• Wealth Status and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Ghana and Kenya 

  Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Annim, Samuel K. (Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 2008)

  Background: Emerging evidence seems to suggest that there is some association between individual socioeconomic status and sexual risk-taking behaviour in sub- Saharan Africa. A number of broad associations have emerged, ...
• Voluntary employee turnover phenomenon in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited: Is Hay pay system the force behind employee exit decisions? 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Journal of Business and Enterprise Development, 2013)

  The paper examines voluntary employee turnover in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, a multinational gold mining company operating in Ghana. The aim is to investigate whether the company’s pay system contributes in any way to the ...
• Towards African Work Orientations: Guide from Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

  Work orientation is the meaning an individual gives to work and the relative importance assigned to work in one’s life. This study assesses and predicts work orientations of employees of Sub-Saharan African – countries with ...
• The practical reality of goal setting theory: evidence from the performance of nurses in the Sunyani regional hospital of Ghana 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame (International Journal of Research in Social Sciences And Humanities, 2016)

  Several studies on goal setting theory have shown that goals direct and sustain employee effort toward goal-relevant activities and away from goal irrelevant activities. Although the theory is a common research topic in ...
• The Good and the Bad of Structural Adjustment Programme in Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)

  Structural adjustment programme (SAP) is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank agenda for addressing the debt and economic crises of some Third World countries. To help countries however, the World Bank/IMF ...
• Talent Management: A Bundle of Hurdles 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Public Policy and Administration Research, 2013)

  Although companies around the world have made talent management a top priority, most human resource professionals and senior executives believe their organisations have not fully resolved the talent management puzzle. ...
• Still the Dark Continent? Towards contextual methodological approaches to management development research in foreign multinational firms in Africa 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2017)

  Following the widespread implementation of liberalization policies across the continent and resultant ‘subsidiarity’ of the industrial sectors by mostly Western multinational firms, management development in Africa has ...
• Retention of Health Professionals in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Application of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling 

  Sekyi, Samuel; Asiedu, Dina; Oppong, Nana Yaw (JOURNAL OF AFRICAN BUSINESS, 2020)

  This study aims at assessing the factors influencing the retention of health professional in the Upper West Region of Ghana. A selfadministered questionnaire was used to collect data from 126 health professionals. Partial ...
• Renewing the Scope of Training and Transfer of Learning among Community Health Service Workers in Ghana: The Intervening Role of Experiential Training 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame (AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ADRRI) JOURNAL, 2017)

  This paper examines the extent to which Community Health Service Workers (CHSWs) can effectively transfer the skills acquired from training to the workplace in Ghana. A sample of 200 CHSWs from nine (9) Community-Based ...
• Perception of Pay Equity in Public Universities in Ghana: Effect on Individual Performance and Work Behavior 

  Sanséau, Pierre-Yves; Opoku, Felix Kwame (International Journal of Public Administration, 2019)

  Equity theory proposes that individuals perceiving inequity seek to restore equity through appropriate behavior. This research aimed to study the relationship between perceived pay equity and individual job performance ...
• Perceived Organisational Politics, Political Behaviour and Employee Commitment in the Wenchi Municipal Assembly, Ghana 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame; Arthur, Dominic Degraft (Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2018)

  This study assesses the extent to which employee perceptions of organisational politics influence their commitment in the public sector of Ghana. Three standard scales were adopted for generating data for the study namely; ...
• Organizational Justice in Performance Appraisal System and Work Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market 

  Warokka, Ari; Gallato, Cristina G.; Moorthy, Thamendren a/l (Journal of Human Resources Management Research, 2012)

  This study aimed at extending the literature of the effect of performance appraisal on productivity and employees by connecting the employees’ perception on fair performance appraisal and organizational justice-considered ...
• National Managerial Talent Development in Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry: Comparing Western and Indigenous Approaches 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Developing Country Studies, 2013)

  Management development in improving productivity has become powerful tool for management effectiveness, as well as to address the management gap especially in developing countries. However, management development programmes ...
• Models for Human Resource Development Practice: Contributions from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame; Degraft, Arthur Dominic; Barimah, Antwi Kwabena (AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ADRRI) JOURNAL, 2016)

