Browsing by Subject "Job characteristics"
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Assessing job characteristics, job satisfaction and engagement among employees at a local municipality
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Today’s manager is concerned with the role of job demands and resources in employee attitudes such as job satisfaction and work engagement as they enable them to identify potential problems at the workplace as well as ... -
Burnout of academic staff in a higher education institution
(North-West University, 2004)Universities worldwide are developing a disturbing imbalance with their environments. In recent years, academic working conditions in South African universities have changed dramatically as a result of the country's ... -
Burnout of primary school teachers in the North West Province
(North-West University, 2004)The foundation of the education of our country lies in the hands of the primary school teachers. Unfortunately, teachers have to juggle many roles - not only are they expected to teach diverse classes and be a role model, ... -
Does social support moderate between job characteristics, management communication and job satisfaction?
(North-West University, 2011)The South African mining industry is facing rising levels of skills shortage. According to reports, there are a number of reasons for this, one being the low number of graduates who enrol for engineering related qualifications ... -
Flourishing in Work and Careers
(Springer, 2014)Mental health is an important career resource that will help individuals to be function optimally, be self-sufficient, adapt to change, manage their careers well. The aim of this chapter was to investigate the relationships ... -
The impact of job and organisational characteristics on engagement at work in a petrochemical company
(North-West University, 2010)In today's tough economic environment, companies are forced to work more efficiently and effectively with the resources they have at their disposal. At the same time companies are struggling to attract and retain good ... -
Investigating the relationship between job characteristics and job satisfaction in the steel manufacturing industry
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Employees can be seen as the most valuable asset of a company, as no company can operate without them. Therefore, it is important to keep them satisfied . The primary objective of this study is to investigate job ... -
Job and home characteristics associated with work-home interaction in the mining environment
(North-West University, 2007)The mining environment forms the bedrock of the South African economy. It is an environment in which people's lives are put at risk due to the nature of the work. Employees in the mining industry work with dangerous materials ... -
Job characteristics and work‐home interaction: does race moderate the relationship for South African police members?
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is too investigate whether race moderates the relationship between job characteristics (job demands and job resources) and negative and positive WHI (work‐home interaction) in a sample ... -
Job characteristics, burnout and negative work-home interference in a nursing environment
(North-West University, 2005)Within the health care sector in South Africa, the nursing profession is known as one of the four most stressful work environments, which is characterised by high workload, staff shortages and overcrowding situations. ...