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Development of an innovative eco-friendly rice puffing machine for modernizing a traditional cottage industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manoj KR. Bhattacharyya --- RuTAG-EI (Rural Technology Action Group – Eastern India) IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), India Manjishtha Bhattacharyya --- Department of Zoology, IndiaTraditional enterprises are economically less viable although they impact the environment less adversely. Modern industries that have replaced traditional skills for mass manufacture of the same products are capital intensive and more polluting. A midway is essential that can upgrade... -
Role of reciprocity and innovativeness on performance in a developing context: Empirical evidence from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shogo Mlozi --- Department of Tourism, Tanzania Ossi Pesämaa --- Accounting and Control, Sweden Sarah Jack --- Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation, UKGenerally, investors tend to invest when likelihood of success is high. Many investors consider Africa as one market and neglect individual differences among African countries. Africa is mostly considered a high-risk market and conceptually innovativeness involves uncertainty, which precedes risk... -
A qualitative approach to assess innovation in small infant industries within developing countries: The case of pharmaceuticals in Tunisia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nejla Yacoub --- Faculty of Economics and Management of Mahdia, Monastir, TunisiaEmpirical methodologies to assess innovation are generally econometric models using ‘quantifiable’ variables. However, the innovation system approach shows that innovation is a social process. Its analysis needs to consider the influence of humans on the innovation system actors’ behaviours and... -
Analysis and assessment of innovative culture development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Daria Tomasova --- , RussiaThe vast number of transformations in the present business environment, its significant growth and the variety of its possibilities, together with the need for accelerated development of economic systems tightly linked to innovative culture development necessitated this paper. The task... -
Moving to design-based education in hotel management school: proof of success and beyond — a research journey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Hanneke Assen --- , the Netherlands Marte Rinck de Boer --- , the Netherlands Macmillion B Fernandes --- , the NetherlandsNHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences adopted the innovative educational concept design-based education (DBE) in 2018. The Hotel Management School is one of the programmes that introduced a DBE curriculum. It is important to explore to what extent DBE is... -
Managing the dependency of focal firms on innovative suppliers: A qualitative study of automotive manufacturers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Assilah Agigi --- , South Africa Kelvinne Mocke --- , South Africa Iman Carrim --- , South Africa Logan Keen --- , South AfricaSupply chain innovation (SCI) has been cited as a key source of competitive advantage. Previous studies have focused on the role of suppliers as a valuable source of innovation. OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) are constantly faced with dramatic changes and... -
Perceived organizational support and leader-member exchange in cultivating innovative behaviour in South African organizations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rose B. Mathafena --- , South Africa Anton Grobler --- , South AfricaSouth Africa, as a developing and emerging economy, needs to participate in innovative, creative and entrepreneurial activities. In this context, it is necessary to study the effects of perceived organizational support and leader-member exchange on innovative behaviour in South African... -
Inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behaviours: Testing a psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange moderated-mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bülent Çetinkaya --- , Turkey Tahir Yeşilada --- , TurkeyWe investigated the association between inclusive leadership and innovative work behaviours, and the role of psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange in that relationship. Participants were 508 employees from tourism, textile, and banking sectors in Turkey (female = 51.38%; age range... -
What considerations exist for innovative public health management in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Machanduke Lucas Shipalana --- , South Africa Sebenzile Reuben Masango --- , South Africa Kedibone Goodwill Phago --- , South AfricaThe notion of innovation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution euphoria are not mutually exclusive and require a focused assessment on the readiness of governments around the world. Such assessments are more compelling for developing countries to determine their level of... -
Building on the strengths of African indigenous knowledge and innovation (AIK&I) for sustainable development in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olawale R. Olaopa --- Imam AbdulRahaman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Oladiran A. Ayodele --- Osun State University, NigeriaThe effective promotion or utilization of the ingenuity from African indigenous knowledge and innovation (AIK&I) has great potential for reducing some of Africa’s interrelated development challenges listed to be addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unfortunately, the concept of... -
