Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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The influence of organizational size on the relationship between entrepreneurship training and organizational performance of government-funded youth group enterprises in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)One of the avenues of reducing unemployment rates is entrepreneurship. Youth seem to be the age group that is hit the hardest by lack of or inadequate opportunities for income generation. This has seen ... -
Effect of subsidised credit financing on the financial performance of smallholder farmers in Kenya. a case of Kimira-Oluch Farm Improvement Project
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)The Kimira-OluchSmallholder Farm Improvement Project was initiated in 2003 to reduce poverty by increasing food security and income for about 3,000 households. The appraisal study conducted in 2010 revealed ... -
The joint effect of marketing strategies, firm characteristics and industry competition on export performance of fresh produce firms in kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-11)Export marketing research focusses primarily on the direct relationship between marketing strategies and export performance. Following a review of literature, specific firm characteristics, industry competition were ... -
Comparison of Social and Demographic Factors of Adolescent Boys Sentenced for Committing Sexual Offenses With Those of Non-sexual Offenders at Borstal Centres in Kenya
(Uon, 2021)Introduction Adolescents commit various types of offences, both non-sexual and sexual offences. It is not very clear whether there are peculiar social and demographic differences between adolescent sexual offenders and ... -
Organizational agility and performance of Chartered Public and Private Universities in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)University education in Kenya experienced rapid changes in 80s and 90s which magnified in the 2020s to create challenges in meeting the expectations. Some of the changes were double intakes of 1984-1985, 1987-1988, ... -
Library Automation in East and Southern African Universities: Proceedings of a Sub-regional Conference
(University of Nairobi, 2005)The paper considers the digital divide as a curse, which in spite of the creation of the global village by the advent of ICls, still keeps Africa lagging behind. The World Bank view of the Information revolution and its ... -
Differences of Age and Gender in Pitch Range Modulation in Yes-no Questions in Ekegusii
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What Can a Single Lubukusu Verb Form Contain
(UON, 2022)This paper is a brief description and illustration of all that a single verb form can contain in Lubukusu as an agglutinating Bantu language (of Kenya). From left to right, the most complex verb form will have the following ... -
Figurative Language in Ekegusii Idioms: Its Different Types and Its Morphological and Syntactic Structure in an Agglutinating Language of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)If there is one genre in language that exhibits special features in its compositeness, it is idioms. Their composition, whether it be a string of words or just one word (in agglutinating languages like Ekegusii, a Bantu ... -
Which RP Should We Teach in Kenyan Schools: British RP or “Kenyan-indigenised RP”?
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The High Tone Anticipation Rule in the Lwisukha Dialect of Luyia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This paper describes the high tone anticipation rule in the Lwisukha dialect of Luyia, a Bantu language of Kenya. This rule involves the right-to-left spread of a high tone from post-modifying adjectives to toneless ... -
Childhood effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure to mercurial skin lightening agents. Literature review
(Pitt Open Library Publishing, 2021-11-24)Children's exposure to mercurial skin lightening agents at any time during their development, from intra-uterine to early developmental life, can lead to severe detrimental health effects. This is because these skin ... -
Supply chain quality management practices, complementary firm assets, competitive advantage and firm performance
(IJMSR, 2018): The literature review was intended to examine the nature of relationship that exists between supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices, complementary firm assets, competitive advantage and organizational ... -
Effect of competitive advantage on the relationship between supply chain quality management practices and performance of Private Hospitals in Kenya
(Ajbuma, 2022-03-25)The objective of the study was to determine the effect of competitive advantage in the relationship between supply chain quality management practices and performance of private hospitals in Kenya. This study was anchored ... -
Do operational processes moderate relationship of organizational agility and perfomance of chartered Universities In Kenya?
(Ajbuma, 2022-03-25)University education in Kenya faced weighty challenges in the 80s and 90s due to high demand with less capacity. These continued to the 90s and the solutions provided in the 20s created capacity that was ... -
The influence of large shareholders on dividend policy and company value: evidence from Nairobi Securities Exchange
(African Development Finance Journal, 2022-02-15)The influence of large shareholders in organization decision-making processes has attracted significant attention by researchers in recent times. Ownership control through large share concentration is one of the aspects ... -
Private equity financing and financial performance: a critical review of the literature
(African Development Finance Journal, 2022-02-15)Private equity is fast becoming an alternative source of capital for firms with a high growth potential as compared to the main stream sources of capital. The pertinent question here is; does private equity financing ... -
Moderating role of institutional characteristics on the relationship between mergers & acquisition strategies and financial performance of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(African Development Finance Journal, 2022-02-15)This paper examines the moderating effect of bank size on the relationship between mergers and acquisitions strategies and the financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The study population was 30 commercial banks ... -
Empirical study of how funding of monitoring and evaluation activities influence performance of public health facilities construction projects in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(African Development Finance Journal, 2022-02-15)The purpose of the study was to determine how funding of Monitoring and Evaluation activities influence performance of public projects in Kirinyaga County. The unit of analysis was the Monitoring and Evaluation activities ... -
Determinants of voluntary rental income tax compliance by landlords in Kiambu Town, Kiambu County, Kenya
(African Development Finance Journal, 2022-02-15)Tax non-compliance stands a bigger problem and is prevalent in many economic sectors including housing and property developers. Despite the tremendous growth from real estate sector in Kenya, the ...
