Browsing by Author "Kusemererwa, Christopher"

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    Individual learning behavior: do all its dimensions matter for selfemployment practice among youths in Uganda?
    (Emerald publishing company, 2020) Balunywa, Waswa; Kusemererwa, Christopher; ; Munene, John C.; Laura, Orobia A.
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish whether all the dimensions of individual learning behavior matter for self-employment practice among youths, using evidence from Uganda. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a correlational and cross-sectional type. A questionnaire survey of 393 youths was used. The data collected were analyzed through SPSS. Findings – The results indicate that meaning-oriented learning behavior, planned learning behavior and emergent learning behavior do matter for self-employment practice among youths in Uganda unlike instruction-oriented learning behavior. Research limitations/implications – This study focused on self-employed youths who have gone through tertiary education in Uganda. Therefore, it is likely that the results may not be generalized to other settings. The results show that to promote self-employment practice among youths, the focus should be put mainly on meaning-oriented learning behavior, planned learning behavior and emergent learning behavior. Originality/value – This study provides initial evidence on whether all the dimensions of individual learning behavior do matter for self-employment practice among youths using evidence from an African developing country – Uganda.
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    Internationalisation of SMEs: does entrepreneurial orientation matter?
    (World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2017) Ngoma, Mohammed; Abaho, Ernest,; Nangoli, Sudi; Kusemererwa, Christopher
    The purpose of this paper is to investigate entrepreneurial orientation (EO) as a predictor of internationalisation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The key research question is “to what extent do the dimensions of EO (innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking) predict internationalisation of SMEs?” Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a cross-sectional survey to collect data from 282 SMEs, with the use of a multi-dimensional self-administered questionnaire. All the measures in this study were adopted from existing instruments from previous studies and all showed a CVI above 0.8. Data were analysed quantitatively using descriptive statistics, correlations and hierarchical regression. The nature and strength of the relationships between the variables was tested using the zero-order bivariate correlation analysis. Findings – The study establishes a significant relationship between the dimensions of EO and internationalisation of SMEs. Research limitations/implications – This paper contributes to the corpus of literature on internationalisation of SMEs. Future research should consider the major constructs from a longitudinal point of view given that cross-sectional studies sometimes fail to examine the interaction effect of the variables. Practical implications – The paper illustrates how EO dimensions can influence an entrepreneur’s decision to go international especially handling the process of internationalisation and its dynamics. Originality/value – The paper provides contextual evidence from a developing country to the effect that as local investors get more inclined to EO, they in the process ease their way to joining the international business arena.
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    Strategizing for firm excellence in Innovation: An exploratory study of Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors in SMEs in Uganda
    (International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2013) Nangoli, Sudi; Basalirwa, Edith; Kituyi Mayoka, G.; Kusemererwa, Christopher
    The ability to innovate on a sustainable basis is a desirable, and yet, a rare skill that firms need to nature and develop amongst its business managers/owners and employees. This study was aimed at empirically exploring the Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors among the business persons that enable them to successfully innovate on a sustainable business. These could then inform managers on the kind of innovation-related behaviors to search for and nature among their human resources in the course of strategizing for firm excellence in Innovation. Responses where sought from business owners/managers and employees in SMEs established in the area with the highest business activity in Uganda (i.e. Kampala). The data collected from the surveyed 50 SMEs all of which had successfully existed for over a year as a test of sustainability were analyzed to extract the salient Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Entrepreneurial Behaviors that characterized the success of their businesses. Descriptive statistics were used. Based on the findings, this study identifies and proposes solutions, key policy interventions and approaches to be adopted for ensuring business sustainability in Uganda
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    Tapping into the Power Lines of Project Success: The Strategic Role of Ethical Climate
    (European Journal of Business and Management, 2016) Ngoma, Muhammad; Nangoli, Sudi; Kusemererwa, Christopher; Bashir, Hassan; Sekakubo, Johnbosco; Ntayi, Joseph M.
    Success has continued to elude many projects world over and hence raised the need to step up measures aimed at reversing this trend. Given the unique nature of particular projects, any efforts to cause project success ought to be targeted at a clearly defined set of projects. This study aimed at investigating the strategic role that the ethical climate components of Egoism, Principle and Benevolence play in enhancing the performance of Poverty Eradication Projects in LDCs, particularly Uganda. Cross sectional and quantitative survey designs were used with a study sample of 323 National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) projects. The results revealed that the ethical climate components of Egoism, Principle and Benevolence positively relate with and predict performance of poverty eradication projects. These findings generate implications and inform particular recommendations on the success of projects in LDCs as this article articulates.