Browsing by Author "Dept. of Industrial Psychology"
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The relationship between intention to quit, pyschological capital and job satisfaction in the tourism industry in the Western Cape
Appollis, Verna Patricia (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The current research aims to identify the variables that influence turnover intentions. In particular, this research explored the concept of turnover intentions by investigating the mediating effects of job satisfaction ... -
The relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism in a selected field services section within an electricity utility in the Western Cape
Josias, Beverley Ann (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Absenteeism can be a major problem for organisations. As pressures increase on the budgets and competitiveness of companies, more attention is being given to reduce workplace absenteeism and its cost. Job satisfaction has ... -
The relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment amongst high school teachers in disadvantaged areas in the Western Cape
Bull, Ian Howard Frederick (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Job satisfaction and organisational commitment have been found to both be inversely related to such withdrawal behaviours as tardiness, absenteeism and turnover (Yousef, 2000). Moreover, they have also been linked to ... -
The relationship between job satisfaction and organisational justice among academic employees in agricultural colleges in South Africa
Hamman-Fisher, Desireé Ann (University of the Western Cape, 2009)In an attempt to make South Africa a more just society after the first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, the South African society had to undergo a number of radical changes which impacted the social, economical, ... -
The relationship between personality preference and career anchors amongst police officers within the Western Cape
Van Sittert, Vanessa (University of the Western Cape, 2006)The objective of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between the personality preference and career anchors of police officers. The idea that personality relates meaningfully to the kinds of careers ... -
The relationship between retrenchment, organisational commitment, absenteeism and labour turnover in an information technology call centre
Davids, Marwan (University of the Western Cape, 2004)Until recently South Africa experienced an economic decline, however, despite the current positive trends, many large corporations are compelled to reduce personnel costs. Retrenchments have therefore become an increasingly ... -
The relationship between rewards, recognition and motivation at an insurance company in the Western Cape
Roberts, Roshan Levina (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Increasingly, organisations are realising that they have to establish an equitable balance between the employee’s contribution to the organisation and the organisation’s contribution to the employee. Establishing ... -
The relationship between stress and salutogenic functioning amongst employees in a state owned enterprise
Oosthuizen, Janine Dalnet (University of the Western Cape, 2005)‘Human capital’ is the buzzword of the 21st century and is becoming the core value of organisations. In South Africa it is estimated that more than R500 million is lost annually through absenteeism and loss of ... -
The relationship between stress levels and job satisfaction amongst high school educators in De Aar (Northern Cape)
Lamberts, Monique (University of the Western Cape, 2011)A large number of studies show that educators are exposed to workloads that result particularly in stress. According to Olivier and Venter (2003), stress is considered to be the main factor contributing to job-related ... -
The relationship between union service delivery, motivation and job satisfaction amongst unionised workers in a media organisation in the Western Cape
Charles, Warren Paul. (University of the Western Cape, 2008)The purpose of this research is to determine employee satisfaction towards union service delivery and the effect it might have on their motivation. For the purposes of the research, the term customer applies to all union ... -
Sources of occupational stress for teachers, with specific reference to the inclusive education module in the Western Cape
Paulse, Janine (University of the Western Cape, 2005)The aim of this paper was to identify the sources of stress for teachers involved with inclusive education as well as whether there is a statistically significant difference in stress experienced by teachers based on their ... -
Sources of stress for teachers at high risk secondary schools in the Western Cape
Bearschank, Dorothy (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The main sources of teacher stress stem from difficulty in maintaining classroom discipline, time pressures, workload demands, excessive change, being evaluated by others, challenging relationships with colleagues and poor ... -
Stress amongst medical doctors in the Western Cape
Sungay, Aneesa Mugjenkar (University of the Western Cape, 2011)Numerous theories were established as to why doctors are leaving the country. A collection of stressors have presented itself and are seen as the contributing factors that lead to the outflow of doctors to other countries. ... -
A study of investigating organisational justice perceptions and experiences of affirmative action in a learning and development organisation
George, Munique (University of the Western Cape, 2011)There have been good arguments made for the development of aggressive affirmative action policies with the end goal of quickly moving black South Africans into corporate and high ranks within management of organisations. ... -
A study of the relationship between job satisfaction and procedural justice experienced by employees in a brick manufacturing company and their organisational citizenship behavior
Sha, Nadine (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The purpose of this study is to investigate and review literature that examines whether job satisfaction and procedural justice have a positive relationshipwith employees organisational citizenship behaviour in a brick ... -
A Study of the relationship between job satisfaction experienced by employees within a retail company and their organisational citizenship behaviour
Booysen, Candice (University of the Western Cape, 2008)The term organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) was first explored by Bateman and Organ (1983) to refer to particular behaviours that may benefit an organisation and gestures that cannot be enforced by means of formal ... -
Testing the predictive validity of the fifteen factor questionnaire plus (15FQ+) for financial advisers at an insurance company
Solomon, Verona Rosemarie (University of the Western Cape, 2007)Personality assessments are useful measures for identifying an individual's characteristics and how he/she interacts with the world. The 15 factor Questionnaire Plus (15Q+) is an adapted personality assessment measure used ... -
Work motivation amongst employees in a government department in the provincial government Western Cape
Adams, Romeo (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The South African social, political and economic landscape has been characterized by profound changes during the past several years. Many organizations and their management are faced with inter alia, downsizing decisions, ... -
Work-family conflict among women from a collectivistic culture
Wafula, Anne Nasambu (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study investigated how Work-Family Conflict was related to Role Salience and Job level (investigated in terms of the amount of job demand and job control associated with different job levels) among women from a ...