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Contributions of Research Collaboration to Innovation across Disciplines: Assessing the Entrepreneurial Role of Two Ghanaian Universities
Get PDFOn the basis of debates in literature on the usefulness of research from different disciplines to innovation, this study sought to assess the extent to which research collaboration between university researchers and the carriers of innovation yield outputs that contribute to innovation. The paper analysed data from stratified sample of academics from the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the Social Sciences, and the Arts, in two Ghanaian universities with the mandate to contribute to research and innovation in Ghana. Out of 266 respondents, a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 108 multiple responses were recorded on the perceived use of collaborative research findings in various types of innovation and for problem-solving. Except for service innovation, Kruskal-Wallis tests of differences across disciplines did not reveal statistically significant differences, in the extent to which the academics perceived their collaborative research findings to have contributed to innovation. Thus, all academic disciplines can be relevant to innovation and should be given the necessary policy support.
https://doi.org/10.47963/jobed.2019.0
Factors Influencing Consumers’ Purchase Intention of Counterfeit ‘Kente’ Products in the Kwabre East District
Get PDFThis study examined factors that influence consumers’ purchase intentions of counterfeit kente products. Employing a quantitative approach and a systematic random sampling technique, self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 379 households within the Kwabre-East District. Pearson Correlation and Regression were the statistical tools used to test the postulated hypotheses. The findings indicated that informative susceptibility, as a social factor, has a positive significant effect on consumers’ purchase intention. Social characteristics, as a composite variable, has a positive effect on purchase intention towards counterfeit kente products. Again, among the personality factors, price consciousness and value consciousness had a direct effect on purchase intention. Personal factors also had a positive effect on purchase intention towards counterfeit kente products. The results imply that manufacturers and marketers of original kente products should create awareness of the original and authentic kente products and their impact on the economy. Sellers should also initiate promotional programmes that would divert the attention of consumers from the counterfeit kente to the genuine kente cloth. With informative susceptibility having a significant influence on purchase intention, sellers of the original kente can also fall on opinion leaders who play important role as points of reference for consumers who may have little or no knowledge about the differences of the kente cloth. Thus, since opinion leaders serve as reference groups because they are deemed to have expert knowledge of the differences between original and counterfeit kente products, consumers perception are also expected to change in terms of developing positive attitude towards original products and negative attitudes towards counterfeit
Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons: A Case Study Of The Epic Plot
Get PDFThis work examines the plot of Two Thousand Seasons as an epic plot. The work contends that contrary to the popular belief that an epic narrative is a new form in Africa, epic narratives have long been known in African literary cycles. There are many models on the Epic analysis, but in this work, Albert Sackey’s eight-part division of the epic plot as identified by Aristotle is used in this analysis. In the Poetics, Aristotle identified five elements of an epic: plot, character, setting, diction and thought. Two Thousand Seasons is subjected to an epic plot analysis. In analysing the epic plot, Albert Sackey’s eight-point parts of the epic plot, which he refers to as “structural devices” of the Epic: the unity of time and action, Deux ex Machina, in medias res, opening invocation, extensive geographical travelling, catalogues of troops, digressions and division of texts, are used in this analysis
Job satisfaction and organizational commitment: experiences of family-owned hotels in Ho, Ghana: Job satisfaction and organizational commitment: experiences of family-owned hotels in Ho, Ghana
No full textThe study investigates the interplay between demographic variables, job satisfaction and organisational commitment among workers in family-owned hotels in Ho, Ghana. A convenience sample of 280 employees selected from 45 facilities participated in the study by completing self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and PLS-SEM were used to analyse the data. Path results showed a positive and significant association between extrinsic job satisfaction and affective and continuance commitment. There was a significantly positive association between intrinsic satisfaction and affective and normative commitment. Furthermore, employees within the age group of 30-40 years exhibited higher levels of intrinsic satisfaction and affective commitment compared to those in the 45-50-year age group. The findings of the study provide important implications for family-owned hotels. Managers and proprietors of family-owned hotels must embark on strategies that will help to improve extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction as well as affective and normative commitment
An ethnomathematical exploration of the game of ogiurrise – a traditional edo game in Nigeria schools
Get PDFGames are part of human culture, and indigenous games have been an expression of local people, culture, and social realities over a period of time. Games cannot only be viewed from the aesthetic perspective of play, enjoyment and recreation but also from that of promoting learning. Games can promote the learning of Mathematics in an interesting and entertaining way as well as provide room for interaction and lend informality to learning school Mathematics. Apart from showing the historical and cultural perspectives of indigenous games, analyses of games will reveal the related mathematical ideas/concepts, school Mathematics curriculum connections and educational implications. This paper is an ethnomathematics exploration of the game of Ogiurrise, an indigenous traditional game played by the Edos of the Mid-Western part of Nigeria. A brief description of the Rules of the Ogiurrise board game, the mathematical strategies that can be applied in playing the game and some related mathematical concepts are analysed and presented. The general classroom connections between the Ogiurrise board game and the conventional school Mathematics curriculum are discussed
Examination of form not substance: Rethinking the patent examination process in Nigeria: Examination of form not substance: rethinking the patent examination process in Nigeria
