Vic Benuyenah

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Researcher at University of London

This study delves into the experiences of a small section of Chinese expatriate workers in the UAE, investigating the roles of Guanxi and cultural acclimatisation as critical adjustment factors. Using a phenomenological technique, we explore the influence of cultural intelligence on the cross-cultural adaptation of workers in the construction secto...

The Global South and Global North terminologies, in addition to several other designations, have been used to classify the socio-economic nature of countries for centuries; however, these historical naming conventions carry subtle confusions and tend to tint political discourse. This research explores the classificatory differences in international...

Purpose Traditional recruitment practices tend to be rigorous, but some of its elements can be improved. The length of applications, missing or unstated salary details and lack of anonymity in some emerging countries' recruitment processes mean that recruitment standards remain questionable and unethical. This paper presents a conceptual discourse...

The present study highlights the antecedents of green communication. Referring to the literature, the researcher found four important determinants: cultural orientation, technological orientation, non-facilitating conditions, and change orientation, where green communication refers to interned mediated communication. The present study has attempted...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adequacy of research on cross-gender cross-cultural conflict within the scholarly domain of entrepreneurship. As disparate elements of management and sociology research, it appears that, up till now, the coterminous areas of gender, conflict, culture and entrepreneurship have been ignored. The researc...

Contrasting views on whether gifts are undervalued or overvalued have featured in the Western literature. Most previous studies point to gift undervaluation, which leads to receivers re-gifting or returning what they have received from their loved ones. This study takes the discussion further by investigating the existence of Deadweight Loss (DWL)...

Purpose This paper seeks to emphasise the need to re-evaluate university teacher recruitment processes. The implementation of lean processes helps to improve organisational practices; in the case of university recruitment, however, organisational processes have remained unchanged for decades. Although there is a traditional justification for having...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the employment figures in the labour market after the two Korean financial crises (1997 and 2008), focusing on the gender gap across different characteristics. Based on several data points, a general trend becomes evident whereby, as companies retrenched, they shifted the demogr...

This study aims to expand the theory of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) to include “exterior” behaviours. By advancing the work of Blake and Mouton (1964) and remapping the performance/OCB dimensions offered in the historical literature, a new holistic model of organisational performance is proposed. As a further step, a decision-making...

Purpose This study aims to expand the theory of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) to include “exterior” behaviours. By advancing the work of Blake and Mouton (1964) and remapping the performance/OCB dimensions offered in the historical literature, a new holistic model of organisational performance is proposed. As a further step, a decision...

Purpose To delve further into the phenomenon of psychological pressure on single mothers, the purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect the psychological state of single mothers in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) interviews were conducted and analysed with the aim of understandi...

Purpose In this study, the authors build on the current frameworks of happiness provided by the PERMA model, the World Happiness Report Index and the theoretical framework provided by the proponents of job-satisfaction model, motivation, employee engagement and commitment. The authors argue that, the existing theoretical framework in the management...

Measuring happiness is a complicated process as the concept of happiness cannot be universally defined, collectively experienced or scientifically measured. Further, the lag between when happiness is experienced and when a happiness research report is produced makes intervention efforts ineffective and occasionally redundant. In the current literat...

Zayednomics is not merely a neologism conjured up for rhetorical purposes. Instead, it is a precise conceptualization of the factors that have been most crucial to the economic, political and social success of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the last hundred years. The term serves a specific and timely function, namely, that it identifies the p...

Purpose Despite business schools teaching human resources management (HRM) for several decades, the skill set of graduates today fails to match the requirements of the industry. Although some attempt has been made to make the HRM curricula relevant, in most cases, a large gap exists between the subject, its assessment and the industry demands. The...

The question of whether gifts are undervalued or overvalued has long been the subject of investigation among psychologists and economists. At the root of this dilemma is the influence of perception and culture which sometimes affects people's sentimentality regarding gift giving or receiving. In a previous study by Joel Waldfogel, the case was made...

This book summarises some key thought provoking reasons why Sub-Saharan African Countries are not as developed as the rest of the world. The debate is not limited to political or economic reasons alone but touches on several and often overlooked factors such as attitude towards work, social cohesion, questionable superstitious practices, family feu...

This paper seeks to identify sustainable economic growth variables in Vietnam and in so doing, we propose a model that is parsimonious and useful to the current economic climate. - a simple 3P model. This simple growth model that we propose identifies three main determinants of economic growth - Population, Property, and Productivity. We argue that...