Emotional labour was conceptualised by Hochschild in 1983 as a form of oppression on the service worker devised by a capitalist society; where not only were workers’ physical actions managed, but their emotions as well. Research in the area developed this concept identifying the…
Despite their shared origin in the critique of the conceptualisation of organisational knowledge expressed in strategic management literature, common socio-constructionist ontological assumptions and initial enthusiasm towards inter-disciplinary dialogue, interaction between pos…
Devolution of power, responsibilities, and resources from central to local governments has been the foundation of decentralization reforms in developing countries like Ethiopia. The most recent decentralization reforms in Ethiopia began in the early 2000s at the woreda (district…
This thesis provides an analysis of the politics of the design and implementation of Nigeria's Conditional Grant Scheme to Local Government Areas (CGS to LGAs) through the lenses of elite commitment and state capacity. The study employs Brinkerhoff's (2000) and Fukuyama's (2013)…