Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Income Inequality Among Households In Kenya: Does The Gender Of The Household Head Matter?
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Income inequality has been on the rise and its reduction has been made a key goal for governments and international development agencies across the World. A key contributor to income inequality is gender inequality which ... -
Economic Growth And Food Security In Kenya: A Time Series Analysis Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Many nations in the developing world continue to be food insecure with many people living the poverty level. This study sought to establish the effect of food security on economic growth in Kenya. Secondly, the study also ... -
Workplace Safety And Wage Earnings In Kenya: An Estimation Of A Hedonic Wage Equation
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The research paper aimed at carrying out an empirical estimation of the Hedonic Wage Function for the Kenyan Labor Market. Specifically, the relationship between workplace safety and wage earnings in the labor market was ... -
Determinants Of First Postnatal Check-up Among Newborns In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Maternal, neonatal and child health remain an important aspect covering the general health and well-being of both the mother and the child. Postnatal care has for the most part received limited and at times no attention ... -
Integrated Systems And Service Delivery At Metropolitan Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)Increase in competition demands efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery of institutions and improvement in their performance. The way to reach this goal is through the successful implementation of the Integrated ... -
Influence Of Strategy Implementation On Performance Of Engineering Firms In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of strategy implementation on the performance of engineering firms in Kenya. Strategy implementation was considered as a multidimensional construct comprising of; ... -
Technical Efficiency of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role in the development of the Kenyan economy. The sector is not only a major source of employment but also plays a significant role in promoting competition, innovation ... -
Determinants of Food Security Among Wage Workers in the Flori-horticulture Industry in Kenya: a Case Study of Northwest Mt. Kenya Region
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Understanding the determinants of household food security is critical in designing relevant and appropriate policy interventions aimed at improving the livelihoods of flori-horticulture wage workers in Kenya. The study set ... -
Effect of Public Investment on Private Investment in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This paper aimed at determining wheatear public investment encourage or inhibits private investment in Kenya using annual data between 1980-2017. An ARDL technique was employed where private domestic credit, lending interest ... -
Influence Of Key Account Management Orientation On Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)In Kenya the performance of the commercial banks is strongly steered by the board and senior management decisions. the level to which practices of KAM are embraced in the institution affects performance both in non-financial ... -
Green Practices, Supply Chains & Performance Of Kenya’S Brewing Industry
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)Green supply chain management is a relatively new area of study especially in the African and Kenyan context. This study set out to find out how well the brewing industry in Kenya has adopted and implemented green practices ... -
Factors Affecting Adoption Of Mobile Banking By Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)There has been increase of demand for internet connectivity over the past twenty years where behavioural patterns of customers’ relationship with financial institutions and the guidelines for buying and selling banking ... -
Budgetary Control Practices And Performance Of Public Medical Laboratories In Homa Bay County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)This study was carried out with the objective of determining the effect of budgetary control practices on performance of public medical laboratories in Homa Bay County, Kenya. To achieve the study objective, descriptive ... -
Effect Of Macroeconomic Variables On Financial Performance Of Microfinance Banks In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)Macroeconomic variables cause variation in organisations’financial accomplishments. This study aimed at determining the macroeconomic variables’ effect on financial performance of Kenya’s microfinance banks. The study ... -
Innovation Capability, Creativity, Technology And Performance Of Insurance Companies In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)Innovation capability, creativity and technology are three linked concepts and phenomena in an organization setting that have been at the principal point of a firm’s performance because in the present day competitive ... -
Effect Of Mobile Banking On Cost Efficiency Of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2019)The advancement in technology has made some tasks cheaper and efficient but it also has its fair share of challenges. This has seen firms in the banking sector use technology to develop online banking channels to reduce ... -
Determinants of Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Female Adolescent Refugees in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This is a cross-sectional qualitative study on the determinants of access to sexual and reproductive health services among female adolescent refugees living in Nairobi City County. Specifically, the study set out to establish ... -
Impact of Devolved Health on Maternal Healthcare in Kenya: the Case of Nyandarua County
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Kenya has greatly recorded positive gains in maternal healthcare indicators from low mortality rates and increased hospital deliveries for mothers. There is evidence from a variety of sources that indeed maternal health ...