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Do smaller businesses pay more bribes? Firm size, informal payments and mitigating strategies in Africa 小公司行贿更多吗?非洲的公司规模、非正式支付和缓解策略

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2023.2187685

G. Acheampong, John Rand

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Examining leaders’ emotional intelligence as a distal antecedent of employee engagement: The role of employee voice and trust in direct leadership 考察领导者的情商作为员工敬业度的远端先决条件:员工声音和信任在直接领导中的作用

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2023.2187612

O. Amah

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Exit decision for social venturing entrepreneurs: A conjoint-based study 社会风险企业家退出决策:基于联合的研究

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2023.2187686

A. T. K. Nuer, Gert van Dijk, H. V. van Trijp

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The role of ambidextrous leadership in developing team-level ambidexterity: Exploring the supporting roles of reflective conversations and ambidextrous HRM 双灵巧型领导在发展团队双灵巧性中的作用:探讨反思性对话和双灵巧型人力资源管理的支持作用

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2155122

Obinna Alo

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The political economy of bilateral aid: African development and the manufacture of consent 双边援助的政治经济学:非洲的发展和同意的制造

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2155022

P. Blunt, Cecilia Escobar, Vlassis Missos

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With a powerful God, all things are possible: A compensatory control account of occupational aspirations among overqualified policemen 有了一个强大的上帝，一切皆有可能:对资历过高的警察职业抱负的补偿性控制描述

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2155114

A. S. Adebusuyi

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Evaluation of the quality constructs of a tax management system based on DeLone and McLean IS success model 基于DeLone和McLean IS成功模型的税务管理系统质量结构评估

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2155116

Godwin Banafo Akrong, Yunfei Shao, E. Owusu

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Are environmental conditions in the eyes of the beholder? Foreign and local firms in Africa 环境条件在旁观者眼中吗？非洲的外国和本地公司

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2155024

Lilach Nachum, C. Ogbechie

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Acknowledgement Of Reviewers 审稿人致谢

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-10-26 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2133669

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Microfoundations of technology cluster emergence in emerging economies: Mindsets of natives and non-natives in Johannesburg, South Africa 新兴经济体技术集群出现的微观基础：南非约翰内斯堡本地人和非本地人的心态

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2106928

B. A. Gilbert

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