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Delinquent Adolescents' Regrettable Behaviours and Parental Engagement: A Cross-cultural Comparison
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zinziswa C. Nqweni --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Ellen E. Pinderhughes --- Tufts University, Sean Hurley --- University of Vermont,We examined delinquents' involvement in regrettable behaviours, their meaning-making processes and parental engagement in preventing these behaviours. After reviewing court-record data for 109 males and females of African descent (50 South African and 50 American youth) for data on delinquency,... -
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Low Socioeconomic Status Community Sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, University of the Free State, South AfricaThe study reports on antiretroviral treatment adherence in a KwaZulu-Natal sample with a follow-up period of 20 months. Participants were 498 predominatly Black females living with HIV and AIDS. Four-hundred and ninety-six of the participants (91.6%) were found to be... -
Measuring Readiness and Success at a Higher Education Institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Juan-Claude Lemmens --- University of Pretoria, Gerhard I. du Plessis --- University of Pretoria, David J.F. Maree --- University of Pretoria,This study investigated readiness as a correlate of academic success among beginning university students. A total of 829 first-time entering students from a large business sciences faculty were participants (males = 319, females = 510, mean age = 19, SD... -
Access to Opportunities and the Lovelife Programme Among Youth in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, University of Limpopo, ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Witness Chirinda --- Human Sciences Research Council,We evaluated the efficacy of a motivational and opportunity multimedia health promotion programme for young people: loveLife. Participants were 3123 youth from four of nine provinces of South Africa (mean age=20.5 years, SD=2.0, females=45.4%, the majority population group=91.5% Black African)... -
Support groups for HIV-positive people in South Africa: Who joins, who does not, and why?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wenche Dageid --- Department of Psychology, NorwayPsychosocial health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is inadequate. Support groups for PLWHA could offer arenas where psychosocial issues are addressed, yet more knowledge is needed about those who join and those who do not join such groups... -
What helps volunteers to continue with their work?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, C Jackson --- CHoiCe (NGO doing home based care in the Tzaneen Municipal Area.), S Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine,Aim The aim of the study was to understand what volunteers perceived to be the factors helping them to continue working as volunteers, thereby assisting project leaders to improve the recruitment procedures, as well as quality of service, in the... -
Managing chronic conditions in a South African primary care context: exploring the applicability of Brief Motivational Interviewing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Allen --- Child, Youth & Family Development,Background: Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) is an approach to motivating behaviour change in general health care settings. The relevance and applicability of BMI has not been fully assessed in low- or middle-income country settings. This study explored the application of... -
Why do male patients request circumcisions?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Engelbrecht --- Dept Family Medicine, S Smith --- Dept Family Medicine,Background Circumcision has been performed for centuries. The popularity of the procedure waxed and waned during the ages. In South Africa, cultural circumcision is often regarded as the only way to attain full adulthood, and consequently many patients request circumcision... -
Spirit(ed) away: preventing foetal alcohol syndrome with motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Jansen Van Vuuren --- University of Cape Town, D Learmonth --- University of Cape Town,Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a growing concern in South Africa. In the Western Cape, prevalence rates for FAS are the highest in the world. Not surprisingly, the Western Cape also has some of the highest levels of alcohol consumption... -
Views of patients on a group diabetes education programme using motivational interviewing in South African primary care: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Serfontein --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Objectives: This study was a qualitative assessment of a diabetes group education programme presented in community health centres of the Cape Town Metro District. The programme offered four sessions of group education and was delivered by trained health promoters using... -
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... -
People performance enablers in relation to employees’ psychological attachment to the organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dieter Veldsmana --- The HR Touch, Mindset Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzeeb --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between a set of people performance enablers and psychological attachment behavioural states in a variety of South African work settings. The sample (N = 582) comprised mostly males (69%) and black Africans from organisations in the manufacturing... -
Performance appraisal systems — equity perceptions of mathematics teachers: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Kainose Mhlolo --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated equity perceptions of a school based performance appraisal system in a subject discipline. Participants were 110 mathematics teachers (females = 10%) and 12 school principals (females = 25%). They completed a questionnaire on distributive, procedural and interactional justice regarding the performance... -
