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Municipal commonage in South Africa: a critique of artificial dichotomies in policy debates on agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Doreen Atkinson --- Centre for Development Support, South AfricaThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of policy options are required, including commercialisation and subsistence farming, large-scale and smallholder farming, a... -
“I am doing okay”: Intrapersonal Coping Strategies of Children Living in an Institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kesh Mohangi --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Liesel Ebersöhn --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Irma Eloff --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaIn this case study, we utilized a Resilience framework and Sense of Coherence theory to understand how a group of children coped while living in an institution as a consequence of HIV/AIDS. We followed a qualitative and interpretivist approach. The... -
Online Support Service via Mobile Technology—a Pilot Study at a Higher Education Institution in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Birgit Schreiber --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Kjersti Aartun --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis study describes the findings of a pilot study of an online support service via mobile technology using chat facilities at a Higher Education Institution in South Africa. The online support service, accessible via cell phone chat and computer chat... -
Perceived Sexual Harassment Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean Institution of Higher Learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thelma Dhlomo --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Rose M. Mugweni --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Gwen Shoniwa --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Levison Maunganidze --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study analysed perceived sexual harassment experiences and responses among 136 female students (aged 19 to 40) randomly drawn from an institution of higher learning in Zimbabwe. A Sexual Harassment Questionnaire (SEQ) was administered to the participants. Data were summarized... -
Positioning children and institutions of childcare in contemporary Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catrine ChristiansenCurrently more than half the population of Uganda is under 18 years — a demographic dispensation caused by civil war, poverty, high fertility rates, and the AIDS epidemic. Drawing upon ethnographic research in south-eastern Uganda, the study analyses the difficulties... -
Positive care? HIV and residential care for children in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susan Moses --- , South Africa Helen Meintjes --- , South AfricaResponses to the HIV epidemic leading to an increase in the number of residential care facilities for children across sub-Saharan Africa have prompted concerns that large numbers of orphaned children are being placed in institutional care. There is little empirical... -
Religion, authority and their interplay in the shaping of antiretroviraltreatment in western Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AlexanderMJ Leusenkamp --- , The NetherlandsThe article explores how religious actors have increasingly shaped the nature of antiretroviral treatment (ART) services in Kabarole district, western Uganda. As have the regular health services, Christian donors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and churches in the district have also stepped... -
Trade Preferences, Economies of Scale and Dynamic Productivity Upgrading in African Manufacturing Firms: The Production Technology–Institutional Context Nexus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdelrasaq Nal --- , South AfricaEconomic justification for the idea that a trade preference incentive can, through its enhanced market facility, bring about dynamic productivity gains to beneficiary firms is rooted in the logic of economies of scale. Under the assumption that this scale driven... -
Inclusive Growth and Institutions: An Analysis of the Employment Structure of India's Tea Plantation Sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Namrata Thapa [d858062e18]It is generally held that though the Indian economy has been experiencing high growth in the post-reform period, it is not inclusive and that certain sectors, regions and population of the country are being excluded from the benefits of growth... -
Communal area grazing strategies: institutions and traditional practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: B Moyo S Dube M Lesoli PJ MasikaGrazing strategies found in communal areas are a result of interactions between social, ecological and institutional factors. To understand the processes in operation, and help in improving management, the perceptions of communal people on institutional structures, utilisation patterns and possible... -
Coming to grips with 'abandoned arable' land in efforts to enhance communal grazing systems in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JK Davis A Ainslie A FincaThe communal lands of the Eastern Cape have been regarded as both tools and problems by policy-makers. In particular, communal lands are problematised as environmentally degraded, of suboptimum productivity and constraining economic development. The Eastern Cape Communal Arable Lands Research... -
Empowering Academics the Viskerian Way
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Johannes L van der Walt --- Faculty of Education Sciences, Ferdinand J Potgieter --- , Charl C Wolhuter --- ,Academics and/or scholars increasingly feel that their academic voice (combined or individual) has been squelched by the demands of performativity in its various guises, and resultantly, that they have been caught up in a process of steady disempowerment. Rather, it... -
The role of Ubuntu in families living with mental illness in the community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Engelbrecht --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, MI Kasiram --- School of Social Work and Community Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal,Background: Families living with mental illness are a vulnerable group in the community. In the African culture, it is accepted that families are embedded safely in a community. In accordance with the principles of Ubuntu, people with mental illness should... -
Institutions and social change: a case study of the South African National AIDS Council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaInstitutions play an important role in the success or failure of social models, as they promote or limit particular political and economic activities. Central to this point is the understanding that institutions and traditions are in a constant state of... -
‘Distraction from the real difficulties’: ethical deliberations in international health research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Helen Macdonald --- Social Anthropology, Andrew D. Spiegel --- Social Anthropology,Increasingly, North based graduate students are seeking South based institutional homes whilst undertaking ethnographic research. Looking from a place in the global South, the article considers how requests to host such students influence, and are influenced by, both local and... -
