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EFFECTS OF SUCCESSION PLANNING ON ORGANISATION PERFORMANCE AMONG NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS’ IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2015-09)Succession planning is a critical tool for guaranteeing organisational growth and continuity. Employees in an organisation always choose to move on to other career opportunities, retire or leave for many other reasons. ... -
EFFICACY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MACHAKOS AND EMBU COUNTIES, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2019-11)Monitoring and Evaluation, (M&E) frameworks allow for project activities to be measured and analyzed. There is a gap in the design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks to generate information during the process of ... -
EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS MODELS IN INFLUENCING SHAREHOLDER WEALTH OF LISTED NON FINANCIAL FIRMS IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2020-11)The market share price is considered by investors to be an observable and real measure of shareholder wealth, despite possibility of mistakes by financial markets in assessment of shareholder wealth. Investing public and ... -
AN EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSUASION AND CHOICE OF DAILY NEWSPAPER BY READERS IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2016-10)An average consumer is exposed to a range of persuasion marketer generated communications seeking to get his/her attention and elicit some desired response. This communications may make decision making less demanding ... -
EXAMINATION OF SELECTED MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE KENYAN CIVIL SERVICE
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2017-09)Employee motivation plays a critical role in the overall performance and growth of organizations. It is considered to be a booster not only for employees‟ growth and development but also organizations‟ performance. As such, ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NAIROBI COUNTY (KENYA)
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2014-10)Many SMEs in the clothing industry in Kenya have faced severe competition, so they have adopted ICT to increase their productivities, as most of them indicated. This study investigated the factors influencing ICT adoption ... -
FINANCIAL INCLUSION DETERMINANTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON UTILISATION OF FORMAL FINANCIAL SERVICES BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2020-09)Kenya’s financial services sector has witnessed significant technological revolution in the past decade resulting to new financial products. Whereas 80 percent of Kenyan adults owned a formal bank account as at 2019, the ... -
FINANCIAL SERVICE ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGIES FOR FARMERS‘ ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN KENYA: A SURVEY OF SMALL-SCALE TEA FARMERS IN KISII COUNTY
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2019-10)Economic empowerment is an important goal for any Government. Agriculture is the main source of food as well as income of Kenya‘s economy. Various interventions and policies for ease of access to financial service have ... -
HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2013-10)Examination results from Bungoma County have shown poor Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) performance in the period of 2002-2012. There is however, need ... -
HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY EVALUATION AND CONTROL, INFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
(kabarak university, 2022-11)Along with the debate on universities as specific organisations is the drive for adoption of marketlike practices among which the strategy process is prominent. The primacy of the human factor in higher education ... -
IMPUTATION OF MISSING VALUES FOR BILINEAR TIME SERIES MODELS
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2016-10)Missing observations is a common occurrence in data collection. To solve this problem, researchers have developed missing value imputation techniques for some linear and nonlinear time series models with normal and stable ... -
INFLUENCE OF ADVERTISING THROUGH MEDIA ON CONSUMERS’ ATTITUDE: A COMPARISON OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE CHANNELS USED BY SELECTED COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2020-10)The media landscape in Kenya has changed over time with more internet-enabled channels, giving marketers a wide range of communication mediums to advertise through. This has made institutions to push their advertising ... -
INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION ON PERFORMANCE OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES IN KERICHO COUNTY, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2021-11)Financing has been identified as a key element for micro and small enterprises to thrive in their drive to build productive capacity, to compete, create jobs and to contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries. ... -
INFLUENCE OF MARKETING MIX STRATEGIES ON SALES PERFORMANCE OF BIXA ORELLANA AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN KWALE COUNTY, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2021-06)Bixa Orellana, a natural food-colour, is in high demand in both local and international markets due to its health benefits. The sales performance of the crop remains relatively low in Kenya despite its potential contribution ... -
INFLUENCE OF SELECTED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON JOB SATISFACTION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BARINGO COUNTY, KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2020-11)Employee job satisfaction is a critical aspect in organizations because it affects work-related behaviours such as productivity, efficiency, absenteeism and turnover. However, in Baringo County, there has been a notable ... -
INFLUENCE OF WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON TRANSFER OF LEARNED SKILLS IN STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2020-11)The success of any training programme can be gauged by the extent to which learned skills are transferred back to the workplace and utilized by employees. This study sought to assess the influence of workplace environment ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING GLOBAL EXPANSION OF KENYAN FIRMS
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2015-03)The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors influencing global expansion performance of Kenyan firms. Kenyan firms must ultimately possess the capability to innovate and interact effectively with other firms ... -
MEDIATING EFFECT OF FINANCIAL INNOVATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2021-11)The purpose of the study was to investigate the mediating effect of financial innovation on the relationship between organizational capital and financial performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya. Purposely the study ... -
MODERATING EFFECT OF BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(Kabarak University, 2023-11)Employee performance has been of great focus to organizations which strive to improve their performance in the competitive business world. Poor employee performance hinders Organisation’s goals attainment. The purpose of ... -
MODERATING EFFECT OF FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MACROECONOMIC FACTORS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA
(Kabarak University, 2023-11)Performance of commercial banks in Kenya have been declining since 2010 which was largely attributed to macro-economic factors, fiscal policies introduced by central bank of Kenya and market activities such as issuance of ...