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The Role of Genotype-Environment Interaction in Adaptability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: P.J. Robbertse --- D.R. De Wet Forestry Research Centre,The over sites ratio of clonal (familial) genotype-environment interaction (GEI) variance to mean trial variance determines the regression that is used to predict adaptability. Genotypic and environmental variances do not contribute significantly to this regression. Genotype x environment interaction effects... -
Genetic variation between ecotypic populations of Chloris roxburghiana grass detected through RAPD analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: W Ngoyawu Mnene J Hanson WN Ekaya JI Kinyamario P Mweki G Lall JW Stuth RH JamnadassChloris roxburghiana is an important rangeland grass in Kenya. In some areas it has disappeared due to land degradation resulting from overgrazing and drought. Efforts to re-introduce the grass through re-seeding using seeds from research stations have had little success... -
The Value of Life Design Counselling for an Adolescent who Stutters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Yolene Hancke --- University of Pretoria,This study reports the results of a life design approach case study with an adolescent with stuttering. A variety of postmodern techniques were used to engage the adolescent in life design conversations about a preferred and meaningful future. Post-intervention, the... -
Psychological Career Resources, Career Adaptability and Hardiness in Relation to Job Embeddedness and Organizational Commitment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nadia Ferreira --- University of South Africa, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Andries Masenge --- University of South Africa,The study examined the relationship between employees' psychological career meta-capacities and their job retention-related dispositions. Participants were a convenience sample (n=355) of managerial and staff levels in the human resource management field. They completed the Psychological Career Resources Inventory (PCRI),... -
Psychological Career Resources and Work Engagement of Early Career Consulting Staff
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jenny Venter --- University of Pretoria, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Johan S. Basson --- University of Pretoria,This study explored whether employees' psychological career resources significantly predicted their work engagement. A non-probability sample of 111 early career (26–40 years of age) white male and female staff in a South African human resource software and technology consulting services... -
The strategic importance of applied tree conservation programs to the forest industry in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: WS Dvorak --- College of Natural Resources, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, USABecause of anticipated adverse climatic change and resulting increases in disease and insect attacks in forest plantations in the future, forest industries must maintain broad genetic bases for adaptability and pest resistance. Since the early 1980s, the South African forest... -
Comparisons between laboratory and field results of frost tolerance of pines from the southern USA and Mesoamerica planted as exotics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GR Hodge --- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, USA WS Dvorak --- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, USA ME Tighe --- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, USAAn artificial freezing study was conducted with 14 pine species and varieties from Mexico and Central America, and the southern and western USA. The pines chosen represented major commercial plantation species in the Southern Hemisphere such as Pinus caribaea var... -
Narrative counselling with a young engineer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Erna W. Gerryts --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis case study applied a narrative approach to develop the sense of self as a career resource for a young male engineer in his first working year. The participant client attended eight sessions lasting 60 to 90 minutes each over... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Young emerging adults’ graduateness and career adaptability: Exploring the moderating role of self-esteem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sadika Ismail --- Department of Human Resource Management, Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management, Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology,This study investigated the moderating role of self-esteem on young emerging adults’ in their school-to-work transition phase of graduateness skills and career adaptability. A non-probability convenience sample (n=332) of undergraduate black (98.5%) and female (62%) young emerging adults (18–29 years)... -
Personal factors and career adaptability in a call centre work environment: The mediating effects of professional efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nisha Harry --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe study sought to assess the extent to which professional efficacy mediates the relationship between personal factors and career adaptability in a call centre work setting. The sample consisted of 409 early-career South African call centre workers (black females =... -
Career meta-capacities and retention factors of recruitment advertising agencies: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Ester Mujajati --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to determine the extent to which employees’ career adaptability and employability capacities predicted employee retention factors in the information sector industry. A probability sample of 337 South African recruitment advertising employees participated in the study (females =... -
