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Management Network Journal

Management Network Journal (MNJ)

ISSN: 1596-5074 (Print)

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2026

Title & Authors Pages DOI PDF
Dynamic Capabilities as Survival Mechanisms: A Conceptual Model of SME Sustainability in Conflict-Affected Economies
Abba Kyari Buba, Muhammad Isah Yakubu, Sheriffa Ahmed Nuhu
Purpose: This paper addresses the “triple threat” of security-induced instability, ecological shocks, and macroeconomic volatility facing SMEs in Yobe State, Nigeria. It explores h…
Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities, Business Sustainability, Yobe State, Post-conflict Recovery, Strategic Agility.
1-7 PDF
Digital Entrepreneurship as a Predictor of Agile Co-Creation among Women Entrepreneurs in Ashaka Town, Nigeria
Salome Mallum Mattah, Abba Kyari Buba, Habu Bah-Yaye Adamu
In semi-urban developing economies, women entrepreneurs increasingly rely on low-cost digital platforms to sustain adaptive and collaborative business practices under conditions of…
Keywords: Digital Entrepreneurship; Agile Co-Creation, Women-Owned SMEs, Synthetic-Data Modelling, Semi-Urban Entrepreneurship, Mobile Commerce, Northeast Nigeria.
8-19 PDF

2025

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The Influence of Perceived Financial Autonomy on Development Outcomes in Selected Local Governments Areas in Northeast Nigeria
Aishatu Musa Yusuf
Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between perceived financial autonomy of local governments and grassroots development outcomes in Northeast Nigeria. It explores ho…
Keywords: Financial autonomy, Grassroots development, Local government, Fiscal decentralisation, Nigeria, Governance.
1-8 PDF
Impact of Tangible and Intangible Non-Financial Incentives on Employee Performance: An Empirical Assessment
Wakil Gana Kafiya
This study examines the differential impact of tangible and intangible non-financial incentives on employee performance. Using a cross-sectional survey design (n = 324), I investig…
Keywords: Employee performance, Tangible non-financial rewards, Intangible non-financial rewards, Nigeria.
9-19 PDF
Factors Influencing Cryptocurrency Addiction Among Young Adults in Nigeria: An Exploratory Study
Abba Kyari Buba, Aliyu Isah Chikaji, Othman Bin Ibrahim
Purpose – This study tested an integrated behavioral model to identify psychosocial predictors of cryptocurrency addiction among young adults in Nigeria, focusing on the paradoxica…
Keywords: Cryptocurrency Addiction, Behavioral Addiction, Overconfidence, Theory of Planned Behavior, Social Learning Theory, Nigeria.
20-28 PDF
Educational Marketing as a Strategic Imperative for Higher Education Institutions in Resource-Constrained Settings
Mohammed Sule Waziri
This paper reconceptualises educational marketing as a dynamic organisational capability essential for institutional resilience in resource-constrained higher education systems. Fo…
Keywords: Educational Marketing, Institutional Resilience, Dynamic Capabilities, Nigerian Polytechnics, Performance-Based Funding, Higher Education Strategy.
29-34 PDF
Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery in Fragile Regional Economies: The Role of SMEs in Northeast Region, Nigeria
Bala Salisu, Maryam Mohammad Shuwama
Purpose: This study investigates the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to economic recovery in the fragile context of Northeast Nigeria. It examines the con…
Keywords: SMEs; Post-Conflict Economic Recovery; Northeast Nigeria; Employment Creation; Access to Finance; Post-Conflict Entrepreneurship.
35-41 PDF
Rebuilding Trust from Below: An Agent-Based Model of Citizen–State Interactions in Post-Conflict Northeast Nigeria
Dauda Mohammed Atiyaye, Abubakar Muhammad Atiyaye
Background: Rebuilding citizen trust is critical for service uptake and stabilization in post-conflict settings, yet micro-mechanisms linking frontline encounters, social networks,…
Keywords: Agent-Based Model, Trust; Post-Conflict Governance, Frontline Services, Community Engagement, Northeast Nigeria.
42-53 PDF

