African Journal of Economic and Management Studies
Issue(s) available: 49 – From Volume: 1 Issue: 1, to Volume: 15 Issue: 1
Market power, human capital efficiency and bank performance in Kenya
Peter Wang’ombe KariukiThe study evaluates the influence of human capital efficiency (HCE) and market power on bank performance.
Understanding the link between supervisor and co-worker support, job characteristics, work engagement and employee resilience: evidence from Uganda
Hamidah Nabawanuka, Emre Burak EkmekciogluThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between support (i.e. supervisor support (SS) and co-worker support (CS)), job characteristics (job autonomy, job…
The impact of fiscal shocks on economic growth and income inequality in Ghana: is there a trade-off?
Zenabu Mustapha, Paul Owusu Takyi, Raphael Edem Ayibor, Frank Adusah-PokuThe study examines the impact of fiscal policy shocks on economic growth and income inequality in Ghana. This has become necessary because of the interdependence between growth…
The impacts of the Ethiopian developmental state model on the competition, efficiency and profitability of banks
Abdulmenan HamzaThis study examines the impacts of the Ethiopian developmental state model on the competition, efficiency and profitability of banks.
Pay dissatisfaction and withdrawal behaviour of employees in the civil service: does personal income tax regime matter?
Timinepere Ogele Court, Alaowei Kingsley AppiahThe aim of the study is to explore the links between multiple personal income tax regimes, pay dissatisfaction, employee lateness and absenteeism. Accordingly, this paper examines…
The drivers of external debt in Ghana
Lord Mensah, Felix Kwasi ArkuThis paper aims to examine the factors that contribute to the external debt growth in Ghana.
Multidimensional poverty analysis of women, children and households in Nigeria: the first order dominance approach
Oluwanishola Okogun, Masato HiwatariThis study examines the dynamics of multidimensional poverty in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018, focusing on women and children, to understand the reality of poverty in Nigeria, where…
Effects of some macroeconomics variables on estimated tax evasion: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Abba Ya'u, Mohammed Abdullahi Umar, Nasiru Yunusa, Dhanuskodi RengasamyMost research on tax evasion focused on microeconomic variables revolving around perceptions and decisions of individual taxpayers. However, a new wave of research is now…
An empirical evaluation of the performance of Nigerian pension fund managers
Adedeji David AjadiThis paper evaluates the risk-adjusted returns, selectivity, market timing skills and persistence of the performance of Nigerian pension funds.
The role of perceived value in football club branding: a developing league perspective
Prince Yao Amu, Bedman Narteh, Prince KoduaThe purpose of this study is to identify which dimensions of perceived value best mediate football club branding and fan loyalty from a developing league perspective.
The impact of management practices on export margins of firms: evidence from a recent Egyptian industrial survey
Yasmine KamalThe paper aims at studying the effect of management practices on the extensive and intensive export margins of Egyptian manufacturing firms.
Organizational justice, job satisfaction and academic rank: a moderating mediation study on employee commitment in Ethiopian public universities
Ramakrishna Gollagari, Temesgen Birega, Santap Sanhari MishraOrganizational justice and its impact on employee commitment have received a lot of attention these days. The objective of this study is to see the effect of job satisfaction as a…
Revisiting the delight–loyalty link in a retail banking context – an emerging market perspective
Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Charles Makanyeza, Olumide Jaiyeoba, Tendai Douglas SvotwaThis study uses relationship marketing theory to explore affective and calculative commitment as mediators in the delight–loyalty link. Furthermore, it investigates the role of…
Green marketing mix and repurchase intention: the role of green knowledge
Mahmoud Abdulai Mahmoud, Alimatu Sadia Seidu, Ernest Yaw Tweneboah-Koduah, Abdul Salam AhmedThis study investigated the effect of green marketing mix on consumer repurchase intention in Ghana. The study focusses on the interaction effect of green knowledge on green…
Innovation capability, strategic flexibility and SME performance: the roles of competitive advantage and competitive intensity
Innocent OtacheThis study aims to explore the mediating role of competitive advantage and the moderating role of competitive intensity in the relationship between innovation capability (IC) and…
Capital adequacy, competition and liquidity creation of banks; evidence from Kenya
Dennis Muchuki Kinini, Peter Wang’ombe Kariuki, Kennedy Nyabuto OcharoThe study seeks to evaluate the effect of capital adequacy and competition on the liquidity creation of Kenyan commercial banks.
