In sub-Saharan Africa, protracted refugee situations have become common within the last three decades. Although voluntary repatriation is mostly recommended as the more lasting solution to refugee problems, some refugees think otherwise. This paper explores the views of Liberian refugees on local integration in Ghana. Using an in-depth interview guide, a total of 25 Liberian refugees were interviewed through the snowball sampling procedure at the Buduburam refugee camp. Guided by both the theory of national identity and an adapted framework on domains of local integration, the results show that the refugees are prepared for local integration. Most of them are already engaged in informal sector businesses as their sources of livelihood; almost all of them have established some social networks which facilitate interactions between them and the indigenes; and moreover they have been granted residence and work permits as well as registered for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as part of the integration package. It can be concluded that the Liberian refugees who opted for local integration are positively disposed for local integration in Ghana. There is the need for government to adopt the most appropriate local approach to facilitate the full intergration of the Liberian refugees into the country.
{"title":"Local integration of Liberian refugees in Ghana","authors":"Augustine Tanle, M. Tettey","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i2.317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i2.317","url":null,"abstract":"In sub-Saharan Africa, protracted refugee situations have become common within the last three decades. Although voluntary repatriation is mostly recommended as the more lasting solution to refugee problems, some refugees think otherwise. This paper explores the views of Liberian refugees on local integration in Ghana. Using an in-depth interview guide, a total of 25 Liberian refugees were interviewed through the snowball sampling procedure at the Buduburam refugee camp. Guided by both the theory of national identity and an adapted framework on domains of local integration, the results show that the refugees are prepared for local integration. Most of them are already engaged in informal sector businesses as their sources of livelihood; almost all of them have established some social networks which facilitate interactions between them and the indigenes; and moreover they have been granted residence and work permits as well as registered for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as part of the integration package. It can be concluded that the Liberian refugees who opted for local integration are positively disposed for local integration in Ghana. There is the need for government to adopt the most appropriate local approach to facilitate the full intergration of the Liberian refugees into the country. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121347796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Opoku, Kwamena Minta Nyaku, Maame Nyahan Martin
This study examined employees’ perception of training practices in the hotel industry in a developing economy, and adopted a purely quantitative approach, using the cross-sectional field survey. Data were collected using self-administered survey questionnaires and was analysed using percentages. Using a sample of 195 full-time employees from 61 registered hotels in the Cape Coast Metropolis and the Elmina Townships in Ghana, the findings showed that hotel employees perceived all the elements of training practices as adequate except evaluation of training where training effectiveness and reaction to trainees were found to be inadequate. Indicatively, employees’ ability to transfer learning from training to the workplace significantly affects their service delivery. The authors recommend that managers invest in staff training but pay particular attention to hotel employees acquiring and transferring the requisite skills and knowledge required to improve service delivery
{"title":"Hotel employees’ perceptions of training practices in a developing economy: Implications for improving service delivery.","authors":"F. Opoku, Kwamena Minta Nyaku, Maame Nyahan Martin","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i2.315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i2.315","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined employees’ perception of training practices in the hotel industry in a developing economy, and adopted a purely quantitative approach, using the cross-sectional field survey. Data were collected using self-administered survey questionnaires and was analysed using percentages. Using a sample of 195 full-time employees from 61 registered hotels in the Cape Coast Metropolis and the Elmina Townships in Ghana, the findings showed that hotel employees perceived all the elements of training practices as adequate except evaluation of training where training effectiveness and reaction to trainees were found to be inadequate. Indicatively, employees’ ability to transfer learning from training to the workplace significantly affects their service delivery. The authors recommend that managers invest in staff training but pay particular attention to hotel employees acquiring and transferring the requisite skills and knowledge required to improve service delivery","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115540634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Understanding Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health behaviour is paramount if the attainment of improved health outcomes and ultimately, the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved. However, the extant literature appears to be disproportionately focused on adolescents in the rural context. Using both qualitative and quantitative data collected from adolescents aged 15-19 years living in Kwesimintsim zongo – an urban slum, this paper attempts to examine early sexual relationships and age mixing among older adolescents. The results point to the presence of risky sexual behaviour among the respondents. Specifically it was found that about a fifth of the respondents were engaged in both early sexual relationships and age mixing. These findings provide useful insight on urban adolescents and their sexual reproductive health in Ghana and it is recommended that preventive measures such as educational campaigns be deployed to dissuade adolescents from engaging in these risky behaviours whose resultant social, psychological and economic costs affect the wider society.
