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Dr. Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah

Dr. Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
Senior Lecturer; Coordinator (MPhil Political Science & MA Public Affairs) & Website Administrator
eyeboah-assiamah@ug.edu.gh

 

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PROFILE

Emmanuel is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science in the University of Ghana. He is currently the Coordinator for MPhil Political Science and MA Public Affairs Programmes at the Department. He also currently also serves as a Research Fellow at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) based in the University of Ghana. Prior to joining the Department, he served as adjunct faculty in at least three reputable Universities locally and internationally as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDeG), a policy think tank in Accra. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Public Administration from the University of Ghana. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public & Development Management from the School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He has served as a TRECCAFRICA Fellow in Sustainability Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa sponsored by the European Union Intra-ACP programme. This Fellowship explains why Dr Yeboah-Assiamah has expertise, interests and outputs in environmental governance and politics as well as complex sustainability issues. His association with the School of Public Leadership also demonstrates why he has research interests and output in leadership and governance issues. Dr Yeboah-Assiamah possesses a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute for Commercial Management (ICM-UK). He has also had a Post-Doctoral Training at the Global Development Institute (GDI) in the University of Manchester, UK as a GCRF Fellow where among other things, he understudied courses in Human Resource Practice, Human Resource Management as well as Learning, Training and Development (LTD) with the latter being an online pedagogical training. These also demonstrate why he has research interests and outputs in public sector human resource management and organizational studies. Dr Yeboah-Assiamah is a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and serves as a verified reviewer for many reputable journals including, inter alia, the Journal of Public Affairs (published by Wiley & Sons); Journal of Asian and African Studies (published by Sage); International Journal of Public Leadership (published by Emerald); Forest Policy & Economics (Elsevier); Society & Natural Resources; Administrative Theory & Praxis; Third World Quarterly (all published by Taylor and Francis).

EDUCATION

  • PhD in Public & Development Management   -     University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • MPhil in Public Administration      -                     University of Ghana, Ghana
  • PG Diploma in Human Resource Management -   ICM-UK
  • BA in Political Science         -                               University of Ghana, Ghana

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Public Policy and Development Administration
  • Ethics, Governance and Leadership
  • Public Sector Human Resources Management
  • Environmental Politics, Governance and Sustainability

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Governance and leadership focusing on theory building and practical applications
  • Decentralization and local governance
  • Environmental governance and sustainability discourse deploying new public governance techniques and models.
  • Urban politics and governance focusing on public-private partnership
  • Understanding emerging policy issues and challenges in Africa: Comparative approach
  • Understanding policy implementation outcomes in Africa: Comparative approach

COURSES TAUGHT

  • POLI 214: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLI 352: Issues in Comparative Politics
  • POLI 357: Organization Theory
  • POLI 457: Human Resource Development and Management
  • POLI 682: Organizational Development

    • POLI 686: Strategic Planning
    POLI 654: Governance and Democracy in Africa
    POLI 707: Foundations of Public Administration

PUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH OUTPUT

More recent papers
Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2023). Lessons from the Past: A Forest Policy Reform in Ghana through the Feedback Loop. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 10.1007/s10668-023-04021-2

Hossain, F., Mamman, A., Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Rees, C. J. (2023). State-business relations for entrepreneurial take off in Africa: Institutional analysis. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-10-2022-0402

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Hossain, F., Mamman, A., & Rees, C. J. (2023). On the question of entrepreneurial breakthrough or failure in Africa: a framework for analysis. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 14(2), 289-312.

Asamoah, K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Damoah, C. M., & Adu, E. P. (2021). Sounds good on paper but problematic in practice: PPP in Ghana's transport sector. Research in Transportation Business & Management, xxx (xxxx), xxx-xxx. (Online first) Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100682

Boakye, B. A. P., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A. (2022). For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ‘Widow Politics’ in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Becoming a Reliable Pathway for Women? Journal of Asian and African Studies, 00219096221079321.