Parental mediation of adolescent media use and demographic factors as predictors of Kenyan high school students’ exposure to sexual content in television
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kyalo wa Ngula --- Department of Mass Communication, Hellen K. Mberia --- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, USAResearch in Western nations suggests that parents’ involvement in their children's media use can make a difference in how adolescents select, process and respond to sexual television messages. Little or no published research has investigated this issue in sub-Saharan Africa,... -
Moderating role of affectivity in career resilience and career anchors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Phillemon M . Mogale --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Ingrid L . Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the moderating role of positive affect and negative affect in the link between employees’ career resilience and their career anchors . A convenience sample (N=143) of predominantly black African people (86%) and staff level (80%) employees with... -
All at sea: Insights into crew work experiences on a cruise liner
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Ester Ellen Trees Bolt --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- International Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis research explores employee experiences of working on board a cruise ship. Cruise liners have been described as floating hotels; but increasingly they are more like floating resorts, embracing passenger and crew populations as big as small towns. In addition to the... -
Tomatis® Method comparative efficacy in promoting self-regulation in tertiary students: A systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize Bonthuys --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South Africa Karel Botha --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South AfricaThis systematic review sought to determine the evidence on how the Tomatis® Method, a sound stimulation intervention for improving listening, compares to other self-regulation interventions with tertiary students. We searched studies from the following data bases ‘Academic FileOne, CINAHL, Cochrane... -
Sustainable restaurants: A research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: George Jacobs --- Research Centre Gastronomy in Food Service, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, The Netherlands Peter Klosse --- Research Centre Gastronomy in Food Service, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, The NetherlandsThere is growing emphasis on sustainability within the hospitality industry. For restaurants, which are often small businesses, that emphasis is poorly structured and rarely based on scientific evidence. Research is needed into what factors could promote sustainability in restaurants. We... -
Sustainable tourism development and the world heritage status of the Wadden Sea: The case of Terschelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Akke Folmer --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Hans Revier --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Tamara Cupido --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsNational governments and regions make great efforts to obtain international recognition for their natural heritage, for instance through UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list. Since June 2009, the Dutch Wadden Sea has been on the World Heritage List. Our study investigates... -
Employees, sustainability and motivation: Increasing employee engagement by addressing sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: David Casey --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Sebastian Sieber --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsAn increasing number of academic studies indicate that we as humans are exploiting the planet earth to an extent that is no longer bearable. Put differently, we are actively destroying our very own basis of existence, especially considering the generations... -
Promoting fan engagement: An exploration of the fundamental motives for sport consumption amongst premier league football spectators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Llewellyn E. Van Zyl --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Kemiso Motaung --- North-West University Kaizer Chiefs Innovation Centre,The aim of this study was to examine whether fan engagement could be predicted by the motivational dimensions of sport consumption. A sample of 806 football sport fans (African = 85%, male = 67.4%, part of an organised supporters club... -
All at sea: Insights into crew work experiences on a cruise liner
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ester Ellen Trees Bolt --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- International Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research explores employee experiences of working on board a cruise ship. Cruise liners have been described as floating hotels; but increasingly they are more like floating resorts, embracing passenger and crew populations as big as small towns. In addition... -
Sustainable restaurants: A research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: George Jacobs --- Research Centre Gastronomy in Food Service, The Netherlands Peter Klosse --- Research Centre Gastronomy in Food Service, The NetherlandsThere is growing emphasis on sustainability within the hospitality industry. For restaurants, which are often small businesses, that emphasis is poorly structured and rarely based on scientific evidence. Research is needed into what factors could promote sustainability in restaurants. We... -
Sustainable tourism development and the world heritage status of the Wadden Sea: The case of Terschelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Akke Folmer --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The Netherlands Hans Revier --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The Netherlands Tamara Cupido --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The NetherlandsNational governments and regions make great efforts to obtain international recognition for their natural heritage, for instance through UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list. Since June 2009, the Dutch Wadden Sea has been on the World Heritage List. Our study investigates... -
