James Baba Abugre

Publishing since 2010, latest 2024

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Strategy and Management
Accounting
Communication
Social Psychology
Demography

In their own words

Human resource management
international management and cross-cultural communication
MNCs and expatriate work

Publications: 552010–2024
Citations: 1,025to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 2.801.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 44%16 of 36 scored papers
Open access: 17%6 of the 36 whose access is recorded

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,780 citations, h-index 21 and i10-index 28 (1,140 citations and h-index 17 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

55 in all

Understanding Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Venture-ship Approach
2024Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship and social challenges in developing economiesBook chapter2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9_1
Understanding Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
2024Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship and social challenges in developing economies

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1833%
Strategy and Management916%
Accounting611%
Communication611%
Social Psychology59%
Demography47%
Business and International Management35%
Economics and Econometrics35%
Education35%
Political Science and International Relations35%

Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior11
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting6
Workplace Spirituality and Leadership4
Corporate Finance and Governance3
Corporate Identity and Reputation3
Employer Branding and e-HRM3
Human Resource and Talent Management3
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development3
International Business and FDI3
International Student and Expatriate Challenges3
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty2
Employee Performance and Management2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 36 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada5
United Kingdom5
United States5
United Arab Emirates1
Bangladesh1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Athabasca UniversityCA5 papers
Swansea UniversityGB3 papers
University of South FloridaUS3 papers
University of North Carolina at GreensboroUS1 paper
University of RoehamptonGB1 paper
American International University-BangladeshBD1 paper
Xavier UniversityUS1 paper
Higher Colleges of TechnologyAE1 paper
Northumbria UniversityGB1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper

Where they publish

The Business & Management Review6
Journal of African Business4
Advances in theory and practice of emerging markets3
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies3
Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship and social challenges in developing economies3
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Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth16
17Partnerships for the goals5
10Reduced inequalities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
5Gender equality1

Most cited

The influence of rewards and job satisfaction on employees in the service industry
The Business & Management Review
2013257 citations
Institutional governance and management systems in Sub-Saharan Africa higher education: developments and challenges in a Ghanaian Research University
Higher Education17
201780 citationsWorld top 10%
Organizations’ commitment to and communication of CSR activities: insights from Ghana
Social Responsibility Journal

Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa from a Venture-ship Approach: A Research Agenda

2024Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship and social challenges in developing economiesBook chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9_11

Employee cultural orientation and workplace deviant behaviours

20226th Biennial Conference-Cairo 2023Conference0 citations

Digitizing Recruitment and Selection of Employees in Ghana: A Social Media Network Perspective

2021Advances in theory and practice of emerging marketsBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-030-70538-1_4

Maximizing Human Resource Development in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Digital Era

2021Advances in theory and practice of emerging marketsBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/978-3-030-70538-1_3

Introduction

2021Advances in theory and practice of emerging marketsBook chapterFirst author0 citations10.1007/978-3-030-70538-1_1

Embracing artificial intelligence in Sub-Saharan higher educational institutions

2021Management education and automationBook chapterFirst author4 citations10.4324/9781003017707-12

Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology

2021Springer International PublishingReportFirst author5 citations10.1007/978-3-030-70538-1

KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION

2019Advancing African Knowledge Management and EducationJournalFirst author0 citations

The Role of Rewards and Job Satisfaction in Predicting Employee Commitment to Performance in Service Organizations

2018Journal of Business Management and Economic ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.29226/tr1001.2018.89

Relations at workplace, cynicism and intention to leave

2017International journal of organizational analysisJournalFirst authorCorresponding55 citations10.1108/ijoa-09-2016-1068

Cross-cultural communication imperatives

2017Critical Perspectives on International BusinessJournalFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1108/cpoib-01-2017-0005

Determinants of Academic Mentoring in Higher Education: Evidence from a Research University

2017Educational Process International JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author29 citations10.22521/edupij.2017.62.2

A phenomenological study of time concept and management and productivity in a sub–Saharan African context

2017International Journal of Cross Cultural ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1177/1470595817704005

An examination of training and development of middle level managers in emerging economies

2015International journal of organizational analysisJournalFirst author7 citations10.1108/ijoa-10-2011-0521

Caretakers or HR Managers

2014SAGE OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1177/2158244014548166

Academic Mentoring in Public Research Institutions: Experiences of New Academic

2014British Academy of Management (BAM) ConferenceConferenceSenior author0 citations

Managerial role in organizational CSR: empirical lessons from Ghana

2013Corporate GovernanceJournalFirst authorCorresponding45 citations10.1108/cg-10-2011-0076

AN ASSESSMENT OF ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS OF EMPLOYEES IN ORGANIZATIONS: INSIGHTS FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

2013Problems of Management in the 21st CenturyJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.33225/pmc/13.06.60

Does provision of feedback increase work engagement and reduce cynicism among employees?

2013The Business & Management ReviewJournalSenior author21 citations

The influence of rewards and job satisfaction on employees in the service industry

2013The Business & Management ReviewJournalSenior author257 citations

How managerial interactions affect employees' work output in Ghanaian organizations

2012African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1108/20400701211265009

Corporate citizenship: A study of the social and environmental disclosure practices of Ghanaian Corporations

2012African Business and Development in a Changing Global Political Economy: Issues, Challenges and OpportunitiesJournalFirst author0 citations

African Business and Development in a Changing Global Political Economy: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities2

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management2

How it can be read

17% free to read, of the 36 recorded

Diamond 2 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 30 · 55%Behind a paywall
Unknown 19 · 35%Not recorded by the source

201558 citationsWorld top 10%

Relations at workplace, cynicism and intention to leave

International journal of organizational analysis8

201755 citationsWorld top 10%

Managerial role in organizational CSR: empirical lessons from Ghana

Corporate Governance16

201345 citationsWorld top 10%