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A. A., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2022). Henceforth, We Will Never Walk Alone: Empirical Study on the Benefits of Participatory Governance and Leadership. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 1-24.

Owusu-Mensah, I., Felitse, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2021). How did your Government Perform? Assessing Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana. Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 6(1), 1-17.

Book Chapters
Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Mamman, A. (2023). Start Small, Dream Big: Socio-Technical Resources and Digitalization as Drivers of Firm Growth and Agility in Africa. In Combrink et al (Eds.) Africa Development Yearbook (Vol 23) “Business Opportunities, Start-ups and Digital Transformation in Africa”. http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/files/dateien/1880_adpy_contents___volume_...

Ayisi, E. K., Bawole, J. N., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2022). Democratising policy implementation in Africa: Lessons from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme. In Onyango Gedion (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa (pp. 327-337). Routledge.

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Damoah, C. M., & Bawole, J. N. (2022). Open innovation systems and public policy in Africa: Setting new boundaries against wicked problems. In Onyango Gedion (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa (pp. 599-611). Routledge.

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Appiah, D., Apeanti, T., Tindan, P.D. (2021). ‘Smallholder Farmers’ Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change in Tropical African Rural Communities: A Primer for Collaborative Policy Intervention’. In: Luetz, J.M., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management (pp. 5013-5032) Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_79
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_79

Journals

Governance, Leadership and good Governance

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A. A., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2022). Henceforth, We Will Never Walk Alone: Empirical Study on the Benefits of Participatory Governance and Leadership. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 1-24.

Asamoah, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2019). “Ubuntu philosophy” for public leadership and governance praxis: Revisiting the ethos of Africa’s collectivism. Journal of Global Responsibility. 10 (4), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-01-2019-0008

Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2017). ‘Strong Personalities’ and ‘Strong Institutions’ Mediated by a ‘Strong Third Force’: Thinking ‘Systems’ in Corruption Control. Public Organization Review, 17(4), 545-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-016-0351-5 

Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., Bawole, J. N., & Musah‐Surugu, I. J. (2016). A socio‐cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa: key pointers for reflection. Journal of Public Affairs, 16(3), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1587 

Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., Bawole, J. N., & Buabeng, T. (2016). Public sector leadership‐subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum: perspectives from developing African countries. Journal of Public Affairs, 16(4), 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1589 

Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., & Alesu‐Dordzi, S. (2016). The calculus of corruption: a paradox of ‘strong’ corruption amidst ‘strong’ systems and institutions in developing administrative systems. Journal of public affairs, 16(2), 203-216.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1576 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Osei-kojo, A. (2014). Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere: a framework for understanding and addressing public sector corruption in developing African democracies. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 4(3), 186 204. https://doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v4i3.6406 

Akosa, F., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asare, B. E., Asamoah, K., Essah-Koli, A. P., & Ahmad, P. (2020). Operationalization of Ghana’s civil service code of conduct. Public Money & Management, 40(6), 475-482.

 

Public policy, politics, Public & development management

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A., Asamoah, K., & Damoah, C. M. (2020). Popular Support for Public Policies to Curb Political Vigilantism: Reflections from Ghanaian Electorate. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3395-1 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Asamoah, K. (2018). ‘Bureaucracy and Politicians Agenda: Examining Politics Administration Relationship in Ghana’. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi.   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3397-1

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Musah-Surugu, I. J., Bawole, J. N., & Nurudeen, S. (2015). The ‘third sector’ and poverty reduction in developing societies: The experience of hunger project in selected rural communities of Ghana. International Journal of Rural Management, 11(2), 85-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973005215601944 

Ayisi, E, Yeboah-Assiamah, E, Bawole, J.N. (2018). Politics of Public Policy Implementation: Case of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3395-1 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Otchere-Ankrah, B & Alesu-Dordzi, B. (2018). ‘Administrative Discretion and Development Administration:  Pet Turned Into A ‘Monster’?’ In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3534-1 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K.,  Buabeng, T.  Bawole, J.N. (2018). ‘Corruption in Public Administration: Stabbing the African State in the Back’. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3396-1 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2016). Therefore, is bureaucracy dead? Making a case for complementarity of paradigms in public administrative thinking and discourse. International Journal of Public Administration, 39(5), 382-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2015.1015558 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2014). A critical assessment of public administration and civil disobedience in developing African democracies: An institutional analysis of mob justice in Ghana. JL Pol'y & Globalization, 28, 1.

