25 research outputs found
Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial performance in Centenary Bank - main branch. A Cross-sectional study.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and the Financial performance of Centenary Bank, main branch by examining the relationship between philanthropic responsibility and financial performance, establishing the relationship between economic responsibility and financial performance, and assessing the relationship between ethical responsibility and financial performance of Centenary bank.
Methodology
This study followed a descriptive correlational and cross-sectional survey design and adopted a quantitative paradigm. The researcher collected data from a sample of 132 employees using a self -administered questionnaire.
Results:
The study findings revealed that 52% of the corporate social responsibility activities of the centenary bank are economical, followed by 37% of the corporate social responsibility were ethical and 11% of its corporate social responsibilities were philanthropic. There was a significant relationship (r=0.4, sig=0.00) between philanthropic responsibility and the financial performance of Centenary bank. There was also a negative significant (r= -0.374, sig=0.045) relationship between economic responsibility and the financial performance of Centenary bank. There was a positive significant relationship between ethical responsibility and the financial performance of Centenary bank.
Conclusion:
Generally, there is a relationship between corporate social responsibility and the financial performance of the Centenary bank.
Recommendation:
Centenary banks should engage in philanthropic activities to maintain a good reputation through supporting the Kabaka run and providing piped water, and scholarships to unprivileged children. Centenary bank should also be effective in communicating with stakeholders, ensuring the safety of customer balances, and offering quality customer service to attract more customers for its financial growth. Centenary bank should also reduce its expenditure on non-productive activities like bonuses and travel allowances for senior staff to reduce the significant unnecessary expenditure.
Job Satisfaction And Employee Performance In Local Government: A Case Study Of Kyankwanzi District, Uganda
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This study was about Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance in Local Government using Kyankwanzi District by establishing the link between promotion and employee attitude, working conditions and employee attendance, the relationship with supervisor and duration in service.
Methodology:
The researcher adopted a correlational, descriptive and cross-sectional survey design. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. A sample of 63 respondents was selected using Krejcie & Morgan’s (1970) table from a population of 75. The researcher employed simple random sampling, purposive sampling, quota sampling and convenience sampling to select respondents who participated in the study in order to eliminate bias. The instruments of data collection the researcher used include questionnaire, interview guide and documentary review.
Results:
The study established that male respondents dominated the study with 70% response followed by their female counterpart who comprised of 30%. Also the findings revealed that there was a relationship between job satisfaction (independent variable) and employee attendance (dependent variable). It shows a correlation coefficient of r= 0.840. This implies that there is a significant (0.000) positive relationship between job satisfaction and employee attendance at Kyankwanzi District Local Government. In conclusion, the study has dealt with inferential statistical analysis and interpretations. The researcher investigated the existence of an association between the task grades and the responses of the employees for questionnaire statements. This was done using a null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
Recommendations:
Future studies should be centered on staff training and poor service delivery in newly elevated cities focusing on political manipulation, corruption and lack of accountability and transparency
Internal Control Systems and Financial Accountability of Local Governments in Uganda. A Case study of Iganga District, Uganda.
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This study investigated the relationship between the internal control systems and financial accountability of local governments in Ugandan a case study of the district by examining the relationship between control environment and financial accountability; control activities and financial accountability and assessing the relationship between Information and communication and financial accountability in district local government.
Methodology
The researcher used a questionnaire to collect data from the field and used the SPSS data analysis package version 2022, Pearson correlation to determine the relationship between the variables under investigation.
Results:
The findings revealed a strong relationship between control activities and financial accountability with dimensions such as expenditures and disbursements requests backed by appropriate supporting documents, approval of expenditures, and cash releases by authorized persons, Bank reconciliations reviewed by an officer independent of those processing cash, and payments, clear separation of roles and responsibilities, Budget reviews, presence of a system that identifies and safeguards Institutional Assets more findings found a significant relationship between information and communication with generating relevant quality information to support the functioning of internal control if employs freely discuss internal control matters with those charged with governance and if organization reviews the received information from external parties and responds appropriately as the major constructs for promotion of financial accountability.
Conclusion:
There is a significant relationship between the internal control environment and financial accountability as reflected by the Pearson correlation; significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed.)
Recommendation:
Local governments must invest more effort in the accounting and financial management system, and management must continuously and effectively be committed to the accounting system which will enrich financial accountability
ANALYZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAINING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE OF KIKUUBE DISTRICT: A DESCRIPTIVE, CORRELATIONAL, AND A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY.
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The study aimed to analyze the relationship between training and local government performance in the Kikuube district.
