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“It can save you if you just forget”: Closeness and Competence as Conditions for Coping among Ugandan Orphans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Krister Westlye Fjermestad --- University of Bergen, Norway Ingrid Kvestad --- National Child Protection Services, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- University of Bergen, Norway Gro Th. Lie --- University of Bergen, NorwayThis article explores the coping strategies of orphaned children and their caregivers supported by a community-based organization in a Ugandan slum area. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with eight orphans (aged 12 to 16 years) and their caregivers selected by... -
Enhancing Emotional and Social Competence in a Group of South-African School Beginners: A Preliminary Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elmarí Deacon --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study piloted the efficacy of a short-term intervention program for socio-emotional development in pre-schoolers.in a South African setting. Participants were 48 learners, aged between 5 and 6 years (22 boys, 26 girls). A proportion of the participants (n=26) took... -
Can medical students calculate drug doses?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CS Harries --- Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Health Sciences, JH Botha --- Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Health Sciences,Objectives: A doctor's ability to calculate drug doses is a skill that is generally assumed. We assessed medical students' performance when given four types of dosing calculations typical of those required in an emergency setting. -
Time perspective amongst a group of Black African first-year students: correlates with academic competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rinet van Lill --- Department of Psychology, Luzelle Naude --- Department of Psychology,This study explores the constructs of academic competence and time perspective amongst Black African first-year students (n = 178, females = 72.5%) from a large South African university. Self-report data were collected on the students' time perspective and academic competence. Participants' time perspective was... -
Intrinsic motivation a key enabler of African managers’ cultural intelligence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne Du Plessis --- Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership, South Africa Nicolene Barkhuizen --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study sought to determine manager's intrinsic motivation to engage multiculturally in the workplace as the managers varied by demographic background. Participants were a convenience sample of managers on supervisory level, middle level and senior level (n=550; Male 54.9%; Black... -
Development of entrepreneurial potential among undergraduates of a private university in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Akeem Ayofe Akinwale --- Department of IRPM, NigeriaBased on the theory of planned behaviour, the present article examines the development of entrepreneurial potential among the undergraduates of a private university in north-central Nigeria. A total of 250 randomly selected undergraduates from various departments participated in a survey... -
Assessment practises in a teaching hotel
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Josee Dekker --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThe main goal of the current study was to gain a better understanding of assessment practises in a teaching hotel. Data were collected in three different ways: (1) a critical-incidents interview; (2) analysis of all assessments in the practise modules,... -
To what extent are students as middle managers at a training hotel involved in strategic decision making?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Tjeerd Zandberg --- Stenden University, the NetherlandsResearch has shown that middle managers can exert major upward or downward influence on their organisation’s strategy. In the practice department of our hotel school, senior students act as managers to train managerial competences. To analyse if this reflects reality,... -
Intern to independent doctor: basic surgical skills required for South African practice and interns’ reports on their competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Frank Peters --- Department of Family Medicine,, South Africa Jacky van Wyk --- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Marietjie van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine,, South AfricaBackground: The role and scope of general practitioners in semi-urban and rural areas is poorly understood and documented. An absence of specialist support results in generalists being called to perform surgical procedures. It is imperative that they competently and confidently... -
South African–Cuban Medical Collaboration: students’ perceptions of training and perceived competence in clinical skills at a South African institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Motala --- School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa J Van Wyk --- School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBackground: The South African–Cuban Medical Collaboration programme aims to alleviate the critical shortage of practitioners in local South African rural settings. The students who return from Cuban-based facilities in their fourth year experience difficulty, especially in clinical settings, upon joining... -
Ethics misconduct among dietetic practitioners in South Africa (2007–2013)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: N. Nortjé --- Department of Dietetics, Wa Hoffmann --- Department of Biomedical Sciences,Morals refer to a belief-derived system according to which a certain group governs its behaviour, whereas ethics is a broader term whereby belief-system-based behaviour is replaced by a generic code of behaviour, often founded in an international code. In South... -
Patterns of unprofessional conduct by medical practitioners in South Africa (2007–2013)1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Willem A Hoffmann --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, South Africa Nico Nortjé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaA role of ethics in the medical context is to protect the interests, freedoms and well-being of patients. A critical analysis of unprofessional conduct by medical practitioners registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) requires a better... -
The development of a human resource management (HRM) professional competence model: A pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nico Schutte --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Nicolene Barkhuizen --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Lidewey van der Sluis --- Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands, Department of Industrial Psychology,This study sought to develop and test a diagnostic tool for the measurement of professional human resource management (HRM) competencies in the South African context. Data on HRM competencies were collected from South African human resource (HR) practitioners (N =... -
