Work experience

• Legal Person and CEO

  Guangzhou Kari Consulting Company Limited

  2024.11-2025.01

  (3 months)

  China. ADDRESS: Room 503J, 5th Floor, East Tower, Zhujiang Building, No. 360, Huanshi East Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou.
• Senior Lecturer

  Ghana

  2012.01-2024.01

  (12 years)

  Department of Management Studies, Kumasi Technical University
• Faculty Examinations Officer of the Graduate School, Kumasi Technical University

  Ghana

  2023.09-2024.01

  (5 months)

  Member, Committee for the development of new programmes for the Department
• General Secretary

  Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana

  2022.01-2024.01

  (2 years)

  2022: Member, Committee for the development of modalities for the payment of part-time
• Member of the Faculty Board

  KsTU

  2020.09-2022.08

  (2 years)

  d - Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
• Vice Dean

  Kumasi Technical University

  2021.01-2022.01

  (a year)

  Vice Dean of the Business School, Kumasi Technical University
• Head of Department and Vice Dean

  Ghana

  2021.01-2022.01

  (a year)

  Head of Department and Vice Dean
• Head of Department

  Disciplinary Board of the Kumasi Technical University

  2021.01-2022.01

  (a year)

  Department of Management Studies, Kumasi Technical
• Master of Science in Management Science and Business Analytics

  Ghana

  2020.01-2022.01

  (2 years)

  Developed Syllabi for Master of Arts in Secretaryship and Corporate Governance, , Bachelor of Arts in Secretaryship and Management Studies, and Diploma in Office Management and Administration,
• Head of Department

  Academic Board of the Kumasi Technical University

  2020.01-2022.01

  (2 years)

  Head of Department and Vice Dean
• Head of Department and Vice Dean

  Kumasi Technical University

  2020.01-2022.01

  (2 years)

  Head of Department and Vice Dean
• President

  Kumasi Technical University Alumni Association

  2016.01-2020.01

  (4 years)

  2020: Secretary and member, Position Paper on Public Universities’ Bill on behalf of Kumasi
• PhD Candidate

  University of Electronic Science and Technology

  2016.08-2019.12

  (3 years)

  of China ►REFERENCES 1. Prof. Wang Min Professor, Department of Management and Economics The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China +86 13880163817 2. Prof. Gabriel Dwomoh Vice Chancellor Kumasi Technical University P. O. Box 854 Kumasi, Ghana 3. Prof. NNN Nsowah-Nuamah Former Vice Chancellor Kumasi Technical University P.O. Box 854 Kumasi, Ghana
• Part-time English Tutor at the Chengdu Medical College

  Technical University

  2017.01-2019.01

  (2 years)

  2015-2016: Head of Department, Department of Management Studies, Kumasi Technical
• Electronic Science and Technology of China

  University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  2017.01-2018.01

  (a year)

