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Exploring chronotype, conscientiousness, workplace flexibility and work overload within the job demands–resources model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Modern organisations to survive and thrive in the economy, they need to obtain a competitive advantage. This can be achieved through various streams, such as better delivery of products and services that ... -
An exploration of the performance management and development system in the department of education in the Eastern Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Department of Education is a government department that is given a constitutional mandate to educate learners by equipping them to become better citizens in the future and to increase the country’s ... -
An examination of dark side behaviour in business-to-business relationships
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Companies often invest a substantial amount of time and resources in building and maintaining business relationships with key stakeholders. Although, these efforts usually result in strengthening relations ... -
Evaluation of environmental impact assessments in coastal management : a case of the Erongo region in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The world is currently faced with many environmental issues like land degradation, deforestation, biodiversity loss as well as the overutilisation of natural resources as a result of unsustainable human ... -
Evaluating the existing residential solid waste management system and its environmental impact in low income areas : the case of the Olievenhoutbosch Township, City of Tshwane
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Solid Waste (RSW) management is an environmental problem in low income areas such as the Olievenhoutbosch township. Growing population, improved economic growth and urbanization have caused over-consumption ... -
Essays on accountability and service delivery in education and healthcare in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa’s public service is characterised by poor quality of services and a weak record of accountability and service delivery. Despite high investment of resources towards the poor, there has been ... -
Employee performance management and development system at the Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Department of Public Works
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The argument presented in this study is that the tough economic climate has made it more critical for the South African government to improve the performance of the departments and the quality of services ... -
Empirical studies on culture, individual finance choices, and the performance of financial intermediaries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Finance represents an important axle of economic growth and development globally. Through financial intermediation, savings can be transmitted into investment, which then has an impact on growth and ... -
The econometrics of discrete structural change and its applications in models of price overcharge
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This dissertation studies unexplored time series issues related to tests of structural change and the modelling thereof. The practical application is centred around the estimation of price effects in ... -
The econometrics of dating anti-competitive effects with application to excessive pricing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Anti-competitive behaviour in a market is associated with related effects that may not always be captured in traditional approaches to locating damages. Conventionally, to determine when anti-competitive ... -
Early effects and legacies of Cape Colony legislation on black disenfranchisement, education and migration
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Cape Colony adopted a universal male franchise in 1853, which was subject to income and property qualifications. This decision created tensions amongst the white settler community. After several annexations ... -
Do communities really have a say? The implementation of public participation in the liquor regulatory process: A case study of uMgungundlovu District
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study was motivated by the researcher’s interest in the implementation of the new liquor policy in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, with specific regard to the public value and meaningfulness of the ... -
Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the sustainability assessment of road freight transport systems in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Partial national lockdowns implemented globally, including in South Africa, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly impacted the movement of goods, services and people with a dire negative effect ... -
Development and evaluation of a demands-resources model for working mothers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Dramatic changes in the nature of the workforce and the family dynamics of traditional families have led to the alteration of organisations. Women are increasingly entering the job market and playing more ... -
A critical examination of collusion, the pricing behaviour of a multi-product cartel and the cartel enforcement record in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In this dissertation three research questions relating to collusion and cartel enforcement in South Africa were examined. The first question entailed examining the characteristics of detected cartels, ... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiofrequency ablation versus drugs for the treatment of a trial fibrillation in the South African population
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly found and sustained arrhythmia. It affects about 1% of the total population and is found in more than one in ten in the elderly. The prevalence is increasing with ... -
Cooperative governance and local economic development in selected small towns in the Western Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : 21st-century complexities paved the way for an emerging need for a robust approach on localised and territorial development concerns. Advances in collaborative/cooperative governance increasingly attract ... -
A community model for water-energy-food security nexus development: cultivating sustainable livelihoods and an adaptive comanagement approach in rural Mozambique
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Mozambique is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. In its 2019 Human Development Index, the United Nations Development Programme ranked Mozambique 180 out of 189 qualifying ... -
Automated payment fraud detection using logistic regression and support vector machines
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The financial technology sector is a fast moving environment. There are many innovations I nthe automation and efficiency spheres where human intervention is required less and processing speed is rapidly ... -
An assessment of regional integrated development planning in Eswatini
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Regional integrated development planning was incorporated into policy to equally distribute development among administrative regions and rural and urban areas in Eswatini. While the goal was to reduce ...