Explicit reading time in chartered accountancy examinations: perceptions of students and lecturers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Alwyn Visser --- Accounting Department, South Africa Gretha Steenkamp --- Accounting Department, South AfricaIn 2011, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) changed the structure of the first qualifying examination to include explicit reading time, during which candidates are given the scenario(s) of the paper without giving them the “Required” section. This... -
To what extent are students as middle managers at a training hotel involved in strategic decision making?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Tjeerd Zandberg --- Stenden University, the NetherlandsResearch has shown that middle managers can exert major upward or downward influence on their organisation's strategy. In the practice department of our hotel school, senior students act as managers to train managerial competences. To analyse if this reflects reality,... -
Assessment practises in a teaching hotel
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Josee Dekker --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThe main goal of the current study was to gain a better understanding of assessment practises in a teaching hotel. Data were collected in three different ways: (1) a critical-incidents interview; (2) analysis of all assessments in the practise modules,... -
What effects do student jobs have on the study performance, competency and career development of hospitality management students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Annemarie Geerlink --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThis research examines the effects student jobs have on the study performance, and the competency and career development of hospitality management students. A 13-item survey was administered to a sample of 82 hospitality management students to see how they think... -
On Globalizing Business Training in Africa: Toward a Theory of Business Education and Managerial Competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Vishwanath V. Baba --- DeGroote School of Business, CanadaGlobalization is a powerful force shaping today’s business environment. This paper focuses on how African business schools can prepare their students to manage for globalization. In line with the growing need for managing business in a volatile environment and that... -
Global Mind Monitor — determining intercultural competencies of Stenden Hotel Management School students: setting the research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Anne Keizer-Remmers --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Anja Brandsma-Dieters --- Policy Advisor,Ongoing Internationalization of Higher Hotel Management Education encourages professional universities to monitor and assess intercultural competence development of students. Moreover, strategic ambitions aimed at educating alumni capable of ‘global thinking’ and ‘hostmanship’ inevitably connect intercultural competence with hostmanship, a currently... -
Professional skills development during a period of practical experience: Perceptions of accounting trainees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Peter Lansdell --- College of Business and Economics, South Africa Ben Marx --- College of Business and Economics, South Africa Ahmed Mohammadali-Haji --- College of Business and Economics, South AfricaConstant changes in the business environment require from inter alia, Chartered Accountants in South Africa (CA(SA)s) to develop professional skills alongside technical accountancy knowledge. These skills are a crucial component of well-rounded business leaders who are able to add value... -
Developing professional competence in accounting graduates: An action research study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Shaun Parsons --- College of Accounting, South Africa Bette Davidowitz --- Department of Chemistry, South Africa Paul Maughan --- College of Accounting, South AfricaIn 2014, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) introduced the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) as its final professional examination. The APC is an eight-hour case study assessing both the technical knowledge and pervasive skills that together represent... -
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karen C. Stoiber --- , United States of America Maribeth Gettinger --- , United States of AmericaThis study examined the role of children’s early school attendance and social competency skills in their early literacy development. Participants were 286 African American pre-schoolers from low-income homes enrolled in Head Start classrooms in the Unites States of America (mean... -
Feasibility study on the use of the modified Finnish Diabetes Risk Score in South African context: a case of home-based carers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: TM Mothiba --- University of Limpopo, South Africa MH Mphasha --- University of Limpopo, South Africa TT Molepo --- University of Limpopo, South Africa H Bastiaens --- University of Antwerp, Belgium J Wens --- University of Antwerp, Belgium -
Father–child relationship and children’s peer competence: Mediated by children’s emotional regulation and environmental adaptation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, China Xia Wu --- Shaoxing University, ChinaThis study aimed to explore father–child relationships and young children’s peer competence, as mediated by child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation. The children’s fathers and teachers completed peer competence, child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation measures on 216 Chinese children... -
Failure factors of building construction projects in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Hizkiel Haliso Abate --- College of Engineering and Technology, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia Desalegn Girma Mengistu --- Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Ethiopia Tesfahun Asres Abera --- Arba Minch Institute of Technology, Arba Minch University, EthiopiaConstruction projects encounter considerable failure, and the case is worse in developing countries. Improving this situation needs an understanding of the failure factors; hence, this study is aimed at identifying critical failure factors of building construction projects in the Ethiopian... -
Enhancing international business competence: how cognitive and exposure training approaches matter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Christopher Boafo --- Leipzig University, Germany Utz Dornberger --- Leipzig University, Germany Nathaniel Boso --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study draws insights from knowledge acquisition theory to examine how cognitive and exposure training approaches explain differences in international business competence (IBC). Following an interpretive phenomenological approach and in-depth interviews with 23 business school professors and 32 business executives...