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Psychological Contract in HIV Prevention Clinical Trials in Resource Poor Communities in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Calvin Gwandure --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Thokozile Mayekiso --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThe paper explored the application of psychological contract in HIV prevention clinical trials in resource poor communities in Africa. The psychological contract was discussed in relation to practices in New HIV Prevention Technologies in Africa. From this discussion, it would... -
The State of the Skills Development Expectations and Obligations of Municipal Employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bennie J. Linde --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Carmen Maritz --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaIn this study the psychological contract effects of skills development expectations and obligations of municipal employees in the South African province of the North West were explored. The participants were 547 municipal employees (females = 46%) of all levels. Data... -
On Contractibility of Matrix Algebras
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mohammad Sal Moslehian Assadollah Niknam. We show first that for each C*-algebra A, contractibility of A implies contractibility of M n (A). We next prove that an incidence algebra A of upper triangular matrices, defined by a partially ordered set Ω on {1, 2,...,n}... -
Epimorphisms of metric frames
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Bernhard Banaschewski Aleš PultrThis paper deals with several aspects of epimorphisms in the category MFrm of metric frames and contractive homomorphisms. In particular, it is shown that i. the epicomplete metric frames are uniquely determined by the power-set lattices of sets,... -
The prevalence of HIV and AIDS and average demographic data in forestry contracting businesses in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: PM Basson JA Jonker JC SteenkampThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and subsequent acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) play an important role in the rural-based forestry industry in South Africa. HIV infection and AIDS are non-notifiable conditions with a serious effect on forestry contracting businesses due to... -
On the existence and approximation of fixed points for Ćirić type contractive mappings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: B. Djafari-Rouhani --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, USA Sirous Moradi --- Department of Mathematics, IranLet (X, d) be a complete convex metric space, and C be a nonempty, closed and convex subset of X. We consider Ćirić type contractive self-mappings T of C satisfying: for all x, y ∈ C, where 0 < a... -
Doctors and strike action: Can this be morally justifiable?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,Strikes are rare events in the history of medicine. Mainly their occurrences have been initiated by junior doctors as is the case in South Africa. In the most recent strike action by South African doctors, the root cause appears to... -
Environmental disclosure in annual reports: A legitimacy theory perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A Savage --- Assistant Professor of Accounting, United States of America E Gilbert --- Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Canada J Rowlands --- Professor of Accounting, South Africa A J Cataldo --- Assistant Professor of Accounting, United States of AmericaIn recent years, corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily disclose information relating to their social actions, particularly those concerning the natural environment. The conventional accounting framework, with its emphasis on decision-usefulness, has largely proved unsatisfactory in explaining... -
Transfer pricing methods in the context of intangible property
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Steyn --- Department of Taxation, School of Accounting Sciences,The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of existing acceptable transfer pricing methods and their application to international transactions between related parties involving intangible property, more specifically intellectual property that is legally protected. The application of the... -
Pre-incorporation Contracts Revisited
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: R Jooste --- University of Cape Town, C Koornhof --- University of the Witwatersrand,Some confusion stilt exists with Accountants as to the correct accounting treatment for pre-incorporation contracts. An attempt is made in this article to present a framework of the legal positions and accounting treatments of all practical situations encountered with pre-incorporation... -
Food and wine pairing: A new approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Peter Klosse --- Academie voor Gastronomie, Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput, Hoog Soeren, NetherlandsFlavour can be assessed objectively with the use of the newly developed flavour styles theory. In this approach, flavour is structured on the parameters contracting mouthfeel, coating mouthfeel and flavour richness. The result is the flavour styles cube. The eight... -
Environmental disclosure in annual reports: A legitimacy theory perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A Savage --- Oakland University, United States of America E Gilbert --- University of New Brunswick, Canada J Rowlands --- University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa AJ Cataldo --- Oakland University, United States of AmericaIn recent years, corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily disclose information relating to their social actions, particularly those concerning the natural environment. The conventional accounting framework, with its emphasis on decision-usefulness, has largely proved unsatisfactory in explaining... -
The indigenous contract as legal phenomenon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: FP van R Whelpton --- Department of Constitutional,Drawing largely on the views of various theorists, this article seeks to discuss the indigenous contract as legal phenomenon with specific reference to underlying values and legal principles of indigenous contracts in the southern African context. It shows that indigenous... -
Technology and market access via contracts and cooperatives for smallholders: Evidence from honey producers in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abebe Ejigu Alemu --- SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate Studies, South AfricaSmallholders in developing countries are facing high transaction costs and difficulties in accessing technology to improve productivity. This paper aims at exploring how technology acquisition and market access have driven smallholder honey farmers to contract participation or cooperative engagement by... -
