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Psychological contract and perceived performance of a rugby team
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)Little research has connected the psychological contract and sport. Therefore, the content of the psychological contract of rugby team members was analysed and the correlation between the psychological contract and the ... -
Psychological contract breach in the anticipatory stage of change: employee responses and the moderating role of supervisory informational justice
(Sage, 2016)This study examined the impact of two types of psychological contract breach (organizational policies and social atmosphere breach) on resistance to change and engagement in the anticipatory phase of change and assessed ... -
Psychological ownership as a requisite for talent retention: the voice of highly skilled employees
(Inderscience, 2015)The aim of this paper is to identify and clarify the elements and possible role of psychological ownership in highly skilled employees' retention. The methodology encompasses a qualitative research design. Data were analysed ... -
Psychological strengths and subjective well-being in South African white students
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study investigated the role of individual resources, notably self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope, in subjective well-being of white dormitory students at a historically white institution of higher learning. Using a ... -
Psychological violence at a multi-campus further education and training college
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2015)Research indicates that those employed in the education sector are especially susceptible to psychological violence. This study aimed to determine the nature, more specifically the prevalence, severity and perpetrators ... -
Psychometric evaluation of the Utrecth work engagement scale (UWES) and Oldenburg burnout inventory (OLBI) within a cement factory
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) within a cement factory. Respondents were 187 employees (males =168, females =19) from ... -
The psychometric properties of a translated version of the Survey Work-Home Interaction - Nijmegen (SWING) instrument
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)In this study we examined (1) the construct validity, construct equivalence, and reliability of two translations of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING); (2) the prevalence of work-home interaction; and (3) ... -
The psychometric properties of an emotional intelligence measure within non-professional counsellors in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study examined the psychometric properties of the Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) (Schutte et al., 1998) in a sample of non-professional counsellors in South Africa. The counsellors (N = 172) were employed within ... -
The psychometric properties of the recovery experiences questionnaire of employees in a higher education institution
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)The objective of this study was to investigate the factorial validity and reliability of scores from the Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) in a higher education institution. As part of the measure validation, the ... -
The psychometric properties of the Schutte emotional intelligence scale
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, 2008)The objective of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS). The psychometric soundness of the SEIS was tested. A cross-sectional survey design was used for ... -
The psychometrical properties of translated versions of the Maslach burnout Inventory - General Survey
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)ORIENTATION: The investigation of the psychometric properties of translated versions of a burnout measure. RESEARCH PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of translated versions of ... -
Public health policy in a time of change and disaster in South Africa: 1910-1920
(AOSIS, 2016)With the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the central focus of the newly appointed government was to alter and consolidate the policies of the pre-Union colonies that differed materially in many respects ... -
Publications analysis according to management disciplines based on Scopus indexed journals from Easter European Countries
(Copernicus, 2017)There are some scientometrics and bibliometric analyzes in the literature studied the management publication but there is lack of multidimensional quantitative analyzes related to publications in particular management ... -
Purpose and meaning in career development applications
(Sage Publications Inc, 2015)Purpose and meaning in career development is a rapidly growing, crossdisciplinary area of research and practice in which counseling and vocational psychology aligns with positive psychology to yield promising applications ... -
Push and pull factors in relation to skills shortages in South Africa
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2012)There are many factors that push people out of the country. While affirmative action is one factor that contributes to emigration of skilled individuals, other factors include: crime, better wage offers, better quality of ... -
Push and pull factors of national parks in South Africa
(Saninet Online, 2012)South Africa's national parks are one of South Africa's major attractions. Since visitors are among the most important role players in the sustainability of these parks, and in-depth research is needed to understand them, ... -
Push and pull factors of three Afrikaans arts festivals in South Africa
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)Afrikaans arts festivals are facing increasing competition and, at times, lack differentiation given the increasing numbers of festivals in the South African festival market. This ultimately threatens the sustainability ... -
Qualitative evaluation of the design variables of a teaching intervention to expose accounting students to pervasive skills
(Sage, 2016)The primary objective of this article is to evaluate the design variables of a newly developed teaching intervention, 'The Amazing Tax Race'. It comprises a race against time in which accounting students participate within ... -
Qualities of work-related well-being in selected South African occupations
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study investigated the structure of work-related well-being in four occupational groups in South Africa. The participants were 4 006 employees, namely educators and administrative personnel (n = 2501), insurance ... -
Quality education and the impact of public and independant schools writing the national senior certificate examination in South Africa
(The Clute Institute, 2014)A new education curriculum for a new democratic dispensation was welcomed and unavoidable in South Africa after the first democratic election in 1994. The main reason for this radical change within education was that ...