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A Grounded theory of ways in which flexible working arrangements are understood to foster flourishing in the workplace: The experience of employees at the corporate offices of a private South African hospital group
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study envisioned providing a substantive theory to explain employees’ flourishing in the workplace through the implementation and experience of flexible working arrangements. In so doing it aimed to contribute to the ...
Contemporary South African speculative fiction: A study of Mohale Mashigo’s short story collection intruders (2018)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Speculative fiction, South Africa, entanglement, social commentary, post-Apartheid, folktales, tropes, Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, Mohale Mashigo
Abstract
Globally, speculative fiction is a popular genre, but it has ...
An exploration of factors contributing to patient delay in seeking Tuberculosis care services in the Hhohho region of Eswatini
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top twenty leading causes of death globally and it is the second leading cause of mortality from a single infectious cause after COVID-19 but ahead of HIV/AIDS. In 2020, TB was responsible ...
Evaluating the effectiveness of the audit committee: A case for protection of the independence of the audit committee under the South African corporate structure
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The recent wave of corporate governance failures in South Africa has exposed, among others, weaknesses in the realm of the audit committee as an oversight body within the corporate structure, both in private and public ...
Legal responses to the right to nationality and prevention of statelessness among children in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The challenge of statelessness among children is a persistent problem that requires a wide range of measures. Already constituting a societal group in a vulnerable situation, children born into situations of statelessness ...
A comparative analysis of phonological and morpho-syntactic variations in Lungu, Mambwe and Namwanga languages in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The study compares the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Lungu, Mambwe, and
Namwanga (LuMaNa) languages which are less documented, and very little is known about their
grammar. The purpose is to account for their ...
The development and empirical evaluation of a model of innovation in selected automotive organisations
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Psychological facets for innovation in automotive organisations received little or no attention from previous researchers. The current study was therefore motivated by the need to establish psychological factors and how ...
Collective bargaining in the digital platform economy
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Collective bargaining is a process in which collective negotiation takes place between an employer and groups of employees who are represented by trade unions with conflicting interests seeking to reach an agreement.1 ...
The potential for complementarity between formal and informal social protection programmes in Kenya: A case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Expanding social protection coverage is imperative in low-resource contexts such as Kenya where poverty is widespread. Alongside efforts to increase state capacity, alternative strategies for the expansion of social ...
In-between: a collection of poems of loss and memory
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
My mini-thesis in Creative Writing aims to explore memory and childhood through the lens of spatial and temporal consciousness. The vehicle for navigating these memories, whether individual or collective, real or surreal, ...