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Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

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Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

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School of Education and Human Development

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Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

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School of Education and Human Development

# overview
My research focuses on educational policy analysis within international and comparative education, investment in human capital development, emotional intelligence and leadership development, organizational development and change, evaluation in organizations, transfer of learning, organizational learning and e-learning.  I have received numerous awards, honors and fellowships in recognition of my scholarship such as the Fulbright Scholarship in 1996, Outstanding HRD Scholar Award in 2019, the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship in 2016, Outstanding Paper, Academy of Human Resource Development, Asian Chapter in 2019, Distinguished International Scholar Award, Louisiana State University in 1997, Arkansas Business Teacher Educator of the Year Award in 2004, Cutting Edge Award for the Outstanding Papers, Academy of Human Resource Development in 2005, and Outstanding New Faculty Award, College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University in 2008.

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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3505 Human Resources And Industrial Relations

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Kenyatta University - (Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya)

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Education, Business Studies and Economics

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Kenyatta University - (Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya)

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Economics of Education & Educational Planning

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Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States)

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Leadership and Human Resource Development

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Access, Efficiency, and Equity Consideration of the Worlds Bank African Virtual University Project: A Case Study of Kenya

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Forums for dialogue between university and industry A case of Kenyatta University, Kenya and University of Padua, Italy

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Consensus building, dialogue and spirituality principles of the learning organization paradigm: Implications for Kenya's public service reform agenda

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Education through self-help: the case for Kenyan university students with the introduction of university fees payment

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TALENT DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

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Employees' perception toward the dimension of culture in enhancing organizational learning

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Structural adjustment programs and the emergence of entrepreneurial activities among Moi University students

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The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development Paradigms and Practices in South Africa

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The Matatu Industry as Part of Entrepreneurial Efforts in Kenya

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Exploring Organizational Learning Mechanisms in Small-Size Business Enterprises

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Determining statistical significance between e-learning training versus traditional training in six different industry settings

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"For us it was a learning experience" Design, development and implementation of blended learning

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Human Resource Development in Newspaper Recruitment Advertisements: A Resource for Curriculum Design

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Matatu Entrepreneurship as a Learning Experience

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The place of lifelong learning in Kenya: Need to build bridges between private agencies, public agencies and universities

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A comparison of the efficiency and equity implications of university loan programs in the United States and in Kenya

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Women entrepreneurs in Eldoret town: their socio-economic background and business performance

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Talent Management and Development: Perspectives From Emerging Market Economies

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Emotional intelligence research within human resource development scholarship

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Chapter 15 Essential Tips for Planning and Devlopment of Online Courses

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Informal Transport in Practice: Matatu Entrepreneurship

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Chapter Nine The Impact of World Bank/IMF and Kenya Governments Policies on Teacher Recruitment, Staffing and Education Quality

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Determining the relationship between drivers level of education, training, working conditions, and job performance in Kenya

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Factors affecting the management of women groups' micro and small enterprises in Kakamega District, Kenya

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Global Issues and Talent Development Perspectives from Countries Around the World

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Predicting Career Decision-Making Difficulties: The Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence, Positive and Negative Emotions.

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REFORMS IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING CURRICULUM AS A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCIES IN KENYA

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Leadership Development for Frontier Societies: Reflections from Kenya

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Management of adult education organisations in Africa

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Lifelong learning for societies in transition: lessons from Africa

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Determining the relationship between drivers' level of education, training, working conditions, and job performance in Kenya

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Entrepreneurship and socioeconomic development in Africa: a reality or myth?

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Towards a search for the meaning of entrepreneurship

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ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

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A Study of Socio-Economic Background of Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Sector in Eldoret Town

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Human capital theory: implications for human resource development

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Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills among Practicing Leaders: Reality or Myth?

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Peeling off the Layers of the Matatu Entrepreneurship

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The World Bank's Africa Virtual University Project: a revisit

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A Response to Wang and Swanson's Article on National HRD and Theory Development

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Strategies for Virtual Learning Environments: Focusing on Teaching Presence and Teaching Immediacy

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The market model of financing state universities in Kenya: Some innovative lessons

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An Analysis of Emotional Intelligence and the Performance of Principals in Selected Schools in Kenya

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Innovations in career and technical education: strategic approaches towards workforce competencies around the globe

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Culture, organizational learning and selected employee background variables in smallsize business enterprises

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Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style, and Perceived Leadership Effectiveness

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Human resource development, social capital, emotional intelligence

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Simulations and the Future of Learning: An Innovative and Perhaps Revolutionary Approach to E-Learning, by Clark Aldrich.(2003). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 304 pp. $50 (cloth) ISBN: 0787969621.

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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN KENYA'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

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Factors predicting success in a distance learning nontraditional undergraduate degree program

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Investment in Human Capital through Institutions of Higher Education for the Revival of Kenyas Economy.

