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V.E.T.S.A.K. as sentrale aankoopkoöperasie
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Vaal Triangle independent retailers' perceived awareness versus actual knowledge of the Consumer Protection Act
(North-West University, 2014)Over the past two decades, South Africa has introduced several laws regulating business and providing protection to consumers. These include the Competition Act (89 of 1998), the Electronic Communications and Transactions ... -
Vaccine cold chain management : knowledge and practices of healthcare workers in Mafikeng Sub-District
(North-West University (South Africa), 2013)Background: Cold chain management and maintenance is a continuous and cohesive process of preserving vaccines to ensure their availability and potency. Health workers' knowledge and practices are influential factors in ... -
Validation and application of the Toxic Leadership scale in the South African manufacturing industry
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The occurrence of toxic leadership has been increasing in organisations and has a detrimental impact on both the organisations and the employees who work there. Thus, there is a need to understand the impact of toxic ... -
Validation and investigation of the Quality of Work-Life Scale within selected South African manufacturing organisations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Quality of work life plays a vital role in the performance and growth of an organisation and its employees. Quality of work life entails the degree to which employees’ personal and working needs are met while working in ... -
The validation of a revised version of the job Insecurity scale in South Africa
(2014)The De Witte (2000) Job Insecurity Scale (JIS) claims to measure the cognitive and affective dimensionalities of job insecurity. However, there is a concern as to whether this is in fact a true reflection of the individual, ... -
The validation of a study crafting scale within the South African higher education context
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Students at higher education institutions (HEIs) face various challenges in their studies. Higher education students, particularly first-year students, are, for instance, faced with increasing study demands, despite having ... -
The validation of a workaholism scale within the South African banking industry
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Workaholism is recognised as a problem, for both the individual and the organisation. The phenomenon is associated with several negative outcomes (i.e. lower levels of work engagement, less commitment to the organisation ... -
The validation of a workplace boredom scale within the South African context
(2015)Boredom at work is a concern, as both employees and organisations are affected by the negative effects that this phenomenon holds. Workplace boredom is becoming an increasingly common occurrence within organisations and ... -
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 ... -
Validation of an adapted version of the Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced questionnaire (COPE) in the South African Police Service
(North-West University, 2005)Members of the SAPS come into contact with violent crimes on a daily basis. They also have to deal with changes on an organisational level, as well as large amounts of administrative work. The Coping Orientations to Problems ... -
The validation of an assessment battery for sales representatives in a telecommunication company
(North-West University, 2006)Globalisation yields numerous challenges and continuous changes in the economic environment, rapid technological advancements, and an increased emphasis on organisational competitiveness. The existing practice in the ... -
The validation of an organisational climate questionnaire in a corporate pharmacy group
(North-West University, 2004)The creation of a healthy, motivating organisational climate should be the aim of management. Organisational climate refers to a complex set of forces within an organisation, which have a direct influence on those who ... -
The validation of the perceived wellness survey in the South African Police Service
(North-West University, 2005)The era of globalisation calls for a flexible, multi-skilled, knowledgeable, inter-changeable and adaptable healthy workforce. Employee wellness is essential to ensure an effective and efficient workforce. It is important. ... -
A validation of the technology acceptance model on BI systems in a South African pharmaceutical organisation
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The aim of this study was to determine whether the relationship proposed by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that is, Behavioural intention to use (ITU) = Perceived Usefulness (PU) + Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), remains ... -
The validation of two burnout measures in the South African earthmoving equipment industry
(North-West University, 2004)The objectives of this study were to validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (MBI-GS) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), to determine the construct equivalence and item bias of these instruments ... -
The validation of two social desirability questionnaires in the South African context
(2015)Respond bias has always been a risk when it comes to interpreting personality data. For this reason two social desirability measures were created to combat this problem during research and workplace application. The first ... -
Validering van grafiese gesinsbeelding as psigodiagnostiese tegniek
(North-West University (South Africa), 1991)The purpose of the study was to validate the Graphic Family Sculpting Test (GFST) to be used as an aid when evaluating family dynamics. The study focused on construct validity. In the literature review, an attempt was ... -
The validity of the Situation Specific Evaluation Expert (SPEEX) for predicting academic success of first year mechanical engineering students at the Vaal Triangle Technikon
(North-West University, 2003)Institutions of higher learning are currently faced with the crisis of finding appropriate criteria for undergraduate admission. This concern has been sparked by the fact that matriculation grades are no longer seen as ... -
Valuation of agricultural property from a wealth creation perspective
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2014)Shareholders value is created when capital is invested at a return higher than the cost of capital. Adam Smith develop the concept of creating value in 1776 when he wrote in his: An inquiry into the nature and causes of ...