Research Expertise:

the impact of globalization on work and employment; human resources management in construction and hotel industries; human resource management in transition/developing/African economies; informal sector employment issues in Africa; counterproductive work behaviour in developing countries and HR implications of international business and FDI in Africa.

Other Roles:

• Editorial Board:Scientific Journal of Administrative Development., Doha, Qatar.
• Ghana Policy Review  (ISSN:0855-3238).
• Consulting Editor: Lagos Organizational Review  (Nigeria).
• Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Human Resource Management

Selected academic publications:

• Debrah, Competing for Scarce Talent in a Liberalized Environment: Evidence from the Aviation Industry in Africa (with J. Amankwah-Amoah),International Journal of Human Resource Management, Accepted & Forthcoming
• Debrah, Y.A.  The Evolution of Alliances in the  Global Airline Industry: A  Review of the Africa  Experience (with J. Amankwah-Amoah). Thunderbird International Business Review.  Accepted and Forthcoming.
• Debrah, Y. A.  Female Talent Development in African Business Schools (with K. Ibeh) Journal of World Business, Accepted & Forthcoming (Published Online).
• Debrah, Y.A. The Protracted Collapse of Ghana Airways: Lessons in Organizational Failure (with J. Amankwah-Amoah), Group & Organisation Management, Vol. 35, No.5, 2010 pp.636-665.
• Debrah, Y.A Exploring Team Orientation on Real Estate Construction Projects through the Lens of Social Cognitive Theory (with N.A. Ankrah, D.G. Proverb and D.K. Ahadzie), Real Estate and Development Economics Research Journal,  Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.1-28.
• Debrah, Y.A. Employment Relations in Small –And - Medium-Sized Enterprises: Insights from Ghana (with F. Mmieh,) International Journal of HRM, Vol. 26 (7), 2009 pp 1554-1574.
• Debrah, Y.A. (2009) Factors Influencing the Culture of a Construction Project Organisation: An Empirical Investigation (With Nii Ankrah and D. Proverb). Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management Journal, Vol. 16, 1, 2009 pp.26-47.
• Debrah, Y.A. Towards a Framework for   Diagnosing  the Culture of a Construction Project Organisation (With Nii Ankrah and D. Proverb),  The International Journal of Construction Management,  Vol. 2,  2008, pp 29-43.
• Debrah, Y.A.  (2008) Future Research on Human Resource Management Systems in Asia With P.S.Budhwar) Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 26,  2008 pp. 197-218.
• Debrah, Y.A. Abusive Supervision and  Contextual Performance: the Mediating Role of Emotional Exhaustion and the Moderating Role of Work Unit Structure (With S. Aryee., L. Sun, Z.H. Chen), Management and Organization Review, 4:3, 2008, 393-411

• Debrah, Y.A. “Promoting the Informal Sector as a Source of Gainful Employment in Developing Countries: Insights from Ghana”. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.18, No.6, 2007 pp1063-1084
• Debrah, Y.A. “Antecedents and Outcomes of Abusive Supervision: Test of a Trickle-Down Model” (with Aryee, S., Chen, Z.X., and  Sun, L.Y) Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 92, No.1, 2007 pp. 191-201.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Human Resource Development of Professionals in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Tanzanian Construction Industry”, (With Ofori) International Journal of HRM, Vol. 17, No.3, March, 2006, pp. 440-463.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Emerging Managerial Competencies of Professionals in the Tanzanian Construction Industry” (with Ofori, G.) International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 16, No.8, 2005, pp.1401-141.
• Debrah, Y.A. “The Making of An African Success Story: The Privatization of Kenya Airways” (with Toroitich, O), Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 47, No.2, March-April, 2005, pp.205-230.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Doing Business in Kenya” (with Toroitich, O. ) Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 45, No.3, May-June, 2003, pp.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Doing Business in Ghana” Thunderbird International Business Review, 44, no. 4, July-August, 2002, pp. 495-513.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Human Resource Development  in Oman” (with Budhwar, P. and S., Al – Yamdi) International Journal of Training and Development. Vol. 6, No.3, September, 2002, pp. 198-215
• Debrah, Y.A. “Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia”, Asia-Pacific Business Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2002, pp. 1-18.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Subcontracting, Foreign Workers and   Job Safety in the Singapore Construction Industry” (with Ofori, G) Asia-Pacific Business Review, Vol. 8, no. 1, 2001, pp. 145-166.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Rethinking Comparative and Cross National Human Resource Management Research” (with Budhwar, P) International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 12, No.3, 2001, pp.497-515.
• Debrah, Y.A. “The State, Skill Formation and Productivity Enhancement in the Singapore Construction Industry” (with Ofori, G) International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2001 pp.184-202.

