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Does perception of hospitality employment change post internship?
Get PDFRemarkably, exposures to hospitality workplaces through internships have been found to rather dissuade students from envisaging hospitality career. However, knowledge of this phenomenon remains inconclusive. Consequently, this study explored the effect of internship work experience on undergraduate students’ commitment and perception of the nature of hospitality work using before-and-after design. A convenience sample of 171 hospitality management students in a Ghanaian technical university completed paper- and-pencil questionnaires, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The majority of the students indicated positive perceptions of hospitality employment and were accordingly willing to work in hospitality-related jobs after graduation. Contrary to the commonly held view, commitment, attitude, and perceptions of hospitality work do not undergo significant reconsiderations post-internships
Before Allah created human beings, there was a marijuana tree”: marijuana myths and culture in the “Ghettoes” of Maamobi Zongo community, Accra
No full textThe objective of my paper is to deploy marijuana etiological myths in the “ghettoes” of Maamobi, Accra, to explain the persistence of the marijuana culture in Ghana. The fact that marijuana is a criminalized herb and yet remains a widely consumed herb by some of the youth leads to what I refer to as the ‘marijuana paradox ’. Consequently, rather than constructing myths as irrational, self-indulgent and relics of a pre-scientific past or antiquated, concocted fairytales, 1 use marijuana myths to explain how it informs the marijuana culture in Maamobi and also betrays the construction of the marijuana culture as a fad and a craze that could be controlled with laws. Using ethnographic research techniques such as in-depth interviews, focus group discussion, informal conversation, and participant observation, I argue that the over-reliance on external reasons, without digging into how marijuana myths inform the cultogenic and sociogenic of marijuana culture in the “ghettoes” of Maamobi, will continue to frustrate the efforts of stakeholders to stem the t ide against the consumption of the herb in Ghana
The Ghana Commercial Bank and Agriculture financing in Ghana, 1960s — 1980s
No full textThe British Bank of West Africa (BBWA) now renamed Standard Chartered Bank Limited and Barclays Bank Ghana Limited were the two prominent foreign Commercial Banks first established in the Gold Coast in 1897 and 1917 respectively. In the colonial era, these British banks only dealt with large businesses and did not extend credit to individual Gold Coast farmers because they were tagged as not credit-worthy or could not arrange suitable collateral for loans. Essentially, lack of access to credit continues to be a key factor contributing to the poor performance of the agriculture sector in general.1 In 1953, the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) was established as the first indigenous commercial bank to serve the people of the nation.1 Since 1953, the Ghana Commercial Bank has made agriculture financing its priority and has extended loans to its agricultural customers. This paper, which is multi-sourced, uses archival documents, Government Records, Annual Reports and scholarly secondary works, to examine the approaches and strategies used by GCB to support agriculture in Ghana from the late 1960s to 1980s. The paper specifically sheds light on the measures adopted by the bank to transform agriculture in the country
Alignment of the planned and implemented curricula in Junior High School English Language, Mathematics and Science in three Districts in Ghana : Alignment of the planned and implemented curricula in Junior High School English Language, Mathematics and Science in three Districts in Ghana
No full textThis paper draws on conceptualization of levels of curriculum as planned, implemented and attained curriculum to explore the alignment between the planned and implemented English Language, Mathematics and Science curricula in Ghana. A survey of curriculum delivery by 124 Junior High School Form 2 English, Mathematics and Science teachers, with 1268 of their students from 51 public and private schools, made up of a mix of below-average, average and above-average schools in terms of academic achievement of the students from three districts in the Central Region was carried out. A multi-stage sampling technique involving purposive and stratified random sampling methods were used in the selection of the research participants. The data were collected through documentary review, questionnaire survey for teachers and interviews with students. The data collected were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative data were analysed using frequency counts and descriptive statistics, while the qualitative data were analysed qualitatively and presented as narrative description with illustrative examples. The study revealed that gaps existed between the planned and the implemented English Language, Mathematics and Science curricula. Discussion of the findings and implications for practice, policy and research in Ghana and countries that share similar situation as Ghana are provided
Impact of Human Resource Management on Teachers’ Productivity in Colleges of Education in North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria: Impact of Human Resource Management on Teachers’ Productivity in Colleges of Education in North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria
