Browsing by Author "Ibrahim, Uswege S."

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Analysing Effects of Professional Burnout on Procurement Performance in Tanzania
(Tanzania Institute of Accountancy, 2023-06) Ibrahim, Uswege S.; Manda, Alfred N.
The increasing demand for procurement professionals to perform well even when the odds are against them breeds workplace burnout which is a feeling of dissatisfaction, cynicism and disinterestedness in their jobs. This paper analyses causes of burnout amongst procurement professionals and explain sits effect on procurement performance. The study on which the paper is based adopted a descripto-explanatory design to explain the causes of burnout and its effect on procurement performance. Expert sampling was used to draw a sample of 156 professionals, but the actual respondents from whom the data were analysed were 109 professionals. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire that was sent to procurement professionals who were selected using the expert sampling method. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and ordinal logistic regression (OLR) analysis. The findings of this study indicated that there was a statistically significant association between professional burnout and procurement performance (p = 0.000), and turnover intentions (p = 0.000). Further, the study used ordinal logistic regression (OLR) to establish the influence of burnout on procurement performance. The findings show that workplace tensions (p = 0.030), workplace recognition (p = 0.002) and individual factors (p = 0.042) were statistically significant causes of professional burnout affecting procurement performance. The study concludes that professional burnout has the potential of affecting procurement performance by neglecting governance tools and failing to achieve value for money. The study recommends that, to maintain and improve procurement performance, it is crucial that management implement workplace stress management interventions and establish robust workplace social support systems.
Decongesting Urban Areas through Implementation of Soft Transportation Policies Encouraging Public Transport Usage: Explaining Critical Success Factors from Commuters’ Experience
(Tanzania Institute of Accountancy, 2023-06) Ibrahim, Uswege S.; Msumanje, Godlisten; Manda, Alfred N.
Urban congestion has been a big impediment to socio-economic development which has led to endless search for ways to curb it. In Dar es Salaam, the government opted for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to encourage public transport usage. The belief is that, with the presence of BRT, private vehicle users will change their travel behaviour towards public transport usage. However, the shift towards using public transport is considered unstable because transport planners believe soft transportation policy won’t produce long term effects. This sceptical belief led to the expansion of roads that motivate private vehicle usage due to the reduction of driving costs. The interplay of scepticism of transport planners and an inclination to switching to private vehicle usage affects the long term impact of implementing a BRT system. This study adopted for a descriptive design to explain the factors that influence public transport usage. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire along the BRT phase one network and were subjected to descriptive analysis and principal component analysis. Results depicted lower levels of using BRT buses as a primary commuting option. Results further indicated that, about using BRT buses, commuters stated that travel time reduction and reliability, service accessibility and assurance and trip safety and tangibles were key service quality factors. Thus, BRT faces a low adoption rate; hence private vehicle usage has increased along BRT corridors. To increase and ensure the sustainability of BRT, it is imperative that the quality of service be improved and road expansion to city centre be abated.
Discriminating in Favor of Local Tenderers: Evaluating Mainland Tanzania’s Domestic Procurement Preference Practices
(African Journal of Accounting and Social Science Studies (AJASS), 2023-12) Ibrahim, Uswege S.; Kyara, Eliaichi J.
As a result of international collaboration, countries worldwide opened their procurement practices to foreign competition. However, with foreign competition, governments are jeopardizing the achievement of national economic, political, and social objectives through public procurement. Thus, governments have implemented protectionism by stipulating in the procurement laws that domestic tenderers should be granted preference when making government-related acquisitions. Therefore, this study primarily evaluated Tanzania’s domestic preference practice to determine the application of legal provisions and the efficiencies achieved from making acquisitions through domestic tenderers. The study used a doctrinal method, where the expositions of the law were compared with actual practice. Data was collected from fourteen procurement experts using in-depth interviews. The interviews were derived from the Delphi research concepts, where interviews were conducted on a ‘rounds’ basis to establish the consensus of findings between procurement experts. The study found inconsistencies when applying domestic preference, where procuring entities did not state in tendering documents the application of domestic preference while the procurement value fell within the range of domestic preference application. Also, preference for special groups in procuring entity jurisdictions was not included in procurement plans. Additionally, it was found that domestic tenderers are faced with capital challenges that affect their ability to effectively discharge procurement contracts by possessing sufficient resources. The study recommends that procuring entities embrace domestic preference to contribute to domestic economic growth and development by correctly abiding by the provisions of the law when administering tendering processes.
Explaining the Adoption of Deterministic Procurement Strategies to Economically Empower Minority Owned Businesses (MOBs)
(African Journal of Accounting and African Studies (AJASSS), 2024-01) Ibrahim, Uswege S.; Manda, Alfred N.
During the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, audited public entities did not set aside the mandatory 30% annual procurement volume for preferential procurement for minority-owned businesses. Thus, the study investigated the factors that influence the adoption of preferential procurement by public entities in Tanzania. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional design to explain the factors that influence the adoption of the preferential procurement scheme. Data was collected using a questionnaire from 122 procurement practitioners in public entities. The collected data were quantitatively analyzed. The results show that all aspects under perceptions of performance ability, internal facilitating conditions, and legislative framework clarity were significantly [p  0.05] influencing the adoption of the preferential procurement scheme. In light of the findings, the study concludes that the country isn’t exploiting the full advantages of preferential procurement in solving unemployment issues and alleviating poverty. Thus, public entities must develop a sound internal culture of commitment to social responsibility as a prerequisite to the effective adoption of preferential procurement. Also, the quality of legislative frameworks (Procurement Act, regulations, and implementation guidelines) should be improved with a focus on clarity on the implementation of preferential procurement.
Factors Affecting Purchasing Behaviour through Electronic Business to Consumer (B2C) Sites and Marketplaces: Evidence from Internet Users in Tanzania
(Tanzania Institute of Accountancy, 2023-06) Ibrahim, Uswege S.
The study established the online purchasing choices and factors that affect customer online purchasing behaviour that is determined by customer online buying experience. A descripto-explanatory design was adopted so as to profile and explain the causal effect relationship of repetitive online purchasing. The study sampled 385 internet users, and data were collected using online survey tools. Multistage sampling was adopted, whereby at first online platforms were purposively selected and thereafter the shared survey tool was open for anyone to access and respond. Data collected were both quantitatively and qualitatively analysed and presented. The findings show that online purchasers prefer to purchase from social media applications rather than from specialized e commerce sites. Also, the findings reveal that online buyers can purchase quality products and at affordable prices online just as they did in physical retail markets. Pertaining to factors affecting customer online purchasing behaviour, it was found that online buying experience is affected by presence of phantom sellers, lengthy browsing time, user friendliness of e-marketplaces and internet data cost. Further, the study found that in spite of negative experiences encountered when purchasing online, buyers aren’t willing to entirely quit making online purchases. The study concludes that e-marketplaces and online retailers are using digital commercial mechanisms which buyers perceive as restrictive. The emergence of social media poses a threat to specialized e commerce sites which causes underutilization of e-commerce sites. The study recommends that online retailers and local e-commerce sites developers should consider electronic dynamism that is user-friendly and offers a variety of products with easily accessible product details.