in strategic planning activities, with nearly all of them continuing to use strategic planning as part of their general management practice. The study findings further revealed that strategic planning had a direct and significant impact on the overall quality of local emergency management programs, and that the strategic planning EMAs had significantly higher mean quality scores across all program dimensions when compared to the non-strategic planning EMAs.

scholarly journals Project Implementation, Risk Management Practices and Project Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Joash Watema ◽  
John Tulirinya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Implementation ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to establish the relationship between project implementation, risk management practices and project success for projects implemented by NGOs in Iganga Municipality. The study used a quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional survey design. The sample consisted of 117 respondents who included project managers, their assistants, and accountants of 45 projects implemented by NGOs in Iganga Municipality. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analysed using statistical packages for social scientists (SPSS). This study discusses project implementation and risk management practices as the issues involved in project success and or failure. The study concluded that project implementation and risk management practices were significant in improving project success. This study recommended that NGOs in Iganga Municipality need to put much emphasis on project implementation and risk management practices as a way of improving project success as their correlation is significant.

scholarly journals Retention factors in relation to organisational commitment in medical and information technology services

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Van Dyk ◽  
Melinde Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Retention Factors ◽  
Information Technology Services ◽  
Technology Services ◽  
Managerial Implications

Orientation: Retaining staff with scarce and critical skills in the medical and information technology (IT) industry has become a top priority because of skills shortages.Research purpose: The objectives of the study were to investigate empirically: (1) the relationship between employees’ satisfaction with organisational retention factors (measured by the Retention Factors Scale) and their organisational commitment (measured by the Organisational Commitment Questionnaire) and (2) whether gender, age, race and tenure groups differ significantly in terms of these variables.Motivation for the study: Medical and information technology professionals have specialised and hard to replace skills. They also have strong tendencies to leave their organisations and countries. Understanding the retention factors that will increase their organisational commitment may benefit the organisations who want to retain their valuable talent.Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a cross-sectional survey design to collect data from a purposive sample of 206 staff members who had scarce skills in a South African medical and information technology services company. Correlational and inferential statistics were computed to achieve the objectives.Main findings: The results showed that the participants’ satisfaction with retention factors has a significant relationship with their organisational commitment and that the biographical groups differ significantly in terms of the variables.Practical/managerial implications: The measured retention factors were all associated with human resource management practices that influence employees’ intentions to leave.Contribution/value-add: The results are important to managers who are interested in retaining staff who have scarce skills and provide valuable pointers for designing effective retention strategies.

scholarly journals Sustainable Facilities Management for Smart Buildings: A Case Study of the Heritage Place, Lagos

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Faremi
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Expected Return ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Management Services

A recent development within the metropolis of Lagos State, Nigeria is the emergence of smart buildings aimed at providing safer, more secure, productive and comfortable business environment. A major challenge to the sustenance of such edifice is the delivery of strategic facilities management services to maximise the building’s efficiency and achieve expected return on investment. This study investigates sustainable facilities management practices in smart buildings using the Heritage Place as a case study. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 19 facilities management personnel and 68 users of the facility. chart, mean score and Spearman’s Correlation were used as the descriptive and inferential statistical tools, respectively. The results show the most frequently practiced sustainable facilities management practice to include: compliance to the preventive maintenance schedules for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and prompt response to repairs and corrective work activities in the facility with mean scores of 5.00 and 4.90, respectively. The results further show that the facility users were dissatisfied with the level of implementation of sustainable facilities management practices, except in integrated pest management and optimised waste management where marginal satisfaction were recorded, respectively. The study recommends a sustained effort by smart buildings stakeholders at implementing sustainable facilities management practices in order to significantly and continually improve operations and maintenance activities in the buildings. And that the efforts of facilities managers for smart buildings should be geared at the delivery of strategic facilities management services that meet the expectations of users of the facilities.

scholarly journals Curriculum Planning Activities of Heads of Schools and Academic Performance of Senior High School Students in the Northern Region of Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 70-97
Author(s):  
Amadu Musah Abudu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

The study examined the effects of curriculum planning activities of heads of senior high schools on students’ academic performance in Ghana. The cross-sectional survey design was used in the study. The sample size was 445. The proportionate stratified random and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected using questionnaire, interviews and focus group discussions. Analysis of data involved the use of binary logistic regression, cross-tabulation and thematic analysis. It was found that of the eight predictors of high academic performance, four predictors emerged as significant. Thus, the study concludes that the curriculum leadership roles played by heads of schools contribute to the academic performance of their students directly. The study recommends that only competent and committed people should be appointed as heads of schools.

