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    Examining the Determinants of Solid Waste Disposal Behaviors: A Case of Kampala Capital City Solid Waste Disposing Entities.
    (Makerere University Business School, 2017-12-18) Ananura Gordon
    In Kampala Capital City, there has not yet been any widely published research that has described contracted entities’ Solid waste Disposal behaviors including open dumping, composting and burning. Taken together, these behaviors are crucial to understanding how waste management problems might be resolved. As the Solid Waste industry is still labor intensive, the behaviors of entities involved in this industry influence its growth and performance. The purpose of the study was to examine determinants of solid waste disposal behaviors, by showing how Activity stabilization, Environmental Dynamism, Stakeholder adaptation affect Solid Waste Disposal Behaviors of the contracted disposing entities. An interview guide was used in order to interview and in-depth the contracted entities. This paper utilized direct content analysis commonly referred to as Traditional Text Analysis (TTA) to explore the relationship between the various determinants of Solid Waste Behaviors. The findings revealed that disposal behaviors tend to differ based on the ability to coordinate activities and the capacity of the entities to adapt. Disposing entities that endeavor to stabilize their activities, and adapt with and in the environment also have satisfactory behaviors, supporting both the theories Activity Domain Theory (ADT) and Complexity Theory (CT). The important and significant determinants solid waste disposal behaviors are rules, norms and traditions, intensity, frequency of changes and strategies, patterns and practices within the Solid waste industry in Kampala City. The study recommended effective implementation and adaptation of the examined determinants to effectively improve waste disposal behaviors, waste management, growth and performance of the disposing entities, as well as to reduce the environmental degradation and pollution of Kampala Capital City.