• Potential donors' gender and prosocial behaviour : a brand anthropomorphism lens 

  Verbeek, Jade; Van der Westhuizen, Liezl-Marie; Wiese, Melanie (Policy Press, 2024)

  This study explores the role of potential donors’ gender in prosocial behaviour, using an anthropomorphic lens. Its findings could aid non-profit organisations (NPOs) in eliciting individual charitable donations and thus ...
• A supply-side alternative for SRD grants in South Africa 

  Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Horridge, Jonathan Mark; Suarez-Cuesta, David (Wiley, 2024-03)

  During a lively debate between Haroon Bhorat and Michael Sachs at the University of Pretoria recently, Bhorat pleaded for supply-side measures to alleviate poverty in South Africa, rather than demand-side measures. (The ...
• The antecedents and outcomes of micro-enterprise business banking customers’ relationship satisfaction 

  Van der Merwe, Michelle Caroline; Mostert, P.G. (Pierre); Ndoro, T.T. (Tinashe); Svensson, Goran; Chuchu, Tinashe (Routledge, 2024)

  PURPOSE : The paper uses an ongoing business-to-business (B2B) relationship perspective to establish the interrelationships between trust, commitment, and relationship satisfaction (as relational constructs) and specific ...
• Analysing the interplay between energy transition, resource consumption, deforestation, and environmental factors on agricultural productivity : insights from APEC countries 

  Zhou, Zhongmin; Sharif, Arshian; Inglesi-Lotz, Roula; Bashir, Muhammad Farhan (Elsevier, 2024-03)

  The growing focus on regional and international environmental cooperation has helped further discussions about environmental sustainability. This study evaluates agricultural economic productivity and how it is affected ...
• The drivers of customer satisfaction in interactions with virtual agents : evidence from South Africa 

  Dhavraj, Kival; Ndoro, T.T. (Tinashe) (Redfame Publishing, 2023-12)

  The advent of the fourth industrial revolution has increased the application of artificial intelligence in various marketing related activities. Organisations are increasingly using artificial intelligence through virtual ...
• Southern Africa's post-COVID-19 tourism industry recovery plans : reality or rhetoric? 

  Ilo, Sylvester O.; Das, Sonali; Bello, Felix G. (Routledge, 2024)

  The adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global tourism industry necessitated several responses from policymakers in order to support the industry’s recovery and post-pandemic growth. Southern Africa hosts ...
• The role of fiscal policy on poverty reduction in South Africa 

  Mokoena, Mlungisi; Mazenda, Adrino (SpringerOpen, 2023-09)

  This paper presents the results of ridge regression analysis of the relationship between government spending in emancipation programmes and multidimensional poverty, focusing on South Africa. Through the Principal Component ...
• Omni-channel shopping experiences–to share or not to share? 

  Wiese, Melanie (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  This study proposes an extended Stimulus-Organism-Response framework that investigates perceived seamlessness and product information as drivers of omni-channel shopping satisfaction, as well as the resulting consumer ...
• Economic disasters and inequality : a note 

  Ćorić, Bruno; Gupta, Rangan (Springer, 2023-10)

  This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of economic disasters, captured by cumulative decline in output of at least 10% over 1 or more years, on disposable income inequality of a sample of 99 countries over the annual ...
• Uber's digital labour platform and labour relations in South Africa 

  Mutengwe, Welmah N.; Mazenda, Adrino; Simawu, Moreblessing (Wiley, 2024-01)

  MOTIVATION : With rising unemployment in South Africa, new forms of digital work transcend legal conceptions and discourses on work. Uber's digital labour platform (DLP) has the potential to reduce unemployment and improve ...
• Endogenous long-term productivity performance in advanced countries: a novel two-dimensional fuzzy-Monte Carlo approach 

  Antunes, Jorge; Aye, Goodness Chioma; Gupta, Rangan; Wanke, Peter; Tan, Yong (World Scientific Publishing, 2024-01)

  Better performance at a country level will provide benefits to the whole population. This issue has been studied from various perspectives using empirical methods. However, little effort has as yet been made to address the ...
• Real-time forecast of DSGE models with time-varying volatility in GARCH form 

  Çekin, Semih Emre; Ivashchenko, Sergey; Gupta, Rangan; Lee, Chien-Chiang (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  Recent research shows that time-varying volatility plays a crucial role in non-linear modeling. Contributing to this literature, we suggest an approach that allows for straightforward computation of DSGE models with ...
• Narrating the role of socio-cultural factors in entrepreneurial success : a study of township entrepreneurs 

  Mathebula, Veronica (University of Pretoria, 2023-04)

  Entrepreneurship is regarded as one of the strategic pillars for revitalising South African township economies. This is especially important in the post COVID-19 pandemic era, whereby many businesses face immense hardship. ...
• The readability and narrative tone of risk and risk management disclosures for South African listed companies 

  Enslin, Zack; Du Toit, Elda; Puane, Mangwakong Faith (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE : Risk information provides information to enable stakeholders to make informed decisions about a company. Corporate communications should be readable and unbiased so as not to hamper disclosure usefulness. This ...
• Towards a community involvement framework for remote area communities in Botswana 

  Motlhabane, Goodwill Mothomogolo (University of Pretoria, 2021)

  Current land use conflicts between the Basarwa (Bushmen) and the Botswana Government over access to the Moremi Game Reserve and the use of resources found in it, provide opportunities and challenges for all the stakeholders ...
• The role of perceived value of information disclosure on gaming motives and mobile game play 

  Jordaan, Yolanda; Humbani, Michael (AOSIS, 2023-07-05)

  BACKGROUND : Growing smartphone penetration rates and the development of mobile games are some of the factors driving the mobile game market. Because mobile gaming collects personal information, it is imperative to understand ...
• Quandaries of contract cheating in South African higher education institutions : the way forward 

  Lubinga, Stellah N.; Ramnarain, J.; Tonkin, L. (Stellenbosch University, 2023-11)

  This research aimed to examine the quandaries of contract cheating faced by higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. Based on a desktop study utilizing unobtrusive research methods such as documentary analysis ...
• Anti-consumption : investigating the role of socio-psychological factors in motivating customers to help other customers not to shop 

  Petzer, Daniël Johannes; Van Tonder, Estelle; Fullerton, Sam (AOSIS, 2023-11-03)

  BACKGROUND : Consumers are known to help others engage in consumption and anticonsumption practices. It is argued that behavioural involvement and social norm perceptions may motivate customers to help other customers ...
• Do commodity markets catch a cold from stock markets? Modelling uncertainty spillovers using Google search trends and wavelet coherence 

  Szczygielski, Jan Jakub; Charteris, Ailie; Obojska, Lidia (Elsevier, 2023-05)

  We investigate stock market uncertainty spillovers to commodity markets using wavelet coherence and a general stock market-related Google search trends (GST)-based index to proxy for uncertainty. GST reflect stock market ...
• Do team-based written or video explanations of course content enhance accounting students’ knowledge, communication, and teamwork skills? 

  Pollock, Marchantia; Schmulian, Astrid; Coetzee, Stephen (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  This study explores students’ knowledge, communication, and teamwork skills development when using team-based explanations, in either written or video mode, during an assessment for learning in a competency-based accounting ...

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