Sam Kris Hilton

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2023per ORCID
Research Director, Kricet Insight Ltd, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2026

Award-winning peer reviewer and accomplished academic professional with expertise in financial economics, health economics, applied econometrics, applied macroeconomics, applied statistics, and leadership. Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award (2024) from Emerald Awards Literati for exceptional contributions to the International Journal of Ethics and Systems, recognizing my rigorous and constructive feedback that advances research excellence. I have published… More on ORCID

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Accounting
Management of Technology and Innovation
Sociology and Political Science
Strategy and Management
Demography

Publications: 262020–2026
Citations: 623to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 5.111.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 58%15 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 38%10 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Business Studies - CoDEUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2023
Research Director, ResearchKricet Insight Ltdsince 2021
Research Manager, ResearchYale University/ Cocoa3602021–2022
Lecturer/ Assessor, Graduate SchoolWisconsin International University College2019–2021
Adjunct Lecturer, Communication StudiesUniversity of Professional Studies2018–2022

Publications

26 in all

Exploring the factors of digital entrepreneurial intention among Gen Z in Ghana
2026African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.1108/ajems-12-2024-0683
The mediating effect of job satisfaction between leadership practice and employee morale
2026SN Business & EconomicsJournal

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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Management of Technology and Innovation519%

Sociology and Political Science519%

Strategy and Management519%

Economics and Econometrics415%

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance312%

Business and International Management28%

Topics most written on

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior7
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences4
Employee Performance and Leadership3
Workplace Spirituality and Leadership3
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance2
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting2
Corruption and Economic Development2
Family Business Performance and Succession2
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy2
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth2
Generational Differences and Trends2
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

12% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Hong Kong SAR2
United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Professional StudiesGH21 papers
University of CambridgeGB2 papers
Cocoa360GH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH2 papers
Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK1 paper
Lingnan UniversityHK1 paper
University of PennsylvaniaUS1 paper
Yale UniversityUS1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Ethics and Systems3
Journal of risk and financial management3
Management Research Review3
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking2
Journal of economic and administrative sciences.2
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies1
BMC Public Health1
Cogent Business & Management1

How it can be read

38% free to read

Diamond 3 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 16 · 62%

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth4
17Partnerships for the goals4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Dimensions of transformational leadership and organizational performance: the mediating effect of job satisfaction
Management Research Review8
2021111 citationsWorld top 10%
Locus of control and entrepreneurial intention: a study in a developing economy
Journal of economic and administrative sciences.8
202185 citationsWorld top 10%
Democratic leadership and organizational performance: the moderating effect of contingent reward
Management Research Review9
202179 citationsWorld top 10%
Public debt and economic growth: contemporary evidence from a developing economy
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking17
202170 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Dimensions of authentic leadership and patient care quality
Leadership in health services17
202056 citationsWorld top 10%

Lecturer, Generic MBAAccra Business School2018–2019

Compliance/ Audit Officer, Compliance/ AuditGhana Revenue Authority2015–2016

Governing Council Member, Governing CouncilUniversity of Professional Studies2014–2015

Education

PhD Economics, EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2023
MSc Financial Economics, EconomicsGhana Institute of Management and Public Administration2019–2020
MPhil Leadership, School of Graduate StudiesUniversity of Professional Studies2016–2018
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business AdministrationUniversity of Professional Studies2011–2015

The Nexus of Internal Audit System, Cultural Complexity, and Corruption Control in Ghana’s SOEs

2026Journal of risk and financial managementJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.3390/jrfm19060393

Tax compliance: a catalyst for business growth for indigenous contractors

2025Rajagiri Management JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1108/ramj-11-2024-0305

State Borrowing and Electricity Tariff in an Emerging Economy: Post-COVID-19 Experience

2025Journal of risk and financial managementJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.3390/jrfm18040184

Public debt and macroeconomic performance: the interaction effect of fiscal vulnerability

2025Asian Journal of Economics and BankingJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.1108/ajeb-07-2024-0078

Internal Auditing as Value Addition to Performance Improvement in Ghana’s SOEs

2025Journal of risk and financial managementJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.3390/jrfm19010008

Leadership practices and job involvement: does workplace spirituality moderate the relationship?

2024Cogent Business & ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1080/23311975.2024.2316582

Students career interest and understanding of corporate governance education in Ghana

2024Higher Education Skills and Work-based LearningJournalSenior author2 citations10.1108/heswbl-05-2023-0109

Export association drivers and SME export performance in a non-traditional export sector

2023International Journal of Globalisation and Small BusinessJournal1 citation10.1504/ijgsb.2023.136872

Community engagement in development projects: government versus private funded projects in Ghana

2022Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global EconomyJournal13 citations10.1108/jec-09-2021-0138

Locus of control and entrepreneurial intention: a study in a developing economy

2021Journal of economic and administrative sciences.JournalFirst author85 citations10.1108/jeas-04-2020-0051

Public debt and economic growth: contemporary evidence from a developing economy

2021Asian Journal of Economics and BankingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding70 citations10.1108/ajeb-11-2020-0096

Remediation of the challenges of reporting corporate scandals in governance

2021International Journal of Ethics and SystemsJournalFirst author14 citations10.1108/ijoes-03-2020-0031

Dimensions of authentic leadership and patient care quality

2020Leadership in health servicesJournalSenior author56 citations10.1108/lhs-11-2019-0071

Power distance culture and whistleblowing intentions: the moderating effect of gender

2020International Journal of Ethics and SystemsJournalSenior author34 citations10.1108/ijoes-10-2019-0163

Who funds it

1 of 26 papers name a funder

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
Yale University1