Justice Nyigmah Bawole
Biographic Data
| ID | 90632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justice Nyigmah Bawole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justice Nyigmah |
| FAMILY NAME | Bawole |
| SIGNATURE | BAWOLE J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5793-4184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Voluntary Local Reviews and the Politics of SDG Localisation in African Cities
The Impact of Ethical Leadership Style on Employee Turnover Intentions in Ghana’s Public Sector
Attaining Sustainable Development Goals in African Cities
African cities are increasingly central to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet evidence on how SDGs are being implemented in urban Africa remains fragmented. This study systematically reviews peer‐reviewed literature on SDG implementation in African cities published between 2017 and 2025. Using PRISMA procedures, 1786 records were identified from Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar, of which 31 articles met the i…
E ‐Government Adoption in Ghana
Globally, technological innovations are driving governments towards e‐government adoption. Digitization efforts have met with more resistance and challenges in the Global South context due to high levels of financial, logistical, and technical constraints. The information and communication technology for development literature provides two lenses for examining e‐government adoption: structural conditions (e.g., infrastructure, financial resources…
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana
Towards Ethical Universities in West Africa
Critical issues of managing workplace diversity in developing countries
Purpose This study explores the critical issues of managing workplace diversity to achieve organisational objectives in a developing country context, focusing on Ghana. The study contends that for effective management of the complex workplace diversity in developing countries, a deeper appreciation of the critical issues is important, and this lacks depth in extant literature. Design/methodology/approach The study relied on the qualitative approa…
Corruption-Induced Inhibitions to Business
The paper examines how corruption-induced inhibitions influence business-related corruption from the perspectives of business leaders in Ghana. Data were collected through focus group discussion with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of multi-national and local companies operating in Ghana. The findings show that business leaders encounter multiple regulatory agencies with duplicated and overlapping functions, multiple charges for virtually the sam…
Insulating highly vulnerable populations from global pandemics
Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion
Ghana has experimented with two social protection programmes: the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, and the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) pilot project aimed at reducing extreme poverty and enhancing the standard of living of beneficiaries. This study comparatively assessed how the LEAP programme and the JSDF-LEAP project have contributed to improving the standard of living of beneficiaries. A sample of 167 responden…
Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development
Understanding electricity nightmare and health implications among slum dwellers in Ghana
Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the electricity challenges confronting slums in order to understand the health implications thereof. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized purposive sampling techniques supported by the convenience sampling method within the context of qualitative research to select 30 interviewees of varying demographics for in-depth interviews. Findings The findings revealed that slums faced various forms…
New Public Management in Africa
Are two heads better than one? Challenges and prospects of chiefs and local government collaborative community development in Ghana
In Africa, a dual political system is what characterizes the political landscape. Chiefs and officials of the central government collaborate to bring about development. Despite the transformation of the powers and functions of chiefs, they have constantly availed themselves to partner developmental agencies. The paper examined projects chiefs and local government authorities have initiated and the challenges that beset collaboration between the t…
Person–job fit matters in parastatal institutions
This article responds to recent calls for research examining the mechanisms through which talent management affects talented employee outcomes. Drawing insights from attraction–selection–attrition and ability, motivation and opportunity theories, the article examines one such mechanism, person–job fit, through which talent management influences talented employees’ affective commitment and quit intentions in parastatal institutions in Ghana. A sam…
The Policy and Practice of Local Economic Development in Ghana
Local Government Financing of Climate Change in Ghana
Uncertainties about the amount of resources needed to combat climate change, dwindling local resources, limited local autonomy and limited expertise constrain local governments (LGs) in their response to the effects of climate change. As a result, financing climate change remains a major nightmare for LG actors across diverse nested territorial containers. It certainly requires the embracing of a multifaceted approach - the use of system thinking…
Rethinking Persistent Poverty in Northern Ghana
The Ghanaian economy has long been characterized by the persistence of regional income inequalities along a north‐south divide, where poverty remains disproportionately concentrated in the northern part of the country. In contrast to much of the extant literature, which explains this phenomenon in terms of the relatively unfavorable geography in the north vis‐à‐vis the south, this article suggests the need to understand this problem as the produc…
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
Pro-Poor Decentralization in Ghana
While significant research exists on why decentralization should result in poverty reduction, how this actually happens and the limitations have received little empirical research attention. Such empirical evidence is important due to the widespread adoption of decentralization in many developing and transition countries, and the consequent expectation that decentralization should be pro-poor. With empirical evidence from ten selected districts i…
Organizational commitment of public service employees in Ghana
One of the most difficult and under-examined issues in the ethics research of developing countries is whether the establishment of codes of ethics in public service organizations leads to employees’ organizational commitment. This study investigates the link between codes of ethics and organizational commitment, as well as its three dimensions of affective, normative and continuance commitment, in Ghanaian public service organizations. Correlatio…
A socio-cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa
The public sector of many African countries is notoriously corrupt; cultural inclinations and socialization processes largely have a tendency to lead public officials into actions that may amount to corrupt practices. Providing seven (7) key pointers for reflection, this study explores public sector corruption in African countries by examining the interplay between culturally acceptable norms and professional expectations of public officials. The…
Downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana
This article examines the downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana. It is based on primary data collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with NGO officials, local government officials and representatives, chiefs, women leaders, and other community members. The findings reveal that although community members were engaged in project planning processes in many respects, these engagements were li…
Public sector leadership-subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum
The interaction between organizational superiors and their subordinates has a practical implication on the entire organizational life cycle in terms of ethical conduct. This study explores how ethics among public leadership could trickle down on the conduct of public employees by using two empirical cases from developing African countries context. Using the attraction–selection–attrition and social learning models, the study assesses how superior…
Marriage of the Unwilling? The Paradox of Local Government and NGO Relations in Ghana
The extant literature on the relations between government and NGOs is limited in two respects—dominant focus on relations between central government and NGOs and a limited discussion of typologies of relations in countries in Africa. This study seeks to make a modest contribution to addressing these limitations by studying the relations between local government and NGOs in Ghana. This paper proposes a four-dimensional framework for analysing the …
A socio-cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa
The public sector of many African countries is notoriously corrupt; cultural inclinations and socialization processes largely have a tendency to lead public officials into actions that may amount to corrupt practices. Providing seven (7) key pointers for reflection, this study explores public sector corruption in African countries by examining the interplay between culturally acceptable norms and professional expectations of public officials. The…
Rethinking Persistent Poverty in Northern Ghana
The Ghanaian economy has long been characterized by the persistence of regional income inequalities along a north‐south divide, where poverty remains disproportionately concentrated in the northern part of the country. In contrast to much of the extant literature, which explains this phenomenon in terms of the relatively unfavorable geography in the north vis‐à‐vis the south, this article suggests the need to understand this problem as the produc…
Marriage of the Unwilling? The Paradox of Local Government and NGO Relations in Ghana
The extant literature on the relations between government and NGOs is limited in two respects—dominant focus on relations between central government and NGOs and a limited discussion of typologies of relations in countries in Africa. This study seeks to make a modest contribution to addressing these limitations by studying the relations between local government and NGOs in Ghana. This paper proposes a four-dimensional framework for analysing the …
Are two heads better than one? Challenges and prospects of chiefs and local government collaborative community development in Ghana
In Africa, a dual political system is what characterizes the political landscape. Chiefs and officials of the central government collaborate to bring about development. Despite the transformation of the powers and functions of chiefs, they have constantly availed themselves to partner developmental agencies. The paper examined projects chiefs and local government authorities have initiated and the challenges that beset collaboration between the t…
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Organizational commitment of public service employees in Ghana
One of the most difficult and under-examined issues in the ethics research of developing countries is whether the establishment of codes of ethics in public service organizations leads to employees’ organizational commitment. This study investigates the link between codes of ethics and organizational commitment, as well as its three dimensions of affective, normative and continuance commitment, in Ghanaian public service organizations. Correlatio…
Downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana
This article examines the downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana. It is based on primary data collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with NGO officials, local government officials and representatives, chiefs, women leaders, and other community members. The findings reveal that although community members were engaged in project planning processes in many respects, these engagements were li…
Muting the whistleblower through retaliation in selected African countries
The paper discusses whistleblowing in selected African countries as public service ethical issue with a view to identifying its attendant hazards. It was developed mainly from secondary sources of data. It relied on relevant reported cases of whistleblowing that received wide and credible coverage in the selected African countries and international news media as well as attracting the attention of local and international human rights activists an…
New Public Management in Africa
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
Pro-Poor Decentralization in Ghana
While significant research exists on why decentralization should result in poverty reduction, how this actually happens and the limitations have received little empirical research attention. Such empirical evidence is important due to the widespread adoption of decentralization in many developing and transition countries, and the consequent expectation that decentralization should be pro-poor. With empirical evidence from ten selected districts i…
Person–job fit matters in parastatal institutions
This article responds to recent calls for research examining the mechanisms through which talent management affects talented employee outcomes. Drawing insights from attraction–selection–attrition and ability, motivation and opportunity theories, the article examines one such mechanism, person–job fit, through which talent management influences talented employees’ affective commitment and quit intentions in parastatal institutions in Ghana. A sam…
Public sector leadership-subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum
The interaction between organizational superiors and their subordinates has a practical implication on the entire organizational life cycle in terms of ethical conduct. This study explores how ethics among public leadership could trickle down on the conduct of public employees by using two empirical cases from developing African countries context. Using the attraction–selection–attrition and social learning models, the study assesses how superior…
Muting the whistleblower through retaliation in selected African countries
The paper discusses whistleblowing in selected African countries as public service ethical issue with a view to identifying its attendant hazards. It was developed mainly from secondary sources of data. It relied on relevant reported cases of whistleblowing that received wide and credible coverage in the selected African countries and international news media as well as attracting the attention of local and international human rights activists an…
Pentecostalism and Development
I. Understanding development as a multidimensional concept requires a multidimensional approach which is rarely discussed in a single collection or book. In this regard, the book Pentecostalism and...
