Browsing by Subject "Employability"
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Assessing leadership's conflict handling style on an employee's turnover intention and employability in an organisation
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)From previous literature, conflict handling styles, turnover intention and employability are critical focus areas of research in South Africa. Few studies have been directed to assess conflict handling styles regarding ... -
An employability competency model for human resource management (HRM) graduates : exploring HRM professionals’ perspectives
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Orientation – The world of work is changing dramatically due to technological changes, digitalization, robotics, automation etc. Organisations need employees who will be competent to deal with these labour market changes, ... -
Employee well-being, intention to leave and perceived employability: a psychological contract approach
(AOSIS, 2015)Employability emerged as a "new psychological contract" that may have beneficial effects on both individual and organisational outcomes. The study set out to investigate the relationship between perceived employability and ... -
Enhancing human resource management graduate employability through work integrated learning
(North-West University (South Africa), 2014)Orientation - This study was conducted to investigate whether WIL can enhance HRM graduate employability. There are contending conclusions on the rate of unemployment in South Africa especially among young graduates. ... -
Experiences of the psychological contract, work engagement and life satisfaction of learners in the chemical industry
(North-West University, 2013)The rapid change within the South African workplace and competitiveness of organisations required employed and unemployed individuals to be trained and retrained as a large number of the South African population is unskilled. ... -
Exploring the self-perceived employability among final-year undergraduate students at a South African university
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)South Africa suffers from persistently high unemployment, and youth unemployment is seen as one of South Africa's greatest socio-economic threats. Workplaces today require highly qualified and skilled employees who can ... -
The meaning of BMus studies for early career graduates : a phenomenological study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This study is a phenomenological investigation with the aim of understanding the meaning early career graduates ascribe to their BMus studies in the work environment. Open-ended interviews were conducted with fourteen ... -
Perceived employability and performance: moderation by felt job insecurity
(Emerald, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship perceived employability (the employee's perception about available job opportunities in the external labour market) and performance, accounting for ... -
The psychological contract : personal and job–related variables and the intention to leave
(North-West University, 2012)Globally, employees are experiencing extensive change in the workplace. Downsizing, right-sizing or restructuring have become familiar terms in difficult economic conditions and imply that rationalising of jobs is inevitable. ... -
The role of mentorship in the retention of graduate interns
(CSSALL (UKZN), 2013)The objective of the research was to determine whether mentorship, as part of a graduate internship programme, contributed to the retention of graduate interns in a South African Information Communication and Technology ...