... in understanding the dynamics of TVET attractiveness among youth in Ghana. Francis Ansah can be contacted at: francis.ansah@ucc.edu.gh 18 09 2024 26 09 2024 26 09 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only TVET courses...

...Desmond Tutu Ayentimi; Robert Ebo Hinson; John Burgess Purpose This paper, grounded on social capital and social networking theory, examines how postgraduate students in Ghana cultivate and utilise social resources towards career development. Design/methodology/approach Following a qualitative...

...Ernest Kissi; Divine Kwaku Ahadzie; Caleb Debrah; Theophilus Adjei-Kumi Purpose In Ghana, graduates often have limited entrepreneurial skills and rarely undertake entrepreneur initiatives as they are persistently in search of non-existing jobs in the formal sector. On this basis, this study...

...Eli Fianu; Craig Blewett; George Oppong Ampong Purpose The study seeks to investigate the factors that influence MOOC usage by students in tertiary institutes in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach As this study sought both to test existing UTAUT variables and potentially identify additional...

...Franklin Gyamfi Agyemang; Henry Boateng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer from a master to an apprentice in the informal sector among hairdressers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A case study was used as the research design...

... undergraduate students from the Ashesi University College in Ghana participated in the study. Factor analysis was conducted on the career choice factors and differences in response between science and business students were ascertained by means of independent sample t-test. Findings The findings...

... are graduate entrepreneurs in Ghana facing in their bid to create their own jobs? RQ4. Has entrepreneurship education received by tertiary graduates of polytechnics been beneficial to them? The paper first reviews definitions of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education as well as its...

... offered industrial training to construction students in the Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast metropolitan areas of Ghana, the paper assessed industry's views on issues relating to the nature and objectives of industrial training, preparation towards training, performance of students during training...

... to run the industry. Only two of the Public Universities in Ghana are running degree programs in Building Technology, namely, the Department of Building Technology in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, and the University of Education Winneba (UEW‐Kumasi campus). KNUST...