Academic Papers

Academic papers

Factors Influencing the Establishment of Mobile Schools

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Education forms the backbone of economy. Failure to invest in education by any civilized nation is the greatest injustice to the citizens. In developed countries, not everyone has access to school. For instance, in Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) in Kenya, access to schools is not guaranteed. The establishment of ‘mobile’ […]

Stress Coping Mechanisms for Teachers

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Coping refers to behavior that protects people from being psychologically harmed by problematic social experience (Pearlin and Schooler, 1978). Pearlin and Schooler maintain that the protective function of coping behavior can be exercised in three ways: by eliminating or modifying conditions giving rise to problems; by perceptually controlling the meaning of experience […]

Interventions to Address Occupational Stress among Teachers

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Owing to the negative effects of stress on performance, organizations  strive to come up with a number of intervention measures to help their employees to cope. Schools are encouraged to offer healthy working environment, work towards reducing teachers’ workload, establishing programs to help teachers to cope, and to stabilize the curriculum and […]

Occupational Stress Factors among Teachers

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Stress is the manner in which one’s body responds to cares, perplexities and complexities of life. Teaching profession has its demands which exert pressure on teachers. This article examines the main factors contributing to stress among teachers based on empirical evidence.   Kitenga (2009) conducted a study on the factors contributing to […]

Women Entrepreneurs’ Level of Managerial and Technical Skills

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) especially those run by women entrepreneurs continue to face a number of challenges. Key among them are social-cultural barriers, lack of adequate education and skills, managerial limitation, access to credit and insecurity. This article briefly examines the managerial and technical skills issues facing women entrepreneurs.   A […]

Measures to Address the Challenges Facing Women SMEs

Anthony M. Wanjohi: One major question we should pose is: what measures should be adopted to resolve issues facing women enterprises? The following are key measures that can help in addressing the challenges: measures skewed towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), establishment of the gender commission in the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and […]

Measures to Address Legal and Regulatory Environment Issues Facing SMEs

Anthony M. Wanjohi: Unfriendly legal and regulatory environment factor in business operation has been cited as one of the major impediment to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya (Wanjohi, 2009). As such, there is need for government to put in place sound measures to address the issue of stringent regulations related […]