Managing Human Resources in Africa

by Debrah; Yaw

• ISBN13: 9780415369497
• ISBN10: 0415369495
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-11-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The terrain of management in Africa remains largely unexplored as researchers continue to set their sights on the West and the East. This volume addresses the apparent shortage of knowledge about the nature, diversity and context of HRM in Africa and highlights the important trends and patterns that have been emerging on the continent. It also examines how and how the extant HR practices and policies have been shaped by industrial, socio-cultural, legal-political and institutional factors. Featuring contributions from the experts, the book is organised by country and includes full chapters on countries across the length and breadth of Africa, from Tunisia and Libya in the north to South Africa and Botswana in the south; from Kenya and Tanzania in the east to Ivory Coast and Ghana in the west. This is the first book to tackle HRM across Africa on such a scale. A bold study of HRM in too often neglected areas, this is part of the Global HRM series.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
List of contributors	xi
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
KEN N. KAMOCHE, GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA, FRANK M. HORWITZ, AND YAW A. DEB RAH
1 HRM in South Africa	1	(18)
FRANK M. HORWITZ, STELLA M. NKOMO, AND MAHAMED RAJAH
2 HRM in Botswana	19	(16)
DOROTHY MPABANGA
3 HRM in Zambia	35	(18)
GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA AND KENNETH KAOMA MWENDA
4 HRM in Mauritius	53	(16)
ANITA RAMGUTTY-WONG
5 HRM in Tanzania	69	(18)
YAW A. DEBRAH
6 HRM in Kenya	87	(16)
KEN N. KAMOCHE, STEPHEN M. NYAMBEGERA, AND MUNYAE M. MULINGE
7 HRM in Ethiopia	103	(18)
SEMAW MEKONNEN AND AMINE M AMMAN
8 HRM in Ghana	121	(14)
SAMUEL ARYEE
9 HRM in Ivory Coast	135	(16)
CONSTANT D. BEUGRÉ
10 HRM in Tunisia	151	(18)
MAHMOUD YAGOUBI
11 HRM in Libya	169	(14)
ABDOULHAKEM ALMHDIE AND STEPHEN M. NYAMBEGERA
12 Conclusions: toward a research agenda	183	(8)
YAW A. DEBRAH, FRANK M. HORWITZ, KEN N. KAMOCHE, AND GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA
Index	191