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Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology: Recent submissions

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Employability and emotional intelligence of the individual within the school-to-work transition phase

Beukes, Christopher John (2010-11)

Youth employability in South Africa has become an important focus for career counsellors. This study investigated the relationship between the employability (as measured by the Southern African Employability Inventory) ...
Stress-management strategies of firefighters : a fortigenic approach

Koortzen, Pieter Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. (2006-12)

Firefighters not only perform a firefighting function, but also render emergency, fire prevention and rescue services, all of which are inherently stressful. This research was undertaken to determine the relationship ...
Career maturity across career stages in the South African military

Themba, Mfaniselwa Abednigo (2010-07)

The present study explores career maturity across career stages in the South African military. The Career Development Questionnaire (CDQ) and a biographical questionnaire were administered to a sample of South African ...
Sense of coherence and organisational commitment in the enterprise resource and planning industry

Aust, Heinz Dieter (2010-08)

This study investigates whether a relationship exists between two constructs, namely sense of coherence (SOC) and organisational commitment, and their relationship with specific biographical attributes of consultants working ...
The relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment

Manetje, Ophillia Maphari Martins, Nico (University of South Africa, 2009-04)

A review of the literature reveals that organisational culture can have an influence on the organisational commitment that employees demonstrate. The focus of this study is an investigation of the relationship between ...
The perceived success of teambuilding interventions in South African organisations

Kriek, H.S. Venter, P. (University of South Africa, 2009-04)

In the wake of the importance attached to teams, teamwork and teambuilding in modern organisational life, this study reports on whether participants perceive teambuilding interventions as successful or unsuccessful, and ...
The availability and use of competitive and business intelligence in South African business organisations

Venter, P. Tustin, Deon Harold (University of South Africa, 2009-08)

Business intelligence (BI) plays a critical role in providing actionable intelligence to enable good business decision-making. International research shows clear evidence of the benefits of implementing sound BI practices. ...
Psychological career resources and subjective work experiences of working adults : an exploratory study

Coetzee, Melinde Bergh, Z.C. (University of South Africa, 2009-08-02)

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the psychological career resources (as measured by the Psychological Career Resources Inventory) and the subjective work experiences of a sample of ...
The relationship between salutogenic constructs and interpersonal style

Woxholt, Alan (2010-06)

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between Salutogenic constructs (Sense of Coherence, Locus of Control and Self-Efficacy) and Interpersonal Styles. In addition it sets out to examine whether there are ...
Psychometric comparison of paper-and-pencil and online personality assessments in a selection setting

Joubert, Tina Kriek, Hendrik J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

The goal of the study was to determine whether the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32i) yielded comparable results when two different modes of administration, namely paperand- pencil and Internet-based ...
Executive coaching in diversity from a systems psychodynamic perspective

Motsoaledi, Lerato Susan Pinky (2009-12)

This descriptive research addressed the challenges of working with the conscious and unconscious aspects of diversity in order to enhance insights into covert and deeper diversity dynamics in organisations. The research ...
Psychological career resources as predictors of working adults’ career anchors: An exploratory study

Coetzee, Melinde Schreuder, A.M.G. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

This study explored the relationship between the psychological career resources and career anchors of a sample of 2 997 working adults at predominantly managerial and supervisory levels in the service industry. The ...
Using the career orientations inventory (COI) for measuring internal career orientations in the South African organisational context

Coetzee, Melinde Schreuder, A.M.G. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

This study investigated the use of the Career Orientations Inventory as a measure to determine the career orientations of a random sample of 2 978 participants at predominantly managerial and supervisory level in the service ...
Applying the Burke–Litwin model as a diagnostic framework for assessing organisational effectiveness

Martins, Nico Coetzee, Melinde (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

This exploratory study investigated the utility of the Burke–Litwin model as a diagnostic framework for assessing the factors affecting organisational effectiveness. The research setting consisted of an international ...
Work-readiness skills in the Fasset Sector

Raftopoulos, Melandi Van der Westhuizen, Sanet Visser, Delene (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

The objective of the study was to determine the work -readiness skills that are regarded as important by employers and graduates in the Fasset Sector of South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used to achieve ...
Relationship between personality traits and team culture

Desai, Fahrial (2010-08)

The general aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and team culture, establish whether this relationship changed over time and determine if there were significant differences between ...
Managerial experiences of authenticity in the workplace

Royappen, Nirvana (2010-06)

Authenticity is a positive psychological construct often described as being true to oneself, and being authentic means displaying behaviour and expressing oneself in a manner that is consistent with the true self. The aim ...
The relationship between cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative career thoughts : a study of career-exploring adults

Dahl, Arthur Dennis (2010-06)

Career exploration and decision making can be a stressful experience, and is often accompanied by dysfunctional thinking regarding the world of work and one’s place in it. Individuals who are able to modify their negative ...
The relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance of call centre leaders

Gryn, Magda (2010-01)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between perceived emotional intelligence and job performance among inbound call centre leaders in the medical aid environment. The sample consisted ...
Exploring the relationship between career anchors, job satisfaction and organisational committment

Lumley, Elizabeth Jean (2008-11)

The primary objective of the study was to explore the relationship between career anchors, job satisfaction and organisational commitment using a sample of 86 employees at four Information Technology companies in South ...

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