Perceptions of early childhood education quality in Kenya

Abstract

Accomplishing a study of this nature is a momentous task that was made possible by the dedicated support of my supervisory committee. My heartfelt gratitude goes to my supervisor in-charge Professor Eugenia Koutsouvanou upon whose fruitful directions I relied extensively. The patience and dedication she demonstrated was inspirational.My gratitude goes to Professor Anna Frangoudaki and Professor Dimitra Makrinioti, members of my supervisory committee, for patiently guiding me throughout the construction of this study with invaluable comments. I also benefited from the discussions I held with Professor Ivi Zambeta and Professor Bassilis Yalamas. For this, I am very appreciative. I thank Professor Larry Winecoff for accepting to read my work and to offer advice and suggestions. I am grateful to Dr. Barbara Koech and Mr. Kemoli Manani for the useful insights into the study problem in Kenya.I appreciate the support I received from my research assistants Claudia, Kennedy, Bonnie, Emelda and Cynthia through out the tedious task of data collection. I thank my friends in the United States, in Greece and in Kenya for the moral and financial support that saw me through many anxious moments and kept the study progressing. I will always be indebted to my mother Sarah and my sister Nito who took care of my children while I was studying.I thank all the participants, the headteachers, teachers and parents in the Lurambi Division for their corporation that made this study succeessful. This study was generously financed by a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece. I thank the Foundation for awarding me the scholarship.

Leadership Behaviours and Job Satisfaction of Academic Staff of Kyambogo University, Uganda

“…The findings indicated that participative leadership positively and significantly influenced the job satisfaction of academic staff. This finding is consistent with previous scholars (Usman et al, 2021;Merks, 2020;Dokony et al, 2020;Shegaw, 2020;Muganda & Muganda, 2020;Chan, 2019;Mwaisaka et al, 2019b;Hayat Bhatti et al, 2019;Dyczkowska & Dyczkowski, 2018) who indicated existence of a positive association between participative and job satisfaction. Therefore, this means that participative leadership behaviours at Kyambogo University enhance the job satisfaction of academic staff.…”

“…Studies (Usman et al, 2021;Merks, 2020;Dokony et al, 2020;Shegaw, 2020;Muganda & Muganda, 2020;Chan, 2019;Mwaisaka et al, 2019b;Hayat Bhatti et al, 2019;Dyczkowska & Dyczkowski, 2018) related participative leadership and job satisfaction of academic staff. From the above studies, a contextual gap emerged as all the studies were carried outside the University context in organisations such as the healthcare sector (Usman et al, 2021), telecommunication sectors (Dokony et al, 2020), tax revenue (Shegaw, 2020), secondary schools (Muganda & Muganda, 2020), retailing store (Chan, 2019) yet the employment dynamics of such organisations are far distinct from those in universities. This contextual gap thus called for this study that examined the association between the two variables in the context of Kyambogo University in Uganda.…”

Dynamic Capabilities and Performance of Pharmaceutical Firms in Nairobi County

“…The study adopted the following dimensions of dynamic capabilities: human resource, physical infrastructure and the distribution network, strong brand, technology, market research, innovation and manpower development and talent nurturing. Dynamic capabilities had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between quality management practices and performance while Muganda and Fadhili, (2018) revealed there is need to build dynamic capabilities and a framework that recognizes the key drivers that underlie the development of off-shoring success in IT industry in Kenya.…”