73 10 3117 https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/c2d2d0f0e64626cede4a7c220f5d77a0.pdf 6348c1d41996a8e8d6c051903ee1da15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate governance issues in the public sector: board perspective and peculiarities Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Yao Lartey, Yusheng Kong, Stephen Afriyie, Rupa Jaladi Santosh, Fatoumata Binta Maci Bah Description An account of the resource Goal: the objective of the paper is to extend the discussions on corporate governance to the public sector and examine good governance from a Ghanaian institutional context. Design/Methodology/Approach: literature is based on relevant theoretical concepts and seven explanatory variables of corporate governance. Primary data was abstained through structured questionnaires administered to public servants from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies–MDA’s in Accra. Ordinary Least Square multiple regression was employed to analyze a total valid sample of 568. The findings represent the opinions of board of directors, internal auditors, senior management and employees. Results: the empirical result shows that audit committees, leadership, board effectiveness, accountability and directors’ qualification are strong determinants of good governance in public organizations. However, board size has no impact on good governance when board independence is negative. There is evidence that international corporate governance principles are reasonably visible without any significant deviations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=TbSlw38AAAAJ&citation_for_view=TbSlw38AAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/87ad2c8e7786f01a16442cf95b0e8c03.pdf c406d5bcf18b54973d433ce96134e2cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Governance Practices of State-Owned Enterprises in Ghana: An Analysis. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Kofi Amoako, Mawusi Kofi Goh Description An account of the resource The present paper focuses on the corporate governance practices of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) of Ghana. The three pillars-clear objectives, political insulation, and transparency-are found to be the critical foundations upon which any serious attempt to improve the performance of SOEs in Ghana and developing countries must be based. They reinforce each other and are part of an integrated package. When governments adopt only some of these reforms, such as establishing a clear mandate without sufficient transparency, the results are usually disappointing as can be found in Ghana and most African countries. These reforms may require a tremendous political commitment to implement. However, a system of professional oversight that includes checks and balances is the best recipe for countries in Africa and other emerging markets where privatization is not encouraged. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:8k81kl-MbHgC Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate reputation in the Ghanaian banking industry-a case of Ghana Commercial Bank Limited Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Amoako Description An account of the resource Corporate reputation captures a combination of social and economic contributions that a firm makes to its different stakeholders. Besides other favourable outcomes, a positive reputation allows a firm to bond customers and charge premium prices, attract better applicants for its workforce, lower costs of capital by attracting investors (Little and Little 2000; Eberl and Schwaiger 2005). Emperical evidence on customer-employee perception of corporate reputation has remained scarce in Ghana. Therefore, the objective pursued by this piece of work is to evaluate, discuss and analyze the level, threats and elements driving corporate reputation in Ghana Commercial bank. Questionnaires and interviews were used to solicit for data. The profit and loss accounts and the balance sheet for the'period of 2002 - 2006 were also used to assess the financial soundness of the bank. After reviewing literature factors such as … Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=100&pagesize=100&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:Q3-QASNKTMEC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/86f84c2ef25b2276f41e3144a08e9aa1.pdf 5821b4a69016812b61d835c19d1f4fa3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practices of Foreign and Local Companies in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource This article reports a comparative study of the key motives underlying corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of foreign and local firms operating in Ghana and the societal as well as business outcomes of these practices. The results show that while the CSR decisions of foreign firms are mainly guided by legal prescriptions, those of their local counterparts are guided mostly by discretionary and social considerations. The socially oriented CSR practices of the local firms are consistent with cultural expectations in Ghana that those with extra resources should support the less privileged members of the society. But the difference in the degree of importance that the two groups of firms attach to discretionary motives for their CSR practices is not statistically significant. The article also discusses the policy, strategy, and research implications of the findings. