All Outputs (4)

In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption (2024)
Journal Article
Torbor, M., Sarpong, D., Ofosu, G., & Boakye, D. (2024). In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05703-1

Drawing on the pragmatic turn in contemporary social theory, we explore how corporate elites accused of corruption in the context of weak institutions engage in their justification works. Empirically, we focus on three high-profile corruption scandal... Read More about In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption.

'Mining women' and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space (2024)
Journal Article
Ofosu, G., Sarpong, D., Torbor, M., & Asante, S. (2024). 'Mining women' and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space. Economic and Industrial Democracy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X23121256

The intractable challenges faced by female mine workers have come to dominate the discourse and scholarship on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations. However, the extensive focus on the informal and labour-intensive segments has engendere... Read More about 'Mining women' and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space.

Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings (2022)
Journal Article
Ofosu, G., Torbor, M., & Sarpong, D. (2022). Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings. Journal of Rural Studies, 96, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.013

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has often been touted as an employment-creation avenue for millions of operators worldwide, including women. This employment-generation narrative has, however, been occasioned by the immense scholarly focus on t... Read More about Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings.

Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions (2021)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., Nyuur, R., & Torbor, M. K. (2022). Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 28(3), 698-719. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0526

Purpose-Careers have come to dominate contemporary discourse on gendered entrepreneurship. In this paper, we explore entrepreneurial careers as recounted by commercially successful female entrepreneurs to examine how they strategize to construct desi... Read More about Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions.