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Guest editorial: Organizational and management practices in COVID-19 business environments in Africa – The human factors

Guest editorial: Organizational and management practices in COVID-19 business environments in... Guest editorial Guest editorial: Organizational and management practices in COVID-19 business environments in Africa – The human factors Theworld haschanged rapidlysince theadvent of the COVID-19 and managing this change, especially during the epic of the pandemic was probably the single most difficult task that was encountered by managers of organizations, especially those operating in African business environment. This change, manifested by COVID aggravated globalization, liberalization, technological changes and advancement and market changes, is rapidly transforming the environment in which organizations operate. As it was observed by Sanda (2017), this change, manifested by globalization, liberalization, technological changes and advancement, and market changes has rapidly transformed the environment in which organizations operate. This, therefore affirmed the general view among management scholars that organizations are embedded in social, cultural, economic and political contexts (see Kuada, 2012), with sociocultural issues, such as power distance, embeddedness and collectivism shaping how most organizations operating in the African business and industrial environments are managed and led. Thus, using as a point of departure Sanda’s (2017) argument that an organizational environment is a manifestation of a society which is stochastic in nature, the environmental dynamics of an organization might not be expected to remain stable in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of Economic and Management Studies Emerald Publishing

Guest editorial: Organizational and management practices in COVID-19 business environments in Africa – The human factors

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Emerald Publishing
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2040-0705
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10.1108/ajems-06-2023-575
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Guest editorial Guest editorial: Organizational and management practices in COVID-19 business environments in Africa – The human factors Theworld haschanged rapidlysince theadvent of the COVID-19 and managing this change, especially during the epic of the pandemic was probably the single most difficult task that was encountered by managers of organizations, especially those operating in African business environment. This change, manifested by COVID aggravated globalization, liberalization, technological changes and advancement and market changes, is rapidly transforming the environment in which organizations operate. As it was observed by Sanda (2017), this change, manifested by globalization, liberalization, technological changes and advancement, and market changes has rapidly transformed the environment in which organizations operate. This, therefore affirmed the general view among management scholars that organizations are embedded in social, cultural, economic and political contexts (see Kuada, 2012), with sociocultural issues, such as power distance, embeddedness and collectivism shaping how most organizations operating in the African business and industrial environments are managed and led. Thus, using as a point of departure Sanda’s (2017) argument that an organizational environment is a manifestation of a society which is stochastic in nature, the environmental dynamics of an organization might not be expected to remain stable in the

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African Journal of Economic and Management Studies – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 6, 2023

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