General CallPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.55921/iluc8277
Andrews Kofi Taayeli, M. B. Yidana, Joshua Sebu
{"title":"WHAT INFLUENCE ACADEMIC STAFF SWITCHING INTENTION IN CHARTERED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN GHANA?","authors":"Andrews Kofi Taayeli, M. B. Yidana, Joshua Sebu","doi":"10.55921/iluc8277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55921/iluc8277","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose –– The study is driven by the reality that Ghana's private universities are losing a large proportion of key teaching staff (intellectual capital). \u0000\u0000Methods –– The mixed method of sequential explanatory research was adopted for the study. Academic staff from three chartered private universities with representative sample size of 287 were involved in the study. Binary logit model was employed to analyse the study objectives, followed by the qualitative content analyses.\u0000\u0000Findings –– Remuneration and job security for staff are the most significant factors for academic staff switching intention. Also, the leadership style discouraged some academic staff to leave. Males have showed greater propensity to switch as compared to females. \u0000\u0000Conclusion & Recommendation –– Management of private universities should promote staff welfare to avoid switching intentions of academic staff. Private university management could collaborate with prominent universities to assist academic staff in gaining experience and recognition, which could attract them grants. \u0000\u0000Keywords –– Switching, switching intention, Academic Staff, Chartered Private Universities","PeriodicalId":106473,"journal":{"name":"General Call","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131555063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
General CallPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.55921/tdan9912
Peter Asare-Nuamah, A. K. Ayisi-Addo, D. Sedegah
{"title":"UNDERSTANDING THE PREDICTORS OF STUDENTS’ ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA","authors":"Peter Asare-Nuamah, A. K. Ayisi-Addo, D. Sedegah","doi":"10.55921/tdan9912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55921/tdan9912","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose –– This study examines the factors influencing the adoption of ecological behaviour among first year students at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development in Ghana.\u0000\u0000Methods –– The study employed a questionnaire survey design. Data was collected from 103 students enrolled into programmes offered by the School of Sustainable Development and the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. Inferential analysis was computed using regression.\u0000\u0000Findings –– Results show that students’ demographic characteristics, particularly their current and past academic programmes, year of completion of senior high school and household size, positively influence their environmental knowledge and ecological behaviour.\u0000\u0000Conclusion & Recommendation –– The study concludes that social values and environmental knowledge contribute significantly to promoting students’ ecological behaviour. The study therefore recommends the need for an inclusive and multistakeholder approach to integrating environmental education and social values into existing and future curricula and academic programmes.\u0000\u0000Keywords –– Tertiary students, environmental education, pro-environmental behaviour, environmental knowledge, social value","PeriodicalId":106473,"journal":{"name":"General Call","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126941391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
General CallPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.55921/udkj2621
C. F. Amaechi, Phebean Oshuare Omaivboje
{"title":"COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF COMPOSTING AS A WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN LAGOS STATE SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA","authors":"C. F. Amaechi, Phebean Oshuare Omaivboje","doi":"10.55921/udkj2621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55921/udkj2621","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose –– This study assessed the viability of composting as a waste management tool.\u0000\u0000Methods –– This study assessed waste production and handling in Lagos State and adapted a case study of cost-benefit analysis to ascertain viability. \u0000\u0000Findings –– Results from the study revealed that one hundred and forty-one billion, one hundred and sixty-one million, and six hundred thousand naira (₦141,161,600,000.00) equivalent to three hundred and twenty-three million, two hundred and sixteen thousand, five hundred and fifty-nine dollars ($323,216,559.05) would be generated as profit per annum if the total waste produced in Lagos State daily is converted to compost.\u0000\u0000Conclusion & Recommendation –– This study recommends composting as the best waste management strategy in Lagos State and Nigeria due to its financial, environmental, health, and agricultural benefits.\u0000\u0000Keywords –– Cost-benefit analysis, Compost, Waste Management, Lagos, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":106473,"journal":{"name":"General Call","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116543751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
General CallPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.55921/cvoh3789
{"title":"RETHINKING HIERARCHICAL GENDER REALITIES IN THE TRANSFER OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE UPPER EAST REGION OF GHANA","authors":"","doi":"10.55921/cvoh3789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55921/cvoh3789","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose –– This study sought to assess entrenched patriarchal roles in the transfer of indigenous knowledge using evidence from the Upper East Region of Ghana. \u0000\u0000Methods –– The study utilized the phenomenological research design which places emphasis on lived experiences and qualitative interviews.\u0000\u0000Findings –– The findings indicate that while women play a key role in the transfer of indigenous knowledge, men feel threatened by their growing involvement in the conservation and transfer of indigenous sociocultural knowledge systems. This has resulted in men believing they will lose their control as heads of socio-culturally entrenched gender roles.\u0000\u0000Conclusion & Recommendation –– The paper proposes a rethinking and rigorous multi-sectorial and dimensional approach in mainstreaming gender activities, which is geared towards viewing the involvement of women in indigenous knowledge transfer as partners for local and national development rather than a threat to entrenched patriarchal roles. \u0000\u0000Keywords –– indigenous knowledge, hierarchical, gender, sustainable development, Ghana","PeriodicalId":106473,"journal":{"name":"General Call","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131276932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
General CallPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.55921/ucte5769
Felicia Annin
{"title":"GENDER IN WOMEN’S WRITING: RESTORING THE WOMAN IN AMA ATA AIDOO’S CHANGES: A LOVE STORY AND PEGGY OPPONG’S THE LEMON SUITCASE","authors":"Felicia Annin","doi":"10.55921/ucte5769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55921/ucte5769","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose –– This study investigates genderism in Ghanaian women’s writing with women’s empowerment as the centre of interest in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story (1991) and Peggy Oppong’s The Lemon Suitcase (2010)\u0000\u0000Methods –– The study adopts a textual analysis of the novels under study and the authors’ novels as controversial works which promote the ideals of the feminist movement in Africa by presenting issues that address nuances in gender roles and social constraints. \u0000\u0000Findings –– The findings unveil the progression of female roles over the period in the male-dominated Ghanaian society. Also, this study contributes to debates on feminism in Africa as well as promotes gender equity and women’s empowerment through education. \u0000\u0000Conclusion & Recommendation –– The study presented the representation of the female figures in a patriarchal Ghanaian society. It sought to empower women as leaders in their contributions to the society. There is more room for improvement in spite of the career progression women have achieved.\u0000\u0000Keywords –– Feminism, The Lemon Suitcase, Sustainable Development, Genderism, Empowerment","PeriodicalId":106473,"journal":{"name":"General Call","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125318445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}