Browsing by Subject "South Africa"
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1994: new academic profession for a new South Africa?
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)Since 1994, the eyes of the world have been on South Africa, observing with interest the societal reconstruction project, upon which the country had embarked. In this project, higher education is both the terrain and the ... -
A 3E typology of visitors at an electronic dance music festival
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the motives of visitors to an electronic dance music (EDM) festival in South Africa and clustered the participants according to these motives. Design/methodology/approach: ... -
A case for loyalty-based relational business models: Assessing direct - and mediating effects of the Net Promoter Score (NPS) metric in commercial football consumption decisions
(AJHTL, 2016)Although the Net Promoter Score (NPS) consumer metric as proposed by Reichheld (2003) has been established as a pragmatic commercial revenue indicator in business management, empirical scrutiny of the measure remains ... -
A community ''Hub'' network intervention for HIV stigma reduction: a case study
(Elsevier, 2016)We describe the implementation of a community “hub” network intervention to reduce HIV stigma in the Tlokwe Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. A holistic case study design was used, focusing on community ... -
A family home, five sisters and the rule of ultimogeniture: comparing notes on judicial approaches to customary law in South Africa and Botswana
(Juta, 2016)Given the striking commonalities between the legal systems of South Africa and Botswana, both in terms of its common and customary law, and considering the propensity of the Botswana courts to engage with South African ... -
A history of the Waterlit collection (1974-1999): A hard copy research collection on water studies and its digital catalogue
(University of the Free State // Institute for Contemporary History Sabinet, 2015)In the second half of the twentieth century South Africa built up a reputation as one of the foremost countries of the world in terms of water infrastructure development. Dam projects such as the Orange River Scheme and ... -
A motivation-based typology of road cyclists in the Cape Town Cycle tour South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This research identified cyclists' main motives for participating in the Cape Town Cycle Tour, and segmented them accordingly. Six distinct motives were identified (in order of importance): commitment and event affiliation, ... -
A psychoeducational perspective of discipline in schools and the abolishing of corporal punishment
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)Media reports suggest that students in many schools, especially rural schools, display arrogance, violence, rudeness, truancy and other types of misconduct. In the light of above and with the implications of the implementation ... -
A review of quantitative studies of South African youth resilience: Some gaps
(ASSAf, 2015)Resilience (positive adjustment to hardship) relies on a socioecologically facilitated process in which individuals navigate towards, and negotiate for, health–promoting resources, and their social ecology, in return, ... -
A strengths-based group intervention for women who experienced child sexual abuse
(Sage, 2017)Purpose: This study evaluated the benefits of a "survivor to thriver" strengths-based group intervention program to facilitate posttraumatic growth in women survivors of child sexual abuse. Method: A quasi-experimental, ...