Food and wine pairing: A new approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Peter Klosse --- Academie voor Gastronomie, Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput, NetherlandsFlavour can be assessed objectively with the use of the newly developed flavour styles theory. In this approach, flavour is structured on the parameters contracting mouthfeel, coating mouthfeel and flavour richness. The result is the flavour styles cube. The eight... -
Psychological contract breach and workplace deviance: Does emotional intelligence matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthony G. Balogun --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Nigeria Taye S. Oluyemi --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Nigeria Olukayode A. Afolabi --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, NigeriaThis study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence on the relationship between psychological contract breach and workplace deviance with feelings of violation. The participants were 232 employees of a Nigerian public sector organisation (125 males and 107 females). The employees... -
Psychological contract and job security among call centre agents: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nelesh Dhanpat --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Londi Nemarumane --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Nyiko Precious Ngobeni --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Duduzile Nkabinde --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Sipho Noko --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThis study explored call centre agents’ perceived psychological contract and job security in a South African call centre setting. We interviewed a purposive sample of 12 call centre agents (female = 8, male = 4; black = 10, coloured =... -
Modelling the effects of exposure to risk on junior faculty productivity incentives under the academic tenure system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim Niankara --- College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis paper relies on modelling tools from probability theory and the economics of risk to analyze the ex-ante incentive properties of tenure from the perspective of junior faculty members. The theoretical results show that under publication value uncertainty and risk... -
Psychological contract influence on organisational identification among call centre employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Definite Mutendi --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Roslyn De Braine --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Nelesh Dhanpat --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThe study investigated whether the psychological contract predicts organisational identification in a call centre setting. Participants included 198 employees (females = 66%; permanent employees = 74%, temporary employees = 26%). Participants completed measures on psychological contract and organisational identification. Using... -
Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards timber out-grower schemes in selected districts of Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Maggie G Munthali --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Simon Mng’omba --- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Chitedze Research Station, Malawi Harold Chisale --- Department of Forestry, Malawi Joyce Njoloma --- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Chitedze Research Station, Malawi Betserai I Nyoka --- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Chitedze Research Station, Malawi Gertrude Sato --- World Vision International, Malawi National Office, MalawiTimber out-grower schemes have proved to be one of the most profitable enterprises for rural households. No wonder, several analysts and researchers regard them as an alternative model to avoid problems of displacement and create ‘win-win’ outcomes for both rural... -
The underlying concepts of the definition of a liability in financial reporting: A doctrinal research perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Daniël Coetsee --- , South AfricaAccounting literature has identified fundamental conceptual issues and uncertainties regarding the financial reporting treatment of liabilities. This paper assesses whether the underlying concepts for the definition of a liability are robust and sufficiently developed in the 2018 Conceptual Framework of... -
Evaluating the influencing factors responsible for construction contractors’ opportunism in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Matthew Ikuabe --- , South Africa Ayodeji Oke --- , South Africa Clinton Aigbavboa --- , South AfricaConstruction is a very competitive business which often experiences situations in which contractors deploy various schemes to rake in financial proceeds unduly, particularly when the risks encountered do not turn out as favourably as envisaged at inception. This exposes the... -
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alda Deas --- , South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- , South AfricaWe aimed to explore the factor structure of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI) as a potential reliable measure for assessing the psychological contract content elements of employees with a digital mindset. Employees (n = 293, mean age = 38.58... -
Some notes on the paper “On best proximity points of interpolative proximal contractions”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M. Gabeleh --- Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Iran J. Markin --- , USAIn a recent paper [I. Altun and A. Tasdemir, On best proximity points of interpolative proximal contractions, Quaestiones Math. (2020), DOI: 10.2989/16073606.2020.1785576] the authors proved two best proximity point theorems for a new class of non-self mappings, called interpolative Reich-Rus-Ćirić... -
Predictors of staff retention satisfaction: The role of the psychological contract and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annette M Snyman --- University of South Africa, South AfricaHigher education institutions in South Africa are experiencing alarmingly high levels of staff turnover and struggling to retain their valuable employees. This study explored whether the psychological contract significantly predicted employees' satisfaction with human resource retention practices within the higher... -
Wardowski and Ćirić type fixed point theorems over non-triangular metric spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: V. Rakočević --- University of Niš, Serbia K. Roy --- The University of Burdwan, India M. Saha --- The University of Burdwan, IndiaIn this manuscript, we establish a fixed point theorem for F -Suzuki contraction mapping over a non-triangular metric space and also give a discussion as remarks on the non-triangular metric structure. Moreover we introduce non-triangular metric-like space and prove a... -
