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Views of Christian fathers of their role as mentors in the transmission of values within the family context
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)There is a crisis in society with respect to peoples' values. Families are living in an era of moral anxiety and not only South Africa but also the rest of the world is suffering from a value-dilemma. Homes, schools and ... -
Reflective Supervision: Guidelines For Promoting Resilience Amongst Designated Social Workers
(2015)The importance of child protection as well as the designated social workers (DSWs) assigned to them, and the jeopardy they face, is well recognised. Although there is a call to enhance DSW resilience, little is known ... -
Mental Health Care and Average Happiness: Strong Effect in Developed Nations
(Springer, 2015)Mental disorder is a main cause of unhappiness in modern society and investment in mental health care is therefore likely to add to average happiness. This prediction was checked in a comparison of 143 nations around 2005. ... -
The DSW: From Skeptic to Convert
(Springer, 2015)The author traces the history of the original DSW degree in relation to the Ph.D. which was viewed as the more respected, rigorous, and traditional degree, essentially replacing the DSW in social work doctoral programs. ... -
The relationship between qualitative job insecurity and OCB: Differences across age groups
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015)Qualitative job insecurity may be associated with less (hindrance effect) and more (challenge effect) organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). This article disentangles both effects by introducing an intermediate variable. ... -
Violations of War: Testing the Meaning–Making Model Among Vietnam Veterans
(Wiley–blackwell, 2015)Objective: Posttrauma adjustment theories postulate that intense stressors violate people s beliefs about the world and perceived ability to achieve valued goals. Failure to make meaning from traumatic events exacerbates ... -
Meaning in Life and Health: Proactive Health Orientation Links Meaning in Life to Health Variables Among American Undergraduates
(Springer, 2015)Mounting research has demonstrated relationships between meaning in life (MIL) and a wide range of health–relevant outcomes, including health symptoms, healthpromoting behaviors, health–risking behaviors, cognitive decline, ... -
The best interests of the child in cultural and religious practices in respect of child marriages
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Child marriage has become a widely spread practice across the globe especially in some parts of Asia and in Africa. It involves the marriage of young children below the age of eighteen years. In most cases the marriages ... -
Land grabs and their effect on women's rights to cultivation in Ghana and Malawi
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Land is at the heart of everything human beings do. Many communities in African countries rely on subsistent farming as their source of livelihood. Ghana and Malawi have a dual legal system governing land. As such the laws ... -
Exploring the current application of professional competencies in human resource management in the South African context
(2015)Human research practitioners have an important role to play in the sustainability and competitiveness of organizations. Yet their strategic contribution and the value they add remain unrecognized. The main objective of ... -
The National Democratic Revolution as a basis for public policy formulation in South Africa : economic policy and transformation, 1994-2013
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The ideology of the National Democratic Revolution (NDR) anchors the ANC ideologically and politically, and is the basis of the National Democratic Society which is a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic, and prosperous ... -
The impact of integrated reporting on risk management and strategic decision-making for JSE-listed companies
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Integrated reporting requires a new form of disclosure to provide a holistic view of the organisation and aims to support integrated thinking, decision-making and actions that focus on the creation of value over the ... -
Using the features of translated language to investigate translation expertise: a corpus–based study
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015)The study reported on set out to test the hypothesis that linguistic operationalisations of the features of translated language will demonstrate signficant differences in the work of experienced and inexperienced translators. ... -
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: call for the continuation of the NPDE
(Unisa, 2014)In this data-informed position article, the authors describe the profile of unqualified and under-qualified teachers' workplace circumstances and experiences in terms of their personal and environmental attributes. By doing ... -
Principals’ involvement in the career development of female teachers: a case study in South Africa
(Business Perspectives, 2014)Career planning is an important aspect of Human Resource Development and Management. This research is centered on the question as to whether school principals in South Africa fulfill their management role with respect to ... -
Resistance to change in schools: perceptions of principals and teachers in a South African province
(Business Perspectives, 2014)Changes are taken place in the South African society, especially in education, to address the previous discriminatory practices in favor of a free and democratic dispensation. Literature shows that change always goes hand ... -
Job insecurity and emotional exhaustion: Testing psychological contract breach versus distributive injustice as indicators of lack of reciprocity
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)This study examines the processes underlying the association between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion, proposing that lack of reciprocity in the organizational exchange relationship is a main theoretical explanation ... -
Optimisation of the Koeberg nuclear power plant controls by implementing customised transfer functions
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, like most of the current operating plants, was built with the technology of the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the plants build around that time were using analog technology (IAEA, 1999). The shift ... -
Strategic planning and budgeting alignment : the case of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Strategic planning and budgeting are key performance management and measurement processes which need to be flexible and robust to enable the organisation to cope with the ever-increasing environmental and organisational ... -
An autodissemination strategy using entomopathogenic fungi and kairomonal attractants for managing thrips on grain legumes
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)Grain legumes are among the key economical crops widely grown in western and eastern Africa as important sources of food and animal fodder. However, the production of grain legumes in Kenya is seriously affected by a ...