  This paper addresses the relevant issues pertaining to the ASTD competency studies sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development in the United States. The issues covered include the definition of HRD and ...
• Microfinance efficiency trade-offs and complementarities 

  Annim, Samuel Kobina (European Journal of Development Research, 2012)

  This study argues that patterns, trends and drivers of the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) depend on the scope of financial sustainability measures and on MFIs’ inclination to either of the dual objectives ...
• Localization of management in multinational enterprises in developing countries: a case study of policy and practice 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Training and Development, 2015)

  The Ghanaian mining industry went through various stages of development prior to the World Bank’s negative assessment in the mid-1980s. This blamed the state ownership model, characterized by lack of adequate capitalization, ...
• Interplay of personal characteristics antecedents and organisational antecedents in driving employee commitment 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw; Tetteh, Charity Barbara; Musa, Ahmed Muhammed (EuroMed J. Management, 2016)

  The paper investigates how personal characteristics antecedents and organisational antecedents integrate to determine employee commitment (EC) in the Electricity Company of Ghana. By so doing, we depart from the predominant ...
• International Tourists’ Environmental Attitude towards Hotels in Accra 

  Mensah, Ishmael; Dei Mensah, Rebecca (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2013)

  The available literature suggests that there has been a rise in green consumerism not only among general consumers but tourists. This has provided the impetus for the ‘greening’ of hotels as hotel guests have indicated ...
• Identification of Individuals for Directorship Roles: Evaluation of a University’s Succession Management 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw; Oduro-Asabere, Nancy (The Qualitative Report, 2018)

  Identification of potential individuals for leadership roles is a critical aspect of a succession management programme, as other aspects of the programme depend on an effective identification. This study evaluates how the ...
• Human resource management transfer challenges within multinational firms From tension to best-fit 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Management Research Review, 2017)

  out of their national borders into foreign countries and how they attempt to transfer human resource management (HRM) policies and practices across their subsidiaries for a best-fit HRM model. Design/methodology/approach ...

• Wealth Status and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Ghana and Kenya 

  Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Annim, Samuel K. (Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 2008)

  Background: Emerging evidence seems to suggest that there is some association between individual socioeconomic status and sexual risk-taking behaviour in sub- Saharan Africa. A number of broad associations have emerged, ...
• Voluntary employee turnover phenomenon in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited: Is Hay pay system the force behind employee exit decisions? 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Journal of Business and Enterprise Development, 2013)

  The paper examines voluntary employee turnover in Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, a multinational gold mining company operating in Ghana. The aim is to investigate whether the company’s pay system contributes in any way to the ...
• Towards African Work Orientations: Guide from Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

  Work orientation is the meaning an individual gives to work and the relative importance assigned to work in one’s life. This study assesses and predicts work orientations of employees of Sub-Saharan African – countries with ...
• The practical reality of goal setting theory: evidence from the performance of nurses in the Sunyani regional hospital of Ghana 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame (International Journal of Research in Social Sciences And Humanities, 2016)

  Several studies on goal setting theory have shown that goals direct and sustain employee effort toward goal-relevant activities and away from goal irrelevant activities. Although the theory is a common research topic in ...
• The Good and the Bad of Structural Adjustment Programme in Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)

  Structural adjustment programme (SAP) is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank agenda for addressing the debt and economic crises of some Third World countries. To help countries however, the World Bank/IMF ...
• Talent Management: A Bundle of Hurdles 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Public Policy and Administration Research, 2013)

  Although companies around the world have made talent management a top priority, most human resource professionals and senior executives believe their organisations have not fully resolved the talent management puzzle. ...
• Still the Dark Continent? Towards contextual methodological approaches to management development research in foreign multinational firms in Africa 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2017)

  Following the widespread implementation of liberalization policies across the continent and resultant ‘subsidiarity’ of the industrial sectors by mostly Western multinational firms, management development in Africa has ...
• Retention of Health Professionals in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Application of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling 

  Sekyi, Samuel; Asiedu, Dina; Oppong, Nana Yaw (JOURNAL OF AFRICAN BUSINESS, 2020)

