Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Positive psychology"
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Bias and equivalence of the Strengths Use and Deficit Correction questionnaire in a South African bank
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Organisations are facing the challenge of implementing strategies geared to improve employees’ performances and maximise the company’s returns. Positive psychology, particularly the strengths-based approach (SBA) provides ... -
Burnout and engagement of non-professional counsellors in South Africa
(North-West University, 2004)Counselling services as provided by non-professional counsellors have been in place for a number of decades. Counselling traumatised people demands a significant amount of emotional investment from the counsellor. A neglected ... -
Entering the zone: a positive psychological framework for athlete flow and flourishing
(2015)Both flow and flourishing are highly favourable human states and have been described as optimal experience phenomena in the well-being literature. This being said, more research is required to gauge how these states can ... -
Exploring layoff survivors' experiences of organisational support, wellbeing and commitment in various Namibian fishing companies
(North-West University, 2018)This study focused on the well-being and organisation-employee relationship of layoff survivors within the Namibian fishing industry. While the majority of research focusses on laid-off individuals, fairly little attention ... -
Exploring the relationship between psychological capital and work engagement
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)In recent years, employees’ psychological connection with their work environment has gained importance in organisations. In order to face the economic challenges and to compete effectively in the global market, companies ... -
Investigating strengths and deficits to increase work engagement : a longitudinal study in the mining industry
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Mining remains one of the main contributors to the South African economy. However, the industry is not without challenges. To remain competitive, organisations need to invest in their human capital and employ the best ... -
Meaning in work within the educational sector
(North-West University, 2014)South African education is faced with a wide array of problems, ranging from a shortage of educators (Xaba, 2011), to poor governance, poor performance, educators experiencing a negative organisational climate, and low ... -
The mediating effect of positive work–home interaction between job resources, a strength–based approach and work engagement among South African employees
(North-West University, 2012)It is important for organisations to develop their employees. However, organisations will not be able to keep a competitive advantage by merely focussing on the development of their employees’ weaknesses. Employees should ... -
The mediating role of person job-fit in the relationship between perceived organisational support for strengths use and organisational commitment
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)For organisations to thrive they need to make sure that developing their employees is their priority, which is embedded in their human resource practices and strategy. This will create a favourable environment that allows ... -
Occupational self–efficacy as a mediator between strength– and deficiency–based approaches and work engagement in a sample of South African employees
(North-West University, 2012)To stay competitive organisations need to harness and develop their human potential. Traditionally, a deficiency-based approach (DBA) was followed i.e. the focus was set on the development of employees’ deficiencies and ...