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Customer Relationship Management - Contemporary Concepts and Strategies
(2024-10-30)This chapter explores the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in fostering customer loyalty. The chapter begins by introducing the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) and some models of EI and its relevance in ... -
Effectiveness of Reference Management Software in Enhancing Research Quality in Universities in Nairobi County, Kenya
(SCECSAL, 2024-04)Reference management software (RMS) application is highly emphasised in academic research to improve research quality. However, studies raise concerns about their effectiveness since they have errors in functionality, ... -
Children's participation in Khat production: Educational implications
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014)This book is about children's participation in khat production. It describes the push and pull factors for children's participation in khat production and their implications for schooling. It also describes the perceptions ... -
The Diasporean II: Perspectives from Beyond Southern Africa
(CSSALL Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 2024)Preface World-historical events such as the fall of the Berlin wall, and the fall of ideologies such as apartheid, opened borders for world travel and the global movements of people, like seldom before. Often driven to ... -
The Surge of Africa’s Digital Economy during COVID-19: Impact on the Diaspora Communities
(CSSALL Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 2024)This chapter focuses on the surge in Africa’s digital economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author examines how digital technologies were adopted and used to enhance economic development during the pandemic. The ... -
Mainstreaming Digital Platforms in Curating Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Kenya
(The Technical University of Kenya, 2024)The rapid evolution of digital platforms is an opportunity for custodians of indigenous knowledge (IK) to utilise digital spaces to enhance IK for promoting sustainable development in Kenya. IK refers to skills, systems, ... -
Characteristics and Growth Performance of Kuchi Indigenous Chicken
(2016-08)About This Book RECOMMENDATIONS To Poultry Breeders: To avoid genetic dilution and erosion of local chicken genetic resource, it is recommended that further characterization of the Kuchi ecotype is made(phenotypic and ... -
Analysis of the Genetic Variability and Population Cluster in Indigenous Chicken Ecotypes of Kenya
(Multimedia University of Kenya, 2023-06)Indigenous chicken (IC) provides a viable enterprise to rural and peri-urban settings in Kenya. An analysis using microsatellite markers was carried out to determine the genetic variability and population structure ... -
The Critical Onion Growth Stages For Selective Protection From Thrips Tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) Infestation
(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Nairobi (Kenya), 2006-01)Field trials were conducted during 2000-2001 at KARIandrsquo;s Mwea-Tebere and Kiboko farms to establish the effect of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman on onion bulb yields and to identify the critical onion growth ... -
Information Needs of Publishing Personnel in Kenya
(LAP LAMBERT Academic, 2018)This study sought to find out the information needs and information seeking behaviour of publishing personnel in a typical Kenyan book publishing firm, the Longhorn (K) Ltd. The study identified the problems that ... -
The Role of Academic Libraries in Webometrics Ranking of Universities in Kenya
(Moi University Press, 2019)Academic institutions now operate in highly competitive environments. Consequently, myriad mechanisms for rating the services and impact of universities have emerged as a means of influencing the choice of potential students, ... -
Culture and tourism: Role Of Culture and Ethnicity on leisure and travel participation
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011-06-29)As Tourism is seen as the World's largest industry, it is without doubt that it is practiced everywhere and by almost everyone despite of their ethnicity, culture, values or traditions. The book brings to light a decisive ... -
Prevalence and Intensity of Intestinal Parasites in School age Children in Thika District, Kenya
(2012-01)The study was conducted in four public primary schools namely, Athena (peri-urban), Kathambara (rural), Kianjau (slum) and St.Patrick (urban); in Thika district, Kenya. Overall prevalence of helminthic ... -
Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
(2016-01)Background. School age children are at high risk of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) worldwide. In Kenya, STH infections in children remain high despite the periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs. Our study assessed ... -
Fishery Industry in Kenya: Towards the Development of a National Policy
(Karatina University, 2006-07)This book, which is the precursor of the fisheries policy, comprises eight chapters. Chapter One introduces the reader to the fisheries industry including the status, challenges and the rationale for the fisheries policy. ... -
Technology-Enabled Learning: Policy, Pedagogy and Practice
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-08-24)Teaching and learning have undergone considerable transformation from the traditional classroom model to the current online and blended models. Developments in information and communications technologies hold the key to ... -
The fishery of Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1992)
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