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Meaning in Life Within an African Context: A Mixed Method Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis article reports on a mixed method study that described and explored meaning in life among 179 university students (53.63% female). Data on their sense of meaning in life were collected using the Life Purpose Questionnaire (Hutzell, 1989), supplemented with... -
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... -
The Challenge of Management Scholarship in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Constant D. Beugré --- College of Business, USAIn her speech marking the opening of the second biannual meeting of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) in Gabarone, Bostwana, in January 2014, the Honorable Linah K. Mohohlo, Governor of the Bank of Bostwana, raised three important issues that... -
Four principles of South African political culture at the local level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert Thornton --- Department of Anthropology,Standard models of political thought derived from Liberal, Democratic and Classical models of political theory do not appear to fully comprehend the structure and processes of political action and culture at the local-level in South Africa. I present a concise... -
The Constitutional right to culture and the judicial development of Indigenous Law: a comparative analysis of cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joan Church --- Department of Jurisprudence, Jacqueline Church --- Department of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law,Although integral to the culture of indigenous peoples in South Africa, indigenous law was historically only recognised as a personal law subservient to the general law. This is no longer so. In the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,... -
Caring and connectedness in the context of domestic worker employment in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christel Marais --- Department of Human Resource Management,This study investigated workplace relational connectedness qualities in terms of domestic worker employment in a South African setting. Twenty black female domestic workers were recruited through purposive respondent-driven self-sampling. Participants ranged in age from 27 to 59 years. Semi-structured in-depth... -
Ubuntu HeartMath programme efficacy for social coherence and work spirit: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study reports preliminary evidence on the efficacy of an Ubuntu type HeartMath intervention for the purpose of facilitating social coherence and spirit at work. The study employed a pre-test and post-test, mixed methods design with 17 students and staff... -
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... -
Singabantu bendawo: understanding the concept of land from the perspective of ubuntu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nompumelelo Zodwa Radebe --- Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThe 54th national conference of the African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa, resolved amongst other things to review the country’s constitution such that it enables the government to implement land expropriation without compensation. This resolution has faced... -
Will Africapitalism work?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emmanuel Adegbite --- , UK Olabisi Daodu --- , UK Jacob Wood --- , SingaporeAfricapitalism suggests a refined capitalist system aimed at achieving collective good unlike the shareholder value maximization model of Anglo-American capitalism. It emphasizes the obligations of the private sector in Africa to pursue socio-economic development. Despite these proposed benefits, this paper... -
Young children’s conceptions of morality in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melanie Y. Martin --- , South Africa Nithi Muthukrishna --- , South Africa Gugulethu M. Hlatshwayo --- , South AfricaThe aim of the study was to explore children’s conceptions of morality, specifically the meanings children assigned to situations of morality. The participants were eight to eleven-year-old children (n = 8; female = 5, male = 3) who attended a... -
Values gaps affecting human resources management relations between expats and locals: The case of a Chinese manufacturer in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Yanyin Zi --- , Japan Arthur Linke --- , South AfricaChinese companies have continued to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and engagement within Africa, perceived as a last global frontier market, particularly in light of China’s Belt and Road initiative. The literature highlights a number of human resources management (HRM)... -
The experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care of AIDS patients in the Bophirima district, North West province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: M. F. Makhele F. M. Mulaudzi [d121e25]The HIV/AIDS pandemic put significant strain on healthcare services in the country. Hospitals were no longer coping with the escalating number of AIDS patients. This resulted in the early discharge of patients, with some patients, too ill to be nursed... -
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... -
In search of Ubuntu in an African SME: A case of a transitional entrepreneur
