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Occupational stress and work engagement among special needs educators in the Umlazi District of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)The present research study attempted to determine if special needs educators, who reported being engaged in their work, were more likely to appraise perceived stressful work situations as a welcomed challenge as opposed ... -
Occupational stress and work engagement of dog unit members in the South African police service : a qualitative study.
(2012)Police officers have a significant role to play in the stability, economic growth, and development of South Africa. Therefore, it is critical for the South African Police Service (SAPS) to have police officers who are ... -
Occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement and the mediating role of social support among nurses at a public hospital in Durban.
(2012)The objectives of the study were to: 1) determine how the variables of occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement and social support conceptualised in literature, 2) describe the levels of occupational stress, ... -
Occupational stress, psychological capital and job satisfaction among public and private school teachers within one region in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)Orientation: A large amount of research conducted internationally has revealed that most teachers regard teaching as rewarding, however at the same time many teachers reported a high level of stress as well as the experience ... -
Occupational stress, psychological capital, happiness and turnover intentions among teachers.
(2013)The occupational field of teaching is under attack as it faces high turnover rates– ultimately resulting in a weakening of the educational system. The present study is rooted in Fredrickson‟s Broaden and Build theory and ... -
Occupational stress, workplace incivility and job satisfaction with the moderating role of psychological capital among staff in an Emergency Services Control Unit.
(2018)The present study aimed to establish the moderating role of psychological capital in the relationship between occupational stress, uncivil workplace behaviour and job satisfaction among Emergency Service Control Unit ... -
Old versus new : a South African Police Service culture attitudinal comparison.
(2016)Contemporary ethnographers (Cockcroft, 2013; O’Neill, Marks & Singh, 2007; Sklansky, 2005) argue that new developments in policing have changed the police, and that traditional understanding of police culture, as a ... -
On the cusp of context and profession : an interpretive phenomenological analysis of identity negotiation and compromise amongst South African psychologists employed in student counselling.
(2016)Student counselling services are a recognizable feature of higher education both in South Africa and abroad. The service is globally acknowledged for the role it plays in supporting holistic student development as well as ... -
Open sesame! : learning life skills from Takalani Sesame : a reception study of selected grade one learners in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
(2011)Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes are important in the promotion of intellectual development and school readiness in children. Equally important is the opportunity to learn in one‟s mother tongue. This study ... -
Operationalising the notion of sufficient maturity to provide informed consent when minors present for treatment.
(2011)Laws in South Africa, such as the Children’s Amendment Act 41 of 2007(Government Gazette, Act 38 of 2005), is developed with good intentions of promoting prevention and intervention on various health-related issues. Laws ... -
The opportunities and challenges facing women in senior academic and managerial positions at a particular campus within a merging South African university.
(2007)Whilst there has been considerable research that has documented the barriers facing women (Cassimjee, 2003; Holland, 2001; Lyness & Thompson, 2000; De La Rey, 1999;Wood, 1993), little is known about the opportunities facing ... -
The order dominance scale : validity analysis.
(2012)The Order Dominance Scale (ODS) was constructed and proven reliable by Jones (2009). The scale is based on the combination of two theories; namely, Broken Windows Theory or BWT (Wilson & Kelling, 1982) and Reversal Theory ... -
Organisational commitment and job satisfaction : a quantitative study at the Durban office of the Department of Labour.
(2009)This study used a quantitative, correlational surve y method to examine the relationship between organisational commitment and job satisfact ion, and between organisational commitment and each of the five facets of job ... -
Orientations to happiness and subjective well-being among teachers in Swaziland.
(2011)Teachers play a pivotal role in the education system and in society at large. With this in mind, the government should address their particular needs. In the context of positive psychology, issues of happiness and subjective ... -
Out in the wild : the experience and perception of therapeutic change by women survivors of child sexual abuse as result of wilderness therapy.
(2004)In a resource-rich environment, WS of CSA, wanting to enter therapy in order to deal with their early life trauma, can choose from an array of potential treatment modalities. One such intervention is called wilderness ... -
The outcomes of a wilderness experience programme on the resilience and psychological adjustment of South African adolescents.
(2010)Wilderness therapy is emerging as a promising approach in helping adolescents (Higgens, 1999), even though many questions about this mode of therapy remain unanswered. Although there is a substantial body of research ... -
Ownership and control in community radio : a case study of Highway Radio and Radio Maritzburg.
(2004)This research discusses the basic characteristics of community radio in relation to the types of communities they serve. The researcher focussed on Highway Radio and Radio Maritzburg. They are assessed in terms of their ... -
The paradox of nation-building and commercially driven broadcasting : the case of Lesotho television.
(2001)Nation-building has always been considered the responsibility of a public service broadcaster while, on the other hand, commercial broadcasters are associated with profitmaking. This study was designed to investigate whether ... -
Parent-adolescent attachment and disordered eating : a nonclinical sample.
(1999)A wide body of research has investigated the possible pathogenic role of the family in the development of eating disorders. Within the context of the research which places family dynamics at the centre of psychopathology, ... -
Parent-adolescent communication on risky sexual behaviour : facilitators and barriers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)The consequences of adolescent risk-taking behaviours such as HIV/AIDs, teenage pregnancies, STIs, and depression have become a challenging health concern not only to themselves but to society at large. The adolescent stage ...