First-year course experience and college adjustment: a case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tumani Malinga–Musamba --- Department of Social Work, BotswanaThis is a study on first year students’ experiences to adjusting to university life. Secondary data analysis was carried out on 49 cases, where students were required to record how they view university life and how they have adjusted. Thematic... -
Obstacles to HIV prevention, treatment and care in selected public universities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Blessing Mbatha --- Department of Communication Science, South AfricaSouth Africa, like the rest of Southern Africa, is ravaged by AIDS. Higher education in South Africa has a significant role to play in the fight against the spread of HIV and AIDS. This article reports the factors contributing to... -
Predictors of student burnout and engagement among university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Danél Olwage --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Karina Mostert --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated influences of core self-evaluation traits, career decision-making difficulties and social support on student burnout and engagement. A cross-sectional design was used with a non-probability quota sample. In the multiple regression analyses, self-efficacy, inconsistent information due to internal... -
Social sciences and research ethics in developing countries: The perspective from Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel M. Akpabio --- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Nigeria Idorenyin F. Esikot --- Department of Philosophy, NigeriaThis study seeks to show how social science-related disciplines in Nigerian universities understand and incorporate ethical principles in research settings within the framework of general institutional practices. We used the University of Uyo, Nigeria, to specifically and empirically explore these... -
Institutional barriers to successful innovations: Perceptions of rural farmers and key stakeholders in southwest Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwaseun Kolade --- Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, UK Trudy Harpham --- Department of Social Sciences, UK Gaim Kibreab --- Department of Social Sciences, UKDiffusion studies in sub-Saharan Africa have typically focused on the impact of traditional adoption factors on uptake of technological innovations. This study draws on semi-structured interviews of rural farmers and in-depth interviews of stakeholders in southwest Nigeria to examine the... -
Innovation Policy Reforms, Emerging Role Models and Bridge Institutions: Evidence from North African Economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdelkader Djeflat --- Department of Economics, Labo Clerse UMR 8019-Maghtech Network, France Yevgeny Kuznetsov --- Economic Policy and Debt Department, Wolrd Bank, USAThis article focuses on role models of modern innovation based development and public interventions to diffuse and scale up these role models. It discusses the so-called bridge institutions of innovation, which transform skills into knowledge valued by markets. It shows... -
Firm ownership structure and intellectual capital disclosures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: S Firer --- University of the Witwatersrand, S M Williams --- Singapore Management University,The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the association between three ownership structure characteristics and voluntary intellectual capital (IC) disclosure practices. Data for this study is hand collected from the 2000 annual reports of 390 Singapore publicly traded... -
Information content in the depth of futures markets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: I-Chun Tsai --- Department of Finance, TaiwanThe paper uses open interest as the proxy variable of market depth to estimate its effects on volatility, return, volume and deviations of contract prices from the fundamental level. It adopts open interest from three types of investors, namely, dealers,... -
Government control structure and allocation of credit: evidence from government-owned companies in China
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Kun Su --- School of Management, China Rui Wan --- School of Economics, China Taiwen Feng --- School of Management, ChinaThis paper examines the effects of government control structure on the allocation of bank credit to government-owned firms in China. It particularly examines the extent to which differences in institutional environments across the diverse regions of China affect the nexus... -
Perceptions regarding the sources of financial information for South African institutional investors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: D.K. Flynn --- University of Cape Town,The sources of financial information of institutional investors used for the purpose of making decisions regarding the buying, holding and selling of ordinary shares is the focus of this article. The results of a survey of a sample of institutional... -
Household Enterprise in Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets: the Influence of Institutions and Family Embeddedness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Justin W. Webb --- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Christopher G. Pryor --- High Point University, USA Franz W. Kellermanns --- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USANearly half of the population in Africa lives on less than $1.25 per day in what scholars refer to as base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) markets. More broadly, BOP markets account for two billion of the world's population living in extreme poverty. Household... -
Timeliness of Financial Reporting in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: U Efobi --- School of Business, P Okougbo --- School of Business,This study explored the factors that can influence the timeliness of financial reporting in Nigeria using a sample of 33 financial institutions (2005–2008). The Generalized Least Square (GLS) regression method was used for the estimation and the results reveal that... -
Institutions and social change: a case study of the South African National AIDS Council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaInstitutions play an important role in the success or failure of social models, as they promote or limit particular political and economic activities. Central to this point is the understanding that institutions and traditions are in a constant state of... -
‘Distraction from the real difficulties’: ethical deliberations in international health research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Helen Macdonald --- Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, Andrew D. Spiegel --- Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town,Increasingly, North based graduate students are seeking South based institutional homes whilst undertaking ethnographic research. Looking from a place in the global South, the article considers how requests to host such students influence, and are influenced by, both local and... -
