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Taking multi mode research strides during the innovation of a cricket competitive intelligence framework
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)This paper describes the multi-mode research methodological steps during the development of a competitive intelligence (CI) framework for cricket coaches. Currently no framework exist to guide coaches to gain a competitive ... -
Taking stock of South African accounting students' pervasive skills development : are we making progress?
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)This study used a mixed-methods research design to take stock of the perceived level of awareness and perceived importance of pervasive skills development from three role-players in the South African accounting higher ... -
Talent management, motivation and service quality of support staff in a public higher education institution
(South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2015)Support staff in higher education institutions play an important role in representing an institution's client service and competence. Research on the talent management of this occupational group remains scarce. The main ... -
Teacher self-efficacy in cross-national perspective
(Elsevier, 2013)In the present study, teacher self-efficacy was examined in a cross-national setting. The cross-national generalizability of the scale and the meaning of cross-national variation in mean scores were investigated. Using ... -
Teachers and their educational leadership in organizational change and development: an Eritrean case study
(Indian Society for Education and Environment, 2017)The purpose of the study is to explore whether teachers involve in school leadership. Teachers as leaders of their schools have a diverse set of leadership functions that would help schools to reform, transform or even ... -
Teaching problem-solving competency in Business Studies at secondary school level
(Education Association South Africa, 2015)The high unemployment rate in South Africa compels potential entrepreneurs to start their own businesses in order to survive. Often this is with little or no formal training or education in entrepreneurship. Since problem ... -
Team identification and soccer involvement as determinants of African Generation Y students Premier Soccer League team psychological commitment
(2015)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of soccer involvement and team identification on African Generation Y students’ Premier Soccer League (PSL) team psychological commitment in the South African ... -
Technical efficiency of smallholder sugarcane farmers in Malawi: The case of Kasinthula cane growing scheme
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2012)This study examines the productivity of peasant sugarcane farmers in rural Malawi. The article is based on data collected through a survey. A Stochastic Frontier Model is used to estimate technical efficiency levels of the ... -
Technical efficiency of South African banks in generating interest and noninterest income:a stochastic frontier analysis
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2013)This study applies stochastic frontier analysis to estimate the technical efficiencies of the four largest banks in South Africa, for the period 1994 to 2010, with regard to their generation of interest income and noninterest ... -
Telling or selling? Experiencing South African cultural heritage tourism products
(2013)With the advent of the experience economy the unique experiential value of cultural heritage products comes to the forefront of cultural tourism development and is the main value proposition for emerging destinations, ... -
Tertiary education in South Africa: is it worth it?
(Inderscience Publishers, 2015)Education may be the most important factor influencing an individual's income and, as a result, education can be used as a source to increase future potential earnings. It therefore becomes important to determine the ... -
Testing the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates in BRICS countries: a multivariate co-integration approach
(Danubius University, 2016)The BRICS is a group of major emerging economies in the world which have combined financial resources to form the New Development Bank in an effort to address economic challenges faced by these countries. Thus, the flow ... -
The assessment of cellphone banking acceptance and usage in the North West University, Mafikeng Campus
(Ponte Editore, 2017)Cellphone banking has been introduced in South Africa by many banks. In particular, banks in Mafikeng have established the opportunity to capture the market of its users and those who do not have bank accounts through this ... -
The bidirectional relationship between person-job fit and work engagement
(Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2016)Although theorized and generally accepted, research on the relationship (specifically the direction of the causal relationship) between person-job fit and work engagement is limited and not yet clear. Theoretical arguments ... -
The causal and cointegration relationship between government revenue and government expenditure
(Business Perspectives, 2017)This study determines the causal relationship that exists between government revenue and government expenditure in South Africa. The study employed annual time series data from the year 1980 to 2015 taken from the South ... -
The competitive status of the South African wheat industry
(University of Johannesburg, 2016)This article investigates the competitiveness of the South African wheat industry and compares it to its major trade partners. Since 1997, the wheat-to-bread value chain has been characterised by concentration of ownership ... -
The conceptualisation of e-Learning in the public sector
(Business Perpsectives, 2016)The South African public sector is faced with many challenges and one of the major challenges is service delivery. This is linked with skills shortage resulting in public service having too many people to train in a short ... -
The corporate governance conundrum: perspectives from Dante's Inferno
(Studia Universitatis, 2016)The Corporate Governance Conundrum: Perspectives from Dante's Inferno. Corporate sustainability reporting, renowned as an instrument for businesses to communicate how they function more efficiently and responsibly within ... -
The correlation between player valuation and the bargaining position of clubs in the English premier league (EPL)
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)Soccer is perhaps the most loved game in the world, filled with passion both on and off the field. Literature suggests that the English Premier League (EPL) is one of the most sought after championship in soccer. The study ... -
The development of a Human Resource Management (HRM) professional competence model: a pilot study
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This study sought to develop and test a diagnostic tool for the measurement of professional human resource management (HRM) competencies in the South African context. Data on HRM competencies were collected from South ...