Masters Degrees (Industrial Psychology)
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The relationship between authentic leadership, psychological empowerment, work engagement and team effectiveness
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationships between authentic leadership, psychological empowerment, employee work engagement and team effectiveness. An explanatory structural model ... -
The exploration of job performance and the dark triad : practical implications for industrial psychologists
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The field of Industrial Psychology has pursued the understanding of various variables that impact job performance. Most research efforts thus far have focused on the individual level. These findings ... -
Exploring the antecedents of extra-role behaviour : becoming an empowered consultant
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South African organisations are continuously challenged by fast-paced changes in their operating environments. Consulting firms are expected to be among the fastest adaptors, with their superior diagnostic ... -
Conscientiousness, work-family-study conflict and general work stress amongst employed non-residential South African Military Academy students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Balancing the demands of work and family respectively has generated much research interest. A third area of demands, namely studies, is also worthy of examination. In a fast-changing work environment the ... -
Interpretation of emojis in organisational Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) contexts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Globally, due to the impending impact of technology and globalisation, a rapid change is evident within the organisational workforce as organisations are more readily relying on Computer-Mediated Communication ... -
The development of a small business owner competency model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : South Africa is plagued with an extremely high unemployment rate, high levels of crime, poverty and income inequality. It is widely recognised that small businesses play a vital role in the economy of a ... -
Motivating Potential Score (MPS) as a job resource within the job demands-resources model in the South African mining industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Relevant literature related to the mining industry consistently highlights the challenging job demands and conditions faced by these employees and the effect it has on individual well-being and motivation. ... -
Psychological contract breach and the routes to counter-productive work behaviour amongst academics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The high prevalence of counter-productive work behaviour among academics in institutions of higher learning in South Africa is widely reported. As such, studying its antecedents is critical. Knowledge ... -
The development of an executive mayoral competency model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In South Africa, municipalities form a central part of the government delivery system. They play a pivotal role in communities by adding value to the community, by providing municipal services. ... -
The development and empirical evaluation of a structural model of enrichment among female academics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : For centuries, men have dominated the workforce across the world. However, in the last decades since the first democratic election in South Africa in 1994, the amount of women entering the world of work ... -
The development and empirical evaluation of a saving behaviour structural model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Employee well-being is directly linked to productivity and efficiency. Overall well-being encapsulates a variety of dimensions, amongst other, financial well-being. Saving behaviour is an inherent component ... -
An elaboration and modification of the May, Gilson, and Harter (2004) employee engagement structural model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Job performance is perhaps the most central and important dependent variable in Industrial/Organisational psychology. A recent plea being directed at researchers is the need for positive organisational ... -
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 ...
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