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A Response to Wang and Swansons Article on National HRD and Theory Development

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A Study of Truck Drivers and their Job Performance Regarding Highway Safety

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Governance and Transformations of Universities in Africa A Global Perspective

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Technical Training Evaluation Revisited: An Exploratory, Mixed-Methods Study

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Disability as a Diversity Factor: Implications for Human Resource Practices

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Harnessing and Optimal Utilization of Human Capital in Virtual Workplace Environments

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Communications Technology, Emotional Intelligence, and Impact on Performance: A Conceptual Exploration of Connections

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GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

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Livelihood, conditions of work, regulation and road safety in the small-scale public transport sector: a case of the Matatu mode of transport in Kenya

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Education service agency audits: reinforcing the need for systematic evaluation

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International Vocational Education And Training Association

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Global Human Resource Development, Regional and Country Perspectives

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ONLINE CLASS ENGAGEMENT PER SE: CONSIDERING STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES

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The forgotten workers the case of public service vehicle drivers in Eldoret Town, Kenya

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Organization of Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)

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Mwiria Kilemi and Sheila P. Wamahiu. Issues in Educational Research in Africa

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Association Of Third World Studies, Inc.

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The Logic of Practice of Matatu Entrepreneurship as a Self-Organizing Sector

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Lifelong Learning and Quality Education for Sustainable Development in Africa

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The challenges of integrating entrepreneurship education in the vocational training system

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Entrepreneurship and socioeconomic development in Africa: a reality or myth?

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Human resource development, social capital, emotional intelligence: Any link to productivity?

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Perceived Effectiveness and Application of Organizational Career Development Practices.

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Higher education institutions as learning organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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College choice: the state of marketing and effective student recruitment strategies

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Road Traffic Injury Prevention Training Manual

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Communication Climate, Organizational Learning Readiness and Job Satisfaction in Information Technology Service Enterprises

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Human Performance Models Revealed in the Global Context

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Ubuntuism: An African social philosophy relevant to adult and workplace learning

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Approaches to and Instruments for Measuring Emotional Intelligence: A Review of Selected Literature

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Health and human development in Kenya A review of literature from high income, middle income, and low income countries

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Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, Margaret Kobia, and Nura M. Huka

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Organizational learning mechanisms of a small business enterprise in the Midwestern United States

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Culture, organizational learning and selected employee background variables in smallsize business enterprises

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Leadership and Organizational Learning: Accounting for Variances in Small-Size Business Enterprises.

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Partnerships in On-Line Learning: Development of an On-Line Curriculum for Application in a for Profit Firm and an Undergraduate Human Resource Degree Program.

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The role of social entrepreneurship in HIV/AIDS management across the education sector in Kenya

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A Study of Truck Drivers and their Job Performance Regarding Highway Safety

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Determining the relationship among organizational learning dimensions of a smallsize business enterprise

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Capacity building through investment in people: key to Africa's development

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HRDs Role in Identifying, Measuring, and Managing Knowledge Assets in the Intangible Economy

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Management of adult education organisations in Africa

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Entrepreneurial skills development programs for unemployed youth in Africa: A second look

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A Survey of Current and Former Members of the Academy of Human Resource Development

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Examining research productivity of faculty in selected leading public universities in Kenya

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Teacher improvement through peer teacher evaluation in Kenyan schools

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Emotional Intelligence and Performance: Need for Additional Empirical Evidence

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PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE PRACTICES IN AFRICA

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The market model of financing state universities in Africa: Some innovative lessons from Kenya

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Ubuntu Worldview: A Traditional African View of Adult Learning in the Workplace

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The Place of E-Learning in Africa's Institutions of Higher Learning

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Training of the Trainers: Strategies for the 21st Century

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Management of adult education organisations in Africa

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Factors affecting the management of women groups micro and small enterprises in Kakamega District, Kenya

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Can authentic leadership influence the employees organizational justice perceptions?  a study in the hotel context

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Predicting workplace transfer of learning A study of adult learners enrolled in a continuing professional education training program

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY

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Factors predicting entrepreneurship opportunities in the United States of America: 1969-2000

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Management of Adult Education Organisations in Africa

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Career Transitions across and within Organizations: Implications for Human Resource Development.

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Vermas,(2001)A Comparison of the Efficiency and Equity Implications of University Loan Programs in the United States and in Kenya

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Talent Development in Emerging Economies Through Learning and Development Capacity Building

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The quality and utilization of technical education trainers in Kenya

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Digital Library And Archives Of The Virginia Tech University Libraries

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Informal Public Transport in Practice Matatu Entrepreneurship Foreword

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Strengthening student engagement: what do students want in online courses?

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Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education and Corporate Training

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Integrative Literature Review: Organizational Commitment and Workplace Outcomes: A Conceptual Model for Truckload Transportation Carriers

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Emotional Intelligence and Performance: Need for Additional Empirical Evidence

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Client Perspectives of a States Education Service Cooperative: Evaluation Implications for Human Resource Development.

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The cultural context of human resource development

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Unrecorded alcohol in East Africa: A case study of Kenya.

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Developing diverse teams to improve performance in the organizational setting

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The quest for quality education: the case of curriculum innovations in Kenya

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Disability as a Diversity Factor: Implications for Human Resource Practices

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Talent Development and the Global Economy Perspectives from Special Interest Groups

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Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity in Kenya.

