Browsing by Author "Kabagambe, Levi"

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    The Adoption of Management Controls From A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
    (International Journal Vallis Aurea, 2021) Mandre, Joshua; Kagaari, James; Kabagambe, Levi; Ntayi, Joseph M.
    The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether self-organization predicts of adoption of management controls in manufacturing firms. The study employed the lens of complex adaptive systems theory to investigate the research question. The study used a cross-sectional survey to collect data from 202 manufacturing firms with the use of a multi-dimensional self-administered questionnaire Data were analyzed quantitatively using PLS-SEM. The findings indicate a positive relationship between innovativeness, emergence and adoption of management controls. The hypothesis for networks of interaction was not supported
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    Enhancing water and sanitation project performance in a developing economy: Role of governance mechanisms and risk management practices
    (Cogent Business & Management, 2023) Tukamuhabwa, Benjamin R.; Mutebi, Henry; Akandwanaho, Enoth; Kabagambe, Levi; Tumukunde, Ivan
    This paper investigates the relationship between governance mechanisms, risk management practices and performance of water and sanitation projects in Uganda. A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 66 water and sanitation projects in South-western Uganda. Data were collected using self-administered structured questionnaires and analyzed by using SmartPls Structural Equation modeling. The results revealed positive and significant relationships between the following pairs of variables: contractual governance and project performance, relational governance and risk management practices, and risk management practices and project performance. However, the hitherto hypothesized positive and significant relationships between relational governance and project performance, and contractual governance and risk management practices were not supported. Furthermore, it was established that risk management practices fully mediate in the relationship between relational governance and project performance, whereas they do not mediate between contractual governance and project performance. The fundamental contribution of this article to the project management literature is the confirmation that risk management practices act as mechanisms through which relational governance helps to maximize project performance in the context of water and sanitation projects in a developing country.
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    Exploring Stakeholder’s understanding of procurement performance expectations gap in public works contracts in Uganda’s district local governments (DLG): A qualitative Analysis of results
    (Research Gate, 2021) Kalinzi, Charles; Ntayi, Joseph; Muhwezi, Moses; Kabagambe, Levi
    There are varying opinions of how the procurement performance expectations gap (PPEG) is interpreted from a stakeholder’s perspective. This study borrowed this concept from auditing and marketing fields in order to replicate it in procurement management. The study was guided by the research question: How do the different stakeholders with different needs and interests, perceive the PPEG in roadworks contracts in DLGs in Uganda? The “Technical Personnel” and the “Road users” were selected as respondents, with technical explanations provided for each stakeholder group to avoid overlap. 33 Key informants in two categories of technical personnel and roadusers were selected using purposive sampling, all from the four regions of Uganda. Semi-structured interview guides were used to gain insight into understanding PPEG, interviews were audio recorded, and data was subjected to rigorous statistical analysis using ATLAS.ti software. A set of variables was synthesized and inductively categorized under three emerging themes of (1) laxity in performance efficiency, (2) laxity in performance effectiveness, (3) low level of community satisfaction. This set of themes explain the general laps in procurement performance expectations gap in roadworks contracts in DLGs in Uganda. This study contributes to an improved understanding of PPEG and how they are responsible for creating a performance gap in the stakeholder’s own perspective. Results confirmed the existence of a performance gap, that must be urgently addressed.
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    The internationalization of small to medium-sized enterprises: do all levels in international networking matter?
    (Journal of small business and enterprise development., 2020) Ahimbisibwe, Godwin M.; Ntayi, Joseph M.; Ngoma, Mohammed; Bakunda, Geofrey; Kabagambe, Levi
    The purpose of this study was to investigate whether each level in international networking (network extension, network penetration and network integration) matters in the internationalization of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a cross-sectional and correlational research design. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey of 206 exporting SMEs in Uganda. The study employed a structural equation modelling (SEM) technique using partial least square (PLS) to test the hypothesis. Findings – The findings revealed that network extension and network integration do matter in SMEs’ internationalization, while network penetration does not. Practical implications – SMEs in developing countries need to concentrate on network extension and network integration levels to successfully internationalize their operations. Originality/value – The study provides initial evidence on whether network extension, network penetration and network integration matter in SMEs’ internationalization in developing countries like Uganda.
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    Performance Expectations Gap in Public Works Contracts: A Theoretical Review
    (PrAcademics Press, 2018) Kalinzi, Charles; Ntayi, Joseph; Muhwezi, Moses; Kabagambe, Levi
    Research addressing performance expectations gap in public procurement is sparse. The studies addressing expectation gaps are predominantly in auditing (see (Adams & Evans, 2004; Brennan, 2006; Humphrey, Moizer, & Turley, 1993)). Other studies have focused mainly on customer value (Ancarani, 2009) and service quality (Bolton & Drew, 1991; Cronin, Taylor, & Taylor, 1992; Parasuraman, Zeithaml, & Berry, 1985; Zeithaml, Berry, & Parasuraman, 1996), using a marketing lens. We see certain aspects of expectations gap discussed in marketing and auditing discipline that resemble what is occurring in public procurement today. This study intends to borrow this concept and use it to investigate and document procurement performance expectations gap using a theoretical lens, that could explain the performance lapses in public works contracts with a conceptual model that will later be used to improve the public procurement performance expectation gaps in DLGs in Uganda.
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    Supply Chain Quality Integration in Manufacturing Firms: Examining the Role of Intellectual Capital and Absorptive Capacity In a Developing Economy
    (ORSEA JOURNAL, 2023) Kabagambe, Levi; Tukamuhabwa, Benjamin; Mutebi, Henry; Otaryebwa, Mike
    This paper explores the direct relationship between intellectual capital and supply chain quality integration (SCQI). Furthermore, the indirect effect of intellectual capital through absorptive capacity is also explored. Based on the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities perspective and relational view, a theoretical model developed from the extant literature was empirically validated through a cross-sectional survey of 101 manufacturing firms in Uganda. The data were analysed by using correlations and regressions. The findings revealed that intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect on absorptive capacity – absorptive capacity also positively and significantly influences SCQI. Moreover, intellectual capital significantly influences SCQI both directly and indirectly through the partial mediation of absorptive capacity. The fundamental novelty of this article is contribution to the limited empirical studies on SCQI and its antecedents by incorporating the three components of intellectual capital besides unveiling empirical evidence confirming the partial mediating role of absorptive capacity in the intellectual capital- SCQI relationship in manufacturing firms in a developing country context.