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Artisan retention in an organisation in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2010)
Orientation: South Africa is facing a critical shortage of artisans. Therefore it is important to
investigate which factors contribute to the retention of artisans by organisations.
Research purpose: The objective of ...
Psychological empowerment, job insecurity and employee engagement
(AOSIS, 2010)
Orientation: The psychological empowerment of employees might affect their engagement.
However, psychological empowerment and employee engagement might also be influenced by job
insecurity.
Research purposes: The objective ...
Authentic happiness of managers, and individual and organisational outcomes
(Sage, 2012)
The aim of this study was to investigate managers' orientations to happiness and the relationship
thereof to individual and organisational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used with
managers in the agricultural ...
Flourishing: positive emotion regulation strategies of pharmacy students
(Wiley, 2018)
Objectives
The aim of this study was to investigate whether flourishing students use different emotion regulation strategies from moderately mentally healthy and languishing students.
Methods
Registered pharmacy students ...
Employee engagement: The role of psychological conditions
(The Southern African Institute for Management Scientists, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents of employee engagement in the context of a developing country. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a sample of 309 employees in organisations in Namibia. ...
From South-West Africa to Namibia: Subjective Well-Being Twenty-One Years After Independence
(Springer, 2014)
This chapter, endorsed by Martina Perstling (Namibia) and Ian Rothmann (South Africa), takes us to a historical and fascinating journey addressing the relationships between Namibia and South Africa. It brings the studies ...
From happiness to flourishing at work: a Southern African perspective
(Springer, 2013)
Organizations around the world recognize the importance of measuring subjective well-being and promoting it as part of a strategic approach to human resource management. The focus is increasingly shifting to multidimensional ...
Measuring happiness: results of a cross-national study
(Springer, 2013)
The aims of this chapter are to investigate the structural equivalence, item bias, and reliability of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in the southern African context. ...
Engaging in work even when it is meaningless: positive affective disposition and meaningful work interact in relation to work engagement
(SAGE Publications, 2013)
The central aim of the present study was to assess the predictive value of affective disposition and meaningful work on employee engagement. Specifically, it was proposed that meaningful work moderates the relationship ...
Antecedents of basic psychological need satisfaction of pharmacy students: the role of peers, family, lecturers and workload
(Elsevier, 2018)
Background
Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a model to improve pharmacy students' well-being or functioning in their study context. According to SDT, students need a context that satisfies their needs for autonomy, ...