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Responses to conditions of decline: The case of Kenyas public universities

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Handbook of Research on Nurturing Industrial Economy for Africas Development

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Simulations and the Future of Learning: An Innovative and Perhaps Revolutionary Approach to ELearning, by Clark Aldrich. (2003). San Francisco: JosseyBass. 304 pp. $50 (cloth) ISBN: 0787969621.

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Foundations of Adult Education in Africa

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Employee engagement antecedents and consequences in Vietnamese businesses

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The Role of Universities in africa in the Knowledge Explosion Era

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Consequences of employee turnover in the banking industry: A review of selected literature

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Emotional Intelligence and Its Critical Role in Developing Human Resources

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Entrepreneurship and career development in Africa: State of the Art

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Conceptualizing a Framework for Investigating Consequences of Job Satisfaction, Commitment and Turnover in Early Learner Environments Carroll M. Graham Indiana State University

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Human capital theory: implications for human resource development

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Informal Public Transport in Practice Matatu Entrepreneurship Preface

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Understanding the educational needs of adult immigrants: a reflection from the review of literature

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International Vocational Education And Training Association

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A Study of Trainee Attitude and Satisfaction between E-Learning Training versus Traditional Training

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The World Banks Africa Virtual University Project: a revisit

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Rethinking Emotional Intelligence: An Alternative Proposal

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Identifying individuals with multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenya: a latent class analysis.

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Africa Growth and Opportunity Act: New Path to Africas Economic Recovery?

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An Empirical Study of a Leadership Development Training Program and Its Impact on Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) Scores

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Defining the Challenges to Growth of an International NGO

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Socio-economic background and informal sector business performance of women entrepreneurs in Eldoret

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Institute For Development Studies, University Of Nairobi

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Human capital theory: implications for human resource development

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Socio-economic background and informal sector: business performance of women entrepreneursin [sic] Eldoret

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Institute For Development Studies, University Of Nairobi

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Emotional intelligence, intercultural competence and online instruction: Review and reflection

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The role of universities in promoting cooperation between social and pure scientists for human development in Kenya

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Employees perception toward the dimension of culture in enhancing organizational learning

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A comparison of the efficiency and equity implications of university loan programs in the United States and in Kenya

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Innovative Techniques in The Training of Health Professionals: The Case of Moi

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Academy Of Human Resource Development, Baton Rouge, La.

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Exploring Organizational Learning Mechanisms in SmallSize Business Enterprises

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HRD's Role in Identifying, Measuring, and Managing Knowledge Assets in the Intangible Economy

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Foundations of Adult Education in Africa, by F. Nafukho, M. Amutabi, and R. Otunga. Cape Town, South Africa: UNESCO Institute of Education and Pearson Education, 2005. 182 pages. $23 ISBN: 9282011216

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The place of e-learning in Africas institutions of higher learning

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Informal Public Transport in Practice: Matatu Entrepreneurship

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The engagement continuum model using corporate social responsibility as an intervention for sustained employee engagement Research leading practice

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Lifelong Learning and Quality Education for Sustainable Development in Africa

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Governance and Transformations of Universities in Africa A Global Perspective

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Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in Higher Education

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Table to Farm: A sustainable, systems-based approach for a safer and healthier melon supply chain in the U.S.

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

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Table to Farm Sustainable Systems Based Approach for a Safer and Healthier Melon Supply Chain in the U.S.

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Accelerated Preparation of Leaders for Underserved Schools (A-PLUS): Building Instructional Capacity.

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Educational Adm & Human Resources Development; 4226 TAMU

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School of Education and Human Development

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Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

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School of Education and Human Development

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Chakraborty, Misha (2017-04). Learner Engagement Strategies in Online Class Environment. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Collins, Rachele Christine (2016-06). Understanding the Workforce Skills and Development Needs of the Houston Suburban Homeless. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ke, Jie (2011-10). Professionals' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Online versus Face-to-face Continuing Professional Education Courses. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Claus, Vanessa A (2013-04). Perceptions of Human Resource Development Professionals Toward their Professional Association's Standards on Ethics and Integrity. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Fowler, Rhonda Michelle (2013-08). "When you want to give up, you want to give in": Mentoring perceptions of African American women doctoral students at a predominately White institution. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hammons, Laura (2013-06). Relationships among Non-Academic Employee Perceptions of Manager Leadership Behaviors, Meaningful Work, and Selected Performance Drivers. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Mathis, Robin S. (2010-07). Participants' Perspectives of Training Experiences: An Exploratory Qualitative Study. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Frank, Christine A. (2015-05). A Dual-Paradigm Assessment of a Model to Guide the Formulation of National Human Resource Development (NHRD) Policy for Practice: National Learning for Economic, Political, and Socio-Cultural Performance and Wellbeing. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Obiero, Dan (2012-07). Causes and Consequences of Employee Turnover in a Financial Institution in Kenya. Doctoral Dissertation.