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Institutions and governance of communal rangelands in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JamesE Bennett --- Department of Geography, Environment and Disaster Management and Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, UKThe creation of local institutions with a mandate over land access and control is seen as a prerequisite for successful decentralisation of land tenure and effective local resource management in sub-Saharan Africa. However, with land tenure reform in South Africa... -
Combining Leadership Theory with a Psychodynamic Perspective to Explain the Functioning of a Management Team
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: René van Eeden --- University of South Africa,This article illustrates how the processes and dynamics in a management team at a South African organization reflect the leadership and personality profiles of the members of the team. Participants were the 12-member management team (including the general manager). The... -
Student Teachers' Reflections of a Community Service Learning Experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Özge Hacifazlioǧlu --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Nesrin Özdemir --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Hüseyin Uzunboylu --- Near East University, Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusThe study examined student teachers' reflections on being involved in a social responsibility project in a community setting. Participants were 71 beginning students in two sequential cohorts (cohort 1 = 34, cohort 2 = 37). Data on their community learning... -
Psychological Empowerment, Work Engagement and Turnover Intention: The Role of Leader Relations and Role Clarity in a Financial Institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Japie R. de Villiers --- North-West University, South Africa Marius W. Stander --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between leader-member exchange, role clarity, psychological empowerment, engagement and turnover intention within a financial institution in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A convenience sample (N = 278) was taken (males =31%, females... -
Efficacy Evaluation of a Leadership Development Assessment Centre For Managers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lené I. Jorgensen --- North-West University, South Africa Bianca Els --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study evaluated the efficacy of a leadership development intervention using an assessment centre approach. Participants were 72 managers and peer workers (50%) with a steel manufacturing organisation from the Gauteng province of South Africa (females = 17% and males... -
Staff Perception of Leader Emotional Competency as a Predictor of Satisfaction with Retention Factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Desiree Pauw --- University of South Africa,This study explored whether staff members' perceptions of leaders' emotional competency (measured by the Emotional Competency Profiler) significantly and positively predict their satisfaction with a set of factors highlighted by the research literature as being important in the retention of... -
Exploring Leadership Hubs as an Intervention in Strengthening the Resilience of Health Caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Magdalena P. Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Emmerentia du Plessis --- North-West University, South Africa Francois G. Watson --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article reports the findings from an intervention to strengthen the resilience of leaders of health caregivers involved in HIV and AIDS care across 4 countries, namely South Africa, Uganda, Jamaica and Kenya. Data on participants' experience of how their... -
The effectiveness of a national communication campaign using religious leaders to reduce HIV-related stigma in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marc Boulay Ian Tweedie Emmanuel FiagbeyThis article describes the effects of a national mass media and community-level stigma-reduction programme in Ghana, in which national and local religious leaders urged their congregations and the general public to have greater compassion for people living with HIV or... -
Daniel arap Moi and the politics of HIV and AIDS in Kenya, 1983–2002
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Samwel Ong'wen Okuro --- Department of History, KenyaThe contrasting outcomes to HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation processes in sub-Saharan Africa have not been adequately investigated or explained. Specifically, few scholars have attempted to root the responses to HIV and AIDS within the socio-economic and political realities of those... -
Mobilising indigenous resources for anthropologically designed HIV-prevention and behaviour-change interventions in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: EdwardC Green --- , United States Cedza Dlamini --- , South Africa NicoleC D'Errico --- Graduate School of Humanities, Private Bag, South Africa Allison Ruark --- , United States Zoe Duby --- Departments of Anthropology and Epidemiology, United StatesHIV prevention is often implemented as if African culture were either nonexistent or a series of obstacles to overcome in order to achieve an effective, gender-equitable, human rights-based set of interventions. Similarly, traditional or indigenous leaders, such as chiefs and... -
Factors impacting on organisational learning in three rural health districts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KP Vermaak --- Centre for Rural Health, SJ Reid --- Centre for Rural Health, CM Horwood --- Centre for Rural Health,Background: Access to quality health care in rural areas may be compromised not only by the inadequate numbers of skilled professional staff, but also by the lack of skills of the health professionals who are employed in rural facilities, due... -
Planned intervention and organisational development: the role of leadership in change initiatives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Victor E. Dike --- National University,Every system - organisation or human being - has the tendency of striving to change for the better. Although the process can be planned or unplanned, it involves continuous adjustment to a new environment. This paper focuses on the role... -
Re-imagining decision making: addressing a discrete social driver of HIV/AIDS through the lens of complexity science
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher J Burman --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Linda Moerschell --- State University of New York at Potsdam, USA Robert Mamabolo --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Marota Aphane --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Peter Delobelle --- School of Public Health, South AfricaThis article argues that decision making is a discrete social driver that can be associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The authors argue that complexity science can inform future research and interventions by presenting... -
The impact of transactional versus transformational leadership on job satisfaction in the hotel industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Irene Spitzbart --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis study examines the impact of transactional versus transformational leadership on job satisfaction. Data was collected through a 69-item questionnaire for employees and a 70-item questionnaire for leaders to investigate their perceptions of their own leadership style and those of... -