Bank capital and liquidity creation in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of quality institutions
Isaac BawuahThis study investigates the relationship between bank capital and liquidity creation and further examines the effect that institutional quality has on this relationship in…
Economic recovery through the money supply and public spending in Morocco: an empirical investigation
Jihane Benkhaira, Hafid El HassaniThe present article aims to estimate an autoregressive vector model covering the period of 1990–2021 to analyze the effect of public spending and monetary supply increases in…
The reaction of the Egyptian stock market to recurring devaluations: an event study approach
Ahmed Wassal ElroukhThis paper examines the reaction of the Egyptian stock market to two substantial devaluations of the Egyptian pound (EGP) in 2022 and tests the informational efficiency of the…
Correlations of structural shocks, dynamic responses of output and inflation to commodities price shocks and monetary union in WAMZ
Yahuza Abdul Rahman, Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu, Daniel SakyiThis paper examines correlations of the underlying structural shocks and the degree of synchronization in the impulse responses of output, inflation and trade to a one standard…
Predicting stock market crashes on the African stock markets: evidence from log-periodic power law model
Sirine Ben Yaala, Jamel Eddine HenchiriThis study aims to predict stock market crashes identified by the CMAX approach (current index level relative to historical maximum) during periods of global and local events…
Understanding generational differences for financial inclusion in Kenya
Lilian Korir, Dieu Hack-PolayThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect the five different generations and the key financial inclusion indicators of gender, education and location (rural–urban) in…
What happens after product rebranding: understanding the interrelational effect of brand attachment, brand distinctiveness and consumer attitudes on brand loyalty
Isaac Mensah, Yaw BrewProduct rebranding is increasingly popular, but brand managers are sceptical about its implications on brand loyalty (BL). Given the limited empirical literature on the subject…
Exploring practices that impact women’s career advancement within the workplace: a qualitative approach
Gaelle Fitong Ketchiwou, Matsidiso Nehemia NaongThis study aims to explore organizational factors that impact women’s career advancement. Knowledge of organizational practices that promote or obstruct women’s career progress is…
Foreign bank presence and inclusive growth in Africa: the moderating role of financial development
Khadijah Iddrisu, Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Thadious Kannyiri BanyenThe purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which the nexus between foreign bank presence (FBP) and inclusive growth is being impacted by the financial development.
Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa
Simplice Asongu, Nicholas M. OdhiamboThis study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations.
Economic growth, inflation and unemployment in Africa: an autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach, 1991–2019
Mario Gómez, Oluwasefunmi Eunice IrewoleUnemployment is one of the major challenges facing most countries, including Africa as a continent. Seeking how to reduce unemployment, debt, inflation and increase gross domestic…
State-business relations for entrepreneurial takeoff in Africa: institutional analysis
Farhad Hossain, Aminu Mamman, Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah, Christopher J. ReesReports and experiences suggest that several developing African economies are faced with entrepreneurial-impeding forces such as lengthy bureaucratic processes and poor regulatory…
Creativity, innovation and employment growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Stephen Kehinde Medase, Ivan SavinAlthough employees' creativity is vital for firm innovation and overall performance, little is done to examine the potential association between creativity and employment. This…
Digital financial service adoption decisions of semi-urban Ghanaian university students – implications for enterprise development and job creation
John Coker Ayimah, John Kuada, Edward Kwame AyimeyThis paper reports results of an investigation into semi-urban Ghanaian university youths' attitude to digitized financial services (DFSs) and the determinants of their adoption…
ICT adoption and youth employment in Nigeria's agricultural sector
Romanus OsabohienThis paper argues that through information and communication technology (ICT) adoption, the youth will be engaged in all nodes of the agricultural value chains, thereby improving…
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