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Lived Experiences of Subclinical Eating Disorder: Female Students' Perceptions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Doret K. Kirsten --- North-West University, Wynand F. du Plessis --- North-West University,The aim of this study was to obtain an “insiders' perspective” on the lived experience of Subclinical Eating Disorder (SED) in female university students. Participants were 30 white, undergraduate females from the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University in South... -
Dimensions of Job Satisfaction Identified Among South African Black Middle-level Managers: A Qualitative Investigation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sonja C. Strydom --- Stellenbosch University, René van Eeden --- University of South Africa,The aim of the present study was to identify the factors contributing to job satisfaction for black middle-level managers and to contextualise these factors in terms of Afrocentric values and South Africa's socio-political and historical background. The sample comprised eight... -
A comment on research frameworks applied in accounting research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: D Coetsee --- University of Johannesburg,In the social sciences three different research frameworks are used: positivistic, interpretative and critical. These frameworks approach research from different premises, which collectively contribute to the pool of knowledge. Accounting institutions and their activities are fashioned by human interventions whose... -
The Constitutional right to culture and the judicial development of Indigenous Law: a comparative analysis of cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joan Church --- Department of Jurisprudence, Jacqueline Church --- Department of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law,Although integral to the culture of indigenous peoples in South Africa, indigenous law was historically only recognised as a personal law subservient to the general law. This is no longer so. In the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,... -
Happiness at work: a phenomenological study of the experiences of hospitality industry employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Anne Eline Frederique Melief --- , The Netherlands Jan Arend Schulp --- , The Netherlands Marte Rinck de Boer --- , The NetherlandsThough happiness might be an interesting factor to consider in the discussion on retaining employees, only a limited number of studies on happiness of hospitality employees has been done. This master’s thesis study, rooted in the tradition of the interpretative... -
Facing challenges and drawing strength from adversity: Lived experiences of Tibetan refugee youth in exile in India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Kiran Dolly Sapam --- , India Parisha Jijina --- , IndiaThe current study is a qualitative investigation aimed at exploring the lived experiences of Tibetan youth who had escaped to India as unaccompanied minors and since then have been living as refugees in India without their parents. The study attempts... -
Experiences of sexual relationships of young black women in an atmosphere of coercion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Frances Clüver [d373e18] Diane Elkonin Charles YoungNegotiations surrounding sexual activity are characterised by multiple power disparities that include race, social status and age, with gender being the most dominant differential in heterosexual interactions. Research has shown that women are physiologically more at risk of contracting HIV...