Authentic leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and intention to leave in state-owned enterprises
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Simeon Amunkete --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relations among authentic leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and intention to leave within state-owned enterprises in Namibia. Participants were a convenience sample of 452 employees (females = 49.6%, mean age = 37.36, SD = 8.57) state-owned enterprises in Namibia. They completed the... -
“He who pays the piper…”, the anomaly of custom and constitution local government and traditional leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael de Jongh --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaIn December 2003 the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act 2003 (No 41 of 2003) was eventually promulgated. This was the culmination of an extended process of submissions Consultation releasing of a draft White Paper workshops activities of a White... -
Succession to Bogosi among the Batlhako ba Matutu in a changing dispensation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- School of Law, University of South Africa, FC de Beer --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Dealing with a succession dispute among the Batlhako ba Matutu required a study of their politico-administrative structure, their marriage rules and procedures, as well as the genealogical succession of their senior traditional leaders since 1830. Research findings disclosed traditional rules... -
Person-environment fit, job satisfaction and intentions to leave: The moderating effect of leader empowering behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kleinjan Redelinghuys --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elrie Botha --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study sought to determine the possible indirect effect of person-environment (PE) fit on intentions to leave via job satisfaction and the moderating effect of leader empowering behaviour on job satisfaction and intentions to leave the work organisation. Participants were... -
Perceived ethical leadership: Its moderating influence on employees’ organisational commitment and organisational citizenship behaviours
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent to which employees’ perception of ethical leadership moderated their organisational commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour. A non-probability purposive sample (N = 839; females = 32%) of employees in a railway organisation in the Democratic Republic... -
Combat readiness: Perceived influences on willingness to deploy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zingcwengile Nkewu --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the association between combat readiness and soldiers’ willingness to deploy in operations. Participants were 465 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) (males, 84%). The solders self-reported their perceived combat readiness (PCR) and willingness to... -
The mediating effect of leader-member exchange between strengths use and work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Crizelle Els --- WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Jolandie Viljoen --- School of Human Resource Sciences, South Africa Leon de Beer --- WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Lelani Brand-Labuschagne --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThis study investigated the mediating effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) (as perceived by subordinates) in the relationship between strengths use and work engagement. Participants numbered 213 employees in a South African financial organisation (females=53.10%, blacks=19.40%). Data on their perceptions of... -
Informal distributed leadership in technology adoption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patient Rambe --- Department of Business Support Studies, South Africa Dennis Yao Dzansi --- Department of Business Support Studies, South AfricaThis study investigated the role of informal distributed leadership in dealing with the complexities of adopting technology innovation in Higher Education contexts. In the study, in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were held with a group of informal leaders... -
Destructive and Transformational Leadership in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries --- INSEAD, France Jennifer C. Sexton --- College of Business and Economics, USA B. Parker Ellen --- D’Amore-McKim School of Business, USAThe continent of Africa presents a unique context of study for leadership scholars. A vast expanse of land encompassing over 50 countries, territories, and states with over 1.1 billion people, Africa’s diversity of ethnicities, cultures, and languages are both sources... -
Workplace ethics culture and work engagement: The mediating effect of ethical leadership in a developing world context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Aden-Paul Flotman --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study examined the mediating effect of ethical leadership on the relationship between workplace ethics culture and work engagement among employees in a railway transport organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sample consisted of permanently employed... -
The influence of transformational leadership on organisational citizenship behaviour in a South African combat military unit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Oscar Sechudi --- South African Army, South Africa Benny Olivier --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated perceived individual transformational leadership (TL) to influence behaviours on follower organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in a South African combat military unit. A sample of 300 of 567 military followers (males = 78%; black Africans = 82%) completed... -
Restive behaviour among school teachers: Leadership styles’ influences in a Nigerian setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emenike N. Anyaegbunam --- Federal University, Nigeria Davies E. O. Ogbeide --- Madonna University, NigeriaThis study investigated the perception of leadership styles and employee restive behaviour by secondary school teachers in a Nigerian setting. Participants were 309 secondary school teachers (males = 41.42%; females = 58.58%; age range between 36 and 52 years; M... -
Leadership and governance: learning outcomes and competencies required of the family physician in the district health system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash* --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa J Blitz --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Z Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa K Von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaThe South African National Development Plan expects the family physician to be a leader of clinical governance within the district health services. The family physician must also help to strengthen the services through leadership in all his/her other roles as... -
