Browsing by Author "10094598 - Jorgensen, Lené Ilyna"
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An investigation into the factor structure of the Ryff Scales of psychological well-being
Henn, Carolina M.; Hill, Carin; Jorgensen, Lené I. (AOSIS, 2016)Orientation: South African studies investigating the factor structure of the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-being (RPWB) are needed to ensure that the instrument is valid and reliable within the South African context. ... -
Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Jorgensen, Lene I.; Hill, Carin (AOSIS, 2011)Orientation: The coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate ... -
Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Jorgensen, Lené I.; Hill, Carin (AOSIS, 2011)Orientation: The coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate ... -
Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
Hill, Carin; Jorgensen, Lené Ilyna; Rothmann, Sebastiaan (AOSIS, 2011)Orientation: The coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate ... -
The development and evaluation of an emotion competence intervention in the South African police service
Watson, Retha; Jorgensen, Lené Ilyna; Meiring, Deon; Hill, Carin (Kamla-Raj, 2012)The South African Police Service (SAPS) is an organisation where employees are exposed to numerous stressful and traumatic episodes which affects the employee’s emotion functioning. Although several pro-active psychological ... -
The development and investigation of the psychometric properties of a burnout scale within a South African agricultural research institution
Asiwe, Doris, N.; Jorgensen, Lené I.; Hill, Carin (AOSIS, 2014)Orientation: Burnout of employees is well documented within South Africa, but researchers have adapted imported instruments with a number of limitations. Therefore there is a need to develop a new instrument suitable for ... -
Efficacy evaluation of a leadership development assessment centre for managers
Jorgensen, Lené I.; Els, Bianca (Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study evaluated the efficacy of a leadership development intervention using an assessment centre approach. Participants were 72 managers and peer workers (50%) with a steel manufacturing organisation from the ... -
Encounter group counsellor training with pre-service industrial psychologist: a pilot study
Jorgensen, Lené I. (Taylor & Francis, 2016)This study explored the efficacy of an encounter group counsellor training protocol to prepare pre-service industrial-organisational (I-O) psychologists as workplace counsellors. The participants included 48 master's degree ... -
Engagement of employees in a research organisations: a relational perspective
Asiwe, Doris; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Jorgensen, Lene; Hill, Carin (AOSIS, 2017)Background: Increasing work engagement in a sustainable way remains a challenge despite years of research on the topic. Relationships at work are vital to foster engagement or disengagement. While the relational model by ... -
The evaluation of a frame-of-reference training programme for intern psychometrists
Mulder, Gerdi; Jorgensen, Lené I.; Nel, J. Alewyn; Meiring, Deon (AOSIS, 2013)Orientation: The use of assessment centres (ACs) has drastically increased over the past decade. However, ACs are constantly confronted with the lack of construct validity. One aspect of ACs that could improve the construct ... -
An evaluation of a helping skills training program for intern psychometrists
Du Preez, Jani; Jorgensen, Lené I. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)This study reports on the effectiveness of a helping skills training program for intern psychometrists. A randomised pretest–posttest comparison group design was used to evaluate the training program. Participants (N = 22; ... -
Exploring the role of the industrial-organisational psychologist as counsellor
Barkhuizen, Hanri; Jorgensen, Lené I.; Brink, Lizelle (AOSIS, 2014)Orientation: Industrial-organisational (I-O) psychologists are often confronted with counselling interventions in the workplace and thus it is vital that they are effectively prepared for their role as workplace ... -
Job demands and resoures of workers in a South African agricultural organisation
Asiwe, Doris, N.; Hill, Carin; Jorgensen, Lené I. (AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: Understanding the job demands and resources experienced by workers in an agricultural organisation. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Adapted Job ... -
Occupational stress, ill health and organisational commitment of members of the South African police service in the North West Province
Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Jorgensen, Lené (Criminological Society of South Africa (CRIMSA), 2008)The aims of this study were to analyse the occupational stress experienced by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) stationed at the Local Criminal and Record Centre (LCRC), to assess the relationship between ... -
Personal growth initiative among industrial psychology students in a higher education institution in South Africa
De Jager-Van Straaten, Angelique; Jorgensen, Lené; Hill, Carin; Nel, Jan Alewyn (AOSIS, 2016)Orientation: Personal growth initiative (PGI) is an important characteristic of workplace counsellors. Industrial and organisational (I-O) psychologists often assist employees with counselling for work-related and personal ... -
Qualities of work-related well-being in selected South African occupations
Jorgensen, Lené Ilyna; Nel, Jan Alewyn; Roux, David Johannes (Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study investigated the structure of work-related well-being in four occupational groups in South Africa. The participants were 4 006 employees, namely educators and administrative personnel (n = 2501), insurance ... -
Training the industrial and organisational psychologist as counsellor: are we doing enough?
Barkhuizen, Hanri; Brink, Lizelle; Jorgensen, Lené I. (AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: Industrial and organisational (I-O) psychologists are responsible for workplace counselling. Workplace counselling requires specific skills and training for the I-O psychologist. Research purpose: The main ...