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Assimilation of tourism satellite accounts and applied general equilibrium models to inform tourism policy analysis
(IP Publishing, 2011)Historically, tourism policy analysis in South Africa has posed challenges to accurate measurement. The primary reason for this is that tourism is not designated as an 'industry' in standard economic accounts. This paper ... -
Association between age, critical skills and work perspectives
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2014)The main aim of this study is to report on the associations between age, critical skills and work perspectives (job satisfaction, career/organizational commitment and job characteristics) as perceived by resort employees. ... -
Association of happiness and socio-economic variables in a South African Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2014)The study reported in this article explored the happiness status of residents in a South African township of Kwakwatsi. The study mainly investigates the relationship between subjective happiness and selected socio-economic ... -
Asymmetric cointegration and causality effects between financial development and economic growth in South Africa
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2015)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate asymmetric cointegration and causality effects between financial development and economic growth for South African data spanning over the period of 1992-2013. Desi ... -
Attachment and psychological well-being among adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya: the mediating role of identity formation
(Elsevier, 2013)The current study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between attachment and identity development, and their influence on psychological well-being in adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya. The sample was ... -
Attitude towards materialism in sport and materialism tendecies amongst black generation Y students
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2011)In today's media-rich world sport celebrities are viewed as potential role models and are often used as marketing vehicles. When they display materialistic tendencies they draw severe criticism as this is believed to be ... -
Attitude towards sport and physical activity, self-esteem, life satisfaction relationship and variations in terms of gender: perspective from university students
(2015)Universities provide a platform for sport and physical activity participation opportunities to students. For students, participation in sport and physical activity is an important part of university life which can lead ... -
Attitude towards, and likelihood of, complaining in the banking, domestic airline and restaurant industries
(Unisa Press, 2012)It is imperative that service organisations implement effective service recovery strategies when customers experience a service failure, since unresolved service failures can result in customers spreading negative word-of-mouth ... -
Attitudes towards environmental issues: a case of Bophelong Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2013)This paper examines the attitudes that the households of Bophelong Township have towards environmental issues in their area. Focus was placed on issues pertaining to air pollution and littering in the Township. The study ... -
Attitudes towards environmental issues: a case of Bophelong Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2013)This paper examines the attitudes that the households of Bophelong Township have towards environmental issues in their area. Focus was placed on issues pertaining to air pollution and littering in the Township. The study ... -
Attitudes towards information privacy amongst black South African Generation Y Students: A study of loyalty cards
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)Aim: In this era of globalisation characterised with rapid spread and usage of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the capacity to store personal information, the issue of information privacy is becoming an ... -
Authentic leadership as a source of optimism, trust in the organisation and work engagement in the public health care sector
(AOSIS, 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: ... -
The Balance between work and home: The relationship between work and home demands and ill health of employed females
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and home demands, work-home interference (WHI), home-work interference (HWI), and ill health of 500 employed females from various occupations. A ... -
Balancing academic and professional pedagogies: a comparative study of two accounting departments in South Africa and the UK
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014-04)The paper adds to extant professional education literature by reflecting on apparent differences in pedagogy of similar professional programmes of study, allowing deeper insight into the unique strand of higher education ... -
Bank productivity and sources of efficiency change: a case of the four largest banks in South Africa
(Clute Institute [for academic research], 2013)The Malmquist productivity index was utilised to estimate the total factor productivity and productivity change of the four largest banks in South Africa for the period 1994 to 2010. Total factor productivity change can ... -
Banking competition and misconduct: how dire economic conditions affect banking behavior
(Business Perspectives, 2016)Increasingly, in the last decade, largely due to perceived greater shareholder pressures for more profitable performance, compensation maximization has taken center stage in some segments of the banking industry. Banks ... -
Banking customers’ attitudes toward complaining: their likelihood of voicing a complaint and service recovery they consider appropriate
(Academic journals, 2012)This paper measures the attitude of banking customers towards complaining and their likelihood to complain when a service failure is experienced at their current and another bank. Insight is also provided into the service ... -
Barriers to internationalisation: firm–level evidence from South Africa
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2012)The internal resource barriers that firms experience influence their capability to export. This, in turn, influences the export performance of the country and the extent to which exports contribute to economic growth. The ... -
Barriers to small informal business development and entrepreneurship: the case of Emfuleni Region
(Czestochowa University of Technology, 2016)The nature of being an entrepreneur encapsulates the essence of fully embracing opportunities and taking on new challenges and risks. Informal entrepreneurship is often taken for granted and hardly recognised as being a ... -
Basel III countercyclical capital rules: implications for South Africa
(University of Pretoria, 2012)The financial crisis has been blamed on many entities, institutions and individuals as well as the Basel II accord which had just begun to be implemented globally when the crisis erupted. The criticisms resulted in the ...