Research
The Africa Research Group's research projects have included the following:
Globalisation and knowledge appropriation within an African context
This project examines the challenge of globalisation and the management of human resources with an initial focus on Kenya.
Researchers: Professor Ken Kamoche and Dr Aminu Mamman.
Funded by the British Academy, from 2008.
Africa-China business investments and relations
This project considers the nature and scope of Chinese investments in Africa. Chinese state-owned enterprises and private firms have in recent years expanded their operations in various parts of Africa, particularly but not limited to infrastructural construction, mining, textiles, and trading.
We are interested in their strategic interest in Africa, the challenges they face operating in Africa, the nature of work relations, cross-cultural issues and human resources, business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
Researchers: Professor Ken Kamoche, Dr Lisa Siebers, and Dr Stephen Nyambegera.
Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, from 2010
Sino-Africa businesses relationships and the evolution of wholesale market and industrial clusters in Africa
Researchers: Dr Jinmin Wang and Dr Francis Neshamba
The challenges of foreign management practices transfer in Africa
This project examines how national culture influences the transfer of foreign management practices transfer to Africa.
Researcher: Dr Hèla Yousfi.
Funded by the French Development Agency
Managing global talents/workforce and careers across cultures; knowledge transfer and appropriation in emerging/developing economies
Researcher: Dr Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi.
Funded by: Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
What makes international managers successful and how they adjust to specific local business environments
Researcher: Dr Rolf D. Schlunz
The impact of labor market institutional reforms on employment creation and employees’ job sustenance: the case of the banking sector in Tanzania
Researcher: Ashatu Kijaji.
Funded by: Organization of Social Sciences Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA).
The impact of HR performance management on workers’ productivity and retention in public and third sectors organizations in Nigeria
Researcher: Joseph Banwar.
