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Is the Witchcraft Suppression Act (No 3 of 1957) a medieval throwback to the Dark Ages for South Africans? Think again!
(WordPress, 2016)Background: The Witchcraft Suppression Act (Act No 3, 1957) seems to have been totally ignored since 1994 as an old apartheid law by the new political dispensation. The question is: Why is this happening and can the Act ... -
Is the Witchcraft Suppression Act (No 3, 1957) doing an injustice to the neo-pagans in South Africa?
(WordPress, 2016)The presence of the so called neo-pagans became well-known since 1994 in South African with their claims that their religious, cultural and constitutional rights as individuals and as a group are endangered by the Witchcraft ... -
Is there a hero in this poem? E. E. Cummings's Buffalo Bill's/Defunct
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Is there philosophy in the Hebrew Bible? Some recent affirmative perspectives
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2014)This article discusses a selection of the most recent examples from both biblical scholarship and Jewish philosophy of the construction of the Hebrew Bible as a philosophical resource. By way of a descriptive overview of ... -
Isaac da Costa (1798-1860) se besware teen die gees van sy tyd
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2017)Isaac da Costa's (1798-1860) objections against the spirit of his time: trumpet-call of the Dutch Reveille and its relevance for today This reconnaissance focuses, firstly, on a today unfortunately little-known but important ... -
"It still recognises race" Politics of marriage and challenge of social cohesion among South Africa undergraduates
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)South Africa is a country plagued by several racial challenges in almost all spheres of its activities. While, in recent years, the South Africa government have initiated programs aimed at promoting social cohesion, not ... -
J.H. le Roux's philosophy of religion
(AOSIS, 2013)J.H. le Roux had a passion for philosophy. His writings contain recourse to the history of philosophy in a way that bespeaks a deep underlying interest in the subject. This much is relatively well-known. This contribution, ... -
James Henry Greathead and the London Underground
(AOSIS, 2017)This article investigates the origins and early history of the device known as the 'Greathead Shield', an important innovation in Victorian engineering crucial to constructing the London Underground. The aim is to explore ... -
Jeremiah's vision of the almond rod (Jer 1:11–12): an anthropological perspective
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2012)In Jeremiah 1:12, Yahweh explains Jeremiah's vision of an almond rod (מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד) with the obscure observation that he is watching (שָׁקֵד) over his word. There seems to be little logic in this clarification and scholars ... -
Jesus and the six objectives of Daniel 9:24
(AOSIS, 2015)Although Daniel 9:24–27 addresses the Antiochene crisis of the second century bce, many of Jesus’ followers have read this passage with reference to his first and second comings. Following the typological example of the ... -
Job and organisations: explaining group level differences in job satisfaction in the banking sector
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of group level differences in job satisfaction. Specifically, the authors seek to understand the shared variance in job satisfaction at the group level of jobs ... -
Job and organizations: Explaining group level differences in job satisfaction in the banking sector
(2012)Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of group level differences in job satisfaction. Specifically, the authors seek to understand the shared variance in job satisfaction at the group level of ... -
Job demands and resources, psychological conditions, religious coping and work engagement of reformed church ministers
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2011)This study investigated the relation between job demands and resources, psychological conditions, religious coping and work engagement of Reformed Church ministers. A cross-sectional survey design was used. Participants ... -
Job demands-resources predicting burnout and work engagement among Belgian home health care nurses: a cross-sectional study
(Elsevier, 2016)Background: A better knowledge of the job aspects that may predict home health care nurses' burnout and work engagement is important in view of stress prevention and health promotion. The Job Demands-Resources model predicts ... -
Job design, work engagement and innovative work behavior: a multi–level study on Karasek's learning hypothesis
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2015)As employees behaviour is a crucial factor for organizational success, the question on how to promote the engagement of employees in their work and boost their implication in the innovation process is central for companies. ... -
Job insecurity and discretionary behaviors: social exchange perspective versus group value model
(Wiley Open Access, 2017)This study examines the relationship between job insecurity and discretionary behaviors, that is, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), with the purpose to extend knowledge ... -
Job insecurity and emotional exhaustion: Testing psychological contract breach versus distributive injustice as indicators of lack of reciprocity
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)This study examines the processes underlying the association between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion, proposing that lack of reciprocity in the organizational exchange relationship is a main theoretical explanation ... -
Job insecurity and performance: the mediating role of organizational identification
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to extend knowledge about theoretical explanations of the job insecurity-performance relationship. Specifically, the authors examine how and why job insecurity is negatively associated ... -
Job insecurity and the emotional and behavioural consequences thereof
(Association of Pofessional Managers in SA, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate the relations among negative emotional reactions (reduced affective organisational commitment and higher job-related stress), and behavioural reactions to job insecurity (coping ... -
The Job Insecurity Scale: A psychometric evaluation across five European countries
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Multiple instruments have been developed and used to measure quantitative job insecurity (i.e., insecurity to lose the job as such), often without systematic evaluation of their psychometric characteristics across countries ...