New on Campus: Lecturer Nana Yaa A. Gyamfi [VR/360°]

After a long journey from CEIBS Campus in Accra, to Shanghai, via London and Barcelona, CEIBS Lecturer of Management Dr. Nana Yaa A. Gyamfi talks about living out her research on cultural identity, learning Chinese, similarities between Ghana and China, and finding a vibrant religious community in Shanghai.

0:00 “Nana from Ghana”

3:00 Researching cultural identity

5:20 Impressions of China, Shanghai and Pudong

7:00 Researchers’ dilemma

9:00 “I had a hard time calling my professors by their first name in the UK”

12:00 Separating research from life

14:00 Delving into Nana’s PHD

16:30 Plans for CEIBS

18:00 Discussing China and Africa

19:30 A language oddessy

22:00 Faith, and life outside of work

25:00 Messages for the CEIBS community

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Dr. Nana Yaa A. Gyamfi is Lecturer of Management at CEIBS. Prior to becoming a lecturer, she was a Research Associate and Human Resource Liaison at CEIBS. Dr. Gyamfi received Ph.D. degree in Management from IESE in 2022, M.Res. in Management from IESE in 2018 and M.Sc. in Organizational Behavior from London School of Economics and Political Science in 2013, B.Sc. in Administration in Accounting from University of Ghana Business School in 2010.

Dr. Gyamfi’s research interests concentrate mostly on cultural identity, identity theory, identity resources, multinational work contexts, and emerging markets. Her teaching area involves several fields related to international management, organizational behavior, and human resource management. One of her papers is published in an FT Top 50 journal: Academy of Management Review. Another manuscript is now accepted for publication in Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Business and Management. She was a nominee of the FIU/AIB Best Theory Paper Award at the 2021 Academy of International Business Conference and won an Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Author Contribution in 2020.

Dr. Gyamfi taught the online course “Managing Your Workforce” for the ABSA-CEIBS SME Capacity Building Programme. She is a member of Academy of Management, Academy of International Business and Society for Human Resource Management.

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What an inspirational journey. Proud of you Naya! Nana from Ghana