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ETHICAL PRACTICES OF THE MIDDLE MANAGERS IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Middle managers play an important role in contemporary organisations, particularly in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Research on middle managers in a HEI environment suggests that their roles, work practice and ...
"Have we no right to organise?" Black political organisations and farmworkers struggles in the Western Cape: 1912 - 1930
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
This study is primarily a history of black political organisations and their attempts to organise farmworkers in the rural Western Cape
(1912 1930) with special reference to the Boland. The attempts made by these organisations ...
Analysing the discourse on corruption in presidential speeches in Nigeria, 1957- 2015: Systemic functional linguistics and critical discourse analysis frameworks
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Corruption as a concept is viewed differently by various disciplines, but there seems to be
consensus that it relates to the misuse of public office for private gain. Studies in the social
sciences, mainly political ...
The discursive construction of Kenyan ethnicities in online political talk
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, 2019)
Multi-paradigmatically qualitative, and largely in the fashion of the critical theory, this study
seeks to explore how a selection of Kenyans construct, manipulate and negotiate ethnic
categories in a discussion of ...
Youth multilingualism and discourses of disability: An intersectional approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Disability, as a topic of investigation, is considerably overlooked in the discipline of
sociolinguistics. This thesis aims to bridge the gap between disability and
sociolinguistics studies, as I critically explore the ...
An analysis of english academic writing in a Libyan university
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study explores English academic writing in a Libyan university. The results show a
number of challenges and issues that Libyan university students experience in using
English for academic writing. The study suggests ...
Explaining differential performance of teacher college students
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between identity and differential academic performance in a cohort of preprimary teachers-in-training. The study draws on indepth interviews with, and detailed ...
Discourses on Racism
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
A central aim of this study is to examine the meanings which (i) a group of South African psychologists and (ii) a group of Black parents give to racism in their discourses and how these meanings are linked to existing ...