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Kwame Ansong Wadei

Human Resource and Organisational Development

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About

Dr. Kwame Ansong Wadei is an academic scholar and a researcher with expertise in human resource management (HRM) and organizational behavior (OB). He holds a PhD in Management Science, an MBA in Human Resource Management, and a BSc in Psychology.Before entering academia, Dr. Wadei served as a Project Officer for the USAID-Ghana SHAPS and RISK Project, implemented in Ghana by the West African Program to Combat AIDS and STI. He played a pivotal role in recruiting, training, and developing peer educators, meticulously monitoring and evaluating project progress, coordinating activities, and managing the project budget. Additionally, he championed gender responsiveness, fostered enduring relationships with stakeholders, and cultivated strategic partnerships.Dr. Wadei has published extensively in academic journals and his research interests focus on the relationship between HR, leadership, motivation, and employee behavior. He has investigated the impact of various leadership styles on employee performance, engagement, and organizational citizenship behavior. His research has also explored the role of motivation in shaping employee attitudes and behaviors.Dr. Wadei's work has implications for both organizations and individuals. For organizations, his research can inform strategies to enhance leadership effectiveness, improve employee motivation, and promote a positive work environment. For individuals, his research can help them understand their motivations and develop effective strategies to navigate the workplace. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Research Summary

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The researcher's work focuses on examining organizational behavior and leadership across multiple social sciences domains, including participation leadership, corporate social responsibility reporting, digital marketing strategies, innovation and knowledge management, gender dynamics, global maternal and child health, and workplace spirituality. Their studies explore topics such as the effects of ethical leadership, creative performance through information processing perspectives, strategic partnerships in sustainability disclosure, customer operant resources, online value co-creation, cultural orientations, R&D creativity, team collaboration strategies, digital sharing roles, postpartum maternal experiences, transformational leadership effects, and gendered innovation.

Research Themes

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Participative leadership and employee creativity: a sequential mediation model of psychological safety and creative process engagement(2020)
The Mediation Effect of Ethical Leadership and Creative Performance: A Social Information Processing Perspective(2020)
Unpacking the chain mediation process between transformational leadership and knowledge worker creative performance: evidence from China(2021)
Do the Right Thing the Right Way! How Ethical Leaders Increase Employees Creative Performance(2023)
I Create Because I Feel Safe: Understanding the Link between Participative Leadership and Creativity(2020)
Disclosure of CSR Performance and Firm Value: New Evidence from South Africa on the Basis of the GRI Guidelines for Sustainability Disclosure(2018)
The relationship among customer operant resources, online value co-creation and electronic-word-of-mouth in solid waste management marketing(2019)
Cultural orientations and product innovation in the Ghanaian banking sector(2019)
The effects of single-dominant organizational cultures on the innovativeness of a firm(2018)
Re-examining the links between women's work and household power dynamics: Insights from rural and urban Ghana(2025)
How Transformational Leadership Shapes R&D Creativity? A Motivated Information Processing Perspective(2019)
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INFORMATION SHARING IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP AND CREATIVITY IN TEAMS(2020)
Ethical Leadership, Self-Efficacy, and Creative Performance: A Moderated Mediation Examination(2021)
“Never the same again”: A descriptive qualitative inquiry into postpartum experiences of first-time mothers in the Oti Region of Ghana(2025)

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