Research Areas

Industrial Relations ,Entrepreneurship,Strategic Management,Organization Behavior,Marketing,Human Resource Management,

Profile

Benson Munyenyembe is a Management Lecturer at the University of Malawi's Department of Management and Leadership Studies (MLS). He joined the University in 2021. Benson is a holder of a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Human Resource and Strategy Management) and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (Management), both from National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Benson also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Administration, from the University of Malawi. Throughout his professional and academic life, Benson has won several merit-based research awards such as the MOFA Taiwan Fellowship (2023), the University of Malawi UNIMAREF Research Grant (2022), and the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Research Grant (2021). As a researcher, Benson has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles as well as presented research papers at renowned international conferences.

Publications

• Journal Article
  Munyenyembe, B & Ying-Yu Chen (2022) COVID-19 anxiety-coping strategies of frontline health workers in a low-income country Malawi: A qualitative inquiry. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 37(1), 47 67. (Scopus indexed) https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2021.2011303 (2022)
  

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• Journal Article
  Munyenyembe, B. (2022). Managerial Use of Disciplinary Measures and Absenteeism among Frontline Health Workers: The Moderating Roles of Job Resources and Job Demands. The Journal of Behavioral Science, 17(3), 35–50. (Scopus indexed) https://so06.tci thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/256003 (2022)
  

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• Journal Article
  Munyenyembe, B., Chen, Y-Y., & Sambo, G. (2021). COVID-19 sources of primary care nurses’ work disengagement in Malawi. The Journal of Behavioral Science, 16(1), 1-13. (Scopus indexed). https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/243848 (2021)
  

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• Journal Article
  Munyenyembe, B., Chen, Y-Y., & Chou, C. W. (2020). The moderating role of regulatory institutional environment in the relationship between emotional job demands and health workers’ absenteeism likelihood: Evidence from the low-income country context. Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI indexed, 2019 Impact Factor=2.067). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01052 (2020)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Munyenyembe, B., Chen, Y-Y., & Chiweza, A.L. (2020). An investigation into the effectiveness of local government councils’ financial transparency mediums in Malawi. TASS 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management, Humanities & Social Sciences. Taipei, Taiwan. (2020)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Munyenyembe, B., & Chen, Y-Y. (2020). Job demands, work engagement and absenteeism: The role of the regulatory institutional environment. Academy of International Business, AIB 2020 Miami Conference Proceedings. Miami, USA. (2020)
  

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