Grace Abban-Ampiah is a Lecturer and Doctoral student in Human Resource Management at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Her research interest includes HR Analytics, Leadership, Career Development, Succession Planning, Learning and Development as well Women Entrepreneurship Development. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Below outlines her research publications and conference presentations.

Professional affiliations

• Africa Academy of Management (AFAM)
• Academy of Management (AOM

• Human Resource Management

Her research interest includes HR Analytics, Leadership, Career Development, Recruitment and Selection, Succession Planning, Learning and Development as well Women Entrepreneurship Development.

Date (2021-current)

• Project Name: Joint Saginaw Valley State University, USA /GIMPA Research Project
• Sponsor: Family Business Review Call, (USD 15000)

• Awarded full funding to participate in the DIWA Impact Evaluation Training and Matchmaking workshop, 2023
• AOMAnnual Meeting Reviewer Appreciation Certificate, 2023
• Awarded a scholarship to the Turkish Erasmus Scholarship Programme in 2022.
• Awarded Certificate of Excellence in Cross-Cultural Research, (GLOBE, 2020)
• Outstanding Reviewer Awardee, Africa Journal of Management, 2019.
• International Women’s Day Award – GIMPA, Ghana, 2018
• Career and Entrepreneurship Fair Award – GIMPA, Ghana, 2017

Undergraduate Level Course, GIMPA Business School, GIMPA, Accra, Ghana

• HRMT300: Training and Development
• HRM300A: Recruitment, Selection, and Staffing
• BUS226B: Introduction to Human Resource Management
• HRM421B: Compensation and Benefits
• BUS 404B: Entrepreneurship for the Self

Peer reviewed book chapters

Title of Book:

• The Fear of Being Different: The Intangible Price of Prejudice and Misunderstanding

Title of Book chapter

• Feminine Shyness as an Illustration of Minority Effect in a Male-Dominated Company in Ghana (By G. Abban-Ampiah) Editor: Charles B. Hutchison, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC Publisher (Under Contract): Rowman & Littlefield Publication Date: Fall 2017. 

• Koramoah, A. O., & Abban-Ampiah, G. (2020). Challenges in the Informal Sector: A Tale of Four Successful Entrepreneurs in the Makola Market in Ghana. In Handbook of Research on Smart Territories and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Sustainable Growth (pp. 346-377). IGI Global.
• Abban-Ampiah, G., Yobanya, J. M., & Ofori-Dankwa, J. (2020). African traditional ethical values: Illustrations from the Akan context in Ghana and business implications. In African virtue ethics traditions for business and management(pp. 42-63). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Abban-Ampiah, G., Ofori-Dankwa, J., & DelVecchio, M. (2022). USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH BUSINESS COURSES IN GHANA. Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and Organization, 295.

Peer reviewed conference papers

• Abban-Ampiah, & J. Ofori Dankwa (2017). Reassessing the Negative Employee Perceptions of Performance Appraisals in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Levels of Analysis Question (International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology, ICEBUT, 2017, Methodist University, Ghana)
• Zoogah, D. & G. Abban-Ampiah (AFAM2018) ‘’Running Head: Social Comparisons, Self-identity and Development Behaviours Social Comparisons, Regulatory Focus, and Development Behaviours: The Moderating Role of Self Identity (Oral presentation at the 4th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa).
• Abban-Ampiah (AFAM2020) ‘’Framework for Leadership Training Programmes Effectiveness” (Oral presentation at the 5th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management, Lagos, Nigeria).

• G. Abban-Ampiah (Afam2022). “HR Analytics: A Predictive Tool for Strategic Human Resource Management at the Work Place” Accepted for paperpresentation at 8^th AFAM Biennial Conference at Cairo in Egypt.

Email: Gabban-ampiah@gimpa.edu.gh