The impact of transactional versus transformational leadership on job satisfaction in the hotel industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Irene Spitzbart --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThis study examines the impact of transactional versus transformational leadership on job satisfaction. Data was collected through a 69-item questionnaire for employees and a 70-item questionnaire for leaders to investigate their perceptions of their own leadership style and those of... -
Personal factor effects on authentic leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martina Kotzé --- UFS Business School, South Africa Petrus Nel --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between authentic leadership and personal factors of emotional intelligence (EI), personality, cognitive abilities and gender. The convenience sample of respondents included 341 employees, and prospective students in an advanced leadership education programme at a South... -
Combating Corruption with Care: Developing Ethical Leaders in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Paresh Mishra --- Indiana University–Purdue University, USA Saneta Maiko --- Indiana University Health, USA -
Experiences and Challenges of Women Leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Angela Titi Amayah --- Business Management Economics, USA MD Haque --- Managing Director, USAThere is little research on non-Western women managers and leaders in general, and on African women in particular. More attention could be given to influences that shape leadership experiences in order to better understand African women leadership practices. The purpose... -
Antecedents of flourishing at work in a fast-moving consumer goods company
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cindy Rautenbach --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe aims of this study were to investigate antecedents of flourishing in the workplace. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a stratified random sample of 779 employees in a fast-moving consumer goods company in South Africa (females = 40.4%,... -
Psychometric validation of the Flourishing-at-Work Scale – Short Form (FWS-SF): Results and implications of a South African study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cindy Rautenbach --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to validate the Flourishing-at-Work Scale Short Form (FWS-SF) in a South African fast-moving consumable goods industry. Participants were a stratified random sample of 779 employees of an alcoholic beverage company (female = 40.4%, black... -
Effects of employees’ sense of coherence on leadership style and work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- University of South Africa, South Africa Veronica Hlongwane --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent to which employees’ sense of coherence (SOC) mediated their perception of their leaders’ style and work engagement. Study participants comprised a convenience sampling of 200 employees of the manufacturing sector industry in the Democratic Republic... -
Authentic leadership influences on organisational commitment in a South African state hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Veronica Hlongwane --- University of South Africa, South Africa Benny Olivier --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the influence of authentic leadership (AL) on employee organisational commitment (OC) in a South African state hospital. A convenience sample of 222 employees (female = 81%; black = 82%) completed the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire on their perceptions... -
The bird’s-eye perspective: how do district health managers experience the impact of family physicians within the South African district health system? A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KB Von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa RJ Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa L Baldwin-Ragaven --- Department of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa RPG Botha --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa WJ Steinberg --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Health policy-makers in Africa are looking for local solutions to strengthen primary care teams. A South African national position paper (2015) described six aspirational roles of family physicians (FPs) working within the district health system. However, the actual contributions... -
Authentic leadership, followership, and psychological capital as antecedents of work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marieta du Plessis --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Adré B. Boshoff --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour influences on work engagement of employees. Respondents were 901 South African employees within the healthcare industry organisation (n = 647) and mining industry (n = 254). The employees completed... -
Organisational climate, job satisfaction, and leadership style influences on organisational commitment among South African soldiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thulile N. Makhathini --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon A.J. Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThe study examined the extent to which organisational climate, job satisfaction, and leadership styles influences organisational commitment among South African soldiers. Study participants were 150 military personnel (41% females, 32% privates, 35% Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs), age range 24 to 64)... -
Women in leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Helga Tweebeck --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsWomen in leadership positions play an important role for the hotel industry as well as for society. The Pompidou Hotel Group wants to increase the number of female employees in leading positions. The purpose of this research was to find... -
Implicit Racial Bias in South Africa: How Far Have Manager-Employee Relations Come in ‘The Rainbow Nation’?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Carin Bergh --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Jenny M. Hoobler --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis article examines manager-employee relations in democratic South Africa, using an unobtrusive, implicit measure of managers’ racial bias. We test the link between manager automatically activated evaluations of race labels with positive/negative words (implicit racial bias), and employees’ judgement of... -
Language as potential space for relational positioning: Exploring language use as a manifestation of leadership anxiety dynamics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Aden-Paul Flotman --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Michelle S. May --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis exploratory study considered language use as a manifestation of anxiety in work and everyday settings. Respondents were seven psychology practitioners from across the discipline (following a psychodynamic approach), who reflected on the dynamics of language use associated with their... -
Job apathy and work engagement: Moderating influence of perceived leader integrity and spiritual intelligence in a Nigerian mass transit company