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Farhad Hossain --- University of Manchester, UK Mohammed Ibrahim --- University of Manchester, UK Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah --- University of Ghana, GhanaThis study sets out to address the decontextualized discourse on African entrepreneurship and attempts to locate it within the socio-cultural context using the philosophy and principles of Ubuntu. It investigates and traces how Ubuntu informs the motive, decisions and actions... -
How do entrepreneurs succeed in challenging economic environments in Africa? Case study evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Christopher J. Rees --- University of Manchester, UK Irene Okhade --- University of Manchester, UK Kate E. Rowlands --- University of Manchester, UKThe main aim of the study is to explore aspects of entrepreneurs’ motivation and perceptions with reference to prevailing values in a given context in Africa. In the initial sections of the paper, we draw on concepts of entrepreneurship and... -
Leveraging Ubuntu-inspired values to promote sustainable digital entrepreneurship in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ogechi Adeola --- School of Business Management & Economics, University of Kigali, RwandaDigital entrepreneurship in Africa, while promising, faces significant challenges, such as limited access to technology, nascent supportive and collaborative ecosystems, digital competency gaps, financial constraints, and disparities in developmental stages across national ecosystems in Africa. This study proposes the integration... -
Special Issue: Entrepreneurship and Africa’s cultural context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: A. Mamman --- Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK M. Branine --- Dundee Business School, Abertay University, UK J. Bawole --- University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Ghana C. J. Rees --- Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UKThe subject of entrepreneurship has generated swathes of interest from a variety of stakeholders seeking to address economic challenges in Africa. At the heart of this interest is the fact that the businesses created by entrepreneurs create employment opportunities which,... -
Debt financing and growth of Ghanaian family-owned businesses: The dual role of family values
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: J. K. Dartey --- Doctorate Division, Nobel International Business School, Ghana J. Okeniyi --- Creative Enterprise Department, School of Business and Creative Industry, University of West of Scotland, UK S. E. Samuel --- School of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Abertay University, UK E. Peregrino-Dartey --- Business Administration, Walden University, USA C. Cobblah --- Doctorate Division, Nobel International Business School, GhanaThis study investigates how family values can create finance and growth challenges for family-owned businesses in emerging economies. Specifically, it explores the interplay between family values, debt financing, and firm growth, while also considering the moderating role of self-enhancement and... -
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... -
Afrocentric triple helix: A communal perspective on addressing Africa’s economic and social challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Motolani Agbebi --- University of Tampere, Finland Jianing Song --- University of Manchester, UK Aminu Mamman --- University of Manchester, UK Nabil Baydoun --- Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor Office, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, United Arab EmiratesThat collaboration has always been the foundation of human development as well as the coping strategy of some animal species is a view widely shared by scholars. In fact, no individual, organization or nation can produce everything it needs without... -
Ukufundiswa kwemibhalo yobuciko emakilasini esiZulu ngenhloso yokufundisa abafundi ngekhono lokuhlaziya izinkinga zomphakathi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nokuthula Ntombenhle Mbata --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education, Language and Media Studies, Sicelo Ziphozonke Ntshangase --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education, Language and Media Studies,Inhloso yale athikili ukubheka ukufundiswa kwemibhalo yobuciko emakilasini esiZulu ngenhloso yokufundisa abafundi ngekhono lokuhlaziya izinkinga zomphakathi. Lolu wucwaningo oluyikhwalithethivu, olwethulwa ngendlela esakuxoxa, kusetshenziswa ipharadayimi esakuhumusha. Ucwaningo lubeka ukuthi ukulahlekelwa yisimilo, ubuqili nokungathembeki kuwumthelela wokwehluleka kwesikole, othisha kanye nomphakathi ukutshala ubuntu... -
Psychotherapy in South African indigenous languages: Positioning isiXhosa as a language of symbolisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Ntokozo Gqweta --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe sociopolitical history of language use in South Africa is controversial and complex. This article utilises postcolonial theory to problematise the historical pattern of language use in South Africa to oppress black people. African psychology and Afrocentricity are used to... -
The philosophy of Ubuntu in the classroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Fairhope Gumede --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis paper discusses the ways in which the Ubuntu philosophy can be infused in the classroom through teachers creating a positive learning environment that promotes interconnectedness, community, and selflessness. Further, the paper suggests that Ubuntu pedagogy is a transformative teaching...
