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Top Management Team Diversity, Involvement Culture & Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2013-08)
The study of the effect of Top Management Team (TMT) diversity on organization
performance produces mixed results. This study investigated the effect of involvement
culture on the relationship between TMT diversity and ...
Perceived Factors affecting Performance Management among Local Authorities in Kenya: A Case of the City Council of Nairobi
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2013-08)
Organizations are investing ever-increasing amounts of resources into performance
management though it is still not clear what they can expect in return or how this might
influence the likelihood of positive system ...
Potential for Women Fish Traders to Upgrade within the Fish Trade Value Chain: Evidence from Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2013-08)
Fishing is an important economic activity in Kenya which provides employment, income
and food to a significant share of Kenyan population particularly the local community
around Lake Victoria. Over the last decade the ...
Implementing Article 43 (1)(c) Constitution of Kenya 2010: The Right to Food: Lessons for Kenya from Brazil
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Article 43 (1)(c) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, on the Social and Economic Rights states that ‘every person has a right to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of acceptable quality’ thus providing for a ...
Occurrence of adverse drug reactions associated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Background: Life-saving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has been accompanied by the challenge of incident adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Locally generated data is scanty, inadequately documented, and therefore ...
Reflections on Feminism and Development in Africa: The Case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This paper discusses the importance of moving towards African centered feminist theories. The paper argues that bringing feminism home to Africa will greatly impact our understanding of development processes in Africa. ...
Identification and characterization of an interspersed repeat antigen of Babesia microti (BmIRA)
(2013)
In this report, a novel gene encoding an interspersed repeat antigen from Babesia microti (BmIRA) was identified and described. The full-length cDNA containing an open reading frame of 1,947 bp was obtained by immunoscreening ...
Blindness and severe visual impairment in pupils at schools for the blind in Burundi
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Purpose:
To determine the causes of childhood blindness and severe visual impairment in pupils attending schools for the blind in Burundi in order to assist planning for services in the country.
Materials and Methods:
All ...
Feminism, Culture and Development in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
African women continue to scrambling for leftovers and crumbs as far as participation in the development of Africa is concerned. They are still victims of tokenism that is used to exonerate African societies of discrimination ...