Employees, sustainability and motivation: Increasing employee engagement by addressing sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Casey --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Sebastian Sieber --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsAn increasing number of academic studies indicate that we as humans are exploiting the planet earth to an extent that is no longer bearable. Put differently, we are actively destroying our very own basis of existence, especially considering the generations... -
Self-regulated learning among teacher education students: Motivational beliefs influence on the use of metacognition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Magoba Muwonge --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Ulrich Schiefele --- Department of Educational Sciences, Germany Joseph Ssenyonga --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Henry Kibedi --- Department of Psychology, UgandaIn the present study, we examined the relationships between motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, task value, and control of learning beliefs) and use of metacognitive learning strategies among teacher education students in Uganda. The sample comprised of 649 students selected from seven... -
Return to Africa to Mine an African Understanding of Employee Motivation in Africa: Sankofa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bill Buenar Puplampu --- Central Business School, GhanaOver the last 80 years commendable advances have been made in the field of employee motivation by scholars who have carried out research, developed theory and put forward tools for application. This paper argues that given the importance of work... -
Employees’ desire for personal development in the front office of the InterContinental Miami
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Irina Tamminga --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Elsbeth de Boer --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsEmployees in the hospitality industry are under continuous pressure to perform better and to develop and adapt themselves to ever-increasing demands and challenges. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between the time an employee has been... -
The meaning of cultural diversity among staff as it pertains to employee motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Laura Velten --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsRecent trends in increasing ethnic diversity in Park Hyatt Hamburg brought up the question on how cultural diversity is linked to employees’ motivation. The study focuses on the relationship between cultural diversity and employees’ motivation. The research is based on... -
Workers in the luxury hospitality industry and motivation – the influence of gender, age and departments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ambra Hekman --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThis research was conducted to find out whether demographics such as age, gender and working within different departments have an influence on the motivational factors of workers in the luxury hospitality industry. Questionnaires were filled out by 39 employees from... -
Predicting staff retention from employee motivation and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michelle De Sousa Sabbagha --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Ophillia Ledimo --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Nico Martins --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the role of employee motivation and job satisfaction as predictors of staff retention in a foreign exchange bank. Participants were 341 employees of a South African foreign exchange bank division (female = 62.8%; black = 31.1%; managers = 37%, mean years of experience = 10... -
Retention of festival volunteers: Management practices and volunteer motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Diane Zievinger --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Frans Swint --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsMany volunteers in different festival organisations within the hospitality industry begin with great excitement, but slowly lose interest. This might be due to poor volunteer management practices that result in decreased motivation among volunteers, and with the consequences of them... -
Investigating the factors for achieving and encouraging environmental certification: Driving and restraining forces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Stephanie M. E. Ching --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsEnvironmental sustainability has increasingly become a priority for organisations. However, the public and academic attention is generally on large companies, while small and medium enterprises constitute the bulk of organisations and are arguably lagging behind. Fewer than ten per cent... -
Zooming out — Local food at the border: the case of the Emsland and Veenland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The NetherlandsStraddling the Dutch-German border, the regions Veenland and Emsland are geographically and partially historically the same, but have undergone a different kind of tourism development. While tourism tends to be small scale on both sides, the German Emsland welcomes significantly... -
Motivation for professional studies in psychology: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daniella Booysen --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South Africa Lindi Nel --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South AfricaThis study explored students’ motivations in seeking admission to qualify as professional psychologists. Utilising a multiple-case study approach, we interviewed seven participants with a record of persistence in re-applying for admission to study towards a professional Master’s qualification in psychology... -