{"title":"Early sexual relationships and age mixing among older adolescents living in an urban slum in Ghana","authors":"Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i2.313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i2.313","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health behaviour is paramount if the attainment of improved health outcomes and ultimately, the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved. However, the extant literature appears to be disproportionately focused on adolescents in the rural context. Using both qualitative and quantitative data collected from adolescents aged 15-19 years living in Kwesimintsim zongo – an urban slum, this paper attempts to examine early sexual relationships and age mixing among older adolescents. The results point to the presence of risky sexual behaviour among the respondents. Specifically it was found that about a fifth of the respondents were engaged in both early sexual relationships and age mixing. These findings provide useful insight on urban adolescents and their sexual reproductive health in Ghana and it is recommended that preventive measures such as educational campaigns be deployed to dissuade adolescents from engaging in these risky behaviours whose resultant social, psychological and economic costs affect the wider society.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130101138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper examines microcredit as a tool for ecological sanitation (EcoSan) and smallholder agriculture in Ghana. Employing a rapid review approach, and its associated review of existing literature, the paper argues that microcredit for sanitation has been proven to be an effective way (“David”) of dealing with sanitation and agriculture challenges (two “Goliaths”), when directed to the provision of ecological sanitation (compost toilets). Such approach has multiple benefits such as improved sanitation, clean environment, improved crop yield, food security, good health and poverty alleviation. Thus, ecological sanitation is both an economically and environmentally sustainable sanitation option since it has the added benefits of paying for itself through the fertilizer generated as its by-product, thereby improving food security and alleviating poverty as well as protecting the environment in the long run. The paper therefore implores microcredit institutions to engage in diversified lending approach, which seeks to target smallholder agricultural development through ecological sanitation provision. Though attitudes and perceptions have been identified as a major challenge for the acceptance of EcoSan toilets, it is argued that beliefs can be altered or replaced through better community engagement and open discussions about the benefits of EcoSan toilets as well as the relevance of using microcredit as a tool to motivate this change process.
{"title":"‘One David, Two Goliaths’: Microcredit as a tool for sustainable ecological sanitation and smallholder agriculture in Ghana","authors":"S. Mariwah","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i2.314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i2.314","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines microcredit as a tool for ecological sanitation (EcoSan) and smallholder agriculture in Ghana. Employing a rapid review approach, and its associated review of existing literature, the paper argues that microcredit for sanitation has been proven to be an effective way (“David”) of dealing with sanitation and agriculture challenges (two “Goliaths”), when directed to the provision of ecological sanitation (compost toilets). Such approach has multiple benefits such as improved sanitation, clean environment, improved crop yield, food security, good health and poverty alleviation. Thus, ecological sanitation is both an economically and environmentally sustainable sanitation option since it has the added benefits of paying for itself through the fertilizer generated as its by-product, thereby improving food security and alleviating poverty as well as protecting the environment in the long run. The paper therefore implores microcredit institutions to engage in diversified lending approach, which seeks to target smallholder agricultural development through ecological sanitation provision. Though attitudes and perceptions have been identified as a major challenge for the acceptance of EcoSan toilets, it is argued that beliefs can be altered or replaced through better community engagement and open discussions about the benefits of EcoSan toilets as well as the relevance of using microcredit as a tool to motivate this change process.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128047941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Ahiakpor, W. Brafu-Insaidoo, C. Obeng, E. Wiafe
This paper employs the Bayesian Model Selection (BMS) to determine the link between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and export performance in Ghana. The BMS enables us to consider a large number of potential explanatory variables and deal with the issue of model uncertainty. The study revealed positive effect of FDI on export performance but not as a major driver of export growth in Ghana. However, the effect of domestic savings, trade liberalisation and infrastructure development are found to have stronger effect on export performance than FDI inflows. The study recommends government policies should be geared towards improving domestic savings and the liberalization of the economy towards international trade.
