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October, 2020
Africa Academy of Management
September, 2020 Newsletter
AFAM Mission:
To foster the general advancement of knowledge and scholarship in the theory
and practice of management among African scholars and or
Academics interested in management or organisation issues in Africa
AFAM 6th Biennial Conference
Theme:
Management Praxis in the African Context: Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics
Dates: 8-10 January, 2022 Venue: The German University in Cairo, Egypt.
As we usher in a new decade, our nations, insti-
tutions, and communities are facing grand chal-
lenges that include the impact of climate change,
corruption, poor governance, persistent inequali-
ty, and political instability which collectively, de-
fine the context of management education and
practice.
In considering the theme of management praxis
through the lens of sustainability, responsibility,
and ethics, our aim is to explore answers to
questions such as:
a) What role does management education play
in preparing responsible and ethical leaders?
b) How are African institutions and organizations
responding to, and preparing for, the realities
and challenges of climate change and other
grand challenges?
c) How can African countries and communities
become resilient in the face of the volatile, uncer-
tain, and complex environment in which we are
living?
d) How are different types and sizes of business-
es in the continent responding to, and mitigating
against climate change? How are they engaging
their various stakeholders in their sustainability
efforts?
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AFAM, September, 2020. Page 2
October 17, 2020
Dear AFAM Members,
Greetings!
I hope you are all doing well in
this era of COVID-19. Please try
to keep yourself safe! You matter
so much to yourself, family,
school, and AFAM!
I write for two reasons. First, I
want to check on you as a mem-
ber of the AFAM family which is
in the spirit of our relational humanism to be there for each other. Each of
In this Issue us is because we are!
Second, I want to briefly update you on what AFAM has been doing. Obvi-
Cover Page: ously, the pandemic halted the activities of organizations and nations. We
Call for Papers: 6th Biennial are no exception. Given the uncertainty associated with COVID-19, we do
Conference of the Africa Acad- not know how things will be in 2022. Nonetheless, we are still planning our
emy of Management, January biennial conference to be held in Cairo, Egypt, in January 2022. Please look
2022, Cairo, Egypt. out for the call for papers which has been distributed and included in this
newsletter. Our partners in Egypt are working diligently with us to ensure
the conference is successful. As you prepare to submit, please encourage
Page 2: others to join you in submitting their papers and reviewing for the confer-
Message from AFAM ence when the submission system is opened in January. We expect it to be
President. as successful, if not better, than previous conferences.
In addition to the conference, the executives have embarked on a strategic
initiative for the next decade. Termed AFAM2030, it will be the guide to
Page 3 & 4 our discourse and activities for the next ten years. Obviously, we will need
AFAM 2022 Egypt Conference your feedback and involvement in the activities that emerge from the stra-
tracks tegic initiative. We hope you will respond when called upon. We began im-
plementing one of the plans – Potential Optimization of members. It will
Page 5: involve the use of webinars to train and development members. Our first
AFAM 2022 Egypt Conference webinar, a dry run, was held on Sept 4, 2020. It focused on the Covid19
Track Submission details Pandemic - Managing and Leading Educational Institutions in Africa
During Covid19 - and involved Deans and Vice Chancellors from African
Universities. We expect to build on this in 2021.
Page 6: Let me conclude by saying THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your membership
Africa Journal of Management and involvement in AFAM. AFAM really cherishes your engagement. May I
encourage you and your colleagues to be active members of AFAM. It is
Page 7: through active involvement that we can make AFAM a transformative or-
Palgrave Leadership & ANSES ganization. I also want to thank those who were able to participate in our
Social Entrepreneur Webinar first webinar. I hope you will participate in future webinars that are being
Series planned.
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AFAM members Publication David B Zoogah, PhD
News
President
AFAM Newsletter, September 2020 AFAM, September, 2020. Page 3
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Call For Papers:
6th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management on Management Praxis in the African Context:
Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics. 8-10 January, 2022: Venue: The German University in Cairo, Egypt.