Institutional Factors Affecting Expansion within the East African Community: An Analysis of Managers’ Personal Stories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Trey Sutton --- Robins School of Business, USA Jeremy C. Short --- Michael F. Price College of Business, USA Aaron F. McKenny --- College of Business Administration, USA Rebecca Namatovu --- Makerere University Business School, UgandaThis study investigates the roles of the regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional pillars as perceived obstacles and facilitators of internationalization within an integrated region. Integrated regions involve efforts to create institutional similarities among member nations and encourage intra-regional trade. These... -
Strengthening Capacity for Agribusiness Development and Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suresh Chandra Babu --- Capacity Strengthening Program, USA Rupak Manvatkar --- World Food Programme, Italy Shashidhara Kolavalli --- Ghana Strategy Support Program, GhanaIn sub-Saharan Africa, agribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector. The demand for high-value food products is increasing, creating an opportunity for the production and export of these goods. To capture the benefits... -
The African Union's Agenda 2063: Aspirations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kaitlyn DeGhetto --- Department of Management, USA Jacob R. Gray --- Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Information Systems, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaAs Africa emerges, rises, and begins to forge a more positive outlook ahead, scholars, business executives, community leaders, and policymakers are increasingly calling for concerted efforts to rethink the future and come up with big ideas for the 21st century... -
Studying the Logone floodplain, Cameroon, as a coupled human and natural system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Moritz --- Department of Anthropology, USA S Laborde --- Department of Anthropology, USA SC Phang --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA M Ahmadou --- University of Maroua, Cameroon M Durand --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA A Fernandez --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA IM Hamilton --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA S Kari --- Centre d'Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme (CARPA), Cameroon B Mark --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA P Scholte --- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Cameroon N Xiao --- Department of Geography, USA R Ziebe --- University of Maroua, CameroonAfrican floodplains are an excellent example of coupled human–natural systems because they exhibit strong interactions among multiple social, ecological, and hydrological systems. The intra-annual and interannual variations in seasonal flooding have direct and indirect impacts on ecosystems and human lives... -
Institutional and regulatory framework for biodiesel production: International perspectives and lessons for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chipo Mukonza --- Institute of Corporate Citizenship, South Africa Godwell Nhamo --- Institute of Corporate Citizenship, South AfricaBiodiesel is produced from a range of feedstock including oil seeds (canola/rape and soya beans), as well as used cooking oil. This is done by converting the oil to methyl esters in a transesterification process that yields glycerine as one... -
Political economy of decentralising HIV and AIDS treatment services to primary healthcare facilities in three Nigerian states
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chinyere Mbachu --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Obinna Onwujekwe --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Nkoli Ezumah --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Olayinka Ajayi --- , Nigeria Olusola Sanwo --- , Nigeria Benjamin Uzochukwu --- Health Policy Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, NigeriaDecentralisation is defined as the dispersion, distribution or transfer of resources, functions and decision-making power from a central authority to regional and local authorities. It is usually accompanied by assignment of accountability and responsibility for results. Fundamental to understanding decentralisation... -
Network Bricolage as the Reconciliation of Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kevin McKague --- Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Canada Christine Oliver --- Schulich School of Business, York University, CanadaThis paper argues that network bricolage can play an important role in reconciling informal indigenous institutions rooted in African history with formal institutions mostly transplanted from outside. Drawing on the literature on bricolage, social entrepreneurship, networks and institutional entrepreneurship, and... -
Community-level institutions in the management of palm-forest resources in Southeastern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Edlyne E. Anugwom --- Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Nigeria Eddie Igbokwe --- Department of Agricultural Extension, Nigeria Noble Nweze --- Department of Agricultural Economics, NigeriaThe study examined the role of community-level institutions in the management of palm-forest resources in Southeastern Nigeria. Southeastern Nigeria is undoubtedly the palm-forest and palm oil belt of Nigeria where these resources have been managed for at least the last... -
How foreign and institutional directorship affects corporate dividend policy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: María Consuelo Pucheta-Martínez --- Department of Finance and Accounting, Spain Blanca López-Zamora --- Departmento de Economía, EcuadorThe aim of this study is to examine how board composition affects dividend policies. Concretely, we analyse the effect of institutional directors on boards, also differentiating between pressure-sensitive and pressure-resistant institutional directors. Furthermore, the impact of foreign directors is also... -
Conflict management styles and work-related well-being among higher education employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilme M. Van Niekerk --- School of Human Resource Sciences, South Africa Marissa De Klerk --- School of Human Resource Sciences, South Africa Jeanine K. Pires-Putter --- School of Human Resource Sciences, South AfricaThe objective of the study was to assess the relationship between conflict management styles and work-related well-being of employees in a higher education institution in South Africa. Participants were academic personnel (n = 180) and support staff (n = 201),... -
Commercialization of higher education institutions’ research within the National System of Innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Wanjiru Gachie --- Discipline of Computer Science Education, South Africa Desmond Wesley Govender --- Discipline of Computer Science Education, South AfricaThe commercialization of higher education institutions’ (HEIs’) research within the South African National System of Innovation (NSI) has received prominence in the post-apartheid era. Intra-African NSI dialogue to draw out context-specific and generic country experiences that could inform policy developments,... -
Combating Corruption in Africa through Institutional Entrepreneurship: Peering in from Business-government Relations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong --- School of Management, UKCorruption remains a significant barrier to the socio-economic development of Africa, despite efforts by various local, national and international stakeholders to combat it. Mishra and Maiko (2017), in their article which was published in Africa Journal of Management, suggest that... -
