Alone or in company? Cultural orientation, strategic response and COVID-19 outcomes

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1878811

B. Zoogah, Benedicta S. Quao, Vincent H. T. Musah, P. O. Ahwireng

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The 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 and management antecedents and effects of COVID-19. Leveraging crisis management as the overarching theory we report on three studies that examine cultural orientation and strategic response as antecedents, leader obligation as a moderator, and dual economy effects of COVID-19. Data from archival sources (Afrobarometer, Worldodometer, and the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center) of countries in Africa (n = 18) show main and interactive effects of leader obligation in Study 1. In Study 2 strategic responses of countries relate to COVID-19 outcomes. In Study 3, we find some effects of COVID-19 on small and medium firms. We discuss the findings, contributions as well as implications for research and policy development, and conclude with limitations and future research.

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一个人还是有同伴?文化导向、战略应对和COVID-19成果

呼吸道疾病2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)于2019年12月开始，并于2020年初成为大流行，不仅给国家和企业带来了严峻的挑战，也给个人带来了严峻的挑战。因此，管理学者们正在研究新冠肺炎的组织和管理前因和影响。以危机管理为总体理论，我们报告了三项研究，考察了文化取向和战略应对作为前因由、领导者义务作为调节因素以及COVID-19的双重经济影响。来自非洲国家(n = 18)档案来源(Afrobarometer、Worldodometer和约翰霍普金斯冠状病毒资源中心)的数据显示，研究1中领导者义务的主要和互动效应。在研究2中，各国的战略应对措施与COVID-19的结果有关。在研究3中，我们发现了COVID-19对中小企业的一些影响。我们讨论了研究结果、贡献以及对研究和政策制定的影响，并总结了局限性和未来的研究。

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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.