Conference themes are Public Policy, Administration and Non- Track 4: Strategy and International
Governmental Organizations. Management
Chairs: Tahiru Liedong, University of
Conference Tracks Bath, UK (T.A.Liedong@bath.ac.uk)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
The Strategy and International Man-
Strategy and International Management agement track welcomes conceptual
Entrepreneurship and Small Business and empirical papers that focus on all
Social Issues in Management areas of strategy and international
management in an African context
Sustainability and Green Management both in the private and public sector;
6. Management Practice and a comparative analysis of the Afri-
can environment with other regions of
the world. Papers focusing on supply
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strategy should also be submitted to
this track.
e) In what ways can leadership
Track 2: Organizational Behavior
development help to prepare re-
and Human Resource Management
sponsible ethical leaders? Chair: Bella Galperin, University of Track 5: Social Issues in Manage-
Tampa, USA (bgalperin@ut.edu) ment
f) How is sustainability and ethics re- Chair: Raghda Mohamed Mamdouh
flected in public policies in Africa? This track welcomes conceptual and El-Ebrashi, German University
How can public policy initiatives ad- empirical papers including all aspects Cairo, Egypt
vance sustainability in management of both organizational behavior and (raghda.elebrashi@guc.edu.eg)
education and practice in the conti- human resource management, prefer-
nent? ably in an African context, and a com- The Social Issues in Management
parative analysis of the African con- track explores the extent to which
g) What is the role of African leaders text with other parts of the world. management research can be used to
and managers in addressing inequali- address social issues, such as pov-
ties based on gender, ethnicity, class erty, inequality, healthcare, armed
and sexual orientation? How can Track 3: Public Policy, Administra- conflict, disputes, sustainable devel-
management help governance in Afri- tion and Non-Governmental Organi- opment, and child labor in the African
ca through leadership, values, ethics, zations context. We also examine how social
and culturally-appropriate practices to Chair: Jean Kabongo, University of issues can integrate the management
transform the African enterprise? South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, of ‘unrealistic’ expectations from dif-
USA (jkabongo@sar.usf.edu) ferent social groups including unions,
students and teachers.
Submission Tracks This track encourages conceptual and
empirical papers that investigate any
Track 1: Entrepreneurship and aspect of public and non- governmen- Track 6: Sustainability and Green
Small Business tal organizations. The papers may Management
Chair: Brett Anitra Gilbert, American address topics related to any of the Chair: Ali Awni, American University
University, USA following: public governance; public in Cairo, Egipt
(bgilbert@american.edu) service quality including health admin- (ahawni@aucegypt.edu)
istration and management; public
The Entrepreneurship and SME track management; E-government; public The Sustainability and Green Man-
welcomes both empirical and concep- administration and policy; educational agement track welcomes conceptual
tual papers examining issues relating leadership; non- governmental organi- and empirical papers that focus on all
to emergence, growth, innovation and zations; stakeholder engagement; and areas of sustainability – economic,
sustainability in both entrepreneurial, public-private partnerships. social, and environmental – in an Afri-
family, and small business research in can context both in the private and
Africa and a comparative analysis of public sector. Studies that compare
the African context with other parts of the African context with other regions
AFAM, September, 2020. Page 4
Submission Tracks
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Track 7: PDW/Caucus/Symposia
Chair: Menatallah Samir Darrag,
Germany University in Cairo, Egypt.
(menatallah.darrag@guc.edu.eg)
Submissions can either be a pro-
posal for a structured discussion on a
topic of common interest, or a work-
shop aimed at providing a forum
through which conference partici-
pants can engage with each other.
PDW sessions will not appear in the
proceedings. Submissions should
describe the activities, goals, and
time/equipment required.
Track 8: Management Practice
Chairs: Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim,
American University in Cairo, Egypt.
(Sherwat@aucegypt.edu)
ences of renowned senior faculty
The Management Practice track wel-
comes submissions that report or Track 9: Doctoral Consortium & colleagues. Sessions will be struc-
reflect on management practices Junior Faculty Consortium tured as roundtable discussions to
implemented in Africa-based organi- Chairs: Hermann Ndofor, Indiana facilitate additional development and
zations. Submissions can be evi- University, USA (hndofor@iu.edu) coaching.
