Email: joogbor@delsu.edu.ng
- Area of Specialization: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Conflict & Diversity Management, Critical Management Studies, Business Ethics and Globalization Discourses
- Department of Banking and Finance
- John O. Ogbor is a management educator, researcher and consultant. His career in management and business education started at Sussex College of Technology (UK) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Marketing Management (1982) and at Lund University in Sweden where he obtained his M.Sc degree in Business Administration, First Class (1987) and Ph.D. degree in Management from Lund University (1990). He worked as Research Associate at Lund University, Sweden.
Before joining the faculty at Delta State University in 2010, Ogbor has taught at The Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Management on March 13, 2003. He also served as the Director for the School’s Honors’ Programme. He served as Distinguished Visiting Professor (Minority Scholar-in-Residence) at Illinois State University, Illinois, U.S.A (1999-2000). He joined American Intercontinental University, Houston, Texas, USA as Adjunct Management Professor between 2004 and 2006. He also served as faculty mentor at Northcentral University, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA where he taught and mentored doctorate students in management programs (2006-2009).
In Nigeria, John Ogbor has served as External Examiner, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria (2015-2016). John Ogbor also served as an Associate Professor on Sabbatical Leave at Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria (2017).
Specifically, at Delta State University, John Ogbor has served in the following capacities:
(i) Associate Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences (2015-2017);
(ii) Head of Department, Department of Business Administration and Marketing (March 2011-February 2013);
(iii) Head of Department, Department of Business Administration and Marketing (March 2020-present); and
(iv) Member of University Senate (2011-2017; 2020-present).
John Ogbor has published extensively in highly rated refereed international journals including the Journal of Management Studies (Blackwell Publishers/John Wiley and Sons, UK/USA), the Journal of Organizational Change Management (Emerald Publishing, UK) and Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (Emerald Publishing).
Recently, John Ogbor’s work: Mythicizing and Reification in Entrepreneurial Discourse: Ideology-Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies has been included among the classics in Management and Organizational Studies in a book titled “The Sociology of Organizations”. Among those featured in the book published by Sage are Karl Max, Max Weber, Chris Argyris, Mary Parker-Follett, Burns and Stalker, Fredrick Taylor, Douglas McGregor, and more. This is a privilege to be associated with the founding fathers of Management Science and Organizational Studies.
John Ogbor’s areas of research include: Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship, Discourses and Praxis; Critical Theory and Management; Globalization Discourses and Management; Strategizing Corporate Culture and Organizational Leadership; Business Ethics and Corporate Governance; Diversity and Conflict Management. He has published several books in Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural/Comparative Management; and Business Policy and Strategic Management. His two forthcoming books are in Ethics and Corporate Governance and Diversity and Conflict Management (coming out in the fall of 2020).
John Ogbor has received numerous award for his teaching, research and service, including: Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2002, 2003, 2004); Teacher of the Year, School of Business, Texas Southern University (2002); Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Illinois State University, 1999-2002; Sam Walton Fellow, Texas Southern University, 1998-2004; Regional Champion, SIFE Regional Competition, 2004; Research Grant Award: Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences ( Stockholm, Sweden, 1991-1994).
Ogbor has partnered with two major Fortune 500 corporations in the USA (Wal-Mart Inc. and Walgreen’s Inc.) in areas of entrepreneurship development and community-based education initiatives.
John Ogbor is a member of several professional organizations, including: Academy of Management Nigeria, Nigeria Institute of Management, Academy of Management (USA), International Academy of Business Disciplines (USA), American Society of Competitiveness (USA), American Society for Business and Behavioral Sciences (USA), Southwestern Federation of Administrative Disciplines (USA).
