Meru University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Role of Conflict Management as an Essential Element of Public Participation in Enhancing Performance of Devolved Governance Systems in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Social Sciences & Humanities Research, 2017)Public participation is the process through which citizens influence and share control over priority setting, policy-making, resource allocations and access to public goods and services. The study examined the role of ... -
Bayesian Estimation of Survivor Function for Censored Data Using Lognormal Mixture Distributions
(IOSR Journal of Mathematics, 2017)We use Bayesian methods to fit a lognormal mixture model with two components to right censored survival data to estimate the survivor function. This is done using a simulation-based Bayesian framework employing a prior ... -
Does Career Progression Nudge Labour Mobility Intentions of Teaching Personnel in Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Tertiary Institutions in Kenya?
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017)This study sought to identify whether career progression has an effect on labor mobility intentions of teaching personnel in Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Tertiary Institutions in Kenya. The limitation was that one ... -
An Evaluation of the Effect of Job Design on Labour Mobility Intentions of Teaching Personnel in Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Tertiary Institutions in Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, 2017)This study sought to evaluate the effect of job design on labor mobility intentions of teaching personnel in Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Tertiary Institutions in Kenya. The limitation was that one factor was researched ... -
Effect of Technology Orientation on Performance of Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Agro-Food Processing Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
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Influence of Product Innovation Orientation on Performance of Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Agro-Food Processing Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
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Longitudinal Survey, Nonmonotone, Nonresponse, Imputation, Nonparametric Regression
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016)The study focuses on the imputation for the longitudinal survey data which often has nonignorable nonrespondents. Local linear regression is used to impute the missing values and then the estimation of the time-dependent ... -
Effect of Hiring Practices on Workplace Diversity in Public Universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)Globalization and internationalization are demanding that managers adapt new hiring policies and procedures to stay competitive. The traditional roles and responsibilities of managers need to change especially hiring ... -
Effect of Training and Development on Workplace Diversity in Public Universities in Kenya
(Doctoral dissertation, JKUAT, 2016)The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of training and development on workplace diversity in public universities in Kenya from the perspective of the senior administrators or managers of the administrative ... -
Role of Social Networks in University Based Business Incubators in Promoting Entrepreneurship Growth in Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2016)Entrepreneurs are widely recognized as the prime movers of economic development; the people who translate ideas into action. The government of Kenya has initiated numerous programs and policies to support entrepreneurship ... -
Relationships Between Individual Level Polychronicity and Employee Performance among Service State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)Due to increased competition and globalisation recently there has been a lot of emphasis on the link between temporal time management and employee performance. The performance of State Corporations in Kenya has not been ... -
Influence of job redesign on Employee Commitment among survivors of restructuring in State Corporations in Kenya
(International journal of social sciences and Education, 2016)The study sought to establish the influence of board functions on the performance of Kenyan county governments. A descriptive cross sectional survey design was adopted. The target population comprised of the 44 county ... -
Knowledge of Industrial Relations and Its Influence on Labour Relations Equilibrium in Public Education Sector in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of knowledge of industrial relations on labour relations equilibrium in public education sector in Kenya with a view to instil labour relations harmony to enhance ... -
INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS GOALS ON EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT IN STATE ENTERPRISES IN KENYA
(Global Journal of Human Resource Management, 2015)Business goals are important in any organization as they define the strategic direction for the organization; Succession Planning must be aligned to the business goals, if organizational effectiveness to attain those ... -
Skills and Competency Gaps Analysis of Motor Mechanics in the Informal Sector: A Case Study for Meru Township in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2018)Motor vehicle mechanics in the informal sector (Jua Kali) have skills and competencies acquired through formal and informal training. However, the skills and levels of competencies of most mechanics can not be ascertained; ... -
Investigating the Asymptotic Properties of Some Estimators for Panel Data Regression Model with Individual Effects
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Application of HFMEA on risk assessment of radiology processes in public hospitals: a case study of Nyeri County Referral Hospital
(IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering (IOSR-JECE), 2018)Use of radiology medical devices in hospitals pose a risk to the patients and medical practitioners. The device risks may be as a result of technical, operational, logistical or maintenance reasons. It for this reason, ... -
Short-Term Loans Performance and Financial Sustainability of Micro-Finance Institutions in Imenti North Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal Of Advanced Research in Engineering & Management (IJAREM), 2016)The study aimed at assessing the influence of short-term loans performance on financial sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Imenti North Sub-county, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive r e s e a r c h design. ... -
Green procurement and the socioeconomic development of small and medium enterprises in Nigeria
(International Journal of Human Resource & Procurement (IJHRP), 2015)