Makombe, Godswill(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2023-05)
The concept of food security appeared in policy forums and documents during the 1970s as a concern largely for developing countries. Today, food security stands centre stage in developing and developed nations. It is a ...
Schuld, Lindie; Joynt, Corlia Maria; Antonites, Alex J.(AOSIS, 2023-08)
BACKGROUND: Entrepreneurial activity in an efficiency-driven economy is fundamental to
economic growth, yet its sustainability and opportunities are concerning. Both entrepreneurial
bricolage and design thinking could ...
ORIENTATION: Calls exist to understand how talent can be managed especially within the public
service.
RESEARCH PURPOSE: The research sought to determine the determinants of employee mental
health accounting for the ...
PURPOSE : Researchers have found it difficult to gain access to board members to collect credible data. Acquiring such insights, however, is becoming increasingly important in view of rising numbers of corporate failures. ...
PURPOSE : The COVID-19 pandemic has burdened the health-care system and exposed nurses to immense stress. This study therefore aims to investigate nurses’ mental well-being who are working with COVID-19-positive patients. ...
Given the significant risk supply chain disruptions pose to businesses, scholars and experts presume such events encourage resilience-building efforts. This study uses the threat-rigidity theory to question this normative ...
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This study explores clothing disposal in a developing economy. It focuses on how consumers dispose of clothing and what motives influence them to use a specific disposal method.
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PURPOSE : Africa has the most deaths from infections yet lacks adequate capacity to engage in vaccine development, production and distribution, the cornerstone of efficiently managing and eliminating several infectious ...
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This paper aims to explain the occurrence of sustainable entrepreneurship in the underresearched sub-Saharan Africa context and to improve the understanding of how effectuation manifests in this context.
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The learning outcomes for this case study are as follows: learning outcome 1: evaluate the environmental context of Youth Employment Service (YES) and ascertain whether YES is a social ...
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of authentic leadership on strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a less researched environment. This study set out to fill that gap in ...
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The purpose of this study is investigating the influence of leadership on work engagement. The definition of leadership is primarily couched in culturally masculine terms (and known as an agentic leadership ...
Osakwe, Christian Nedu; Ogunmokun, Oluwatobi A.; Adeola, Ogechi; Jibril, Abdul Bashiru(Wiley, 2024-05)
Firms and their managers have long been concerned with encouraging customers to take on an active role in their marketing research activities. The critical question for these firms is how to foster collaboration with ...
A significant amount of research has been conducted to understand what makes workplace coaching effective. Several factors, including coach competencies, have been found to contribute to coaching success. Extant literature, ...
Goodwin, Craig(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)
Facial Recognition Payment Services (FRPS) are increasing in popularity globally,
largely due to the convenience of the innovation. Existing literature has explored
general consumer adoption of FRPS and resistance primarily ...
Tjongarero, Monia(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)
Digital technologies continue to disrupt organisations not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for organisational change, redefining competitiveness, workflows, hierarchies, and roles.
The research aimed to explore how ...
The unemployment rate in South Africa has reached unsustainable levels and the advancements in the capabilities of technologies associated with the fourth industrial revolution are such that what was once considered science ...
Sithole, Mugiya(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)
In today's business world, expanding the reach of emerging market organisations beyond their domestic borders is a strategic move. These organisations can unlock new growth opportunities and boost their bottom lines by ...
Zhangazha, Francis(University of Pretoria, 2024-09-11)
The study investigated the achievement of strategy implementation effectiveness in the manufacturing sectors of South Africa amidst a background where many organisations in the manufacturing sector struggle to achieve ...
This study investigates the perception of skills and competencies required for engineering leadership roles across different career experience levels. In the engineering field, engineers are reluctant to transition into ...