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Job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work : implications for employee engagement and turnover intention
(AOSIS, 2019)Orientation : Jobs in the financial services industry are in constant flux because of the ever-changing nature of the products and services provided to customers. This could result in employee disengagement and turnover ... -
An examination of the factors that influence postgraduate students’ intention to stay in higher education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The National Development Plan (NDP) was established with the vision of uniting South Africa’s citizens, growing the economy, and building the capabilities of the state and leadership. Part of this vision ... -
Remedying unemployment through affirmative development : the validation of the prediction model and qualitative assessment of an employment accelerator programme
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis investigates the role and response of the human resources practitioner in the context of the current South African socio-economic reality, specifically as it relates to income inequality, ... -
Antecedents of frontline service innovation within an agricultural, retail and services organisation within the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Research on innovation in services is limited and it is only since the Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) of services sectors in most developed countries have started to exceed that of manufacturing, that the ... -
Cyberbullying in the workplace- an invisible fist “hits” the hardest
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Cyberbullying is a very serious and pressing recent phenomenon, however very little research covers the scope of cyberbullying amongst employees. The purpose of this study has been to determine the extent ... -
An explanatory study of work engagement among special needs teachers : the moderating role of job crafting
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The labour market opportunities are increasingly becoming dependent on the knowledge and skills required by the job. In Namibia, persons with disabilities continue to face labour market disadvantages as ... -
A qualitative investigation of primary school teachers and their experience of illegitimate tasks in selected schools in the Cape Town Metro Central Educational District
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The quality of basic education in South Africa is in need of interventions aimed at the improvement of the general standard of education offered in many public schools (Spaull, 2013). Research has shown ... -
An investigation into the measurement invariance and measurement equivalence of the South African personality inventory across gender groups in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Personality assessments are commonly used as predictor measures in employment selection due to substantial empirical evidence proving that personality constructs explain and predict employee performance ... -
Modification, elaboration and empirical evaluation of a psychological ownership structural model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The level of work performance attained by an individual employee is the expression of the lawful interaction of a complex nomological network of latent variables that characterise the individual and his ... -
Development and evaluation of a wellbeing structural model for health sciences students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Health sciences students experience a great amount of personal distress throughout their training. This has potential adverse effects on their professionalism, competence, academic performance, and personal ... -
Development and evaluation of an engagement/burnout structural model within the mining and construction equipment supplier industry
(2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The mining and construction industries in South Africa are currently facing great uncertainty and volatility due to the decline in commodity prices and an uncertain political climate, as well as increased ... -
The further development and evaluation of a generic individual non-managerial performance measure
(2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : If it can be assumed that the connotative meaning of performance (Kerlinger & Lee, 2000) is not unique to specific managerial and non-managerial jobs, this opens up the possibility of developing generic ... -
The development and empirical testing of an explanatory structural model of employee green behaviour
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study argues the importance of environmental sustainability and the critical role that organisations and individual employees play in contributing to organisations’ environmental performance. This ... -
The development and empirical testing of a revised performance index
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Human resource interventions have in the past concentrated their effort on measuring and improving the performance of the individual employee in the workplace, with relatively little attention given to ... -
A psychometric evaluation of the measurement invariance and measurement equivalence of the basic traits inventory (BTI)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The main objective of an organisation is to generate profit through the products and services it delivers to the market. Organisations can only exist if there are people that enable the organisation to ... -
Modification and elaboration of the original Smuts (2011) explanatory intention to quit structural model and empirical testing of the modified and elaborated Reitz model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Today’s business environment has become very competitive and the retention of skilled, high-performing employees has therefore also become a major concern to managers worldwide. It has become crucial to ... -
The principled leadership scale : an integration of value-based leadership
(AOSIS Publishing, 2019)Orientation: A need exists to investigate leader behaviour necessary to curb the corruption that has infected and weakened South Africa’s moral fibre. Such leader behaviour would need to be underpinned by a set of universal ... -
Factors influencing turnover intention with hardiness as a moderator among members of the South African Army Gymnasium : an exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : SAAG relies heavily on it staff members for the success of the unit. Studies state that there are factors that can negatively or positively affect employees’ turnover intention. Furthermore, it is assumed ... -
Development of an ethical leadership behaviour scale
(2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In recent years, ethical scandals have become almost commonplace, both in South Africa and internationally. Unethical behaviour is not a new phenomenon and no organisation is immune to its effects. ... -
The effects of psychological capital and job satisfaction on work engagement of support staff at a holdings establishment (Meridian Holdings)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Psychological Capital and job satisfaction have shown to influence certain behavioural and attitudinal outcomes of employees in the workplace and have consequently been identified to have a large influence ...
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