Enoch Boafo Amponsah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6186167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Enoch Boafo Amponsah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Enoch Boafo |
| FAMILY NAME | Amponsah |
| SIGNATURE | AMPONSAH E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3329-7539 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Workplace Incivility, Sexual Harassment, and University Employee Job Outcomes
This study investigates the compounding impact of incivility and sexual harassment on job outcomes among 2,870 women and transgender, genderqueer, and nonbinary employees at a multi-campus university. Analyses produced three factors: incivility , gender harassment , and sexualized harassment . Nearly 90% of participants experienced any mistreatment. Employees with a disability and in a supervisory position were at greater risk of mistreatment. Mi…
Developing a Campus Climate Survey for Faculty and Staff: Adapting a Student Campus Climate Assessment Model for Faculty and Staff
Sexual and gender-based violence in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana: Implications for African women's socioeconomic empowerment and well-being
Informality of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) creates situations for more cases of violence against women. • Some women in ASM spaces encounter ‘ everyday experiences of sexual harassment ’. • Some women engage in transactional sex for mining roles. • There is physical aggression towards women miners during work. This paper examines the complexities of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Af…
I Don’t Want to Make Myself Look Like a Trouble-Maker”: Faculty and Staff Perspectives on Bystander Intervention in Academic Sexual Harassment Situations
This study shares findings of interviews with 25 faculty and staff from across the United States on their perspective on bystander intervention (BI) during instances of sexual harassment (SH) within academia. Factors that hindered BI included fears of retaliation, power dynamics, and perceived impacts on safety and career advancement. Facilitators of action included knowledge of SH and prior victimization; positionality and social identity were d…
From block placement to blended model: The way forward for social work practicum in Ghana
The extant literature on social work education has underscored several factors that hinder the satisfaction of social work students during practicum. Whether or not the adopted social work practicum model influences practice outcomes for students is unknown. Based on the contextual challenges of social work education and the need to ensure culturally relevant social work practice (aka indigenization) in Africa, we explored how the practicum model…
Unpacking the gendered interactions and relationship among students in male-dominated programs: Perspectives of female students in mechanical engineering in Ghana
Risk and Protective Factors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has emerged as a critical child protection and public health concern in recent years. While the phenomenon is prevalent globally, its impact is compounded in sub-Saharan Africa owing to the cultural and socioeconomic challenges that leave many households in the region vulnerable. The present study synthesized existing evidence using the socioecological model as a guiding framework to assess the ri…
Community Interaction, Influence, and Child Maltreatment: Variations by Rural and Urban Residence Status
Effects of community interventions on child maltreatment are interpreted via rational deterrence theory’s assumption of instrumental rationality. However, recent contrasting findings have raised questions about the social exchange currency that regulates human behaviour within the rational deterrence framework. This study contributes to this debate by examining the social currency of influence and its role in child maltreatment prevention. We hyp…
Contributing to indigenous social work practice in Africa: A look at the cultural conceptualisations of social problems in Ghana
This paper aims to contribute to the indigenisation discourse by illustrating how dominant discourses and cultural practices explain and perpetuate social problems. We argue that focussing on the fundamental issue of a cultural conceptualisation of social problems will contribute positively to the development of the indigenous social work practice framework. As social work education forms an important foundation for how future social work practic…
Parents’ Reflections on Child Trafficking Mitigation Mechanisms in Trafficking Hotspot Communities
Evidence shows that the majority of the world’s trafficking in persons for sexual and labour purposes occurs over short distances. In Ghana, children are largely trafficked from rural communities into resource-prone areas to engage in intensive labour activities. This study explores the views of parents in communities where children are largely trafficked, on the best ways to intervene in child trafficking cases. In-depth interviews were conducte…
Safeguarding the welfare of refugee children in Ghana: Perspectives of practitioners in refugee camps
Structural Patterns That Facilitate the Trafficking of Children: Narratives from Practitioners Involved in the Rescue and After-Care of Trafficked Children
Trafficked children are plagued with a complexity of issues that impede their overall growth and development. As an at-risk population, several factors contribute to the trafficking of children. Although this study recognizes that poverty is a predisposing cause of child trafficking in Ghana, it goes beyond to explore the experiences of practitioners involved in child trafficking interventions on other structural patterns that contribute to child…
Becoming Professionals in Inclusive Education Settings: Perspectives from Ghanaian Social Work Students on Their Motivations
The research literature highlights the need for helping professionals such as Social Workers, psychologists, counsellors and support staff in the successful implementation of inclusive education. As a result of this, national policies on inclusive education in Ghana mention the involvement of Social Workers in inclusive schools (schools practising inclusive education). However, there are no reported studies about the presence of Social Workers in…
Parents’ Reflections on Child Trafficking Mitigation Mechanisms in Trafficking Hotspot Communities
Evidence shows that the majority of the world’s trafficking in persons for sexual and labour purposes occurs over short distances. In Ghana, children are largely trafficked from rural communities into resource-prone areas to engage in intensive labour activities. This study explores the views of parents in communities where children are largely trafficked, on the best ways to intervene in child trafficking cases. In-depth interviews were conducte…