dence-based studies that describe
these practices, their implementation, Amanuel Tekleab, Wayne State This is also an excellent way for doc-
and highlight critical success factors. University, USA toral students and junior faculty
The objective is to stimulate conver- (atekleab@wayne.edu) members to become involved in
sations regarding how to enhance AFAM. These sessions will not ap-
effectiveness of implementing man- These consortia, which will be pear in the proceedings. Queries
agement practices as well as held on 7th January 2022, are de- about the consortium should be sent
knowledge transfer. signed to provide ideas, tools, and to Hermann Ndofor
strategies to be successful in aca- (hndofor@iu.edu) or Amanuel
demia by drawing upon the experi- Tekleab (atekleab@wayne.edu).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings Editor: Dorothy Mpabanga, University of Botswana, Botswana (dorothym366@gmail.com)
Accepted papers may be published in the Best Paper Proceedings of the Conference. There will be a best pa-
per award for each track. Winners will receive a certificate and the paper will be highlighted in the conference
program. Best papers will also be considered for publication in the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) sub-
ject to the journal’s blind review process.
Please check the AJOM website at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rajm20/current
AFAM Newsletter, September 2020 AFAM, September, 2020. Page 5
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Submission Guidelines:
6th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management
Please follow these guidelines and 7. Use Times New Roman 12-pitch
formatting instructions to prepare your font, double spaced, and 1-inch (2.5
paper. cm) margin all around.
1. Each paper can only be submitted 8. Number all the pages of the pa-
to ONE track. If a proposed idea does per.
not seem to fit any of the tracks de-
scribed above, authors should contact 9. No changes in the paper title, ab-
the Program Co-Chairs: Samuel stract, authorship, and actual paper
Aryee (s.aryee@surrey.ac.uk) and can occur after the submission dead-
Lilian Otaye-Ebede, University of line.
Liverpool Management School (email: The tentative conference schedule is
L.E.Otaye@liverpool.ac.uk). Your 10. Check that the PDF File of your as follows:
submission will be directed to the paper prints correctly and ensure
most appropriate track. that the file is virus-free. Paper, Symposia, and PDW Submis-
sions– April 30, 2021
2. All papers and proposals should be 11. Submissions will be done on-line
submitted electronically via the con- on the AFAM 2022 conference web- Notification of Acceptance – June 30,
ference website at site, from January 30, 2021 - April 2021
www.africaacademyofmanagement.or 30, 2021. All submissions must be
g submitted by the deadline of April Proceedings Submission: July 15, 2021
30, 2021.
3. Submitted papers must NOT have
been previously published and if un- 12. Only submissions in English will ENQUIRIES
der review, must NOT appear in print be accepted for review. Enquiries about the conference may be
before the AFAM 2022 Conference. directed to the:
13. Once a submission is accepted,
4. Paper submissions will be blind all panelists in a PDW/Caucus and Program Co-Chairs:
reviewed. Authors should therefore Symposia, and at least one author of Samuel Aryee (s.aryee@surrey.ac.uk)
remove all author-identifying infor- each co-authored paper must regis- and
mation, including acknowledgements ter for the conference by September Lilian Otaye-Ebede (L.E.
from the text, and document proper- 30, 2021. Otaye@liverpool.ac.uk)
ties.
If authors/panelists do not register
5. The paper (title page, abstract, by the deadline, their submissions Local Organizing Committee
main text, figures, tables, references, will not be included in the Confer- (German University in Cairo):
etc.) must be in one document creat- ence Program or Proceedings.
ed in a PDF format. 1. Ahmed Amin
14. RULE OF 3: A participant may
6. The maximum length of a paper be listed as an author or co-author (ahmed.aminmohamed@guc.edu.eg
must be 40 pages (including tables, on up to 3 submitted papers.
appendices and references). The pa- 2. Nancy Bouchra
per format should follow the Africa 15. Those submitting work to the (nanacy.bouchra@guc.edu.eg)
Journal of Management’s style guide conference are expected to serve as 1.
(APA Style Guide 6th Edition) reviewers and are invited to register 3. Hania Morsy
(https://www .tandfonline.com/action/ as both an author and reviewer on (hania.morsy@guc.edu.eg)
author Submission? the conference website.
show=instructions&journalC NOTE: Papers that do not follow
ode=rajm20). these formatting instructions WILL
NOT be sent out for review.
