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"We are not fully humans, we are half-humans” : the study of how Nhlalakahle informal residents construct their own-group infrahumanization.
(2016)Informal settlements are sites of oppression where residents yearn for social, political and economic change. Informal residents live under harsh conditions, deprived of basic resources including water, electricity, ... -
“We designed the job we love”: investigating job crafting behaviors and work stress amongst public and private school teachers in Durban, South Africa.
(2019)Education in South Africa is in a transitional phase. Economic deficiencies and inequality arising from apartheid have impacted significantly on the provision of education for learners and have consequently placed immense ... -
What motivates to medicate? : a qualitative study exploring the factors that influence a parent's decision to select psycho-stimulants as first-line treatment for their ADHD child.
(2012)This research seeks to explore and identify the factors that influence a parent’s decision to initiate psycho-stimulant treatment for their ADHD child. It is the intention of this research to gain insight into how parents ... -
When the chips are down : attribution in the context of computer failure and repair.
(2004)Cognitive attribution theories provide convincing and empirically robust models of attribution. However, critiques include the scarcity of empirical research in naturalistic settings and the failure of cognitive attribution ... -
Where the streets have no names : factors predicting the provision of counselling and social work services for child rape survivors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2009)Despite high prevalence rates for rape in South Africa, little focus has been placed on the rape of children, and even less on the secondary victimization of child rape survivors. Such secondary victimization may manifest ... -
A within-subjects repeated measures comparative study of the effect of two data collection methods on disclosure rates of sensitive behaviours in a tertiary student sample.
(2017)Researchers primarily rely on self-report data collection methods to question participants about their behaviours, emotions, attitudes, and beliefs. The challenge of eliciting truthful answers is often affected by the ... -
A within-subjects repeated measures comparative study of the effect of two data collection methods on disclosure rates of sensitive behaviours in a tertiary student sample.
(2018)Researchers primarily rely on self-report data collection methods to question participants about their behaviours, emotions, attitudes, and beliefs. The challenge of eliciting truthful answers is often affected by the ... -
Witness to everything: representations of precarity in selected works of four South African poets.
(2019)This dissertation identifies and analyses representations of precarity in selected poems of Mxolisi Nyezwa, Seitlhamo Motsapi, Angifi Dladla and Ike Mboneni Muila, revealing how precarity is conveyed through their innovative ... -
Witnesses to the bullying scene : a narrative analysis of pre-adolescent bystanders.
Bullying at school is commonplace in South Africa and appears to be on the increase (Burton, 2007). De Wet (2006) regards this phenomenon as one of the most underestimated problems in South African schools today. Not only ... -
Women in senior management positions : an exploration of how they balance their roles.
(2009)The research explored how women from the University of KwaZulu-Natal balanced both their personal and professional roles in order to advance into senior management positions. The study used a qualitative research methodology ... -
Women's narratives about identity, power and agency within a mining organisation in South Africa.
(2013)The purpose of this study was to examine the complexities that constitute women’s narratives within a mining organisation in South Africa. A review of the literature suggests that social constructions about gender influence ... -
Women's narratives of intergenerational trauma and post-apartheid identity : the 'said' and 'unsaid'.
(2009)This research has focused on the concept of intergenerational trauma, elaborating on the post-Apartheid condition. Drawing on trauma theory, such as that provided by clinical and psychoanalytic approaches on the one hand, ... -
Women's stereotypes of masculinity across the different contexts of work, family, friendship and romantic partnerships.
(2013)The construction of hegemonic masculinity cannot be understood outside its relationship to emphasized femininity. Women’s negotiation of masculinity is dependent on their own feminine identity narratives (emphasized or ... -
"Words will always hurt me" : South African university students' experiences of female relational aggression.
(2016)This study explored a non-physical, covert form of aggression known as Relational Aggression (RA) from the perspective of young adult women. The aim of the study was to explore how young adult women defined and understood ... -
Work engagement among bus drivers in Zimbabwe : the role of employee well-being, job demands and resources.
(2012)This study was carried out in order to gain an understanding of work engagement among bus drivers in Zimbabwe. The study seeks to assess work engagement, job satisfaction, happiness and burnout in terms of relationships, ... -
Work engagement, organisational commitment, job resources and job demands of teachers working within two former model C high schools in Durban North, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)Orientation: Teachers have a vital role to play within any society. Of late, it can be seen that, generally, teachers within South African schools are becoming increasingly unhappy and dissatisfied with their work. This ... -
Work values and its relationship to job satisfaction.
(2013)Work values represent a degree of importance, worth and desirability of the events that occur at work (Knoop, 1993), while job satisfaction represents the gratification of an individual’s needs and wants pertaining ... -
Work-life balance : occupational stress, psychological capital and general health among working women at a University.
(2016)In recent times, South Africa has witnessed an increasing female labour force due to the changing context of work. Despite, the increase of women in the work sphere, many women are still seen to be situated in the home ... -
Workarounds practiced by South African clinical psychologists during mandatory community service: ethical implications.
(2018)Workarounds are goal-driven activities that change the standard way of working in order to overcome an obstacle. There is an abundance of research into workarounds implemented in public healthcare settings by nurses; however ...