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Published online in Wiley Online Libra Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert Ebo Hinson Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/4954774174a9c24ee231b07c1ca7b037.pdf 7dea55dc1e7834fc1c4414b745e442ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility and employer attractiveness: Perspectives of prospective jobseekers in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource This article explores the importance that prospective jobseekers attach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of firms and how their CSR perceptions may translate into their willingness to work for CSR-practising firms. The study employed correlations, as well as multiple and hierarchical regressions to analyse data collected from 603 respondents. CSR perception was found to be positively related to attraction to working for CSR-practising firms. Male respondents attached higher importance to firms’ engagement in CSR while respondents from the African continent attached higher importance to firms’ engagement in CSR than respondents from other continents, with the exception of Australia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available African Journal of Business Ethics, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived file:///C:/Users/Afriyie/Downloads/190-Article%20Text-1294-1-10-20181116.pdf Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility and brand performance: Evidence from Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Kofi Amoako, Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Felicia Naatu, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Antoinette Yaa Benewaa Gabrah Description An account of the resource Despite the burgeoning studies on corporate social responsibility (CSR), little is known about how its three dimensions (i.e., environmental, ethical, and social) influence brand performance. This article examines how corporate social responsibility influences brand performance in Ghana. Results from data collected from 1106 distributing, wholesaling, retailing and vending firms involved in telecommunications activities in Ghana indicate that brand knowledge positively impacts organisational brand value. Additionally, we find that environmental CSR is positively related to brand knowledge and brand loyalty. The study further revealed that ethical CSR has a positive impact on brand knowledge and brand loyalty. Also, social CSR is positively related to brand knowledge and organisational brand value. This study advances our understanding of how CSR dimensions affect brand performance. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:wlzmIqt2EaEC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/85bf879fe7b0b8dc329a9b4b2d18493d.pdf 337ca6aea299af46b7487008d8db093e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility and purchase intentions: perceptions and expectations of young consumers' in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emmanuel Kotey Neequaye, George Kofi Amoako, Mayqueen Attatsitsey Description An account of the resource Despite the growing practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the telecommunications industry of Ghana, it has received limited research attention. Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to examine perceptions and expectations of consumers' regarding Airtel Ghana CSR initiatives, consider their impact on purchase intentions and identify any gap between consumers' perceptions and their expectations of Airtel Ghana CSR initiatives. A cross-sectional survey was adopted for this study and the study is quantitative in nature. The results suggest philanthropic and legal CSR were the current main drivers of Airtel Ghana consumers' purchase intentions. However, based on their expectations, Airtel Ghana consumers' wished their purchase intensions were driven by economic and ethical CSR practices instead. The researchers' discuss managerial and theoretical implications of the research results … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Inderscience Publishers (IEL) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:8p8iYwVyaVcC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/7bf6b8e043d63ac3c5c4bcbe41cf4c30.pdf 3c3e6a2ea155b117bff4482924a3a132 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility factors, environment and corporate sustainability: Specific overview of India and China Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Yao Lartey, Junguo Shi, Santosh Rupa Jaladi, Stephen Owusu Afriyie Description An account of the resource Corporate social responsibility represents the relationship between business and society. The significant benefits of being socially and environmentally responsible are the focus of this paper. This review emphasized the business oriented notion of Corporate Social Responsibility, where the idea is captured to justify existing arguments supportive of community and environmental programs. The review attempted to clarify major research questions:(1) why do businesses engage in society initiatives;(2) what inspires the decisions to support the society–a specific comparison highlighted between China and India. The study featured various CSR and sustainability regulations currently in force in different countries. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the review begun with overview of CSR based on well-established definitions and subsequently discussed the two major perspectives; the free market theory and CSR theory. This gave a clears explanation of why some businesses invest their resources to benefit the society while others are profit seeking. Finally, the paper sought to establish the integration of CSR with corporate sustainability. The findings suggest that, contemporary CSR programs are largely influenced by regulations and legal provisions across the world. And ideally, a firm’s CSR performance is influenced by internal and external factors which are captured in stakeholder theory and institutional theory. The findings, validate the ascension that the integration of CSR with corporate sustainability (CS) could produce a coherent platform to advance environmental sustainability. