Dr. Eric Delle

Eric Delle is a Work and Organizational Psychologist with over 10 years of research and consultancy experience. Eric pursued his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology at the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; and Undergraduate (BA Psychology Major) and Master of Philosophy (Industrial and Organizational Psychology) degrees at the University of Ghana, Legon, respectively. Currently, Eric is a lecturer at the Department of Psychology of the University of Ghana, Legon. He has over 10 years of university teaching and has taught several courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society; and an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Vocational Behavior and Employee Relations Journal.

Eric believes that ingrained in theories are ideas for societal and organizational transformation; and so, he has through workshops practicalized organizational psychology phenomena and theories. This, he has done and continues to do in the field of consultancy. Eric is an expert in the development of technical Human Resource protocols/tools, such as Performance Appraisal/Management tools; Scheme of Service; Job Descriptions and Specifications; and Tests Development and Validation. He has led teams to develop these HR protocols for reputable public and private sector organizations in Ghana. He has also facilitated several training programs, including training on emotional intelligence and team building; and leadership and performance management for multinational organizations in the manufacturing and banking sector of Ghana, respectively.

He has taught at several business schools in Ghana, including the University of Professional Studies, Accra Business School, Nobel International Business School, and Zenith University. Subjects taught in these schools included entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, strategic human resource management, international human resource management, research methods, strategic leadership, cross-cultural management, cross-cultural leadership, introduction to management, etc.

Eric taught some psychology courses while serving as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Psychology. The subjected taught included biological foundations, theories of psychology, community psychology, and physiological psychology. Currently, Eric teaches Advance Quantitative Analysis and Statistics for Psychologists at the Department of Psychology.

His research interests lie in the area of Work Analysis (i.e., work characteristics, work design, and how employees experience work), Proactivity (i.e., proactive career behaviors, job crafting, feedback-seeking behaviors, innovative behavior, and proactive personality, career adaptability, employability), Entrepreneurship (i.e., intrapreneurial behavior at work), and Employee Wellbeing (i.e., work engagement, stress, burnout, exhaustion, and fatigue), Attitudes and Behaviors at Work (e.g., Self-undermining behaviors, extra-role behaviors, incivility at work, etc), Leadership (e.g., Developmental Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Path-goal Leadership) and Positive Psychology Phenomena (e.g., Flow, Flourishing, Grit, etc). 

Eric utilizes longitudinal data to answer thought-provoking research questions at work. Such data allows him to test for reciprocal relationships, and to conduct other advanced statistical analyses including SEM (i.e., measurement and structural modeling, and path analysis using SPSS AMOS). He has expertise in moderation and mediation analysis. He also has enormous expertise in psychometrics. His current research projects are listed below:

• Job autonomy and employee innovation
• Risk aversion and entrepreneurial intentions among university students
• Work engagement among employees in government-based organizations
• Career adaptability, future time perspective, and self-regulatory behaviors among students.
• Development and Validation of Public Service Motivation Scale in Ghana
• Development and Validation of Job Crafting Scale in Ghana
• Development and validation of leadership scale in Ghana
• Incivility at work
• Mindfulness and relational systems at work (a special issue paper)

Journal Publications

Kumasey, A.A., Delle, E., & Hossain, F. (2021). Not all justices are equal: the unique effects of organizational justice on the behavior and attitude of government workers in Ghana. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(1), 78-96.

Delle, E., & Searle, B. (2020). Career adaptability: The role of developmental leadership and career optimism. Journal of Career Development, 1-13.

Delle, E., & Amadu, I.M. (2015). Proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention: Employment status and student level as moderators. International Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research, 3(4), 1-13.

Mensah, M.E., Nmai, N.B., & Delle, E. (2015). Ethical Climate as a Predictor of Counterproductive Work Behaviours and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Role of Level of Education. The International Journal of Business & Management, 3(8), 305-310.

Kumasey, A.S., Delle, E., & Ofei, S.B. (2015). Occupational Stress and Organizational Commitment: Does Sex and Managerial Status Matter? International Journal of Business and Social Research, 4(5), 173-182.

Kumasey, A.S., Delle, E., & Puni, A. (2014). Leadership Behaviour: Does Sex and Level of Education. International Journal of Business and Social Research (IJBSR), 4(4), 92-97.

Nmai, N.B., & Delle, E. (2014). Good Corporate Governance and Employee Job Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Ghanaian Telecommunication Sector. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4(13), 209-217.

Nmai, N.B., Mensah, M.E., & Delle, E. (2014). Clinical Governance and Organizational Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Hospitals in Ghana. The International Journal of Business & Management, 3(8), 297-304.

Delle, E., & Kudo, K.L. (2014). The moderating effect of managerial status on work-family conflict-turnover intentions relationship. International Journal of Business and Management Review, 2(2), 1-6. 

Delle, E. (2013). The Influence of Perception of Organizational Politics on Employee Job Involvement and Turnover Intentions: Empirical Evidence from Ghanaian Organizations. European Journal of Business and Management, 5(9), 151-160.

Delle, E., & Mensah, E.M. (2013). The Influence of National Culture on Expatriate Work Adjustment, Intention to Leave, and Organizational Commitment. European Journal of Business and Management, 5(19), 62-68.

Delle, E., & Arkoful, H.K. (2013). Work and Family at War: Does Individual Difference Matter? International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(13), 82-90.

Delle, E., & Kumasey, A.S. (2013). To Stay or Not To Stay: Can Organizational Culture Provide the Staying Power? Evidence from the Ghanaian Banking Sector. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(19), 46-52.

Delle, E., & Kumasey, A.S. (2013). The Moderating Role of Organizational Tenure on the Relationship between Organizational Culture and OCB: Empirical Evidence from the Ghanaian Banking Industry. European Journal of Business and Management, 5(26), 73-82. 

Agyemang, B.C., & Delle, E. (2013).  Demographic Factors and Attitude toward Disabled Employees: Empirical Evidence from Ghana. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(19), 53-59.

Book Chapter

Atia, A.A., Kumasey, A.S., Delle, E., Agbemabiase, G.C. (2021). Benefits of promoting corporate social responsibility for emerging economies. In E.K. Adae, Kosiba, J.P.B., Hinson, R.E., Twum, K.K., Newman, N., & Nutsugah, F.F. Responsible Management in Emerging Markets. Palgrave Macmillan.