School of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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An analysis of effect of unethical practices on supply chain Performance among county governments in Kenya, a case of County Government of Kisumu
(Maseno University, 2023)All government agencies have fallen victim to procurement irregularities at some point. The Auditor General's report for Kisumu County for the fiscal years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 details improper contract awards, payments ... -
An analysis of the effect of supplier relationship management Practices on procurement performance among counties in Kenya. A case of Kakamega county government
(Maseno University, 2023)Signs of poorly managed supplier relationships include late delivery, subpar goods, duplicated raw materials, and repeated legal threats from suppliers owing to unpaid invoices. The firm risks losing both its most valuable ... -
Effect of supplier evaluation on procurement performance of Public hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Supplier Evaluation is key to the overall service delivery in an organization more so in the service industries where quality and timely service delivery is considered critical. Many of the procurement functions in the ... -
Effects of organizational characteristics on employee turnover among star-rated hotels in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Employee turnover continues to be a challenge in the hospitality industry, with many hotels incurring significant investment costs in personnel recruitment and training only to lose them through exits. Nonetheless, employee ... -
Relationship between product design, lean manufacturing and operational performance of Sugar firms in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)The Sugar Firms in Kenya contribute approximately 26% directly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and an additional 25% indirectly through agro-based and associated industries linkages. However, they have experienced a ... -
Effect of business proximity to infrastructure on the relationship between informal hospitality services and socioeconomic well-being of women entrepreneurs in selected counties in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Despite hospitality services being considered an income diversification, the extent to which it improves women’s socioeconomic well-being is not explicit. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effect of hospitality ... -
Effects of airbnb rental proliferations on revpar of star-rated hotels in Nairobi County
(Maseno University, 2023)Airbnb is one of the disruptive technologies that have grown exponentially since its inception in 2008. It has raised concerns among hoteliers in the hospitality industry worldwide due to its perceived effect on hotel ... -
Application of UTAUT in assessing determinants of virtual kitchen adoption among licensed restaurants in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Restaurants play a significant role in the diversification of a country’s economy through employment creation and revenue generation and as such, various restaurants have come up in Kenya. Despite the increasing number of ... -
Managers’ application of user generated content in hospitality service experience enhancement among 3-5-star hotels in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Hospitality service experience (HSE) is a complex phenomenon involving customers' subjectivity making it challenging for managers to manage HSE effectively, yet it is a key concept in hospitality industry, just like services, ... -
Effect of strategic agility on organizational performance of Steel manufacturing firms in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Steel plays a crucial role in today's economy, serving as an indicator of a country's economic strength and reflecting investments in infrastructure. In Kenya, the steel industries accounts for approximately 13% of the ... -
Effect of information communication and technology adoption on employee performance. A case of employees of Kisumu county Government
(Maseno University, 2023)ICT has been defined as a broad-based technology (including its methods, management and application) that supports the creation, storage, manipulation and communication of information. In a landscape where organizations ... -
Effect of business level strategies on performance of solar industry in Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2023)Globalization has led to intense competition in various industries and the world at large thus there is need for well thought strategic management practices to keep organization afloat and up on their feet in the market. ... -
Effect of asset valuation approaches on financial performance of real estate investments in Western Kenya region
(Maseno University, 2023)The real estate sector accounted for 6.2% of U.S. gross domestic product in 2018. It's more than the $1.13 trillion in 2017 but still less than the 2006 peak of $1.19 trillion. At that time, real estate construction was a ... -
Relationship between workplace changes and employee morale in private Universities in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)According to Kariuki, N. & Makori, M., (2015), a survey was conducted in Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA) by the Human Resource Office in 2014 and revealed that up to 50% of Kenyan Private Universities’ work ... -
Effect of talent retention on organization efficiency of selected Sugar companies in Western circuit, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Globally, employee retention has taken a center stage in various organizations which value skilled labor, knowledgeable and experienced staffs so as to remain efficient. These organizations prioritize talent retention ... -
Influence of performance appraisal on employee motivation at county government of Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Public service employees’ motivation has emerged as a complex issue globally, locally and in Kenya. A systematic review of staffs’ motivation is revealed by factors such as financial rewards, career development, continuous ... -
Determinants of real effective exchange rate fluctuations in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Economic growth in any country is important as it has a significant role in the standards of living of the people. Exchange rates play an important role in economic growth especially through foreign trade. Exchange rates ... -
Influence of lending interest rates on the relationship between mortgage financing and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Financial performance of commercial banks has not been stable as evidenced in annual supervision report of 2011 to 2020, the period within which Return on Assets (ROA) rose to 6.2% in 2012 from 3% in 2011, and to lower ... -
The relationship between procurement legal framework implementation, innovation practices and supply chain performance of public entities in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Sound public procurement is essential for supply chain performance as well as for economic and political developments. Worldwide, there is an increase in growth of public entities from 9% to 23% between 2005-2020 with top ... -
Effect of operating leverage on the relationship between liquidity management, credit risk and loan repayment among microfinance Banks, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Globally, reports indicate that of the loans disbursed in the United States of America, 45% of borrowers default on repayment, 60% of whom eventually end up as non-performing. In India, loan repayment rates experienced ...