Asamoah, K., Osei-Kojo, A., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2013). Enhancing public sector productivity in Ghana: A qualitative study. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 3(3), 22-34.  https://doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v3i3.4378 

Asamoah, K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Osei-Kojo, A. (2013). Demons of transitional democracies: Politics of insults and acrimony in Ghana. Journal of Social Science Studies, 1(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.5296/jsss.v1i1.4725 

 

Decentralization and local governance

Adjei-Bamfo, P., Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Bawole, J.N. (2018). ‘Recruitment and Selection into Ghana’s Local Governments - Theory and Practice’. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3498-1

Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2016). Power to the people! How far has the power gone to the people? A qualitative assessment of decentralization practice in Ghana. Journal of Asian and African studies, 51(6), 683-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909614555349 

Musah-Surugu, I. J., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2015). The 'silent pistol 'in Ghana's local government system: Presiding members vs. chief executives. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (18), 161. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i18.4849 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Osei-Kojo, A. (2014). The concept of administrative responsibility: An alternate explanation for poor voter turnout in local government elections using empirical evidence from Techiman Municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Politics and Good Governance, 5(3), 1-20.

 

Urban governance and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Asamoah, K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Damoah, C. M., & Adu, E. P. (2021). Sounds good on paper but problematic in practice: PPP in Ghana's transport sector. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 100682.

Lartey, E., Ahenkan, A., Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Adjei-Bamfo, P. (2018). Urban Sanitation: Optimizing Private Sector Involvement. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3552-1 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2016). Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management: A literature analysis of key lessons drawn from Ghana and India. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 28(1), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq-05-2015-0098 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2015). Involvement of private actors in the provision of urban sanitation services; potential challenges and precautions: A conceptual paper. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 26(2), 270-287.  https://doi.org/10.1108/meq-08-2014-0130 

 

Natural resource governance, sustainability and sustainable development

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2019). Two sides of the same coin: formal and informal institutional synergy in a case study of wildlife governance in Ghana. Society & Natural Resources, 32(12), 1364-1382.

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2018). Transdisciplinary approach to natural resource governance research: a conceptual paper. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 29(1), 15-33.  https://doi.org/10.1108/meq-04-2016-0034 Osei-Kojo, A., Asamoah, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2016). Implementating Small Scale Mining Laws in Ghana. Administratio publica, 24 (3) 235-257

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2018). ‘Comparative Conservation Studies: A “Bottom-Up” Collaborative Governance’. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3394-1

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2017). ‘Complex crisis’ and the rise of collaborative natural resource governance: institutional trajectory of a wildlife governance experience in Ghana. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20 (5), 2205-2224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-9985-x 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2016). Rising to the challenge: A framework for optimising value in collaborative natural resource governance. Forest Policy and Economics, 67, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.01.008 

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2017). Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview. Forest policy and economics, 74, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.006 

Justice, I. M. S., Ahenkan, A., Bawole, J. N., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2017). Rural Poverty and Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Perspective through Environment–Poverty Paradox. International Journal of Rural Management, 13(2), 162-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973005217730274 

 