{"title":"Foreign direct investment and export performance in Ghana: Modeling uncertainty using Bayesian Model Selection Approach","authors":"F. Ahiakpor, W. Brafu-Insaidoo, C. Obeng, E. Wiafe","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i2.312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i2.312","url":null,"abstract":"This paper employs the Bayesian Model Selection (BMS) to determine the link between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and export performance in Ghana. The BMS enables us to consider a large number of potential explanatory variables and deal with the issue of model uncertainty. The study revealed positive effect of FDI on export performance but not as a major driver of export growth in Ghana. However, the effect of domestic savings, trade liberalisation and infrastructure development are found to have stronger effect on export performance than FDI inflows. The study recommends government policies should be geared towards improving domestic savings and the liberalization of the economy towards international trade.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114958311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ghana is said to have the distinctive peculiarity of delivering poor service and anecdotal evidence suggests that hotel customers, both domestic and international guests have in one way or the other experienced shortfalls in the quality of services offered. Guests have expressed varied needs and expectations during their stay but hotels have not responded adequately. This study explored the perceptual interface between guests and service providers. The study gathered cross-sectional data using questionnaires from 172 hotel guests, 197 frontline employees and 125 management staff. The findings of the study reveal that there were significant differences between guests and service providers’ perceptions of service quality. It is therefore recommended that managers of hotels put in extra effort to minimize the gaps between guests and frontline staff’s perceptions by training employees and treating them as internal clients so that they understand and appreciate how the hotel works in order to satisfy and motivate employees to satisfy customers.
{"title":"Stakeholders’ perceptions of service quality in hotels","authors":"E. F. Amissah","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i1.306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i1.306","url":null,"abstract":"Ghana is said to have the distinctive peculiarity of delivering poor service and anecdotal evidence suggests that hotel customers, both domestic and international guests have in one way or the other experienced shortfalls in the quality of services offered. Guests have expressed varied needs and expectations during their stay but hotels have not responded adequately. This study explored the perceptual interface between guests and service providers. The study gathered cross-sectional data using questionnaires from 172 hotel guests, 197 frontline employees and 125 management staff. The findings of the study reveal that there were significant differences between guests and service providers’ perceptions of service quality. It is therefore recommended that managers of hotels put in extra effort to minimize the gaps between guests and frontline staff’s perceptions by training employees and treating them as internal clients so that they understand and appreciate how the hotel works in order to satisfy and motivate employees to satisfy customers.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130387150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition is a critical element in menu planning. Despite its important role, few empirical studies have attempted to link nutrition to menu planning. This paper explores the extent to which nutritional issues are considered in menu planning and menu planners’ adherence to nutritional guidelines. The study adopted an exploratory approach, using in-depth interviews to explore and collect qualitative data for the study. Four main themes were identified from the analysis: nutrition principles in menu planning, customers’ nutritional needs, the pyramid and the 3 food steps, and the adherence to requirements in nutritional guidelines. The menu planners’ knowledge on nutrition was mostly based on past experiences and learning on-the-job rather than the recommendation given in nutrition books or by expert. The study revealed that adherence to nutritional guidelines is almost overlooked when planning restaurant menus. This is as a result of the deficiency in nutrition awareness. This study, therefore, suggests that restaurant operators should create avenues for their kitchen staff to upgrade their knowledge in food and nutrition. There is also the need for dietitians to work closely together with foodservice operators to create and modify recipes that meet dietary guidelines.
