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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":null,"pages":null},"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

{"title":"The product space, sustainability, and GVC oriented industrial policies: The case of iron and steel in the SACU","authors":"W. Bam, K. De Bruyne","doi":"10.1080/23322373.2021.2001289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2021.2001289","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops, and then applies, a holistic framework that supports industrial policy decision-making at the global value chain (GVC) level, with the aim of stimulating sustainable development in developing countries. Notwithstanding the importance of economic growth for development, industrial policy decision-makers are also concerned about social and environmental objectives when setting industrial policies. We develop a framework that allows for a trade-off between economic growth, social objectives, and environmental goals. We do so by building on the established product space literature, and its extensions, and applying it to the value chain level using the input-output product space approach. By including emerging environmental and green metrics, we manage to identify Pareto-optimal industry targets, taking the economic, environmental, and social objectives simultaneously into account. At the same time, expected required government investment is minimized. Finally, we apply our new framework to the specific case of iron and steel in the Southern African Customs Union, and draw lessons for future work from this example.","PeriodicalId":37290,"journal":{"name":"Africa Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48536613","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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Digital innovations for transitioning to circular plastic value chains in Africa 非洲向圆形塑料价值链过渡的数字创新

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-12-26 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1999750

M. Oyinlola, P. Schröder, T. Whitehead, O. Kolade, K. Wakunuma, S. Sharifi, B. Rawn, Victor Odumuyiwa, Selma Lendelvo, Geoff Brighty, Bosun Tijani, T. Jaiyeola, Lukonga Lindunda, Radhia Mtonga, S. Abolfathi

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Acknowledgement of Reviewers 审稿人致谢

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1999566

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The emergence of GVCs for frontier markets: Insights from the African mobile telecommunications industry 前沿市场全球价值链的出现:来自非洲移动通信行业的见解

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.2001287

M. Jahanbakht, Romel Mostafa

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