Does institutional monitoring matter? Evidence from insider trading by information risk level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Chune Young Chung --- School of Business Administration, Republic of Korea Sanggyu Kang --- School of Business Administration, Republic of Korea Doojin Ryu --- Department of Economics, Republic of KoreaWe examine the effects of institutional ownership on insider exploitation of asymmetric information. Because institutional investors monitor firm activities in order to improve the corporate information environment, such monitoring could decrease the intensity of insider trading on private information. We... -
People with severe and profound intellectual disability: Nurse carer experiences in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dikeledi Manaka --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Annatjie van der Wath --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Miriam Moagi --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaWe explored nurse carer experiences with people with severe and profound intellectual disability in a care and rehabilitation centre in South Africa. Informants were a convenience sample of 10 nurses (females = 7; males = 3; mean years of service... -
Contemporary institutional solid waste management practices of Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ashenafi Yimam Kassaye --- School of Geography and Environmental Studies, EthiopiaEven though waste products arise from our ways of life and are generated at every stage of the process of production and development, the type of decision making that leads to adequate solid waste management requires a sound understanding of... -
An Evaluation Of The Collaborative Coursework-Based Phd Program In Economics And Management Among East African National Universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Almas Heshmati --- Department of Economics, Republic of Korea Lars Hartvigson --- Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, SwedenRapid economic growth in many sub-Saharan African countries and the consolidation of the lower education sector implies that it is becoming increasingly important to meet the demand for higher education institutions. The expansion of existing national research institutions is facing... -
Determinants of market participation and marketing channels in smallholder groundnut farming: A case of Mudzi district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nelson Mango --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Zimbabwe Clifton Makate --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Zimbabwe Nicola Francesconi --- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands Matthias Jager --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia Mark Lundy --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), ColombiaThis paper investigates the factors that are associated with market participation and choice of marketing channels by smallholder groundnut farmers in a semi-arid district of Zimbabwe. It contributes to the existing body of knowledge on groundnuts, especially the marketing aspect... -
What affects portfolio yield of microfinance institutions? Evidence from Bangladesh
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Md. Aslam Mia --- Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Malaysia Md. Sohel Rana --- Department of Business Strategy and Policy, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, MalaysiaDespite the success and rapid growth of the microfinance industry worldwide, there has been very little sign of any abatement of the high interest rates. High interest rates in microfinance rescind consumer benefits and limit the outreach of microfinance institutions... -
Conceptualizing and institutions facilitating ‘use’ of innovation indicators in South Africa’s science, technology and innovation policymaking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi --- Global Change Institute, South AfricaThis paper attempts to simplify and conceptualize the meaning of ‘use’ of innovation indicators in science, technology and innovation (STI) policymaking. The paper provides a conceptual framework that guides analysis of innovation indicators ‘use’ in STI policymaking. It maps the... -
The Informal Economy in pan-Africa: Review of the Literature, Themes, Questions, and Directions for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Katia M. Galdino --- Georgia Southern University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Carla D. Jones --- Sam Houston State University, USA Sangbum Ro --- University of Tampa, USAThe informal economy is an important phenomenon in African countries, accounting for up to 90% of the jobs in the lowest income Sub-Saharan countries such as Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Management research about Africa,... -
Institutional Risk and Firm Performance in Africa: The Moderating Role of Corruption Control
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David B. Zoogah --- Williams College of Business, USAHow does institutional risk influence firm performance in Africa? While most studies focus on formal institutional risk, I argue that informal institutional risks are equally influential. Consistent with that view I use informal institutions theory and multilevel techniques to analyze... -
The discourse of institutional change in the Zambian microfinance sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Juliana Siwale --- Nottingham Business School, UK Jonathan Kimmitt --- Newcastle University Business School, UK Bruce LamontThis paper investigates the discourse of key actors instigating institutional change in the Zambian microfinance sector. It draws from the institutional story of Zambia, which has experienced regulatory and legislative flux since drafting its first microfinance act in 2006. Building... -
Navigating competing institutional logics in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kassa Woldesenbet Beta --- Strategic Management and Marketing, UK John Storey --- People and Organization, UK Bruce T. LamontThis paper examines how senior managers in a developing economy, Ethiopia, navigate between, and draw upon, the competing logics of ‘state’ and ‘market’ when seeking to explain their firm’s business strategies. This fault-line is especially critical in such contexts. The... -
Employee engagement at a higher education institution in South Africa: Individual, team and organisational levels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tinashe Ndoro --- Management Department, South Africa Nico Martins --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaWe examined the levels of employee engagement among staff members at a higher education institution in South Africa at the individual, team, and organisational levels. The participants (N = 202) completed a validated measure of employee engagement (females = 62.4%;... -
