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Associations between adolescent experiences of violence in Malawi and gender-based attitudes, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors
(Elsevier, 2017)Little is known about adolescent exposure to and factors associated with violence in Malawi. The aim of this research was to describe the prevalence of exposure to violence among adolescents in Malawi, and test the hypotheses ... -
Associations between demographic factors and perceived acculturative stress among African migrants in Germany
(2014)This study investigated the nature and extent of the associations between demographic variables and acculturative stress of African migrants in Germany with the premise that living in Germany would be stressful for Africans. ... -
Attention distribution and cognitive load in a subtitled academic lecture: L1 vs. L2
(JEMR, 2014)In multilingual classrooms, subtitling can be used to address the language needs of students from different linguistic backgrounds. The way students distribute their visual and cognitive resources during a lecture is ... -
Attitude towards sexual control among women in conjugal union in the era of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mahikeng, South Africa
(UAPS, 2014)Husbands continue to be the greatest source of sexually transmitted infections including HIV to their wives. Using a survey of 568 respondents and 33 in-depth interviews, this study examined the attitudes of women in marital ... -
Audio narration: re–narrativising film
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)Audiovisual texts rely on their polysemiotic nature to create audiovisual narrative. For audiences who do not have access to any one of the semiotic codes, the very essence of the narrative is compromised. The nature of ... -
Authentic happiness of managers, and individual and organisational outcomes
(Sage, 2012)The aim of this study was to investigate managers' orientations to happiness and the relationship thereof to individual and organisational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used with managers in the agricultural ... -
Authentic happiness of managers, and individual and organisational outcomes
(SAGE Publications, 2012)The aim of this study was to investigate managers' orientations to happiness and the relationship thereof to individual and organisational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used with managers in the agricultural ... -
Authentic leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour in the public health care sector: the role of workplace trust
(AOSIS, 2016)Orientation: The orientation of this study was towards authentic leadership and its influence on workplace trust and organisational citizenship behaviour in the public health care sector. Research purpose: The aim of this ... -
Authentic leadership as a source of optimism, trust in the organisation and work engagement in the public health care sector
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015)Orientation: The orientation of this study is towards authentic leadership (AL) and its influence on optimism, trust in the organisation and work engagement of employees in the public health care sector. Research purpose: ... -
Authentic leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and intention to leave in state-owned enterprises
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)This study investigated the relations among authentic leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and intention to leave within state–owned enterprises in Namibia. Participants were a convenience sample of 452 ... -
Autobiographical techniques and the problems of memorial reconstruction: Amis, Coetzee, Kermode and Motion
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This article examines the various ways Martin Amis, J.M. Coetzee, Frank Kermode and Andrew Motion approach the problems associated with memorial reconstruction and veracity in their autobiographical writings. Using as a ... -
Avontuur: 'n Praktykgebaseerde verkenning van intermedialiteit en materialiteit in 'n boekprojek
(Sabinet Online Ltd, 2009)There is an increasing awareness of the importance and place of distinctive research needs and methods in creative fields such as creative writing. This article uses the practice-based research approach to discuss a book ... -
Awareness campaigns as survival tools in the fight against gender-based violence in peri-urban communities of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2013)Most of Zimbabwe’s urban settlements owe their existence to mining activities; hence most peri-urban communities around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, are mining communities. However, research in these mining ... -
Axiological assumptions in Qohelet: a historical-philosophical clarification
(AOSIS, 2012)The article has as its working hypothesis the proposal that from a philosophical perspective, the Book of Qohelet can be read as having axiology rather than epistemology or existential issues as its core concern. In order ... -
Axiological assumptions in Qohelet: a historical–philosophical clarification
(AOSIS, 2012)The article has as its working hypothesis the proposal that the Book of Ecclesiastes has axiology as its main concern. All interest in reality, knowledge and morality can be interpreted as being subsumed under the primary ... -
'Barking’ at texts in Sepedi oral reading fluency: Implications for edumetric interventions in African languages
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Reading development in African languages remains under-researched and under-theorised to date despite a cornucopia of studies showing that successful acquisition of reading is vital for cognitive processes such as attention ... -
Barriers to career advancement of women in mining: a qualitative analysis
(UNISA Press, 2017)In recent years, various initiatives, protocols and legislation have been developed globally to promote gender equality and address existing discrimination against women. South Africa is no exception to this trend. In the ... -
Barriers to community participation in crime prevention in low income communities in Cape Town
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)Community participation in crime prevention has been embraced by anti-crime organizations as a panacea for crime problems. This approach gained its preeminent status after governments realised that law enforcement alone ... -
Bayesian evaluation of inequality-constrained hypotheses in SEM Models using Mplus
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Researchers in the behavioral and social sciences often have expectations that can be expressed in the form of inequality constraints among the parameters of a structural equation model resulting in an informative hypothesis. ... -
Bayesian evaluation of inequality–constrained hypotheses in SEM models using Mplus
(2012)Researchers in the behavioral and social sciences often have expectations that can be expressed in the form of inequality constraints among the parameters of a structural equation model resulting in an informative ...