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Forms of power, politics and leadership in asynchronous virtual project environment: An exploratory analysis in South Africa

Muganda, Nixon; Pillay, Kiyashen (2013)

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the forms of power, politics and leadership exercised by project leaders within asynchronous virtual project environments (VPEs). The purpose of this paper is to link effective ...
Gendered Perspectives on the Digital Divide, IT Education, and Workforce Participation in Kenya

Atieno, Ndede-Amadi (2015-08-03)

The purpose of this study was to examine gendered perspectives on the digital divide, motivations for engaging in information technology (IT) education, and expectations regarding IT workforce participation in Kenya. ...
Global Diffusion of the InternetXIII:Internet Diffusion in Kenya and ItsDeterminants– A Longitudinal Analysis

Muganda, Nixon; Belle, Jean-Paul Van; Brown, Irwin (2008)

This paper assesses Internet diffusion and its determinants in Kenya using the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework. Kenya was selected due to its strategic importance for the economic progress of the great ...
GROUP THINK DECISION MAKIN G DEFICIENCY IN THE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING PROCESS: TOWARDS A CROWDSOURC ING MODEL

Muganda, Nixon; Asmelash, Dawit; Samal, Mlay (2012)

We make an argument that requirements engineering, as a primer to information technology deployment in organizations, is largely failing because decision making in the requirements engineering (RE) process empathizes with ...
HOTEL GUESTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TOURISM TRAINING IN MIDDLE LEVEL COLLEGES IN KENYA

Kambaga, Dunstan; Wasilwa, Sitati N.; Ipara, Hellen; Omare, Mongare d (2023-01-12)

The aim of this study was to highlight tourism sector’s human resource training and development which depends on middle level colleges (MLCs) in Kenya’s tourism sector. With the growing tourism industry in Kenya, however, ...
Human Resource Management Practices and Performance of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchang

Sagwa, Evans Vidija; K’Obonyo, Peter; Ogutu, Martin (2015-06-12)

Most research demonstrating the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and firm performance has focused on the private sector, yet understanding this relationship in publicly listed firms, in the Developing ...
Influence of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices on Performance of Public Universities in Kenya

Sagwa, Evans Vidija; Ruga, Stephen Njuguna Mwaura; Kiruja, Esther Kanyua (Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, 2022-10-16)

Purpose: The objective of the study was to determine the effect of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices (SHRMPs) on performance of public universities. Methodology: This study was essentially guided by the Resource ...
Influence processes of implementation effectiveness in challenged information technology projects in Africa

Muganda, Nixon Ochara; Kandiri, John; Johnson, Roy (2014)

Purpose – This research reports on how influence processes (IP) impact on the implementation effectiveness of information technology (IT) projects. Drawing on an innovation perspective that elevate the interplay of factors ...
Information systems education in Kenya: Students’ specialization choice trends (a case study of Kenya Polytechnic University College)

Atieno, Ndede-Amadi (2015-08-03)

The objective of this study was to determine the time and level of Information Systems (IS) awareness among Kenyan university students and the choice of IS as a field of specialization. The study posited that the choice ...
INTERVENING EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE OUTCOMES ON THE LINK BETWEEN STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA

Sagwa, Evans Vidija; Ruga, Stephen Njuguna Mwaura; Kiruja, Esther (International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2022-10-18)

Contrary to empirical evidence that Strategic Human Resource Management Practices (SHRMPs) positively impacted performance of enterprises worldwide, public universities in Kenya, which are expected to apply SHRMPs have ...
IT Education and Workforce Participation: A New Era for Women in Kenya?

Atieno, Ndede-Amadi (2015-08-03)

While Sub-Saharan African women have historically assumed the roles of both housewives and subsistence farmers, they have had few opportunities to participate in the modern economies of the region. However, this trend is ...
Joint and Individual Effects of Human Resource Management Practices, Organizational Learning, Employee Outcomes and Competitive Strategy on Performance of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Sagwa, Evans Vidija; K’Obonyo, Peter; Martin, Ogutu (2015-06-10)

This paper is based on empirical research carried out on firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya, focusing on the joint and individual effects of Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP), organizational ...
Key Issues for Cios in South Africa

Johnston, Kevin; Muganda, Nixon; Theys, Karen (2007)

Business strategy, operations, communication and technology have converged and resulted in increased demand for business flexibility. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are particularly challenged because they operate at ...
Leadership for the electronic age : towards a development-oriented, socio-technical ontology of leadership : scene setting

Muganda, NO (2013)

The idea of an ontology of leadership for the electronic age raises "big questions" from the perspective of leadership as a broad interdisciplinary practice. This article aims to capture the current dilemma in leadership ...
THE LINK BETWEEN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF E-GOVERNMENT AND ITS PERCEIVED IMPACTS: AN EXPLORATORY EMPIRICAL STUDY IN KENYA

Muganda, Nixon (2010)

This paper examines how e-government is conceptuali zed and the possible relationship with the expected impacts of e-government in a developing wo rld context. The aim is to shed some light on why ...
Linking Reasoning to Theoretical Argument in Information Systems Research

Muganda, Nixon O (2013)

This paper looks at the application of theory in research by linking theory use to reasoning and the influence of paradigms. The paper relies on how theory is conceptualized in the philosophy of science and an argument is ...
Linking the Role of Government to Internet Diffusion in Nigeria: Is the ‘Giant’ of Africa Awakening?

Muganda, Nixon; Bankole, Felix (2008)

This paper focuses on the role of government in the development of the Internet, as a representative artifact of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) of a country. We consider Nigeria, a developing country that has ...
Mediation Effect of Employee Outcomes in the Relationship between Human Resource Management Practices and Performance of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Sagwa, Evans (2015-10-28)

Much of the research demonstrating the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and firm performance has focused on the moderating roles of variables. The mediating role of employee outcomes in the relationship ...
Moderating Effect of Competitive Strategy on the Relationship between Employee Outcomes and Performance of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Sagwa, Evans Vidija; K’Obonyo, Peter; Ogutu, Martin (2015-06-12)

The role of competitive strategy in the relationship between employee outcomes and firm performance has not been established with the selected set of variables, yet theory has demonstrated that competitive strategy can ...
National culture and organizational capabilities of IT offshoring services in Kenya

Muganda, Nixon O; Fadhili, Athman (2013)

The pervasive adoption of outsourced information technology (IT) services has made the multi-billion dollar information technology outsourcing industry become important to individual organizations and governments as well. ...

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