  2016 to 2020. This Scholarship covered tuition, accommodation, medical insurance, and a monthly stipend. : First prize (award of 5000 Chinese yuan) of Academic Achievement award for the achievements in the field of academic research in the academic year 2017-2018, University of 2018: A grant to fully participate in the International Conference on Information Management and Management Sciences, IMMS 2018, August 25-27, Chengdu, China. ACM ISBN 978-1- 4503-6486-7/18/08. ►SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY REVIEW/ASSESSMENT OF SCHOLARLY WORKS Reviewer: Sage Open (2019 to date), an SSCI, Scopus, and Web of Science indexed journal Reviewer: Journal of Management and Organization (2020 to date), an SSCI, Scopus, and Web of Science indexed journal Reviewer: Journal of International Marketing (2020 to date), an SSCI, Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journal Reviewer: American Journal of Management Science and Engineering (2021 to date) External Assessor: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C., & Atsu N.A. (2018). A study on improving employees’ behavior towards increasing students’ loyalty: the mediating role of need understanding, service quality, and intimacy among students in Kenya. Management Science Letters 8 (2018) External Assessor: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C., & Nuwasiima, A. (2017). Small-scale individual entrepreneurs (SIEs) and the usage of mobile money (M-money) and mobile commerce (M-commerce) in facilitating business growth in Ghana. Management Science Letters 7(8), 373-384 External Assessor: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C. (2016). Exploring the relationship between green orientations, customer-based brand equity (CBBE), and the competitive performance of SMEs in Ghana. Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness Vol. 10(1) 80 External Assessor: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C., & Atunwey, R. (2016). Customer-based brand equity and the competitive performance of private universities in Ghana. Journal of Ekonimika A Management, 10(3), 1014 External Assessor: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C., & Mensah, F.S. (2018). Achieving service quality and student loyalty through intimacy and trust of employees of universities: a test case of Kenyan Universities. International Journal of Educational Management, International Journal of Educational Management (Accepted) External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2019). Effects of leadership styles on productivity of secretaries in the public sector. International Journal of Business and Management Review. Vol. 6, No. 10, pp. 14-32 External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2018). Appraisal of safety at the Fashion Design and Technology Department of Takoradi Technical University, 2018. International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management, Vol. 5, Issue 7 External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2018). Career prospects of arts students in the technical universities: a descriptive study of the Faculty of Arts, Takoradi Technical University, 2018. The International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 6, Issue 3 External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2016). Enhancing entrepreneur’s human capital: a prerequisite for small scale enterprise sustenance in the Cape Coast Metropolis 2016. International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability, Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp. 26-36 External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2015). Management practices and performance in art organizations in Ghana: a case study of the Gallery of School of Applied Arts, Takoradi Polytechnic, 2015. International Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology, Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana External Assessor: Addaquaye, A. S., et al. (2015). A Student’s Companion for Academic Success. St Francis Press Ltd, Takoradi External Assessor: Otoo, F.N.K (2020). Measuring the impact of human resource management practices on pharmaceutical industry’s effectiveness: the mediating role of employee competencies, Employee Relations, Vol 42, Issue 6, Pp 1353-1380. External Assessor: Otoo, F.N.K (2019). Human resource management practices and organizational performance: the mediating role of employee competencies, Employee Relations, Vol 41, Issue 5, Pp 949-970. External Assessor: Otoo, F.N.K., Otoo, E., Abledu, G., & Bhardwaj, A. (2019). Impact of human resource development practices on pharmaceutical industry’s performance: the mediating role of employee performance, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol 43, Issue 1/2, Pp 188-210. External Assessor: Otoo, F.N.K., & Mishra, M. (2018). Influence of human resource development practices on hotel industry’s performance: the mediating role of employee competencies, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol 42, Issue 7/8, Pp 435-454. External Assessor: Otoo, F.N.K., & Mishra, M. (2018). Measuring the impact of human resource development practices on employee performance in small and medium scale enterprises: the mediating role of employee competencies, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol 42, Issue 7/8, Pp 517-534. External Assessor: Kaur, M., Verma, R., & Otoo, F.N.K. (2019). Emotions in leader’s crisis communication: Twitter sentiment analysis during Covid-19 outbreak, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment ACADEMIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITY 1. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2022). Political Risk, Volume of FDI, and Ownership Strategy: Contextual Analysis of African Markets. International Journal of Business and Economics Research. Vol. 11, No. 2, 2022, pp. 54-64. doi: 10.11648/j.ijber.20221102.11 2. Abubakari, Z., Min, W., & Abubakari, I. (2021). The moderating effects of related experience and firm size: Will multinationals opt for acquisitions in high informal institutional settings? European J. International Management, 16 (1): 85-117 (DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2019.10017017) Indexed in Social Science Citation Index and Clarivate Analytic 3. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2018). Hofstede-GLOBE inspired cultural dimensions: A review and application in international business research and cross-cultural strategy, International Conference on Information Management and Management Sciences, IMMS 2018, August , China. ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-6486-7/18/08. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3277139.3277153 (Indexed in Ei Compendex and Scopus) 4. Abubakari, Z., et al., (2018). Assessing the impact of entrepreneurial intention on self- employment: Evidence from Ghana, Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 6(1): 366-374 5. Abubakari, Z., et al., (2018). Policy and investment decisions in Ghana: Assessing the implications of interest rates, inflation and gross domestic product, Journal of Economics, Commerce, and Management, 6(1): 48-65 6. Abubakari, Z., et al., (2017). The mediating effect of employee motivation on multi-product innovation and firm performance: A conceptual perspective, The Journal of Business and Management, 6(12): 113-122 7. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2017). Posterior distribution of health insurance: Basis for determining credibility factor and premium. Evidence from Ghana, International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 6(9): 104-115. 8. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2017). Normality fit to the population data of health insurance: A catalyst for managerial decisions. Scholars Bulletin, 3(9): 398-402. 9. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2017). Appropriate best-fit model for insurance claims modeling: A catalyst for managerial planning. Evidence from Ghana Scholars Bulletin, 3(12): 750-758 10. Abubakari, Z., et al. (2017). Determining the credibility factor and premium using Bayesian credibility theory for policy decisions and implementation: Evidence from Ghana, The International Journal of Business and Management, 5(10): 81-93 11. Abubakari, I., Paa-Grant, R., Abubakari, Z., & Bonny, E.L. (2017): Policy decision making and management effectiveness: Avoiding the risk of credibility premium goof, Scholars Bulletin, 3(12): 759-770 12. Korankye, T., Ababio, K. A., and Abubakari, Z. (2012). Empirical Analysis of the Association between Capital Structure and Performance of Rural Banks in Ghana, Journal of Money, Investment and Banking, 26: 124-130 13. Ayogyam, A., Appienti, W. A., Asaah, J.A. and Abubakari, Z. (2012). Resourcing Small and Medium Enterprises: Owners Willingness to Seek Funding from Banks in Ghana, European Journal of Business and Management, 4(10): 11-19 14. Ayogyam, A., Appienti, W. A., Asaah, J.A. and Abubakari, Z. (2012). The Impact of Students Industrial Training on their Employability Status after Graduation: Evidence from Kumasi, Ghana, International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 1(4): 108-114 PAPERS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS 1. Abubakari, Z., et al. Formal institutional distance and foreign establishment: nesting lower-level units within higher-level units in a context-specific study with multiple origins, American Business Review Scopus (Under review) 2. Abubakari, Z., et al. Institutionalism: applications in international business strategy and research, Global Strategy Journal SSCI (Under review) 3. Experiential learning: A trajectory towards partnership in acquisitions in high informal institutional environments 4. Institutional distance and equity entry modes: The complementary moderating effects of market economy institutions and related experience. A conceptual framework 5. Informal institutional distance and foreign subsidiary establishment modes: strengthening the strategic choice for acquisitions 6. A methodological model to binomial dependence with dual mediation in international subsidiary establishment in an institutional setting Special Award: First prize of Academic Achievement award for the achievements in the field of academic
• Head of Department