2024

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Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition in Technical Education: Towards a Theoretical Framework for National Development
Aishatu Musa Yusuf, Saleh Umar
This paper provides a conceptual clarification and theoretical synthesis on the integration of entrepreneurship skills acquisition into polytechnic curricula and its implications f…
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Polytechnic Curriculum, Human Capital, Capability Approach, National Development.
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Microfinance Banks and Entrepreneurship Development in Yobe State, Nigeria: A Theoretical and Contextual Analysis
Dauda Isa Tong, Usman Shuaibu, Sadiq Yerima
This paper explores how microfinance banks influence entrepreneurship development in Yobe State, Nigeria, using McClelland’s achievement motivation theory and Schumpeter’s innovati…
Keywords: Microfinance Banks, Entrepreneurship Development, Financial Inclusion, Achievement Motivation, Innovation Theory, Yobe State.
6-10 PDF
The Value Relevance of Environmental Accounting Disclosure: Evidence from the Nigerian Natural Resource Sector
Aisha Ibrahim Umar, Ibrahim Ali Bappa
This study investigates the financial implications of environmental accounting disclosure for firms operating in Nigeria’s economically vital but environmentally sensitive natural …
Keywords: Environmental Accounting, Firm Value, Tobin’s Q, Legitimacy Theory, Disclosure Quality, Nigeria, Natural Resource Sector.
11-15 PDF
Performance Appraisal Practices and Employee Performance: A Literature Overview
Maimuna Bulama, Maryam Mohammad Shuwama
Performance appraisal remains one of the most widely adopted human resource management practices for enhancing employee productivity and organisational performance. This study prov…
Keywords: Performance Appraisal, Employee Performance, Organisational Culture, Motivation, Bias, Developing Countries.
16-22 PDF
It’s Not Just About the Money: How Job Satisfaction Facets Differently Influence Academic and Senior Non-Academic Staff Performance in a Polytechnic
Fatima Yusuf, Aisha Yusuf Bukar, Abubakar Yusuf Maitama
This study investigates the distinct impact of various facets of job satisfaction on the performance of professional staff within a Nigerian public higher education institution. Gr…
Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Employee Performance, Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Motivator Factors, Hygiene Factors, Polytechnic, Nigeria.
23-26 PDF
The Empathy Engine: Reconciling Algorithmic Power and Human Trust in Digital Marketing
Ahmadu Rabiu Umar, Usman Shuaibu
The field of digital marketing has transcended its origins as a set of promotional tools to become a complex, AI-driven ecosystem defined by a central paradox. On one hand, the ine…
Keywords: Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Creator Economy, Data Privacy, Personalization, Customer-Centricity.
27-32 PDF

2023

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Regression Model for Forecasting the Vehicular Trip Generation Rate of Higher Institutions in Kebbi State Nigeria
Suleiman Abdulrahman, Kabiru Rogo Usman, Nura Shehu Aliyu Yaro, Bilya Sani, Jabir Allami
Trip generation rates offer crucial data for the transport planning process, particularly for the models of the interactions between land use and transportation. Students at univer…
Keywords: Travel Demand Forecasting, Traffic Count, Trip Generation Rate, Higher Education Institutions.
1-8 PDF
Hypothetical Notes on Minority Shareholder Participation in Annual General Meetings
Saidu Mohammed Also
This paper explores the implications of minority shareholder participation in Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in the corporate governance. It hypothetically surmises about the chall…
Keywords: Minority Shareholders, Annual General Meetings (AGMs), Participation, Inclusivity, Regulatory Framework.
9-15 PDF
Construct and Convergent Validities and Reliabilities of a Trait Emotional Intelligence Scale in Teacher Leadership
Bala Salisu
Teacher leadership emerges as a powerful force shaping the trajectory of schools and student outcomes. Central to effective teacher leadership is trait emotional intelligence (trai…
Keywords: Trait Emotional Intelligence, Teacher Leadership, Construct Validity, Convergent Validity, Internal Consistency Reliability.
16-21 PDF
Paradoxical Mindset as a Moderator between Sustainability Practices and Sustainability Performance
Abba Adam, Halima A. A. Yusuf, Salisu Alhaji Uba, Rajeh Bati Almasradi, Alharthi Rami Hashem E
Sustainability has recently become a key to long-term business success. Firms are applying Sustainability Practices (SPs) to improve their Sustainable Performance (SP). However, th…
Keywords: Sustainability Performance; Sustainability Practice; Paradoxical Mindset; Economic Performance; Environmental Performance; Social Performance.
22-29 PDF

2022

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An Essay on Performativity, Pulaaku, and the Fulɓe Legal Practitioners
Saidu Mohammed Also
This essay explores the symbiotic interaction between performativity, the Fulɓe ethical framework of pulaaku, and the legal profession. It unravels how pulaaku actively informs the…
Keywords: Performativity, Pulaaku, Fulɓe, Legal Practitioner, Culture and Law, Nigeria.
1-9 PDF
Modelling the Influence of Teachers’ Trait Emotional Intelligence on Leader Action Self-Efficacy: A Theoretical Approach
Bala Salisu
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model for investigating the relationship between the trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) of teachers as leaders a…
Keywords: Trait Emotional Intelligence, Self-Efficacy, Teachers as Leaders, Leader Action Self-Efficacy, Polytechnics, Nigeria.
10-20 PDF

2021

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Pedagogical Approaches for Delivering Entrepreneurship Development Programmes in Nigerian Polytechnics
Bala Salisu
Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) were introduced in Nigerian polytechnics to nurture entrepreneurial competences among graduates in response to unemployment and entre…
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Pedagogy, EDP Delivery Methods, Teaching Strategies, Nigerian Polytechnics.
1-5 PDF
Implications of the One Person Companies (OPCs) in Nigeria
Saidu Mohammed Also
The advent of One-Person Companies (OPCs) in Nigeria, ushered in by legislative reforms via the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, marks a significant development in the countr…
Keywords: One Person Companies (OPCs), Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, Nigeria, SMEs, Limited Liability.
6-11 PDF

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