Joseph Owusu

Marketing and Corporate Strategy

About

Joseph Owusu is a lecturer in the Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy, Business School, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Joseph received his BA in Economics and MBA in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from KNUST, and PhD in Entrepreneurship from the University Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia. Joseph’s interests include teaching and training students in entrepreneurship. He has developed new MSc. programmes in the areas of Technology Entrepreneurship and Health Entrepreneurship and won the best PhD student award in 2019. His primary research interest areas are entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial financing, entrepreneurial education, SME financial resource-building effort, organizational embeddedness, and small business management. Joseph supervises postgraduate students (including Ph.D.) and research project students under O.R Tambo's Africa Research Chair Initiative at KNUST School of Business. Some of his research articles have been published in ABDC-ranked journals and others indexed in SCOPUS, DOAJ, EBSCO HOST, PROQUEST, WEB OF SCIENCE and International Scientific Index ISI among others. Currently, Joseph serves as the Academic programme coordinator for O.R Tambo Africa Research Chair Initiative and Pillar Lead for Health Ecosystem under the MasterCard Foundation Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.

Research Summary

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The researcher's research focuses on the integration of emerging technologies in healthcare settings, examining how these innovations influence user behavior, societal changes, mental health challenges, and broader policies across various domains.

Research Themes

All (26 Papers)

Social Sciences (12 Papers)

Health Sciences (13 Papers)

Physical Sciences (1 Papers)

All Papers

“Assessment of the social influence and facilitating conditions that support nurses’ adoption of hospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS) in Ghana using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model”(2019)

Nurses’ Readiness in the Adoption of Hospital Electronic Information Management Systems in Ghana: The Application of the Structural Equation Modeling and the UTAUT Model(2020)

The Contributing Factors to Nurses’ Behavioral Intention to Use Hospital Information Technologies in Ghana(2020)

Predictors of malaria vaccine uptake among children 6–24 months in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana(2022)

Prevalence of emergency contraceptive use and associated determinants among Senior High Students in Yendi Municipal of Northern Ghana(2023)

Knowledge, attitude and practices of malaria preventive measures among mothers with children under five years in a rural setting of Ghana(2023)

Predictors of optimal uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and outcome of pregnancy in selected health facilities: a cross-sectional study in Northern Ghana(2023)

Assessing the effect of nursing stress factors on turnover intention among newly recruited nurses in hospitals in China(2021)

Telehealth services for global emergencies: implications for COVID-19: a scoping review based on current evidence(2023)

Healthcare Providers and Patients Perception on Telehealth Services Adoption for Post-Operative Follow-Ups at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (Ghana)(2025)

Usability evaluation of electronic health records at the trauma and emergency directorates at the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital in the Ashanti region of Ghana(2024)

Electronic Health Records Adoption in China’s Hospitals: A Narrative Review(2019)

The Role of Macroeconomic Indicators on Healthcare Cost(2020)

Effects of coronavirus pandemic on expanded program on immunization in weija gbawe municipality (Accra-Ghana)(2022)

Equitable global health research collaborations with a mind of human dignity(2023)

Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment adherence among tuberculosis patients in the Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana; A cross-sectional study(2023)

The Effect of Smart mobile devices usage on Sleep Quality and academic performance – A Narrative Review(2018)

The Effect of Smart Mobile Devices Ownership and Usage on Insomnia among Health Trainees in Ghana(2019)

Assessment of expanded programme on immunization routine data quality in the upper east region of Ghana(2024)

A REVIEW OF INFORMATION SECURITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.(2018)

Examining the Competency and Independence of Councillors: A Case of Selected Local Governments of Ghana’s Public Sector(2019)

The Impact of the Use of Smart Mobile Devices on Sleep Quality among Health Trainees at College of Health and Well-Being, Kintampo-Ghana(2017)

An Integrated Cloud Based Platform for Managing Employees Pension Schemes: The Case of Ghana(2018)

A Review of the Relationship between Corporate Governance and Organizational Performance through Systems Thinking(2019)

Unmasking the coronavirus pandemic impact on students’ academic performance (University of Cape Coast—Ghana)(2024)

Investigating Nursing Documentation Practices and Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Public Hospitals of Ashanti Akim South District, Ghana(2025)

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