My Publications- Ogbor, John (2019) The Discourse of “OGA” as Relations of Power and Organizational Praxis: Towards a Theory of Organizational Leadership, Nigerian Academy of Management Journal
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.14 Pages:
- Ogbor, John (2019) The Concept of “Oga” and Paternalistic Leadership Styles: The Challenges of Accountability and Transparency, Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 15
- Ogbor, John O. and Orishede, F. (2019) Accountability and Transparency In Entrepreneurial Leadership for Nation Building, Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 11
- Ogbor, John O. and Ugherughe, Joseph, E. (2019) Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Accountability and Transparency: A Study of the Nigerian Banking System, Academy of Management
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 16
- Ogbor, John (2019) Business Policy and Strategic Management: Corporate, Business and Functional Strategies, Emerald Publications, Ibadan
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol. Pages: 1103
- Ogbor, John (2018) The Discourse of “OGA” as Relations of Power and Organizational Praxis: Towards a Theory of Organizational Leadership. , Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 19
- Ogbor, John O. and Orishede, F (2018) Ethical leadership and the Management of Workforce Diversity, Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 15
- Ogbor, John. O and Ugherughe, Joseph E (2018) A Framework for Managing Corporate Governance, CSR and Stakeholder Relationship. , Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 18
- Ogbor, J.O. and Eromafuru, E.D (2018) Interest-based Conflict Management Systems: Beyond Traditional and ADR Systems of Conflict Resolution, European Journal of Business and Management
Vol.10 Pages: 20
- Ogbor, J.O. and Orishede, F. (2017) The Discourse of Culture, Gender and Entrepreneurship: Strategies for Managing Gender Diversity for Entrepreneurial Development, Journal of Social and Management Studies
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.12 Pages: 9
- Eromafuru, E. and Ogbor, J. O. (2017) The Shadow Economy Revisited: Entrepreneurship, the Informal Sector and Institutional Theory in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa, State and Society
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.3 Pages: 26
- 5. Ogbor, J. O. and Eromafuru, E (2016) Regional Trade Blocs and Enterprise Competitiveness in the Global Economy, Innovative Journal of Business and Management
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- Ogbor, John O. and Ugherughe, Joseph E (2016) Culture, Entrepreneurship and Gendered Entrepreneurial Discourses and Praxis in Africa, Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 15
- Ogbor, John .O. and Okpako, Sunday O (2016) Regional Trade Blocs and Location Advantage: The Global Economy and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Academy of International Business
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages:
- Ogbor, J.O. and Orishede, F (2015) Openness and Closure: The Dialectics and Contradictions of Globalization and the Development of African Entrepreneurship, Journal of Social and Management Studies
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.10 Pages: 11
- Orishede, F. and Ogbor, J.O (2015) The Financial Environment and the Challenges of Entrepreneurial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Social and Management Sciences.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.10 Pages: 15
- Orishede, F. and Ogbor, J.O. (2014) The Quest for Sustainable Development: Strategies for Managing Stakeholder Relationships, European Journal of Business and Management
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.6 Pages: 8
- Ogbor, J. O. and Orishede, F. (2014) The Quest for Sustainable Development: Strategies for managing Stakeholder Relationships, Delta State University Press
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 14
- Ogbor, J.O. and Ugherughe, J.E (2014) Conflict Management for Sustainable Development. , Delta State University Press
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 10
- Ogbor, J.O. and Orishede, F. (2013) Contested Terrain: A Discourse of Sustainable Development from A stakeholder Perspective, Academy of Management Nigeria
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- Ogbor, J. O. and Orishede, F (2012) The Economic Environment and the Development of Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. , Journal of Management and Entrepreneurial Development
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- Orishede, F. and Ogbor, J. O. (2012) Conflict Management from a Stakeholder Perspective, International Journal of Marketing and Business Development
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.4 Pages: 11
- Ogbor, John (2012) Mythicizing and Rectification in Entrepreneurial Discourses: Ideology-Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies: The Sociology of Organizations: Structures and Relations, New York, NY: Sage Publication (ISBN – 13: 9781412991964)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 14
- Ogbor, J. O. and Olori, W (2011) The African Entrepreneur: Cultural Discourses and Cultural Inhibitors, Trend Journal of Management Sciences
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.1 Pages: 29
- Alagba, S. O. and Ogbor, J. O (2011) Financial Sector Reforms and Banking Regulations in Nigeria. , Nigeria Academy of Management
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.5 Pages: 10
- Ogbor, John (2011) The Challenges of the Informal Sector and the Development of Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa, Trend Journal of Management and Social Science
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.4 Pages: 11
- Ogbor, J. O. and Orishede, F. (2011) Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa: Dialectics and Contradictions, Trend Journal of Management and Social Sciences
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- Ogbor, J. O. and Olori, W. S (2011) The Political Environment and Entrepreneurship Development in Africa, Trend Journal of Management and Social Sciences
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol.4 Pages: 13
- Ogbor, J. O and Odukoye, M.O (2011) Interest-Based Conflict Management: Beyond Traditional and ADR Systems of Conflict Resolution, Academy of Management Nigeria
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages:
- Ogbor, John O. and Alagba, S.O (2011) Conflict Management from a Stakeholder Perspective, Academy of Management Nigeria
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- Ogbor, John and Olannye, A.P (2011) Business Policy and Strategy: Concepts, Context and Cases. , Benin City, Nigeria: Most Virtue Publishers
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol. Pages: 430
- Ogbor, John. O. and Odukuye, Martins (2010) The African Entrepreneur: Cultural Discourses and Cultural Inhibitors, International Conference on Research and Development,
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.3 Pages: 14
- Ogbor, John (2009) Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Strategic Management Perspective, AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana.
