Emmanuel Affum‐Osei
Biographic Data
| ID | 5526973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Affum‐Osei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Affum‐Osei |
| SIGNATURE | OSEI E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1488-0291 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Linking Entrepreneurship Education to Entrepreneurial Career Choice
Entrepreneurship education has long been advocated to promote entrepreneurial career choice among young adults in developing countries such as Ghana. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, we developed a moderated-mediation model in which entrepreneurship education related to entrepreneurial career choice through opportunity recognition. We proposed that this association is conditional on individual agency. A total of 446 undergraduate studen…
Job search in a difficult labour market
Examining the impact of trait grit on aspiring entrepreneur's new venture ideation
Am I Gonna Get a Job? Graduating Students’ Psychological Capital, Coping Styles, and Employment Anxiety
Thoughts about life after school can be frightening for college students. The uncertainty about employment expectancies can engender crippling anxiety, especially in a time of a major pandemic—COVID-19, and urgent attention is needed. This study, drawing on the self-determination theory, demonstrates preliminary protective effect of positive psychological capital (PsyCap) on employment anxiety among a relatively understudied group—graduating coll…
Entrepreneurial career persistence of hybrid entrepreneurs
Covid-19 Pandemic and International Students’ Mental Health in China
International students in China were among the first group of individuals to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic's impact on their mental health is underexplored. This study-utilizing web-based survey data (N = 381), presents preliminary reports using ANOVA and MIMIC analytic approaches. Following the clinical demarcation of the 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), we found 24.6%, 38.3%, and 4…
Examining the Factorial Validity of the Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale
This study validates Shane et al.’s Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale across nations. A total sample of 948 undergraduate and postgraduate students from five nations (China = 229, Hong Kong = 213, Holland = 136, United States = 155, and Ghana = 215) were recruited to complete a survey designed to measure their entrepreneurial motives and other related constructs. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized four-factor structure, na…
Validating the Auckland Individualism–Collectivism Scale (Aics)
Factorial Validity of the Student–Teacher Relationship Scale—Short Form, Latent Means Comparison of Teacher–Student Relationship Quality and Association with Child Problem and Prosocial Behaviours
Unemployment trends and labour market entry in Ghana
Statistical information is critical for both government and the general public for monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of employment policies and programmes. This paper revisits the labour market trends between 2012 and 2016 and discusses the importance of job search methods for labour market entry in Ghana. We explored job search methods (Formal and Informal Methods) used by 235 participants from seven regions of Ghana. Results revealed t…
Teacher burnout in pre-schools
Teacher burnout in pre-schools
Validating the Auckland Individualism–Collectivism Scale (Aics)
Factorial Validity of the Student–Teacher Relationship Scale—Short Form, Latent Means Comparison of Teacher–Student Relationship Quality and Association with Child Problem and Prosocial Behaviours
Unemployment trends and labour market entry in Ghana
Statistical information is critical for both government and the general public for monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of employment policies and programmes. This paper revisits the labour market trends between 2012 and 2016 and discusses the importance of job search methods for labour market entry in Ghana. We explored job search methods (Formal and Informal Methods) used by 235 participants from seven regions of Ghana. Results revealed t…
Examining the Factorial Validity of the Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale
This study validates Shane et al.’s Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale across nations. A total sample of 948 undergraduate and postgraduate students from five nations (China = 229, Hong Kong = 213, Holland = 136, United States = 155, and Ghana = 215) were recruited to complete a survey designed to measure their entrepreneurial motives and other related constructs. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized four-factor structure, na…
Am I Gonna Get a Job? Graduating Students’ Psychological Capital, Coping Styles, and Employment Anxiety
Thoughts about life after school can be frightening for college students. The uncertainty about employment expectancies can engender crippling anxiety, especially in a time of a major pandemic—COVID-19, and urgent attention is needed. This study, drawing on the self-determination theory, demonstrates preliminary protective effect of positive psychological capital (PsyCap) on employment anxiety among a relatively understudied group—graduating coll…
Entrepreneurial career persistence of hybrid entrepreneurs
Covid-19 Pandemic and International Students’ Mental Health in China
International students in China were among the first group of individuals to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic's impact on their mental health is underexplored. This study-utilizing web-based survey data (N = 381), presents preliminary reports using ANOVA and MIMIC analytic approaches. Following the clinical demarcation of the 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), we found 24.6%, 38.3%, and 4…
Examining the impact of trait grit on aspiring entrepreneur's new venture ideation
Job search in a difficult labour market
Linking Entrepreneurship Education to Entrepreneurial Career Choice
Entrepreneurship education has long been advocated to promote entrepreneurial career choice among young adults in developing countries such as Ghana. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, we developed a moderated-mediation model in which entrepreneurship education related to entrepreneurial career choice through opportunity recognition. We proposed that this association is conditional on individual agency. A total of 446 undergraduate studen…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 works) · Measurement invariance (4 works) · Statistics (4 works) · Structural equation modeling (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)