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Phyllis Swanzy-Krah (PhD)

Full-time: Human Resource Management

Phyllis Swanzy-Krah is a human resource management scholar, educator, and academic leader whose work spans higher education, research, academic quality assurance, and organisational practice. She holds a PhD in Human Resource Management and an MPhil in Management and Human Resource Strategy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, as well as a BSc in Human Resource Management from Central University. Her academic development also includes a postdoctoral research fellowship at Leipzig University’s SEPT Competence Centre. Her research focuses on the human side of organisations, with interests in leadership, employee behaviour and well-being, work–family dynamics, ethics, entrepreneurship, and human resource management in African and emerging-economy contexts. Her scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics and Africa Journal of Management, and her ongoing work continues to examine contemporary people and organisational challenges. She is a member of the Academy of Management and the African Academy of Management. Drawing on previous academic leadership experience in departmental and quality assurance roles, she is also interested in academic quality, institutional effectiveness, and meaningful student learning. As an educator, she seeks to connect rigorous management theory with real organisational challenges while creating an inclusive, engaging, and intellectually stimulating environment in which students can thrive.

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Human Resource Management
  • Applied Capstone
  • Human Resource Management
  • Leadership and Employee Well-Being
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Work–Family Dynamics
  • African Management and Emerging-Economy Contexts
  • Samba, C., Swanzy-Krah, P., Adjanor-Doku, C., Darke, I. D., & Zoogah, B. D. (2025). Ethnic leadership in Africa: A systematic literature review. Africa Journal of Management, 11(4), 437–464. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2025.2582445
  • Zoogah, B. D., & Swanzy-Krah, P. (2024). Ethnic obligation and deviant behavior: A dynamic moral economy perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 195(2), 375–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05626-x
  • Darke, I. D., Mensah, P. O., Asamoah Antwi, F., & Swanzy-Krah, P. (2024). Co-worker support and affective commitment during a global crisis: Evidence from an emerging economy. Cogent Business & Management, 11(1), 2298225. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2023.2298225
  • PhD Human Resource Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
  • MPhil Management and Human Resource Strategy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
  • BSc. Human Resource Management, Central University, Ghana

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