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fabian O. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Nigeria Ike E. Onyishi --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Nigeria Okechukwu Ibiam Egwu --- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Nigeria Otu Otu Akanu --- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Nigeria Okechukwu Groupson --- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Nigeria Moses Agudiegwu --- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, NigeriaThis study explored the direct and interactive roles of job apathy, perceived leader integrity, and spiritual intelligence on work engagement among 206 Nigerian employees of a leading mass transit company (females = 33%; mean age = 35.81years, SD = 5.04;... -
Transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in selected South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- NWU Business School, South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson --- NWU Business School, WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Marita M Heyns --- Optentia Focus Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in a selection of South African companies. Participants were a convenience sample of 263 employees from the Gauteng Province (white = 69.3%). They completed measures for transformational leadership, diversity... -
Leadership for high performance in local councils in Cameroon and Nigeria: Examining deviant and concordant practices to the philosophy of Ubuntu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Joseph Ebot Eyong --- Faculty of Business and Law, People, Organization and Work Institute (POWI), UKEmerging from indigenous communities in South Africa, Ubuntu has been heralded as a context-resonant approach to leadership practice befitting the African socio-cultural and institutional environment. Ubuntu privileges moral and humanistic consideration premised on collective endeavor and people-oriented preferences. These are... -
Innovation and entrepreneurship framework within the Middle East and North Africa region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdelkader Mazouz --- College of Business, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE Loay Alnaji --- Computer Science Department, Moorpark College, Moorpark, USA Riadh Jeljeli --- College of Business, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE Fayez Al-Shdaifat --- College of Business, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAEWhen linked, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership provide a platform for Organizational survival. This paper develops a framework for innovation – a necessary condition that requires the appropriate leadership in order to guide its course in the right direction. Innovation Proficiency... -
Job security and workaholism among non-permanent workers: The moderating influences of corporate culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Soo-yun Yang --- Department of Cultural Contents, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South KoreaThe present study examined aspects of job security, leadership risk (corporate-centric management style, short-term performance-orientedness, and subordinate authoritarianism), emotional exhaustion, and workaholism among 1 009 casual foreign workers from multicultural families living in South Korea. The nationalities of the casual... -
Transformational and transactional leadership effects on communication styles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Roy Crews --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Jan C. Visagie --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the effects of perceived transformational and transactional leadership styles on communication styles among employees in manufacturing organisations within South Africa. Respondents were a purposive sample of 564 employees of South African manufacturing organisations (females =... -
Linking empowering leadership and career calling: The mediating role of psychological need fulfilment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leigang Zhang --- School of Teacher Education, China Tingting Jin --- Intensive Care Unit, ChinaThis study investigated whether and how empowering leadership influences employees’ career calling by exploring the mediating role of psychological need fulfilment. Participants comprised a convenience sample of 584 clinical nurses from ten public hospitals in China (female = 85.2%; age... -
Examining the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relationship between destructive leadership and employee attitudes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- NWU Business School, South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson --- NWU Business School, WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Marita M Heyns --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe study sought to investigate the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relation between a destructive leadership style and employee attitudes of organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and intention to quit. Participants were employees from the financial, banking, retail, and... -
Organisational commitment influences on the relationship between transactional and laissez- faire leadership styles and employee performance in the Ghanaian public service environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Donkor --- School of Management and Economics, China Dongmei Zhou --- School of Management and Economics, ChinaThis study explored organisational commitment influences on the relationship between leadership style and employee performance in a developing country’s public sector enterprises. The study participants were 330 full-time employees in ten units in the Ghanaian public sector commission (female =... -
Transformational leadership and management safety practices: Their role in the relationship between work pressure and compliance with safety work behaviour in a health-care sector industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fabian O. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Adeline N. Idike --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Okechukwu E. Ibiam --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Cornelius O. Okorie --- Department of Political Science, NigeriaThis study examined both the direct and interactive effects on employee compliance to safety work behaviour of perceived work pressure, transformational leadership behaviour, and organisation management safety practices. Study participants were 208 nurses from public hospitals in South-eastern, Nigeria. The... -
Leader-member exchange and organisational citizenship behaviour: The mediating and moderating effects of role ambiguity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leigang Zhang --- School of Teacher Education, China Huaibin Jiang --- School of Education, China Tingting Jin --- Intensive Care Unit, Shaoxing People’ Hospital, ChinaThis study investigated the mediating and moderating effects of role ambiguity (RA) on the relationship between leader- member exchange (LMX) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were 426 nurses recruited from 12 public hospitals in China (female = 99.1%; mean... -
Exploring the process of ethical leadership on organisational commitment: The mediating role of career calling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leigang Zhang --- , China Huaibin Jiang --- , ChinaThis study aimed to examine the extent to which career calling mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational commitment. The sample consisted of 943 employees randomly recruited from ten financial organisations in China (females = 39.87%; mean age =... -
