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Music as a Strategy of Youth Resilience in Dadaab Refugee Camp Kenya
(IISTE, 2014)The Dadaab Refugee Camp is located in Garissa County in North Eastern Kenya. It comprises five separate camps for refugees, most of whom are Somali, although it is also home to other refugees mostly from the horn of African, ... -
Globalization and Conflict in Central Kenya: The Case of Nyeri County, 1980-2010
(IISTE, 2014)While conflicts are common in Africa, contextualizing them against the backdrop of globalization calls for new research. This paper focuses on the source of conflict in a rapidly urbanizing rural region in Kenya. ... -
Leadership practices and their contribution in influencing employee creativity and innovation in public institutions: A case of public procurement oversight authority
(2014-07-25)The purpose of this study is to assess leadership practices in public institutions and their contribution in promoting employee creativity and innovation. The specific objectives are to assess whether transformational ... -
Generic strategies employed by food and beverage firms in Kenya and their effects on sustainable competitive advantage
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org), 2015-02-02)The focus of this study was on competitive strategies that firms adopt in the Kenya beverage industry in order to create above average performance. The fundamental basis of above industry performance is sustainable ... -
The Signature of effective leadership
(2015-02-25)The purpose of this paper is to provoke scholars and practioners in the area of leadership to re-think about the whole concept of ‘effective leadership’. A literature gap exists in the explanation of what constitutes ... -
Accountability practice in Kenya’s public service lessons to guide service improvement author's bio data
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.ea-journals.org), 2015-02-25)Although accountability is widely believed to be a good thing, the concept is highly abstract and it is often used in a very general way. Accountability is one of those words more often used than understood. A typical ... -
Hydropolitics of the Nile: The case of Ethiopia and Egypt
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This article analyses the political relationship between Ethiopia and Egypt. It aims to provide an analytical framework to unpack this complex relationship and assess the impacts that the Nile River has on the nature ... -
Rethinking ethical leadership in Kenya: adopting a new paradigm
(2017)The purpose of this paper is to encourage students and scholars in the field of ethics to re-think and develop new approaches concerning the actual practice of ethical leadership. While many authors have written on the ... -
Managing knowledge to improve organizational performance
(2018)Knowledge, both explicit and tacit, is critical for any organisation to thrive and achieve its goals and objectives. Organisations should aim to strategically employ knowledge to enhance their performance. This study looked ... -
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(AJPO, 2018)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of structural change management on employee performance in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PARLSCOM) and it was undertaken through descriptive research ... -
Leadership Change Management and Employee Performance in the Parliamentary Service Commission of Kenya
(American Journal of Leadership and Governance, 2018)Purpose: Leadership determines whether an organization, a nation or a group will achieve its goals and also satisfy the followers’ needs. This study focused on leadership change management and its influence on employee ... -
Organizational change management and employee performance in public sector organizations in Kenya: the case of parliamentary service commission
(2018-06)The study investigated the effect organizational change management on employee performance Public Sector Organizations in Kenya; Case of Parliamentary Service Commission (PARLSCOM). A descriptive research design was ... -
Determinants of gender inequality in public service delivery in the county government of Nyeri, Kenya
(International Academic Journals, 2018-07)Gender inequality has been a contemporary issue globally. Its effect on women contribution to national development agenda has been an area of concern for public service delivery in most countries. The delivery, resourcing ... -
Effects of E-Tendering on Organization Performance in Public Sector: a case of Nairobi City County Government
(strategic Journals, 2018-07)The adoption of information and communication technologies in the public tendering process has seen a great rise owing to its related benefits such as cost and time reduction, increased efficiency and effectiveness, ... -
Compliance of Budgeting Practices to Budgeting Norms by Government Entities in Kenya: A Case of the Legislature
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)The enactment of Constitution of Kenya in 2010 resulted to far reaching changes on the management of public resources in Kenya. One of the key departures from the past is the enhanced role of the Legislature in public ... -
Effect of Devolution on the Performance of Human Resource Function in Health Sector in Kenya: The Case of Garissa County
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)The declaration of a new constitution of Kenya on 31st August 2010 successfully made two levels of government; the national and county governments. Establishment of health services is one of the tasks that were devolved ... -
The Effect of Devolution of Agricultural Sector on the Citizens’ Livelihoods in Wajir County
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)Devolution of government functions is one of the key moves introduced by the government, to enhance its service delivery and promote self-governance at County level. At a glance, devolution has come with both benefits and ... -
Effects of Devolution on Maternal Health Care: The Case of Level Four Hospitals in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)Maternal healthcare is an integral part of the Millennium development goals. However, most developing countries have been experimenting with different types of interventions to increase access and utilization of maternal ... -
Cash Transfer and the Economic Well-Being of Persons with Severe Disability in Wajir County, Kenya
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)Social interventions such as cash transfers provide the much needed support to vulnerable people. People living with disabilities continue to remain economically deprived, experiencing high levels of poverty. In Wajir ... -
Influence of Devolution Monitoring and Evaluation on Service Delivery in Garissa County Government
(IJCAB Publishing Group, 2019)Service delivery in the county government, just as is in the national government, has been termed as not satisfactory. Some of the ways seconded to improve the situation is introduction of monitoring and evaluation. ...
