Africa Journal of Management
2332-2381 (Online)
1.6 (2024) Impact Factor
3.0 (2024) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.420 (2024) SNIP
0.364 (2024) SJR
Accredited with the DHET (SAPSE)
Latest Issue
Volume 11, Issue 2, 2025
Research Articles
Reimagining corporate planning practices for operational flexibility and sustainability in emerging economy: A reflection on the Nigerian private sector
Cash holding, risk-taking behavior and financial performance of non-financial firms listed in sub-Saharan Africa Securities Exchanges
Institutional scaffolding: MNEs responses to institutional weakness in contexts of violent conflict
Navigating market turbulence: A configurational perspective of ambidextrous innovation in strengthening organizational resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
Enhancing international business competence: how cognitive and exposure training approaches matter
Research Paper
Aims & Scope
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.
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2015 - current Published as Africa Journal of Management
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2014 - 2014
Editors
EDITOR- IN- CHIEF
Moses N. Kiggundu Carleton University, Canada
senior associate editor
Bruce Lamont Florida State University, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Christopher OLH Porter Indiana University, USA
Lena Zander Uppsala University, Sweden
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Vincent Bagire Makerere University, Uganda
EDITOR, AJOM INSIGHTS
Amon Chizema Loughborough University, UK
ASSISTANT EDITOR, AJOM INSIGHTS
Constant Beugré Delaware State University, USA
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Walter Baets University of Cape Town, South Africa
Harry Barkema London School of Economics/Erasmus University, UK/Netherlands
Robin Ely Harvard University, USA
Michael Hitt Texas A&M University, USA
Tim Judge University of Notre Dame, USA
Gelase Mutahaba University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Stella Nkomo University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mike Peng University of Texas at Dallas, USA
John Ddumba Ssentamu Makerere University, Uganda
Jim Walsh University of Michigan, USA
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Moses Acquaah University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Garry Adams Auburn University, USA
Duncan Angwin Oxford Brookes University, UK
Chi Anyansi-Archibong North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Kurt April University of Cape Town, South Africa
Herman Aquinis Indiana University, USA
Africa Ariño IESE Business School, Spain
Winfred Arthur Texas A&M University, USA
V.V. Baba McMaster University, Canada
Sureth Babu International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
Ted Baker North Carolina State University, USA
Talya Bauer Portland State University, USA
Paul Beamish Western University, Canada
Sekou Bermis University of Texas, USA
Dharm Bhawuk University of Hawaii, USA
Richard Blackburn University of North Carolina, USA
Garry Bruton Texas Christian University, USA
Sue Canney Davison Pipal Ltd, Kenya
Atira Charles Florida A&M University, USA
Donald Conlon Michigan State University, USA
Margaret Jemima Crabbe Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana
Rian Drogendijk University of Groningen, Netherlands
Bryan Edwards Oklahoma State University, USA
Kimberly Ellis Florida Atlantic University, USA
Walter Ferrier University of Kentucky, USA
Gerald Ferris Florida State University, USA
Michael Frese National University of Singapore, Singapore
Brett Gilbert Rutgers University, USA
Zhang Haisen University of International Business and Economics, China
Angela Hall Michigan State University, USA
Ralph Hamann University of Cape Town, South Africa
Oscar Holmes Rutgers University, USA
Benson Honig McMaster University, Canada
Tomas Hult Michigan State University, USA
Terence Jackson Middlesex University, UK
Carla Jones Sam Houston State University, USA
Karsten Jonsen IMD, Switzerland
K. Michele Kacmar Texas State University, USA
Kenneth Kamoche University of Nottingham, UK
David Ketchen Auburn University, USA
Phyllis Keys Morgan University, USA
Adelaide King University of Virginia, USA
David King Iowa State University, USA
Ronald Klingebiel Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
Eileen Kwesiga Bryant University, USA
Tomi Laamanen University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Frannie Leautier MKOBA Private Equity Fund, Tanzania
Kevin Lowe University of Auckland, New Zealand
Gundula Lücke Uppsala University, Sweden
Catherine Maritan Syracuse University, USA
Jennifer Marrone Seattle University, USA
Anca Metiu ESSEC Business School, France
Elham Metwally American University of Cairo, Egypt
Alan Meyer University of Oregon, USA
Christopher Meyer Baylor University, USA
Angela Miles North Carolina A&T, USA
Toyah Miller University of Texas-Dallas, USA
Will Mitchell Duke University, USA
Michael Mol Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Judy Muthuri University of Nottingham, UK
Sucheta Nadkarni Drexel University, USA
Hermann Ndofor Texas A&M University, USA
George Njenga Strathmore Business School, Kenya
Faith Njugiri Concordia College, USA
Nceku Nyanthi University of Cape Town, South Africa
Anthony Nyberg University of South Carolina, USA
Anne O'Leary-Kelly University of Arkansas, USA
Dt Ogilvie Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Pam Perrewe Florida State University, USA
David Ralston Florida International University, USA
Annette Ranft University of Tennessee, USA
Kira Reed Syracuse University, USA
Rhonda Reger University of Tennessee, USA
Taco Reus Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Miguel Rivera-Santos Babson College, USA
MB Sarkar Temple University, USA
Paul Sears University of Findlay, USA
Jason Shaw Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Anne Smith University of Tennessee, USA
Christine Spitzmuller Lagos Business School, Nigeria
Christian Stadler University of Warwick, UK
Lance Stringer University of Cape Town, South Africa
Isaiah Ugboro North Carolina A&T, USA
Craig Wallace Oklahoma State University, USA
Justin Webb Oklahoma State University, USA
Curtis Wesley Indiana University, USA
Margaret White Oklahoma State University, USA
Jane Williams Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Ian Williamson University of Melbourne, Australia
Geoffrey Wood University of Warwick, UK
David Zoogah Morgan University, UK
PUBLISHING MANAGER
Contact regarding all aspects relating to the production of the journal, including scheduling and copyright issues:
Dr Kelly-Anne Frith
NISC (Pty) Ltd
4 Speke Street
PO Box 377
Makhanda 6140
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)46 622 9698
Fax: +27 (0)46 622 9550
e-mail: publishing@nisc.co.za
Instructions for Authors
Africa Journal of Management considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that the manuscript is your own original work, and does not duplicate any other previously published work, including your own previously published work.
This journal uses the Electronic Copyright System (ECS) and emails with the link to confirm the authors copyright requirements will be sent separately when their article enters production.
For further instructions for authors please see here.