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The Madagascar Crisis, SADC Mediation and the Changing Indian Oceanic Order
(Human Sciences Research Council, 2014)The political stability of Madagascar has been fragile for decades. In 2009, Madagascar experienced what was considered to be an unconstitutional change of government when power was usurped from then president, Marc ... -
Maestro for a moment: a conceptual framework for music integration in Grade R
(AOSIS, 2016)In South Africa, possibilities to utilise music to contribute to the holistic development of preschool learners are under continuous investigation. However, music education in the Grade R classroom is limited due to ... -
Major incongruence and career development among American and South Korean College Students
(Sage, 2014)The present study examined whether college students who have academic majors that are incongruent with their career aims experience diminished career development. Because the value placed on self-expression differs across ... -
Majority and the limits of democracy
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Making community development at grassroots reality: church-driven development approach in Zimbabwe's context of severe poverty
(AOSIS, 2017)The critical role played by communities in development initiatives is globally acknowledged. Churches are key community institutions that play a crucial role in community development, yet their role is not well understood ... -
Making meaning in AVT: eye tracking and viewer construction of narrative
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The reception of film with a view to audiovisual translation (AVT) is a field that has been receiving more attention in the last few years. This shows a move away from product-oriented research. Nevertheless, methodologies ... -
Making meaning in life
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Making meaning of inclusive education: classroom practices in Finnish and South African classrooms
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This paper reports on the findings of an international comparative research project where the roles of teachers in the implementation of inclusive education in mainstream-classroom settings in South Africa and Finland were ... -
Management challenges in the alignment of performance indicators: the case of Overstrand Municipality
(ASSADPAM (Associaton of Southern African Schools & Departments of Public Administration and Management), 2015)Negative employee perceptions of performance management are pervasive throughout the public sector. Whether institutional or individual performance management is referred to, issues pertaining to coordination, integration ... -
Manager relations, psychological need satisfaction and intention to leave in the agricultural sector
(AOSIS, 2013)Orientation: If South African organisations are to retain talented and skilled staff, they need to consider the psychological needs of employees and their predictors. Research purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate ... -
Managing corporate identities of non-profit organisations in the social welfare sector
(OASIS, 2013)Present-day South Africa is characterised by many societal and developmental issues, such as HIV awareness and prevention, child-headed households, environmental protection, poverty alleviation, violence and victim aid. ... -
Managing local government performance: key considerations and challenges
(Sabinet, 2006)Since local government is the nearest to service users it is expected that it is at the forefront of service delivery. Local government needs to demonstrate that performance is managed, measured and improved on a continuous ... -
Managing socio-institutional enclosure: a grounded theory of caregivers' attentiveness in hospital care
(Elsevier, 2016)Purpose: Caregivers' attentiveness is vital for healthcare quality, yet existing research lacks a specific definition and neglects its different forms and aspects. Methods: This paper presents a qualitative, grounded theory ... -
Marital status and HIV prevalence among women in Nigeria: ingredients for evidence-based programming
(Elsevier, 2016)Objective: To assess the influence of marital status and other correlates on HIV infection among women in Nigeria. Methods: Data were extracted from the 2012 Nigerian population-based HIV/AIDS and reproductive health survey. ... -
Marking for structure using Boolean feedback
(South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT), 2015)This paper presents evidence that marking student texts with wellconsidered checklists is more effective than marking by hand. An experiment conducted on first-year students illustrated that the checklists developed to ... -
Marsupial babies in the midst of plenty: America's dominance by design in the Gulf of Guinea
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)The leitmotif of the United States of America (US) in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) is to have total control of fossil fuel in the region. In doing so, it has established the Africa Command (Africom) to replace the three ... -
Masculinization of participation and the absence of female voices on phone-in radio shows in Ogun State Nigeria
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)Radio broadcasting has been hailed as one of the numerous factors contributing to the expansion of participation in public affairs in Africa. Such arguments are more often than not premised on the involvement of listeners ... -
Maxwell Anderson's song lyric 'Lost in the Stars' and his Ulyssean adaptation of Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country
(AOSIS, 2017)This article inspects selected thematic and adaptive links between Alan Paton's classic South African novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, and its stage adaptation for Broadway by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill, the musical ... -
Mädchen in uniform; gender, power and sexuality in times of militarisation
(Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2013)The film Mädchen in Uniform (1931), a love story between a teacher and student in Germany, is widely recognised as the first pro-lesbian film. Banned by the National Socialists, it opened the way for pro-lesbian film ... -
Meaning and posttraumatic growth among survivors of the September 2013 Colorado Floods
(Wiley, 2016)In the wake of significant adversity, a range of recovery outcomes are possible, from prolonged distress to minimal effects on functioning and even psychological growth. Finding meaning in one's life is thought to facilitate ...