African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4188

Table of Content: 14 February, 2014; 8(3)

February 2014

Conditions for female and young Brazilian entrepreneurs: Common aspects for guiding public policies for innovative ventures

Entrepreneurship and innovation are complex processes which are difficult to grasp and generalize because of the multiple actors involved and the diversity of historical, social, cultural, geographical and institutional contexts in which these processes take place. The aim of this article is to identify the structural processes concerning the exclusion of Brazilian young people and women from innovative employment based...

Author(s): Yára Lúcia Mazziotti Bulgacov, Denise de Camargo, Maria Lucia Figueiredo Gomes de Meza and Siglinde K da Cunha

February 2014

Impact of motivation as HR bundle on performance of teachers of public schools in Bungoma County

The challenge for managers today is to keep the staff motivated and performing well in the workplace. By understanding employees' needs, managers can understand what rewards to use to motivate them. The goal of most companies is to benefit from positive employee behavior in the workplace by promoting a win–win situation for both the company and workers. This research sought to determine the impact of...

Author(s): Wanyonyi Kadian Wanyama, Dankit Nassiuma and C. Zakayo

February 2014

About the relationship between health expenditure and GDP: more evidence

In this paper, the relationship between Health Care Expenditure (HCE) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in different developed countries with different health care systems from 1960 to 2010 were analyzed. For this purpose, unit root test and cointegration techniques were used. We showed not only the trajectory of these variables over time but also other factors associated with them, as life expectancy at birth, total...

Author(s): Marta Pascual and Noelia González-Prieto