Browsing by Subject "Meaning"
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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 ... -
Authentic happiness of managers, and individual and organisational outcomes
(SAGE Publications, 2012)The aim of this study was to investigate managers' orientations to happiness and the relationship thereof to individual and organisational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used with managers in the agricultural ... -
Callings, work role fit, psychological meaningfulness and work engagement among teachers in Zambia
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2013)Our aim in this study was to investigate the relationships among a calling orientation, work role fit, psychological meaningfulness and work engagement of teachers in Zambia. A quantitative approach was followed and a ... -
Cognition and context in translation analysis: Contextual frames of reference in Bible translation
(Scriptura, 2014)This article describes the concept of contextual frames of reference (CFR) and explains its importance to the analysis of Bible translations. The article starts by explaining the idea of cognition, which is fundamental to ... -
Concordance between goals and meaning in the community domain of life: Association with well-being and socio-demographic variables
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)According to the self-concordance model, people experience higher levels of well-being when their goals and the things they find meaningful in their lives are aligned. For eudaimonic well-being, meaning and goals are ... -
Concordance of goals and meaning in the family domain: Associations with demographic variables and well-being
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Goals and meaning as important constructs of eudaimonic well-being have been studied separately, but research is scant on the concordance of goals and meaning, especially in specific life domains. The aim of this study was ... -
A critical analysis of the semantic dimension of sound patterns in the language of selected Shakespearean works and Elizabethan lyrics
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)William Shakespeare’s poetry and language have appealed to our deepest emotions across the centuries. This universal appeal of Shakespeare’s language has been an intriguing aspect of critical enquiry. Various general ... -
Diabetes management behaviours of young adults towards psychological well-being
(North-West University, 2018)Significant numbers of young adults living with type 1 diabetes experience diminished psychological well-being due to non-adherence to the strict diabetes self-management care plan required. This study explored psychosocial ... -
Die Westerse mens en betekenisverlies
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)Several authoritative studies have indicated that Western people are currently experiencing a loss of meaning. This article states that this collective sense of loss of meaning is partly due to the fragmentation of Western ... -
The effect of feedback on lower-level employees' empowerment, motivation and performance in a selected steel production company
(2014)The general aim of the study was to determine the effect of feedback derived from task observations on lower-level employees’ empowerment, motivation and performance in a selected steel production company. Feedback plays ...