Socio-economic and Institutional Factors Influencing Uptake of Improved Sorghum Technologies in Embu, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: EL Chimoita --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Kenya CM Onyango --- Department of Crop Science and Protection, Kenya JP Gweyi-Onyango --- Department of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kenya JW Kimenju --- Department of Crop Science and Protection, KenyaFarmers’ socio-economic status and institutional support play a complementary role in influencing adoption of various improved agricultural value chain technologies. Despite considerable research efforts towards improving sorghum production and commercialisation to improve farmers’ socio-economic wellbeing in Kenya, a marginal number... -
Tradition and innovation: Between dynamics and tensions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Maria de Fátima Ferreiro --- ISCTE-IUL, Dinamia’CET-IUL, Portugal Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh --- Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP), India Merli Reidolf --- Tallin University of Technology, Estonia Cristina de Sousa --- Univ Portucalense, Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies - REMIT & Dinamia’CET-IUL, Portugal Saradindu Bhaduri --- Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP), IndiaTradition is certainly not new to the domain of innovation research. However, the interplay between the two has attracted less nuanced attention than it should have. Drawing on institutional theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics... -
Management of financial institutions in Africa: Emerging themes and future research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ifedapo Adeleye --- Human Resources Management Program, USA Yaw A. Debrah --- School of Management, UK Lilac Nachum --- Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, USAThe rise of the financial services sector in Africa over the last decade or so has been phenomenal, marked by significant advances in mobile money, and growing financial inclusion and profitability. However, there are significant gaps in the academic literature... -
Institutional logics and sustainability of selected small and medium-sized audit firms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Carla Coetzee --- Department of Auditing, South Africa Karin Barac --- Department of Auditing, South Africa Joanne Seligmann --- Department of Financial Management, South AfricaAlthough an abundance of research exists concerning larger audit firms, studies on small-scale audit firms are scarce. This study investigates how small and medium-sized audit firms deal with professional and commercial logic for sense-making and legitimisation of their strategies and... -
Exploring indicators of subjective well-being for first-year university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bianca Botha --- WorkWell Research Unit, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Karina Mostert --- WorkWell Research Unit, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Melissa Jacobs --- WorkWell Research Unit, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study aimed to explore indicators of subjective well-being among first-year university students attending a South African university (N = 11; female = 6, black = 6, age range = 19 to 22). Participants shared their experiences of university life by participating in group sessions using the Mmogo... -
The politics of corporate social responsibility in the mining industry in Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Rabake Kinba Hermelline M. Nana --- Huddersfield Business School, United Kingdom Eshani Beddewela --- Huddersfield Business School, United KingdomThis paper examines the non-market strategy of a multinational corporation in an institutionally weak country, specifically focusing on its corporate social responsibility. Theoretically, the paper argues that the motives and outcomes of corporate social responsibility could facilitate corporate political activity,... -
A dialogue on the informal economy in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Tiara Nicole Dungy --- Lilly School of Philanthropy, USA Hermann Achidi Ndofor --- Kelley School of Business, USAAlthough ubiquitous, very little is generalizable about the informal economy. This is especially the case within Africa wherein the informal economy also intersects with the indigenous economy. The diversity of papers in the special issue (AJOM, Volume 4 Issue 3)... -
Coping with occupational stress in an open distance learning university in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melissa du Plessis --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe study explored the occupational stressors experienced by academics employed by open distance learning (ODL) institutions and their coping strategies. The participants were a convenience sample of 305 academics from an ODL university in South Africa (female = 64.3%; median... -
Scientific human resource for national development in Ghana: Issues and challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel Kodjo Tetteh --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, Ghana Gordon Akon-Yamga --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, Ghana Emmanuel Jumpah --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, Ghana Rose Omari --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, GhanaStudies have established that science and technology applications have culminated in the discovery of new products, new processes, improved and faster services, better ways of solving human and environmental challenges as well as opportunities for new jobs. Therefore, understanding and... -
Corporate tax responsibility in Africa: Insight from Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kenneth Amaeshi --- , United Kingdom Bongo Adi --- , Nigeria Godson Ikiebey --- , Nigeria Neil McCulloch --- , United KingdomThis study explores how small business owners in Africa talk about their tax responsibility, using Nigeria as a case study. Data were collated through interviews, focus group sessions, and online chats. The study identifies two main types of tax responsibility... -
Usability evaluation of frugal innovation: A case of mobile training for micro businesses in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Clifford Gomera --- , Tanzania Jarkko Suhonen --- , Finland Markku Tukiainen --- , Finland George S. Oreku --- , Finland Matti Tedre --- , Finland Solomon Sunday Oyelere --- , FinlandThis study evaluated a mobile training pilot prototype designed for micro business owners in Tanzania. The paper focused on the extent to which features of the pilot prototype developed under frugal innovation confirmed the defined user requirements of the mobile... -
Firm-specific orientations and manufacturing capability under institutional voids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Deusdedit Augustine Rwehumbiza --- , United Republic of TanzaniaManufacturing capability (MC) is widely considered to depend on a strategic orientation of firms and institutional support. Remarkably, little is known about the influence of firm-specific orientations on manufacturing capability under institutional voids. This study examines the extent to which... -
Enhancing competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s cotton production under contract farming
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jackqeline Mutambara --- , Harare, Zimbabwe Kingstone Mujeyi --- , Harare, ZimbabweThis study was designed to assess the competitiveness of cotton production by smallholder farmers under contract farming in Zimbabwe and propose strategies for enhancing sector performance. Data were collected from secondary sources, key informant interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs)... -