{"title":"Menu planners’ adherence to nutritional guidelines in menu planning in Osu, Ghana","authors":"Evelyn Addison-Akotoye, E. Amenumey","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i1.310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i1.310","url":null,"abstract":"Nutrition is a critical element in menu planning. Despite its important role, few empirical studies have attempted to link nutrition to menu planning. This paper explores the extent to which nutritional issues are considered in menu planning and menu planners’ adherence to nutritional guidelines. The study adopted an exploratory approach, using in-depth interviews to explore and collect qualitative data for the study. Four main themes were identified from the analysis: nutrition principles in menu planning, customers’ nutritional needs, the pyramid and the 3 food steps, and the adherence to requirements in nutritional guidelines. The menu planners’ knowledge on nutrition was mostly based on past experiences and learning on-the-job rather than the recommendation given in nutrition books or by expert. The study revealed that adherence to nutritional guidelines is almost overlooked when planning restaurant menus. This is as a result of the deficiency in nutrition awareness. This study, therefore, suggests that restaurant operators should create avenues for their kitchen staff to upgrade their knowledge in food and nutrition. There is also the need for dietitians to work closely together with foodservice operators to create and modify recipes that meet dietary guidelines.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"44 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133010035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Access to credit has been consistently cited as a major constraint to the growth of micro and small-scale enterprises. Research has shown that enterprises that are not able to access credit from banks often rely on non-bank sources. It is based on this that the study set out to examine the accessibility of MSEs to non-bank credit and how non-bank credit affects their growth. In order to achieve the set objectives, 96 MSEs of five non-bank financial institutions were sampled for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from both the non-bank financial instutions and the MSEs. Data from the study were mainly analysed using the Chi-Square Test of Independence and log linear resgression analysis. Findings show that MSEs’ accessibility to non-bank credit was affected by inadequate information about credit availability, high interest rates and cumbersome procedure for credit acquisition. Most of the non-bank credit advanced to MSEs were inadequate and were often disbursed at wrong times. Credit received by MSEs mainly went to increasing working capital. This was attributed to the high rate of inflation that forces MSEs to demand credit for re-capitalisation. Firms that accessed larger amount of credit experienced increases in profits. Based on the findings the study recommends to non-bank financial institutions to make the procedures for credit acquisition less cumbersome, provide information about credit availability and to grant adequate and timely loans to MSEs. In order to access credit in time, MSEs are to put in timely application of credit as this will give non-bank credit institution amply time to process the application.
{"title":"Accessibility to non-bank credit and the growth of micro and small enterprises in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Ghana","authors":"Frederick Koomson","doi":"10.47963/joss.v8i1.305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v8i1.305","url":null,"abstract":"Access to credit has been consistently cited as a major constraint to the growth of micro and small-scale enterprises. Research has shown that enterprises that are not able to access credit from banks often rely on non-bank sources. It is based on this that the study set out to examine the accessibility of MSEs to non-bank credit and how non-bank credit affects their growth. In order to achieve the set objectives, 96 MSEs of five non-bank financial institutions were sampled for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from both the non-bank financial instutions and the MSEs. Data from the study were mainly analysed using the Chi-Square Test of Independence and log linear resgression analysis. Findings show that MSEs’ accessibility to non-bank credit was affected by inadequate information about credit availability, high interest rates and cumbersome procedure for credit acquisition. Most of the non-bank credit advanced to MSEs were inadequate and were often disbursed at wrong times. Credit received by MSEs mainly went to increasing working capital. This was attributed to the high rate of inflation that forces MSEs to demand credit for re-capitalisation. Firms that accessed larger amount of credit experienced increases in profits. Based on the findings the study recommends to non-bank financial institutions to make the procedures for credit acquisition less cumbersome, provide information about credit availability and to grant adequate and timely loans to MSEs. In order to access credit in time, MSEs are to put in timely application of credit as this will give non-bank credit institution amply time to process the application.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128144095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foster Frempong, Fredrick Dayour, Alberta Bondzi- Simpson
Attractions play an important role in determining a destination’s allure, and for this reason many destinations seek to boost patronage of their products by marketing their attractions. Thus, tourist satisfaction with attractions is intrinsically linked to a destination’s fortunes. Yet, not many studies have focused on attraction satisfaction, much so within the Sub Saharan African milieu which presents a context that is rather different from the conventional settings within which tourism has been studied. This paper therefore set out to explore visitor satisfaction with Ghana’s attractions. It employed a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods and interviewed 412 visitors to Ghana over a 3 month period. While the overall satisfaction was fairly high, attribute-specific satisfaction was found to be much lower. Overall Satisfaction was also found to have significant statistical associations with certain socio-demographic variables as well as repeat intentions. More importantly, it was observed that their intrinsic qualities notwithstanding, Ghanaian attractions generally lack the other elements of the ‘servicescape’, i.e. supporting facilities that make the attraction experience satisfying. The implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions for enhancing satisfaction at the attractions are proffered.
