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The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ... -
Elections and domestic peace in Africa: assessing peace opportunities in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)Substantial narratives have in recent years been woven around the role of electoral democracy, widely welcoming it as a symbol of Africa’s advancement towards nonviolent power transfer and political stability. Yet, such ... -
Democratisation Processes Amidst Cultural Diversity in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)Uganda attained independence on the 9th of October 1962 with a diverse cultural spectrum. Yet current analyses hardly interrogate the role of culture in the country’s democratisation processes. The purpose of this chapter ... -
Engaging men in gender transformative work in institutions of higher learning: A case of the men’s hub at Makerere University
(Frontiers in Sociology, 2023-02)It was noted that globally, sexual harassment (SH), abuse, and exploitation in higher education institutions (HEIs) remain a problem. In Uganda, it regularly made headlines in the media. Yet, it was only after high-profile ... -
Credit management and financial performance of solar energy companies in south-western Uganda
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2016-12)Credit management is one of the most important activities in any company and cannot be overlooked by any economic enterprise engaged in credit irrespective of its business nature. Sound credit management is a prerequisite ... -
Training programmes and employee performance in the public sector in Uganda: a case of the directorate of citizenship and immigration control
(Journal of Harmonized Research (JOHR), 2016-03)This study examined the effect of staff training programs on employee performance in the public sector in Uganda taking a case study of the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC). While the DCIC engaged ... -
Organisational culture and employee commitment in public organisations: a case of Uganda human rights commission
(Journal of Harmonized Research (JOHR), 2016-03)This paper is an extract from a bitter study that sought to examine the influence of organizational culture on employee commitment in Uganda Human Rights Commission. The study specifically explored the effect of team ... -
Fatty acid composition of oils from green coffee beans from different agro-ecological zones of Uganda
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2018-11)Coffee is an important agricultural commodity and beverage widely consumed throughout the world. Two-thirds of Ugandans depend on coffee as an important source of income. The quality of coffee determines the relative ... -
Status of support supervision and performance of primary school teachers in Uganda: a qualitative perspective
(International Journal of Education and Social Science Research, 2021-06)Support supervision is critical in the performance of primary school teachers and learners. For primary school teachers to effectively fulfill their tasks, they need professional development-oriented support supervision. ... -
Leadership development schemes for middle-level academics in merged universities: the case of Kyambogo University
(Journal of Higher Education in Africa / Revue de l'enseignement supérieur, 2019)Does the current generation of middle-level academics in most African universities, for example deans and heads of departments, adequately possess the leadership competence required to handle prevailing and future ... -
Graduate Students’ Perceptions Regarding Blended Instruction Implementation at Kyambogo University, Uganda: Implications for University Management
(Journal of the National Council for Higher Education, 2021-08)Background: Undeniably, universities across the globe, particularly in African countries like Uganda, more than ever before are faced with acute challenges, e.g. coping with the ever increasing number of people that ... -
Integration of strategic human resource management for efficiency in Uganda public universities
(West East Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)The paper explores the status quo of strategic human resource management and its perceived role to alleviate inefficient management in Uganda public universities. A close-ended questionnaire was administered to top ... -
Service delivery and students' satisfaction in higher education institutions: perspectives of undergraduate students in Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-11)This study examined the impact of service delivery on student's satisfaction in two public and two private universities in Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were; to determine the critical factors in service ... -
Satisfaction with human resource management practices and job performance of academic staff in public universities in Uganda: a case of Kyambogo University
(Journal of the National Council for Higher Education, 2022-12)The quality of job performance of employees, regardless of context, cannot be any better than the quality of Human Resource Management Practices (HRMPs) at the place of work. This cross-sectional survey study provides ... -
Mapping the susceptibility of persons with disabilities to landslides in a highland landscape of Bushika Sub County, Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda
(Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 2022-01)Terrain parameters such as slope aspect, angle, curvature, stream power and altitude have been noted to spur landslide occurrence as well as, acting as a hindrance to evacuation efforts. Yet, persons with disabilities ... -
Policy support and research productivity among lecturers in Ugandan public universities: case of Kyambogo University
(Journal of the National Council for Higher Education, 2022-12)In today’s competitive global higher education market, research productivity has become a dominant criterion for determining the university’s effectiveness. Besides, high-quality research benefits individual academics, ... -
Horizontal cooperative purchasing in police and prisons• the case of Uganda police force and Uganda prisons service
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2015-12)This research report aimed at examining the extent or horizontal cooperative purchasing performance in the procuring and disposing entities in the forces in Uganda with specific reference to Uganda Police Force and Uganda ... -
A mathematical model for harvesting in a stage-structured cannibalistic system
(SpringerLink, 2022)To increase the production of proteins in East Africa, aquaculture gained increased attention recently. In this paper, we study the interactions of a consumer-resource system with harvesting, in which African Catfish ... -
Facile synthesis and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with hydroxyapatite from cattle horns for adsorptive removal of fluoride
(Heliyon Open access, 2023-03-08)Developing a new adsorbent for fluoride removal from cattle horn waste materials by a facile chemical method has shown great potential for fluoride removal. This paper reports the synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes ... -
Performance management and teacher usage of instructional materials in universal secondary education schools in Mukono district, Uganda
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2015-12)The study examined the influence of performance management on the teacher usage of instructional materials in Universal Secondary Schools in Mukono district. The study was concerned with, establishing the extent to which ...