How Rude! Linking supervisor incivility to subordinates’ discretionary work effort

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Adeel Anjum ◽  
Ammarah Ahmed ◽  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Dilawar Khan Durrani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Work Effort ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Services Sector

Purpose Although past research has looked into myriad consequences of workplace incivility, little attention has been paid to the effects of supervisor incivility (SI) on employees’ sense of vitality and their discretionary work effort (DWE). Moreover, the mechanisms that drive the harmful effects of SI remain largely unknown. The current study seeks to address these gaps in the literature. In particular, this study aims to examine how SI culminates in decreased DWE. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a cross-sectional survey design, data for this study were gathered from 151 employees of two large companies in the financial services sector of Pakistan. A number of analysis techniques (e.g. confirmatory factor analysis and bootstrapping) were used to analyze the data. Findings As predicted, SI was found to be negatively associated both with subordinates’ sense of vitality and DWE while vitality was found to be positively associated with DWE. Findings also indicated that one way in which SI negatively affects subordinates’ DWE is by decreasing their sense of vitality. Practical implications This study offers several useful implications for management practice in relation to preventing SI and mitigating its effects and bolstering employees’ sense of vitality. Originality/value To the best of the knowledge, this study is the first to unpack the relationship dynamics of SI, vitality and DWE, and to introduce a mechanism by which SI translates into reduced DWE.

scholarly journals University Teachers’ Decisions on Post-retirement Employment: Do Demographic Variables Count?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233372142110414
Author(s):  
Inusah Salifu ◽  
Ebenezer D. Odame ◽  
Jibreel U. Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Employment Decisions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
University Teachers

This research aimed to determine whether demographic characteristics of retiring university teachers were significantly associated with their post-retirement employment decisions, using three psychosocial theories–role theory, continuity theory and life course theory. The research used the cross-sectional survey design and relied on the simple random sampling technique to sample 235 participants who were left with 5 years or less to reach Ghana’s compulsory retirement age of 60 years. The participants were selected across 20 public universities in Ghana to complete a questionnaire. Based on a binary logistic regression analysis, the research found that, apart from the rank and health status of the participants, other variables such as gender, kind of university, family size, marital status and levels of involvement in university activities significantly determined the participants’ decisions regarding a working life after retirement. Against this backdrop, the research concluded that within the academic milieu, certain demographic factors were key determinants of post-retirement employment decisions.

Power distance culture and whistleblowing intentions: the moderating effect of gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234
Author(s):  
Albert Puni ◽  
Sam Kris Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Corporate Wrongdoing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of power distance culture (PDC) on whistleblowing intentions (WI) by examining the moderating effect of gender on the causal relationships. Design/methodology/approach The study used descriptive and cross-sectional survey design. Data were obtained from 300 employees of the selected organizations in Ghana and analyzed by using descriptive statistics, correlational and hierarchical regression techniques. Findings The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between PDC and WI, and such relationship is moderated by gender. The study also revealed that high PDC is the prevailing culture in the organizations surveyed, indicating low tendency of reporting corporate wrongdoing. However, the result of the moderation analysis indicates being a female worker in a PDC has a stronger influence on WI than being a male. Additionally, whistleblowers are likely to report their coworkers than leaders in high PDC organizations, but they are rather likely to report their leaders than coworkers in low PDC organizations. Originality/value This paper makes a significant contribution to the existing whistleblowing literature by establishing how gender moderates the influence of organizational culture on whistleblowing and recommends how to improve organizational ethos to facilitate whistleblowing in high-power distance societies.

scholarly journals Dryland Farmer’s Knowledge towards Climate Change and Constraints in Adoption of Climate Resilient Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
D. Alagu Niranjan ◽  
Dipak Kumar Bose
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face

Aims: To understand the dryland famer’s knowledge towards climate change, its causes and its impacts. And to find the constraints associate in adoption of climate resilient practices in the region. Study Design: For the present descriptive study, cross-sectional survey design was used. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad during the year 2018. Methodology: Climate change study in dryland region is very relevant; so a study was conducted at Sivakasi (a highly industrialized taluk) of Tamil Nadu which falls under dryland region. The data collection was done using structured interview schedule with 120 farmers. Method of data collection is face to face interview. Results: The study revealed that the level of knowledge towards climate change is medium and it is influenced by various factors like education, mass media exposure, extension contacts, innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and social participation positively. The major constraints in the adoption of climate resilient practices are high cost, lack of awareness and lack of adequate infrastructure. Some of the suggestions expressed by the farmers to improve adoption for the open ended questions are categorized as, improving advisory, strengthening infrastructure and extending policy support. Conclusion: The results of the research would help the extension workers to understand dryland farmer’s needs for effective programme implementation.

scholarly journals The Importance and Usage of National Census for Security and Development of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Babatope Matthew Ajiboye
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Stratified Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Planning Implementation ◽  
The Cross

Census exercise is based on the notion that clear-cut data is at the center of a roadmap that enables planning, implementation, and long-term development. Because these objectives were not met, most census research in Nigeria has focused on the difficulties, problems, and politics underlying the falsification of census results. Surprisingly, none has articulated why a census is required for security and development. As a departure from the contentious debate enveloping the population, the paper examines the indices census has on the security and development of Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study using the proportionate stratified sampling in selecting 270 respondents that cut across three towns: Ado, Ikere, and Ikole, representing each senatorial district of Ekiti State. The questionnaire served as the instrument for data collection. Findings revealed mixed perceptions about the use of census for tackling security challenges, infrastructural planning, and developmental stride.

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