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Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Postgraduate Students' Psychosocial Employability Attributes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid Potgieter --- University of South Africa, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa,This study determined the influence of individuals' emotional intelligence on their psychosocial employability attributes. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted. A non-probability sample of 304 employed postgraduate students (predominantly early career black = 70 %; females = 64 % with... -
Estimating plot-level forest structural attributes using high spectral resolution ASTER satellite data in even-aged Eucalyptus plantations in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: MT Gebreslasie FB Ahmed JAN van AardtThis study assessed the suitability of both visible and shortwave infrared of ASTER reflectance bands and various vegetation indices for estimating forest structural attributes of Eucalyptus species. The study was conducted in even-aged monoculture plantations of E. grandis and E... -
Job characteristics: their relationship to job satisfaction, stress and depression
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Renier Steyn --- Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Naseema Vawda --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study investigated the influences of job characteristics on job satisfaction, stress and depression among South African white collar workers. Participants were managers in full-time employment with large organisations. They completed the Job Diagnostic Survey, the Perceived Stress Scale and... -
Exploring adult learners’ self-directedness in relation to their employability attributes in open distance learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jo-Anne Botha --- Department of Human Resource Management, Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Mariette Coetzee --- Department of Human Resource Management,This study investigated the relationship between adult learners’ self-directedness and their perceptions of their employability attributes. A stratified proportional random sample (N = 1 102) was taken of undergraduate adult learners at a South African open distance learning (ODL) higher... -
Dissemination effort, innovation attributes, and variations in innovation dissemination rate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mawuena Aggey --- Process Technology and Innovation Research, Ghana Nana Kwamina Tekyi Ghartey --- Centre for Development Studies, Ghana Charles Kweku Brown --- Centre for Development Studies, GhanaInnovation-decision type, communication channels, social system, and change agents’ promotion effort influence innovation adoption, but 49–87% of variance in adoption rates is explained by perceived innovation attributes (Rogers 1995). Relationships between adoption rates and these variables are much researched but... -
Consumer patronage and willingness-to-pay at different levels of restaurant attributes: A study from Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: David Njite --- The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Joyce Njoroge --- School of Accounting, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Haragopal Parsa --- School of Accounting, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Rahul Parsa --- Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Jean-Pierre van der Rest --- Department of Business Studies, Institute of Tax Law and Economics, Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden, The NetherlandsThis study investigates the effect of three key restaurant attributes – food quality, service quality and ambiance – on consumers’ (i) willingness-to-pay (WTP) and (ii) intentions to patronage (ITP) for limited service and upscale restaurants in Kenya. A full-profile 2 (types of... -
South African consumers’ selection criteria for ornamental plants: a market perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Lorraine Middleton --- Department of Biology, South AfricaThe considerations of South African consumers in the ornamental plant sector can be interpreted as selection criteria and be used as a marketing tool to increase the use of indigenous plants for ornamental purposes locally. A countrywide survey was undertaken... -
Evaluation of an intervention aimed at developing the personal attributes of prospective entrants into the accounting profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Andres Merino --- School of Accountancy, South Africa Michele Aucock --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaRapid changes in the business world coupled with increased global competition demand that accountants must have a wide range of skills and attitudes if they are to meet the rising expectations of employers and of society as a whole. This... -
Attributes contributing to the development of professionalism as described by dietetics students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nico Nortje --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaInternationally there is a renewed interest in professionalism and how to cultivate this among students. This study identifies and discusses the main attributes students view as important to develop professionalism. It is postulated that some important additions should be made... -
Generation Y's attitude towards organic wine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Inkje Hoekstra --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hospitality Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Sustainability in Hospitality & Tourism, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research paper focuses on the motives behind Generation Y's wine choices. Data collection was done by reviewing relevant literature, interviewing wine experts and organising blind and open wine tastings accompanied by questionnaires and focus group discussions. Results confirm that... -
Consumer patronage and willingness-to-pay at different levels of restaurant attributes: A study from Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Njite --- The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, University of New Orleans, USA Joyce Njoroge --- School of Accounting, Drake University, USA Haragopal Parsa --- Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, University of Denver, USA Rahul Parsa --- Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, USA Jean-Pierre van der Rest --- Department of Business Studies, The NetherlandsThis study investigates the effect of three key restaurant attributes—food quality, service quality and ambiance—on consumers' (i) willingness-to-pay (WTP) and (ii) intentions to patronage (ITP) for limited service and upscale restaurants in Kenya. A full-profile 2 (types of restaurants) x... -
Restoration of degraded ecosystems in the Afromontane highlands of Ethiopia: comparison of plantations and natural regeneration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Abrham Abiyu --- Amhara Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia Demel Teketay --- Department of Crop Science and Production, Botswana Gerhard Glatzel --- Institute of Forest Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria Raf Aerts --- Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, Belgium Georg Gratzer --- Institute of Forest Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, AustriaThe scale of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa underscores the need for forest restoration. Information is scarce for evidence-based restoration options. Sown Senna didymobotrya, planted Ficus thonningii cuttings, sown S. didymobotrya and planted F. thonningii combined, and previously occurring native non-browse... -
