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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)) by Supervisor "Cook, Jonathan"
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-05-11)This research was undertaken to establish the behaviours of leaders who get things done. Leadership attributes can be divided into three broad categories, namely, personal traits of leaders (who leaders are), their knowledge ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-10)It is necessary to address the nature of board composition in the South African economy because boards of directors are the lead indicator of whether or not the transformation initiatives put in place since 1994 are effective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-23)This research investigated whether the same attributes that cause managers to improve performance following upward feedback also encourage subordinates to give open and honest upward feedback. By proving that these attributes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This research sought to establish whether skills training in employee voice encourages employee voice utilisation in a one-on-one performance discussion and whether such utilisation has an effect on the employee‘s relationship ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Business schools need to provide graduates with the training to enable them to ask the right questions and make observations from different perspectives and at different levels. Even though MBA programmes typically focus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)South African business has seen a growing number of business leaders whose leadership capabilities were initially demonstrated in the political struggle against apartheid, later transition to leadership in the public sector, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009)The purpose of this research was to understand how leaders in organisations generate hope in their followers. High hope leaders who generate hope in their followers may be described as leaders who have a positive and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-07-11)The research aimed to investigate the influence of diversification on inter-personal trust, and how the perceptions of inter-personal trust affects work group performance in South African organisations. Experiments were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The purpose of this qualitative research is to gain a deeper understanding of the knowledge attributes that influence how South African business leaders get things done. Knowledge is described as the social and emotional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Leadership effectiveness, and how it affects organisational performance, is a much researched area of interest. This study focuses on those leadership skills and behaviours that possibly could increase leadership effectiveness ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-22)The selection of this study topic was based on specific problems being experienced within the Standard Bank environment, but which are also valid for all organisations having business dealings with India. India is one of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-09)It is necessary to address the barriers experienced by female middle managers in the coal mining industry in order to ensure their retention and personal growth. Mining in South Africa is still a male dominated industry. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-23)The objectives of this research report aimed to produce a model to understand how psychosocial work conditions affect burnout, the significance of the effects, the consequences for burnout, specifically with regard to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The leadership style of senior managers within the organisation can have adverse effects on the organisation. Doing business in Africa requires MNC’s to be aware of African business context that has the underpinnings of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-25)The research aimed to identify the level of threat currently experienced by Afrikaners, and their attitudes towards policies of affirmative action and the beneficiaries of these policies. Integrated threat theory was used ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-16)Objective: This study reports the stress related causes of presenteeism amongst South African managers, including the opportunities and challenges of affirmative action. Methods: Data were obtained through the use of a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This study attempts to add to the previous research conducted on the relationship between specific leadership styles and employee engagement in the workplace. There are numerous studies of factors influencing organisational ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-10)The trait approach to leadership is arguably the most venerable intellectual tradition in leadership research, with decades of great prominence followed by years of scepticism and disinterest. Despite its checkered history, ...
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