African Journal of Economic and Management Studies: Volume 11 Issue 4

Do high-performance work systems mediate the relationship between HR practices and employee performance in multinational corporations (MNCs) in developing economies?

James Baba Abugre, David Nasere

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of job involvement as high-performance work system (HPWS) on the relationship between human resource (HR) practices and…

Endogenous monetary approach to optimal inflation–growth nexus in Swaziland

Andrew Phiri

The purpose of our study is to examine the inflation–growth nexus relationship for Swaziland between 1975 and 2016 with the intention of estimating an optimal level of inflation…

Retirement funding adequacy in black South African townships

Bomikazi Zeka

This study investigates the retirement funding adequacy of black South Africans and how it can be influenced by family structure, health status, financial literacy and the role of…

Post-implementation challenges of fair value measurement (IFRS 13): some empirical evidence

Babajide Oyewo

Consequent on the widespread of fair value (FV) accounting with the coming into effect of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 13, this study investigated the…

The geographical and income differences in the determinants of African sovereign credit ratings

Ilse Botha, Marinda Pretorius

The importance of obtaining a sovereign credit rating from an agency is still underrated in Africa. Literature on the determinants of sovereign credit ratings in Africa is scarce…

Monetary and fiscal policy effects in South African economy

Naser Yenus Nuru

The main purpose of this study is to see the macroeconomic effects of monetary and fiscal policy shocks in South Africa.

The short- and long-run drivers of lending behaviour by South African banks

Johan Coetzee, Lwazi Genukile

The role of banks to efficiently allocate loans to borrowers is fundamental to a thriving economy. In South Africa this is particularly important, given a challenging…

Technical efficiency of the small-scale tea processors in Kenya: a stochastic metafrontier approach

Karambu Kiende Gatimbu, Maurice Juma Ogada

Importance of small-scale tea producers in Kenya is not in doubt. They account for 60% of all tea produced in the country, serve about 560,000 tea farmers and employ about 10,000…