Business incubation initiatives and innovation capabilities of micro-sized enterprises: Exploring the software ICT value chain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluyemi Theophilus Adeosun --- University of Lagos Nigeria, Nigeria Ibrahim Ayodele Shittu --- University of Lagos Nigeria, NigeriaPromoting innovative capabilities in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is crucial if African countries are to progress in terms of being active in the Global Value Chain (GVC) and achieve inclusive development. Enhancing innovative capabilities in the Information Communication... -
Exploring the relationship between core self-evaluation and employee innovative behaviour: The role of emotional factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Enhai Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China Yanbin Li --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaThis study sought to examine the roles of emotional factors of trait emotional intelligence and emotional exhaustion in the relationship between employee core self-evaluations and employee innovative behaviour. Data were from a sample of 299 employees of three manufacturing companies... -
How and when paradoxical leadership fosters employee innovative behaviours: The role of proactive personality and work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liping Feng --- Renmin University of China, China Mengyi Li --- Renmin University of China, China Jianfeng Peng --- Renmin University of China, China Shiyong Xu --- Renmin University of China, China Wa Yang --- Renmin University of China, China Dongying Luo --- Renmin University of China, ChinaWe investigated the association between paradoxical leadership and employee innovative behaviours, and the role of proactive personality and work engagement in the relationship. Participants were 514 employees of a large Chinese internet company (female = 259; mean age = 29.85... -
Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of young women agribusiness owners in Benin: Do social and business environments matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Smith A. R. Dossou --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Razack Adeoti --- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria Augustin K. N. Aoudji --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Mignouna Djana --- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NigeriaThis research examined how key entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions influence business performance of young women agribusiness owners, as well as the moderating effects of social and business environments on these relationships. Data were collected from a sample of 365 young... -
Explicating the adoption of an innovation Fintech Value Chain Financing from Aarti (Middlemen) perspective in Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sayeda Zeenat Maryam --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Syed Waqar Haider --- Govt. College for Women University, Pakistan Tasneem Akhter --- University of Central Punjab, PakistanIn the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fintech industry and Islamic banking were striving to fill the existing void through innovation and different business approaches. Losing trust in conventional banking, advancement of technology and internet globally, and... -
Perceived insider status and innovative behaviour of the new generation of employees: Mediating effect of innovative self-efficacy and moderation of group competitive climate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shujie Yuan --- Huangshan University, People's Republic of China Runbin Jiang --- Capital Normal University, People's Republic of ChinaBased on social identity theory, this study investigated the perceived insider status and innovative behaviour relationships in new generation employees by their innovative self-efficacy and group competitive climate in the work context. New generation employees (n = 338) drawn from... -
Afrocentric triple helix: A communal perspective on addressing Africa’s economic and social challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Motolani Agbebi --- University of Tampere, Finland Jianing Song --- University of Manchester, UK Aminu Mamman --- University of Manchester, UK Nabil Baydoun --- Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor Office, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, United Arab EmiratesThat collaboration has always been the foundation of human development as well as the coping strategy of some animal species is a view widely shared by scholars. In fact, no individual, organization or nation can produce everything it needs without... -
Catalysts of social change and innovation: Mediating role of social self-efficacy and social support on social entrepreneurial intentions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abin John --- Bharathidasan University, India Vanitha Selvaraj --- Bharathidasan University, India Muhammed Jisham --- Bharathidasan University, IndiaThere has been a recent surge in social entrepreneurship to address pressing social problems. Social ventures drive positive change and reshape traditional business norms by providing innovative solutions and fostering inclusive growth. Social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) is crucial to studying... -
The contribution of leader–member exchange (LMX) to organisational sustainable development: Results and implications from Kenyan public universities study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mirriam Ogunja --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Zhao Shurong --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Yu Manjing --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Huang Rui --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Du Ying --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChinaWe aimed to establish the contribution of leader–member exchange (LMX) to sustainable development of public universities in the emerging country of Kenya. The participants were 320 employees from public universities in Kenya (female = 43.1%; middle level managers = 47.8%,...