Browsing by Author "Kikooma, Julius"

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    An effective learning culture: Using high performance work systems to strengthen the relationship between communities of practice and knowledge creation in Africa
    (Africa Journal of Management, 2019) Nansubuga, Florence; Munene, John C.; Kikooma, Julius; Nansamba, Joyce; Musanje, Khamis
    This paper sought to demonstrate how communities of practice can coalesce with high performance work systems to develop an Africanized learning culture that promotes interaction among employees and empowers them to create innovative knowledge for competitive performance. A total of 622 individual participants were selected from medium- and large-sized organizations (>200 employees) to complete data collection questionnaires. Structural equation modeling (path analysis coefficients) revealed that both components (hard and soft) of high performance work systems have significant mediating effects on the relationship between communities of practice and knowledge creation. However, adoption of the soft component of high performance work systems in knowledge creation seemed to be more relevant to African social learning practices and operational contexts.
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    Rethinking entrepreneurship theory and research practice: An exploration into alternative theoretical perspectives
    (2010) Kikooma, Julius
    Entrepreneurship has been gaining increasing respect from the research community as a field of scholarly study as well as practical application worldwide as a means to achieve wealth creation and personal fulfillment. In Africa, this enthusiasm has, in fact, been matched with calls to scale and mainstream entrepreneurship on the continent. Yet, entrepreneurship, as a theoretical construct and practical phenomenon, remains poorly defined and its interpretation fragmented. This paper reviews and critiques the dominant perspectives on entrepreneurship. It calls into question progress that can be made by continuing to pursue lines of inquiry based on such orthodox perspectives. As away forward, the paper identifies alternative perspectives that have been explored as possible and more fruitful for engaging with the phenomenon.
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    Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software to Support Learning and Teaching of Research Practices
    (International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 2012) Kikooma, Julius
    In many universities and research institutions in Africa, there is a sense of growing frustration among social science scholars on the continent regarding the lack of good materials available in (and from) their context for teaching qualitative methods that successfully blend technology and methodology. This paper reflects upon the challenges and opportunities for integrating qualitative data analysis software in methodology classes and the implication for preparing new qualitative researchers for future roles. large qualitative data sets, a lack in local support means that researchers-in-the-making do not get enough guide or practice in using technology. As Johnstone observed, this has the consequence that project design and software use are often tacked together in an inefficient way to the detriment of outcome [5].