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The effect of strategic human resource management practices on performance of manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya: moderating role of employee cultural orientations and mediating role of employee motivation
(2009)This study linked strategic human resource (SHRM) practices, cultural orientations, employee motivation and firm performance in foreign manufacturing multinational companies (MNCs) in Kenya. The objectives were: to ... -
Strategic human resource management practices: effect on performance
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010)Purpose – Strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices are used by large foreign multinational companies to improve their performance. The purpose of this paper is to establish the direct or indirect relationship ... -
Culture and organization performance
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013)These synonyms show at least two different groups of uses which should be stressed here. SHRM practices also known as high performance work practices (HPWP), or best practices, are those decisions and actions which concern ... -
Database marketing strategies in the industry: case of Kenyan organizations
(North American Institute of Science and Information Technology, 2013-03)Problem Statement: There are several organizations in both the private and public sector that collect information about their customers but do not proactively leverage on it. In most cases, the collected information would ... -
60 @ 60: Development of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014)The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was established in 1954 and recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. However, the number of listed companies over this period have been minimal – currently, there are 63 listed companies ... -
The influence of stakeholder identification on the quality of corporate environmental reporting in Kenya
This study aimed at establishing the stakeholders that managers consider in the CER practices as well as the association between the quality of CER and stakeholder identification. The purpose is to find out if there is ... -
Factors behind exchange-traded derivatives products success
This paper empirically analyzes factors behind successful derivatives products in the emerging markets of the Asian region. Successful derivatives products are defined as contracts with high trade volume. The influencing ... -
Impact of globalization on the human resource management function in developing countries: a case study of Kenya public corporations
This study seeks to establish if the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Kenya has been associated with higher accounting quality for listed companies. The International Accounting Standards ... -
Factors affecting institutional transformation for regulated MFIs
Purpose - Regulating microfinance activities has been an important policy concern in improving financial inclusion and extending financial services to all. However, introducing a regulatory framework of any kind pushes ... -
Leveraging donor funds: the switch to commercial sources of funding
Sustainable livelihood strategies in microfinance are a major force behind enterprise development in poor societies. But uncertainty of continued donor funding poses a risk to operations. This paper presents findings on, ... -
Influence of culture on strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices in multinational companies (MNC) in Kenya: a critical literature review
Extant theories of strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices and cultures have generally adopted on the one hand the assumption that organizations develop a culture of their own that is distinct from the national ... -
Relaxing financing constraint in the microfinance industry : is commercialization the answer?
A critical question facing Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) is whether they can attract commercial capital as a solution to their financing problem and as a way of relaxing strained development aid. While donations have ... -
Effect of board gender diversity on the performance of commercial banks in kenya
The purpose of this paper was to analyze the effect of board gender diversityon performance of commercial banks in Kenya for the period 1998-2009. Stepwise regression was used to analyze the effect of board diversity on ... -
Is there profit from bonus share announcements in Nairobi Securities Exchange?
The question of whether the announcement of issuance of bonus shares by quoted companies is news to stock market participants or it is anticipated by the market has been the subject of research. If the announcement is ... -
St. Cleophas girls’ boarding secondary school : global business schools network.
On 1st June 2005, Mr. Eric Ndambuki, owner and Principal of St. Cleophas Girls’ Secondary School was at his desk. He realized that the ten-year lease agreement for the school building signed in the year 2001 was already ... -
Tapping fresh currents: fostering early-career researchers in transdisciplinary water governance research
Water governance is an important, yet complex and contested field. A central challenge for researchers is to engage with multiple understandings and perspectives that can shape water governance, and to move towards more ... -
Does board diversity leadership affect corporate decisions and risk control? evidence from Kenyan commercial banks
The aim of this paper is to provide preliminary analysis of the relationship between corporate decisions, risk taking behavior and gender diversity. Using a panel of 28 Kenyan banks over the period 2000-2009, the study ... -
60 @ 60: Development of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was established in 1954 and recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. However, the number of listed companies over th is period have been minimal - currently, there are 63 listed ... -
Participatory orientation to strategic planning process : does it pay?
It is postulated that a participatory orientation to the strategic planning process could influence the realization of the expected strategic planning outcomes. Past studies investigating the relationship between strategic ... -
An assessment of the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations amongst foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya
Over the last ten years or so, significant differences of opinion have emerged ar ound two related issues. How to adequately implement strategic human resources strategies to improve firm performance and, whether or ...
