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Communication between information system development team members from different cultural contexts: a case study
(IADIS Press, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate how communication is affected by the different cultural contexts of information system development (ISD) team members in order to achieve ISD project results. The study investigated ... -
Communication management during the veld fires of 23 August 2011 in the Tlokwe Local Municipality: a cautionary tale
(OASIS, 2013)Background: A veld fire disaster in the Tlokwe Local Municipality on 23 August 2011, resulted in an estimated monetary loss of over R43 million. The veld fire disaster was characterised by a lack of strategic management ... -
Communicative action: the Habermasian and Freirean dialogical approach to participatory communication for social change in a post-1994 South Africa
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte, Potchefstroom, 2009)Despite its almost four decade mainstay, the field of participatory communication for social change still experiences a definitional and pragmatic problem regarding what exactly participation is (cf. Jacobson & Storey, ... -
Communities in conversation: opportunities for women and girls' self-empowerment
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South ... -
Communities in conversation: opportunities for women and girls’ self-empowerment
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South ... -
Communities: development of church-based counselling teams
(AOSIS, 2015)Pastoral care is a biblical mandate to the Church to be involved in the lives of God’s people. A key metaphor used by Jesus to describe his pastoral role was that of a shepherd. Thus, to be God’s shepherds and instruments ... -
Community and home-based exercise for the prevention and treatment of hypertension
(Cochrane Collaboration, 2020)This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The objective of this review is to assess the effects of community and home‐based exercise interventions for the prevention and ... -
Community attitude on winter festivals as a strategy to reduce tourism seasonality: the Christmas in July Hogsback Festival in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
(AJHTL, 2017)Marketing tactics to tackle the notion of low season are abundant yet seasonality remains a complex phenomenon in the tourism industry. This article explored the possibilities of using winter festivals to curb seasonality ... -
Community care workers, poor referral networks and consumption of personal resources in rural South Africa
(2014-04-29)Although home-based care (HBC) programs are widely implemented throughout Africa, their success depends on the existence of an enabling environment, including a referral system and supply of essential commodities. The ... -
Community caregivers' perspectives of community well-being in a mining community
(AOSIS, 2017)Mining communities throughout the Southern African Development Community are faced with numerous challenges impacting on their wellbeing. As part of an integrative multidisciplinary research project, this study sought to ... -
Community Colleges in South Africa? Assessment of potential from comparative international perspectives
(Unisa, 2011)While South African higher education has, in many respects, achieved remarkable achievements since 1994, a series of serious problems continue to beset the system, and a low internal (high attrition rate) and external ... -
Community colleges: a vehicle for the expansion of higher education opportunities in South Africa
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Community composition and functions of endophytic bacteria of Bt maize
(ASSAf, 2018)We investigated the potential effects of genetic modification of Bt maize on the community composition and functions of bacterial endophytes associated with transgenic maize (Bt MON 810) in comparison with its isogenic ... -
Community development in higher education: how do academics ensure their community-based research makes a difference?
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Community engagement is positioned as a core strategic aim in higher education internationally, yet one could question how 'engaged' such endeavours are. Community-based research is supposed to promote the co-creation of ... -
Community participation and malaria prevention programs
(Business Perspectives, 2016)Malaria prevention and control programs in Zimbabwe have been hampered by low levels of cooperation by local communities. The study sought to assess the impact of community participation on cooperation in malaria prevention ... -
Community participation in crime prevention: informal social control practices in Site B, Khayelitsha Township
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The role of informal social controls and their sanctions are still given little attention in crime prevention field. Some people still regard fighting and preventing crime as the work of the government and its agencies. ... -
Community participation in NGO development projects in Zimbabwe: myth or reality?
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)For Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to bring about development to the communities they work with, it is imperative that they effectively employ participatory methodologies for their beneficiaries to take initiative ... -
Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale
(Nature, 2019)Animal-associated microbiomes are integral to host health, yet key biotic and abiotic factors that shape host-associated microbial communities at the global scale remain poorly understood. We investigated global patterns ... -
Community service nurses perceptions regarding mentoring in North West Province, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)The purpose of this study was to measure and describe the perceptions of community service nurses (CSNs) regarding their mentoring in the North West Province South Africa. Descriptive survey research design was used for ...