Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel"
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Adverse acculturation conditions and well-being of mine employees in the North-West Province
Burckard, Anneke; Jackson, Leon Trodricht Basie; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)The frequency of intercultural contact in the South African workplace has increased after 1994. We investigated relations between adverse acculturation conditions, separation and well-being in Black and White miners. We ... -
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism
Barkhuizen, Emmerentia Nicolene; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Wiley, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ... -
Children at risk for developmental delay can be recognised by stunting, being underweight, ill health, little maternal schooling or high gravidity
Abubakar, Amina; Holding, Penny; Newton, Charles; Van Baar, Anneloes; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Aims: To investigate markers of risk status that can be easily monitored in resource-limited settings for the identification of children in need of early developmental intervention. Methods: Eighty-five children in Kilifi, ... -
Developmental monitoring using caregiver reports in a resource-limited setting: The case of Kilifi, Kenya
Abubakar, Amina; Bomu, G.; Holding, P.; Van Baar, A.; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Aim: The main aim of the current study was to evaluate the reliability, validity and acceptability of developmental monitoring using caregiver reports among mothers in a rural African setting. Methods: A structured ... -
Entering our fifth decade: An analysis of the influence of the journal of cross-cultural psychology during its first forty years of publication
Lonner, Walter; Murdock, Elke; Smith, Peter; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Sage, 2010)The role of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JCCP) over the past 40 years in enhancing attention to cultural issues within psychology is discussed. Analyses are presented showing frequencies over the past decade ... -
A historical analysis of the European journal of psychological assessment: A comparison of the earliest (1992-1996) and the latest years (2005-2009)
Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2010)We conducted a historical analysis of the articles published in the first (1992-1996) and last 5 years (2005-2009) of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment (EJPA), mainly on the basis of an analysis of abstracts ... -
Implicit personality conceptions of the Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa
De Bruin, Gideon; Meiring, Deon; Nel, Jan Alewyn; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Valchev, Velichko H.; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Sage, 2011)The present study explored the personality conceptions of the three main Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa: Swati, Xhosa, and Zulu. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 116 native speakers of Swati, ... -
Indonesian leadership styles: a mixed-methods approach
Suryani, Angela O.; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel; Poortinga, Ype H.; Setiadi, Bernadette N. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Indonesian leadership characteristics were examined in three studies, using mixed methods. In the first, qualitative study 127 indigenous characteristics of Indonesian leadership were identified from interviews and focus ... -
On the elusive nature of high Chinese achievement
Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Elsevier, 2010)Comments on an article by Lazar Stankov (see record 2010-11850-001). It is argued that Stankov's proposal to view unforgivingness as underlying the combination of high educational achievement, anxiety, and self-doubt is ... -
Personal values and crew compatibility: results from a 105 days simulated space mission
Bye, Hege Høivik; Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Elsevier, 2011)On a mission to Mars the crew will experience high autonomy and inter-dependence. “Groupthink”, known as a tendency to strive for consensus at the cost of considering alternative courses of action, represents a potential ... -
Personal values and intended self-presentation during job interviews: a cross-cultural comparison
Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Bye, Hege Høivik; Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel; Sam, David Lackland; Çakar, Nigar Demircan; Franke, Gabriele Helga (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)This study examined the impact of personal values on intended selfpresentation during job interviews among German, Ghanaian, Norwegian, and Turkish students (total N = 1,474). We also sought to explain cultural differences ... -
Rugby versus Soccer in South Africa: Content familiarity contributes to cross-cultural differences in cognitive test scores
Malda, Maike; Temane, Qambeshile Michael; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Elsevier, 2010)In this study, cross-cultural differences in cognitive test scores are hypothesized to depend on a test's cultural complexity (Cultural Complexity Hypothesis: CCH), here conceptualized as its content familiarity, rather ... -
The South African personality Inventory (SAPI): a culture-informed instrument for the country's main ethnocultural groups
Fetvadjiev, Velichko; Meiring, Deon; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel; Nel, Jan Alewyn; Hill, Carin (Amer Psychological Assoc, 2015)We present the development and the underlying structure of a personality inventory for the main ethnocultural groups of South Africa, using an emic-etic approach. The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) was developed ... -
Traveling with congnitive tests: Testing the validity of a KABC-II adaptation in India
Malda, Maike; Srinivasan, Krishnamachari; Sukumar, Prathima; Transler, Catherine; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Sage Publication, 2010)The authors evaluated the adequacy of an extensive adaptation of the American Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, second edition (KABC-II), for 6- to 10-year-old Kannada-speaking children of low socioeconomic status ...