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{"title":"Relationship between Mobile Banking and Financial Performance of Deposit taking savings and credit cooperatives in Kericho County, Kenya","authors":"N. Chepkorir, R. Kemboi, A. Bett","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.551","url":null,"abstract":"Deposit taking savings and credit cooperatives in Kenya have long struggled to adapt to the evolving technology which has seen several savings and credit cooperatives collapse as others incur losses. Mobile banking is a digital innovation that have diffused highly into financial institution creating competitive advantage. However, there is slow uptake of mobile banking in deposit taking saving and credit cooperatives. The study therefore seeks to establish the relationship between mobile banking and financial performance of deposit taking saving and credit cooperatives in Kericho County. It was guided by task technology fit theory; a correlational research design was adopted where the target population was 108 managers of all levels in the five deposits taking savings and credit cooperatives in Kericho County. Due to a small target population under study, this research adopted the census survey technique where all top, middle, and operational level managers were used. Data were collected by the use of primary and secondary methods. Content validity was conducted through engaging field experts and digital innovation professionals to determine the validity of the research instrument, while reliability was determined through test-retest of the questionnaires where 10 respondents were picked from Tenhos Sacco Society Ltd in Bomet County for piloting. Data was analysed using both descriptive statistics which comprises means and standard deviations while hypotheses were tested using correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Data was presented in form of frequency tables and pie charts. The findings established that mobile banking had a strong positive relationship with financial performance of DT-Saccos (R = 0.729; β = 0.775). The study findings may be useful to the government in formulating strategies for effective and efficient deposit taking savings and credit cooperatives; will add value to the literature in the area of digital innovations in Saccos, and lastly, it may be of help to SASRA in understanding relationships between mobile banking and financial performance of savings and credit cooperatives.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114646591","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}

{"title":"Reward and Compensation Management Initiatives on Employee Performance: An Evidence of Organization Development Initiatives","authors":"Francis Lipuku, H. Sang, Williter Rop","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.552","url":null,"abstract":"Organisational development (OD) interventions are structured programs designed to solve a problem, which enables the organisation to attain its goals which are critical in an age where organisation performance and return on investors is important. Employee performance is how employees fulfil their duties and complete the tasks assigned at the workplace on time. Increased employee performance translates to higher output hence higher returns to factors of production. It is on this note the paper aims to determine the relationship between reward and compensation management and employee performance in not-for-profit organisations in Kenya using a case of select organisations within the South Rift region. The study adopted a quantitative research design where a target population of 500 respondents was used. The findings indicated that reward and compensation initiatives had a significant positive relationship with employee performance (β = 0.395; p = 0.000<0.05). The study recommends that there is a need for organisations to have proper rewards and compensation in place to enhance employee performance. More emphasis should be directed to reward and compensation because it is the main contributors to employee performance.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130166514","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}

{"title":"Examining the Effect of Knowledge Management on Performance of Small Firms in Dare es Salaam: A Case Study of Garage Workshops in Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.","authors":"Pius Sotery, H. Munisi","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.549","url":null,"abstract":"Despite knowledge management being an approach used to achieve organisational objectives by making the best use of knowledge, little has been done on identifying the effect of knowledge management in the Tanzanian context. This study was therefore undertaken to assess the impact of knowledge management on the performance of small firms in Tanzania. Three variables, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, and knowledge utilisation were examined for their impact on the performance of garage workshops. The researcher used a random sampling technique in recruiting the sample size. Questionnaires and interviews were used in obtaining the data. Content analysis, descriptive statistics, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse study data. The study found that knowledge creation and knowledge utilisation were positively and significantly related to the performance of garage workshops, while knowledge sharing was found to have a positive but insignificant impact on garage workshops performance. Management of small firms was recommended to hire experienced staff to encourage knowledge creation, create an organisational culture that encourages workers interaction, and arrange tasks in a way that workers are encouraged to utilise new knowledge","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127625152","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}

