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Hannah Vivian Osei

Human Resource and Organisational Development

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About

Hannah Vivian Osei is an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Resource and Organization Development at the KNUST School of Business. Prof. Osei has been very much involved in Training and Development Consultancies among executive teams such as directors and top management in organizations such as Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs. Prof. Osei also engages in Middle-level Training such as Yaa Asantewaa Rural Bank in Ghana. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration (HRM), and an MBA in Employees Relations, UK. She is a certified Prince 2 project manager and has been trained in Person-centered counseling and Labour Laws in Ghana. Her first degree was in Economics and Law, from KNUST. Prof. Osei is the coordinator for the Doctor of Business Administration and the Bachelor of Business Administration (HRM and Management). She is the Coordinator for Research Programmes at School of Business.  She is currently coordinating the AMBITION Project under the ERASMUS Plus which involves grooming Ph.D. students from 8 institutions in Europe and Africa as green energy ambassadors. Her research area includes human capital development, e-learning adoption, social norms, leadership, abusive supervision, burnout, cyberloafing, and psychological safety. Her passion is to influence the next generation and groom them for the future workplace.

Research Summary

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The researcher's work explores the complex interplay between personal, organizational, and external factors that shape human behavior across various domains. This includes examining how personality traits, leadership styles, and individual characteristics influence outcomes such as technology adoption, entrepreneurship, career success, and work-related challenges like burnout. The research also considers the broader economic impacts on organizations and social sciences themes related to employee well-being, organizational diversity, and global trade. By synthesizing these areas, the study highlights the multifaceted nature of human behavior in shaping workplace dynamics and societal outcomes.

Research Themes

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Integration of personality trait, motivation and UTAUT 2 to understand e-learning adoption in the era of COVID-19 pandemic(2022)
Entrepreneurial orientation, sustainability practices and performance of small and medium enterprises: evidence from an emerging economy(2022)
When and how does creativity influence performance? An examination of SMEs in an emerging economy(2025)
The mediation role of innovation in the relationship between total quality management and performance of small and medium scale enterprises(2024)
The effects of leaders’ abusive supervision on employees’ work engagement: a moderated-mediation model of employees’ silence and employees’ proactive personalities(2022)
The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision(2020)
The effects of individual mechanisms on work self-efficacy of nurses: The mediating role of organisational commitment(2016)
The moderated mediation processes in firm-specific human capital development and task performance relationship(2018)
Health workers’ career satisfaction and intention to leave: The moderated moderation of burnout and gender(2023)
Work intensity, burnout and quality of work life in the hotel industry: The moderating role of psychological detachment(2022)
Re-examining the link between occupational stress and burnout in a Sub-Saharan African nation: the precursor and moderating roles of organisational and social support(2019)
Re-examining the link between occupational stress and burnout in a Sub-Saharan African nation: the precursor and moderating roles of organisational and social support(2019)
The relationships between team burnout and team psychological safety and civility among hospital nurses during the covid-19 pandemic: The mediating role of team thriving(2022)
The joint impact of burnout and neurotic personality on career satisfaction and intention to leave among health workers during the first 2 years of COVID-19(2024)
The role of prescriptive social norms on employees' cyberloafing: the moderating effect of power distance and co-workers' interdependency(2022)
The impact of technology readiness and adapting behaviours in the workplace: a mediating effect of career adaptability(2024)
Innovative Work Behavior in Response to Technology Readiness: The Role of Career Adaptability in the Ghanaian Public Sector(2024)
Effects of cognitive-person factors on career choice of tertiary students: the moderating role of chance events(2022)
Organizational Communication in Public Health Institutions(2014)
MARKETING CAPABILITY, COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE OF MICRO AND SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES IN GHANA(2015)
Employee’s Performance in the Service Sector: Should an Individual’s Spirituality and Employment Status Make Any Difference?(2021)
SERVICE QUALITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE: A CASE OF GHANA NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME(2017)
Ditch or Bump? Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from the OECD Economies(2025)
Technological Readiness, Career Adaptability, and Job Satisfaction Among Public Sector Employees: A Moderating Effect Study(2023)

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