  This study aims at assessing the factors influencing the retention of health professional in the Upper West Region of Ghana. A selfadministered questionnaire was used to collect data from 126 health professionals. Partial ...
• Renewing the Scope of Training and Transfer of Learning among Community Health Service Workers in Ghana: The Intervening Role of Experiential Training 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame (AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ADRRI) JOURNAL, 2017)

  This paper examines the extent to which Community Health Service Workers (CHSWs) can effectively transfer the skills acquired from training to the workplace in Ghana. A sample of 200 CHSWs from nine (9) Community-Based ...
• Perception of Pay Equity in Public Universities in Ghana: Effect on Individual Performance and Work Behavior 

  Sanséau, Pierre-Yves; Opoku, Felix Kwame (International Journal of Public Administration, 2019)

  Equity theory proposes that individuals perceiving inequity seek to restore equity through appropriate behavior. This research aimed to study the relationship between perceived pay equity and individual job performance ...
• Perceived Organisational Politics, Political Behaviour and Employee Commitment in the Wenchi Municipal Assembly, Ghana 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame; Arthur, Dominic Degraft (Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2018)

  This study assesses the extent to which employee perceptions of organisational politics influence their commitment in the public sector of Ghana. Three standard scales were adopted for generating data for the study namely; ...
• Organizational Justice in Performance Appraisal System and Work Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market 

  Warokka, Ari; Gallato, Cristina G.; Moorthy, Thamendren a/l (Journal of Human Resources Management Research, 2012)

  This study aimed at extending the literature of the effect of performance appraisal on productivity and employees by connecting the employees’ perception on fair performance appraisal and organizational justice-considered ...
• National Managerial Talent Development in Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry: Comparing Western and Indigenous Approaches 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Developing Country Studies, 2013)

  Management development in improving productivity has become powerful tool for management effectiveness, as well as to address the management gap especially in developing countries. However, management development programmes ...
• Models for Human Resource Development Practice: Contributions from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) 

  Opoku, Felix Kwame; Degraft, Arthur Dominic; Barimah, Antwi Kwabena (AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ADRRI) JOURNAL, 2016)

  This paper addresses the relevant issues pertaining to the ASTD competency studies sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development in the United States. The issues covered include the definition of HRD and ...
• Microfinance efficiency trade-offs and complementarities 

  Annim, Samuel Kobina (European Journal of Development Research, 2012)

  This study argues that patterns, trends and drivers of the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) depend on the scope of financial sustainability measures and on MFIs’ inclination to either of the dual objectives ...
• Localization of management in multinational enterprises in developing countries: a case study of policy and practice 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (International Journal of Training and Development, 2015)

  The Ghanaian mining industry went through various stages of development prior to the World Bank’s negative assessment in the mid-1980s. This blamed the state ownership model, characterized by lack of adequate capitalization, ...
• Interplay of personal characteristics antecedents and organisational antecedents in driving employee commitment 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw; Tetteh, Charity Barbara; Musa, Ahmed Muhammed (EuroMed J. Management, 2016)

  The paper investigates how personal characteristics antecedents and organisational antecedents integrate to determine employee commitment (EC) in the Electricity Company of Ghana. By so doing, we depart from the predominant ...
• International Tourists’ Environmental Attitude towards Hotels in Accra 

  Mensah, Ishmael; Dei Mensah, Rebecca (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2013)

  The available literature suggests that there has been a rise in green consumerism not only among general consumers but tourists. This has provided the impetus for the ‘greening’ of hotels as hotel guests have indicated ...
• Identification of Individuals for Directorship Roles: Evaluation of a University’s Succession Management 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw; Oduro-Asabere, Nancy (The Qualitative Report, 2018)

  Identification of potential individuals for leadership roles is a critical aspect of a succession management programme, as other aspects of the programme depend on an effective identification. This study evaluates how the ...
• Human resource management transfer challenges within multinational firms From tension to best-fit 

  Oppong, Nana Yaw (Management Research Review, 2017)

  out of their national borders into foreign countries and how they attempt to transfer human resource management (HRM) policies and practices across their subsidiaries for a best-fit HRM model. Design/methodology/approach ...

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