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Immaculate Tusiime (PhD)

Research Interests

  • Corporate governance
  • CEO compensation
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Financial management
  • Youth and women entrepreneurship
  • Organisational leadership

Staff Publications

Tusiime, I., Choi, B., Boedker, C., & Korutaro, N. S. (2026). Crises and changes in CEO pay structures in Australia. Cogent Business & Management, 13(1), 2677341.

Kakooza, J.B., Tusiime, I., Namiyingo, S., Nabwami, R., & Basemera, M. (2023). Business Choice, Location Decision, and Success of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda. Journal of Money and Business, 3(1), 108-121.

Ssekiziyivu, B., Mwesigwa, R., Orobia, L., & Tusiime, I. (2022). Impediments of realizing sustainable youth and women’s entrepreneurship from a developing country perspective. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 18(2), 253-274.

Mwesigwa, R., Tusiime, I., & Ssekiziyivu, B. (2020). Leadership Styles, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment among Academic Staff in Public Universities. Journal of Management Development. DOI: 10.1108/JMD-02-2018-0055.

Assoc Prof Orobia, L., Tusiime, I., Mwesigwa, R., & Ssekiziyivu, B. (2020). Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions and Business Sustainability among the Youth and Women Entrepreneurs. Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. DOI: 10.1108/APJIE-07-2019-0059.

Nkundabanyanga, K.S., Akankunda, B., Nalukenge, I., & Tusiime, I. (2017). The Impact of Financial Management Practices and Competitive Advantage on the Loan Performance of MFIs. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(1), 114-131.

Tusiime, I., Musasizi, Y., & Nalweyiso, G. (2016). Leadership Styles and Managed Change in Public Universities in Uganda. Journal of Business Management and Social Sciences Research, 5(2), 87-94.

Musasizi, Y., Tusiime, I., & Nalweyiso, G. (2016). Stakeholder Involvement, Commitment, and Managed Change in Public Universities in Uganda. International Journal Advances in Social Science and Humanities, ISSN: 2347- 7474.

Kakooza, J.B., Tusiime, I., Odoch, H., & Bagire, V. (2015). Management Practices and Performance of Public Hospitals in Uganda. International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 1(7), 22-29.

Tusiime, I., Nkundabanyanga, K.S., & Nkote, N.I. (2011). Corporate Governance: Ownership Structure, Board Structure, and Performance of Public Sector Entities. Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, 3(9), 250-260.

Bagire, V.C., Tusiime, I., Nalweyiso, G., & Kakooza, J.B. (2010). Contextual Environment and Stakeholder Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Uganda. Journal of Environmental Management, 18(2), 102-109.

Book Chapter

Bagire, V., Tusiime, I., Nalweyiso, G., & Kakooza, J.B. (2015). The Framework for Corporate Social Responsiveness and Public Perceptions of Undertakings by Companies: Insights from Uganda. In Gotsiridze-Columbus (Ed.), Psychology of Social Responsibility. Nova Science Publishers Limited. ISBN: 978-1-63482-62.

PhD Thesis: COVID-19 Crisis, Firm Outcomes and CEO Compensation

 

 

Projects/Grant

Research on Philanthropy in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa under the Emerging Scholars Research Programme of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Research Supervision

Presentations

  1. Tusiime, I., Bobae, , & Christina Boedker. (September 2025). COVID-19 Crisis and Changes in CEO Equity-based pay: Australian Evidence. African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) Conference, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda.
  2. Tusiime, I., Bobae, , & Christina Boedker. (July 2023). COVID-19 Crisis and CEO Pay-Performance Sensitivity: Australian Evidence. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, The Star Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia.
  3. Tusiime, I., Bobae, C., & Christina Boedker. (July 2022). COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and CEO Compensation: The Australian Study. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Doctoral Symposium, Melbourne, Australia.
  4. Assoc Prof Orobia, L., Tusiime, I., Mwesigwa, R., & Ssekiziyivu, B. (September 2018). Profiling Sustainable Entrepreneurship among Youth and Women Entrepreneurs, 23rd MUBS Annual International Management Conference, Lake View Resort Hotel, Mbarara, Uganda.
  5. Mwesigwa, R., & Tusiime, I. (September 2017). Leadership Styles, Job Satisfaction, and Organisational Commitment in both Private and Public Universities in Uganda, 22nd MUBS Annual International Management Conference, Civil Service College of Uganda, Jinja, Uganda.
  6. Tusiime, I., Nkote, I.N., & Nkundabanyanga, S. (November 2010). Ownership Structure, Board Structure, and Performance of Public Sector Entities, 15th MUBS Annual International Management Conference, Imperial Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda.

Other Info

  • Holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance (2024), The University of Newcastle, Australia, MBA (Finance) (2011), Makerere University, Uganda, Certificate in Gender and Project Planning (2007), Makerere University, Uganda and Bachelor of Human Resource Management (2006), Makerere University, Uganda
  • Emerging Scholar with Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy, 2026
  • Best Paper Award by African Accounting and Finance Journal (AAFJ) at the 14th African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) Conference, 2025.
  • Member, Curriculum review and development Committee, Department of Business Administration
  • Member, Staff Appointments Committee, Department of Business Administration, 2017-20219
  • Member, African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA)
  • Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
  • Member, Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU)
  • Research Supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
  • Reviewer of Master’s and PhD dissertations
  • Reviewed for:
  • Environment and Social Psychology
  • Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference (2023).

A. Reviewer for:

  1. Environment and Social Psychology Journal
  2. African Accounting and Finance Journal
  3. International Journal of Energy Sector Management
  4. Cogent Business & Management Journal
  5. Managerial Finance Journal

B. Professional Membership:

  • Member, International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR).
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