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A comparison of the traditional and simplified methods for water poverty index calculation
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The aim of this research is to quantify the difference in the water poverty index when calculated with the traditional method, compared to the new and simplified water poverty indices. It is calculated and compared for the ... -
Comparison of trauma on survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in Limpopo
(Aosis Publishing, 2014)Background: Gender-based violence is a challenge in South Africa, despite available interventions. Caring for the survivors of both forms of violence is critical for ensuring their speedy recovery. Objectives: To compare ... -
Competitive intelligence in a foreign environment: German and Canadian firms compared
(Physica-Verlag HD, 2005)The objective of this chapter was to examine the intelligence practices of German MNE's and contrast these to those found in Canadian and U.S. studies. Taking into consideration the caveats involved in the comparison of ... -
Competitive intelligence in South Africa: 1999-2002 and beyond
(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2004)South African companies are not yet well equipped to conduct good intelligence practices - but they will have to build strong competitive intelligence practices and expertise to survive in the globalised and competitive world -
Competitive Intelligence practices of South African and Belgian exporters
(Emerald, 2005)Purpose – The objective of the study was to compare competitive intelligence (CI) practices of exporters in South Africa and Belgium. Design/methodology/approach – An e-mail and postal survey in a sample of 292 Belgian ... -
Competitive intelligence practices: a South African study
(AOSIS, 2002)Competitive Intelligence (CI) as a business discipline and as a business practice is still in its infancy in South Africa. Only a few higher education courses in CI exist in South Africa and only a few studies on CI practices ... -
Competitive intelligence: an instrument to enhance South Africa's competitiveness
(AOSIS, 2005)The case for Competitive Intelligence (CI) as an instrument that can enhance the competitiveness of South African companies and South Africa as a country is strong. Various global competitive rankings measurements have ... -
Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence
(Emerald, 2008)Purpose Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and validating the theoretical constructs ... -
Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2008)Purpose: – Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and validating the theoretical constructs ... -
Competitive marketing strategies of selected hotels: an exploratory study
(College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, 2008)Organisations continually seek new ways to acquire, retain and increase business, since the cost of losing customers is rising. Service organisations such as hotels need to put in place competitive marketing strategies to ... -
Compliance with occupational health and safety in the construction industry in a selected district
(Prof. Ansie Lessing, 2016)The underlying study was necessitated by the realisation that whereas national statistics indicated an increasing trend in injuries and fatalities in the construction industry and consequently excessive claims from the ... -
Comprehension of marketing research textbooks among South African students: an investigation
(Higher Education South Africa, 2014)Reading is a skill people require in order to operate successfully in all spheres of life. Mastering this skill is even more critical when pursuing academic studies. This study investigated the reading comprehension of ... -
A conceptual framework for detecting financial crime in mobile money transactions
(Virtus Interpress, 2015)Mobile money has made it possible for the unbanked to access financial service to areas previous not accessibly to traditional banking systems. Africa in particular, has indeed seen a growth in use of such services owing ... -
A conceptual model of the influence of South African investor well-being on risk tolerance
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Financial institutions have the responsibility to measure an investor’s risk tolerance to determine his or her risk profile. Once an investor’s risk profile is determined, financial institutions are able to more accurately ... -
Conceptualizing intelligence in assessment: the next step
(Elsevier, 2015)Intelligence theory and assessment inHR and I/O contexts are unlikely to makemajor advancements when intelligence continues to be treated as a decontextualized set of skills. Models of cognitive style, situated cognition, ... -
Conceptualizing microfinance for effective smallholder farming in Africa
(The Clute Institute, 2014)Smallholder farmers in Africa desperately need pro-poor interventions to alleviate their poverty through self-sustenance. In Africa, poverty is more prevalent in rural areas, where the overwhelming majority (about 80%) of ... -
A concessionaire model for food and beverage operations in South African National Parks
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2014)In recent years, protected areas have come under pressure due to the budget cuts of government. As a result, national parks have had to devise strategies by means of which they are able to generate additional revenue, in ... -
Confirmatory analysis of the model to measure employee engagement
(Business Perspectives, 2016)A model to measure the employee engagement was developed by researching historical employee engagement models. These models, consisting of employee engagement constructs and their measuring criteria, have been empirically ... -
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: a Bayesian structural equation modeling approach
(Hogrefe, 2019)In the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), burnout is conceptualized as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. However, the factorial structure for the MBI remains controversial. ... -
A confirmatory investigation of a job demands-resources model using a categorical estimator
(Sage, 2012)A confirmatory investigation of a job demands-resources model was conducted with alternative methods, in a sample of 15,633 working adults aggregated from various economic sectors. The proposed model is in line with job ...