Position/Status

Lecturer/ Chair of Department BAM

E-mail Address

fjunge@kcau.ac.ke

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship),
• MSc (Entrepreneurship),
• BA Human Resource Management
• DIP (Technical Education)

Membership of Professional Bodies or Associations

Profile

Dr. Nafula is the Chair of the Business Administration and Management Department (BAM), School of Business, KCA University. Nafula has long work experience in both the corporate and academic fields.  She is a lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Communication at KCA University. She has a keen interest in research and is an experienced trainer in business. She holds a Ph.D. in entrepreneurship from JKUAT, an MSc degree in Entrepreneurship and a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from KU. She is an educator with a strong background in Technical Education and a certified ILO SYB/GYB Trainer. She has served as a Business Advisor on several National Business Plan Competitions and participated in the validation of the curriculum for Practical Entrepreneurship Training (PET) sponsored majorly by ILO. Dr Nafula’s current research focus is on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Aligning human resource practice to contemporary human resource issues, understanding parenting from the perspective of the current dynamic family system, and how technical and vocational education agility leads to sustained youth employment.

Research Interest

Academic Background

• Entrepreneurship & Communication

Selected Publications(Books, Refereed publications & Non Refereed publications)

• Atiang, D. & Nafula, F. (2020). Influence of Competitive Strategies on Firm Performance of Export Processing Zone Industries in Kenya. Journal of Strategic Management. Vol 4(2) pp. 72-88. stratfordjournals.org/
• Nafula, J. F., Mukulu, E., & Muturi, W. (2018). The Moderating Influence Of Work Environment On The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Behaviour And Perceived Service Quality By Government Ministries In Kenya. International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (5)7. ir.jkuat.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4828, https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/34919
• Nafula, J. F., Mukulu, E., & Muturi, W. (2018). Influence Of Employee Risk-Taking On Perceived Service Quality By Government Ministries In Kenya. International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (5)7. ijiras.com/2018/ https://repository.kcau.ac.ke/handle/123456789/802
• Nafula, J. F., Marangu, W. N., Mukulu, E., & Muturi, W. (2017). Relationship Between Employee Innovativeness and Perceived Service Quality by Government Ministries in Kenya. European Journal of Business and Management 9(3). www.iiste.org/Journals/ https://repository.kcau.ac.ke/handle/123456789/801
• Nafula, J. F., Marangu, W. N., Mukulu, E., & Muturi, W. (2017). Influence of Employee Pro-activeness on Perceived Service Quality by Government Ministries in Kenya. European Journal of Business and Management 9(3).
  https://repository.kcau.ac.ke/handle/123456789/800
• Master of Science Entrepreneurship Project: Assessment of Competitive Strategies In Enrolment Capacity In Commercial Colleges In Kenya. (2010).

Book:

• Entrepreneurship & Communication Study Text: CPA Part 1, Section One: BR Professional Education Ltd.

Conferences & Chapters

• 2019: Panel Data Analysis Workshop held on 18-21st November at Kenya School of Monetary Studies.
• 2020: Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop held on 2^nd – 3^rd October: A Review of Qualitative Research Design: Narratives, Ethnography, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Case Study; A Review of Qualitative Data Analysis Techniques; Data coding; Data Entry; Nodes Alignment; Introduction to NVIVO; Basic Analysis; Interpreting NVIVO output; Qualitative Research Report Writing
• Wharton Global Faculty Development Program – 25^th – 20^th July, 2022. The main focus of this annual workshop is development of young professional scholars outside the U.S., with a particular focus on learning to publish in the leading academic journals in Management and related areas.
• Bunyasi, G., and Waswa, F. (2022). School of Business Annual Research Conference; Factors Influencing Start-Up Innovations Among Social Entrepreneurs In Kenya.
• Waswa, F., and Bunyasi, G. (2022). School of Business Annual Research
• Conference; Consumer Innovations Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic For SMEs’ Sustainability in Kenya.
• Waswa, N. F. (2022). KCA University Interdisciplinary Conference on Innovations and Sustainability; Cottage Industry and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural Western Kenya.

Thesis

• INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR ON PERCEIVED SERVICE QUALITY IN GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES IN KENYA.