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Reports of traumatic sexualisation in a group of female survivors of childhood sexual abuse
(North-West University, 2018)The main aim of this study was to explore what is known from literature and practice about traumatic sexualisation in a group of South African women, who had experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and who participated ... -
Die verhouding tussen taal en sosiale integrasie in Suid-Afrika
(North-West University, 2018)Suid-Afrika bestaan uit 'n komplekse linguistiese landskap wat superdivers van aard is. As meertalige land met 11 amptelike tale kan linguistiese akkommodasie nie altyd tussen swart en wit Suid-Afrikaners plaasvind nie. ... -
Exploring experiences of unemployment in South African townships
(North-West University, 2018)This study aimed to perform an integrated examination of lived unemployment experiences in three successive investigations, presented as three research articles. South Africa’s unemployment rate has constantly increased ... -
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 ... -
Exploring wellness among sales and marketing staff within a global automotive company
(North-West University, 2017)Employees should be regarded as the most important asset in an organisation. Even though machinery and technology has become an important resource in organisational functioning, human capital are vital in determining ... -
The World Café as a data collection method in qualitative research in positive psychology
(North-West University, 2018)The dialogue emerging from a more positivistic paradigm is how approaches, other than the traditional ones, can be used to gather rich data (Schieffer, Isaacs, & Gyllenpalm, 2004), for example the World Café (WC) dialogue ... -
Graphic family sculpting as a visual data collection technique in parent-adolescent relational research
(North-West University, 2018)Considering the relative newness of the field of positive psychology in South Africa, the need for empirical research, including research regarding research techniques that could have a unique contribution to our knowledge ... -
Narratiewe identiteit en -herinneringe as paratekste in gekose werke deur Mary Sibande en Nandipha Mntambo
(North-West University, 2018)Hierdie verhandeling is'n intertekstuele studie waar die kunsteoretiese interpretasie aan die hand van ‘n sekere narratologiese aspekte ondersoek word. ‘n Narratief kan beskryf word as'n storie of verhaal met karakters. ... -
Human resource development and training of primary health care practitioners for quality information management: the case of the North West Province Department of Health
(North-West University, 2018)Poor data quality can have a substantial influence on quality information management. Although departments such as the Department of Health are improving data quality with the development of the District Health Management ... -
The (re)imagined self in Leora Farber’s series Dis-Location/Re-Location (2004-2007)
(North-West University, 2018)This research investigates how contemporary South African artist Leora Farber’s manipulated photographic series Dis-Location/Re-Location (2004-2007) visually articulates a simulacral settler-colonial narrative. More ... -
Die betekenis van Niel van der Watt se vokale komposisies:'n gevallestudie
(North-West University, 2018)Hierdie skripsie het gehandel oor die waarde en betekenis van Niel van der Watt as Suid-Afrikaanse komponis met spesifieke verwysing na sy vokale musiek. Die navorsing het op sy kunsliedere en koormusiek gefokus. Daar ... -
Problem-based learning in music education: the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach as exemplar
(North-West University, 2018)Music teachers can often be discouraged by learners who struggle with abstract thinking and find it difficult to make the associations between theoretical ideas and practical experiences. It is necessary to find a way to ... -
A CSR communication model for empowering business and society towards sustainability
(North-West University, 2018)It is accepted widely that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a dual purpose, namely to generate a strategic advantage for business and contribute to the sustainable development of society. It is argued that the ... -
Die forensiese linguis en regspleging: ’n Ondersoek na handelsmerkdispute in Suid-Afrika
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A strategic and integrated approach to South African peace-building: the case of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO)
(North-West University, 2018)This study considers a strategic and integrated approach to South African peace-building, but is limited to the South African Department of International Relations (DIRCO). South Africa‘s democratisation in 1994 was not ... -
Relasionele performatisme: 'n Metamodernistiese benadering tot die resente werk van Marlene van Niekerk
(North-West University, 2018)Die navorsing in hierdie proefskrif loop langs twee roetes. Die eerste is'n ondersoek na die maniere waarop Marlene van Niekerk as (Suid-)Afrikaanse skrywer se werke (veral die mees resente tekste)'n sensitiwiteit toon vir ... -
Exploring African-orientated aesthetics in Garth Walker’s i-jusi issues of Afrika Typografika
(North-West University, 2018)This study investigates the decolonial aesthetics in Garth Walker’s typographic designs in the i-jusi editions of Afrika Typografika. For this purpose, selected typographic designs from Afrika Typografika I, II and III ... -
Pianists’ lived experiences of accompanying singers: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
(North-West University, 2018)The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to explore how five professional accompanists, who work in South Africa, make sense of their lived experiences of accompanying singers. For this qualitative ... -
Exploring the lived piano-playing experiences of older adults
(North-West University, 2018)This study was inspired by my personal experiences as a piano teacher giving lessons to an older adult with frontal lobe brain damage. Her brain damage was the result of the surgical removal of a brain tumour. She took up ... -
Eiendoms Onbeperk: die onvoltooide groot gesprek met D. J. Opperman in die Afrikaanse poësie
(North-West University, 1994)Literatuurgeskiedskrywing is so oud soos die literatuurstudie self; tewens Ducrot & Toderov (1979:48) beskou dit as "the oldest branch among the disciplines of literary studies". Vandat die mens oor die literatuur as ...
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