Transformational leadership and core self-evaluation: The roles of psychological well-being and supervisor-subordinate guanxi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: He Ding --- , China Enhai Yu --- , China Yanbin Li --- , ChinaCore self-evaluation (CSE) is malleable. However, little is known about leadership qualities for facilitating CSE. This study investigated the mediating role of psychological well-being (PWB) on the relationship between transformational leadership and CSE with supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) or non-work social... -
Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mazanai Musara --- School of Development Studies, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa Cecile Nieuwenhuizen --- Business Management, University of Johannesburg, College of Business and Economics, South AfricaThe informal economy plays an integral role in addressing the socio-economic issues facing many nations around the world. Informal sector entrepreneurship activities contribute 10–20% of the GDP in developed economies and up to 60% in developing economies. In South Africa,... -
Restorative followership in Africa: Antecedents, moderators, and consequences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- Williams College of Business, Xavier University, USA James B. Abugre --- University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, GhanaIn this paper, we report on three studies that examine one perspective of strategic followership: restorative followership. It centers on the restorative behavior of followers in bad leadership contexts. In Study 1, we leverage insight from restorative behavior theory to... -
Multilevel perspectives on leadership in the African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michael A. Abebe --- Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA Amanuel G. Tekleab --- Mike Ilitch School of Business, Wayne State University, USA Augustine A. Lado --- David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, USADespite the depth of research on leaders and leadership in the Western and Asian contexts, the study of leadership in the African context remains at a nascent stage. In this special issue, we take a multilevel perspective to review and... -
Companionate leadership: A shemswian perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Williams College of Business, Xavier University, USAGiven the calls for theories and models of leadership unique to Africa, I leverage insight from African historical, anthropological, and philosophical accounts to propose one type of indigenous leadership: companionate leadership. It is based on ancient (Kemetic scribes of the... -
Leadership style and self-efficacy: The influences of feedback
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wenbin Liu --- , China Bernard Gumah --- , ChinaThe study examined the influences of leadership style on self-efficacy and how feedback influences this relationship. We gathered data on leadership style, feedback, and self-efficacy perceptions from foreign teachers (N = 281; female = 47%; age range 20-30 = 73%;... -
Climbing the illusive ladder: Examining female employees’ perceptions of advancement opportunities at a higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maryam Moosa --- , South Africa Mariette Coetzee --- , South AfricaThe study examined how women at a higher education institution in South Africa identify factors they perceive as affecting their advancement opportunities to leadership positions. The study sampled women employees (n = 2 000) working in top management (1%), academic (44.1%), professional... -
Servant leadership, diversity climate, and organisational citizenship behaviour at a selection of South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- , South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson --- , South Africa Marita M. Heyns --- , South AfricaThe study examined the mediation effect of diversity climate on the relationship between servant leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were a convenience sample of 262 employees from South African financial, industrial, manufacturing, and retail sectors (male = 52.9%;... -
Purpose of Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena male collective calls at dusk based on livestream audio censusing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- , South Africa Giovanni Forcina --- , PortugalThe study of diel and seasonal variation in vocal interactions of Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena territorial males helps clarify its purpose, thus delivering insights into the behavioural ecology of this species. The goals of the present paper are to describe... -
Does a paternalistic leader facilitate voice and creative performance? Evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lu Chen --- , China William Ansah Appienti --- , ChinaDrawing upon the conservation of resource theory and leadership contingency model, this study investigated how and when employee voice under three paternalistic leadership dimensions of benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism relates to creativity. The sample included matched survey responses obtained from... -
Structural validity of the leadership circumplex in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Crystal Hoole --- , South Africa Brandon Morgan --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the structural validity of the short form of the Circumplex Leadership Scan in South Africa. Using a cross-sectional survey design, we analysed an existing data set on self-rated leadership behaviours by 137 South African supervisors (women =... -
Social exchange influences on ethical leadership and employee commitment in a developing country setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- , South AfricaThis study examined the extent to which social exchange moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and perceptions of organisational commitment. Participants were 355 employees (women = 39%) from a Public Works Department in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The... -
Creative leadership and employee work wellness: Supervisor support as a mediator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marita M. Heyns --- , South Africa Sean McCallaghan --- , South Africa Charlene E. Roos --- , South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate creative leadership, perceived supervisor support, and flourishing and burnout amongst agricultural employees. Participants were employees of a South African agricultural organisation (n = 253; male = 51.8%; 40–49 years old = 33.0%; white = 80%)... -
Alone or in company? Cultural orientation, strategic response and COVID-19 outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- , USA Benedicta S. Quao --- , Ghana Vincent H. T. Musah --- , Ghana Patience O. Ahwireng --- , GhanaThe respiratory disease, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, and became a pandemic in early 2020, has posed critical challenges not only for nations and businesses but also individuals. As a result, management scholars are examining organizational... -