Books

• Debrah, Y.A..Human Resource Management in Developing Countries, (with Budhwar, P.S.) [Editors] London and New York: Routledge, 2004 & 2001, ISBN: 415223334, .264 pages.
• Debrah, Y.A. Human Resource Management in Africa, (with K. Kamoche, Y. A. Debrah, G. Muuka, and F. Horwitz) [Editors] London: Routledge, 2004. ISBN:0-41536948-7/0-415-36949-5. 196 pages. 
• Debrah, Y.A. (Editor) Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia, Frank Cass, Publishers, 2002, 166pages (ISBN 0714653675 ) [This is also a Special Issue of  the International Refereed Journal- Asia-Pacific  Business Review Vol. 8, No. 4, Summer 2002. I was the Guest Editor.
• Debrah, Y.A. Globalization, Employment and the Workplace: Diverse Impacts. (with Smith, I.G.) [Editors.].  London and New York:Routledge. 2002. 292 pages, ISBN:0415252415.
• Debrah, Y.A. Work and Employment in a Globalized Era:An Asia-Pacific Focus, (with Smith, I.G.) [Editors]Frank Cass,  Publishers, 2001, 264 pages. (ISBN 071465134). [This is also a Special Issue of the International Refereed Journal- Asia-Pacific Business Review]. Guest Editors.

Book Chapters

• Debrah, Y.A. Human Resource Development in Construction (with Osabutey, E.L.C., Nyuur, R), in G. Ofori, (ed.) New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries, London: Spon. Forthcoming.
• Debrah, Y.A. Developing Global Leaders and Expatriates (With Rees, C), In Anne-Wil Harzing and A. Pennington (Eds.) International Human Resource Management, Sage. Forthcoming.
• Debrah, Y. A. Human Resource in Developing Countries (with P.S.Budhwar),. In Wilkinson, A., Redman, T. & Snell, S, & Bacon, N. (Eds.) Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management,  London:Sage , 2010 pp. 393-406.
• Debrah, Y.A.  “The Emergence of Low Cost Airlines in Africa:  A Preliminary Analysis of Internal and External Drivers”, (with J. Amankwah-Amoah) in Ibeh, K. and Davies, S. (eds.) Contemporary Challenges in International Business, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan,  2009 pp. 218-148.
• Debrah, Y.A.  “Human Resource  Management”  in Developing Countries (with P.S. Budhwar), in Wilkinson, A. Redman, T. Snell, S. and Bacon, N.  (eds.) Handbook of Human Resource Management, 2009, Sage: London.
• Debrah, Y.A.  “Doing Business in Kenya” (with O. Toroitich). Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 45, No.3, May-June, 2003, Reprinted in Lawton, T.C. (ed.) Strategic Management in Aviation: Critical Essays, Aldershot: Ashgate,  2008, pp.123-148

• Debrah, Y.A. Human Resource Management in Developing Countries, (with Budhwar, P.S.) in Scullion, H. and Linehan, M. (eds.) International Human Resource Management:A Critical Text   Palgrave/Macmillan, 2005, pp.259-278.
• Debrah, Y.A. “ Challenges in HRM in the Asia- Pacific Region”, (with  Budhwar, P. S.) in Budhwar, P.S. (editor) Human Resource Management in Asia and the Pacific Rim, London:Routledge, 2004, pp.269-279.
• Debrah, Y.A. "Human Resource Management in Africa" (with K. Kamoche, G. Muuka, and  F. Horwitz) in K. Kamoche, Debrah, Y.A. Muuka, G. and Horwitz, F. (editors) HRM in Africa, London: Routledge, 2004, pp xv-xxii.
• Debrah, Y.A. “HRM in Africa: Toward a Research Agenda” (with Horwitz, F., Kamoche, K., and  Muuka, G.) in K. Kamoche, Debrah, Y.A. Muuka, G. and Horwitz, F. (editors) HRM in Africa, London: Routledge, 2004, pp.183-190.
• Debrah, Y.A. “Human Resource Management in Tanzania” in Kamoche, K. Debrah, Y.A., Muuka, G. and Horwitz, F. (editors) HRM in Africa, London: Routledge, 2004, pp.69-86.
• Debrah, Y.A. "Globalization, Employment and the Workplace: A Review", (with Smith, I.G). in Debrah, Y.A.  and Smith, I. G. (eds.) Globalization, Employment and the Workplace:Diverse Impacts, London and New York:Routledge, 2002, pp. 1-23.
• Debrah, Y.A. "Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia", in Debrah, Y.A. (Editor) Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia, Frank Cass,  Publishers, 2002, pp.1-18.  First published as a Refereed Article in Asia-Pacific Business Review , Vol. 8, No. 4, Summer 2002, pp. 1-18.
• Debrah, Y.A. "HRM in Ghana", in Budhwar, P. and Debrah, Y.A. (Editors)  Human Resource Management in Developing Countries , 2001, pp. 190-208.
• Debrah, Y.A. "International Competitive Pressures and HRM in Developing Countries" (with Budhwar, P.) in Budhwar, P. and Debrah, Y.A. (Editors) Human Resource Management in Developing Countries, 2001, pp.238-254.
• Debrah, Y.A. "Dynamics of Human Resource Management in Developing Countries" (with Budhwar, P.S) in Budhwar, P. and Debrah, Y.A. (editors) Human Resource Management in Developing Countries,  2001, pp.1-15.