Case studies of the linking of four small business centers in technical institutes in Kenya by electronic bulletin boards identified barriers and problems to the implementation of electronic mail: interpersonal and organizational conflicts, technical difficulties, financial and regulatory constraints, and skill and motivation deficits.…

Discusses the role of technical education and training in supporting economic growth in Kenya, including entrepreneurship education, teacher training, and stimulation of small enterprises through training and consultancy. The importance of creating an entrepreneurial culture through education is stressed. (SK)

Interviews with 71 apprentices in Kenya compared formal and informal sector approaches. The informal group (n=24) gained more entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, influenced by small site size and length of training. The National Youth Service training environment (n=24) was least conducive to preparation for self-employment. (SK)

Presents a cross-cultural study of immediacy, with samples of students drawn from a university in the U.S. and a university in Kenya. Identifies positive relationships between verbal immediacy, nonverbal immediacy, credibility, and cognitive learning for both samples, further supporting research done in the U.S. and elsewhere suggesting that…

A study of 10 Korean human resource practitioners who were trained in performance improvement technology showed they achieved better transfer in the conceptual than the technical domain. Transfer increased when trainees set goals to apply learning and the job, received work assignments related to the training, and had supervisor support. (Contains…