No full textIn an age where knowledge assets play significant roles in the economic development of nations, the patent system has become one of the essential drivers of technological and economic advancement. Thus, the essence of examining inventions is to ensure good quality of patents granted by a patent office and to ensure that such patent applications satisfy the novelty, inventive step, and industrial application criteria. It is standard practice in most countries that patent applications by patentees go through examination processes before they are granted patents. Local patent rules usually guide such examination processes. The Nigerian patent system is not an exception to such practice. However, it suffices to submit only necessary documents for inspection by officials of the Nigerian Patent Registry before a patent is granted. This process of registering patents in Nigeria, which is the depository process of examination, is not thorough compared to the substantive method of examination. The substantive procedure is lacking in the Nigerian patent system. The need for a substantive process of examination in Nigeria is what this article discusses. The article recommends a mix of both the depository and the substantive process of examination in Nigeria, as practised in some countries to issue quality patents that would aid technological and economic growth in the country. The article also concludes that much more needs to be done by the government and policymakers in Nigeria in terms of funds, human resources, and other things to ensure the institution and sustenance of a substantive method of examination of patent applications
Perceived organisational justice and unethical work behaviour among hotel employees in Accra: the role of gender and marital status: Perceived organisational justice and unethical work behaviour among hotel employees in Accra: the role of gender and marital status
No full textEthics and organizational justice share common roots and patterns of development in that, employees’ ethical behaviours are influenced by the perceived fairness of the company’s policies, procedures and decision making. While this link has been established in many studies, whether this relationship is the same for different demographic groups has received little attention, particularly for the hospitality industry. This study, therefore, sought to examine perceived organisational justice and unethical work behaviours among hotel employees in Accra using gender and marital status as moderating variables. Data was collected from a sample of 379 employees of five four-star hotels in Accra. The moderated multiple regression technique, PROCESS by Hayes in SPSS was employed to test the significance of the moderating variables in the relationship between organisational justice and unethical work behaviour among hotel employees in Accra. The results showed that gender was significant in interactive justice effect on unethical work behaviours; while marital status was significant in distributive justice and procedural justice’ effect on unethical work behaviours among the hotel employees. The study recommends specific strategies for discouraging unethical workplace behaviours and encouraging organisational citizenship
Statistical evidence and sudden infant death syndrome: Statistical evidence and sudden infant death syndrome
No full texttatistical evidence is one of the prima facie tools used in the courtroom in common law jurisdictions. This paper is a case study aimed at describing the role of expert statistical evidence and how it influenced the outcome of the Sally Clark case.Sally Clark, a solicitor by profession, who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned by the Chester Crown Court in England in 1999 for the alleged murder of her two children. The prosecution’s expert witness Professor Sir Roy Meadow, a consultant paediatrician, claimed in his statistical evidence that “the probability of two sudden infant death syndrome cases (SIDS) in one family matching the profile of the appellant was 1 in 73 million.”Though upon appeal the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) quashed the appellant’s conviction in 2003, it brought to the fore the application of statistics in the courtroom and its overall impact on the justice system. It is revealed that statistical evidence should not be used to establish the truth of an ultimate issue with scientific certainty. Expert witnesses should not adduce evidence recklessly. The use of any far-reaching statistics as evidence requires the services of experts with competence in medical statistics. The criminal justice system has a huge task of exposing true child abusers. But the socio-economic cost of wrongful conviction of accused parents of SIDS cases is immense. Tragically, Sally Clark never came to terms with her wrongful conviction and in 2007 drank herself to death
Ethnicity, religion and elections in Ghana: Ethnicity, religion and elections in Ghana
No full textPolitics in Ghana’s fourth republic is an interesting phenomenon. The intricacies in Ghanaian politics is one that requires constant analysis. In this paper, we examine some of these intricacies – the question and role of identity in politics in Ghana. We particularly analyse how ethnicity and religion influence elections in one of Africa’s promising democracies. The analysis is based primarily on the scrutiny of official reports and detailed review of published works. The paper concludes that the tendencies to engage in over ethnicization and excessive religious undercurrent in Ghana’s fourth republic, if not properly managed, can lead to ethnic and religious clashes, especially during electioneering periods. It is in view of this that we recommend that religious and traditional leaders make conscious efforts to promote peaceful and decorous campaigns. Moreover, there is the need for political leaders to avoid inciting ethnic groups against one another, even as societal groups embark on educating and sensitizing the general population
Human Resource Factors and Organisational Commitment at the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast
Get PDFThe study examined human resource factors and organisational commitment at the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The research approach was quantitative, specifically using a descriptive study design. Out of 242 staff of the College, a sample of 148 respondents (comprising 18 senior members, 80 senior staff and 50 junior staff) were drawn across the three spectrums of staff using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample determination formula. The main instrument for data collection was a self- administered questionnaire. Data of the study was analysed with means, standard deviations, independent t-test, two-way analysis of variance and Spearman rank-order correlations matrix. The study found that commitment level among staff at the college (CoDE) was high and affective commitment was perceived higher than normative and continuance dimensions of organisational commitment. Work relations were perceived as higher than extrinsic rewards and training and development. It was also found that training and orientation significantly relate to organisational commitment. Sex and age of respondents did not affect organisational commitment and other variables of the study. It was recommended that management of the college should continue to pay more attention to work relations at the college by engaging staff of the college in inter-unit or interdepartmental assignments to enable staff to build more work relations and used both on-the-job and off-the-job training techniques to maintain or increase commitment level among staff of the college