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Prof. James Kwame Mensah

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, University of Ghana Business School Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
DepartmentUNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL SECRETARIAT
Local EconomyUrbanisation & ResilienceClimate ChangeCircular EconomyInformal Settlements
Publications

81

Citations

1,544

H-index

18

i10-index

28

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
19.1
Most cited paper
288
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:30
Publications

81 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A “coalesced framework” of talent management and employee performance: For further research and practice
JK Mensah
2015 International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 64 (4), 544-566, 2015 Social Sciences 288
Income inequality, human capital, natural resource abundance, and ecological footprint in ECOWAS member countries
Z Langnel, GB Amegavi, P Donkor, JK Mensah
2021 Resources Policy 74, 102255, 2021 Natural Sciences 149
Talent management and employee outcomes: A psychological contract fulfilment perspective
JK Mensah
2019 Public Organization Review 19 (3), 325-344, 2019 Social Sciences 140
Informal settlement and urban development discourse in the Global South: Evidence from Ghana
AN Agyabeng, AA Peprah, JK Mensah, EA Mensah
2022 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 76 (4), 242-253, 2022 Social Sciences 111
Unlocking the “black box” in the talent management employee performance relationship: evidence from Ghana
J Kwame Mensah, J Nyigmah Bawole, N Wedchayanon
2016 Management Research Review 39 (12), 1546-1566, 2016 Social Sciences 94
Testing the mediation effect of person-organisation fit on the relationship between talent management and talented employees’ attitudes
JK Mensah, JN Bawole
2018 International Journal of Manpower 39 (2), 319-333, 2018 Social Sciences 61
Talent management and talented employees’ attitudes: mediating role of perceived organisational support
JK Mensah
2019 International Review of Administrative Sciences 85 (3), 527-543, 2019 Social Sciences 59
Person–job fit matters in parastatal institutions: Testing the mediating effect of person–job fit in the relationship between talent management and employee outcomes
JK Mensah, JN Bawole
2020 International Review of Administrative Sciences 86 (3), 479-495, 2020 Social Sciences 56
Policy and institutional perspectives on local economic development in Africa: The Ghanaian perspective
JK Mensah, KA Domfeh, A Ahenkan, J Nyigmah
2013 Journal of African Studies and Development 5 (7), 163-170, 2013 Social Sciences 56
Electricity and informal settlements: Towards achieving SDG 7 in developing countries
JK Mensah
2022 Energy Research & Social Science 93, 102844, 2022 Social Sciences 51
Local economic development in Ghana: From the ‘lost decades’ to a policy ‘maturing’stage
JK Mensah, JN Bawole, A Ahenkan
2017 Development Southern Africa 34 (5), 607-621, 2017 Social Sciences 51
Local economic development and poverty reduction in developing societies: The experience of the ILO decent work project in Ghana
R Azunu, JK Mensah
2019 Local Economy 34 (5), 405-420, 2019 Social Sciences 45
Local economic development initiatives in Ghana: The challenges and the way forward
J MENSAH
2013 Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2013 Social Sciences 36
Urban agriculture, local economic development and climate change: conceptual linkages
JK Mensah
2023 International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 15 (1), 141-151, 2023 Social Sciences 34
The policy and practice of local economic development in Ghana
JK Mensah, JN Bawole, A Ahenkan, R Azunu
2019 Urban Forum 30 (2), 205-222, 2019 Social Sciences 29
Public service motivation scholarship in Africa: a systematic review and research agenda
JN Bawole, JK Mensah, GB Amegavi
2019 International Journal of Public Administration 42 (6), 497-508, 2019 Social Sciences 27
Commitment to public interest and public service motivation development challenges: a qualitative inquiry
Д Омегави, Д Менса
2020 Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления, 67-83, 2020 Social Sciences 24
Stimulating and developing sustainable urban local economies: The role of urban agriculture
JK Mensah
2023 Development Southern Africa 40 (5), 1086-1099, 2023 Social Sciences 23
Recognizing, supporting and embracing the urban informal economy in Ghana: A local economic development perspective
JK Mensah
2023 Urban Research & Practice 16 (1), 25-43, 2023 Social Sciences 18
Mitigating corruption in sub-Saharan Africa: Does heterogeneity in corruption levels matter?
GB Amegavi, A Quarshie, JK Mensah
2022 Public Integrity 24 (2), 229-242, 2022 Social Sciences 17
Powering the slum. Meeting SDG 7 in Accra’s informal settlements
JK Mensah, EL Birch
2021 Kleinman center for energy policy 21, 2021 Social Sciences 16
Digital transformation and implications for the informal sector of Ghana
A Acquah, AN Agyabeng, JK Mensah
2024 Social Sciences 15
Understanding policy framework for slum governance in a developing country
A Nkrumah Agyabeng, J Nyigmah Bawole, A Ahenkan, JK Mensah, ...
2022 International Journal of Public Leadership 18 (4), 355-368, 2022 Social Sciences 14
Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications
A Preko, A Nkrumah Agyabeng, JK Mensah
2021 Health Education 121 (6), 632-648, 2021 Health Sciences 14
The politics of microcredit facilities as pro-poor intervention in solving gender inequality in Ghana: the political settlement perspective
MO Amankwa, JN Bawole, JK Mensah, TG Mohale
2021 Global Social Welfare 8 (4), 287-299, 2021 Social Sciences 12