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Salutogenic Profile of Police Trainees on Entry into the Profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nomfusi Bekwa --- University of South Africa, Marié de Beer --- University of South Africa,The study aimed to determine the salutogenic (wellbeing) profile of South African police trainees on entry into the profession. Participants were police trainees with an average age of 26 years enrolled for basic training in a police college. Sample sizes... -
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),... -
Psychosocial Well-Being of Families in a South African Context: A Prospective Multifactorial Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychosocial well-being of a group of South African families by determining the prevalence of psychosocial well-being indicators. A cross-sectional survey design and a purposive, voluntary sampling technique were used. Data on family well-being were collected from... -
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... -
Hardiness as predictor of work readiness: a preliminary exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gideon Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Science, South AfricaThis study explored hardiness as a possible predictor of work readiness in cross-cultural settings. In order to explore which factors may elicit hardiness, the sub-scales were identified and explored. Participants were from two African countries, namely South Africa (n =... -
Factors influencing career maturity in the South African National Defence Force: A diagnostic approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carien van't Wout --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Science, South Africa Gideon van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Science, South AfricaThis study investigated factors influencing the career maturity of young members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). A sample of 310 young SANDF members (females=35%, blacks=90%) completed the following measures: career maturity inventory-revised, the career decision self-efficacy scale,... -
The psychological coping, learning potential and career preferences profiles of operational force military candidates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié de Beer --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Adelai van Heerden --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to profile the psychological coping, learning potential and career-related interests of 251 candidates for operational force military selection for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – 26 of whom were successful in the... -
Organisation climate mediation of the relationship between hardiness, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction among military followers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Palesa Luzipo --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThis study examined influences of organisational climate on hardiness, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction in a military setting. Data were collected from 120 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) military personnel (female = 36%; officers = 90%; age range = 24–64... -
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%),... -
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nisha Harry --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the socio-demographic predictors of psychosocial resources in call centre agents. A non-probability sample of 409 call centre agents from Nigeria (n = 145, female = 63%, male = 37%) and South Africa (n = 264, female =...