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Marriage of the Unwilling? The Paradox of Local Government and NGO Relations in Ghana
The extant literature on the relations between government and NGOs is limited in two respects—dominant focus on relations between central government and NGOs and a limited discussion of typologies of relations in countries in Africa. This study seeks to make a modest contribution to addressing these limitations by studying the relations between local government and NGOs in Ghana. This paper proposes a four-dimensional framework for analysing the …
Public sector leadership-subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum
The interaction between organizational superiors and their subordinates has a practical implication on the entire organizational life cycle in terms of ethical conduct. This study explores how ethics among public leadership could trickle down on the conduct of public employees by using two empirical cases from developing African countries context. Using the attraction–selection–attrition and social learning models, the study assesses how superior…
A socio-cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa
The public sector of many African countries is notoriously corrupt; cultural inclinations and socialization processes largely have a tendency to lead public officials into actions that may amount to corrupt practices. Providing seven (7) key pointers for reflection, this study explores public sector corruption in African countries by examining the interplay between culturally acceptable norms and professional expectations of public officials. The…
Downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana
This article examines the downward accountability of NGOs in community project planning in Ghana. It is based on primary data collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with NGO officials, local government officials and representatives, chiefs, women leaders, and other community members. The findings reveal that although community members were engaged in project planning processes in many respects, these engagements were li…
Pro-Poor Decentralization in Ghana
While significant research exists on why decentralization should result in poverty reduction, how this actually happens and the limitations have received little empirical research attention. Such empirical evidence is important due to the widespread adoption of decentralization in many developing and transition countries, and the consequent expectation that decentralization should be pro-poor. With empirical evidence from ten selected districts i…
Organizational commitment of public service employees in Ghana
One of the most difficult and under-examined issues in the ethics research of developing countries is whether the establishment of codes of ethics in public service organizations leads to employees’ organizational commitment. This study investigates the link between codes of ethics and organizational commitment, as well as its three dimensions of affective, normative and continuance commitment, in Ghanaian public service organizations. Correlatio…
Rethinking Persistent Poverty in Northern Ghana
The Ghanaian economy has long been characterized by the persistence of regional income inequalities along a north‐south divide, where poverty remains disproportionately concentrated in the northern part of the country. In contrast to much of the extant literature, which explains this phenomenon in terms of the relatively unfavorable geography in the north vis‐à‐vis the south, this article suggests the need to understand this problem as the produc…
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
The Policy and Practice of Local Economic Development in Ghana
Local Government Financing of Climate Change in Ghana
Uncertainties about the amount of resources needed to combat climate change, dwindling local resources, limited local autonomy and limited expertise constrain local governments (LGs) in their response to the effects of climate change. As a result, financing climate change remains a major nightmare for LG actors across diverse nested territorial containers. It certainly requires the embracing of a multifaceted approach - the use of system thinking…
Person–job fit matters in parastatal institutions
This article responds to recent calls for research examining the mechanisms through which talent management affects talented employee outcomes. Drawing insights from attraction–selection–attrition and ability, motivation and opportunity theories, the article examines one such mechanism, person–job fit, through which talent management influences talented employees’ affective commitment and quit intentions in parastatal institutions in Ghana. A sam…
New Public Management in Africa
Are two heads better than one? Challenges and prospects of chiefs and local government collaborative community development in Ghana
In Africa, a dual political system is what characterizes the political landscape. Chiefs and officials of the central government collaborate to bring about development. Despite the transformation of the powers and functions of chiefs, they have constantly availed themselves to partner developmental agencies. The paper examined projects chiefs and local government authorities have initiated and the challenges that beset collaboration between the t…
Understanding electricity nightmare and health implications among slum dwellers in Ghana
Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the electricity challenges confronting slums in order to understand the health implications thereof. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized purposive sampling techniques supported by the convenience sampling method within the context of qualitative research to select 30 interviewees of varying demographics for in-depth interviews. Findings The findings revealed that slums faced various forms…
Corruption-Induced Inhibitions to Business
The paper examines how corruption-induced inhibitions influence business-related corruption from the perspectives of business leaders in Ghana. Data were collected through focus group discussion with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of multi-national and local companies operating in Ghana. The findings show that business leaders encounter multiple regulatory agencies with duplicated and overlapping functions, multiple charges for virtually the sam…
Insulating highly vulnerable populations from global pandemics
Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion
Ghana has experimented with two social protection programmes: the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, and the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) pilot project aimed at reducing extreme poverty and enhancing the standard of living of beneficiaries. This study comparatively assessed how the LEAP programme and the JSDF-LEAP project have contributed to improving the standard of living of beneficiaries. A sample of 167 responden…
Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana
Towards Ethical Universities in West Africa
Critical issues of managing workplace diversity in developing countries
Purpose This study explores the critical issues of managing workplace diversity to achieve organisational objectives in a developing country context, focusing on Ghana. The study contends that for effective management of the complex workplace diversity in developing countries, a deeper appreciation of the critical issues is important, and this lacks depth in extant literature. Design/methodology/approach The study relied on the qualitative approa…
Voluntary Local Reviews and the Politics of SDG Localisation in African Cities
Political science (19 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (7 works) · Law (6 works)