{"title":"Effects of Financial Statements Quality and Users' Knowledge on Decision Considerations and the Role of Satisfaction as a Potential Mediator","authors":"Marie-Anne Razafiarivony, Martina Hosna-Janeta","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.545","url":null,"abstract":"Financial statements are used in organisations as a source of financial information and are used as a tool in decision-making exercises that involve financial decisions. Financial statements indicate the organisations' current financial health and their future potential growth. Both for-profit and nonprofit organisations can benefit from such type of information. Studies show that there is a significant positive relationship between the use of financial statements and decision-making effectiveness. However, this situation is based on the premise that the financial information provided is of high quality and when those who have access to such information understand them and interpret them correctly. Reaching good decisions is vital for organisations, but the implementation of such decisions is equally crucial. Decision-makers need to commit to the decisions taken to reach the goals of the organisations. The decision-making process itself helps in reinforcing the commitment. It is hypothesised that the process is considered satisfactory when the goals set at the beginning of the meeting are met. The more satisfied the decision-makers feel about the process, the more committed they will be to the decisions. The relationship between the quality of the financial statement, the decision-makers knowledge, satisfaction with the decision-making process, and decision commitment has not been researched enough in not-for-profit organisations. Yet, these organisations are involved in complex decision-making situations since they have to balance their social mission and their fiscal responsibility. The study aims to analyse how satisfaction with the decision-making process mediates the effect of financial statements quality and their users' knowledge on the decision commitment in the not-for-profit context. It used a sample from selected not-for-profit entities from Liberia. The findings show that financial statements' quality is associated but does not affect the satisfaction with the decision-making process. On the other hand, satisfaction mediates the effect of knowledge on decision commitment. The findings seem to indicate that not-for-profit organisations need to prepare committee meetings with due diligence to reach optimal decisions and be able to gain full support to implement these decisions.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"11 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122908100","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}

{"title":"Fiscal policy, uncertainty and output growth in Uganda: 1980-2020","authors":"Kurayish Ssebulime, Ibrahim Mukisa, Joseph Muvawala","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-1284265/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1284265/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Does uncertainty necessarily change the way in which fiscal policy affects output growth in Uganda? We provide an empirical response to this fundamental question using the latest datasets and a rigorous econometric practice. Fiscal policy is often manipulated in many countries as one of the means to provide counter-cyclical stimulus over the cycle of uncertainties. Indeed, fiscal policy operations frequently vary with uncertainty sequence and this introduces bidirectional interactions between fiscal policy, uncertainty and output growth. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model, we show that tax revenue and expenditure are the most affected fiscal policy measures in the presence of uncertainty, while borrowing is the least affected both in the short and long-run. Therefore, unless government macroeconomic frameworks fully incorporate economic uncertainties into projections, the fragility of rising global and domestic uncertainty is bound to cause large and significant divergencies between the anticipated and the actual growth outturn. We therefore recommend the need to use borrowing avenue in the most optimal means to stimulate and sustain growth. While tax revenues have proved to spur growth both in the short and the long-run, the impact is bound to shrink in the face of uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130912485","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}

{"title":"Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Weekly Stock Prices of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of East African Security Markets","authors":"J. P. Swai, Ibrahim Magwana Ngollo","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.531","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at comparing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the weekly stock prices of financial institutions registered among the East African securities markets (EAC). The study employed a descriptive research design. The findings suggest that stock prices were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Weekly closing prices during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly different from the weekly stock prices of the period before the pandemic. The comparison showed that during the pandemic, the difference in weekly stock prices was significant between Tanzania and Kenya as well as Uganda and Kenya. Uganda suffered the worst effect of the COVID pandemic. The fluctuations in weekly stock prices were higher before the pandemic period as compared to the pandemic period. The t-test concluded that those changes in fluctuation were statistically significant for the EAC bloc except for Tanzania. The researchers recommend that institutions governing the economy in which the stock markets operate adhere to the objective truth during times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134441576","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}

{"title":"Influence of Green Recruitment and Selection on Sustainability of Selected Tea Factories in Kericho Highlands Region, Kenya","authors":"Towett Joseah Kiplangat, H. Sang, Paul Kingori","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.5.1.522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.5.1.522","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of this study was to assess the influence of green recruitment and selection on the sustainability of selected tea factories in Kericho Highlands region, Kenya. The study was anchored on human capital theory. It adopted a correlational research design, with a targeted population of 915 respondents drawn from tea factories in the Kericho highlands region. A sample size of 278 respondents was determined scientifically using the Yamane taro formula. Primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire. The validity of the research was checked together with the supervisors and subject experts, while instrument reliability was determined through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, where a coefficient of 0.7987 was obtained. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis was used to analyse data. The findings established a significant positive relationship between green recruitment and selection and the sustainability of the tea factories. The study concluded that green recruitment and selection influenced the sustainability of the factories.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131180854","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}

