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A further modification, elaboration

Herselman, Trevor Dwayne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African organisations within both the private and public sectors of the economy are investing heavily into their talented employees, in an attempt to derive a sustainable competitive advantage. ...
The influence of transformational leadership on trust, psychological empowerment, and team effectiveness

Aucamp, Linza (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the growing phenomenon of teams in the workplace, and how team effectiveness can be established. It was therefore important to establish what contributes to team effectiveness. The ...
Developing emotional intelligence for sustained student success

Delport, Marthinus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dire educational situation in South Africa has urged researchers to investigate possible predictors of academic success. There seems to be an increasing emphasis on non–cognitive factors that might ...
The relationship between job demands, job resources, engagement, burnout and intention to quit

Cole, Beatrix (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasing demand for client-services in a highly competitive business environment has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of call centres in South Africa and worldwide (Carrim, Basson ...
The effect of core ethical values on ethical leadership, organisational justice, ethical climate and leader effectiveness

Wolmarans, Janneke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study arose from a high need to determine the factors contributing to leader effectiveness in South African organisations by identifying the determinants thereof. The purpose of the study furthermore ...
Investigating high turnover intention and a diminished level of organisational commitment as antecedents of accidents

Burger, Elke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A study on intention to leave and efficiency that was conducted in the healthcare industry reported that an employee contemplating leaving an organisation cuts corners and compromises quality (Waldman, ...
Turnover intention and employee engagement : exploring eliciting factors in South African audit firms

Van der Westhuizen, Nicola (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In response to globalisation and competition, today’s organisations are changing at an accelerating and radical pace. A review of the literature revealed that the demanding and often repetitive nature of ...
Barriers to, and policy opportunities for, the growth of renewable energy technologies in South Africa : rethinking the role of municipalities

Tshehla, Maloba Gerard (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Amid the climate change crisis of the 21st century, South Africa faces its own, tailor-made challenges. In its attempt to contribute to the global effort to mitigate climate change and achieve sustainable ...
The relationship between emotional intelligence, locus of control, self-efficacy, sense of coherence and work adjustment

Du Plessis, Anita Gesiena (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The military is a unique working environment that poses several challenges to soldiers. These include numerous ambiguities, psychological stressors, physical demands and resource challenges. In order ...
An exploratory investigation into the moneymax profile as predictor of optimal financial attitudes and behaviour

Prinsloo, Cindy Renee (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Financial independence is what most people strive for; however, world trends indicate that it eludes the majority of the population. In South Africa, financial independence figures, especially at ...
Once more : testing the job characteristics model

Jacobs, Charl Jacobus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Job Characteristics Model (JCM) is one of the most widely used and researched models in the field of Industrial Psychology. It has provided industry with useful solutions for its people-related business ...
Skills development in the agricultural sector : a multiple case study approach

Jansen van Rensburg, Jandre (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Skills development is a crucial element in improving the effectiveness with which organisations operate in the current global arena. The level of skills of employees in any organisation should be of ...
The elaboration and empirical evaluation of a partial talent management competency model

Bezuidenhout, Charl (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study stems from an urgent need to understand which factors contribute to talented employees’ intention to quit, and what organisations can do to ensure the retention of such talent. Difficulties ...
The role of personalistic variables in the experience of work-life interaction and its effect on employee work engagement

Lambrechts Van Zyl, Amanda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Employee engagement has become imperative for the long term sustainability and performance of organisations. In the current study, work-life interaction was hypothesized to have a direct effect on employee ...
The development of an innovation leadership questionnaire

Swart, Diederick Bernard (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The ability of organisations to be successful in the current global business environment will ultimately be dependent on their ability to be innovative. However, creativity and innovation will not take ...
Modification, elaboration and empirical evaluation of the Burger learning potential structural model

Prinsloo, Jessica (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa‟s social political past that was led by the Apartheid system has deprived the majority of South Africans of the opportunity to develop and accumulate human capital. As a result, this political ...
The nature and prevalence of workplace bullying in the Western Cape : a South African study

Kalamdien, Donovan Jaco (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Workplace bullying as a serious psychosocial workplace problem have been a subject of immense discussion in foreign literature since the mid-1980s. In a nutshell, workplace bullying refers to instances ...
The development and empirical evaluation of an affirmative development coaching competency questionnaire

Chicampa, Victor (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aimed at developing and empirically evaluating an affirmative development coach competency questionnaire. The development and empirical evaluation of the affirmative development coach competency ...
Measurement invariance of the second edition of the Fifteen Factor Personality Questionnaire (15FQ+) over different ethnic groups in South Africa

Holtzkamp, Jani Gerda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Commericial organizations operate in a free-market economic system. The goal of commercial organizations in a free-market economic system is to utilise scarce resources at their disposal to optimally ...
An investigation into the antecedents of intention and learnership performance in the agricultural sector of South Africa

Beukes, Liezel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Learnership programs are implemented in different industries as development interventions to contribute to the skills development and, after successful completion, ultimately contribute toward the ...

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