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COLLINS OPOKU ANTWI

  • NUGS-Shanghai
  • Management Science And Engineering (Phd)
  • University Of Shanghai For Science And Technology (usst)
Other-Publications (10)

Does the nature of airport terminal service activities matter? Processing and non-processing service quality, passenger affective image and satisfacti 24 Aug 2020

2020, Journal of Air Transport Management

Airport Self-Service Technologies, Passenger Self-Concept, and Behavior: An Attributional View 15 Mar 2021

2021 Sustainability

Do airport staff helpfulness and communication generate behavioral loyalty in transfer passengers? A conditional mediation analysis 13 Apr 2020

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Career adapt-abilities scale in Ghana: Psychometric properties and associations with individual-level ambidexterity and employees’ service performan 13 Apr 2020

Current Psychology

Validating the Auckland Individualism–Collectivism Scale (AICS): Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance in Hong Kong and Ghanaian Sampl 13 Apr 2020

Psychological Studies

Finding something good in the bad: the curvilinear emotional demand-conflict teacher–child relationship link 13 Apr 2020

Early Child Development and Care

Factorial Validity of the Student–Teacher Relationship Scale—Short Form, Latent Means Comparison of Teacher–Student Relationship Quality and Ass 13 Apr 2020

Psychological Studies

Teacher burnout in pre-schools: A cross-cultural factorial validity, measurement invariance and latent mean comparison of the Maslach Burnout Inventor 13 Apr 2020

Children and Youth Services Review

Are customers still with us? The influence of optimum stimulation level and IT-specific traits on mobile banking discontinuous usage intentions 13 Apr 2020

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Job demand stressors and employees’ creativity: a within-person approach to dealing with hindrance and challenge stressors at the airport environmen 13 Apr 2020

Service Industry Journal

Unemployment trends and labour market entry in Ghana: job search methods perspective
Labor History

13 Apr 2020 | 11:56

Abstract

Statistical information is critical for both government and the general public for monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of employment policies and programmes. This paper revisits the labour market trends between 2012 and 2016 and discusses the importance of job search methods for labour market entry in Ghana. We explored job search methods (Formal and Informal Methods) used by 235 participants from seven regions of Ghana. Results revealed that many of the participants highly relied on informal job search methods to secure jobs across all demographic variables. This has been the case in Ghana when unemployment continues to increase leading to a difficult labour market entry. Our findings, therefore, suggest that in such a restricted labour market, employment success is likely to be determined by ‘whom you know’. The results offer practical recommendations for private and public employment consultancies, as well as policymakers to institute impactful intervention programmes for job seekers on the efficient ways of developing and sustaining meaningful social capital/networks to enhance their chances of finding employment.