Staff Publications: Recent submissions
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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
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Role of learning and development in promoting discretionary work behaviourin the Kenyan Public Service
(GreenField Advanced Research Publishing House, 2015)The concept ‘discretionary work behavior’ has been defined as behavior that attempts to benefit the organization and that goes beyond existing role expectations.The concept has its origin both from behavioral sciences as ... -
Deriving Penalized Splines For Estimation Of Time Varying Effects In Survival Data
(International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2014)The major interests of survival analysis are either to compare the failure time distribution function or to assess the effects of covariate on survival via appropriate hazards regression models. Cox’s proportional hazards ... -
Strategic decision making: process, models, and theories
(Business Management and Strategy, 2014)The theories and models underpinning strategic decision-making (SDM) are somewhat eclectic that demand multidisciplinary approach and appears non-differential from decision-making (DM) theories. This paper is a first attempt ... -
CLASSIFICATION RATES: NON-PARAMETRIC VERSES PARAMETRIC MODELS USING BINARY DATA
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2014)Estimations of the conditional mean and the marginal effects for particular small changes in the covariates have been of interest in financial, economics and even educational sectors. The standard approach has been to ... -
On Estimation of Panel Data Regression Model in the Presence of Endogeneity and Heterogeneity
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Effects of waste reduction strategy on firm performance: A survey of publishing firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom, 2015)This study focuses on the effect of waste reduction strategy on the performance of publishing firms in Kenya. Kenya is a regional publishing powerhouse (newspaper publications selling) in East and Central Africa. The ... -
Role of Feedback Mechanism as a Public Participation Pillar in Enhancing Performance of Devolved Governance Systems in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Development & Policy Studies, 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 ... -
Comparison of some Panel Data Regression Model Estimators using Simulated Data
(JKUAT, 2016)This paper presents estimation of panel data regression models with individual effects. We discuss estimation techniques for both fixed and random effects panel data regression models. We derive two-stage least squares and ... -
A Design Unbiased Variance Estimator of the Systematic Sample Means
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Modeling e-learning implementation level for Primary Schools in Nairobi County through Stratified Random Sampling
(2014)Recent policy initiatives on education have focused on improving access to education and retaining pupils in schools through equity and enhancing quality education. However, the Government of Kenya has not unveiled detailed ... -
Glycemic Indices of Cassava and Sweet Potatoes Consumed in Western Kenya
(Food Science and Quality Management, 2017)Glycemic index (GI) is used to classify carbohydrate-rich foods especially those containing at least 15% carbohydrates on the basis of their ability to raise blood sugar. Interest on the GI of carbohydrate-rich foods ... -
Dietary practices and disease management practices in diabetes' patients with good and poor glycemic control at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(Universitiet Ghent, 2015)Background: Compliance to appropriate dietary recommendation and observation of appropriate disease management practices is a well-known integral part in the care and management of Type-2-diabetes. Dietary and lifestyle ... -
Investigating removal of pesticides from water by nanofiltration membrane technology.
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2010)Agricultural activities form the backborne of Kenya´s economy. Inorder to control crop losses, pesticides are used and in the recent past, more of the pesticides have been used to increase production. However, the effect ...