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Emissions management and health exposure: should all power stations be treated equal?
(Springer, 2017)At the centre of all air quality regulation stands the right of humans to an environment that is not harmful to health and well-being. In many developing countries, including South Africa, coal-fired power station emissions ... -
Emosionele reaksies van die moeder van die seksueel misbruikte kind na bekendmaking van seksuele misbruik
(Department of Social Work, University of Stellenbosch, 2011)The purpose of the research was to determine the emotional reactions of the mother of the sexually abused child after disclosure and to establish ways in which the forensic social worker could assist the mother in the ... -
Emotion episodes of Afrikaans-speaking employees in the workplace
(AOSIS, 2013)Orientation: Emotions must be investigated within the natural contexts in which they occur. It therefore becomes crucial to study episodes in the workplace. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to determine ... -
Emotion work and well-being of client service workers within small and medium-sized enterprises
(Southern African Institute for Management Scientists, 2009)The objective of this study was to assess emotion work, emotional intelligence, and social support as predictors of well-being in client service workers within small and medium-sized enterprises. Across-sectional survey ... -
Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors and health outcomes
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)Background: Research on emotional child abuse in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. Few studies thus far have examined prevalence, risk and protective factors for emotional child abuse or the associations between emotional abuse ... -
Emotional intelligence and wellness among employees working in the nursing environment
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study’s sought to establish the relationship of emotional intelligence, job characteristics and wellness within the nursing environment. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A random probability sample (N=511; ... -
Emotional Intelligence, Work, and Psychological Outcomes in a Public Service Context
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Emotional load and social support as indicators of bullying at work
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study sought to ascertain whether elevated emotional load and a lack of social support could be indicative of bullying at work. Participants totalled 1442 employees from the manufacturing industry in South Africa. ... -
Emotional stress as a risk for hypertension in sub-Saharan Africans: Are we ignoring the odds?
(Springer Link, 2017)"Globally most interventions focus on improving lifestyle habits and treatment regimens to combat hypertension as a non-communicable disease (NCD). However, despite these interventions and improved medical treatments, blood ... -
The emotional well-being of the nurse within the multi-skill setting
(AOSIS, 2011)The emotional well-being of nurses working in a multi-skill setting may be negatively influenced by their challenging work environment. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study was conducted to investigate ... -
The emperor's new clothes - Reflections on strategic environmental assessment (SEA) practice in South Africa
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Emphasising the usefulness of simulations in audit education: student perceptions at a SAICA-accredited South African university
(University of Johannesburg, 2016)The use of active learning tools such as simulations in accounting education are increasingly stressed by accounting educationalists locally and abroad. This study highlights the benefits of using simulations and how their ... -
Empirical analysis of population growth and economic performance in South Africa (1980–2010)
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)The term population growth is referred to as an increase in the number of people in a country resulting from migration and the situation whereby the country's fertility exceed mortality rate. Population growth is a major ... -
An empirical assessment of factors impeding effective password management
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)Since passwords are one of the main mechanisms used to protect data and information, it is important to ensure that passwords are managed correctly and that those factors which will have a significant impact on password ... -
Empirical constraints on the general relativistic electric field associated with PSR J0437-4715
(IOP Publishing, 2005)We simulate the magnetosphere of the nearby millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715, which is expected to have an unscreened electric potential due to the lack of magnetic pair production. We incorporate general relativistic ... -
Empirical evaluation of a preliminary model to identify low-risk MBA applicants
(University of Primorska, 2012)This article reports on the second stage of the model, namely to empirically evaluate the model’s performance and validity across all three of the identified categories. These categories are ‘Low-to-no risk’ applicants for ... -
An empirical exploration of the capabilities of people with disabilities in coping with disasters
(Springer, 2020)While the capability approach is increasingly being adopted for evaluating well-being and social justice in the field of human development, this approach in disaster research has remained scarce. This research thus seeks ... -
An empirical investigation into the social impact of information systems at a tertiary institution in a developing country
(CSSALL Publishers, 2015)This study explores the problems that exist when society interacts with Information Systems (IS). IS brings expected and unexpected implications that may include social, environmental and IS failures. The problem is ... -
An empirical investigation of alternative semi-supervised segmentation methodologies
(ASSAf, 2019)Segmentation of data for the purpose of enhancing predictive modelling is a well-established practice in the banking industry. Unsupervised and supervised approaches are the two main types of segmentation and examples of ... -
Empirical investigation of systems cost estimation models in the Limpopo Province of South Africa: a requirement modelling problem
(CSREA, 2014)There are many factors believed to be important to systems development cost estimation. However an in-depth analysis demonstrates requirements as central cost drivers. The various transformations requirements go through ...