Becoming Professionals in Inclusive Education Settings: Perspectives from Ghanaian Social Work Students on Their Motivations
The research literature highlights the need for helping professionals such as Social Workers, psychologists, counsellors and support staff in the successful implementation of inclusive education. As a result of this, national policies on inclusive education in Ghana mention the involvement of Social Workers in inclusive schools (schools practising inclusive education). However, there are no reported studies about the presence of Social Workers in…
Becoming Professionals in Inclusive Education Settings: Perspectives from Ghanaian Social Work Students on Their Motivations
The research literature highlights the need for helping professionals such as Social Workers, psychologists, counsellors and support staff in the successful implementation of inclusive education. As a result of this, national policies on inclusive education in Ghana mention the involvement of Social Workers in inclusive schools (schools practising inclusive education). However, there are no reported studies about the presence of Social Workers in…
Contributing to indigenous social work practice in Africa: A look at the cultural conceptualisations of social problems in Ghana
This paper aims to contribute to the indigenisation discourse by illustrating how dominant discourses and cultural practices explain and perpetuate social problems. We argue that focussing on the fundamental issue of a cultural conceptualisation of social problems will contribute positively to the development of the indigenous social work practice framework. As social work education forms an important foundation for how future social work practic…
Parents’ Reflections on Child Trafficking Mitigation Mechanisms in Trafficking Hotspot Communities
Evidence shows that the majority of the world’s trafficking in persons for sexual and labour purposes occurs over short distances. In Ghana, children are largely trafficked from rural communities into resource-prone areas to engage in intensive labour activities. This study explores the views of parents in communities where children are largely trafficked, on the best ways to intervene in child trafficking cases. In-depth interviews were conducte…
Safeguarding the welfare of refugee children in Ghana: Perspectives of practitioners in refugee camps
Structural Patterns That Facilitate the Trafficking of Children: Narratives from Practitioners Involved in the Rescue and After-Care of Trafficked Children
Trafficked children are plagued with a complexity of issues that impede their overall growth and development. As an at-risk population, several factors contribute to the trafficking of children. Although this study recognizes that poverty is a predisposing cause of child trafficking in Ghana, it goes beyond to explore the experiences of practitioners involved in child trafficking interventions on other structural patterns that contribute to child…
From block placement to blended model: The way forward for social work practicum in Ghana
The extant literature on social work education has underscored several factors that hinder the satisfaction of social work students during practicum. Whether or not the adopted social work practicum model influences practice outcomes for students is unknown. Based on the contextual challenges of social work education and the need to ensure culturally relevant social work practice (aka indigenization) in Africa, we explored how the practicum model…
Unpacking the gendered interactions and relationship among students in male-dominated programs: Perspectives of female students in mechanical engineering in Ghana
Risk and Protective Factors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has emerged as a critical child protection and public health concern in recent years. While the phenomenon is prevalent globally, its impact is compounded in sub-Saharan Africa owing to the cultural and socioeconomic challenges that leave many households in the region vulnerable. The present study synthesized existing evidence using the socioecological model as a guiding framework to assess the ri…
Community Interaction, Influence, and Child Maltreatment: Variations by Rural and Urban Residence Status
Effects of community interventions on child maltreatment are interpreted via rational deterrence theory’s assumption of instrumental rationality. However, recent contrasting findings have raised questions about the social exchange currency that regulates human behaviour within the rational deterrence framework. This study contributes to this debate by examining the social currency of influence and its role in child maltreatment prevention. We hyp…
Developing a Campus Climate Survey for Faculty and Staff: Adapting a Student Campus Climate Assessment Model for Faculty and Staff
Sexual and gender-based violence in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana: Implications for African women's socioeconomic empowerment and well-being
Informality of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) creates situations for more cases of violence against women. • Some women in ASM spaces encounter ‘ everyday experiences of sexual harassment ’. • Some women engage in transactional sex for mining roles. • There is physical aggression towards women miners during work. This paper examines the complexities of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Af…
I Don’t Want to Make Myself Look Like a Trouble-Maker”: Faculty and Staff Perspectives on Bystander Intervention in Academic Sexual Harassment Situations
This study shares findings of interviews with 25 faculty and staff from across the United States on their perspective on bystander intervention (BI) during instances of sexual harassment (SH) within academia. Factors that hindered BI included fears of retaliation, power dynamics, and perceived impacts on safety and career advancement. Facilitators of action included knowledge of SH and prior victimization; positionality and social identity were d…
Workplace Incivility, Sexual Harassment, and University Employee Job Outcomes
This study investigates the compounding impact of incivility and sexual harassment on job outcomes among 2,870 women and transgender, genderqueer, and nonbinary employees at a multi-campus university. Analyses produced three factors: incivility , gender harassment , and sexualized harassment . Nearly 90% of participants experienced any mistreatment. Employees with a disability and in a supervisory position were at greater risk of mistreatment. Mi…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works)