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The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Staff Performance in State Owned Enterprises in Kenya

Ngaithe, Leonard Njogu (United States International University - Africa, 2016)

he purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on performance of staff in State Owned Enterprises in Kenya (SOEs). The study aimed at answering the following research questions: how ...
The Effect of Leadership Styles On Employee Performance among Company of the Year Award Senior Managers in Kenya

Lumbasi, George W. (United States International University - Africa, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of leadership styles on employee performance. The research questions that were used to guide this study are as follows: To what extent does directive leadership style ...
The Effects of Personality Traits On Marital Satisfaction among Christians in Nairobi: A Case of Kilimani, Nairobi West, Kayole and Kitengela Wards

Webbo, Roselynne K. (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

Personality Traits have been found to be a major contributor in marital conflicts due to their effect on interpersonal interactions of a couple within marriage. However, few studies have been done in Kenya to examine the ...
Self-Disclosure of Extradyadic Involvement among Married Men in Nairobi County and Its Environs

Nyaga, Nancy Ng’endo (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

Disclosure of Extradyadic involvement (EDI) by married men in Kenya is mostly accidental resulting in problems for the couple and family. The study examined disclosure of EDI by married men aged 25 to 60 years with two or ...
Determinants of Strategic Posture of Hotels in Kenya: A Resource Based View Perspective

Gikutha, Lilian M. (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

This study sought to examine the influence of internal resources on the strategic posture that business hotels took. Internal resources were determined as physical facilities, managerial competences, business processes and ...
Assessment Of Factors Leading To Strategy Implementation Gaps In Kenyan Commercial Banks

Narikae, Parmain Ole (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors leading to strategy implementation gaps in Kenyan commercial banks. The specific objectives of the study were to find out how organizational policy framework leads ...
Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Performance of Senior Managers in the Private Sector in Kenya

Murage, Susan Nyokabi (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership style on the performance of senior managers in the private sector in Kenya. The following research questions guided the study: In what ...
The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Organizational Performance of Dairy Co-Operatives in Kenya

Wathanga, Joshua (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of corporate governance on the organizational performance of dairy co-operatives in Kenya. The study assessed five research questions: How does comprehensive strategic ...
The Influence of Ethical Leadership on the Financial Performance of Listed Firms in Kenya

Manduku, Daniel Ogwoka (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

A review of meta-analyses and various constructs relating to ethical leadership as presented in prior studies indicate a gap in endeavors to link ethical leadership practices and financial performance of listed firms in ...
Innovative Healthcare Financing and Equity through Community Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHHIS) In Kenya

Gitahi, Jane Wangui (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to examine innovative healthcare financing and equity through CBHIs in Kenya. Particularly, the study explored the effect of the enrolment, mix of contributions; risk pooling, strategic ...
Determinants of Patients’ Choice of Healthcare Facilities in the Private Sector in Kenya: Optimizing Hospital Strategic Positioning

Twahir, Majid (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

Strategic positioning is about how a company positions itself to create value different from that of competition. Therefore, strategic positioning is defined as a firm’s relative position in the industry. It must lead to ...
Strategic Leadership and Implementation of Strategy in Commercial Banks in Kenya

Olaka, Habil Okunda (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The high failure rate in strategy implementation points to the fact that strategy implementation is not an easy task, and strategic leadership is one of the key drivers of strategy implementation. The banking sector in ...
Effect of Behavioral Biases on Ranking of Financing Decisions by Financial Managers of Firms Listed In the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Nyakundi, Judith B.K. (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of managerial behavioral biases on ranking of financing decisions. The study population was senior and middle level financial managers of firms listed in the Nairobi ...
Effects of Tax Incentives on the Performance of Export Processing Zone (Epz) Firms in Kenya

Kuria, John Njoroge (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The contemporary world is characterized with intergovernmental competition for the sole purpose of attracting multinational companies and this has made fiscal incentives to become a global phenomenon. Poor African countries ...
Strategy Implementation And Performance Of Mobile-Commerce In Kenya’s Commercial Banks

Muriu, Marylyn Doreen (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of strategy implementation on performance of mobile commerce (M-Commerce) in Kenya’s commercial banks. This study was based on the view that effective strategy ...
Transformational Leadership Style and Its Influence on Performance of Judicial Staff in Kenya

Ayacko, George Mbogo Ochilo (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of transformational leadership style on the performance of judicial staff in Kenya. The research questions were: How does idealized influence of judicial officers ...
Effect of Cash Handling Practices on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya

Onwonga, Mactosh Makini (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

Poor cash handling practices by commercial banks leads to massive losses that ultimately leads to a negative performance and in extreme circumstances, closure of the commercial banks. The rising cases of fraud as a result ...
The Effect of Ethical Leadership on Employee Commitment among Managers in the Transport Sector Parastatals in Kenya

Ouma, Chrisantus Namada (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ethical leadership on employee commitment among managers in the transport sector parastatals in Kenya. The research questions pertaining to the study were as follows: ...
Organisational Capabilities and Strategy Execution In Deposit-Taking Saccos in Kenya

Kiruthu, Lucy (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

This study examined the influence of organisational capabilities on strategy execution in deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations in Kenya. This is on the backdrop that building organisational capabilities ...
Decision Making Theory and Foreign Policy Process: Empirical Ontological and Epistemological Contextualization of Kenya’s Diplomacy towards Somalia, 1996-2012

Kaburu, Mercy Kathambi (United States International University - Africa, 2017)

This study explores Kenya's diplomacy towards Somalia in the context of decision making theory. It is founded on the ontological and epistemological premise that whatever happens between and among sovereign states is ...

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