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Instigating transformative entrepreneurship in subsistence communities: Supporting leaders' transcendence and self-determination 在自给社区激发变革性创业:支持领导者的超越和自决

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-07 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2071574

Steven W. Rayburn, Gideon Ochieng

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Social entrepreneurs’ use of spatial bricolage to create frugal innovation in a divided urban setting 社会企业家利用空间拼贴在一个分裂的城市环境中创造节俭的创新

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2071578

Susanne Nilsson, Mikael Samuelsson, Camille Meyer

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How individuals learn to do more with less: The role of informal learning and the effects of higher-level education and unemployment in Ghana 个人如何学会用更少的钱做更多的事：非正规学习的作用以及加纳高等教育和失业的影响

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-20 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2039051

Anne König, C. Schmidt, Bastian Kindermann, Marc Alexander Peter Schmidt, T. Flatten

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The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study 领导者在撒哈拉以南非洲大学建立研究文化中的作用：一项六国研究

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-19 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2039050

B. Puplampu, S. Nkomo, Y. du Plessis, Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe, E. C. Garwe, J. Namada, K. Ogunyemi, Juliet Thondhlana, Inusah Abdul-Nasiru, A. Agina, Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, R. Danesi, Justice Gameli Djokoto, Denise Diana Duncan, J. Lekunze, S. McGrath, J. Ndegwa, N. Ngowa, Michael Akomeah Ofori Ntow, Emily Ayieta Ondondo, R. Rena, M. Sandada

{"title":"The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study","authors":"B. Puplampu, S. Nkomo, Y. du Plessis, Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe, E. C. Garwe, J. Namada, K. Ogunyemi, Juliet Thondhlana, Inusah Abdul-Nasiru, A. Agina, Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, R. Danesi, Justice Gameli Djokoto, Denise Diana Duncan, J. Lekunze, S. McGrath, J. Ndegwa, N. Ngowa, Michael Akomeah Ofori Ntow, Emily Ayieta Ondondo, R. Rena, M. Sandada","doi":"10.1080/23322373.2022.2039050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2022.2039050","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Existing 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 ones. Drawing from the literature on organizational culture, this study examines the role of university leaders in developing research cultures. The study explores how institution leaders do this within the higher education contexts in their countries. The empirical work is based on qualitative interviews with senior and mid-level university leaders in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa. While all of the leaders espoused clear views about the elements of a productive research culture, results indicate a significant gap remains between espoused values for research and the actual research culture. Theoretically, the research extends the concept of research cultures by demonstrating the complex dynamics between research cultures, culture embedding mechanisms, and leader behavior within contextual constraints.","PeriodicalId":37290,"journal":{"name":"Africa Journal of Management","volume":"8 1","pages":"171 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46406351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Transfer of ownership for social venture entrepreneurs: A case study in northern Tanzania 社会风险企业家的所有权转让：坦桑尼亚北部的案例研究

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-16 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2039053

Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer, G. Dijk, J. Jongerden, M. Rivera-Santos

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Building markets between institutional discontinuities: Intermediation between formal and informal sectors in developing countries 在制度不连续性之间建立市场:发展中国家正规部门和非正规部门之间的中介

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2039052

J. Luiz, Baldwin Guchu

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Sustainability and global value chains in Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue 非洲的可持续性和全球价值链：特刊简介

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.2018220

Joerg S. Hofstetter, A. McGahan, B. Silverman, B. Zoogah

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引用次数: 3

Trade and sustainability: Three decades of change across Africa 贸易与可持续发展:非洲三十年的变革

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.2001290

Christopher B. Yenkey, N. Hill

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引用次数: 4

Developing sustainable supply chains: Evidence from entrepreneurship training in Ethiopia 发展可持续供应链:来自埃塞俄比亚创业培训的证据

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.2001291

Garrick Blalock, Bourcard Nesin, A. Simons

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The product space, sustainability, and GVC oriented industrial policies: The case of iron and steel in the SACU 产品空间、可持续性和以全球价值链为导向的产业政策:以中南合作联盟的钢铁为例

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-12-26 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.2001289

W. Bam, K. De Bruyne

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