Department of Industrial Psychology

Team coaching in the workplace : critical success factors for implementation

Maseko, Badelisile M.; Van Wyk, Rene; Odendaal, Aletta (AOSIS, 2019-04-30)

Orientation: There is a scant availability of clear practice guidelines for the implementation of team coaching in organisations. Challenges and enabling factors in the implementation of team coaching require further ...

Safety behaviour in high risk industries

Griessel, Rigardt (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study advocates for the importance of safety for organisations in high risk industries and the financial and person related impact that a lack of safety and in particular safety behaviour can have ...

Exploring chronotype, conscientiousness, workplace flexibility and work overload within the job demands–resources model

Meyer, Tanya (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 ...

The development and evaluation of a work meaningfulness structural model

Huysamer, Anna Jana (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Work Meaningfulness is the degree to which an individual evaluates their job as generally meaningful, valuable and worthwhile. Although important, money motivates employees only to a certain extent. In ...

Measurement invariance of the PCQ-24 over ethnic groups in South Africa

Esterhuizen, Nichale (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : In South Africa, psychological assessment is governed by strict legal parameters and practitioners are required to proactively show that their measures are valid, reliable, unbiased and can be fairly ...

An empirical evaluation of a primed-goal intervention on call center representatives in South Africa

Strydom, Lise-Mae (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : The labour force is considered the most valuable and indispensable resource of an organisation. Ensuring that employee’s function efficiently and effectively is essential in obtaining an organisational ...

Advancing group emotional intelligence through resonant leadership and exploring the effect on group effectiveness

Ferreira, Liisa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Global competitiveness has brought along many changes within organisations during the 21st century. Organisations are required to be adaptive to the rapidly changing world of work and its demands. One of ...

An investigation into the psychological characteristics that South African entrepreneurs attribute to the success of their businesses

Pirie, Natasha (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa currently faces high levels of unemployment and inequality, and many sources have identified entrepreneurship as a mechanism by which these challenges can be tackled. To explore the personal ...

The impact of selected front-end hotel managerial competencies on employee engagement: An exploratory study

Reeves, Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study explored the mechanisms that drive employee engagement in the South African hotel industry. The aim of the study was to determine the precursors or predictors of customer-contact employee ...

Factors influencing counterproductive work behaviours of soldiers : an exploratory study

Nzimande, Zinhle Londiwe (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study was initiated because of the costly and harmful effect of negative behaviours have on both organisations and society. This study was undertaken to understand the impact of deviant behaviours ...

Psychological factors contributing to selection success in infantry reconnaissance training : an exploratory study

Luzipo, Palesa Yolanda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Operations during both war and peacetime require military personnel to be proficient in a wide range of skills, which calls for high physical and psychological stamina. Mental fitness plays a crucial role ...

The influence of leadership, organisational climate, and the mediating role of trust on South African soldiers' willingness to deploy : an exploratory study

Makhathini, Thulile Nokwethemba (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The African continent cannot achieve economic development and growth without peace and stability. Militaries are therefore faced with increasing demands for peace support missions and border controls to ...

The expansion, modification and empirical testing of a psychological ownership structural model

Klopper, Francois (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : No amount of financial resources, technological ingenuity or innovation will ensure the profitability of an organisation if they don’t have the necessary human resources who are both able and willing to ...

Influence of moral intelligence, principled leadership and trust on organisational citizenship behaviour

Engelbrecht, A. S. (Amos Schreuder); Hendrikz, Karen (AOSIS Publishing, 2020)

Background: Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) plays a substantial role in individual and organisational performance. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate how moral intelligence and principled leadership ...

The development and psychometric evaluation of a graduate leader competency questionnaire

Pienaar, Jacques (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The impending retirement of a large number of industry’s senior and most influential leaders (mostly from Generation X) around the world is increasingly putting pressure on HR departments to be able to ...

The effect of transformational leadership on intention to quit through perceived organisational support, organisational justice and trust

Engelbrecht, Amos; Samuel, Olorunjuwon M. (AOSIS, 2019)

Background: The literature has extensively presented evidence to establish that employee turnover is costly and destructive to organisational processes and outcomes. Organisations in South Africa are experiencing a high ...

Variance in employee engagement : a qualitative analysis amongst public school teachers in the Cape Winelands education district

Vermooten, Nicola; Malan, Johan; Boonzaier, Billy (AOSIS, 2020)

Orientation: The Global Competitiveness Index Report 2017 – 2018, which ranks the quality of 124 countries’ education system, positioned South Africa 114th. Challenges with the quality of basic education offered in many ...