African Journal of Economic and Management Studies: Volume 8 Issue 3

Guest editorial: leadership and organizational development in Africa

Mohammed-Aminu Sanda

The purpose of this paper is to preview contributions on leadership and organizational development in the African context, covered in this special issue of the African Journal of…

Organizational culture: a foundational perspective

Charlotte Pietersen

The purpose of this paper is to perform a typological analysis of research orientations in the field of organizational culture (OC) in order to provide a broad, original…

Relational impact of authentic and transactional leadership styles on employee creativity: The role of work-related flow and climate for innovation

Aminu Sanda, Nana Ama Dodua Arthur

The purpose of this paper is to explore how authentic leadership and transactional leadership styles in Ghanaian telecom firms influence employees’ creativity, and the effect that…

Authentic leadership as a contemporary leadership model applied in Nigeria

Amara Emuwa, Dail Fields

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which each dimension of authentic leadership (AL) is related with employee organizational commitment (OC) and assessment of…

Linking transformational leadership to turnover intention in the public sector: The influences of engagement, affective commitment and psychological climate

Michael Asiedu Gyensare, Lucky Enyonam Kumedzro, Aminu Sanda, Nathaniel Boso

The purpose of this paper is to examine how employee engagement and affective commitment mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and voluntary turnover…

Innovation and organizational development: the role of organizational leadership

Thomas Anning-Dorson, Raphael Kofi Odoom, George Acheampong, Ernest Tweneboah-Koduah

The purpose of this paper is to assess the moderation effect of organizational leadership on the relationship between service firm’s innovation strategy and organizational…

The leaders’ emotional intelligence: An antecedent of employees’ voluntary workplace behaviour. Evidence from the Ghanaian banking sector

Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Benjamin Mekpor

The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which leaders’ emotional intelligence (EI) predict the voluntary work behaviors (i.e. organizational citizenship behavior…

Administrative leadership: Understanding the preferred leadership roles of the Ethiopian civil service managers

Adare Assefa Mitiku, Annie Hondeghem, Steve Troupin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the leadership roles the Ethiopian civil service managers preferably embody in their setting. As such, contextually preferred roles were…