Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Adult education as a blueprint to development in the 21st century: an African perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper examines the role of adult education in development in the 21st century in the notion that the two terms are intrinsically related. Studies on adult education and development have revealed thateducation ... -
A model explaining student militancy in secondary schools: Kenyan perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Student upheavals and activism is not a recent phenomenon in Kenya, but has been a problem over the years. Indeed the upheavals can be closely linked to adolescence. The nature of student upheavals in ... -
Subjective estimation bias and PERT statistical procedures
(University of Nairobi, 1975)This paper is an evaluation of alternative methods for reducing the impact of systematic bias in subjective estimates for PERT statistical procedures. As such, it represents an application of behavioural research to the ... -
Participatory governance in secondary schools: the students’ viewpoint in Eastern Region of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The purpose of the study was to determine the students’ view on participatory school governance in secondary schools of the Eastern region, Kenya. Participatory school governance implies the involvement of stakeholders in ... -
Relative contribution of different levels of parental involvement to primary school readiness in Preschool Pupils in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Recent developments have led to a lot of emphasis being placed on early childhood education. Massive growth has also occurred in this segment of the education sector. Emphasis continues to be placed not just on growth but ... -
Strategies and challenges of communicating gender information in a non-gender marking language: the case of Kiswahili
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The relationship between participation in decision making and job satisfaction among academic staff in the school of business, university of nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This study examines the relationship between partic ipation in decision making and job satisfaction among academic staff in public University of Nairob i. This study was conducted on the positivism approach to research. ... -
The International Market in Skills and the Transmission of Inequality
(University of Nairobi, 1975)This paper has benefited from an unusually large number of comments at the drafting stage, particularly from members of the IDS dependence group, but the usual disclaimers apply. -
Market efficiency in developing countries: a case study of the nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 1994)This study extends evidence on the efficiency of stock markets in developing countries using data from the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), and also addresses some methodological issues which have contributed to the sparseness ... -
Effect of teachers’ morale on standard eight pupils’ academic achievement in Public Primary Schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya
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The Role of Radio and Television in Reducing the Burden and Severity o f Cervical Cancer Among Women in Kenya With Special Focus on Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Cancer of the cervix is the second most common cancer among women and the leading killer of women in their reproductive ages. The World Health Organization estimated that 529,409 new cases ... -
Online campaign in Kenya: implementing the facebook campaign in the 2013 General Elections
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)The study investigated the implementation of the Facebook campaign in general elections in Kenya. The study utilized the mixed methods sequential explanatory design. Quantitative data was drawn, followed by ... -
Energy use and conservation in boarding schools in Thika Sub-County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)This paper is based on a research on energy use a nd conservation in public and private boarding secondary schools in Thika Sub - County , Kenya . Specific ally, it examines the energy ... -
The nature of vowel length in Ekegusii A theoretical account
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This article is aim ed at presen ti ng a report on vowel length in Ekegusii , a Narrow Bantu language spoken in south western Kenya by about 2.2 million Abagusii. Abagusii are found in Kisii and Nyamira ... -
Macro-economic and public health expenditures in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The demographic, people’s working lives and habits currently experienced in Kenya dictates that future public health care expenditure will be increasing, both as percentage of GDP and of total government outlays. ... -
The influence of organizational factors and quality management practices on strategy content and organizational performance
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Organizational performance is a perennial theme in strategic management research. Researchers have found that strategy content influences organizational performance. The way strategy content influences organizational ... -
Factors Influencing The Adoption Of M-Banking By Customers In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The current business environment is getting more competitive. In order for many companies to stay competitive, businesses have always strived to improve themselves by creating better products and services for their ... -
Relationship Marketing And Customer Loyalty In Mobile Telecommunication Industry In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Relationship marketing is a strategy designed to build customer loyalty, interaction and customer long-term engagement through provision of information and open communication that suits customer needs. The broad objective ... -
Effects of design and site management factors on the completion of Sondu-Miriu hydropower project in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Infrastructural projects are successful when competed within scheduled timeframe, allocated budget and specified quality. Delay is a critical challenge world over, leading to cost and time overruns, as well as abandonment ... -
The effect of strategy implementation on performance of Kenya state corporations
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09-30)Strategy implementation has been established to influence organizational performance. The main objective of the study was to establish the influence of str ategy implementation on performance of Kenyan ...