Browsing by Author "10070052 - Linde, Herman Max"

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    • Adoption of human resource practices within a South African small business: a case study 

      Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman (World Scientific Publishing, 2012)
      Until recently, human resource management has been considered inappropriate and too costly for small businesses and consequently research in this direction has been at a relatively minimum level. It is also evident that ...

    • A comparative analysis of current trade union trends in the European Union and South Africa 

      Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman Max; Uys, Marie; Visagie, Jan Christoffel (Academic journals, 2012)
      The primary objective of this study was to establish what factors currently influence trade unions as organisations in South Africa and the European Union and then to compare these factors. To conduct this study a pure ...

    • Evolving role and nature of workplace leaders and diversity: A theoretical and empirical approach 

      Linde, Herman Max; Visagie, Jan Christoffel (University of Primorska, 2010)
      Blumer (1962) regarded the ‘many possibilities of uncertainty as inherent to the process of joint action.’ Joint action reflects the efforts of participants to work out the line of action in light of what they observe each ...

    • Intergroup conflict within a South African mining company 

      Gobind, Jenni; Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman Max; Visagie, Jan Christoffel (Academic journals, 2012)
      The uncertainty that accompanies organizational change heightens prospects for intra-organizational conflict. Notwithstanding this, the knowledge base on the sources (or causes) of organizational conflict is underdeveloped ...

    • Leadership competencies for managing diversity 

      Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman Max; Visagie, Jan Christoffel (University of Primorska, 2011)
      The new understanding of diversity involves more than increasing the number of different identity groups on the payroll. An important proposal is that the experience of diversity in an organisation results from pervasive ...

    • A positive experience of diversity management: the influence of leadership style 

      Visagie, J.C.; Havenga, W.; Linde, H.M.; Van Vrede, F.J. (Kamla-Raj, 2012)
      It has been generally recognised that the workforce in its diversity is changing and that these changes affect the leaders and managers and increase the levels of complexity and diversity in organisations. In order to ...

    • The prevalance of workplace bullying in a South African mining company 

      Visagie, Jan C.; Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman; Botha, Adel (UNISA School of Management Sciences, 2012)
      Previous studies have established that for some people a typical day at work starts with immense feelings of distress, anxiety and irritability caused by workplace bullying. Not only does bullying behaviour in the workplace ...

    • A theoretical and empirical analysis of gender differences within the African business environment 

      Linde, Herman; Alex, Renjini; Van Vrede, Felicity; Havenga, Werner; Visagie, Jan C. (University of Primorska, 2013)
      The objective of this exploratory study was to determine whether there are any differences in the use of conflict-handling (management) styles between men and women among entrepreneurs of small businesses in South Africa, ...

    • A theoretical approach to the experience of diversity management: mead revisited 

      Havenga, Werner; Linde, Herman Max; Visagie, Jan Christoffel (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2011)
      The growing importance of managing workplace diversity necessitates investigating leadership style as a component of diversity management experience. The article described the interactionist viewpoint as an underpinning ...