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Envisioning Incentives for Improving University Governance: A Ghanaian Perspective

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  • Bernard Bekuni Boawei Bingab

    (University of Education Winneba, Ghana)

  • Joseph Ato Forson

    (National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand)

  • Oscar Siema Mmbali

    (National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand)

  • Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)

  • Joshua-Luther Ndoye Upoalkpajor

    (National Commission for Civic Education, Ghana)

Abstract

The incentive to strengthen university governance system has three implications: (1) improving the quality of the university education system, and thus providing students and the general public value for money, (2) enhancing the utilization of resources invested in university education, and (3) contributing significantly to the formation of human capital, quality of public leadership, and best services to the society. However, there are limited studies on how this can be realized in Ghana. This is a qualitative study seeking to explore the following questions: What is needed to ensure desirable university governance? And how can it be achieved? In-depth interviews and documentary research were used to collect data from twenty-three participants. The study examines key governance issues such as funding, accountability, infrastructure, trust, and regulation. The study contextually contributes to the literature on university governance and management by bringing to the fore the incentives needed to enhance it for a better output to meet the development needs of the Ghanaian economy and the African continent with similar challenges as a whole.

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  • Bernard Bekuni Boawei Bingab & Joseph Ato Forson & Oscar Siema Mmbali & Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh & Joshua-Luther Ndoye Upoalkpajor, 2016. "Envisioning Incentives for Improving University Governance: A Ghanaian Perspective," International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, vol. 5(2), pages 223-244.
    • Handle: RePEc:isv:jouijm:v:5:y:2015:i:2:p:223-244
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    1. Joseph Ato Forson & Rosemary Afrakomah Opoku, 2014. "Government’s Restructuring Pay Policy and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Teachers in the Ga West Municipal Assembly of Ghana," International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, vol. 3(1), pages 79-99.
    2. Khandakar Qudrat‐I Elahi, 2009. "UNDP on good governance," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 36(12), pages 1167-1180, October.
    3. Bingab, Bernard B.B. & Forson, Joseph Ato & Mmbali, Oscar S. & Baah-Ennumh, Theresa Yabaa, 2015. "The evolution of university governance in Ghana: implications for education policy and practice," MPRA Paper 70940, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Feb 2016.
    4. Bernard Bingab & Joseph Forson & Oscar Mmbali & Theresa Baah-Ennumh, 2016. "The Evolution of University Governance in Ghana: Implications for Education Policy and Practice," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(5), pages 147-147, May.
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