AFAM, September, 2020. Page 6
AJOM Latest Issue: Volume 6, 2020 - Issue 3: Multilevel perspectives on leadership in the African context
Editorial:
Michael A. Abebe, Amanuel G. Tekleab & Augustine A. La-
do (2020) Multilevel perspectives on leadership in the African con-
text, Africa Journal of Management, 6:3, 145-
160, DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2020.1779575
Research Articles:
Baniyelme D. Zoogah & James B. Abugre (2020) Restorative fol-
lowership in Africa: Antecedents, moderators, and consequenc-
es, Africa Journal of Management, 6:3, 161-
193, DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2020.1777818
Mazanai Musara & Cecile Nieuwenhuizen (2020) Informal sector
entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the
emergence of entrepreneurial leadership, Africa Journal of Man-
agement, 6:3, 194-213, DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2020.1777817
Baniyelme D. Zoogah (2020) Companionate leadership:
A shemswian perspective, Africa Journal of Management, 6:3, 214
-247, DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2020.1779944
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Palgrave Studies in African Palgrave Studies in African
Leadership The ANSES webinar series com-
Leadership prises the following 4 webinars:
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ested in African leadership studies day 8 October 2020, 16:00-17:30
around the world. Where many studies LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness SATS.
of leadership in Africa focus solely on in Africa and the African Diaspo-
one country or region, this series looks Publishing in academic journals:
to address leadership in each of the ra quantitative studies. Speaker: Tom
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Transformative and Engaging 2020, 16:00-17:30 SATS.
continent.
Leadership: Lessons from Indig-
This comes at a time when business enous African Women
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spectives offered in this series allow for Speaker: Johan Bruneel. Thursday
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To register, please fill in this
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gious leadership, servant leadership, conduct research on social entre- sign up
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entities in the webinar series is open to any- tion to others (I attach here
Africa, and one who wishes to attend. The se- an introduction about our
more. ries is sponsored by VLIR-UOS’ network). Should you have
Social Enterprise project, which is a
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AFAM, September, 2020. Page 8
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AFAM Members Publication News
Dr Françoise Chevalier of HEC Paris is glad to
share information on recent publications: Congratulations
One chapter in English, and a book in
Anna Kim (Assistant Professor, Strategy
French. Both are addressing Research Questions
& Organization — Sustainability at De-
in the African context.
sautels Faculty of Management McGill
University)
F. Chevalier & E. Kamdem, 2019 « Field Re-
search and Grounded Theory : An Avenue for Fu-
Eivor Oborn, Michael Barrett, Wanda Or-
ture Research in Africa » in Advancing Afri-
likowski, & Anna Kim:
can Knowledge Management and Education , H.
Kazeroony, A. Stachowicz-Stanusch, & W.
2020 OCIS Best Published Paper
Amann, (Eds), Information Age Publishing, USA,
Award, 1st runner up, Organizational
pp. 81-98
Communication & Information Systems
(OCIS) Division, Academy of Manage-
E. Kamdem, F. Chevalier
ment.
& M.Payaud (Eds), 2020, La recherche enraci-
née en management : contextes nouveaux et per-
spectives nouvelles en Afrique , Editions EMS,
Anna Kim has also published the following
Caen, France
paper
Oborn, E., Barrett, M., Orlikowski, W.,
Kim, A. (2019) “Trajectory dynamics in
Our member Judy N. Muthuri at Nottingham Uni-
innovation: Developing and transforming a
versity Business School, UK has published the
mobile money service across time and
Africa edition - the second in the series discussing
place.” Organization Science, 30 (5): 1097
challenges and efforts of BOP markets around the
–1123.
world.
Muthuri, J.N., Arnold, M., Gold, S., & Rueda, X. This paper draws upon our field study of
(eds) (2020). Frugal Innovation in the Base of the
Pyramid Markets in Africa: Innovation and Chal- mobile money service innovation in Ken-
lenges to Sustainability, Routledge, United King- ya. Anna Kim is delighted that a paper
dom. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Base-Pyramid- based on Africa was recognized at the
Markets-Africa-Sustainability/dp/1138389110
If you have news to share with AFAM Members, please email:
Dr. Nceku Nyathi
Royal Holloway, University of London.
School of Business and Management
AFAM Communications Chair
Email: Nceku.Nyathi@rhul.ac.ukYou can also read