{"title":"Visitor satisfaction with Ghana’s tourist attractions","authors":"Foster Frempong, Fredrick Dayour, Alberta Bondzi- Simpson","doi":"10.47963/joss.v7i3.303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v7i3.303","url":null,"abstract":"Attractions play an important role in determining a destination’s allure, and for this reason many destinations seek to boost patronage of their products by marketing their attractions. Thus, tourist satisfaction with attractions is intrinsically linked to a destination’s fortunes. Yet, not many studies have focused on attraction satisfaction, much so within the Sub Saharan African milieu which presents a context that is rather different from the conventional settings within which tourism has been studied. This paper therefore set out to explore visitor satisfaction with Ghana’s attractions. It employed a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods and interviewed 412 visitors to Ghana over a 3 month period. While the overall satisfaction was fairly high, attribute-specific satisfaction was found to be much lower. Overall Satisfaction was also found to have significant statistical associations with certain socio-demographic variables as well as repeat intentions. More importantly, it was observed that their intrinsic qualities notwithstanding, Ghanaian attractions generally lack the other elements of the ‘servicescape’, i.e. supporting facilities that make the attraction experience satisfying. The implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions for enhancing satisfaction at the attractions are proffered.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117119957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aside its gastronomic qualities, food is identified as a means through which tourism destinations can be promoted. Suggestions are made for local dishes to be served in tourism-oriented establishments to increase their acceptance as tourism products. Generally the discourse on food tourism has largely been from a demand perspective with relatively little emphasis being placed on the supply-side dimensions, particularly the decision making processes that surround the placement of Ghanaian food on the hotel menu. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the substratum to enquire into the attitudes and intentions of menu decision-makers in hotels towards adding more variety of Ghanaian dishes unto their menu.Adopting a qualitative research design, in-depth interviews were conducted with menu decision-makers from twelve purposively selected 1 to 3-star rated hotels in Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi. Interpretation of the results was based on the factors that are considered by menu-decision makers when deciding on menu items as suggested by the literature and described using the narrative technique, summaries and representative quotes. The findings indicate that while there is a general desire by chefs to increase their placement of Ghanaian dishes on the menu, factors such as customer acceptance, and managerial support play a constraining role in the slow adaption of local dishes unto the menu.
{"title":"Will The Chef Serve This? Insights On Placing Ghanaian Dishes On The Hotel Menu","authors":"Alberta Bondzi- Simpson","doi":"10.47963/joss.v7i3.298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v7i3.298","url":null,"abstract":"Aside its gastronomic qualities, food is identified as a means through which tourism destinations can be promoted. Suggestions are made for local dishes to be served in tourism-oriented establishments to increase their acceptance as tourism products. Generally the discourse on food tourism has largely been from a demand perspective with relatively little emphasis being placed on the supply-side dimensions, particularly the decision making processes that surround the placement of Ghanaian food on the hotel menu. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the substratum to enquire into the attitudes and intentions of menu decision-makers in hotels towards adding more variety of Ghanaian dishes unto their menu.Adopting a qualitative research design, in-depth interviews were conducted with menu decision-makers from twelve purposively selected 1 to 3-star rated hotels in Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi. Interpretation of the results was based on the factors that are considered by menu-decision makers when deciding on menu items as suggested by the literature and described using the narrative technique, summaries and representative quotes. The findings indicate that while there is a general desire by chefs to increase their placement of Ghanaian dishes on the menu, factors such as customer acceptance, and managerial support play a constraining role in the slow adaption of local dishes unto the menu.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122912555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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