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Unpacking the technical and perception barriers to electric vehicle uptake in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The rapid population growth and urbanization on the African continent exert ever more pressure on existing infrastructure, especially energy and transportation infrastructure, which is predominantly ... -
Towards an inclusive, green growth path : a review of South Africa's National Development Plan's approach to economic growth
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : To counter current challenges, South Africa’s growth path must support the greening of the economy, ensure the sustainable use of natural resources and address poverty, inequality and unemployment ... -
A systems perspective on the contribution of project portfolio management practices towards business and IT alignment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Investment in information technology (IT) has significant implications for modern enterprises and requires careful management to ensure value delivery. Not only is the value of IT often transient in nature ... -
Stakeholder relationship management as a tool for municipal public value generation: a case study of five municipalities in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Municipalities is the sphere of government that works closely with communities and thereby directly interacts with and serves citizens. Enhancing public trust in government, improving public services and ... -
Stakeholder perceptions of organisational response to crisis : a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, Viceroy Research released a report on Capitec Bank, making allegations about Capitec Bank participating in predatory finance activities and accusing them on twitter as being ... -
Shifting environmental attitudes and influencing pro-environmental behaviour through the process of managing how, when and in what way we communicate
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Communication has immense power to create dialogue, evoke engagement, shift attitudes, influence decision-making and change behaviour through managing how, when and in what way companies communicate. O ... -
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, ... -
Recommender systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A Recommender System (RS) is a particular type of information filtering system used to propose relevant items to users. Their successful application in online retail is reflected in increased customer ... -
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 ... -
Public policy and entrepreneurship performance : the divide and nexus in West Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study examined the effect of selected public policies on entrepreneurship activities in the anglophone and francophone divides of West Africa in order to determine the nexus of performance, using ... -
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 ... -
PPCI : an R package for cluster identification using projection pursuit
(Projection pursuit (Statistics) -- Methods, 2019-12)This paper presents the R package PPCI which implements three recently proposed projection pursuit methods for clustering. The methods are unified by the approach of defining an optimal hyperplane to separate clusters, and ... -
Performance & financing of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) in Nigeria : implication of transaction costs and collateral
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis examines the performance of MSMEs in the Nigerian economy and how transaction costs and collateral constitute constraints to accessing finance for a better MSMEs performance. This thesis looks ... -
Over-indebtedness of microfinance borrowers in South Africa
(2019-12)Abstract Access to financial services has grown rapidly in South Africa, especially in the low-income population segment. At the same time, however, the level of over-indebtedness has increased, making poor households ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Modelling the effect of disruption to electricity supply on economic growth in Benin
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Infrastructure is an important factor that contributes to economic growth. Energy, telecommunications, roads, rails, sea ports, airports, and drinkable water are important elements which determine the ... -
Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The publication in 2002, by Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen, of the ushering in of the Anthropocene, with the inception of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North-America in the 18th – 19th centuries, ... -
Management of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Immigration in South Africa - a Case Study of the City of Tshwane
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Migration is interwoven in the history of mankind. Indeed ours is a history of migration (Bohning, 1978:11). However the subject has recently been associated with resentment and violence, as citizens push ... -
An investigation of a suitable change management strategy to ensure the adoption of a developmental culture by the workforce : the case of Theewaterskloof Municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Change management is a topic that has been widely discussed in the academic field over many years. This concept is gaining more importance by the day and there are several organisations searching for the ...