Examining leadership preferences of working adults in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: W. Randy Evans --- , USA Romie Frederick Littrell --- , Russian Federation Nai H. Lamb --- , USA Bradley Kirkman --- , USADo traditional, gender-based expectations and widely disseminated notions of African culture apply to preferred leadership behaviors in African nations? This study examines leadership preferences of working adults in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia using the Leader behavior Description Questionnaire-XII (LBDQXII), a... -
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... -
Personality influences on ethical, servant, and authentic leadership: A meta-analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xinqi Lin --- , China Yuxiang Luan --- , China Guolong Zhao --- , ChinaThis meta-analysis aimed to determine the trends in the evidence on the personality influences on three emerging forms of positive leadership: ethical leadership (EL), servant leadership (SL), and authentic leadership (AL). Following a search of PsycINFO, EBSCO, Web of Science,... -
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... -
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liping Feng --- , China Yanjun Liu --- , China Shiyong Xu --- , China Mengyi Li --- , ChinaWe investigated how and when paradoxical leader behaviour (PLB) positively influenced employee taking charge, a typical exemplar of proactive behaviours. Participants were 644 employees of a large Chinese high-tech manufacturing company (male = 50.8%; mean age = 29.63 years, SD... -
Determinants of satisfactory performance in further education and training colleges in Gauteng Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Yohannes Worku --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaThis research paper is a result of a comprehensive survey conducted in Further Education Training Colleges (FETC) providing educational services to South Africans residing in the various regions of Gauteng Province in South Africa. The main theme of the research... -
Could transformational leadership predict employee voice behaviour? Evidence from a meta-analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Guolong Zhao --- , China Yuxiang Luan --- , ChinaEmployee voice behaviour is a crucial form of social capital for business organisations. This meta-analysis aimed to clarify the relationship between transformational leadership and voice behaviour. A meta-analysis of 44 correlations (n = 14 473) was conducted to evaluate the overall association,... -
The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bill Buenar Puplampu --- , Ghana Stella Nkomo --- , South Africa Yvonne du Plessis --- , South Africa Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe --- , Uganda Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe --- , Zimbabwe Juliana Namada --- , Kenya Kemi Ogunyemi --- , Nigeria Juliet Thondhlana --- , UK Inusah Abdul-Nasiru --- , Ghana Añulika Agina --- , Nigeria Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah --- , Ghana Rosemary Danesi --- , Nigeria Justice Gameli Djokoto --- , Ghana Denise Diana Duncan --- , Ghana Joseph Lekunze --- , South Africa Simon McGrath --- , UK Joyce Ndegwa --- , Kenya Nancy Ngowa --- , Kenya Michael Ofori Ntow --- , Ghana Emily Ayieta Ondondo --- , Kenya Ravinder Rena --- , South Africa Maxwell Sandada --- , ZimbabweExisting research attributes the problem of weak research productivity of academics in African universities primarily to institutional resource poverty and inadequate research skills. However, there has been little attention to research cultures and the role of leaders in fostering productive... -
Working strategically with Big Data in the tourism sector: a qualitative study of twelve European destination management organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik S Pahus --- , Denmark Lars Sunesen --- , DenmarkThis article presents the results of 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews with data experts from destination management organisations across Europe. The analysis revealed three overarching themes concerning the use of Big Data in the tourism sector: (1) size matters when it... -
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shaping Qiu --- , USA Ruijuan Zhang --- , China Sami Jabarkhail --- , USA Larry M. Dooley --- , USAThis study examined the association between employee servant leadership perceptions and their customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and the influence of perceived interactional justice in this relationship. Participants were 708 hospitality industry employees from across China (female = 66.53%; mean... -
Presidential communication approaches and the impact on public health: a comparative analysis of three South African presidents’ communication on AIDS and COVID-19
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nompumelelo Gumede --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Emma Durden --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eliza Govender --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe HIV response in the African continent over past decades demonstrates the potency that the words and actions of political leaders have in either expediting or impeding the implementation and adoption of preventive measures at the individual and community levels... -
Humble leadership and work fatigue: The roles of self-efficacy and perceived team autonomy-support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xixi Chu --- , China Lihua Zhang --- , China Mengyi Li --- , ChinaWork fatigue plays an important role in employee health and workplace safety. However, little is known about leadership qualities for reducing employee work fatigue. This study explored the relationship between humble leadership and work fatigue, the mediating role of self-efficacy,... -
Perceived organisational reputation and work engagement among Nigerian bank employees: The mediating role of transformational leadership style
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gabriel C. Kanu --- , Nigeria Anene M. Ezeh --- , Nigeria Ikechukwu V. N. Ujoatuonu --- , Nigeria Sampson O. Elom --- , Nigeria Lawrence E. Ugwu --- , NigeriaThis study aimed to examine the relationship between employee perceptions of their organisational reputation and employee work engagement, and the role of transformational leadership style in that relationship. The study sample comprised 183 employees of Nigerian banks (female = 52.5%; managers = 9.8%; mean... -
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wei Liu --- , China Lianrong Zhao --- , ChinaWe investigated servant leadership influences on work performance in public sector employees, and the mediating influence of public service motivation and job satisfaction in that relationship. The sample comprised 206 Chinese public service employees (female = 46%; mean age = 3.16 years, SD = 35.28 years)... -
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leone Jackson --- North-West University, South Africa Roslyn Belinda Lodewyk-Raliphada --- North-West University, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- North-West University, South Africa Leon TB Jackson --- North-West University, South AfricaWe sought to investigate employee motivation mediation of the relationship between servant leadership, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and affective organisation commitment in a public sector enterprise. Participants (n = 128; male = 73; female = 55; age range = 31–40... -
