Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

How efficient is the Johannesburg Stock Exchange really?

Heymans, André; Santana, Leonard (AOSIS, 2018)

Background: There are various studies that confirm the efficiency of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), implying that there are no opportunities for active portfolio managers to earn excess returns over the long ...

Conflict dynamics within the gender spectrum of a large manufacturing company

Beneke, Alicia; Visagie, Jan; Havenga, Werner; Breytenbach, Wilma (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the perception and handling of interpersonal conflict within the gender spectrum compilation of biological sex and gender identity. The empirical analysis utilised a ...

Environmental pollution policy of small businesses in Nigeria and Ghana: extent and impact

Efobi, Uchenna; Orkoh, Emmanuel; Belmondo, Tanankem; Atata, Scholastica Ngozi; Akinyemi, Opeyemi (Springer, 2018)

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of firms’ operation and environmental protection polices in Nigeria and Ghana, where there has been a rising industrial growth amidst low regulatory and institutional frameworks. ...

The impact of energy fuel choice determinants on sustainable energy consumption of selected South African households

Ateba, Benedict Belobo; Prinsloo, Johannes Jurgens; Fourie, Erika (ERC, UCT, 2018)

The erratic nature of electricity supply in South Africa combines with other factors continuous to affect household electricity demand, leading to increasing reliance on other fuels. This dependence is characterised by the ...

Exploring contingent convertible bond alternatives for African banks

Liebenberg, Francois J.N.; Van Vuuren, Gary W.; Heymans, André (AOSIS, 2018)

Background: A variant of the contingent convertible bond, first proposed in 2011, is investigated: the Call Option Enhanced Reverse Convertible (COERC). Although issued as a bond, it converts to new shareholder’s equity ...

Performance of two zero-cost derivative strategies under different market conditions

Basson, L.J.; Van den Berg, Lee; Van Vuuren, Gary (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

Zero-cost collars are option-based strategies which—by matching prices received and paid for the component derivatives—provide costless protection for stock or index investments. The investors’ risk appetite determines ...

An explorative study into the effectiveness of a customs operation and its impact on trade

Hoffman, Alwyn J.; Venter, Willem C.; Grater, Sonia; Maree, Juantia; Liebenberg, David (CCES, 2018)

There is a lack of overall efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa’s logistics systems, with a large contributor to this problem being inefficient customs processes and unnecessary customs delays. Many comparisons have been ...

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: a Bayesian structural equation modeling approach

De Beer, Leon T.; Bianchi, Renzo (Hogrefe, 2017)

In the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), burnout is conceptualized as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. However, the factorial structure for the MBI remains controversial. ...

Cyber bullying of female students : an exploration of literature study

Chukwuere, Joshua Ebere; Chukwuere, Precious Chibuike (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)

Over the past decades, cyber bullying has become the order of the day in the universities (schools), workplace and elsewhere. This growth involves inter-gender, and age demographics. The aim of this study is to explore and ...

The impact of social media on social lifestyle: a case study of University female students

Chukwuere, Joshua Ebere; Chukwuere, Precious Chibuike (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)

The impact of social media (SM) or new media (NM) in our education institutions and society today are undoubtedly overwhelming. Students in the developed and developing countries are becoming more addicted to social media ...

Gold sales forecasting: the Box–Jenkins methodology

Tsoku, Johannes Tshepiso; Phukuntsi, Nonofo; Metsileng, Daniel (Virtus, 2017)

The study employs the Box-Jenkins Methodology to forecast South African gold sales. For a resource economy like South Africa where metals and minerals account for a high proportion of GDP and export earnings, the decline ...

The causal and cointegration relationship between government revenue and government expenditure

Sere, Kebitsamang Anne; Choga, Ireen (Business Perspectives, 2017)

This study determines the causal relationship that exists between government revenue and government expenditure in South Africa. The study employed annual time series data from the year 1980 to 2015 taken from the South ...

Cooperatives in South Africa: a review

Rena, Ravinder (Indian Society for Education and Environment, 2017)

Objectives: The main objective of this paper is to explore the contribution of cooperatives in economic development of South Africa in post-independence period. It examines how the cooperatives help the members to attain ...

Teachers and their educational leadership in organizational change and development: an Eritrean case study

Rena, Ravinder; Tedla, Berhane Aradom (Indian Society for Education and Environment, 2017)

The purpose of the study is to explore whether teachers involve in school leadership. Teachers as leaders of their schools have a diverse set of leadership functions that would help schools to reform, transform or even ...

The impact of the presence on global markets of calcium carbide originating from China on other industry role players: the case of SA Calcium carbide (Pty) Ltd

Mazo, Royce Sitshonile; Munapo, Elias (Virtus, 2017)

This research assesses how the presence of calcium carbide originating from China has impacted on the operations of other role players in the industry. SA Calcium Carbide (Pty) Ltd. located in Newcastle, South Africa, was ...