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Ubuomba: Negotiating indigenisation of liturgical music in the Catholic Church in Zambia
(2014)In the early 1950s the Vatican accepted the translation of Catholic hymnals into local Zambian languages and the incorporation of indigenous musical instruments into the liturgical music. This development inspired a group ... -
Uit die oogpunt van die buitestander: die rol van identiteit en ruimte in die skep van 'n gemeenskapseie jeugnovelle
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The unbearable lightness of meaning: well-being and unstable meaning in life
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Psychological theories prioritize developing enduring sources of meaning in life. As such, unstable meaning should be detrimental to well-being. Two daily experience sampling studies were conducted to test this hypothesis. ... -
Undergraduate student teachers views and experiences of a compulsory course in research methods
(Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)In comparison to attention given to research methods for education students at postgraduate level, the offering of research methods for education students at undergraduate level is less often considered. Yet, it is agreed ... -
Undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors affecting job satisfaction
(AOSIS, 2018)Orientation: Globally, people engage in work and sell their services to an organisation in exchange for compensation. This compensation can have a significant effect on employees’ attitude towards their work, resulting in ... -
Underpinnings of user participation in service provider hosted online communities
(Informs, 2016)The recent emergence of social media-based brand communities is seen as an effective channel for practicing user-centric service innovation. However, user participation is the major hurdle in their sustainability. Despite ... -
Understanding ethnic differences in mental health service use for adolescents internalizing problems: the role of emotional problem identification
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013)Although immigrant adolescents are at least at equal risk of developing internalizing problems as their non-immigrant peers, immigrant adolescents are less likely to use mental health care. The present study is the first ... -
Understanding students' instrumental goals, motivation deficits and achievement: through the Lens of a Latent Profile Analysis
(Ubiquity Press, 2016)Building on the future oriented and regulated nature of instrumental goals, Lens and colleagues developed a 2 (proximal-distal) x 2 (internal-external) motivational framework. The current study aimed to test this framework ... -
Understanding the linguistic turn and the quest for meaning: historical perspectives and systematic considerations
(Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2013)Although the linguistic turn is usually described in historical terms this article aims at combing the significant historical transitions with systematic philosophical considerations. Against the background of earlier ... -
Understanding the relationship between intensity and gratifications of Facebook use among adolescents and young adults
(Elsevier, 2017)Facebook is a well-known computer-mediated communication platform considered popular among adolescents and young adults. New media scholars have coined the term "intensity of Facebook use" (IFU) for the concept that measures ... -
Unearthing a hidden treasure: 60 years of karst research in the Far West Rand
(Acad Science South Africa A S S Af, 2015)Karstified dolomitic formations situated in the Far West Rand goldfield of the Witwatersrand Basin constitute a significant groundwater resource in semi-arid South Africa and would be of strategic importance for alleviating ... -
The unique nature of the Bible and how to read It - a reformational-philosophical reflection
(The Association for Christian Higher Education / Die Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2008) -
The uniqueness of public sector project management: a contextual perspective
(Sabinet, 2011)Debates about the differences between management applications in public and private sector settings are prevalent in higher education institutions. Within the context of these debates, higher education service providers ... -
The uniqueness of public sector project management: a contextual perspective
(Unisa Press, 2011)Debates about the differences between management applications in public and private sector settings are prevalent in higher education institutions. Within the context of these debates, higher education service providers ... -
United Nations Security Council reform and the dilemmas of African continental integration
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2014)This article analyses the disunity among African states in terms of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform, and attributes it to the contest between South Africa and Nigeria. These two countries have been locked in ... -
Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers motivation for well–being: a person–centered perspective
(Elsevier, 2013)The current study compares the quantitative and the qualitative viewpoints on work motivation by relying on Self-Determination Theory's differentiation between autonomous and controlled motivation. Specifically, we employed ... -
Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers motivation for well–being: a person–centered perspective
(Elsevier, 2013)The current study compares the quantitative and the qualitative viewpoints on work motivation by relying on Self-Determination Theory's differentiation between autonomous and controlled motivation. Specifically, we employed ... -
Untold history with a historiography: a review of scholarship on Afrikaner women in South African history
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)In ‘The Rise and Fall of Afrikaner Women’ (2003), Gilliomee argues that Afrikaner women’s history ‘is the biggest untold story of the Afrikaner people’, and in doing so ignores the research on Afrikaner women’s history. This ... -
Uranium contaminated drinking water linked to leukaemia - revisiting a case study from South Africa taking alternative exposure pathways into account
(Elsevier, 2017)The paper presents results of a follow-up to an earlier study which established a geospatial link between naturally elevated uranium (U) levels in borehole water and haematological abnormalities in local residents serving ... -
Uranium pollution in South Africa: past research and future needs
(SRCE, 2015)Extracting gold for over a century from the Witwatersrand basin in South Africa as the largest known deposit on Earth, inadvertently also brought large amounts of radioactive and chemotoxic uranium (U) into densely populated ...