Mary Ragui

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at Kenyatta University

Extra-curricular activities do not involve grading or credit awards towards student’s academic performance. This makes them ‘inconsequential’ to many students or parents whose concern is the final degree and see them as an opportunity cost or as zero sum activity further aggravated by universities rarely or never funding them. Participation in extr...

Engaging the Millennial Workforce presents a significant hurdle for leaders and human resource professionals, as majority of Millennials are actively open to new job prospects at any point. Unlike previous generations, Millennials exhibit distinct work patterns that create an ongoing, unsettled concern within the field of leadership. The purpose of...

ISO 9001 is an international standard which set out the steps necessary to adopt a quality management system. Sustainability, on the other hand, refers to the ability to maintain existing practices without risking the potential value of existing resources and in the process, enhancing value proposition. This study sought to establish how the ISO 90...

Background of the study: Blue Ocean Strategies represent innovative and value-centric approaches designed to carve out unexplored market spaces, shifting the emphasis from competition to innovation. Nevertheless, the impact of these strategies on the performance of three and four-star hotels in Naivasha Sub-County remains uncertain, prompting the i...

Engagement of the Millennial Workforce is a significant focus within the workplace. Their shared values and attitudes, influenced by similar social and economic circumstances, are of ongoing scholarly interest. Extant research indicates concerning levels of disengagement among Millennials in the workforce, with many open to new job opportunities du...

Purpose: Type of leadership that can be considered effective, in the current set of environments would demand collaboration, listening skills, influence, and flexible adaptation to the existing environment in contrary to command and control systems in organizations. This study investigated the mediating role of collaboration to the relationship bet...

Purpose: This study entailed a diagnostic analysis of the relationship between idealized influence and performance contracts in road agencies in Kenya. The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between idealized influence and performance contracts in road agencies in Kenya. Operationalization of variables included idealized...

Persistent increase of consumption of counterfeit goods despite government efforts to curtail it has justified further research to determine any factors that may not have been studied conclusively the studying the progression of the illicit goods consumption. The general objective of this study was to comprehend consumer attitude towards intention...

Research Objective: This study was aimed at investigating the effect of organizational factors on the financial performances of Deposit Taking Saccos in Nairobi County. Its specific objectives were to determine the effect of organization culture on the financial performance, to establish the effects of organization structure, to determine the effec...

In both developed and developing economic context, an important concern in recent years has been corporate governance due to empirical evidence that organizational performance is significantly affected by corporate governance. Tthis study seeks to determine the effects of corporate governance on the performance of referral hospitals in Kenya with a...

Over years, internal auditors’ roles are changing from checking compliance issues to giving a strategic view of the organization processes. Internal auditors play noble role in evaluating the anticipated level of success of a project. This research sought to establish how risk management, business controls, governance and business advisory contribu...

The study aims to assess the effect of resource allocation as strategic change management practice on performance at the directorate of criminal investigation in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study was based on the resource-based theory, institutional theory, and Kanter Theory of Change Management. The researcher employed a descriptive research design...

Purpose: In the Kenyan banking industry, the banks have adopted several strategies aimed at improving their competitive position in a highly competitive market. In reference to the aforementioned the general objective, this study specifically sought to examine how strategic alliances impact financial returns among Nairobi-based commercial banks. Th...

Present challenges experienced by a globalized and changing world with new forms of doing business has forced entrepreneurs to change their approach to customers especially given the prior traditional marketing theory. Current markets have a customer base with increasing in demand for more marginal products or services. Henceforth, they have create...

Every firm operating in a dynamic and competitive environment must employ competitive strategies in order to enhance performance and remain relevant to the market. The automotive industry in Kenya has experienced shifts within the last couple of years that have disadvantaged automotive firms’ sales and this despite adequate capacity to supply local...

The article examines the role that mentoring, a critical relational leadership process would have in preventing and countering violent extremism by first examining the contexts of radicalization into violent extremism and past violent extremist attacks. Youths and adolescents in Kenya have been radicalized into violent extremism with resultant acts...

The performance of commercial banks in Kenya determines the financial position of the nation. This performance, over the past period, has not been inspiring and various reforms have been put in place in to increase it. Yet, performance of commercial banks on average has been erratic. The business environment in which the commercial banks function i...

Strategic leadership is an important driving force in housing because it acts as a positive contributor to their success. The field of leadership studies tends to concentrate on the traits of specific leaders rather than the collective leadership of the entire organisation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of strat...

Purpose: The overall objective of the study was to investigate the influence of devolution strategies on the quality of healthcare services in Nairobi City County.Methodology: A descriptive survey research design was employed for this research. The target population was 460 staff of Mbagathi Hospital. Stratified random sampling was undertaken where...

With the influence of internal and external factors, Huduma (Service) Centres operating in Kenya have continued to experience deteriorating performance due to issues of strategy implementation. Formulation of good strategies is not a reflection that implementation will take place. Effective implementations of strategy give organizations a competiti...