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The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to identify the negative behaviors that constitute bullying in higher education as reported by students, and (b) to explore differences in student experiences in two markedly different national contexts. A sample of 1,189 respondents from two universities in Ghana (n = 751) and two universities in Norway (n = 438) answered the same questionnaire. Approximately 40% of the Ghanaian students and 20% of the Norwegian students responded that they had been bullied. Although less frequently observed than in Ghana, relational forms of bullying (e.g., being excluded) were more prevalent in Norway compared to other behaviors. In contrast, direct and verbal forms of bullying, such as name-calling and being taunted, were most common in Ghana. The findings provide insights into cultural and national variations with respect to negative social behaviors related to bullying in the context of higher education.

The study examined the effect of innovation education on entrepreneurial intentions among postgraduate students and the role of innovation competence and gender. The study was a survey, with data collected using a structured questionnaire. The study used Master's students of Akenten-Appiah Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Ghana. The sample includes 370 Master's students from 10 faculties of the university. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The study found that innovation education has significant positive influence on entrepreneurial intention. Innovation competence was found to mediate the relationship between innovation education and entrepreneurial intention. Finally, gender moderated the relationship between innovation education and innovation competence and also moderated the relationship between innovation competence and entrepreneurial intention. Assessing the moderating role of gender between innovation education and innovation competence, as well as, innovation competence and entrepreneurial intention, represents novel contributions of this study.

A comprehensive review of the social entrepreneurship literature on social entrepreneurship's success in solving social challenges despite significant resource and capacity deficits raises questions, particularly regarding how capacities should be built to ensure long-term social and economic impact. Using the theory of organizational learning, this study analyzes the link between team exploratory and exploitative learning on social entrepreneurship orientation. The cross-sectional examination of 473 social enterprises in Ghana verifies our predictions regarding positive connections between the variables. The findings demonstrate that team exploratory learning has a stronger positive impact on social entrepreneurship orientation than team exploitative learning. From a managerial standpoint, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of social enterprises can demonstrate greater use of team exploratory and exploitative learning by devising exercises that push their teams outside of their comfort zones to actively engage in internal and external interactive discourse on team learning to substantially impact their social entrepreneurship orientation. From the ambidextrous perspective of social enterprises, circumventing the notable "failure" and "success" traps that occur with excessive exploration and exploitation respectively, demands a balance between the two for long-term impact on social entrepreneurship orientation. This study delves into the differentially positive function of team exploratory and exploitative learning on social entrepreneurship orientation, with the goal of overcoming the resource/capability bottleneck and boosting social market performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to identify the negative behaviors that constitute bullying in higher education as reported by students, and (b) to explore differences in student experiences in two markedly different national contexts. A sample of 1,189 respondents from two universities in Ghana (n = 751) and two universities in Norway (n = 438) answered the same questionnaire. Approximately 40% of the Ghanaian students and 20% of the Norwegian students responded that they had been bullied. Although less frequently observed than in Ghana, relational forms of bullying (e.g., being excluded) were more prevalent in Norway compared to other behaviors. In contrast, direct and verbal forms of bullying, such as namecalling and being taunted, were most common in Ghana. The findings provide insights into cultural and national variations with respect to negative social behaviors related to bullying in the context of higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The advent and development of technologies such as artificial intelligence have created benefits and challenges for educational stakeholders. Artificial intelligence, such as OpenAI's Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), has brought new benefits, challenges and pressures for higher educational institutions. There are relatively few reports of how students perceive and intend to use ChatGPT. Taking cognizance of these, the research explored students' perceptions and intentions to use ChatGPT in their higher education. Guided by two hypotheses and a mixed-method approach, the analysis revealed no statistical relationship between perception and intention to use ChatGPT. Despite this statistical relationship, the study reported students' positive perceptions towards ChatGPT, and intentions to use ChatGPT and advocated its adoption in education. Based on these findings, the study offers implications for educational practices and further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to amplify Ghana's code of conduct, a provision made to control the behavior of political parties, candidates, and supporters in the electoral processes as well as their day-to-day activities. Although existing studies have documented the merits of organizational citizenship behavior such as sacrificial behaviors, little research has explored organizational citizenship behavior in the context of political parties. In this light, we argue that political parties' external behavioral conformity depends on the parties' internal behavior checks. We draw on the self-concept theory to elucidate how ethical party culture and party control shape party citizens' self-concept to define their conforming behavior. Having investigated 404 members of different political parties, we have found that ethical party culture has a positive impact on party citizenship behavior. In addition, party control positively moderates this linkage. Theoretically, we reveal factors that positively influence organizational citizenship behavior and identify ethical organizational culture and control as components of individuals' self-conception. From a practical standpoint, our study shows the need for political parties to construct ethical party culture and install party controls comprising process, output, and normative controls to nurture and guide party citizenship behavior. The findings can augment the Ghanaian government's code of conduct by nurturing conforming behaviors via the parties' internal behavior-shaping mechanisms that consequently promote external conduct consistent with the political parties' code of conduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Domestic violence is a severe human rights predicament that transcends cultural, economic, social and religious ranks. It affects human dignity and health, and has long-term socioeconomic consequences. This paper examines domestic violence issues from the Ghanaian and Chinese perspectives, while highlighting the relationship between domestic violence and human rights. Ghana's government has enacted the Domestic Violence Act 732 (2007) to help fight this menace, while China has enacted the 2016 anti-domestic violence law. This was purposely enacted to protect the victims through full legal measures, while specifically ensuring protection orders and a written notice method that warrants early mediation from employers, government officials, social workers, and law enforcement authorities. This paper unravels the numerous factors behind domestic violence and recommends that China and Ghana should effectively fight against domestic violence by adopting an efficient approach to expose the menace of domestic violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, many governments have taken an entrenched position to lock down their cities to prevent its spread. There has been a lot of effect on contract performance. Are parties who enter into such contract liable when they fail to perform their contractual obligations or are merely associated with Covid-19 as a force majeure? This paper compares contract performance in China and Ghana in the wake of Covid-19. The study finds that force majeure clauses in China are coded in Article 117 of the Chinese Contract Law; however, in Ghana, it is generally scattered but mainly found in the Contract Law Act, 1960 of Ghana. The Contract Law Act, 1960 does not capture the force majeure clause. However, force majeure clauses are agreed upon by the contractual parties in consultation with force majeure clauses from common laws. Also, force majeure is not implied in contract performance; hence, the list of events constituting force majeure should be agreed upon by the contractual parties and captured in the contract. Therefore, Article 117 of the Chinese Contract Law expounds that a party who was unable to perform a contract due to force majeure is exempted from liability in part or whole in the light of the impact of the event of force majeure except otherwise provided by law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

