Excelsia College

School of Business

Head School of Business

Dr Sarah Eyaa

PhD
Contact Details

Telephone Number

02 9000 9604

Email

sarah.eyaa@excelsia.edu.au

Biographical details

Dr. Sarah Eyaa has been an academic in the field of business management for over 20 years in higher education institutions in Uganda and Australia. Over the course of her career, Sarah has served at different levels of higher education academic administration in addition to lecturing. In research, Sarah has published on a range of topics in her areas of research interest, supervised several postgraduate research theses and reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters.

Profile of Dr Sarah Eyaa

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Management), University of Newcastle, Australia

• Certificate in University Assessment, University of Newcastle, Australia

• Certificate in University Teaching, University of Newcastle, Australia

• Graduate Diploma in Purchasing and Supply, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, United Kingdom

• Master of Business Administration (Procurement), Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands

• Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing), Makerere University, Kampala

Research Interests

• Supply chain management

• Procurement and purchasing management

• Operations management

• Ethics, governance, and corporate social responsibility

• Issues in global business management

• Issues in higher education

• Indigenous African philosophies

Selected publications

Journal Articles
  1. Tenakwah, E. S., Tenakwah, E. J., Amponsah, M., Eyaa, S., Boateng, E., & Okhawere, N. (2022). Adoption of Sustainable Technologies During Crisis: Examining employees’ perception and readiness across cultures. Sustainability14(8), 4605.
  2. Eyaa, S., Sridharan, R., & Ryan, S. (2021). Determinants of opportunism in Uganda’s manufacturing sector: a comparison of two sectors. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing14(3), 414-437.
  3. Mpeera Ntayi, J., Ngoboka, P., Ndahiro, I., & Eyaa, S. (2013). Leadership ethical orientations, mindfulness, and procurement contract performance in the COMESA central governments. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development9(2/3), 87-110.
  4. Derek, F., Tukamuhabwa, B. R., & Eyaa, S. (2012). The effect of trust and commitment on vertical collaboration and physical distribution service quality. International Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences2(4), 49-67.
  5. Friday, D., Ntayi, J. M., Muhwezi, M., Eyaa, S., & Tukamuhabwa, B. (2012). Collaboration arrangements, internet technologies and physical distribution service quality. Universal Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 2.
  6. Ahimbisibwe, A., Muhwezi, M., & Eyaa, S. (2012). Supplier Opportunism, Contract Managements and Service Delivery in Public Prrocuring and Disposing Entities (PDEs) in Uganda. Journal of Public Procurement and Contract Management1(1), 64-84.
  7. Ntayi, J. M., Eyaa, S., & Semukono, F. (2012). Perceived enforcement of informal buyer-supplier contractual arrangements in Ugandan small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Global journal of management and business research12(8), 43-59.
  8. Tukamuhabwa, B. R., Muhwezi, M., Eyaa, S., & Saturday, J. (2012). Explaining Outsourcing Performance in Uganda’s Commercial Banks. Information Management and Business Review4(1), 18-29.
  9. Tukamuhabwa, B. R., Eyaa, S., & Friday, D. (2011). Mediating variables in the relationship between market orientation and supply chain performance: A theoretical approach. International Journal of Business and Social Science2(22).
  10. Eyaa, S., & Oluka, P. N. (2011). Explaining non-compliance in public procurement in Uganda. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(11).
  11. Friday, D., Ntayi, J. M., Muhwezi, M., Eyaa, S., & Tukamuhabwa, B. (2011). Vertical collaboration and physical distribution service quality in Uganda’s soft drinks demand chains. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences1(1), 42-52.
  12. Ntayi, J., Ahiauzu, A., & Eyaa, S. (2011). Psychological climate, catharsis, organizational anomie, psychological wellness, and ethical procurement behaviour in Uganda’s public sector. Journal of Public Procurement, 11(1), 1 – 32.
  13. Ntay, J. M., Eyaa, S., & Kalubanga, M. (2011). Ethical culture of SMEs and perceived contract enforcement in Ugandan buyer-supplier contractual arrangements. Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review27(2), 51-90.
  14. Ntayi, J. M., Munene, J. C., & Eyaa, S. (2010). Salesforce behavioural performance of accounts relationship managers (ARMS) in Uganda’s commercial banks: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Retail & Leisure Property9, 5-23.
  15. Mpeera Ntayi, J., Byabashaija, W., Eyaa, S., Ngoma, M., & Muliira, A. (2010). Social cohesion, groupthink, and ethical behavior of public procurement officers. Journal of Public procurement10(1), 68-92.
