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Gender and prejudicial perception of the leadership of a manager: A cognitive categorization Perspective
(1994)
The study investigated the cognitive bases of prejudicial perception of the leadership of managers in order to achieve two objectives:(a) to identify the conditions under ...
Effect of infant and child mortality on fertility: evidence from Kenya Demographic and health survey, 1989
(University of Nairobi, 1991-06)
This study had three objectives. The first objective was to find the effect of some selected socio-economic and demographic factors on fertility. The factors were education, residence, husbands occupation, age at attained ...
Logic and law: the extent of compatibility within philosophical justice
(1999)
An invariant emphasis on the possible prospects (objectivity, efficiency and
predictability) of the employment of the logical method in the evaluation of social
phenomena implies a state whereby "logical idealism runs ...
A comparative study of industrialization strategies in sub-Saharan Africa and south¬ East Asia:Case study of Kenya and south- Korea
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
The Kenyan and South Korean economies have had highly varied industrial performance in the last three decades and this difference is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. Between 1960 and 1995, the period covered ...
Provision of health care by the state in Kenya: a fragile state versus civil society
(University of Nairobi, 1996-07)
This dissertation focuses on two major development actors in Africa as providers of
health care: the state versus civil society (non-state actors). Using the case of Kenya,
it examines the limitations of the state in the ...
An investigation of the relationship between selected corporate auditor attributes and the timeliness of annual reports ofcompanies quoted on the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
Timeliness has been identified as one of the qualitative features of financial statements of an organisation. This attribute requires that financial statements of an organisation should be released promptly after a ...
Managerial attitudes toward business social responsibility: The case of bank managers in Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi., 1993)
This study sought to answer four questions in relation to the business social responsibility concept. First, it sought to determine the extent to which top level managers in banks in Nairobi were aware of the basic ...
The performance of the tourism industry in Kenya:A prioritization of determining factors
(1998)
The tourism industry is a vital artery of Kenya's economic complexion with incredible
potential. However, the industry has been performing poorly especially in the 1990s. The
objective of this research was to establish ...
A study of factors that institutional investors consider in making decision on investments in shares traded at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(1999)
This study was an exploratory study on factors that Institutional Investors consider
when making investment decision. Investment on ordinary shares of quoted companies at
the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Those who may find ...
An evaluation of the extent of and factors limiting information technology (IT) usage in publicly quoted companies in Kenya
(1996-07)
The principal objective of this study was to evaluate the factors limiting use of
information technology (IT) in publicly quoted companies in Kenya. A subsidiary objective was
to investigate the extent to which the same ...