Dynamic behaviour of institutional ownership and firm life cycle: Evidence from Taiwan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Yung-Jang Wang --- , Taiwan M. Mark Walker --- , USA Po-Hsiung Huang --- , TaiwanWe find that firms in the growth and maturity stage generally have higher levels of institutional ownership, higher Tobin’s Q ratios, and are more likely to remain in their life cycle stage over the subsequent six-year period. Further analysis indicates... -
Food security status of farming households in Bangladesh: A comparison of recipients and non-receivers of institutional support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdullah Al-Zabir --- , Bangladesh Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa --- , Ghana Md. Ariful Islam --- , Bangladesh Md. Nur Mozahid --- , BangladeshThis study examined the difference in food security status of recipients and non-receivers of institutional support living under similar socioeconomic conditions. The study used data collected from 160 farming households in five upazilas in Sylhet district using stratified sampling. Descriptive... -
Mothering in socioeconomically marginalised communities in South Africa: A conceptual development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid Onarheim Spjeldnæs --- , NorwayFrom a sociopsychological perspective, mothering is variously described in the research literature. This theory synthesis research design study aims to integrate our current understanding of “the familiar” phenomenon of mothering by asking: (i) how mothering is understood across diverse realities... -
The interactions of a Chinese MNE with local institutions in sub-Sahara Africa and the implications for workforce management in the subsidiary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Julius Nyiawung --- , Republic of IrelandThe unique nature of China’s interactions with Africa has been professed to respond better to the continent’s developmental and labor needs than the colonial and post-colonial engagements with Western countries. This has also been an impetus to the calls for... -
Institutions and brain drain: The role of business start-up regulations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patrick Marie Nga Ndjobo --- , Cameroon Noémia Certo Simões --- , PortugalThe objective of this article is to re-examine the relationship between African institutions and the migration phenomena. Specifically, we analyze the relationship between business start-up regulations and the brain drain from sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries towards those in OECD. Using... -
Institutional and technological innovation for the bamboo sector as an instrument for development and climate change resilience in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tefera Belay Endalamaw --- , Ethiopia Dietrich Darr --- , GermanyGiven a huge resource base, numerous product and service functions, bamboo can top many of the species recommended for integrated rural development in the context of climate change. Despite this potential, there is gap in knowledge and innovation to make... -
Diffusion of innovations: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bibhunandini Das --- , IndiaThis paper attempts to review the theoretical and empirical perspectives of innovation-diffusion literature. The objective of this paper is to develop a heuristic framework by reviewing the existing studies for analyzing the diffusion of innovation and its outcome in different... -
Relationship between innovation, regional institutions and firm performance: Micro-evidence from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mohammed Seid Hussen --- , Turkey Murat Çokgezen --- , TurkeyThe main aim of this paper is to examine empirically the extent to which firm-specific action, innovation, and an external factor, the quality of regional institution, affect firms’ productivity. To this end, a firm-level dataset from 15 African countries was... -
Building markets between institutional discontinuities: Intermediation between formal and informal sectors in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: John M. Luiz --- , UK Baldwin Guchu --- , South AfricaWe explore the role of an intermediary, Palladium, in Zimbabwe as it bridges the divide between formal and informal sectors and the process through which it connects these sectors. We conduct in-depth, qualitative interviews structured around our case study of... -
How do institutionalized supplier development initiatives affect knowledge transfer and operational performance? Evidence from SME construction companies in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- , South Africa Maxwell Phiri --- , South AfricaThe purpose of the study is, first, to examine how, and which institutionalized supplier development initiatives are associated with knowledge transfer, and, second, to investigate the mediating role of knowledge transfer between institutionalized supplier development and operational performance. Data were... -
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frances L. Jasson --- , South Africa Marieta Du Plessis --- , South Africa Abigail Simons --- , South AfricaAcademic employees at Higher Education Institutions face numerous challenges, ranging from workload, student protests, and emergency remote learning. We explored the lived work wellness experiences of South African academics and how well institutional wellness services were meeting these needs. Thirteen... -
Institutions and training: A case of social franchising in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Judith Jacob Iddy --- University of Agder, Norway Ilan Alon --- University of Agder, Norway Benjamin C. Litalien --- School of Undergraduate Studies, University Blvd East, USAThe purpose of this paper is to explore two questions: how do institutions affect knowledge transfer in social franchises in Africa, and does training help social franchises respond to these challenges? Despite advances in the knowledge management literature, our understanding... -
Perceived HIV/AIDS impact among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Karl Peltzer --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council,A descriptive questionnaire-based study was undertaken among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape Province. The objective of the study was to explore perceived HIV/AIDS impact on duties at work, staff morale, job satisfaction and workload among a proportionate... -
Widowhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: A case study of Slaya District, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Constance Ambasa-Shisanya --- Family Health International,Luo women are believed to acquire contagious cultural impurity after the death of their husbands that is perceived as dangerous to other people. To neutralise this impure state, a sexual cleansing rite is observed. In the indigenous setting, the ritual... -
Adoption of formal HIV and AIDS workplace policies: An analysis of industry/sector variations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Rhoda Bakuwa --- Human Resources Management, Malawi Polytechnic,Addressing HIV and AIDS is the responsibility of many stakeholders including private sector companies. However, increasing evidence reveals that the majority of companies around the world are yet to acknowledge and respond to HIV and AIDS as a workplace issue... -