  16. Ntayi, J. M., Rooks, G., Eyaa, S., & Qian, C. (2010). Perceived project value, opportunistic behavior, interorganizational cooperation, and contractor performance. Journal of African Business11(1), 124-141.
  17. Ntayi, J.M., Namugenyi, I. & Eyaa, S. (2010). Supplier delivery performance in Ugandan public procurement contracts. Journal of Public Procurement, 10(4), 479 – 511.
  18. Ntayi, J., Eyaa, S. & Ngoma, M. (2010). Moral disengagement and the social construction of procurement officers’ deviant behaviors. Journal of Management Policy and Practice, 11(4), 95 – 110.
  19. Eyaa, S., Ntayi, J., & Namagembe, S. (2010). Collaborative relationships and SME supply chain performance. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 6(3), 233 – 245.
  20. Eyaa, S., & Ntayi, J. M. (2010). Procurement practices and supply chain performance of SMEs in Kampala. Asian journal of business management2(4), 82-88.
  21. Ntayi, J.M., Munene, J.C., Eyaa, S., & Namugenyi, I. (2009). Vicarious learning, locus of control, development networks and sales force behavioral performance: A qualitative analysis of account relationship managers (ARMS) in Uganda’s commercial banks. Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 21(1), 140 – 152.
Book chapters
  1. Okhawere, N. and Eyaa, S. Higher education in troubled times: Understanding the response mechanisms adopted to assist students (pp.273-295). In Baiza, Y. (Ed)., Education in Troubled Times: A Global Pluralist Response. Available at: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-8602-4
  2. Basnet, B., Eyaa, S., Namisamgo, F. and Okhawere, N. Employee motivation determinants: The case of international students in Australia (Chapter 1). In Msengi, C.M., Lartey, G.K., and Sprott, K.R. (Eds)., Contemporary Issues in Multicultural and Global Education. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/contemporary-issues-multicultural-global-education/263383
  3. Boadu, G., Kansiime, P., Eyaa, S. and Said, S. Culturally responsive education: Reflections and insights for enhancing international student experience in higher education (Chapter 3). In Smith, C., and Zhou, M (Eds)., Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students(2022). IGI Global. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-teaching-strategies-culturally/274536
  4. Basnet, B., Eyaa, S. and OKhawere, N. Determinants of employee motivation: A comparison of operational and non-operational staff (Chapter 6). In Montoya-Reyes, M., Mendoza- Muñoz, I., Gabriela Jacobo-Galicia, G., and Samantha Cruz-Sotelo, S.E. (Eds)., Ergonomics and Business Polices for the Promotion of Well-being in the Workplace (2022). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/ergonomics-business-policies-promotion-well/263381
  5. Kansiime, P., Said, S. and Eyaa, S. “What kind of Blackfella are you anyway?”: Digital violence, intersectional racism and discrimination against Australian Aboriginals and Black Americans (Chapter 17). In Özsungur, F., (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Cyber Approaches to Public Administration and Social Policy (2022). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-cyber-approaches-public/283957
  6. Namisango, F., Eyaa, S., Kansiime, P. and Tusasiirwe, S. Ubuntu in the diaspora: Its conservation and comparison with other world views (Chapter 18). In Mukuni, J., and Tlou, J (Eds.), Understanding Ubuntu for Enhancing Intercultural Communications (2021). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/understanding-ubuntu-enhancing-intercultural-communications/266383
  7. Tusasiirwe, S., Kansiime, P., Eyaa, S., Namisango, F. and Bulamu, N. Living and revitalising Ubuntu: Challenges of passing on Ubuntu values to the younger generation and attempted strategies to overcome them (Chapter 8). In Mukuni, J., and Tlou, J (Eds.), Understanding Ubuntu for Enhancing Intercultural Communications (2021). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/understanding-ubuntu-enhancing-intercultural-communications/266383
  8.  Eyaa, S. Evaluating the Contribution of an Entrepreneurship Training Degree Programme in Solving Unemployment through Job Creation: The Case of Entrepreneurship Graduates of Makerere University (Chapter 3). In P.B. Mihyo (Ed.), Employment Policies and Unemployment in Eastern and Southern Africa (2014), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: OSSREA.
  9. Ntayi, J.M., Omagor, C., Byaleero, S., and Eyaa, S. Procurement practices, collaborative relationships, and company performance within the private sector: a case of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda (Chapter 2). In (Eds.), Procurement Trends in Uganda, Fountain Series in Law and Business Studies (2009), Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda.
Edited Book
  1. Procurement Trends in Uganda, Fountain Series in Law and Business Studies (2009), Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda. (Eds. Ntayi, J.M., Ssewanyana, J., and Eyaa, S) (ISBN-10:9970029711; ISBN-13:978-9970029716)
Study Guides/Monographs
  1. Eyaa, S. (2019), Operations Management Study Guide, Level 5 – Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, United Kingdom.