These authors contributed equally: Emmanuel Mensah Horsey, Lijia Guo, Jiashun Huang.Correction to: Humanities and Social Sciences Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01698-8, published online 15 May 2023.Owing to an error during typesetting Emmanuel Horsey was wrongly indicated as a third corresponding author. The published paper has been corrected to indicate only two corresponding authors, namely: Lijia Guo & Jiashun Huang.By Emmanuel Mensah Horsey; Lijia Guo and Jiashun HuangReported by Author; Author; Author [Extracted from the article]

The present study sought to verify the utility and reliability of footprint dimensions in sex determination in a Ghanaian population. Bilateral footprints were obtained from 126 Ghanaian students (66 males and 60 females) aged 18–30 years at Koforidua Polytechnic using an ink pad and white papers. Seven dimensions–length of each toe (designated T1-T5) from the most anterior point of the toe to the mid-rear heel point, breadth at ball (BAB) and breadth at heel (BAH)–and the heel-ball (HB) index were obtained from each footprint. Some footprint dimensions (i.e. T2, T3, T4 and T5) showed statistically significant bilateral asymmetry in males only. All the footprint dimensions, except HB index, were significantly greater in males than females (p<0.001). Applied singly in discriminant function analysis, the footprint dimensions allowed 69.8%-80.3% of cases to be correctly classified into their sex groups; the accuracy of sex classification was higher using left footprints than right footprints. With all dimensions subjected to stepwise discriminant function analysis 80.3% and 77% of cases could be correctly classified, combining both T5 and BAH for left footprints and T1, BAB and BAH for left footprints respectively. The present study has demonstrated, for the first time among Ghanaian subjects, the utility and reliability of sex determination standards developed from footprint dimensions. The results thus provide the baseline for elaborated studies in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the years, Ghana has been challenged with erratic power cuts and load shedding, and waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies have been identified as one of the solutions to remedy the situation. In the current study, a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is performed on four different WtE technologies viz anaerobic digestion, gasification, plasma arc gasification, and pyrolysis to identify the alternative with the most techno-economic advantage for investment in Ghana. The goal of the current study is achieved using a fuzzy TOPSIS approach. Five academic and field experts were employed to judge all four alternatives according to ten selected techno-economic criteria. The present study reveals that for all the alternatives under consideration, the most feasible WtE technology for investment in Ghana follows the order; gasification > anaerobic digestion > pyrolysis > plasma arc gasification. The most influential technical and economic criteria are energy generation per annum and initial investment, respectively. Sensitivity analysis shows a high degree of consistency, robustness, and stability in the obtained results. The current work recommends that the integration of anaerobic digestion and gasification should be promoted as it has the potential to offer a well-balanced WtE technology under both technical and economic conditions compared to the stand-alone systems. Findings from the current study could ease the decision-making of potential WtE technology investors in Ghana. [Display omitted] • Four WtE alternatives have been analyzed for investment in Ghana. • Ten techno-economic-based criteria for decision-making. • Fuzzy TOPSIS has been successfully used to select the most ideal technology. • Feasibility of WtE technologies is in the order; gasification > anaerobic digestion > pyrolysis > plasma arc gasification. • Results show high degree of consistency, robustness and stability from sensitivity analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]