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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 ...
Positive employment relations: An exploratory study
(2016)
South Africa, a developing country, has been facing many challenges over the past few years; for one, Apartheid had played a significant role in shaping democracy in this country. Since the liberation from this political ...
Trust within the work context: conceptualisation, measurement and outcomes
(2015)
Research concerning trust relationships on the interpersonal level, particularly when studied in dyadic relationships from the follower’s point of view, is relatively scarce. Only a few researchers have attempted to link ...
Work engagement and intention to leave after a joint venture : the role of the psychological contract and positive employment relations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
The competitive fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is one of the biggest contributors to the ountry’s economy. A popular trend in the FMCG industry is the establishment of joint ventures between international and ...
The relationship between job security, job embeddedness, work engagement and turnover intention within the mining sector
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)
The constructs job security, job embeddedness, work engagement and turnover intention are all very popular research constructs. Extensive research is available on all these constructs and even on the relations between some ...
Investigating the psychometric properties of the Short-Form Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS-SF) in a selected sample of South African employees
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)
With the current unpredictable and boundary-less working environments, it has become imperative for employees to develop the ability to adapt to these ever-changing environments. Career adaptability skills are essential ...
The experience of the manager as people developer in a petrochemical organisation
(2015)
In the context of an ever-changing global environment, organisations must strive even harder
than before to inspire employees to deliver outstanding results that will lead to a sustainable
future. Engaged employees will ...
The role of perceived organisational support, diversity, engagement and burnout in the retention of employees
(2014)
The aim of this study was to identify how organisational support, diversity, burnout and work engagement influence organisational commitment and turnover intention, and if perceived organisational support and diversity act ...
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 ...