Methodology:
A descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional survey was employed among Kikuube District staff employees, service commissioners, and political leaders at the district headquarters. Simple random sampling techniques and purposive samplings were used to select respondents to participate in this study. Simple random to give every employee an opportunity and a purposive sampling technique on selecting the only service commission staff in the district and the Chairperson Local council five- Kikuube district with in-depth information regarding the study variables, were used to obtain 120 participants in the study. The researcher administered questionnaires and interview guides to get the information.
Results:
Out of 120 participants, findings revealed that 75.5% (mean response of 2.0 with a standard deviation of 0.5) of the respondents agreed that training of staff motivates employees to produce quality work and services at Kikuube District Local government.
Conclusion:
There is a significant relationship between employee training and the performance of the Kikuube district local government.
Recommendation:
Kikuube district local government should pass a resolution for continuous training of employees about evolving demands in the work field for further motivation, innovativeness, and creativity to stimulate the performance of employees leading to improved local government performance
Interest Rates and Loan Repayment in Finance Trust Bank, Katwe Branch. A Cross-sectional Study.
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The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between interest rates and loan repayment by examining the relationship between Central bank rate and loan repayment, loan size and loan repayment, and bargaining power and loan repayment at Finance Trust Bank.
Methodology
The study was carried out at Finance trust bank- Katwe main branch, Rubaga division, Kampala district using data relating to three years from 2019 to 2021 since it was a period when the commercial bank had issues regarding loan defaults. The researcher used a descriptive correlational survey design and adopted a quantitative approach to collect, analyze and interpret data for this study.
The sample size of the study was 56 employees of the Finance trust bank-Katwe branch. The researcher used a simple random sampling technique to select staff that participated in this study and a purposive sampling technique was used to select managers who assisted in identifying other employees to participate in the study.
Results
The correlation between the Central bank rate and loan repayment was -0.120 with a Sig value of 0.117. This shows a negative weak relationship between the Central bank rate and loan repayment at Finance Trust Bank. The correlation between bargaining power and loan repayment was 0.246 with a significant value of 0.753. Therefore, there is a weak positive relationship between bargaining power and loan repayment.
Conclusions
Generally, bargaining power, central bank rate, and loan size have a relationship with loan repayment at Finance Trust Bank and thus influence the repayment of loans.
Recommendations
The commercial bank should reduce the interest rates charged on loans, give customers a chance to participate in the loan repayment schedule, and use credit scores to establish the repayment capacity of customers in order to avoid loan defaults.
Household size and Socio-Economic Development in Kibuku District, Uganda: A Cross-sectional study.
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The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of household size on socio-economic development in the Kibuku district by establishing the average size of households, determining the level of socio-economic development among households, and establishing the relationship between household size and socio-economic development in the Kibuku district.
Methodology:
A descriptive comparative, correlational, and cross-sectional survey design was employed for this study. A sample size of 308 households was selected using the Slovene formula.
Results:
Of the 300 respondents to the study, 180 were females and 120 were males. Also, 86 of the 300 selected households have 1-5 members. The findings also revealed that a big number of households in the Kibuku district depend on their parents, there were no improved medical care services, and limited to clean water in the district as surgeries and complicated health issues are carried out from the neighboring districts.
Conclusion:
The level of social economic development in the Kibuku district was still wanting and below the national average. There was also a significant relationship between household size and social economic status.
Recommendations
Based on the findings, there is a need to sensitize the population in the Kibuku district about the use of family planning to reduce the dependence burden on household heads. Also, there is a need to awaken the government to provide social infrastructures such as electricity and tarmacked roads to increase the level of employment opportunities and household incomes of the locals
A CASE STUDY SURVEY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE CONTENT COVERAGE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN PLE IN LIRA CITY.
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This study aims to determine the relationship between course content coverage and the academic performance of pupils in PLE in Lira City.
Methodology.
A case study survey design characterized by both qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The target population of the study comprised 63 participants of which 54 respondents were selected as respondents. Two sampling techniques were employed to select the respondents of the study and these were purposive sampling and simple random sampling. Data was collected from the selected respondents using a structured questionnaire and interview guides.
Results.
Teachers provided course outlines to pupils at the start of the course: The mean response for this statement was 2.2, indicating that the majority of pupils disagreed or were not sure about the provision of course outlines. This suggested that there may be a lack of clear direction and guidance for the students at the start of the course.
Findings showed variations in the respondents' perceptions regarding content coverage and academic performance. While some areas, such as the teaching of basic concepts in Mathematics and provision of key concepts received higher agreement scores, areas such as English language instructions and provision of course outlines received lower agreement scores. These findings suggest areas of improvement in terms of providing comprehensive content coverage to enhance academic performance.
Conclusion.
