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Adaptation and strategic retirement of secondary school teachers
(Public Organization Review, 2021-06-21)This study explains strategic retirement amongst Uganda’s secondary school teachers using work adjustment and development theories. Data relating to psychological adaptation and socio cultural adaptation were attained using ... -
The adoption of management controls from a complex adaptive systems respective
(International Journal Vallis Aurea, 2021)The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether self-organisation predicts of adoption of management controls in manufacturing firms. The study employed the lens of complex adaptive systems theory to investigate the ... -
Children’s conceptions of peace in two Ugandan primary schools: insights for peace curriculum
(Research in Comparative and International Education : Sage Journals, 2017-03-28)Oppenheimer urged communities all over the world to study how children come to understand peace, conflict, and war. Set in various countries, their review of studies, as well as more recent examinations reveal trends in ... -
Determinants of persistence among science teacher-trainees: examining the role of self-efficacy, task value, and academic hope
(Journal of Science Teacher Education., 2017-10-16)Grounded in the expectancy-value and hope theories, the present study was conducted to examine the extent to which self-efficacy, task value, and academic hope predict persistence among science teacher-trainees in Uganda. ... -
Ecologies of innovation among small and medium enterprises in Uganda as a mediator of entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation
(Cogent Business & Management, 2019-07-10)This paper examines the mediating effect of ecologies of innovation on the relationship between entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. The study design ... -
Ecologies of innovation as a mediator between nexus of generative influence and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Uganda
(Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 2020-05-28)This paper examines the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between nexus of generative influence and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. A cross sectional ... -
Engineering lecturers' competencies and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) at Kyambogo University
(Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007-11-06)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the relevant competencies possessed by engineering lecturers and the relationship between those competencies and the exhibited organisational citizenship behaviours ... -
Evaluation of the effects of vocational choice and practical training on students’ employability
(Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007-07-31)Purpose – The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the need for Kyambogo to pay special attention to students’ vocational choices, university based training and employability. Design/methodology/approach – The sample ... -
Human resource practices and quality assurance among teachers in public secondary schools in the central Region, Uganda
(East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies., 2020)he study aimed at establishing the influence of human resource practices on quality assurance among secondary school teachers in the central region of Uganda. It was guided by the objective of establishing the relationship ... -
Informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Kampala, Uganda: the mediating role of ecologies of innovation
(Cogent Business & Management, 2019-05-29)This paper examines the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kampala, Uganda. To ... -
Informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Uganda
(Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2021-10-25)Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) establish formal and informal relations to access required resources for business competitiveness in Uganda. The major challenge of acquiring the required resources is attributed to ... -
Institutional isomorphism, self-organisation and the adoption of management controls
(EDITURA ASE : Accounting and Management Information Systems, 2021-02-20)Research Question: The purpose of this study is to examine whether self-organisation mediates the relationship between institutional isomorphism and the adoption of management controls. Motivation: Research on institutions ... -
Mediation role of systems adaptability between emotional intelligence and talent management
(Emerald publishing, 2022-11)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of systems adaptability in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions in Uganda. Design/methodolo ... -
Modeling the relationship between motivational beliefs, cognitive learning strategies, and academic performance of teacher education students
(South African Journal of Psychology., 2019-02-01)Although self-regulated learning has received much attention over the past decades, research on how teacher education students regulate their own learning has been scarce, particularly in third world countries. In the ... -
Performance management practices and managed performance: moderating influence of organisational culture and climate in public universities in Uganda
(Emerald: Measuring Business Excellence, 2011-11)The purpose of this article is to explore and explain the existence and implementation of performance management practices in four public universities in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach A mixed‐method study approach ... -
Performance management practices and managed performance: the moderating influence of organisational culture and climate in public universities in Uganda
(Measuring Business Excellence, 2011-11-15)Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore and explain the existence and implementation of performance management practices in four public universities in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed-method ... -
Performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance
(International Journal of Educational Management : Emerald., 2010-08-17)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using a disproportionate stratified ... -
Performance management practices, information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and managed performance
(Quality Assurance in Education, 2010-04-27)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the need for managers of public universities to pay attention to performance management practices and information communication technology (ICT) adoption in order to ... -
Positive deviance, ecologies of innovation and entrepreneurial networking
(World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2019-09-20)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between positive deviance (PD) and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in ... -
Positive psychology : The Case of Uganda
(Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2008)The application of positive psychology concepts in professional psychology in Uganda is in its infancy. Both undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes in Ugandan universities have very limited emphasis on positive ...
