INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: Preliminary investigations into the COVID-19 pandemic and management in Africa

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1882223

Moses Acquaah, Rebecca Namatovu, M. Kiggundu

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns and restrictions taken by African governments to mitigate the spread of the virus have adversely affected the lives of people, health systems, organizations, society, and national economies. In this special issue, we take the initial steps in providing a broad overview of the effects of the pandemic and the management implications for Africa. We further present six studies that provide preliminary investigations into the impact and responses of individuals, organizations, and nations. The studies focus on the effects of the lockdowns in making sense of societal inequality through social class and race, how cultural orientation and strategic responses affect pandemic outcomes, how the pandemic engenders innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic responses of firms and performance, experiences of and prospects for management education post-COVID-19, and how the pandemic has affected artisanal small-scale miners and mining communities. The Special Issue invites management scholars to undertake further research to improve our understanding and management of the pandemic for the benefit of all Africans.

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特刊导言:对非洲COVID-19大流行和管理的初步调查

摘要新冠肺炎大流行及其导致的非洲各国政府为减缓病毒传播而采取的封锁和限制措施对人们的生活、卫生系统、组织、社会和国民经济产生了不利影响。在本期特刊中，我们采取了初步步骤，广泛概述了这一流行病的影响及其对非洲的管理影响。我们进一步介绍了六项研究，对个人、组织和国家的影响和反应进行了初步调查。这些研究的重点是封锁对通过社会阶级和种族理解社会不平等的影响，文化取向和战略应对措施如何影响疫情的结果，疫情如何产生创新和创业精神，企业的战略应对措施和绩效，新冠肺炎后管理教育的经验和前景，以及疫情如何影响手工小规模矿工和采矿社区。特刊邀请管理学者进行进一步研究，以提高我们对这一流行病的理解和管理，造福所有非洲人。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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2.80

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15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.