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Exploring the antecedents of entrepreneurship success in information technology firms in Nigeria 探索尼日利亚信息技术公司创业成功的前因

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1902210

Akinyele Okeremi, Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah, Livingstone Divine Caesar

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引用次数: 3

Values gaps affecting human resources management relations between expats and locals: The case of a Chinese manufacturer in South Africa 价值观差距影响外籍人士和当地人之间的人力资源管理关系——以南非一家中国制造商为例

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1902213

Yanyin Zi, A. Linke

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引用次数: 1

Mobile money adoption in rural Rwanda: A domestication perspective 移动货币在卢旺达农村的应用:一个驯化的视角

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1902209

Marthe Uwamariya, C. Loebbecke, Stefan Cremer

引用次数: 1

Firm-specific orientations and manufacturing capability under institutional voids 制度空白下的企业特定导向与制造能力

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1902211

D. Rwehumbiza

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Does extant work-family research generalize to African Nations? Meta-analytic tests 现存的工作家庭研究是否适用于非洲国家？荟萃分析测试

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1911453

Jenny M. Hoobler, Suzanne Gericke, E. Koekemoer

引用次数: 1

Alone or in company? Cultural orientation, strategic response and COVID-19 outcomes 一个人还是有同伴?文化导向、战略应对和COVID-19成果

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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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引用次数: 1

Business management education in the African context of (post-)Covid-19: Applying a proximity framework 新冠肺炎后非洲背景下的企业管理教育：应用邻近性框架

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1878807

S. Ibrahim, A. Fowler, M. Kiggundu

{"title":"Business management education in the African context of (post-)Covid-19: Applying a proximity framework","authors":"S. Ibrahim, A. Fowler, M. Kiggundu","doi":"10.1080/23322373.2021.1878807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2021.1878807","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT What happens when Covid-19 meets Africa? To find answers, this article examines tertiary management education delivered by the continent’s business schools in the context of Africa’s susceptibilities to the pandemic. The concept of proximity is applied as an axiomatic analytic complement to Covid’s transmission pathways impacting on the psychosocial foundation of human relations, people’s spatial distribution and their time perspectives. Taking management literature into account, proximity is applied to Africa’s business schools in terms of their immediate and long-term responses to the pandemic, suggesting practical post-Covid reforms considered from a humanistic management approach to management education and scholarship. A theme throughout this article is that Covid-19’s exposure of contextual vulnerabilities presents an opportunity and imperative for business schools’ re-missioning and renewal to enhance relevance, quality and building post-Covid resilience. The article provides a framework for the study of other Covid-sensitive sectors or organizations and theory development and testing using different proximity conceptualizations, frames and combinations thereof. Limitations of the study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37290,"journal":{"name":"Africa Journal of Management","volume":"7 1","pages":"13 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23322373.2021.1878807","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48873664","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}

引用次数: 4

Racialized social class work: Making sense of inequality in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown 种族化的社会阶层工作:在COVID-19封锁期间理解南非的不平等

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1878812

Jenny M. Hoobler, Kim E. Dowdeswell, L. Mahlatji

引用次数: 2

The performance implications of strategic responses of SMEs to the covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from an African economy 中小企业应对covid-19大流行战略对业绩的影响:来自非洲经济体的证据

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1878810

S. Aidoo, Ahmed Agyapong, Moses Acquaah, S. Akomea

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引用次数: 26

The impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana and Kenya 2019冠状病毒病对撒哈拉以南非洲手工和小规模金矿和宝石开采的影响:以加纳和肯尼亚为例

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1878808

Judy N. Muthuri, Aditya Jain, Arthur A. O. Ndegwa, S. M. Mwagandi, N. Tagoe

引用次数: 8