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Work place adversities and resilience in a group of designated social workers in the Free State
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)Child protection social workers are assigned statutory authority to protect vulnerable children and to uphold their rights. This group of professionals are at risk for several negative outcomes due to various workplace ... -
Validation of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in a group of black South African students
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)This study’s principal aim was to statistically validate the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) in a group of black South African students. In order to do so, the research objectives were: to investigate the ... -
Developing mindful leaders: a scoping review of the role of mindfulness in leadership development
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)Background and objective: Today, in our VUCA world (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) there is a need for excellent leadership. However, current leadership development theories and methods often prove to ... -
Modelling financial risk tolerance of female South African investors
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The general consensus is that investors display inconsistent financial risk-taking behaviour based on their gender. Literature suggest that female investors are less risk-tolerant than their male counterparts. The investor’s ... -
Developing a model indicating the effect of Corporate Governance on Accounting Ratios and Firm Value of Firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The study empirically determined the impact and dynamic interaction amongst corporate governance, accounting ratios on the firm value of selected listed firms in Nigeria. It also studied the trend analysis of the selected ... -
Experiences of women working underground in a mining environment in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Historically, the South African mining industry excluded women from working underground. Changes in legislation and policies paved the way for women to enter the mainly maledominated working environment. Women working ... -
Investigation of the value-added role of internal auditing in the governance of selected South African municipalities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The aim of the study was to investigate the value-added role of internal auditing (IA) in the governance of selected South African (SA) municipalities. Legislations and frameworks that formed the theoretical foundation of ... -
The journalist mojo: job demands, grit, resilience and individual work performance of journalists within South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Numerous studies have found that certain job demands - the most prevalent type being the demands relating to employees’ roles - can have an intense influence on their well-being as well as their work-related outcomes. ... -
Guidelines for the effective use of audio-visual technology in lecture rooms at North-West University
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The use of audio-visual (AV) technology at institutions of higher learning has improved the methods and techniques used to deliver knowledge content to students. While these technological devices keep advancing in our ... -
Analysis of South Africa’s financial market relationship with business cycle indicators for financial stability
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Various developments spearheaded by social, political and economic behaviour have shaped both the soundness and the vulnerability of the market economy through direct and indirect mechanisms. Retrospective observation of ... -
Ethical leadership, trust and individual work performance in the South African context
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The pressure to compete in the market and increase market share and profits has led to business leaders around the world adopting the mentality of winning at all costs. This has resulted in a record number of ethical ... -
An analysis of the relationship between external debt, institutional quality and economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The need to attain robust growth and sustainable development has led most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to adopt different policies and strategies at various stages of their development since independence. However, ... -
The role of managers in employee assistance programmes: a case study
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)A key aim of this study was to undcrstandthc role managers play in the support and success of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP} within the context of well-being. Through the approach of a case study with 13 participants ... -
A description of South African readers reading in Sepedi and English: implications for education
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The Simple View of Reading (SVR) framework suggests that successful reading comprehension posits that readers must process both decoding and linguistic comprehension. The current study examined the role of decoding and ... -
Towards an improved subtitle intervention in educational contexts
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)South Africa is a country defined by its multicultural, multilingual people. However, up to 92% of South African students are learning in a language other than their home language (L1). This places these students at a ... -
Exploring the perceptions of black tax among young employed black South Africans
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Black South Africans make up the majority of the population and theoretically they should be the biggest contributors to the economy. The democratically elected government of South Africa introduced the Employment Equity ... -
Protection of paternity leave and related rights for employed fathers under the Labour Laws Amendment Act 10 of 2018
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)South Africa’s employment history has very little written about employed fathers compared to records about working mothers. However, fathers have been out in the workplace, away from home, longer than mothers have. During ... -
Statutory analysis of debt relief measures for low-income earners in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Debt relief is important in the current credit-driven society where consumers live off credit for their day-to-day needs in South Africa. Currently, there are three statutory debt relief measures at the disposal of insolvent ... -
Improving the programming skills of students: a critical systems approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Learning to program is a challenge for students and has remained a researched topic for the past two decades. Various reasons why students struggle with programming exist, and teaching programming presents its own opportunities ... -
Innovative health service delivery in government hospitals in Uganda: a case of Kabale and Kambuga hospitals in Kigezi sub-region
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Innovations in health service delivery have over time addressed health education, rehabilitation, treatment, diagnosis and monitoring of health conditions. The aim is to improve healthcare quality, service availability, ...
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