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Research Article
Digital Ecosystem Architecture as a Leadership Competency: Redesigning Organizational Futures Through the VFC Competence Framework
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2025
Pages:
100-111
Received:
5 September 2025
Accepted:
18 September 2025
Published:
29 December 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.jhrm.20251304.11
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Abstract: As value creation increasingly shifts toward networked digital ecosystems, leadership must evolve from managing internal organizational transformation to designing collaborative, ethical, and adaptive digital environments. This paper conceptualizes Digital Ecosystem Architecture (DEA) as a meta-competence within the Visionary Management dimension of the VFC Competence Framework. DEA is defined as the capacity to conceive, govern, and expand digital ecosystems, grounded in three interrelated pillars: Strategic Ecosystem Thinking, Orchestrative Governance, and Value-Based Digital Architecture. Through thematic synthesis and an illustrative case study of the MENA-region platform Careem, the paper introduces the Ecosystem Leadership Competency Model (ELCM) and outlines developmental pathways across four progressive stages, guided by a KSAH (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Habits) framework. Findings demonstrate that DEA enables leaders to engage in systemic foresight, promote inclusive governance, and design ethically sound digital infrastructures. The study contributes to digital leadership theory by providing an evidence-informed model for cultivating digitally competent leaders, with particular relevance to emerging markets and platform-fragmented economies.
Abstract: As value creation increasingly shifts toward networked digital ecosystems, leadership must evolve from managing internal organizational transformation to designing collaborative, ethical, and adaptive digital environments. This paper conceptualizes Digital Ecosystem Architecture (DEA) as a meta-competence within the Visionary Management dimension o...
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Review Article
Border Porosity as Catalyst for Cross-border Crimes in Nigeria: A Focus on Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling
Umaru Tsaku Samuel*
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Yilchini Wilberforce Moses
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2025
Pages:
112-125
Received:
22 October 2025
Accepted:
10 November 2025
Published:
31 December 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.jhrm.20251304.12
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Abstract: Human trafficking and migrant smuggling constitute a major challenge to the global community. These twin-crimes remain a very serious security threat and are among the major causes of different international organized crimes the world over. As organized crimes, they have killed and destroyed many people, making nations of the world to enact laws prohibiting them. These crimes continue to grow by leaps and bounds because they are very lucrative and the chances of the criminals being arrested and prosecuted are minimal, despite being deadly. In Nigeria, which is a source, transit and destination country combined, these crimes are prevalent as victims are used as prostitutes, drug traffickers, terrorists, child soldiers/laborers and bandits within and outside the country. It is pertinent to note that the traffickers take advantage of Nigeria’s porous borders, population boom and unfavorable economic conditions that aggravate unemployment, underemployment, poverty and insecurity to seek for better opportunities in other countries. However, documentary research was used to gather data from books, electronic journals and institutional reports. Theoretically, failed state theory was adopted to analyze human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Nigeria. The study maintained that the Nigerian state is not free from culpability as it has failed to empower its people by providing basic infrastructure needed to liberate the people from poverty to prosperity despite the return of democracy since 1999, as the elites have continued to squander collective patrimony leaving the country dry. Hence, the only opportunity for the youths is to escape to Europe and America at all cost even without the necessary authorization. The study concluded that human trafficking and migrant smuggling can be reduced in Nigeria if the government rises up to the occasion by investing massively in education and infrastructure which are fundamental for empowerment. Also, the government must create enabling environment for business to thrive, by investing in security of lives and property which remain the bane of development in Nigeria. Again, the government, CSOs and NGOs must intensify campaigns against these crimes by informing the youths on the antics of the criminals and the dangers associated with human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Above all, leadership must be responsible and deliberate, in creating an egalitarian society where social safety nets are provided for the unemployed to earn a living and contribute back to the society.
Abstract: Human trafficking and migrant smuggling constitute a major challenge to the global community. These twin-crimes remain a very serious security threat and are among the major causes of different international organized crimes the world over. As organized crimes, they have killed and destroyed many people, making nations of the world to enact laws pr...
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Research Article
Between Loyalty and Merit: The Dynamics of Internal and External Hiring in Moroccan Companies
Rabii Hakiki*
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2025
Pages:
126-135
Received:
27 November 2025
Accepted:
11 December 2025
Published:
31 December 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.jhrm.20251304.13
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Abstract: This study investigates how Moroccan organizations manage the balance between internal and external recruitment by focusing on managerial employee’s perceptions of fairness, transparency, and merit-based practices in promotion and internal hiring. Anchored in contemporary human resource management and organizational theory, the research demonstrates that internal recruitment allows organizations to capitalize on firm-specific human capital, strengthen employee commitment, reduce turnover, and promote organizational stability in sectors such as banking, telecommunications, energy, and public administration. However, an excessive reliance on internal mobility may limit cognitive diversity, slow skill renewal, and reinforce informal networks, ultimately constraining adaptability and innovation. These limitations emphasize the strategic role of external recruitment in bringing new competencies and diverse perspectives that foster organizational learning and renewal. The empirical findings are drawn from 40 semi-structured interviews with middle and senior managers in Casablanca and Rabat. Results indicate that favoritism and informally managed networks weaken trust in human resource systems and negatively affect employee engagement. In contrast, transparent procedures, well-defined selection criteria, and ethical leadership significantly enhance perceptions of fairness and legitimacy. The study concludes that hybrid talent management strategies, integrating internal employee development with targeted external hiring, offer the most effective balance between organizational continuity, cost efficiency, and innovation. It contributes to research on internal labor markets and provides practical insights for Moroccan organizations seeking to modernize talent management practices in the context of digital transformation and persistent skill shortages.
Abstract: This study investigates how Moroccan organizations manage the balance between internal and external recruitment by focusing on managerial employee’s perceptions of fairness, transparency, and merit-based practices in promotion and internal hiring. Anchored in contemporary human resource management and organizational theory, the research demonstrate...
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