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The financial crisis and household savings in South Africa : an econometric analysis
(2012)
The "global" financial crisis (GFC) emerged during 2008 and it was mainly triggered by
the sub-prime mortgage crisis (SMC) in the United States of America. The main aims of
this thesis is to conduct an econometric analysis ...
Die trekos en trektoerusting in Suid-Afrika : 'n historiese perspektief
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
As draught animals, oxen played a key role in the economic and cultural fields of the developmental history of South Africa. Although the use of oxen as draught animals is no longer a part of the majority of people in South ...
Social entrepreneurship intentions among university students in Gauteng
(2015)
Social entrepreneurship has been a topic of academic enquiry for nearly two decades. However, scholarly research has been challenging. It was observed that most of the surveyed empirical studies have been conducted in the ...
Work–role fit, meaningfulness and engagement of industrial
(North-West University, 2009)
The work of industrial/organisational (I/O) psychologists presents an interesting context for studying meaning and engagement (as eudaimonic components of happiness). (I/O) psychologists spend more than 88% of their working ...
Black generation Y students' environmental concerns, attitudes towards green advertising and environmental behaviour
(North-West University, 2013)
Green marketing is, in a sense, an oxymoron in that it merges the seemingly contradictory concepts of marketing, which focuses on facilitating and encouraging consumption, and environmental concern, which focuses on ...
Black Generation Y students' attitudes towards the demarketing of smoking and alcohol consumption
(North-West University, 2013)
As societies across the world are facing grim problems regarding the consumption of tobacco products and alcohol, the Governments of these societies are adapting their strategies to reduce the consumption of these harmful ...
An analysis of the poor's demand patterns during rising prices : the case of Bophelong
(North-West University, 2012)
This study investigated the demand patterns of poor households during a period of rising prices. Focus was on three main constructs namely the poor, rising prices and the demand patterns. The study was on Bophelong, a ...
The relationship between perceived employability and intention for self-employment among university students
(2015)
Employability of graduates has gained considerable interest among researchers recently. This interest came about because of reported concerns by employers regarding the lack of employability skills among graduates thereby ...
The impact of government grants on poverty in Sharpeville
(North-West University, 2011)
South Africa, like international countries, has been experiencing an increase in the levels of poverty over the years. Poverty affects vulnerable groups of society more intensely and these groups include children, the old, ...
Pastoral care to Christian youth in South Africa who experience unwanted LGB attraction
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)
This one issue, “Same-sex union and the church”, has been the forefront debate of the church and society at large. The dissertation illustrates a report by the Oasis Foundation on exclusion and indicates that LGB individuals ...