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... -
Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Catherine Campbell --- London School of Economics, Yugi Nair --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sbongile Maimane --- HIVAN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Andy Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal,With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part... -
The role of ambidextrous leadership in developing team-level ambidexterity: Exploring the supporting roles of reflective conversations and ambidextrous HRM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Obinna Alo --- Edge Hill University, United KingdomThis study highlights how constructs of importance to management in Africa – ambidextrous leadership and team learning – can extend or modify our existing management theories. Adopting an exploratory design with an interpretive philosophy, this study explores how supermarket store... -
Examining leaders’ emotional intelligence as a distal antecedent of employee engagement: The role of employee voice and trust in direct leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah --- Pan-Atlantic University,The study investigated leaders’ emotional intelligence (EI) as a distal antecedent of employee engagement, using employee voice and trust in direct leadership as mediating variables. Based on the Affective Event Theory, the study recognized the emotional intelligence of leaders as... -
Double-edged sword effect of servant leadership on employee creativity: Mediation–moderation analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hui Wang --- Xiangtan University, China Xueshuang Chen --- Xiangtan University, China Jian Zhu --- Xiangtan University, China Xiangqing Li --- Xiangtan University, ChinaDrawing on social information processing theory (SIPT), this study examines the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and follower dependency on the relationship between servant leadership and employee creativity, focusing on task uncertainty moderation. Data was collected from 338 employees in... -
Liberate or obliterate: Women’s leadership in academia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariette Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Maryam Moosa --- University of South Africa,Women form a critical component of the workforce of South Africa, yet the retention of women in leadership positions is problematic. This study examined the relationship between leadership opportunities and the retention of women at an open-distance education institution. A... -
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nan Wang --- Renmin University of China, China Yuxiang Luan --- Renmin University of China, China Rui Ma --- North Minzu University, ChinaThe current study examined the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ work strain, as well as the mediating role of strengths use in that relationship. Participants were 179 Chinese employees (female = 49%; mean age = 27 years; mean tenure... -
“I don’t know if you have searched through the scriptures to find a reference on HIV/AIDS. I mean there isn’t going to be one, right?”: HIV stigma solutions from dialogues between faith leaders and health care workers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Germari Kruger --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Eduardus AJG van der Borght --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Martha T Teijema --- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Marceline Tutu van Furth --- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, The NetherlandsIn South African communities, both faith leaders and health care workers play a vital role in supporting the health of community members and people living with HIV in particular. This study describes HIV stigma when faith leaders and health care... -
Servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement: The mediating role of emotional support and frustration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThe present study aimed to investigate the influence of emotional support and frustration on the relationship between servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement. The survey sample consists of 1 127 clinical nurses from six hospitals in China (female =... -
Humble leadership and follower strengths use: Leader-member exchange as a mediator and role overload as a moderator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, ChinaBased on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explores the mediating effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) and the moderating effect of role overload in the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use. We collected data from 230... -
The effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Saleamlak Mola --- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Michael A. Abebe --- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USAIn this study, we examine the effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes. Drawing insights from social exchange theory, we propose that employees’ CSR engagement is likely to positively affect their job satisfaction and organizational commitment while reducing turnover... -
A case for film as an andragogical tool for business schools in Africa: Trends, challenges and prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ijeoma G. Ukeni --- University of Huddersfield, UKThis article extends the work of existing studies on the development of learners to be ethical leaders in Africa. It makes a case for the use of film as an andragogical tool in the education of adult learners in Africa... -
Leadership styles and employees’ commitment toward the national digital payment strategy: Multilevel mediating role of job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mekuanint Abera Timbula --- Gujarat University, India Chetana Marvadi --- Gujarat University, IndiaThis study examined the effect of leadership styles on employees' organizational commitment towards the National Digital Payments Strategy (NDPS) and the mediating role of job satisfaction. A self-administered questionnaire was employed to obtain survey data from twelve microfinance institutions in... -
How and when illegitimate tasks lead to cyberloafing: The role of meaningful work and appreciative leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Qian Ma --- Renmin University of China, China Yuxuan Xie --- Tsinghua University, ChinaThis study examined how and when illegitimate tasks are related to employee cyberloafing with meaningful work and appreciative leadership. Participants were 289 employees of a Chinese energy firm (female = 59.5%; bachelor's degree = 75.8%; mean age = 30.86 years, SD... -
Organisational attachment in hospitality organisations: a review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Aladin M Ibrahim --- Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, UCSI University, MalaysiaThe hospitality industry relies on dedicated and emotionally connected employees to deliver exceptional guest experiences and maintain competitiveness. However, high turnover rates pose challenges for organisations in retaining devoted employees. Organisational attachment, encompassing affective commitment, organisational identification and turnover intentions,... -
