Why Africa Journal of Management and Why Now?

Africa Journal of Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-26

  Nkomo, Stella M ^a   Zoogah, David ^b   Acquaah, Moses ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa Academy of Management; African management; colonialism; management research; postcolonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051276556     PISSN: 23322373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2015.994419     Document Type: Article

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