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=TbSlw38AAAAJ&citation_for_view=TbSlw38AAAAJ:hqOjcs7Dif8C Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility in Africa Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming the ideal and approved mode of sustaining good relations between corporate bodies and their surrounding communities. The building of a strong relationship is essential for the simple reason that a corporation’s ability to operate effectively is partly dependent upon the community’s understanding of the corporations’ business activities, their acceptance and the provision of a conducive environment for the corporation to operate (Du and Vieria 2012). However, there seems to be a disconnect between the perceptions of communities’ desire from such social interventions and what has been provided in many documented instances. Eventually, situations have occurred where the desired effects of the initiatives by corporate bodies are almost non-existent in beneficiary communities. This can be attributed to the apparent lack of well-established relationships and trust between corporations and communities. Additionally, according to Kemp (2010), it is conceptualised as a three-dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding; and, facilitating necessary organisational change to improve social performance. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Published Online: Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.1080/02500167.2019.1698629 Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/a8c45ab2aaf6d0f08cc266227abffe5a.pdf ae254330d6594ecb07a25b0d099574c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa Robert Ebo Hinson Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming the ideal and approved mode of sustaining good relations between corporate bodies and their surrounding communities. The building of a strong relationship is essential for the simple reason that a corporation’s ability to operate effectively is partly dependent upon the community’s understanding of the corporations’ business activities, their acceptance and the provision of a conducive environment for the corporation to operate (Du and Vieria 2012). However, there seems to be a disconnect between the perceptions of communities’ desire from such social interventions and what has been provided in many documented instances. Eventually, situations have occurred where the desired effects of the initiatives by corporate bodies are almost non-existent in beneficiary communities. This can be attributed to the apparent lack of well-established relationships and trust between corporations and communities. Additionally, according to Kemp (2010), it is conceptualised as a three-dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding; and, facilitating necessary organisational change to improve social performance. In this direction, this special issue sought conceptual and empirical research on the extractive industry that employs theories and frameworks which aid our understanding of how relations are being brokered at the community level. This special issue comprises three papers that address corporate social responsibility issues within different contexts and industries including the tobacco industry, extractive industry, and the telecommunication industry. This special issue contributes to the growing body of knowledge on socially responsible behaviour and the links to community relations. Wunpini Mohammed, Anli Xiao and Erica Hilton in their paper assess how telecommunication companies in Ghana manage corporate social responsibility and delved into the need for these companies to rethink, reassess and restructure their corporate social responsibility to focus more marginalised communities in Ghana. Their Hinson, Tsiboe-Darko, and Boateng 2 findings show that telecommunication companies in Ghana adopt democratic and collectivist principles to implement their corporate social responsibility initiatives. Furthermore, the results show that the telecommunication companies mostly align their corporate social responsibility initiatives with the social socio-economic needs of the communities they operate in. However, most of the initiatives the companies undertake are philanthropic in nature which may have little long-term impacts on marginalised communities. Tatenda Nhapi examines the roles of the state and non-state duty bearers in ensuring that the tobacco industry in Zimbabwe implements corporate social responsibility implementation and improves natural resources management outcomes. The paper explores the experiences of tobacco farming and its impacts such as the degradation of natural resources in the tobacco farming communities. It points out the lack of proactive corporate social responsibility programs by the tobacco companies to address the degradation of natural resources in the tobacco farming communities. The paper highlights the need for communities of practice approach to corporate social responsibility implementation and natural resources management. The paper also argues for the need for tobacco companies to redesign their corporate social responsibility programs to focus on the tobacco farming community in order to transform the communities. Furthermore, it calls for the tobacco companies to involve various stakeholders including social workers, business enterprises, grassroots communities, and the farmers in the implementation of corporate social responsibility initiatives. Douglas Adeola and Ogechi Adeola study corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector with a specific focus on Chevron Nigeria. The paper argues that businesses that seek to act responsibly must ensure that they do not cause harm to the communities they operate in. Such companies must show restraint in their quest for profit and must ensure peaceful co-existence among all stakeholders including the immediate communities and environment. The immediate communities must benefit from the operations of the business. Furthermore, it argues that responsible businesses, especially those in the extractive industry, must be structured, fair, transparent, sensitive to the needs of the immediate communities, and ensure shared value. We want to thank the authors, the reviewers and the editor in chief contributing to this issue and making it a success. We hope that the issue will stimulate further research interest in this area. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Published online Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2019.1698629 Language A language of the resource English