Investigating servant leadership and Ubuntu in Nigerian private sector enterprises: A parallel conceptual analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Chimkwanum Okecha --- University of Westminster, UK Mohamed Branine --- Abertay University, UK Aminu Mamman --- University of Manchester, UKThis paper provides an analysis of the relationship between servant leadership as described in the contemporary literature and Ubuntu, which is generally described as a type of African leadership behavior. Previous studies of leadership and management in African enterprises have... -
How does social media use affect employee voice behaviour?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Guolong Zhao --- LNU & CAITEC China Business Development Institute (Beijing), ChinaSocial media has become an increasingly important tool for employees to communicate and share their opinions. Yet, there are still some gaps in the social media use research. We investigated leader–member exchange and voice efficacy mediation of social media use... -
The effect of digital leadership on employees' radical creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jian Zhu --- Xiangtan University, China Yi Luo --- Xiangtan University, China Hui Wang --- Xiangtan University, ChinaDrawing on social information processing theory, this study examined the mediating role of perceived leader expectations (PLE) for creativity and perceived leader support (PLS) for creativity on the relationship between digital leadership (DL) and employees’ radical creativity (RC). A total... -
Give full play to the overqualified individuals: Do job crafting and leader–member exchange matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaoyu Wu --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Wenwen Han --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Xiaoyan Zhang --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Fang Ma --- Anqing Antong Construction Group Co., Ltd, ChinaDrawing upon psychological contract theory, this study investigated how and when perceived overqualification may affect employees’ creativity. Data were collected from 164 employees and their immediate supervisors in Chinese manufacturing, information technology (IT), and services companies (female = 53.05%; age... -
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yang Liu --- North China Electric Power University, China Shunkun Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaWe examined whether thriving at work mediated the relationship between strengths mindset and job satisfaction, as well as the moderating role of authentic leadership within this relationship. Data were gathered from 717 employees (female = 46%; mean age = 31.77... -
Moving beyond technical competence in 3D printing industry in South Africa: The effect of emotional intelligence and organizational emotional climate in driving job performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sampson Afrifa Jnr --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Dennis Yao Dzansi --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Deon Johan de Beer --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThe purpose of this study is to contribute to managerial research in the 3D printing industry in South Africa. Specifically, the study sought to examine the direct and moderating relationships between leader emotional intelligence, leader emotional behaviour, organizational emotional climate,... -
Theorizing collective leadership: Lessons from Ekpe, an indigenous African institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Joseph Ebot Eyong --- University of Derby, United KingdomSignificant academic effort has been expended in researching leadership. The essence has been to emphasize individualism, linearity, heroism, hierarchy, teleological thinking, and economic calculus – even when theorizing collective leadership. Yet, little is known about leadership in subaltern cultures in... -
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lingnan Kong --- North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Sha Liu --- North China Electric Power University, China Shunkun Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China Chengju Qin --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaWe explored the mediating role of work-related flow and the moderating role of empowering leadership in the relationship between employees’ learning goal orientation and taking charge behaviour. Chinese employees (n = 313; female =57.51%; mean age =32.26 years, SD =... -
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lingnan Kong --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China Shunkun Yu --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China Lining Wu --- Institute of Science and Technology, North China Electric Power University, ChinaWe explored the relationship between exploitative leadership on employees’ work–family conflict, as well as the mediating role of employees’ emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of employees’ power distance orientation in that relationship. Chinese employees (n = 325) working mainly... -
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... -
Context is key: Using intersectionality and sensemaking to unlock new doors in leadership theory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Clif P Lewis --- Queen Mary University of London, UKThis research explores differences in how marginalized groups in leadership roles within the South African private sector engage in sensemaking, influenced by intersecting gender and race identities. Primary data was collected with semi-structured intersectional interviews. Thematic and axial coding was... -
Dreamers or schemers? Fears of “town capture” in a rural South African township
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Magnus Godvik Ekeland --- Radboud University, The NetherlandsRecent public corruption scandals in South Africa have created a social landscape where trust in the motives of businesspeople and politicians has sharply declined. I argue that a by-product of this is constraints on local brokers’ potential to act as... -
Female students’ entrepreneurial leadership and education: A sequential mediation analysis of entrepreneurial knowledge and mindset
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rajenthyran Ayavoo --- Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia Ponmalar N. Alagappar --- Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia Egena Ode --- Manchester Metropolitan University, United KingdomWomen are under-represented in business, especially in patriarchal countries like Malaysia, hence efforts to encourage female students to become entrepreneurs are needed. This study uses human capital theory to examine how entrepreneurial education affects female students’ entrepreneurial leadership, showing the... -
Ethnic leadership in Africa: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Codou Samba --- The University of Tennessee, USA Phyllis Swanzy-Krah --- Universität Leipzig, Germany Charlotte Adjanor-Doku --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Isaac Delali Darke --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- McMaster University, CanadaThis paper presents a systematic literature review of ethnic leadership in Africa, analyzing 31 peer-reviewed articles published between 1960 and 2024 across multiple disciplines. We define ethnic leadership as the process by which individuals mobilize shared ethnic identity as a...