Book chapters

Online/blogpost

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • ASSADPAM [Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management], Annual Conference: 19-20 November 2015; on the theme “Shaping African sustainability: A Pan-African perspective in pursuit of future-fit Public Leadership, Public Administration, Public Management and Public Governance”, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper delivered “Gaps in Natural Resources Governance Research: A Primer for a Transdisciplinary Approach”
  • Delegate at 6th World Sustainability Forum (WSF 2017), hosted by University of Cape Town held at the Cape Sun Hotel, 27th – 28th January, 2017. Paper discussed “Institutional adaptation” towards natural resource resilience and sustainability: Lessons from a Monkey Sanctuary Governance in Ghana”
  • Transdisciplinary Winter School held at the Sustainability Institute, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa on 6-10th July, 2015. Modules on sustainability and TD
  • ESID [effective states and inclusive development] Conference on the theme ‘’From Politics to Power? Rethinking the Politics of Development’’ held from 9-11 September, 2019 hosted at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK
  • MANAGLOBAL Online pre-conference. Hosted in Paris via Zoom, 15th December, 2020. Paper presented ‘’Start small, dream big: An empirical assessment of the drivers of a business conglomerate in Ghana, Africa’’
  • Managlobal Summer School in Dakar, Senegal. Held in Senegal via Zoom, 7-11 June, 2021 paper presented ‘’Start small, dream big: An empirical assessment of the drivers of a business conglomerate in Ghana, Africa’’

    • Seminar Presentation; Department of Political Science Monthly Seminar presentation, speaker on the topic ‘’ Do Africans really not need strong (wo) men in the fight against corruption? Reflections on public value governance in Ghana. Septmber 30, 2021 held at the Kofi Drah Conference Room, Department of Political Science.

    Seminar Presentation; Department of Political Science Monthly Seminar presentation, speaker on the topic ‘’ Affirmative action policy in Ghana: Is widow politics a reliable pathway? April 27, 2022 held at the Kofi Drah Conference Room, Department of Political Science. (Via Zoom also).

    Expert participant and discussant: Corruption, Justice, Legitimacy (CJL) Program virtual gathering on “Civil Servants, Social Norms, and Corruption: What do we know and what do we do?” on May 4, 2022, at 10:00 am –11:30 am (GMT-4). Hosted by colleagues from Tufts University, via online.

    Guest Speaker on the topic “your franchise, our development” organized by the Political Science Students’ Association, UG. 12th July, 2023 at Kofi Drah Conference Room

    18th July, 2023. Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic “Agenda 2063: The Africa we want” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG

    19th July, 2023. Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic ‘’Mechanisms for Dissemination” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG

    24th July, 2023. Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic ‘’Continental Report on Agenda 2063” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG

    7th November, 2023. Presenter at the MIASA Public Lecture Series. Topic “African cities and the SDGs: Political Settlement Analysis of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly” Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana
    MIASA Public Lecture Series. Keynote speaker. Paper presented “African cities and the SDGs: Political Settlement Analysis of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly” at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana. 7th November, 2023
    MIASA Mid-term Conference on “Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global Flux: Issues, Concepts and Future Directions” held at ISSER, UG from Tuesday 19th September to Thursday, 21st September, 2023
    American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec-Canada, Sept 15-18, 2022 paper delivered‘’ Trust in Government and Social Capital for Collaborative Efforts: Assessing Citizens’ Trust in COVID-19 related scientific communication and interventions in Ghana’’

 OTHERS

Fellowships

  • Served as a Post-Doc Fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
  • Served as a TRECCAFRICA Fellow in Sustainability Studies and Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch
  • Awarded EU INTRA-ACP grant for doctoral fellowship in Transdisciplinary Studies in Sustainability with a focus on new public governance and institutionalism
  • Partner of the Managlobal Team of Researchers on business management and governance systems across Africa and the Arab countries

Verified and Ad hoc Reviewer for these Journals

  • Administrative Theory & Praxis – Taylor & Francis
  • Journal of Asian and African Studies- Sage
  • Journal of Public Affairs – Wiley and Sons
  • International Journal of Public Leadership - Emerald
  • Society and Natural Resources- Taylor and Francis
  • Third World Quarterly – Taylor and Francis
  • Forest Policy and Economics- Elsevier
  • Management of Environmental Quality- Emerald