Professor James Baba Abugre

Professor James Baba Abugre is a distinguished Human Resource Management scholar and higher education leader whose work bridges academic research and institutional administration. He specializes in international human resource management, employee engagement, organizational and employee communication, and leadership. With a PhD from Swansea University, an MPhil in HR and MA in communication studies both from the University of Ghana-Legon, and a rich experience across leading African universities as external examiner, he has built a reputation for advancing strategic HRM and organizational effectiveness in both business institutions and higher education. He currently serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Human Resource Management at the University of Kigali while maintaining a strong academic profile through teaching, research, and publication in human resource management and organizational studies.

Teaching and Supervision Impact

Prof. James Baba Abugre is a passionate worker and very enthusiastic in everything he engages in either social or academic. His teaching and supervision of students have created enormous impact on their lives that he was voted in 2022 as an impactful teacher by the Association of African University Impact Series (AAU) to share his life impact on students -this can be witnessed from this link- Impact Stories: Prof. James Baba Abugre shares his life experiences with Impact Stories 

He has taught many courses in the university and supervised hundreds of students from undergraduate to PhD levels.

Work Experience and Impact

Prof. James Baba Abugre is an avid worker who leaves an impact of his work ethics on wherever he goes. Among the institutions he has worked for before becoming an academic scholar are:

1. The Anglican Vocational School- a Teacher of English
2. The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council – as an Administrator
3. The Navrongo Health Research Institute/ Ghana Vitamin A Supplementation Trial- as a Field Researcher 
4. The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) -Field Researcher – where he participated in the Afrobarometer 1, 2, and 3 continental research.
5. Bolgatanga Girls Secondary School – French Teacher 
6. The British American Tobacco Company Ltd.- corporate communication PR unit
7. The University of Ghana- from Lecturer to Professor
8. University of Kigali- as DVC Admin & HR.

Internationalization and Editorial Services

Prof. James Baba Abugre continue to impact on global assignment through his services as 

1. Associate Editor- International Journal of Cross-cultural management (IJCCM)
2. Editorial Board member of the Journal of African Business. 
3. Former Executive Secretary of the Academy of African Business and Development
4. Ghana Ambassador – Academy of Management- Human Resource Division.

Consultancy and Leadership Development

Prof. James Baba Abugre is a Senior Consultant with the Corporate Support Group-Ghana Ltd, and he has facilitated in several corporate training programmes internationally and locally in human resource and organizational development, Business communication, corporate communication plans, report and textual writing in organisations, translations from French to English documentations, and leadership and Decision-making in organisations.