Isaac Christopher Otoo

• PhD candidate
• University of Cape Coast

The utilisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education has been a contemporary issue attracting varied perspectives. However, the nuances among the antecedents of AI usage among postgraduate students and the acquisition of 21st-century employability skills are under-researched. This study sought to fill the chasm by adopting a concurre...

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and its heavy toll on the global community and humanity, a fierce debate on the pandemic and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performance nexus has emerged. While the literature on this subject remains highly contested, evidence within the Ghanaian contest is sparse. Thus, we present micro-level evidence on ho...

What could be panacea to the global failures and crises that the banking industry is experiencing over the years? Is it the case that the growth and development of financial institutions are dependent on the effectiveness and efficiency of its internal controls? Are the problems at the banking sector emanating as a result of control systems that ar...

The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has become a global epidemic, hit Ghana on 12 March 2020 and, in less than a week, increased by over 300% with two deaths. As of 11 August 2020, Ghana had recorded over 41,000 cases with over 215 deaths. This study seeks to provide a micro-level evidence on how COVID-19 is posing a threat to some...

The Vector Error Correction (VEC) model was used to assess the impact of monetary policy rate on commodity prices in Ghana. Monthly data on monetary policy rate, commodity prices of cocoa, gold and crude oil from January 2005 to December 2017 obtained from the Bank of Ghana was used for the study. The estimated VEC model aided in establishing long...

The Vector Error Correction (VEC) model was used to assess the impact of monetary policy rate on commodity prices in Ghana. Monthly data on monetary policy rate, commodity prices of cocoa, gold and crude oil from January 2005 to December 2017 obtained from the Bank of Ghana was used for the study. The estimated VEC model aided in establishing long...

The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has become a global epidemic, hit Ghana on 12 th March 2020 and, in less than a week, increased by over 300 percent with two deaths. As of 11 th June 2020, Ghana had recorded over 11,000 cases with 48 deaths. This study seeks to provide a micro-level evidence on how COVID-19 is posing a threat to...

The study sought to ascertain the extent to which non-business undergraduate students possessed financial knowledge that would enable them make prudent financial judgments and decisions. The study was motivated by the fact that since everyone makes use of money non-business students also ought to possess good financial knowledge to empower them to...

The purpose of this paper is to assess the recruitment and selection practices of public sector higher education institutions in Ghana. The research employed quantitative research approach with a descriptive survey design. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 128 respondents. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to sele...

The purpose of this paper is to assess the recruitment and selection practices of public sector higher education institutions in Ghana. The research employed a quantitative research approach with a descriptive survey design. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 128 respondents. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to...

This study sought to investigate the training and professional development practices for the employees in the Ghana Education Service. The study focused on identifying the training and development needs of employees of the selected schools, ascertaining the training and development policy in operation of the selected schools, ascertaining the type...

The purpose of the paper was to analyse the effects of credit risk management on performance and to establish if there exists any relationship between the credit risk management indicators by use of CAMEL determinants and performance of banks in the banking industry in Ghana. A descriptive case study research design was undertaken in this study and...