{"title":"Influence of Enterprise Strategy Typologies on Youth Livelihood Outcomes in Kenya","authors":"C. Njuguna, Phoebe Ndayala Didi","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.4.1.513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.4.1.513","url":null,"abstract":"Youth unemployment and underemployment are grave social issues prevalent in developing countries. Ensuring that youth attain productive ends or sustainable livelihood outcomes is a major concern of many governments, organisations and institutions globally. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of enterprise strategy typologies on youth livelihood outcomes in Kamukunji Sub-County, Nairobi County, Kenya. Anchored on Department for International Development livelihoods framework and the General Systems Theory, the study applied a cross-sectional survey research design to gather data from 201 youth from registered youth groups. Analysis was conducted using descriptive frequencies and inferential statistics, namely Chi-square, Z statistic and Ordered Logistic Regression. Findings from inferential statistics established that regardless of the livelihood strategy typology youth adopted (business, wage employment, homemaking, arts & talents and agriculture-based), the livelihood outcomes did not differ significantly. As a group, livelihood strategy typology did not jointly determine youth livelihood outcomes. However, specific enterprise strategies whose parameters attained statistical significance were: wage employment (β = 0.74, p < 0.05) and arts/talent (β = 0.26, p < 0.05) which were important in predicting the level of YLO level. The study recommends that State and Non-State actors should implement elaborate and expansive business incubation and mentorship programs for youth. To improve livelihood outcomes for all youth, development agencies should ensure that youth-focused interventions target all typologies of enterprise strategies undertaken by the youth.","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126616618","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}

{"title":"Microfinance Services and the Clients’ Socioeconomic Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uganda","authors":"James Kizza","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.4.1.510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.4.1.510","url":null,"abstract":"Microfinance is reported to be an effective tool of empowerment for vulnerable and marginalised groups, especially women. This study set out to investigate the relationship between microfinance services and the clients’ socioeconomic wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda. The study involved 73 employees of microfinance institutions that deal directly with the clients. The study findings revealed that while no significant relationship exists between microfinance services and clients’ socioeconomic wellbeing, there is a significant moderate positive relationship between microfinance client protection policies and the clients’ socioeconomic wellbeing. The regression model revealed that a unit increase in client protection policies increases the socioeconomic wellbeing of microfinance services beneficiaries by 72%. It is recommended that microfinance institutions integrate client protection policies in their activities in line with their known social mission","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126054883","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}

{"title":"Inventory Audit and Supply Management: An Evidence of Inventory Control Practices.","authors":"Bilha Saro, P. Keitany, Williter Rop","doi":"10.37284/eajbe.4.1.503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.4.1.503","url":null,"abstract":"Supply management is increasingly becoming a focus in this 21st century. For an organisation to compete and successfully operate in the current risky supply management atmosphere, it must apply control measures that are effective within its internal supply management. The supply management environment today is characterised by many risk factors that may have a negative impact on the inventory control operations of an enterprise. However, there is an outcry in the universities procurement sector for inadequate stock control. The paper aims to establish the relationship between inventory audit and supply management in public and private universities in Nakuru County. The study was guided by stock diffusion. The study adopted a correlation research design. The target population of this study was 115 employees drawn from the procurement department from Egerton and Kabarak University since their headquarters are found in Nakuru County. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the respondents of the study from the two Universities. Taro Yamane’s formula was used to obtain a sample size of 89 respondents. The data were analysed using both quantitative and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that inventory audits were efficiently done. This was improved by ensuring accuracy in recording. The universities also ensure that costs are well controlled to reduce waste and mismanagement of resources in the universities. The inventory audit was also done periodically to ensure all university property and resources were secured. Hence, there existed a significant relationship between inventory audit and supply management (R = 0.836, P<0.05). The study concluded that inventory auditing had a significant influence on supply management. The study recommended that the universities had room for the elimination of shortages, losses and wastage through periodic inventory audits. The universities should also adopt an electronic inventory management system that can make tracking easy","PeriodicalId":378318,"journal":{"name":"East African Journal of Business and Economics","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130169637","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}