Fomba Emmanuel Mbebeb

Université de Dschang & The University of Bamenda

There is growing interest in creativity and innovation at work, and the role of reward types in creative problem solving dispositions of workers in organizations. However, extending creative performance to problem resolution during critical incidents remains a virgin ground pending exploration. This study examined employees’ perceptions of creativi...

There is growing recognition of creativity and innovation at work, and the increasing importance of reward types in fostering creative problem-solving dispositions of employees. However, extending creative performance toproblem resolutionduring critical incidents appears a virgin ground in organizational studies pending exploration. Thepresent stud...

Incentives are motivators and highly critical in determining positive feelings and work behaviour in different contexts and satisfaction often depends on its relevance to felt needs of workers. The uncritical adoption of foreign schemes in local contexts has distanced reward strategies from employees' needs and demands alternative strategies. The s...

Despite the benefit of social alcohol, workplace alcoholism appears hazardous, and poses a great threat to performance and productivity. Although alcoholism has been perceived as a function of psychological factors, the paper submits that socialization through socio-cultural values is capable of explaining alcohol-related behaviors at work. Precise...

Emerging debates on work and nature interface have recognized cultural ecology as an adaptive mechanism capable of energizing work behaviors, and driving a sustainable future for fisheries. Cultural ecology has been positioned as a utilitarian facility capable of ensuring adaptability to occupational demands while preserving aquatic and marine reso...

There is growing recognition of creativity and innovation at work, and the increasing importance of reward types in fostering creative problem-solving dispositions of employees. However, extending creative performance toproblem resolutionduring critical incidents appears a virgin ground in organizational studies pending exploration. Thepresent stud...

The role of resident counselors in school institutions cannot be undermined and in a bid to facilitate performance, incentives are designed and implemented. Despite incentive provisions in Cameroon, performance of counselors are often surrounded by skepticism, thereby questioning the effectiveness of existing motivation packages. This study investi...

Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well-being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst dominant-non-dominant groups. We investigate ethnic identity across the mainstream group of a prototypical Western society (the...

There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group...

Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well-being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst dominant–non-dominant groups. We investigate ethnic identity across the mainstream group of a prototypical Western society (the...

Building on the premise that societal sustainability depends on mental and behavioural sustainability, this paper provides a framework within which the complex challenges of sustainable early childhood education in the majority world is discussed. The work contends that entrepreneurial mindsets priming is a viable component of early childhood educa...

The emergence of informal microfinance clubs, the mainstay of grassroots economy from socio-cultural security structures has been fraught with management problems, owing to high preference for experiential learning, and peripheral consideration for training culture. Although day-to-day work experience is instrumental in developing expertise in indi...