Worker health and safety must be viewed as a basic organizational policy and even a right. In view of this, the study sought to ferret out the extent to which job stress, sector of work and shift work pattern correlates with worker health and safety in a manufacturing company in Ghana. Using cross-sectional survey design, data were collected from 120 employees using purposive and stratified sampling techniques. Three hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent Sample 't' test. A significant correlation was found between employee stress and worker health and safety. Thus an increase in employee stress will lead to a decrease in worker health and safety and vice versa. No significant difference was found in the level of health and safety among workers in the production sectors compared to workers in the non-production sectors. The study established that employees who go through shift work will experience lower health and safety compared to employees who do not go through shift-work. The present study is one of the foremost research attempts on sector of work and worker health and safety with a comparative approach using sample from the manufacturing setting in Ghana. The researchers recommend that employers take necessary steps towards introducing a culture where a stress prevention plan exists and worker health and safety is prioritised. The researchers reckon this as necessary step for policy implementation as worker health and safety policies are fragmented in most developing countries.

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in 2011. A prospective analysis was completed on 200 Police officers who were selected, using convenience sampling, from a population of 335 personnel at the Division. The researcher carried out analysis into the influence of physical environment, role ambiguity, role overload (moderators of stress), supervisor support and coworker support (social support) on job satisfaction among the officers. Regression analysis revealed the following findings. First, role ambiguity and physical environment had negative and non-significant relationship with job satisfaction. Second, coworker support had moderately positive significant influence with job satisfaction. Third, there was a positive non-significant relationship between supervisor support and job satisfaction. Fourth, there was a positive significant relationship between coworker support and job satisfaction. The author recommends that leadership of Police administration should pay much attention to the psychological and physiological needs of their police officers to improve upon the job satisfaction among the officers.

Though many researchers have carried out studies on electronic government (e-government) and its effect on performance of public organizations in developed countries not much such studies have taken place in developing countries, creating a gap in literature. The current study seeks to fill the gap. The study highlights the factors affecting the implementation and sustainability of E-government and effect of the factors on performance of the driver and vehicle licensing agency (DVLA) in Ghana. The study used purposive sampling technique to gather data from the DVLA (N-50) in 2016. The outcome of the study revealed that the challenges that impede the successful implementation of e-government include regular interruption of the electricity supply, online theft, poor ICT infrastructure, and financial constraints. Based on the benefits associated with the implementation of e-government, the current researchers made recommendations for long-term sustainability of e-government.

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