There was a strong positive correlation between course content and academic performance in PLE, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.871. This suggested that students who had a good understanding of the course content performed better in the PLE.
Recommendation.
Schools and educators should focus on providing comprehensive course content to enhance academic performance and should prioritize providing clear and detailed course outlines to help students understand the content and structure of their courses, which can improve their academic performance
MOBILE BANKING FUND TRANSFER AND PROFITABILITY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF THE CENTENARY BANK (MAIN BRANCH) KAMPALA. A CORRELATIONAL, CROSS-SECTIONAL CASE STUDY SURVEY DESIGN.
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This study aims to document the relationship between mobile bank fund transfers and the profitability of Centenary Bank's main branch in Kampala, Uganda. Mobile banking refers to the act of enabling bank customers to access its services using mobile applications like phones and tablets. Mobile fund transfer refers to the transfer of funds using mobile phones. Fund transfer involves the movement of monetary funds, from one account to another. Services include performing balance checks, account transactions, payments, and other banking transactions through a mobile device such as a mobile phone which is most used in developing countries like Uganda. Centenary Bank is one of the leading commercial banks in Uganda. Therefore, this study seeks to assess the relationship between mobile bank fund transfers and the profitability of Centenary Bank's main branch in Kampala, Uganda
Methodology.
The study adopted a correlational, cross-sectional case study survey design. The study was correlational since it established the relationship between the study variables. It was cross-sectional since it collected data at an appointment in time for a short period and the study had no follow-up on the findings.
Results.
Based on the findings, there were significant positive correlations between profitability and mobile fund transfers (0.473). This means that as mobile fund transfers increase, the profitability of Centenary Bank tends to increase as well. Further, findings showed that 42.3% of the variation in profitability was explained by mobile bank fund transfers.
Conclusion.
Mobile banking activities, including fund transfers, have a positive impact on the profitability of Centenary Bank in Uganda.
Recommendation.
Centenary Bank should focus on promoting and enhancing its mobile banking transfer services to attract more customers and increase profitability.
Centenary Bank should invest in robust security measures to protect customer accounts and data, ensuring the trust and confidence of their customers
A CROSS-SECTIONAL CASE STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REGULAR FEEDBACK AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT EXCEL TRAINING INSTITUTE, NIMULE, SOUTH SUDAN.
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The study aimed to determine the relationship between regular feedback and employee performance at Excel Training Institute Nimule South Sudan.
Methodology.
A cross-sectional case study research design was employed among the staff of Excel Training Institute. The study was conducted in Excel Training Institute Limited located in Nimule, Magwi sub-county at the border of Uganda and South Sudan. Simple random to give every employee an opportunity and a purposive sampling technique for respondents with in-depth information regarding the study variables were used to obtain 81 participants in the study. The researcher administered questionnaires and interview guides to get the information.
Results.
Out of the 81 participants, findings showed there was a fair positive significant correlation (r=0.569, sig=0.000) between feedback and employee performance at Excel Training Institute- South Sudan.
Conclusion.
The organization schedules regular one-on-one meetings with employees to discuss their performance, provide constructive feedback, and offer guidance on improving and implementing a system where employees receive feedback from their managers, peers, and subordinates.
Recommendation.
The organization should embrace regular constructive feedback, criticism, regular performance evaluations, and one-on-one meetings between management and staff.
PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN LIRA WEST DIVISION, LIRA CITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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The study examined the relationship between parents’ involvement and pupils’ academic performance in Lira City.
Methodology
A cross-sectional design was used and both the qualitative and quantitative techniques of collecting and analyzing data were exploited. Qualitative techniques were applied to the data collected using documentary review while quantitative techniques were applied to data collected using questionnaires. The study had a target population of 332 participants from which 178 respondents were selected using Kreijcie & Morgan's (1970) table of determining sample size.
Results
The correlation between parents volunteering and the academic performance of pupils in the Lira West division was 0.321 with a sig value of 0.071. This indicated an insignificant relationship between parents volunteering and the academic performance of pupils in Lira City.
The correlation between home environment and academic performance of pupils in primary schools was 0.563 with a sig value of 0.001. This indicated a significant positive relationship between the home environment and the academic performance of pupils in the Lira West division, Lira City. Therefore, the home environment for primary pupils influences their academic performance in Lira City.
The correlation between parents’ care and the academic performance of pupils in primary schools was 0.741 with a sig value of 0.000. This indicated a significant positive relationship between parents’ care and the academic performance of pupils in the Lira West division, Lira district.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, parents’ care by providing fees and scholastic materials to primary pupils influences their academic performance Lira West division.
Recommendation:
There should be sensitization of parents on their role in the academic performance of their children in primary schools within the Lira West division, Lira City
