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Journal of Innovation and Social Science Research (JISSR)
  • Editor-in-Chief : Dr. Faraja Igira (The Institute of Finance Management, Tanzania)
  • Established : 2018
  • EISSN : 2591- 6890

Description

Journal of Innovation and Social Science Research (JISSR) is an annual publication of the Institute of Finance Management (IFM) that publishes original articles and review articles in areas of education, law, political sciences, computational sciences, sociology, human resources management, linguistic and mathematics. All papers published by the journal are subject to a minimum of double blind review.

Table of Contents and List of Contributors

Vol 1 - 1 Issue
Vol 1 - Issue 1
  • Article 1
    Hussein A Bakiri, Hellen Maziku, Nerey Mvungi, Libe Masawe, Hamisi Ndyetabura
    Predicting future power consumption demand is an important phenomenon in smart grid architecture because its output can be used by other agencies such as load balancers and maintenance schedulers to mention a few. However, effective design of the load forecasting model requires a critical investigation of load consumption determinants. Many research works have attempted to investigate the degree of relationship between electricity consumption and day type. The findings of the investigation differ in terms of the magnitude of the effect due to social, economic, and technological diversificat...
  • Article 2
    Freddy Jirabi Gamba
    This paper explores macro-environmental issues that justify the decisions for evidence-based policy advocacy initiatives for agricultural led industrialization in Tanzania. The paper intends not to promote activism but rather to promote arguable cases for addressing issues of national significance. The sector experiences most agricultural exports in raw form, weak agro-processing industrial base and limited value-adding activities much done to the exchange function such as buying/selling and transporting while market functions of grading, processing and packaging that trigger i...
  • Article 3
    Hawa I Munisi
    The study assessed effectiveness of internal organizational capacity in managing civil society organizations (CSOs) in Tanzania. The study has used a descriptive research design using 16 CSOs in Dares Salaam and Tanga regions to collect primary data using administered questionnaires and an interview guide. The primary data were then analysed to assess the extent that the local CSOs are shaped and challenged by the various internal capacity indicators of their organizational context, characteristics and knowledge management. In general, the research has found a majority of t...
  • Article 4
    Hussein N. Nassoro
    This study aimed at attesting whether the application of different distribution assumptions of the error term has any effects on the efficiency score through the application of the National Panel Survey data from Tanzania. The study considered a half-normal and exponential distribution assumption. The results for the stochastic frontier were estimated and their efficiency scores support the views that indeed different distribution assumptions have different effects on the level of efficiency score. In both datasets, the exponential distribution assumption is showing a much higher level ...
  • Article 5
    David S. M. Mfalamagoha
    Corruption remains the most critical institutional factor which deters FDI inflows in developing countries. However not much is known about the impact of corruption on FDI inflows in Tanzania since the initiation of economic reforms which was introduced in the 1990s. This study aims to investigate the impact of corruption on FDI inflows in Tanzania using time series institutional data from 1996 to 2015 obtained from the World Bank governance indicators and FDI inflow data from the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) respectively. Multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the data, unit root t...
  • Article 6
    Zuhura Lali, Daniel N Koloseni
    There is little empirical research conducted in Tanzania focusing on the continuance usage of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Therefore, this study aimed at filling this empirical gap, by studying the factors influencing continuance adoption and usage of BYOD among employees in telecommunication firms. A questionnaire­ based survey was employed for data collection, in which 133 responses were collected from employees of three telecommunication companies which are: Vodacom Tanzania, Tigo Tanzania and Airtel Tanzania. The study found that satisfaction and security concerns had a positive influ...
  • Article 7
    Emmanuel M. Sadiki
    The focus of this paper was to explore factors that influence inadequate implementation of Controller and Auditor General (CAG) recommendations in Tanzania’s public sector. This is a case study where Local Government Authorities (LGAs) bad been taken since a lot of unimplemented CAG audit recommendations were found compared to other public institutions in Tanzania's public sector. The study utilized descriptive research with primary data collected through a five-point Likert-scale type of questionnaire and face-to-face interview from some LGAs audited entities, external auditors an...
  • Article 8
    Michael Daniel Mawondo
    Donor funding has been a major source of funds for non­ profit organisations (NPOs). Investigating salient antecedents which influence donor's behavioural intention to continue supporting NPOs is crucial; especially in Tanzania where government support for financing public education is sub-optimal. This research investigates five salient antecedents impacting individual donor's behavioural intention to support education projects. Data were collected through a survey that yielded 242 usable responses which equate to a 30.3% response rate. The findings of the Confirmatory Factor Analysi...
  • Article 9
    Pendo T. Kivyiro
    Energy consumption is very crucial in any economy that aspires to reach a certain level of economic growth. Therefore, the study sought to examine the causal links between energy consumption and economic growth using the time series data covering the period between 1989 and 2014 in the case of Tanzania. We used electric power consumption as the proxy for energy consumption and the growth rate of GDP per capita to capture the level of economic growth. The study employed both pairwise Granger causality tests and Block exogeneity Wald approach under Vector Auto-Regressive (VAR...
  • Article 10
    John Kingu
    This paper reviewed trade liberalization and determinants of agricultural exports in developing countries. In general, 223 papers were retrieved; 84 papers were included in the study and 139 were not included due to the fact that they were not directly linked with the research focus. The research methodology of the study was a systematic review of the relevant articles and working papers as well as research papers and reports. The review reveals that, internal factors are more significant determinants of agricultural export in developing countries than external factors. However, external de...

Editor(s)-in-Chief Biography

Dr. Faraja Igira holds a PhD in Information Systems and Msc in Information Systems both from the University of Oslo (Norway), and an Advanced Diploma in Computer Science from the Institute of Finance Management (Tanzania). She is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics at the Institute of Finance Management. Faraja’s research expertise and interests is on designing and implementing technologies in the workplace, with particular emphasis on work practices, organizational culture human-computer interaction and participatory design. She has been actively involved in studying, designing and implementing the health information systems in Tanzania mainland, Zanzibar and Mozambique. In her research Faraja uses Participatory Design, Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic data to explore dynamics in work practices and organizational culture and how they shape and are shaped by the design and implementation of information and communication technologies. Faraja has over fifteen years of teaching and research experience in which she uses systems-thinking and participatory approaches to enhance mutual learning outcomes. Her long-term goal is to focus more on creating new knowledge and practice that will help the provision of inclusive and equitable quality education in science, technology and innovation (STI) in sub-Saharan Africa and developing countries at large.

Editorial Board

  • Dr. Grace Kazoba ,Institute of Finance Management ,Tanzania
  • Dr. Yustin Bangi ,Institute of Finance Management ,Tanzania
  • Dr. Rebecca Majinge ,Institute of Finance Management ,Tanzania
  • Prof. Ravinder Rena ,North West University
  • Prof. Archana Shrivastava ,Birla Institute of Management Technology
All inquiries related to this journal should be directed to editor-in-chief of this journal.
Editor-in-chief : Dr. Faraja Igira
Email : jissr@ifm.ac.tz
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