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Knowledge Management As A Tool For Employee Retention In Saccos
(2018-03)The environment in which organizations operate has clearly changed from predictability to uncertainty. Organizations want more from the best workers than their presence and their retention. In the co-operative sector, ... -
LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION
(2017)The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of laissez-faire leadership style on organizational commitment as moderated by employee participation in technical institutions in Kenya. The study population was all ... -
Land degradation in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa.
(2016)Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands. In Kenya, ... -
Land-Use Change and Livestock Production Challenges in an Integrated System: The Masai-Mara Ecosystem, Kenya
(2009)Participatory rural appraisal techniques and a survey of 100 households were used to evaluate livestock production, and pastoral development of the Maasai in Mara. It was observed that patterns of land-use have principally ... -
Leadership and Strategic Plans Implementation: Comparative Study between Amica and Mentor Saccos in Murang’a Town
(2020-07)Strategic planning is one of the functions of top management concerned with choices, deeds, and findings which result in the identification, analyzing, generation, and implementation of long-term roadmaps or blueprints ... -
Level of Education, Leadership Style and Employee Engagement
(IISTE, 2021-01-31)This study sought to establish the relationship between the level of education, leadership style and teacher engagement in public secondary schools of Murang’a County, Kenya. A survey research design was used. A sample of ... -
Levels and causes of household food and nutrition insecurity in dryland Kenya
(2002)Ensuring food and nutrition security in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa is a critical challenge. Often, information on the level of insecurity is either scanty or unavailable. This paper looks at food and nutrition ... -
The link between seasonal climatic variability and poverty: A case study of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Baringo District, Kenya
(2010)Poverty remains rampant in the dry districts of Kenya so that it has now become an important item on Kenya’s development agenda. The dry districts of Kenya receive low amounts of rainfall, which is also erratic. These ... -
Linking Entrepreneurial Innovations from Kenyan Universities to Kenyan Market Through Private Venture Capital Financing
(2014-11)Innovation is the process of Entrepreneurship. Companies cannot grow through cost reduction and re-engineering alone. Innovation is the key element in providing aggressive top-line growth and for increasing bottom line ... -
Live hood Strategies in North-Western Kenya: A Study of Turkana People’s Customary Response to Famine
(2016)This paper analyses the livelihood strategies of Turkana people of North-Western Kenya from the context of cultural modes of existence developed to weather the effects of food crises. The paper makes a thorough assessment ... -
Live hood Strategies in North-Western Kenya: A Study of Turkana People’s Customary Response to Famine
(2015)This paper analyses the livelihood strategies of Turkana people of North-Western Kenya from the context of cultural modes of existence developed to weather the effects of food crises. The paper makes a thorough assessment ... -
Livelihoods Fieldwork. A practical guide on data collection methods in pastoral regions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2016)This paper presents a practical guide on relevant methods to be applied when carrying out research on pastoral livelihoods. It is apparent in the discussions that no single method could provide a holistic approach in ... -
Livestock as Capital and a Tao I for Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Management of Food Insecurity in Semi-traditional agro-pastoral societies:an example from South East Kenya
(1999)Discussions of the roles of livestock in many societies is not something new. They have been done in anthropological, sociological and, to some extent, economic literature. However, most of these discussions are normally ... -
Moderating effect of economic growth on financial performance of merged institutions
(Cari Journals, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the moderating effect of economic growth on financial performance of merged institutions Methodology: The study adopted a mixed methodology research design. The study ... -
Moderating Effect of Technology Innovation on the Human Resource Management Practices And Firm Performance: A Study of Manufacturing firms in Kenya
(2014)Manufacturing in Kenya account for the greatest share of industrial production output characterized by relatively low value addition of 7.5% in 2010 to 2.3% in 2011 and a paltry 25% export volumes with 7% share regional ... -
The moderating effect of the political commitment on the relationship between strategic management approach and performance of county governments in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) Volume 23, Issue 3. Ser. II (March 2021), PP 01-06, 2021)This study was to appraise the effect of political commitment on performance of county governments in Kenya. Questionnaire was the data collection instrument used to collect primary data from seven counties identified by ... -
Monetary Resources Utilization and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Projects in Kenya
(2016)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. Despite ... -
Monetary Resources Utilization and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Projects in Kenya: a Case of Kiharu Constituency Murang’a County
(2017)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. Despite ... -
The nature and extent of adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies in Murang’a County, Kenya: A case of Kiharu Constituency
(Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 2023-09)Climate-smart farming, regenerative farming techniques and carbon farming are gaining popularity worldwide due to their potential to improve food and nutrition security. Kenya’s agriculture is largely rain-fed and characterized ...