Relative impact of differences in job security on performance among local government employees: The moderation of affective commitments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen Tetteh --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Cisheng Wu --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Lincoln Jisuvei Sungu --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Christian Narh Opata --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Gloria Nana Yaa Asirifua Agyapong --- School of Economics, Peoples Republic of ChinaWe investigated the relationship between public employees’ job security, motivation, and role performance; and how affective commitments moderate this relationship among local government service employees. Participants were 373 local government service employees from Ghana (females = 41.5%; mean service experience... -
What motivates people to become Airbnb hosts – do we know enough? — an exploration of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Simon Lind Fischer --- Dania Academy, Denmark Henrik S Pahus --- Dania Academy, Denmark Anne Bager --- Dania Academy, DenmarkAirbnb hosts open their doors to provide hospitality for strangers in 7 million homes in more than 100 000 cities around the world. On top of that, Airbnb hosts offer 40 000 guided local experiences across more than 1 000... -
Making a difference and earning a living: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on working with persons with special healthcare needs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Victoria Cutts --- , South Africa Henry D. Mason --- , South Africa Vikki Botes --- , South AfricaThis qualitative study explored six (female = 5) healthcare professionals’ motivation to work with persons with special healthcare needs. Thematic analysis revealed three themes; namely making a difference in people’s lives, personal life stories, and extrinsic motivation. The findings suggest... -
The art of retaining volunteers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik S. Pahus --- , DenmarkThis article is part of an ongoing research project into motivation and retention of volunteers at festivals and events. The overall project is conducted in collaboration with “Muskelsvindfonden”, which is a Danish foundation that runs several large festivals in the... -
Students motives for choosing between an individual test or a group assignment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Roobin Dijkstra --- , the Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- , the NetherlandsTwo studies were conducted to determine students’ motives for choosing between an individual test or a group assignment. The first study used a 20-item questionnaire to investigate the motivational profile of 139 hotel school students. Results showed that students with... -
Why students want to provide feedback to their peers: Drivers of feedback quantity and variation by type of course
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zheng Zong --- , China Yanqing Wang --- , China Christian Dieter Schunn --- , USAWe researched students’ peer feedback motivation types and how the instructional context would influence feedback motivations. Participants were 138 undergraduate management majors (female = 41%; mean age = 20 years, SD = 0.5 years) taking a programming course in two... -
Adolescent hookah pipe use: Comparing users’ and non-users’ harm perception, needs, and motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zainab Kader --- , South Africa Rik Crutzen --- , The Netherlands Nicolette V. Roman --- , South AfricaThis study compared the harm perception, motivation, and basic psychological needs of adolescent hookah pipe users and non-users. We surveyed 1 201 adolescents aged 13–19 years old from South Africa who were hookah users (n = 256) and non-users (n... -
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wei Liu --- , China Lianrong Zhao --- , ChinaWe investigated servant leadership influences on work performance in public sector employees, and the mediating influence of public service motivation and job satisfaction in that relationship. The sample comprised 206 Chinese public service employees (female = 46%; mean age = 3.16 years, SD = 35.28 years)... -
Effects of award incentives and competition on entrepreneurship development of women farmers in North West province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Enioluwa Jonathan Ijatuyi --- , South Africa Oladimeji Idowu Oladele --- , Nigeria Abiodun Olusola Omotayo --- , South AfricaFemale agricultural workers play an important role in feeding the world; hence, there is a need to encourage females in agricultural enterprises of developing countries. This study specifically identified the socioeconomic characteristics of the participants, their degree of participation, the... -
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jie Zhou --- Sichuan Police College, ChinaWe examined how and when multiple entry motivation influenced lived calling. Participants were 737 police cadets from Sichuan Province, China (female= 24.42%; sophomore= 65.0%; major in science= 32.7%). The participants completed surveys on entry motivation, perceived calling, lived calling, and... -
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leone Jackson --- North-West University, South Africa Roslyn Belinda Lodewyk-Raliphada --- North-West University, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- North-West University, South Africa Leon TB Jackson --- North-West University, South AfricaWe sought to investigate employee motivation mediation of the relationship between servant leadership, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and affective organisation commitment in a public sector enterprise. Participants (n = 128; male = 73; female = 55; age range = 31–40... -