Organisational support: Associations with psychological contracts and turnover intention in the South African food manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Loudwick Mathebula --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study examined the role of employee perceived organisational support (POS) in the relationship between employee psychological contract (PC) and turnover intention (TUI). The participants comprised employees in a South African (SA) food manufacturing company (n= 385 employees; female =... -
HIV/AIDS stigma at the workplace: Exploratory findings from Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sajid Bashir --- Human Resource Management, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, PakistanPeople living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) are stigmatised socially. They are devalued and considered like outcasts by having lesser opportunities for education, treatment and housing, and in an organisational context they get reduced opportunities of selection, promotion and income. The phenomena... -
An investigation into the normal tax implications of fractional share rights in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Christoff Botha --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Cecileen Greeff --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaA recent development in the financial service industry is the introduction of the fractional share right that allows a retail investor to invest in a fraction of a listed equity share. Fractional share right is not defined in the Income... -
The value relevance of mandatory sustainability reporting assurance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Maher Jeriji --- IHEC – University of Carthage, Tunisia Ala Nasfi --- Montpellier University, FranceSustainability reporting assurance (SRA) ensures the credibility of sustainability information disclosed by companies. This practice has continued to evolve, particularly within regulatory frameworks. The SRA is widespread among the largest French and South African companies because of the requirements of... -
I’m betrayed and I’m gone – unless organizational leaders convince me otherwise: Perceived contract breaches, quitting intentions, and leader-related resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Dirk De Clercq --- Brock University, Canada Renato Pereira --- ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, PortugalEmployees’ perceptions that their organization has not met its promises toward them (i.e., perceived contract breaches) might inform their turnover intentions, in a link that also could be moderated by four relevant leader-related resources – two that reflect how organizational... -
Asymptotic properties for compressions of two-isometries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Laurian Suciu --- “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, RomaniaThe bounded linear operators T on a Hilbert space which have 2-isometric liftings S on are investigated in this paper. We refer to the structure of those operators in the case of general liftings, as well as for a more... -
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shihaam Solomon --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Marieta du Plessis --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaTemporary academic appointments are increasingly prevalent in higher education institutions across the globe. The lived experiences of temporary academic staff within South African higher education institutions were explored. Twenty-six temporary academic staff (females = 69%, black = 75%, white =... -
Supported approach spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: E. Colebunders --- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, België R. Lowen --- Universiteit Antwerpen, BelgiëIn this paper we work in the category of approach spaces with contractions [14], the objects of which are sets endowed with a numerical distance between sets and points. Approach spaces are to be considered a simultaneous generalization of both... -
Give full play to the overqualified individuals: Do job crafting and leader–member exchange matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaoyu Wu --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Wenwen Han --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Xiaoyan Zhang --- Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Fang Ma --- Anqing Antong Construction Group Co., Ltd, ChinaDrawing upon psychological contract theory, this study investigated how and when perceived overqualification may affect employees’ creativity. Data were collected from 164 employees and their immediate supervisors in Chinese manufacturing, information technology (IT), and services companies (female = 53.05%; age... -
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Feng-Hua Yang --- Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Huai-Liang Liang --- Da-Yeh University, TaiwanWe investigated the relationship between psychological contract breach (PCB) and façades of conformity and mediation by surface acting and deep acting. Employees (n = 255) from a large bank in Taiwan were surveyed (female = 58.80%; mean age = 36.30... -
The economics of cowpea seed contracting in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Edward Martey --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Prince M. Etwire --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Emmanuel Y. Owusu --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Desmond S. Adogoba --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Bashiru Haruna --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Mustapha M. Suraj --- CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana Lucky Omoigui --- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, NigeriaThe economic impact of agricultural contracting in developing economies has been widely studied. However, limited attention has been given to the specific dynamics of seed contracting among seed producers, despite their crucial role in seed delivery systems. Price volatility remains... -
Approximation and Compactness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: E. Colebunders --- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, België R. Lowen --- Universiteit Antwerpen, BelgiëIn approach theory convergence is described by means of limit and adherence operators acting on filters or ultrafilters. The value of the limit resp. adherence operator on an (ultra)filter in a point x is interpreted as the distance that the... -
The role of concave functions in the study of interpolative contractions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Marija Cvetković --- University of Niš, SerbiaThe interpolative contraction and its numerous generalizations motivated this study on its relation to previously known classes of contractive mappings. We will prove that by using of the concave property of the logarithmic function (or Jensen’s inequality), it is possible...