  Ghana

  2015.01-2016.01

  (a year)

  Developed Syllabi for Bachelor of Technology in Secretaryship and Management,
• Hall Master

  Kumasi Technical University

  2013.01-2015.01

  (2 years)

  Hall Master
• Audit Committee Member

  Kumasi Technical University

  2013.01-2013.12

  (a year)

  2013: Member, Audit Team of Quality Assurance Directorate- Kumasi Technical University,
• Member

  Counseling Committee

  2012.01-2013.01

  (a year)

  e – Kumasi Technical University, Ghana
• Part-time lecturer

  Kumasi Technical University

  2012.01-2013.01

  (a year)

  r (Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management and RiskManagement), Association of Certified Chartered Economists of the American Academy of Financial Management, USA (Ghana Campus).
• Lecturer

  Kumasi Technical University

  2009.01-2012.01

  (3 years)

  2011-2015: Secretary for the Kumasi Chapter of the Polytechnic Teachers’ Association of
• Business Development Officer (IFAD funded Rural Enterprises Project

  Ghana

  2003.01-2005.01

  (2 years)

  Duty Station-BIBIANI, Western Ghana.
• Teacher

  AK Islamic Junior Secondary School

  2002.01-2003.01

  (a year)

  l, Mpraeso-Kwahu, Ghana (Teacher of EnglishLanguage and Social Studies)
• Mentee

  Industrial Attachment at Bibiani Government Hospital

  2000.09-2000.12

  (4 months)

  l (Accounts and Revenue Division) UNIVERSITY COURSES/SUBJECTS TAUGHT International Business, Strategic Management, Business Economics, Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, Hospitality Management, Management Principles and Practices, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Business Policy and Strategy, Business Organizations GRANTS/AWARDS : Full Scholarship Award of 400,000 Chinese yuan by the Chinese Government (ChinaScholarship Council, CSC) to pursue a PhD in Management Sciences and Engineering at the

Educational experience

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science

  Management and Human resources

  2024.01-2025.03

  (a year)

  MSc in Management and Human Resource Strategy
• University of Cape Coast

  Project Management

  2023.01-2024.01

  (a year)

  MSc in Monitoring and Evaluation
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  Management

  2016.08-2019.12

  (3 years)

  PhD in Management Science and Engineering
• American Academy of Financial Management

  Economics

  2010.01-2010.06

  (6 months)

  Chartered Economist
• University of Ghana

  Adult Education and Business Management

  2008.01-2009.06

  (a year)

  MA in Adult Education and Business Management
• University of Ghana

  Business Administration

  2003.09-2007.06

  (4 years)

  Bachelor of Business Administration
• Kumasi Technical University

  Business Administration

  1999.09-2002.06

  (3 years)

  Higher National Diploma in Purchasing and Supply

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