Challenges impacting on the quality of care to persons living with HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses with reference to Kanye community home-based care programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Simon M Kang'ethe --- Skill Share International,HIV/AIDS has been found to be a challenging disease to humanity, its challenge spin-offs falling especially on to the caregivers of those infected and affected by the virus. This paper aims to discuss the challenges influencing the state of caregiving... -
Feasibility and acceptability of a bar-based sexual risk reduction intervention for bar patrons in Tshwane, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Neo K. Morojele --- , , South Africa Naledi Kitleli --- , , South Africa Kgalabi Ngako --- , , South Africa Connie T. Kekwaletswe --- , , South Africa Sebenzile Nkosi --- , , South Africa Katherine Fritz --- , USA Charles D.H. Parry --- , , South AfricaAlcohol consumption is a recognised risk factor for HIV infection. Alcohol serving establishments have been identified as appropriate venues in which to deliver HIV prevention interventions. This paper describes experiences and lessons learnt from implementing a combined HIV prevention intervention... -
Work engagement and job-related well-being: The moderation by public service work motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zhi Li --- Chongqing University, China Ni Chen --- Chongqing University, ChinaThis study examined the relationship between civil servants’ work engagement and job-related well-being, and how it is moderated by work motivation. Participant were 496 Chinese civil servants (female = 41.7%; mean age = 40.5 years, SD = 14.14 years, 93.3%... -
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shi Zhenrong --- Mental Health Centre of Hunan Women’s University, China Yang Yuntong --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Luo Yanhong --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Zhang Bin --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThis study set out to explore the mediating role of achievement motivation and the moderating role of self-esteem in the association between self-consciousness and grit of adolescents. Participants were adolescent students from a Chinese rural middle school (n = 422;... -
Hospitality in volunteer engagement: navigating complexities in residential care facilities for children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rodney Westerlaken --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis study investigates the multifaceted realm of volunteer engagement in orphanages and residential care facilities for children, as places of hospitality towards volunteers, in low- and middle-income countries. While the positive outcomes of such engagements, including assistance, economic contributions and... -
Perceived social support and academic persistence among undergraduate students: Mediation of sense of belonging and intrinsic motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bongani V. Mtshweni --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the mediating effect of sense of belonging and intrinsic motivation on the relationship between perceived social support and academic persistence among undergraduate students. The sample comprised 489 undergraduate students from a South African university (female = 71.2%;... -
Motivation and retention of outsourced employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Trudy van der Hulst --- , The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- , The NetherlandsA food service supplier is experiencing that, in their distribution centres, within 30 days, an average of 48% of the outsourced employees resign, which impacts profitability, productivity and service quality. This study investigates which factors of the Herzberg two-factor motivation... -
Cooperation in common property resource management: A group engagement approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Bongani Ncube --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis study explored motivational cooperative behaviour types as a communal resource in a rural Zimbabwean setting. Using the group engagement model, the study examined motivational cooperative behaviour types in managing in managing water resources. Thirty community residents of Mhondoro-Ngezi District... -
Willingness to stay or quit: evidence from migrants working in the galway bar and restaurant industry in Ireland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Olaiwola Jamiu Ogunpaimo --- University of Galway, Ireland Kesiena Ebenade --- School of Business, National College of Ireland, IrelandHealth and safety issues, irregular working hours and low wages frequently intensify the concerns that migrant hospitality workers experience regarding their jobs. Given these challenges, the article explores the work motivation and career intentions of migrant workers in the Galway... -
How academic stress affects academic performance: A chain-mediated model of sex moderation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yunhan Zhang --- Central China Normal University, China Sannyuya Liu --- Central China Normal University, China Liang Zhao --- Central China Normal University, China Zhi Liu --- Central China Normal University, ChinaAcademic stress is a common psychological issue among college students, but the mechanism by which it affects academic performance is not well understood. This study extends existing literature by exploring a chain-mediated model composed of academic stress, learning motivation, depression,... -
Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Addison Kwasi Akowuah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Collins Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Solomon Asirifi --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Pascal Benson Atiglah --- St Francis’ College of Education, GhanaPlanting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) as a development intervention has come with many successes. However, the recent concerns about its gradually dwindling prospects call for academics to study farmers’ participation and motivation, focusing on the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality in...
