Juliana Siwale
Biographic Data
| ID | 1199581 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juliana Siwale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juliana |
| FAMILY NAME | Siwale |
| SIGNATURE | SIWALE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6315-0896 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stalled gender diversity
Boundary work refers to the strategic actions and practices through which individuals and groups construct, maintain, and legitimize categorical distinctions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with male line managers in Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs), this study critically examines how boundary work is enacted to marginalize women field officers. We foreground the agential role of line managers in actively (re)producing, normalizing, and de…
Ubuntu Tensions in Migrant Remittance Behavior
This study, based on in-depth interviews with 50 African migrants living in the United Kingdom, argues for a more nuanced approach to studying their remittance behavior. Drawing from the tension-centered approach, we posit that African migrants derived their remittance behavior in tensional ways based on the philosophy of Ubuntu, which is both enabling and constraining, stemming from the social context of the home and host countries. This occurs …
Toward understanding the dynamics of the relationship between religion, entrepreneurship and social change
Enhanced job satisfaction under tighter technological control
Via a multiple case study of work in microfinance institutions in India, this paper reports on the experiences of field officers and branch managers following work digitalisation. It identifies and explains an intriguing post‐digitalisation paradox of reported increased job satisfaction and tighter technological control diminishing branch managers' work‐life balance. The paradox draws attention to the significance of context in workers' experienc…
African Diaspora Direct Investment
Microfinance Regulation and Social Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions
This study examines the effect of regulations on microfinance institutions in Nigeria and Zambia by focusing on the post‐regulation experiences and reflections of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their regulators. Based on in‐depth interviews with the Central Banks as regulators, MFI managers, practitioners and apex microfinance associations, the study finds that regulations in both countries have managed to professionalize the sector, bu…
Microfinance and Loan Officers’ Work Experiences
This article studies the challenges faced by microfinance institutions in Zambia, whose remit it is to provide financial services to the poor. It focuses on loan officers – the agents of delivery on the ground. With reference to loan officers’ experiences and words, the paper examines how gender and education shape and structure their day-to-day encounters. The study finds that different social spaces – ’the office’ and ‘the field’ – and wider co…
Why Did I Not Prepare for This? The Politics of Negotiating Fieldwork Access, Identity, and Methodology in Researching Microfinance Institutions
It has been increasingly recognized that undertaking qualitative research can pose many challenges for researchers. However, scanty literature focuses directly on the experiences of doctoral research students from developing countries studying in Western Europe and other similar geographic regions, and the challenges of doing fieldwork when they return "back home." In this article, I use my experiences in the process of undertaking PhD fieldwork …
Enhanced job satisfaction under tighter technological control
Via a multiple case study of work in microfinance institutions in India, this paper reports on the experiences of field officers and branch managers following work digitalisation. It identifies and explains an intriguing post‐digitalisation paradox of reported increased job satisfaction and tighter technological control diminishing branch managers' work‐life balance. The paradox draws attention to the significance of context in workers' experienc…
Why Did I Not Prepare for This? The Politics of Negotiating Fieldwork Access, Identity, and Methodology in Researching Microfinance Institutions
It has been increasingly recognized that undertaking qualitative research can pose many challenges for researchers. However, scanty literature focuses directly on the experiences of doctoral research students from developing countries studying in Western Europe and other similar geographic regions, and the challenges of doing fieldwork when they return "back home." In this article, I use my experiences in the process of undertaking PhD fieldwork …
Microfinance Regulation and Social Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions
This study examines the effect of regulations on microfinance institutions in Nigeria and Zambia by focusing on the post‐regulation experiences and reflections of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their regulators. Based on in‐depth interviews with the Central Banks as regulators, MFI managers, practitioners and apex microfinance associations, the study finds that regulations in both countries have managed to professionalize the sector, bu…
Why Did I Not Prepare for This? The Politics of Negotiating Fieldwork Access, Identity, and Methodology in Researching Microfinance Institutions
It has been increasingly recognized that undertaking qualitative research can pose many challenges for researchers. However, scanty literature focuses directly on the experiences of doctoral research students from developing countries studying in Western Europe and other similar geographic regions, and the challenges of doing fieldwork when they return "back home." In this article, I use my experiences in the process of undertaking PhD fieldwork …
Microfinance and Loan Officers’ Work Experiences
This article studies the challenges faced by microfinance institutions in Zambia, whose remit it is to provide financial services to the poor. It focuses on loan officers – the agents of delivery on the ground. With reference to loan officers’ experiences and words, the paper examines how gender and education shape and structure their day-to-day encounters. The study finds that different social spaces – ’the office’ and ‘the field’ – and wider co…
Microfinance Regulation and Social Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions
This study examines the effect of regulations on microfinance institutions in Nigeria and Zambia by focusing on the post‐regulation experiences and reflections of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their regulators. Based on in‐depth interviews with the Central Banks as regulators, MFI managers, practitioners and apex microfinance associations, the study finds that regulations in both countries have managed to professionalize the sector, bu…
African Diaspora Direct Investment
Toward understanding the dynamics of the relationship between religion, entrepreneurship and social change
Enhanced job satisfaction under tighter technological control
Via a multiple case study of work in microfinance institutions in India, this paper reports on the experiences of field officers and branch managers following work digitalisation. It identifies and explains an intriguing post‐digitalisation paradox of reported increased job satisfaction and tighter technological control diminishing branch managers' work‐life balance. The paradox draws attention to the significance of context in workers' experienc…
Ubuntu Tensions in Migrant Remittance Behavior
This study, based on in-depth interviews with 50 African migrants living in the United Kingdom, argues for a more nuanced approach to studying their remittance behavior. Drawing from the tension-centered approach, we posit that African migrants derived their remittance behavior in tensional ways based on the philosophy of Ubuntu, which is both enabling and constraining, stemming from the social context of the home and host countries. This occurs …
Stalled gender diversity
Boundary work refers to the strategic actions and practices through which individuals and groups construct, maintain, and legitimize categorical distinctions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with male line managers in Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs), this study critically examines how boundary work is enacted to marginalize women field officers. We foreground the agential role of line managers in actively (re)producing, normalizing, and de…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Microfinance (3 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works)