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Reflections on operational competencies required of educators at public secondary schools
(2013)The primary objective of this study was to identify the operational competencies perceived by educators to be important in teaching at secondary schools. The secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between ... -
The relationship between job satisfaction and job loyalty among municipal sports officers
(LAM PublicationsAJOLSabinet, 2013)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job loyalty among municipal sports officers in South Africa. With the rise in the popularity of sport in South Africa, municipalities ... -
Reliability in WSN for security: Mathematical approach
(IEEE, 2013)Modern wireless sensor networks require specific and high degree of security due to their limitation and versatility tasks. The absence of permanent infrastructure makes these networks suitable for many civilian applications. ... -
A remarkable woman – the Canaanite woman in Matthew
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Resilience in the face of fragile X syndrome
(Sage publication, 2012)In this article, we communicate transformative findings from a case study on the resilience of a young woman with fragile X syndrome (FXS), a genetic condition involving mental impairment and physical, emotional, and ... -
The return to reading: acquisition, reading research on narrative and the implications for a multilingual pedagogy for higher education in South Africa
(CSSALL (UKZN), 2012)As applied linguists, we still need, given the resurgence of interest and scholarship in multilingualism, to attend to research on developing and changing language pedagogy so that it is informed by cognitive linguistics ... -
Reversions and revisions: displacement, heritage and history in Chenjerai Hove's ancestors
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Ancestors narrates the story of the deaf and the dumb. It stands, at once, as story and history, as allegory and epic, as journey and departure. It is panoply interrogating matriarchy and patriarchy, domination and emergence ... -
Rurality and rural education : Discourses underpinning rurality and rural education research in South African postgraduate education research 1994–2004
(Unisa, 2011)Historically, rurality and rural education have been marginalised bodies of knowledge in South Africa. The post-1994 era has seen an emerging government concern to address the continuing interplay between poverty, HIV/AIDS, ... -
Rurality research and rural education: exploratory and explanatory power
(2012)This article presents analysed data from the first year of the Rural Teacher Education Project (RTEP 2007 - 2009) with a view to illustrating how a generative theory of rurality as education research was developed, and for ... -
Salient store image attributes in consumer store selection decisions and the relationship with store satisfaction and loyalty
(Journal of contemporary management//Sabinet [minevent@global.co.za], 2010)The study examines salient image attributes in consumer store selection and subsequently tests the relationship with store satisfaction and store loyalty. A structured questionnaire containing 32 variables relating to store ... -
Self–reported constraints to physical activity participation among university students
(LAM PublicationsAJOLSabinet, 2011)Engagement in physical activity is recognised as an important factor contributing to positive health benefits. Despite the benefits associated with regular physical activity and its ability to improve health, there is ... -
Simulation experiments for maximising the availability of a commercial octene production facility
(Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), 2010)Overall availability of a chemical process is of critical importance in industry. In this paper we evaluate the process design factors that influence the availability of a new chemical production facility by performing ... -
Speaking truth to power: understanding education research and the educational turn in South Africa's new century
(Unisa, 2011)Knowledge generation over the decade 1995-2004 in South Africa, and its relationship to the changing nature of socio-economic landscapes, suggests an ever closer relationship between the research produced in higher education, ... -
Sport coaches' perception of job autonomy, perceived organisational support and perceived support by supervisor
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)One of the most important human needs, which is often overlooked, is to develop autonomy. In the context of sport coaching, fulfilling this need requires sport coaches to have control over their jobs and determine their ... -
Strategies for university improvement: the research profile change at a South African non-research-intensive university
(Unisa, 2009)Universities worldwide experience continual change in order to achieve what is perceived as improvement. In these changes, there is usually an emphasis on the research function of a university, and the literature contains ... -
Students' access to digital literacy at a South African university: privilege and marginalisation
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Lifelong learning has become associated with participation in the digital age, affecting everything from access to information technology, to its use in teaching and learning. It is therefore inevitable that educationists ... -
The total factor productivity of the four largest banks in South Africa: preliminary evidence from index numbers methodlogy
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2012)The purpose of this paper is to estimate and compare the efficiency of the four largest banks in South Africa. The total factor productivity of the four largest banks was estimated and the multilateral total factor ... -
Toward an African definition of resilience: a rural South African cummunity’s view of resilient Basotho youth
(Sage Publications, 2013)Resilience, or adaptive behavior in the face of adversity, has recently come to be understood as a phenomenon that should not be uniformly conceptualized across contexts and cultures. This emerging understanding has urged ... -
Towards happiness: Experiences of work–role fit, meaningfulness and work engagement of industrial/organisational psychologists in South Africa
(OASIS, 2010)Orientation: The work of industrial/organisational (I/O) psychologists presents an interesting and relevant context for studying meaning and engagement as components of happiness. Research purpose: The aim of this study ... -
Training of sport coaches: examining the relationship between coach training and demographic variables
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)