Vol. Pages: 685
- Ogbor, J. O. and Williams, J. (2003) The Cross-Cultural Transfer of Management Practices: The Case for Creative Synthesis, Cross Cultural Management: , An International Journal
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.10 Pages: 20
- Ogbor, John (2002) Teaching Globalization from Multiple Assumptions: The Case for a Stakeholder Perspective, Perspective, Southwestern Business Administration Journal
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.2 Pages: 8
- Ogbor, John (2002) Understanding the Global Economy and its Competitiveness as Relations of Power, Journal of Global Competitiveness
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.10 Pages: 18
- Ogbor, John (2002) From Spectacle to Surveillance: The Making of the Global Subject, Business Research Yearbook
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.1 Pages: 5
- Ogbor, John (2002) Globalization Pedagogy from an Ethics Perspective, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.9 Pages: 10
- Ogbor, John (2001) Critical Theory and the Hegemony of Corporate Culture, Journal of Organizational Change Management
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.14 Pages: 11
- Ogbor, John (2001) Corporate Culture as Corporate Hegemony, Business Research Yearbook
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.8 Pages: 5
- Ogbor, John (2000) Mythicizing and Rectification in Entrepreneurial Discourses: Ideology-Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies, Journal of Management Studies
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.5 Pages: 30
- Ogbor, John (2000) Managing Cultures in Periods of Corporate Acquisitions and the Problem of Strategic Fit, Journal of Global Competitiveness
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.8 Pages: 11
- Ogbor, John (2000) Organizational Leadership and Authority Relations Across Cultures, International Journal of Commerce and Management
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.10 Pages: 26
- Ogbor, John (1999) A Native-View Paradigm in a Post-Modern Management Education, , Business Research Yearbook
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol.1 Pages: 5
- Ogbor, John (1999) The Construction of Underdevelopment in a Globalization Project: the Sub-Saharan Africa Experience, National Association of African American Studies and the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies
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- Ogbor, John (1998) A Postmodern Deconstruction of the Role of ideology in Entrepreneurial Discourses. , International Business and Ecology Yearbook
https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=4&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ Vol. Pages: 12
- Ogbor, John (1994) Structural Adjustment and the Politics of Adjustment: The Nigerian Foreign Exchange, , Stockholm, Sweden, Norstedt
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ScW_QxoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=4&gmla=AJsN-F6fvpBEtVzXUen5pjT2mQ42Za4BveIt5Met4Pp1Nymank7CRs1KXerS6Xbz-UBYnvteyuDLPYVIhXSGUBuVDFNcFWnt_ouvdZLDI9koegFtK1et7F7hgv7q_2LAH6br2x2DH9MsSOlVyFQ1qDKXoEWt4GAjSg Vol. Pages: 398
- Ogbor, John (1990) Organizational Change within a Cultural Context: The Interpretation of Cross-Culturally Transferred Organizational Practices, Lund, Sweden: Lund University
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