A Justice Lens on University-Industry Collaboration: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Afua Konadu Owusu-Kwarteng; Olufunmilola Lola Dada; Sarah Jack; Cynthia Forson

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A Justice Lens on University-Industry Collaboration: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Afua Konadu Owusu-Kwarteng, Olufunmilola Lola Dada, Sarah Jack, Cynthia Forson

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With a commitment to foster innovation and economic growth, universities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have adopted the university-industry collaboration (UIC) policies and practices of North America and Europe, without contextualizing these perspective frameworks. This has led to UIC in SSA remaining weak, limited, and lacking in formality. Drawing on organizational justice theory and semi-structured interviews with 36 faculty members, this paper identifies information asymmetry, organizational inefficiency, and organizational mistrust within universities in SSA, which affects the motives, channels, and outcomes of UIC. The paper argues that the relational and organizational context of universities are key to advancing UIC in SSA.

Original language	English
Journal	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Volume	2025
Issue number	1
Early online date	17 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.248bp
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2025
Event	85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 25 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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