Self-esteem, employability attributes, and retention factors of employees within the financial sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Lemakatso Mawande --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between personal factors and job retention in a South African financial services sector setting. A non-probability purposive sample of employees (n = 383; females = 57%, black = 42%) of two financial institutions were participants... -
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 =... -
Spodosols in Brazil: distribution, characteristics and diagnostic attributes of spodic horizons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Andressa R de Menezes --- Agronomy Institute, Department of Soil Science, Brazil Ademir Fontana --- Embrapa Solos, Brazil Lúcia HC dos Anjos --- Agronomy Institute, Department of Soil Science, BrazilSpodosols are reported in specific environments of Brazil, such as sandy materials in the Amazon and Pantanal basin, sandbanks in the coastal fringes and coastal tableland areas, and a few in high-altitude mountains with quartz-rich rocky substrates. This study describes... -
Personal factors in talent retention in the South African banking industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Annette M. Snyman --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the influence of personal factors on job retention in a banking services sector setting. South African banking sector employees (n = 262) participated in the study (age range = 18–45 years; female = 62%, white = 57%)... -
Lecturer dress code and student perceptions of lecturer professional attributes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anke Slabbert --- Department of Business Support Studies, South AfricaThis study explored how students’ perceptions of their lecturers’ dress code influenced their inferences about the professional competences of the lecturers. Survey respondents were 102 students from a South African university of technology (female = 60%; age range = 18... -
Farmers’ Perceptions of Dairy Cattle Breeds, Breeding and Feeding Strategies: A Case of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: M. N. Lukuyu --- University of New England, Australia J. P. Gibson --- University of New England, Australia D. B. Savage --- University of New England, Australia E. J. O. Rao --- International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya N. Ndiwa --- International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya A. J. Duncan --- International Livestock Research Institute, KenyaTo understand farmers’ preference and perceptions of breed attributes, breeding and feeding practices, 419 households in western Kenya were interviewed in a cross-sectional survey. Respondents scored their preference for cattle breeds, traits and breeding methods on a scale of 1... -
Dispositions of agency as explanatory mechanisms of employees’ satisfaction with retention practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khatoon Gani --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Ingrid Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the explanatory power of psychological dispositions of agency (i.e. employability attributes and organisational commitment) in relation to employees’ satisfaction with organisational retention practices. Participants were a convenience sample of employees from a higher education academic institution in... -
Idiosyncratic food preferences of children with autism spectrum disorder in England
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Leanie Huxham --- , South Africa Maritha Marais --- , South Africa Evette van Niekerk --- , South AfricaObjectives: To obtain a better understanding of feeding difficulties experienced by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). -
Using crown characterisation variables as indicators of the vigour, competition and growth of Brazilian pine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Lorena Oliveira Barbosa --- , Brazil César Augusto Guimarães Finger --- , Brazil Emanuel Arnoni Costa --- , Brazil Otávio Camargo Campoe --- , Brazil Cristine Tagliapietra Schons --- , BrazilCrown variables are used in growth and production models to increase the accuracy of estimates. These variables are costly and difficult to measure, mainly in dense native forests such as mixed ombrophilous forests (MOF), where Araucaria angustifolia is the predominant... -
Yield, nutritional composition, and consumer acceptability of sweetpotato cultivars cultivated with soil amendments in the Middleveld of Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Samuel Kofi Tutu --- , Eswatini Henry R Mloza Banda --- , Eswatini Cinisani Tfwala --- , EswatiniUncertainties about the effects of nutrient amendment on the culinary attributes of sweetpotato have limited fertiliser use in Eswatini. The study was carried out at a moist and dry location of Eswatini to investigate the culinary and nutritional attributes of... -
Determinants of customer satisfaction in a high-contact service environment: a study of selected hotels in Abakaliki metropolis, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Maria-Friday C Nkwede --- Ebonyi State University, Nigeria Ike-Elechi Ogba --- Ebonyi State University, Nigeria Friday E Nkwede --- Ebonyi State University, NigeriaThis article explores the factors that lead to customer satisfaction, with a particular interest in the hospitality industry of Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. In a high-contact service industry such as hospitality, service providers and customers usually have an intimate and... -
Factors impacting online purchasing spend
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: S. Rudansky-Kloppers --- University of South Africa, South Africa P. Bester --- University of South Africa, South AfricaOnline shopping has increased dramatically over the past couple of years and is expected to continue to grow. In South Africa, a marked increase in online shopping has been noted, despite still lagging behind international adoption levels. As internet adoption... -
An analysis of guest attitude toward dining at green restaurants in Qatar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: MC Ashim Sagar --- Human Resource Management, FTC Qatar, Qatar Eddy Kurobuza Tukamushaba --- College of Business, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar Juliet Gladies Jayasuria --- College of Business, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar Khalid Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti --- Marketing, Al-Rayyan International University College in partnership with University of Derby UK Doha–Qatar, QatarThis study examines how interpersonal influence, green menu attributes and eco-friendly attributes shape guest attitudes toward green dining in five-star hotels in Qatar, and how these attitudes influence their willingness to dine at green restaurants. Using a quantitative approach, a...