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Managing Human Resources in Africa As rival economies such as Asia mature, attention is now shifting to new frontiers like Africa. But academic debate too often neglects the complexities and diversity of this continent, and the challenges faced by both multinational companies working across Africa and domestic African companies, particularly in the human resource (HR) field. Managing Human Resources in Africa is a refreshing new book that boldly tackles the HR challenges in countries right across the African continent, examining the impact of contextual factors on the development of HR practices in Africa. Taking a regional approach to the subject, and featuring chapters on South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, and Libya, this comprehensive study is written and edited by those with the knowledge and experience of the complexities of the continent. It offers a fresh perspective on a growing subject area, and shows readers not only how to develop techniques and practices that reflect the real needs of workers in Africa, but also provides a more balanced analysis of the area than they might usually expect. Valuable to not only students and researchers in international management, human resources, organization theory and cross-cultural management, this topical and much-needed study is also critical reading for managers of multinational companies and domestic managers in Africa. Ken N. Kamocheis Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong. Yaw A. Debrahis Reader at Brunel University, UK. Frank M. Horwitz is Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Gerry Nkombo Muuka is Associate Professor at Murray State University, USA. Routledge Global Human Resource Management Series Edited by Randall S. Schuler, Susan E. Jackson, Paul Sparrow and Michael Poole Routledge Global Human Resource Managementis an important new series that examines human resources in its global context. The series is organized into three strands: content and issues in global Human Resource Management (HRM); specific HR functions in a global context; and comparative HRM. Authored by some of the world’s leading authorities on HRM, each book in the series aims to give readers comprehensive, indepth and accessible texts that combine essential theory and best practice. Topics covered include cross-border alliances, global leadership, global relations and global staffing. Managing Human Resources in Cross-Border Alliances Randall S. Schuler, Susan E. Jackson and Yadong Luo Managing Human Resources in Africa Edited by Ken N. Kamoche, Yaw A. Debrah, Frank M. Horwitz, and Gerry Nkombo Muuka Managing Human Resources in Africa Edited by Ken N. Kamoche, Yaw A. Debrah, Frank M. Horwitz, and Gerry Nkombo Muuka First published 2004 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. ©2004 Ken N. Kamoche, Yaw A. Debrah, Frank M. Horwitz, and Gerry Nkombo Muuka editorial matter and selection; individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Managing human resources in Africa / edited by Ken N. Kamoche...[et al.].—1st ed. p. cm. — (Routledge global human resource management series; 2) Includes bibliography references and indexes. 1. Personnel management—Africa. 2. International business enterprises—Personnel management. I. Kamoche, Ken N. II. Series. HF5549.2.A35M36 2003 658.3′00967—dc21 2003008118 ISBN 0-203-63376-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-63762-3 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0–415–36948–7 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–36949–5 (pbk) For Anna, Mum and the memory of Dad Ken Kwadwo Debrah and Afua Fofie Yaw To Dianne Frank To Mum and Dad: Mary Mutinta Muuka and Cornerious Mufundisi Muuka, back in Monze, Zambia Gerry Contents List of illustrations ix List of contributors xi Foreword xiii Preface xv KEN N. KAMOCHE, GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA, FRANK M. HORWITZ, AND YAW A. DEBRAH 1 HRM in South Africa 1 FRANK M. HORWITZ, STELLA M. NKOMO, AND MAHAMED RAJAH 2 HRM in Botswana 19 DOROTHY MPABANGA 3 HRM in Zambia 35 GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA AND KENNETH KAOMA MWENDA 4 HRM in Mauritius 53 ANITA RAMGUTTY-WONG 5 HRM in Tanzania 69 YAW A. DEBRAH 6 HRM in Kenya 87 KEN N. KAMOCHE, STEPHEN M. NYAMBEGERA, AND MUNYAE M. MULINGE 7 HRM in Ethiopia 103 SEMAW MEKONNEN AND AMINU MAMMAN 8 HRM in Ghana 121 SAMUEL ARYEE viii • Contents 9 HRM in Ivory Coast 135 CONSTANT D. BEUGRÉ 10 HRM in Tunisia 151 MAHMOUD YAGOUBI 11 HRM in Libya 169 ABDOULHAKEM ALMHDIE AND STEPHEN M. NYAMBEGERA 12 Conclusions: toward a research agenda 183 YAW A. DEBRAH, FRANK M. HORWITZ, KEN N. KAMOCHE, AND GERRY NKOMBO MUUKA Index 191 Illustrations Figure Frontispiece: Map of Africa showing the countries covered by this book xxiv Tables 1.1 Claimed monthly household income by race, 2000 5 9.1 Cultural patterns in Ivory Coast: a triadic framework 139 9.2 Hypothesized relations between managers and employees based on ethic affiliations 141 10.1 Environmental challenges faced by Tunisian organizations in the mid-1990s 164
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