About this journal

The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa.

AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.

Manuscripts should include data or viewpoints from more than one country or at the very least demonstrate relevancy for the wider African context. Of particular interest are manuscripts which focus on Africa’s productive enterprises, including locally owned businesses, the informal sector, start-ups, scale-ups, state owned enterprises, foreign (e.g. multinational corporations) businesses, non-government organizations, or combinations thereof (e.g. public-private partnerships, international joint ventures, intergovernmental agencies), organizational and human capital development, and current development management topics. AJOM is not only about geography, but also shared experiences and common heritage: we seek contributions globally.

AJOM operates an international double anonymized peer-review process and publishes four times a year both in print and online. The journal also publishes research notes, book reviews and insights, and comments and debates from readers on published papers or important management questions of the day. It serves as a medium for recognizing excellence and exceptional service for advancing management scholarship, widely defined, and education and practice in Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world.

Africa Journal of Management is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality, original research. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Editorial Manager.

Africa Journal of Management is abstracted and/or indexed in Scopus and the Chartered Association of Business Schools UK (ABS Guide).

Founding Editor

Moses N. Kiggundu – Carleton University, Canada

Senior Associate Editor
Hermann Ndofor – Indiana University, USA

Associate Editors

Kenneth Amaeshi - University of Edinburgh, UK
Angela Hall – Michigan State University, USA
Nathaniel Boso – KNUST, Ghana
Samuel Aryee - University of Surrey, UK
Rebecca Namatovu - Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Frances Fabian – University of Memphis, USA
Amanuel Tekleab – Wayne State University, USA
Michael Abebe – University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, USA
Nasima Carrim – University of Pretoria, South Africa
Joerg Hofstetter – Kedge Business School, France
David Littlewood – University of Sheffield, UK
Lilac Nachum – City University New York, USA

Editorial Advisory Board

Rita Abban – Wageningen University/Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Netherlands
Grace Abban-Ampiah – GIMPA Business School, Ghana
Michael Abebe – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
Moses Acquaah – University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Kweku Adams – University of Bradford, UK
Ebenezer Adaku –Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana
Ifedapo Adeleye – Georgetown University, USA
Eric Adom Asante – Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Edward O. Akoto – Henderson State University, USA
Obinna Alo – University of Sunderland, UK
Duncan Angwin – Lancaster University, UK
Herman Aguinis – George Washington University, USA
Kurt April – University of Cape Town, South Africa
Africa Ariño – IESE Business School, Spain
David Asamoah – KNUST School of Business, Ghana
Winfred Arthur – Texas A&M University, USA
V.V. Baba – McMaster University, Canada
Paul Beamish – Western University, Canada
Baniyelme D. Zoogah – Xavier University, USA
Alex Bignotti – University of Pretoria Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa
Addis Gedefaw Birhanu – EMLYON Business School, France
Dick Blackburn – Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC at Chapel Hill, USA
Charles Blankson – University of North Texas, USA
Rose Bote – NEOMA Business School, France
Sue Canney Davison – Pipal Ltd, Kenya
Marian Chijoke-Mgbame – De Montfort University Faculty of Business and Law, UK
Kaitlyn DeGhetto – University of Dayton, USA
Marcellinus Chum Dike – De Montfort University Faculty of Business and Law, UK
Rian Drogendijk – University of Groningen, Netherlands
Bernadine Dykes – Shenandoah University, USA
Kimberly Ellis – Florida Atlantic University, USA
Dominic Essuman – The University of Sheffield, UK
Joseph Eyong – University of Derby, UK
Michael Frese – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Katia M. Galdino – Georgia Southern University, USA
Bella G. Galperin – University of Tampa, USA
Brett Gilbert – American University, USA
Ralph Hamann – University of Cape Town, South Africa
Gavin Hilson – University of Surrey, UK
Carsten Nico Hjortso – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Oscar Holmes – Rutgers University, USA
Benson Honig – McMaster University, Canada
Paul Agu Igwe – University of Lincoln, UK
Terence Jackson – Middlesex University, UK
Carla Jones – Sam Houston State University, USA
Ken Kamoche – University of Nottingham, UK
Jonathan Mukiza Kansheba – Thomas College of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA
David Ketchen – Auburn University, USA
Phyllis Keys – Morgan State University, USA
Yusuf Kiwala – Makerere University, Uganda
Oluwaseun Kolade – Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Eileen Kwesiga – Bryant University, USA
Tomi Laamanen – University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mengge Li – The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong – University of Bath, UK
Kevin Lowe – The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
Francis Lwesya – University of Dodoma, Tanzania
Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi – De Montfort University Faculty of Business and Law, UK
Anastacia Mamabolo – Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa
Mzamo P. Mangaliso – University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Jennifer Marrone – Seattle University, USA
Jacob McCartney – Michigan State University, USA
Sébastien Mena– Hertie School, Germany
Elham Metwally – American University of Cairo, Egypt
Christopher Meyer – Baylor University, USA
Angela Miles – North Carolina Central, USA
Benedict Wandera Mkalama – University of Nairobi, Kenya
Michael Mol – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Michelle Amy Montague-Mfuni – University of Richmond, USA
Judy Muthuri – University of Nottingham, UK
Lilac Nachum – City University of New York, USA
Franklin Nakpodia – Durham University Business School, UK
Rebecca Namatovu – Makerere University, Uganda
Rabake Kinba Hermelline MNana – University of Huddersfield Business School, UK
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong – Open University, UK
Faith Njugiri – Concordia College, USA
Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer – University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Nceku Nyanthi – De Montfort University, UK
Anne O'Leary-Kelly – University of Arkansas, USA
Ed Levitas– University of Wisconsin, USA
Chidiebere Ogbonnaya – University of Sussex, UK
dt ogilvie – Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
George Okello Candiya Bongomin – Makerere University Business School, Uganda
John O. Okpara – Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lilian Otaye-Ebede – University of Liverpool, UK
John Parnell – University of North Alabama, USA
Pam Perrewe – Florida State University, USA
Buenar Puplampu – Central University, Ghana
Rhonda Reger – University of Missouri, USA
Taco Reus – Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Miguel Rivera-Santos – Babson College, USA
Brian Silverman – University of Toronto, Canada
Juliana Siwale – Nottingham Trent University, UK
Anne Smith – University of Tennessee, USA
Christian Stadler – University of Warwick, UK
Trey Sutton – University of Richmond, USA
Amanuel Tekleab – Wayne State University, USA
Curtis Wesley – University of Houston, USA
Margaret White – Oklahoma State University, USA
Richard Whittingdon – Oxford University, UK
Masoud Yasai– George Mason University, USA
Yu Zheng – Fudan University, China

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