Career-related dispositional factors in relation to retention within the retail sector: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe study aimed to explore the extent to which employees’ organisational commitment and career adaptability predicted employee retention factors in the South African retail sector; taking employee demographics into account. A sample of 224 early to mid-career permanent retail employees... -
Using career counselling with group life design principles to improve the employability of disadvantaged young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Erna W. Gerryts --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Lizelle Fletcher --- Department of Statistics, South Africa Joyce Olivier --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaThis article explores the effects of group life design counselling on unemployed young adults’ career adaptability skills. Purposive and criterion sampling were used to select 62 participants involved in a skills programme (mean age = 24.86 years, SD = 6.38... -
Psychosocial resources, support, and career satisfaction among professional women: A South African study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study examined the role psychosocial resources play in enhancing perceptions of support and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women from South Africa (white = 61.8%, black = 19.9%, Indian =... -
Students’ psychological hardiness in relation to career adaptability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Velly Ndlovu --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between psychological hardiness and career adaptability of students at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges. Participants were a convenience sample of 198 college students, predominantly single (96.0%), female (57.6%), black African students (92.9%),... -
Mediation effect of perceived organisational and social support in the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study examined whether perceived organisational support (POS) and social support mediated the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women (62% = white, 20% = black African,... -
Influence of ego resilience on school adaptability among primary school lower-grade children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ruiqian Li --- , China Xia Wu --- , China Zeming Jin --- , China Hui Zhou --- , China Yuan Meng --- , ChinaWe explored the association between primary school children’s ego resilience, failure tolerance, and adaptability in a Chinese school setting. The participants were 231 primary school children (female = 45.9%; from two-parent families = 81%, from single parent families = 19%;... -
Contribution of temperate germplasm to the performance of maize hybrids under stress and non-stress environments in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sphiwokuhle Shandu --- , South Africa Edmore Gasura --- , Zimbabwe Kingstone Mashingaidze --- , South Africa John Derera --- , South AfricaIncreases in genetic gains are crucial to maize breeding programmes. The objectives of this study were to identify higher-yielding and stable maize hybrids across stress and non-stress environments, to identify representative test environments for testing and selection of superior maize... -
Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeming Jin --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Yanyan Liu --- Shaoxing University, China Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years,... -
Core self-evaluations and job embeddedness: Influences on career adaptability and work engagement in Nigerian public sector employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cornelius O. Okorie --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Felix M. Nwankwo --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Harrison O. Iwuala --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Moses O. Agudiegwu --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Samuel O. Nnadi --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Joseph O. Nkwede --- Ebonyi State University, Nigeria Charles K. Nwachukwu --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Christopher C. Arua --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Kenneth T. Osuebi --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Ernest N. Ejem --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Emmanuel S. Chigbata --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, NigeriaThis study examined the mediation effect of job embeddedness and the moderating effect of core self-evaluation in the relationship between career adaptability and work engagement among a sample of 387 employees of 12 local government areas of Nigeria (female =... -
Growth and adaptability of provenances and progenies of Pinus maximinoi H.E.Moore in northern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Cremildo Riba Gouveia Dias --- Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique, Mozambique Laurina Adriano Guacha --- Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal Aires Afonso Mbanze --- Universidade Lúrio (Campus Universitário de Unango), MozambiqueThe aim of this study was to evaluate the growth and adaptability of Pinus maximinoi provenances and progenies and to estimate the genetic variation that could be exploited in feature improvement (e.g. breeding studies). Data from this study are from... -
Individual variability in the thermal limits of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus from a permanently open estuary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J Frachet --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa A-R Childs --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa AC Winkler --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa MW Farthing --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa CD Hempel --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa WM Potts --- Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South AfricaGlobally, fish are facing the pressure of increasing thermal variability, which challenges the physiological capacity and resilience of species at the level of the individual, population and community. As transition zones, estuarine ecosystems are becoming increasingly thermally dynamic, which affects...