A qualitative exploration of resilience in pre-adolescent AIDS orphans living in a residential care facility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anja Pienaar --- Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, Zendré Swanepoel --- Psychology of Education, University of the Free State, Hendrik van Rensburg --- CHSR&D (UFS), Christo Heunis --- CHSR&D (UFS),This article presents the findings of a study among a small group of South African AIDS orphans living in a residential care facility, Lebone Land. The research was conducted between June and September 2006. A qualitative, exploratory study consisting of... -
Sanctuary or double-edged sword? Challenges confronting adolescents living at Nkosi's Haven in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Nkosiyazi Dube Eleanor Ross [d59e26]Living in an institution associated with HIV and AIDS is likely to exacerbate difficulties experienced by teenagers who have to cope with the normal stresses of adolescence. The aim of the study was to explore the challenges that adolescents living... -
Prevalence and mitigation strategies of HIV/AIDS infection risks in Namibian tertiary education institutional hostels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Roderick F. Zimba --- , Namibia Gilbert N. Likando --- , NamibiaThe purpose of this study was to investigate risk factors that could promote HIV infection amongst adolescents and young adults living in tertiary educational institutional hostels in Namibia. Employing structured questionnaires and focus group discussions, we sought to answer questions... -
Food insecurity among students living with HIV: Strengthening safety nets at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: L. Steenkamp --- , , South Africa A. Goosen --- , , South Africa D. Venter --- , South Africa M. Beeforth --- , , South AfricaThe HIV prevalence in South Africa among students at higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2008 was reported to be 3.4%, with the highest HIV prevalence found in the Eastern Cape Province. Students at these facilities are also increasingly affected by... -
On the periphery of HIV and AIDS: Reflections on stress as experienced by caregivers in a child residential care facility in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kesh Mohangi --- , , South Africa Chereen Pretorius --- , , South AfricaFew researchers have investigated how female caregivers of institutionalised children, especially those affected by HIV and AIDS, experience stress. The role played by caregivers cannot be overemphasised; yet caregivers who work in institutions caring for orphaned and/or abandoned children affected... -
Mapping the strength of sectoral innovation system in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry: Empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rachael Aderonke Ayo-Lawal --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Caleb Muyiwa Adelowo --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Ayobami Adesina Oyewale --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Emmanuel Emeka Ejim-Eze --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Elizabeth Adeteju Omimakinde --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Wilson Oyekigho Erhun --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Okechukwu Ukwuoma --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaIt is well known that innovation in the modern economy is driven by interactions among the stakeholders that make up the innovation system. Effective interactions among key actors in an innovation system foster flow of knowledge and resources development and... -
The value relevance of mandatory sustainability reporting assurance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Maher Jeriji --- IHEC – University of Carthage, Tunisia Ala Nasfi --- Montpellier University, FranceSustainability reporting assurance (SRA) ensures the credibility of sustainability information disclosed by companies. This practice has continued to evolve, particularly within regulatory frameworks. The SRA is widespread among the largest French and South African companies because of the requirements of... -
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... -
Status of gender equality in ocean research, conservation and management institutions and organisations in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RA Ojwala --- WMU–Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University, SwedenGender equality is key to achieving the objectives of the United Nation’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. In patriarchal societies, men’s dominance has long overshadowed women’s participation in science-related fields, including ocean science. The lack of gender-disaggregated data... -
Host communities’ infrastructural development expectations of multinational mining companies in Ghana’s mining industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Stanford Nartey --- Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Franklyn A. Manu --- Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, GhanaThis paper, through an ethnographic research approach, examines the infrastructural development expectations that host communities have of multinational mining companies (MNMCs) and how these expectations influence corporate-community relationships in two of Ghana’s mining districts. Using data triangulation from multiple stakeholder... -
Personalisation of Moodle Learning Management System for Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Learning Institutions: A Case of the State University of Zanzibar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdalla Shaame --- The State University of Zanzibar, SUZA, Tanzania Umayra El Nabahany --- The State University of Zanzibar, SUZA, Tanzania Said Yunus --- The State University of Zanzibar, SUZA, Tanzania Tabu Kondo --- The University of Dodoma, UDOM, Tanzania Wadrine Maro --- University of Dar es Salaam, UDSM, TanzaniaThe Learning Management System (LMS) continues to persuade instructors and students that the use of the Moodle platform is the correct choice to meet their educational needs. This study presents the personalization of the Moodle LMS based on students’ needs... -
Adoption of mobile application for enhancing learning in higher education: Students’ views from the State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mwanajuma Suleiman Mgeni --- The State University of Zanzibar, Haji Ali Haji --- The State University of Zanzibar, Said Ali Yunus --- The State University of Zanzibar, Ali Abdulla Abdulla --- The State University of Zanzibar,Mobile (m)-learning is a technology-enhanced learning approach utilizing mobile technologies to facilitate learning. Despite significant attention from previous researchers, there is a lack of adequate studies about student’s usage and perceptions of m-learning in Zanzibar’s’ higher learning institutions (HLIs). In... -
Under- or -overreaction: Investors’ response to black swan events
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Luu Thu Quang --- Ho Chi Minh University of Banking, Ho Chi Minh City,The objective of this study is to explore whether four categories of investors overreact or underreact to specific black swan events in the Vietnam Stock Exchange (HSX) and whether their trading patterns can predict stock returns. We find evidence of... -
