Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF TEAM COHESION ON TASK PERFORMANCE
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SECURITY SECTOR REFORMS INFLUENCING TRANSFORMATION OF NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE, NAIROBI AND KIAMBU COUNTIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-12)Globally, police are confronted with the ever-changing security scenario that demands for police reforms that enhances effective service delivery. The major police reform documents and Task Forces since 2000 and other ... -
RESTORATION STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARDS MINE PIT HAZARDS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-10)Mining is an economic activity that has been practiced for time immemorial. Land degradation from old mines operations is known in almost all the countries but they have been few systematic surveys to quantify the nature ... -
GEOGEBRA INSTRUCTION SOFTWARE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Mathematical knowledge and understanding is important not only for scientific progress and development but also for its day-to-day application in social sciences and arts, government, business and management studies as ... -
PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SIRISIA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Adolescents are more than one billion worldwide and more than 75% are found in developing countries and frequently engage in risky sexual behaviors, which result in unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted ... -
PERFORMANCE IN KINEMATICS USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SABATIA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2017-11)Performance in physics at secondary school level in Sabatia sub-county has shown no significant improvement in recent years. Analysis by the Kenya National Examinations Council indicates that students do poorly in kinematics ... -
A MORPHO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF SHORT FORM ERROR IN FORM THREE SECONDARY ENGLISH COMPOSITIONS: A CASE OF KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)The study explores the error analysis of linguistic errors attributed to short forms in form three written English compositions at secondary school level within Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kenya. The infiltration of ... -
Effects of Computer Interactive Multiple Mice Technique On Learners’ Performance in Fractions In Primary Schools In Kenya
(MMUST, 2017-11)Studies attribute poor performance in mathematics especially in fractions in public primary schools to teacher centred teaching methods. However, few researchers have tried out interventions based on computer interactive ... -
A GENDER- BASED STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF LUTSOTSO CONSONANTS ON PRONUNCIATION OF SELECTED ENGLISH CONSONANTS AMONG FORM ONE STUDENTS IN LURAMBI SUBCOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of Lutsotso consonants on pronunciation of selected English consonants among Form One Students, learning English as a second language (ESL), in Lurambi Sub-County, ... -
POTENTIALS FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF SEWAGE FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Sewage biogas is one of the renewable green energy that is being developed in many countries of the world using anaerobic digestion. However, its utilisation in Kenya may be facing various challenges such as socio-economic, ... -
UTILIZATION OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MMUST)
(MMUST, 2017-11)Contraceptives uptake among the youth has been a sensitive and controversial issue in the society that has resulted to various social problems that include unwanted pregnancies and sexual transmitted infections among ... -
THE ROLE OF FAITH--BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN CURBING GENDER--BASED VIOLENCE IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Faith-based organizations are defined as faith-influenced non-governmental organizations. They are often structured around development and/or relief service delivery programs and are sometimes run simultaneously at the ... -
INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY, ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT AND PEER PRESSURE ON CAREER DECISION MAKING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Students in Kenyan secondary schools continue to face pressure on career decision making, despite thegovernment’s emphasis on career guidance and counselingprogramme in schools.Thousands of school-leavers miss out on ... -
HUMAN RESOURCE AUDIT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KISUMU, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Human resource audit (HRA) is responsible for identifying human resource problems that affect the human resource functions of an organization and improve organizational performance. Effectiveness of a HRA in the public ... -
PERINATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH ASPHYXIA AMONG NEONATES IN MATERNITY WARD KAKAMEGA COUNTY REFFERAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Despite the important advances in perinatal care in the past decades, asphyxia remains a severe condition leading to significant mortality and morbidity. Perinatal asphyxia has an incidence of 1 to 6 per 1,000 live full-term ... -
INVESTIGATION OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NURSING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE NURSING COUNCIL OF KENYA LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS IN KENYA
(2017-11)Kenya has seen a drastic growth in nursing education sector recording high rates of enrolment of students to training while their performance in Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) examination remained variable. This study ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG FEMALE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN FARAJA, NAIROBI COUNTY-KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Breast Cancer is one of the devastating types of cancer common and most prevalent in women accounting for 23% of all cancers of women globally, Kenya reporting high incidences. After diagnosis, the quality of life (QOL) ... -
INFLUENCE OF INTRINSIC REWARDS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN SUGAR COMPANIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Intrinsic motivation occurs when people engage in an activity such as a hobby without external incentives. Social and educational psychologists have studied this form of motivation since the early 1970’s. Research has ...