Employee motivation and job performance: a study of basic school teachers in Ghana

JA Forson, E Ofosu-Dwamena, RA Opoku… - Future Business …, 2021 - Springer
Motivation as a meaningful construct is a desire to satisfy a certain want and is a central
pillar at the workplace. Thus, motivating employees adequately is a challenge as it has what …

Ref lections on Democracy and Development in Africa: A Hew Trail of Political Reforms

AI Braimah, JA Forson - Insight on Africa, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Liberal democracy is the most affectionate and all-embracing de facto and de jure form of
constitutional governance worldwide. Unrepentant authoritarian regimes and other pseudo …

The impact of the digital economy on innovation: New evidence from panel threshold model

J Xu, W Li - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The digital economy has aroused widespread concern. This paper studies the impact of the
digital economy on innovation using a panel threshold model. Taking 30 provinces …

Does corruption have a sanding or greasing impact on innovation? Reconciling the contrasting perspectives through a systematic literature review

S Mohammad, J Yang, I Butt - Research Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
There has been a significant increase in the number of academic studies published on the
relationship between corruption and innovation in recent years. Various relationships have …

Overconfidence bias and stock market volatility in Ghana: testing the rationality of investors in the Covid-19 era

R Kuranchie-Pong, JA Forson - African journal of Economic and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper tests the overconfidence bias and volatility on the Ghana Stock
Exchange (GSE) during the pre-Covid-19 pandemic and Covid-19 pandemic period …

Online sales adoption and financial resilience in Sub-Sahara Africa: the moderating role of ownership and enterprise size during Covid-19 crisis

JA Forson, SG Gadzo, EA Anaman, A Adams - Future Business Journal, 2022 - Springer
It is an established fact that the Covid-19 pandemic had a persistent economic uncertainty
effect than health uncertainty. In this study, the researchers examined the effects of …

Key drivers of investment initiatives in Uganda's pharmaceutical industry

B Onyinyi, N Asiimwe - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the key drivers of investment initiatives in Uganda's pharmaceutical
industry. We adopted a qualitative research design using an in-depth interview guide to …

Different routes, same goal: Exploring the impact of innovation policy tools on SMEs' persistent innovation—A hybrid study using SEM and FsQCA

Y Zheng, K Qin, S Zhao - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
Persistent innovation in enterprises poses a formidable challenge that requires a
comprehensive understanding of internal and external drivers. While prior research has …

Revisiting the role of institutional structures in the relationship between trade openness and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa

VA Nutassey, S Frimpong, SK Agyei - The International Trade …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The study investigates the conditioning effect of institutions in the relationship between trade
openness and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan African economies. Employing generalized …

Taxing Africa for inclusive human development: The mediating role of governance quality

A Adegboye, O Erin, S Asongu - Journal of Economic and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Given that the literature on the links between taxation and inclusive human
development is ambiguous, it is important to investigate whether the mediating influence of …