• Supply chain risk management capabilities during enterprise resource planning implementation : perspectives of enterprise resource planning providers and their clients 

  Kunneke, Kyle; Niemann, Wesley (JCMAN, 2024-04)

  PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Firms rely on information systems (IS) to improve information sharing and visibility, cut costs, and boost productivity. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are being used as important ...
• The impact of shopping values on e-satisfaction and shopping wellbeing : a South African perspective 

  Mbulo, Valerie N.; Ndoro, T.T. (Tinashe) (Universitas Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Jepara, 2024-06)

  OBJECTIVE: Shopping well-being has continued to be a fundamental construct in retail shopping research. However, marketers seek to understand the factors that enhance shopping well-being for online consumers in the ...
• Ethical leadership in promoting efficient service delivery : evidence from eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal 

  Mpontshane, Lindiswa; Holtzhausen, Natasja (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2024-09)

  This paper investigates ethical leadership in promoting efficient service delivery in the eThekwini Municipality situated in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal, ...
• Assessment of franchisees through the entrepreneurial process 

  Ngwenya, Lulama; Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen; Davies, Clint E. (JCMAN, 2024-07)

  PURPOSE OF THE STUDY : Since few studies had been conducted in the South African context on whether franchisees progress through an entrepreneurial process this study sought to fill the gap by assessing South African ...
• Promoting proactive helping behaviour: the role of positive psychological capital and emotional self-control 

  Van Tonder, Estelle; Petzer, Daniël Johannes; Fullerton, Sam (Emerald, 2024-09)

  PURPOSE – Customers’ proactive helping behaviours involving personal initiative taking may present an effective solution for assisting other customers in avoiding harmful brands. Accordingly, this study aims to propose a ...
• The impact of the digital economy and institutional quality in promoting low-carbon energy transition 

  Hwang, Young Kyu; Venter, Alanda (Elsevier, 2025-01)

  Given the threat of climate change, the renewable energy transition will play a pivotal role in reaching net-zero goals. The digital economy and institutional quality are considered key enablers of the rapid deployment of ...
• Employment services South Africa usage : perspectives from jobseekers and employees 

  Gumede, Akhonamaqwabe; Lubinga, Stellah N.; Masiya, Tyanai; Tshiyoyo, Mudikolele Michel (Institute of Industry and Academic Research Incorporated, 2024-12)

  This paper examines the perspectives of the Department of Employment and Labour employees and jobseekers on the usage of the Employment Services South Africa (ESSA) system. The system's primary aim is to place unemployed ...
• A causal analysis between exports, imports and GDP per capita in the southern African customs union countries 

  Molepo, Event P.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Routledge, 2024)

  This study investigates the direction of causality between exports, imports and GDP per capita in the SACU countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini (Swaziland). The TodaYamamoto augmented Granger ...
• Herding behaviour and monetary policy : evidence from the ZAR market 

  Sibande, Xolani (Elsevier, 2024-06)

  We investigated the presence of herding and its interactions with monetary policy in the ZAR market. We achieved this using both the standard herding tests and Sim and Zhou’s (2015) quantile-on-quantiles regressions. ...
• Forecasting the realized volatility of agricultural commodity prices : does sentiment matter? 

  Bonato, Matteo; Cepni, Oguzhan; Gupta, Rangan; Pierdzioch, Christian (Wiley, 2024-09)

  We analyze the out-of-sample predictive power of sentiment for the realized volatility of agricultural commodity price returns. We use high-frequency intra-day data covering the period from 2009 to 2020 to estimate ...
• The impact of news on South African sovereign bond yields 

  Van der Westhuizen, Elizabeth-Ann; Brummer, L.M., 1940-; Van Schalkwyk, Cornelis Hendrik (NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)

  A reverse event study approach was used to investigate how the South African sovereign bond yield curve reacts to headline news. The change in daily yields, calculated as the difference between the natural log of zero-coupon ...
• Implementation of internal controls in supply chain management : a case study 

  Klein, Yolandy; Lubinga, Stellah N.; Masiya, Tyanai (AOSIS, 2024-11)

  BACKGROUND: Internal controls in the supply chain management (SCM) are very important as they are the checks and balances that ensure compliance with rules and regulations. Internal controls further promote compliance, ...
• Gold market volatility and REITs' returns during tranquil and turbulent episodes 

  Salisu, Afees A.; Akinsomi, Omokolade; Ametefe, Frank Kwakutse; Hammed, Yinka S. (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  We analyze the predictability of REIT returns based on gold market volatility for 11 sectors and five regions. Our findings show higher gains during volatile gold market conditions, but results vary in tranquil and ...
• Migration and inflation nexus under high and low interest rate environments : some panel data evidence 

  Salisu, Afees A.; Muhammad, Rabia Abdul; Saliu, Mojeed O. (Wiley, 2024-12)

  This study analyzes the relationship between migration and inflation as well as the intervening role of interest rates in selected OECD countries from 1995 to 2020, covering periods of turbulence and tranquillity. The ...
• Language, culture, and development : a case of African languages in South African universities 

  Mthombeni, Zama M. (Adonis and Abbey, 2024-12)

  This paper highlighted the importance of language in education and its role in development. It drew on data from the author's thesis to examine a South African higher education institution that integrated an African ...
• “Fresh start” messaging, “rebirth associations,” and consumers’ environmentally sustainable actions 

  Strizhakova, Yuliya; Coulter, Robin A.; Price, Linda L. (Springer, 2025)

  What do consumers do with their used clothing, books, and children’s toys? In this research, we introduce metaphoric “fresh start” messaging as an effective tactic to encourage consumers to engage in environmentally ...
• Spillover effects of sensory stimulation 

  Chowdhury, Tilottama G.; Khare, Adwait; Coulter, Robin A. (Emerald, 2025-02)

  PURPOSE : This paper aims to propose the sensory stimulation spillover effect phenomenon, defined as the process by which sensory stimulation in one area generates positive impressions and favorably impacts opinions in ...
• Professor Martin Wittenberg, 1962-2024 

  Dinkelman, Taryn; Kerr, Andrew; Naidoo, Jesse (Wiley, 2025)

  Martin Wittenberg was born in Bethel, Germany, in 1962; he died in Cape Town in 2024. He made major contributions to the intellectual life of South Africa through his scholarship, mentorship and public service. The three ...
• The effect of temperature on household hourly electricity consumption : evidence from South Africa 

  Ye, Yuxiang; Koch, Steven F.; Ye, Xianming (Elsevier, 2025-03)

  Climate change is expected to negatively affect Africa, possibly leading to increased energy needs. However, meeting that need could prove problematic; more than a decade of load-shedding in South Africa is suggestive in ...
• Is financial anxiety gendered? A cross-sectional analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Kadzima, Marvelous; Machokoto, Michael; Matemane, Matwale Reon (Elsevier, 2025-03)

  Using data from 96,169 individuals across 114 countries, we find that women experience higher financial anxiety than men, especially in less-developed countries and civil-law nations, emphasizing the need for targeted ...

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