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Job insecurity in a retail bank in South–Africa : scale validation and an exploration of negative attitudinal outcomes
(North-West University, 2011)
The objective of this study was, firstly, to investigate the reliability of a measure of qualitative and
quantitative job insecurity and, secondly, to determine the relationship between qualitative and
quantitative job ...
Job insecurity, job satisfaction, social support and intention to leave of process controllers in a South African petro–chemical company
(North-West University, 2010)
With South Africa currently experiencing a skills shortage, companies need to take job insecurity, job satisfaction and social support into consideration as part of their retention strategy. There is also tremendous pressure ...
The moderating effect of social support on the relation between role overload, job satisfaction and turnover intention
(North-West University, 2006)
Gold mining in South Africa has played a significant role in the economic development of the country over the past 120 years. The continued focus on productivity, recruitment and consolidation in the South African gold ...
Job insecurity: assessment, causes and consequences in a South African gold mining group
(North-West University, 2012)
Job insecurity in the workplace has become an increasingly important trend in organisational research. The appraisal of job insecurity by individuals plays a significant part in how reactions manifest in the experiences ...
Strengths use and deficit improvement at work : a South African validation study
(2015)
The emergence of the positive psychology movement has brought the attention to individuals’ strengths and their deficits. Specifically of interest within an organisational context is the extent to which employees’ strengths ...
Relations of indicators of work climate and satisfaction to turnover intention in the context of social support
(North-West University, 2007)
Tertiary institutions in South Africa have experienced radical changes in the past decades, especially due to the change from technikons to universities of technology. These changes created new mental and emotional demands ...
The mediating effect of locus of control between role overload, job satisfaction and turnover intention
(North-West University, 2007)
Contemporary South African higher education institutions have undergone many drastic changes in recent years with regard to the demographic composition of students and organisational structures. Huge demands in terms of ...
The validation of a workplace incivility scale within the South African banking industry
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Workplace incivility is a phenomenon which has become of significant concern to managers, researchers and industrial psychology practitioners due to the harmful effects it has on individual and organisational outcomes. The ...
Antecedents and outcomes of happiness of managers in the agricultural sector in South Africa
(North-West University, 2011)
The happiness of managers is an important research theme for several reasons. Managers spend most of their working day with people, are constantly interacting with various social systems and are role models for happiness ...
Investigating the influence of manager behaviour on the turnover intentions of employees in the mining industry
(North-West University, 2010)
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of manager behaviour on the turnover intentions of employees with scarce and critical skills in the mining industry. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A ...