Tag: Accountability
Organisational Culture and the Implementation of Performance Contracting in Public Secondary Schools: Mixed-Methods Evidence from Kenya

Organisational Culture and the Implementation of Performance Contracting in Public Secondary Schools: Mixed-Methods Evidence from Kenya

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Denis Okemwa Mitieka, Pamela Ochieng and Susan MachariaMount Kenya University, KenyaEmail: denismitieka@gmail.com Abstract: This study examined whether organisational culture is associated with service delivery and whether it moderates the relationship between performance contracting and service delivery in public secondary schools in Kisii County, Kenya. The study adopted a convergent parallel mixed-methods design. Schools were stratified…

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Transactional Leadership and the Performance of Health Service Delivery: A Qualitative Case Study of Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Transactional Leadership and the Performance of Health Service Delivery: A Qualitative Case Study of Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

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Daniel Comboni Odul, Stella Karimi and Violet SimiyuThe Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, KenyaEmail: comboni.dc@gmail.com Abstract: Background: Leadership shapes how health services are organized and experienced in resource-constrained public referral hospitals. Transactional leadership relies on clear expectations, supervision, accountability, rewards and corrective action; if experienced mainly as punitive control, these mechanisms may undermine staff…

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Perceptions on the Application of Guiding Standards by University Administrators to Promote Quality Assurance Practice in Selected Teacher Training Universities in Mozambique

Perceptions on the Application of Guiding Standards by University Administrators to Promote Quality Assurance Practice in Selected Teacher Training Universities in Mozambique

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Seviria Muvuti, Salome Odek & Paul WahonyaDepartment of Educational AdministrationUniversity of Eastern Africa, Baraton, KenyaEmail: sevymvt@gmail.com Abstract: One of university administrators’ key mandates is to close the gap between guiding standards and the practice of quality assurance. This study explored teacher trainees’ perceptions of administrators’ application of guiding standards during quality assurance practice in selected…

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Effect of Financial Releases and Social Accountability Practices on Service Delivery in Mayuge Local Government, Uganda

Effect of Financial Releases and Social Accountability Practices on Service Delivery in Mayuge Local Government, Uganda

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Kaziba John – Team University and  Dr. Patience Tugume – Makerere University Email: kazibajohn@gmail.com Received April 5, 2020; Revised June 25, 2020; Accepted June 26, 2020 Abstract: Central Government Releases conduct decision making closer to people to improve governance and service delivery. This study was conducted to establish whether financial releases and social accountability practices…

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