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Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Author "Schaap, Pieter"
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Berg, Amanda; Buys, Michiel A.; Schaap, Pieter; Olckers, Chantal (OpenJournals, 2004)ABSTRACT: The study investigated the construct validity of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI) for first and second language respondents. The results of confirmatory factor analysis revealed differences in the construct ...
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Barnard, Marelize; Schaap, Pieter (OpenJournals, 2005)ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the Technical Test Battery (TTB) in a South African telecommunications institution. The Technical Test Battery (TTB) was administered to a sample ...
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Schaap, Pieter; Vermeulen, Theresa (OpenJournals, 2008)This study’s objective was to determine whether the Potential Index Batteries/Situation Specific Evaluation Expert (PIB/SpEEx) conceptualisation (100) ability test displays construct equivalence and item bias for members ...
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Vorster, M.; Olckers, Chantal; Buys, Michiel A.; Schaap, Pieter (OpenJournals, 2005)ABSTRACT: The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) have been widely used in South African organisations. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the JDS is useful if it is applied ...
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Schaap, Pieter; Basson, Johan Schutte (OpenJournals, 2003)ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to determine the construct equivalence of the PIB/SpEEx Motivation Index for entry-level job applicants from diverse cultural backgrounds in the public safety and security sector in South ...
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The construct validity of Schepers' locus of control inventory for black and white tertiary students Schaap, Pieter; Buys, Michiel A.; Olckers, Chantal (OpenJournals, 2003)Popular criticism is that psychometric instruments, based largely on middle-class White values, knowledge and culture are biased and less valid for other population groups. It is therefore important that the testing of ...
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Buys, Michiel A.; Olckers, Chantal; Schaap, Pieter (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-06)The Job Characteristics Model, the accompanying Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and the proposed steps for improving motivation, satisfaction and performance have been functionally utilized in South Africa as a revised job ...
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Schaap, Pieter (OpenJournals, 2001-08)The objective of this article is to present the results of an investigation into the item and test characteristics of two tests of the Potential Index Batteries (PIB) in terms of differential item functioning (DIF) and ...
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Naidoo, Prevendren; Schaap, Pieter; Vermeulen, Leopold Petrus (Taylor & Francis, 2014)Training attitudes and airline pilots’ specific learning experiences are antecedents, which affect human behavior on the flight deck in various ways. This article reports on the development and psychometric evaluation ...
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Schaap, Pieter (University of Pretoria, 2007-01-19)The effectiveness with which people learn in modem organizations is increasingly emphasized in today's information and knowledge driven economy. The effectiveness of learning and the increase of expertise in a rapidly and ...
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Schaap, Pieter (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-10-14)ORIENTATION: For a number of years, eliminating a language component in testing by using nonverbal cognitive tests has been proposed as a possible solution to the effect of groups’ languages (mother tongues or first ...
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Schaap, Pieter (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11)ORIENTATION : The rigid application of conventional confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) techniques, the overreliance on global model fit indices and the dismissal of the chi-square statistic appear to have an adverse impact ...
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Vermeulen, Leopold Petrus; Schaap, Pieter; Mitchell, James I.; Kristovics, Alexandra (Taylor & Francis, 2009)The aim of this study was to establish the differential item functioning and construct equivalence of the Aviation Gender Attitude Questionnaire (AGAQ) to determine the generalizability of the instrument across 2 national ...
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Dippenaar, Marlene; Schaap, Pieter (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2017-03-28)BACKGROUND : The development of the emotional intelligence of leaders has become an exceptionally popular enterprise. However, the empirical research conducted by practitioners to date does not provide convincing evidence ...
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Visser, Rachelle; Schaap, Pieter (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-10)ORIENTATION : Growing research has shown that not only test validity considerations but also the test-taking attitudes of job applicants are important in the choice of selection instruments as these can contribute to ...
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Schaap, Pieter; Luwes, Monica (SUNMeDIA, 2013)Students who obtain senior certificates in the South African schooling system cannot be assumed to be adequately prepared to meet the demands of tertiary education. This study aims to determine the criterion-related validity ...
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Olckers, Chantal; Schaap, Pieter (Elliot & Fitzpatrick, 2013)This study determined the measurement equivalence of the South African Psychological Ownership Questionnaire (SAPOS) for black and white South African employees. Participants were a non-probability sample of 645 professional ...
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Coetzee, C.; Schaap, Pieter (OpenJournals, 2005)ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to explore relationship between leadership behaviour, the outcomes of leadership and the emotional intelligence of managers. The “Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale” and the ...
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Schaap, Pieter; Olckers, Chantal (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-12-22)ORIENTATION : Gaining a full understanding of employee retention (ER) management requires studying multiple retention factors in tandem. Many empirical studies that use conventional structural equation modelling (SEM) ...
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Schaap, Pieter; Kekana, Esli Amarja (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-09-28)ORIENTATION : Best practice frameworks suggest that an assessment practitioner’s choice of an assessment tool should be based on scientific evidence that underpins the appropriate and just use of the instrument. This is ...
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