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A 3E typology of visitors at an electronic dance music festival
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the motives of visitors to an electronic dance music (EDM) festival in South Africa and clustered the participants according to these motives. Design/methodology/approach: ... -
A comparative analysis of the perceptions of business chambers in rural and urban South Africa on the developmental role of local government
(Czestochowa University of Technology, 2016)The local economic (LED) triangle consisting of coordinated partnerships between local businesses, government and communities is key for local regions to achieve acceptable levels of economic growth and development. From ... -
A comparative analysis of the ticket purchase behaviour of live theatre attendees versus film theatre attendees
(AJHTL, 2016)Afrikaans live theatre and Afrikaans film theatre often make use of the same actors, writers and producers; and the sustainability of these industries are dependent on the ticket purchases of a very specific and selective ... -
A comparative study between Australian and South African university sport students volunteer motives and constraints
(2015)Volunteering plays an integral part in the success of numerous South African and Australian organisations and university students have been identified as a latent target population with the greatest potential for ... -
A Comparative study of coping strategies used by food secure and food insecure households
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)Food security has become a priority in many developing countries and is considered a fundamental human right. Food security can be defined as "when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to ... -
A componential emotion approach for the assessment of emotional awareness in youth
(American Psychological Association, 2016)The Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale for Children (LEAS-C) is a performance-based instrument that assesses emotional awareness in the structure of written responses to a set of real-life scenarios. While it is theoretically ... -
A critique and potency of socio-technical systems theory: a quest for broadband growth and penetration
(Business Perpsectives, 2016)The purpose of this paper is to appraise the conventional business model of broadband growth and penetration, underscore the shortcomings of such models to introduce a socio-technical based model as a more real and sustainable ... -
A cross-country comparison of the characteristics of Polish and South African woman entrepreneurs
(Centre of Sociological Research, 2016)Globally, the promotion of entrepreneurship is considered vital for improved and sustained economic growth. Although the importance of entrepreneurship has been emphasised, there are still many gaps in this research field. ... -
A cross-cultural study of explicit and implicit motivation for long-term volunteering
(Sage, 2016)We propose a model of volunteering and test its validity across four cultural groups. We hypothesize that individuals' explicit prosocial motivation relates positively to sustained volunteering, which is conceptualized as ... -
A Culture-Oriented e-Learning System (e-LS) for Higher Education Institutions in South Africa
(Medwell Publishing, 2016)The utilisation of e-learning system has added value to the South African (SA) educational system. South African (SA) educational system consists of learners (students) coming from different backgrounds, cultural settings ... -
A gender and marital status analysis of household Income in a low–income township
(De Gruyter, 2017)The analysis of income at household level is highly important for understanding the poverty and for supporting the efforts to deal with poverty. Poverty measures can be calculated from a multitude of approaches. A common ... -
A motivation-based typology of road cyclists in the Cape Town Cycle tour South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This research identified cyclists' main motives for participating in the Cape Town Cycle Tour, and segmented them accordingly. Six distinct motives were identified (in order of importance): commitment and event affiliation, ... -
A proposed quantitative credit-rating methodology for South African provincial departments
(AOSIS, 2016)The development of subnational credit-rating methodologies affords benefits for subnationals, the sovereign and its citizens. Trusted credit ratings facilitate access to financial markets and above-average ratings allow ... -
A qualitative analysis of motives and challenges in professional female soccer
(2015)This study investigated the motives and challenges experienced by professional female soccer players in South Africa. It used a qualitative research approach in which data was collected from eleven purposively selected ... -
A reconsideration of the export–led growth paradigm in Namibia during 1990:Q1–2016:Q4
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)A large volume of empirical studies have conceded that international trade can propel development in various ways. This study evaluates the impact of trade on economic growth in the context of Namibia for the period 1990:Q1 ... -
A structural equation modelling of innovation in public sector organisations
(Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2017)The purpose of the present study is to assess innovation in public sector organisations using a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test the structural relationships between latent variables that are predictors ... -
A student perspective into information quality of web sites
(Kennesaw State University, 2017)As organisations have become aware of the strategic importance of web sites, the trend to use web sites for various purposes has increased in domains such as education, health, government and business. However, organisations ... -
A techno–economic policy framework to enhance the contribution of marginal oil and gas field to Nigeria's economic growth: a petroleum innovation system approach
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)The extent of intensified competition among firms at the global environment places technological innovation in a strategic position to promote economic development and foster the national competitiveness. This is particularly ... -
A time series analysis of the relationship between manufacturing, economic growth and employment in South Africa
(ASERS, 2017)Manufacturing provides a platform for innovation, job creation, investment and overall economic progression. South Africa has the potential to be a manufacturing destination of choice. However in the previous decade, this ... -
The abuse of the beneficial ownership of trusts to conceal assets in insolvency and divorce proceedings: A South African study.
(Emerald, 2024)Abstract Purpose – Previous research has indicated that trusts are used to commit various economic crimes, but limited studies examine the exact method of how trusts are abused. This paper aims to determine how trusts are ...
