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Africa offers one of the most compelling environments for examining the social, ethical, institutional, and societal dimensions of management. For scholars committed to understanding responsible behavior by organizations and the people and groups working in and around them, the continent provides rich opportunities to explore how ethics, governance, legitimacy, and stakeholder relationships unfold in diverse contexts.

The Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) brings together a global community of researchers dedicated to rigorous, context‑grounded, and socially impactful scholarship. Our mission aligns directly with SIM's purpose: to study the social issues, institutions, interactions, and impacts of management, and to develop knowledge that promotes responsible behavior, social change, and sustainable development.

Why SIM scholars will find African contexts - and AFAM's community - uniquely valuable

• A natural laboratory for studying individual and organizational ethics, including values, norms, moral reasoning, and behavioral ethics across cultures and institutions.
• Rich settings for examining governance systems, from corporate governance and compliance to public–private partnerships, regulatory environments, and anti‑corruption efforts.
• Opportunities to explore stakeholder relationships, including community engagement, environmental stewardship, philanthropy, and corporate social responsibility.
• Institutional diversity that raises fundamental questions about legitimacy, accountability, and the role of business in society.
• Empirical contexts for studying social and environmental governance, sustainability practices, and the societal impacts of organizational decisions.
• A platform for bridging scholarship and practice, aligned with SIM's commitment to applied social practices and methods that promote social change.
• A vibrant scholarly community that supports interdisciplinary inquiry across ethics, sociology, political economy, sustainability, and organizational studies.

AFAM complements SIM's mission by offering a space where scholars can explore how organizations interact with society, how institutions shape behavior, and how management can contribute to ethical conduct, social justice, and sustainable development.

If your work seeks to understand the social responsibilities of organizations - and how management can contribute to societal well‑being - AFAM offers a platform for collaboration, comparative research, and meaningful impact.

👉 Discover more and start engaging with us:
https://africaacademyofmanagement.org

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Guy NJAMBONG, PharmD, MBA, MSc
Communications Director
Africa Academy of Management | AFAM
https://africaacademyofmanagement.org
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📌AJOM Call for Papers: Pen the future of African modernities - meet the editors, see the clues. #PYKPOC opens in 24h⏳

✒️ Something is being rewritten at the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) - official journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM). 📅In less than 24h, AJOM will open a Call for Papers (CfP) that invites you to write from a place rarely given room on the page.

#PYKPOC - Pen Your Knowledge: Pen Our Conversation.

🎙️ The Guest Editors: A pluriversal circle. Six minds. Three continents, one continent at heart. One conversation.

• Natasha Winkler-Titus (PhD) - Stellenbosch Business School 🇿🇦 · Deputy Programme Chair, AFAM • Dr Emamdeen Fohim - University of Bern 🇨🇭 · co-founder, Centre for African Smart Public Value Governance (C4SP) • Prof. Rebecca Namatovu-Dawa - Copenhagen Business School 🇩🇰  • Prof. Thomas Anning-Dorson, PhD - Wits Business School 🇿🇦 • Prof. Renate E. Meyer - WU Vienna 🇦🇹 · Copenhagen Business School · Saïd Business School, Oxford • Prof. Joel Gehman - The George Washington University 🇺🇸

🤔 What could they be plotting together? A few clues to spark your imagination 👇

🔹 Which modernities - quietly born? [OMT, CMS, MH, MSR] 🔹 Which technologies - free or chain? [CTO, TIM, CMS, SIM] 🔹 Which cases - already alive? [ENT, ODC, BPS, PNP] 🔹 Which infrastructures - still owed? [TIM, OSCM, HCM, PNP] 🔹 Whose rules, minerals, code? [IM, BPS, ONE, SIM] 🔹 Whose time, whose tomorrow? [OMT, MOC, MSR, RM] 🔹 What is Gen Z already writing? [ENT, DEI, CAR, MED]

✒️ Many things will be questioned. And solutions will need your pen. Make your guesses. Tag a colleague who should be at this table.

🪶In the meantime, Pen Your Knowledge: Pen Our Conversation - #PYKPOC. Bring what only you can write. Together, we will hold the conversation.

#CfP #PYKPOC #AJOM #AFAM #CallForPapers #AfricanScholarship #AfricaJournalOfManagement #FutureMaking #DigitalTransformation #Africa #ManagementResearch #OrganizationStudies #Innovation #Pluriversality #AOM #IFSAM #RME #BAM #SpecialIssue

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Guy NJAMBONG
Communications Director
Africa Academy of Management | AFAM
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