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HRM Practice and Innovative Work Behavior: Organisational Politics as Mediator and Personal Locus of Control as Moderator
Get PDFThe general objective of this study was to examine the effect of organisational politics on the relationship between HR practice and the innovative work behaviours of selected senior staff of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. A secondary objective was to examine the moderation of personal locus of control on the association between organisational politics and employees innovative work behaviour. The study adopted an explanatory research design, using a purely quantitative approach. The target population comprised of all senior staff of the University of Cape Coast. The G*Power 3.1 software was used to select 119 members into the sample for this study. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire and analysed, using the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. The findings of this study suggest that organisational politics has a statistically significant positive influence on the link between human resource management practice and employees’ innovative work behaviour. Unexpectedly, the paper also found that the link between organisational politics and personal locus of control, on one hand, and that between personal locus of control and innovative work behaviour, on the other hand, were statistically non-significant and negative. Therefore, we recommend that since organisational politics is an inevitable element in every human institution, any attempt by management to improve the innovative work behaviours of employees must take into account the possible effect of organizational politics on the said intervention.
 
Higher education financial sustainability in Ghana: A study of the perceived influential factors
Get PDFThe quest by public higher educational institutions to increase access is heavily dependent on financial sustainability through sustained income and liquidity. This has necessitated these institutions globally to undertake revenue enhancement measures and cost management initiatives to close budgetary gaps. The study’s primary focus is to examine critical management factors that impact on university’s financial stability and competitiveness. This correlational survey study sought to establish the depth of the relationship between the following management factors; financing scheme, governance framework, and cost management, accounting information system, and pricing approach, on financial sustainability. The study’s outcome established a statistically significant relationship between all of the five factors on one hand and financial sustainability on the other hand. The findings further showed that three of the five factors: governance framework, cost management and pricing approach were significant in predicting a best fit equation for financial sustainability. The study’s recommendations should assist policymakers and higher education managers to review policies and legislations on cost and competitive fees structure of public higher education institutions in Ghana
Effectiveness of self-management therapy in the management of psychological distress among adolescents with hearing impairment in Oyo State, Nigeria
Get PDFPsychological wellbeing has been linked to wellness in all facets of life. However, these processes become altered when man becomes distressed because of some factors ranging from intra to inter personal factors influencing man’s stable psychological wellness. Hence, such conditions need to be moderated. This study examined the effectiveness of self-management therapy in the management of psychological distress among adolescents with hearing impairment. The study employed quasi experimental pre-test-post- test design with a sample of 39 adolescents with hearing impairment purposively selected using Kesler Psychological Distress Scale with index scores of 19 and above as distress threshold. Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (Core-10) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Rating Scale were used for both pre and post- test among participants. Three hypotheses were tested in the study. The results revealed that there was a significant main effect of treatment (self-management therapy) on management of psychological distress among adolescents; there was a significant main effect of onset of hearing loss on participants’ management of psychological distress and there was a significant interaction effect of onset of hearing loss and self-esteem on participants management of psychological distress. Stakeholders in the education and care of adolescents with hearing impairment were encouraged to employ self-management therapy in reducing their psychological distresses
Speak Like You Were Dead: Episteme of the Ghosted in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger
Get PDFAravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The White Tiger has been hailed as a paradigmatic narrative of postcolonial wealth-formation in the 21st century, and as a novel that speaks to the “shining” India of globalization in its transformative moment of an emergent centrality on the global stage. I argue that The White Tiger, by using counter-intuitive epistemes, is also a transnational novel whose primary motive is to offer a trenchant critique of global neoliberalism, and its underlying epistemes of violence and inequality. Through the voice of its protagonist Balram Halwai, the novel, I claim, projects the 21st century postcolonial nation of India as Capital’s colony—a thriving and free “market”, if you will—whose well-being, in turn, is predicated on the phagocytizing of the human capital of the other India that is hidden from the gazes of those who admiringly gawk at “shining” India of Capital
Is there a right to health in Ghana? The case of Ghana’s 1992 constitution: Is there a right to health in Ghana? The case of Ghana’s 1992 constitution
No full textThe nuances and ramifications of the right to health are sufficiently large and varied, just as are its rendition in constitutional and statutory provisions. It is sometimes difficult, at the legal level, to ascertain whether a legal right is intended by a provision or is a mere use of ‘rights language’. This ambiguity is visible in a number of provisions in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and legislation. However, there are few scholarly studies on the right to health in Ghana. This article seeks to explore the nuances of the concept of the ‘right to health’ in international human rights law to ascertain whether Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and legislation provide for the ‘right to health’. This paper further discusses some policy issues on health
Licensed to kill? Contextualising medical misconduct, malpractice and the law in Ghana: Licensed to kill? Contextualising medical misconduct, malpractice and the law in Ghana
No full textNow, more than ever, the Ghanaian patient is better informed, more discerning and increasingly aware of his/her healthcare rights and options. Despite the rate of awareness, scholars have paid less attention to some medicolegal issues in the country. This paper examines the prevailing regime of healthcare delivery and regulation, and attempts to construct the context of medical misconduct and malpractice in Ghana. Using a desktop approach, the study made use of secondary data such as news articles, journal publications, and statutes, among others. The analysed data indicate that what determines professional-patient relationship outcomes are contextual issues of regulatory, institutional, political, socio-cultural, and legal. It is proposed that any prosecution or adjudication of malpractice claims, or considerations for medical law reforms, must be done with due regard to the prevailing context, if just and suitable ends are envisaged
The legal status of children born out of wedlock in Nigeria: is the concept of illegitimacy in decline? The legal status of children born out of wedlock in Nigeria: is the concept of illegitimacy in decline?