Inclusive STEM education to fight poverty and inequality: The case of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Getachew T. Sedebo --- Tshwane University of Technology, Republic of South Africa Ajebush A. Shafi --- Tshwane University of Technology, Republic of South Africa Mammo Muchie --- Tshwane University of Technology, Republic of South Africa Michael Y. Shatalov --- Tshwane University of Technology, Republic of South AfricaPublic higher education institutions (PHEIs) are considered public resources, yet equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields within these institutions remains a global concern. The South African government acknowledges the importance of STEM education for all, yet its... -
Momentum trading: How it differs among investor segments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Baki Cem Şahin --- Central Bank of Türkiye, TürkiyeThis study explores the momentum trading behaviours across different investor segments in the Turkish stock market. The empirical analysis confirms the positive return of the momentum strategy both in absolute terms and relative to the market benchmark, and the results... -
Reconceptualising success in hospitality internships: a new perspective on students’ achievement factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nicole Vermolen --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article examines the challenges and factors influencing student success during hospitality internships, particularly those organised by a hotel management school in collaboration with international host companies. A previous study on the topic highlights that only 21% of students... -
The mediating role of transformational leadership in the relationship between institutional pressures and collaboration with commercialization of university research output: A pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gregory Tweheyo --- Bustema University, Uganda Ernest Abaho --- Makerere University Business School, Uganda Anju M. Verma --- Texila American University, Guyana Ibrahim Musenze --- Bustema University, UgandaThe purpose of this study is to lay emphasis on Uganda’s universities in light of the examination of how institutional pressures and collaboration influence the commercialization of university research output with the mediating role of transformational leadership. Data were collected... -
Factors influencing the adoption and usage of blockchain in e-commerce: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mishir Roopnarain --- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Samwel Dick Mwapwele --- University of Witwatersrand, South AfricaBusinesses using e-commerce are worried about their databases and client’s data security. Researchers have suggested businesses should adopt and use blockchain technology to address the security challenges in e-commerce. However, blockchain technology has flaws that inhibit acceptance, adoption, and usage... -
Institutional scaffolding: MNEs responses to institutional weakness in contexts of violent conflict
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emmanuel Ekpenyong --- Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands Diana Santistevan --- EM Normandie, Laboratoire Métis, France Yasmina Khadir --- Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands Rob Blomme --- Nyenrode Business University, The NetherlandsMultinational enterprises (MNEs) use a variety of strategic responses to navigate weak institutional contexts. Scholars of MNE responses general focus on relatively stable regions. This paper examines how MNEs navigate institutional weaknesses in contexts of violent conflict by examining the... -
Influence of actors’ interactions under agricultural innovation system lens on the adoption of rice innovations in Mvomero district and Ifakara Town council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sospeter Jibunge Charles --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis study addresses the gap in empirical evidence on how and to what extent interactions among numerous actors within the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) can influence smallholder farmers’ adoption of rice innovations. The study employed a mixed-methods embedded design to... -
The roadblocks to progress: A comprehensive study on the relationship between regional institutional quality and firms’ innovation of sub-Saharan African nations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abel Dula Wedajo --- University of Sanya, People’s Republic of China Xiao Huilin --- University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), People’s Republic of ChinaThis study examines the impact of regional institutional quality (level two) on firm-level innovation (level one) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where cultural and institutional diversity challenges frameworks derived from homogeneous contexts. Analyzing 7,578 firms across Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda,... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated... -
“We wait to become”: The politics of selfhood, culture and control in waiting mothers’ shelters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brenda Muchabveyo --- University of Free State, South AfricaIn this article, I explore how cultural norms, bodily autonomy and institutional control intersect in shaping maternal care in a waiting mothers’ shelter (WMS) in Mawadza, a rural community in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe. Looking through a symbolic interactionist lens, I... -
Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on sustainable financial practices: The roles of dynamic capabilities and institutional conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Divine Atinyo --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana George Tweneboah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaEntrepreneurial orientation (EO) is increasingly recognized as a vital strategic factor, particularly in volatile business environments. While EO can potentially drive superior sustainable financial practices (SFP), there remains a gap in understanding the underlying mechanisms and contextual factors that complement... -
Exploring the effects of historical legacies and patronage politics on human resource management in Ghana’s local government
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim --- Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, UK Farhad Hossain --- Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, UKThis paper examines human resource management (HRM) practices in Ghana's local government and advances a twofold argument. First, it shows that decentralization reforms introduced in the 1980s and 1990s locked the system into a path-dependent governance trajectory. This has narrowed... -
Hybrid k-means–kNN approach for predicting student performance based on library usage behaviours: A case study in Tanzanian higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Hussein Bakiri --- The Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Tanzania Rose Tinabo --- The Institute of Finance Management (IFM), TanzaniaThe complex relationship between student participation and resource usage is frequently missed by traditional predictors of academic performance, such as past academic records and demographic data. These predictors have limited insight into real-time learning behaviours and often act as lagging...
