School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Village Elites and Community Development in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014-06-30)Current statistics show that urban growth rates are relatively higher in the Small and Intermediate urban centres in Kenya. This study sought to analyze the impacts of urbanization driven land use changes within the Mara ... -
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(iiste, 2015)Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ... -
Factors contributing to antimalarial drug resistance in Rachuonyo district, Kenya.
(2010-03-01)Drug resistance has been identified as one of the factors that lead to severe malaria and high mortality as observed in malaria endemic areas. The main objective of this study was to establish the factors that contribute ... -
Personality as a Predictor of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour: A Study Conducted Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science publishing group, 2016-11-23)Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with personality has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship ... -
Extraversion and Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-11-24)Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with extraversion has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The study aimed at establishing relationship between ... -
The influence of leadership styles on the implementation of the strategic plans in Non-Governmental Organisations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science publishing group, 2018)Despite the evidence of the existence of strategic plans in nongovernmental organizations in Kenya, the greatest impediment to successful use of these strategies in development has been failure by organizations to implement ... -
Psychoticism as a Correlate of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behavior Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-County Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2018-03-27)Risky sexual Behavior is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with Psychoticism has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The study aimed at establishing correlation between ... -
Phonétique et didactique du FLE : Cas de confusion des sons chez les apprenants de FLE kenyans
(IFRA, Nairobi, 2014)Cet article a pour objet le rôle joué par la phonétique en classe de français langue étrangère (FLE). Il est unanimement connu et reconnu que les apprenants qui s’adonnent à l’apprentissage d’une langue vivante étrangère ... -
Image de l'Afrique à travers les dessins d'actualité dans Jeune Afrique (2000-2010): approche sémio-rhétorique
(2015-12-17)Le dessin d’actualité est un dessin qui appartient au genre journalistique fonctionnant comme un éditorial visuel. Cependant, en tant qu’objet sémiotique, il n’a presque jamais reçu l’attention analytique qu’il mérite. ... -
BIRTH ORDER AND CONDUCT DISORDER OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NAKURU MUNICIPALITY, NAKURU COUNTY-KENYA
(2016)The aim of the study was to establish the relationship of birth order and conduct disorders among secondary school students in Nakuru county, Nakuru municipality, Kenya. This study was conducted for both male and female ... -
Psychological Capital and Career Outcomes among Final Year University Students: the Mediating Role of Career Engagement and Perceived Employability
(Springer, 2020-05)Increasingly, graduates are taking much more time in the transition from school to work. Recent research suggests that the ability to adjust quickly plays a key role in the transition process. This is even more important ... -
STUDENT FACTORS RELATED TO MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF MASABA SOUTH SUB COUNTY, KENYA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
(2010)Performance in mathematics in Masaba Sub-County, Kenya has been poor for many years. In 2010 the mean score was 3.2282, while in 2011 it had a mean score of 3.9528 and in 2012 it had a mean of 4.0660 which is far below ... -
Organizational cultural factors hindering women ascending to top management positions in public universities in Kenya: a case of Moi University
(IISTE, 2011)It is observed that the major setback to economic development in Kenya is stagnation in industrial development. To overcome these, Kenya plans to be a middle level income nation by the year 2030. These plans are to ... -
Factors Contributing to Dismal Performance in Mathematics among Secondary School Girls in Nyamira County, Kenya
(2014)A good mathematics education is salient to scientific and technological development. The Kenya National Examinations Council evaluates the performance of students through the examinations it offers. Evaluation of the ... -
Correlates between levels of education in relation to marital satisfaction in KISII township of KISII county, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 2014-11-01)Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which ... -
Factors Affecting the Utilisation of Time as a Selected Teaching/Learning Resource in Public Day Secondary Schools in Nyacheki Division, Kisii County, Kenya
(Pacharapa Naka, 2016)The Kenyan government provides financial and technical help for the provision of teaching learning resources in secondary schools Despite the government’s effort to allocate resources to secondary schools, there is still ... -
Predicting self-employment intentions and entry in Germany and East Africa: an investigation of the impact of mentoring, entrepreneurial attitudes, and psychological capital
(Routledge, 2019-10-03)Self-employment is a feasible and in some contexts the most available form of employment especially for new entrants into the labor market. Understanding student’s willingness to go into self-employment and the factors ... -
Impact of personal cultural orientations and cultural intelligence on subjective success in self-employment in multi-ethnic societies
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019-12-01)The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of personal cultural orientation and behavioral aspect of cultural intelligence on subjective success in self-employment in a multi-ethnic context. Based on Sharma (J Acad ... -
Factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2004)This study focused on the factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya. The study was carried out on two sites: Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa District in North Eastern Province, and the former Thika ...