No full textThe legal status of children born out of wedlock has been a core issue in Nigeria. This is due to the conflict of law issues that have arisen with the enactment of section 42(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered). The section seeks to protect affected children from disability or deprivation by reason of the circumstances of their birth. Nigeria’s legal system rotates on the tripod of common law, statutes and customary law. Ensuring a healthy mix from this legal pluralism especially with respect to legitimacy and legitimation of children born out of wedlock has been despairing. This paper seeks to examine the legal status and rights of children born out of wedlock especially in succession matters and the extent to which section 42(2) of the Constitution has enhanced their legal status. It also examines challenges presented and ponders whether the common law principle of legitimacy is not in decline. It concludes by advocating the customary law position of legitimation as section 42(2) of the Constitution did not after all, abolish the common law principle of legitimacy but merely seeks to protect affected children against any form of disability or deprivation
Perception of Postgraduate Students on Customer Service at the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to examine the quality of service provided by the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast to its students (customers). This study employed a descriptive survey design. A questionnaire designed by the researchers was used to obtain data from 400 postgraduate students (customers), using the stratified sampling technique. Data were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics which included frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. The study found that staff members at the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast provide quality services to postgraduate students at different dimensions when they seek assistance. It was therefore recommended that the Directorate of Human Resource in collaboration with Training and Development Section of the University of Cape Coast should include aspect of customer care topics in the training programmes for all categories of staff in order to improve professionalism in tangibility dimension of service delivery
A functional analysis of Ghanaian presidential debates
Get PDFScholars of the functional theory of campaign discourse have explored the nature of political campaign discourse, particularly presidential campaign discourse. This paper adds to the exploration and the data by analysing Ghanaian presidential debates using Benoit’s functional theory. The analysis reveals that the presidential candidates acclaimed more than they attacked and defended. Two additional functional categories – appeal and recommendation – are identified. Contrary to the assumptions of the functional theory that incumbents acclaim more than challengers, the paper finds that challengers acclaimed more than the incumbent, and that the candidates discussed more future plans/deliberative rhetoric. The study concludes that even though most of the assumptions of the theory were confirmed, there are additional persuasive strategies of presidential candidates in Ghanaian political debates such as appeal and recommendation. Thus, the study recommends that further studies extend the theory to accommodate the discourse strategies in multi-candidate campaigns since the theory emerged from several studies of two-candidate campaigns in the United States
Providing quality education for all: the dilemma of deaf students in a mainstream Technical University
Get PDFTechnical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) requires that students comprehend and turn theoretical knowledge into practical skills within the shortest possible time, if not immediately. This dictate of TVET however, is a major challenge for most Deaf students who largely rely on others to benefit from classroom teaching because of communication challenges. It is for this reason that this study considered the experiences of the Deaf pursuing TVET programmes in a mainstream Technical University and how they could be supported. A qualitative approach (face-to-face interview) was adopted and thematic analysis was used in analysing the data. Generally speaking, the Deaf students had academic, financial and socio-cultural challenges. Nonetheless, what is so intriguing to read in this study is the communication challenges they experienced. The study’s findings suggest the need for Sign Language (SL) to be promoted at least, among those who come into contact with Deaf students pursuing TVET in a technical university