No full textColleges of education are established to train teachers for the education sector. This paper assesses the impact of human resource management on teachers’ productivity in colleges of education in the North-central geo-political zone of Nigeria. The researchers adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 11 colleges of education in North-central, with a staff strength of 4,914. The stratified and purposive random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 495 staff, stratified along academic and non-academic, who participated in the research. A 15-item researcher-developed questionnaire titled “Impact of Human Resource Management on Teachers Productivity Questionnaire (IHRMTPQ)” was used as an instrument for data collection. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation and percentage scores. The chi-square statistic was used to test the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level of probability. The findings revealed that recruitment processes, training and development and staff welfare have a significant impact on teachers’ productivity in colleges of education. The conclusion was drawn and it was recommended, among others that administrators of colleges of education in the zone should follow stipulated due process in recruitment, increase staff training and development, and improve on staff welfare so as to motivate teachers to greater performance, which will in turn increase productivity
Assessment of the availability of Facilities and Equipment Influencing the Implementation of Secondary School Physical Education Curriculum in Nigeria : Assessment of the availability of Facilities and Equipment Influencing the Implementation of Secondary School Physical Education Curriculum in Nigeria
No full textCurriculum implementation in Secondary Schools in Nigeria focuses on the success of that process of putting curriculum in action for achieving the set goals. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability of facilities and equipment influencing secondary schools physical education curriculum in Nigeria. Survey research design (Ex- post facto) was used for this study. To achieve this, purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples from the Six {6} Geo-political zones and the respondents consisted of heads of Physical Education Teachers in the Public and Private Secondary Schools. The population of the study was all secondary schools comprising fifty four thousand Five hundred and twenty- one (54,521) students with sample size of Six hundred and fifty-six (656). The data collected were statistically analysed by using inferential statistics of One Sample t- test to test the hypothesis. The results of the findings showed that Physical Education facilities and equipment influence the implementation of secondary schools Physical Education curriculum in Nigeria with t- Cal of 3.170 and P val of 0.031. The researcher recommended that Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the States Ministry of Education should provide physical education facilities and equipment for the implementation of Physical Education curriculum in Secondary Schools in Nigeria
For Popularity, Pleasure, or Other Reasons? The Treatment of Sex in The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah
Get PDFSex or the intimate relationship between or among characters is an act that is explicitly depicted in the novels of Ayi Kwei Armah for various purposes. The purpose of sex should not just be sex for the sake of sex, or for the sake of making a writer ‘popular’. The paper argues that the act of sex plays a number of literary functions in these relationships. The thematic as well as other literary relevance of sex is explored through literary concepts such as ‘linguistic foregrounding’ and ‘paradigmatic associations’. Through these literary concepts of stylistic analysis, it becomes clear that sex plays the following roles in Armah’s novels: serves as an avenue for characterization; establishes a relationship as loving or adrift; is a tool of oppression and also vengeance; creates suspense and retains readers’ interest; obscures the real story plot for a literary effect such as ‘to motivate but also shock his (Armah’s) audience into activity’ (Fubara 72); and cures characters’ negative emotions like loneliness and anguish, among other roles. The paper concludes that Armah’s treatment of sex in largely explicit terms in his novels is not gratuitous, but fundamental for the appreciation of his literary works
Determinants of emotional labour among employees in the hospitality industry in Accra, Ghana
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of emotional labour among frontline employees in Ghanaian hotels. Specifically, the study identified the determinants of emotional labour which were hypothesized to have significant effects on emotional labour. A total of 205 frontline employees participated in the paper-pencil survey. The questionnaires contained items measuring individual, situational and organisational factors of emotional labour. The results indicated that among the determinants, gender, age and variety of emotional displays had significant effects on emotional labour. These results suggest that gender, age and variety of emotional displays play a critical role in employees’ performance of emotional labour in hotels
Origin, migration and settlement history of the Konkomba of Northern Ghana, ca. 1400-1800
No full textThis article contributes to the depth of our historical knowledge about the origins and migrations of the Konkomba. Using Konkomba oral traditions collected by the author between 2009 and 2014, and supplemented with a range ofother written sources, the article presents a detailed account of Konkomba origins and migration. It traces Konkomba origins to areas outside the boundaries of modern Ghana and examines clan settlement histories to throw light on how the Oti valley was populated by the Konkomba in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In doing so, the article interrogates the prevailing view that the Konkoma have no history beyond their encounter with the Dagomba in the Yendi area. At a general level, this article makes the case that it will be extremely beneficial for historians to revisit the oral traditions of hitherto neglected groups in Africa for the reconstruction of their histories