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Using fourth-year medical students' reflections to propose strategies for primary care physicians, who host students in their practices, to optimise learning opportunities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine,Setting and subjects: Fourth-year medical students at the University of Pretoria are required to work with a primary healthcare practitioner for two weeks. After the preceptorship, reflective photo-story reports on the students' experiences and personal and academic growth are submitted. -
Can behaviour buffer the impacts of climate change on an arid-zone bird?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Susan J Cunningham --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Rowan O Martin --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaBehavioural thermoregulation, particularly the use of cool microclimates, is one method by which organisms could avoid the worst effects of climate warming. However, retreat into cool microsites, e.g. shady vegetation or burrows, may carry important lost-opportunity costs. These could include... -
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... -
Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review & Agenda for the Future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Jacob A. L. Vermeire --- Vlerick Business School & Ghent University, Belgium Garry D. Bruton --- Neeley School of Business, ChinaEntrepreneurship, with its focus on opportunities, is often seen as one of the cornerstones of poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, evidence for the positive impact of entrepreneurship programs on poverty is mixed and now widely debated. Therefore, scholars... -
Positive Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Behavior in a Vocational Training Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michael M. Gielnik --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Michael Frese --- National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, Singapore Kim Marie Bischoff --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Gordon Muhangi --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, Uganda Francis Omoo --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, UgandaUnemployment among youths is a serious problem in many African countries. Researchers and politicians alike consider entrepreneurship to be part of the solution to the high unemployment rates. In this study, we present the conceptual basis of an action-oriented entrepreneurship... -
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... -
Evaluation of strategic management using SWOT-FAHP approaches in forest roads management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Hakan Can --- Kastamonu University, Turkey Korhan Enez --- Kastamonu University, Turkey Ender Buğday --- Çankiri Karatekin University, TurkeyThe most significant steps in the management of forests is to identify the management strategies of existing forest roads, which are basic infrastructure facilities. In the present study, managerial strategies were put forward by evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and... -
An evaluation of the innovative potentials of a HIV pilot exploring medical pluralism in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christopher J. Burman --- , South AfricaThis article reflects on an internal evaluation undertaken to estimate the potentials of a community-university pilot project to be developed into a bonafide innovation that can be applied at scale. The focus of the community-university partnership has been to reduce... -
The impact of entrepreneurial cognition on opportunity-capitalizing capabilities and business model change: Evidence from Egypt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nancy Bouchra Hanna --- Amity University Dubai, UAE Erich Zahn --- University of Stuttgart, Germany Hadia H. Abdel Aziz --- Universities of Canada, Egypt Christine Madonna Kirkland --- Western Carolina University, USA R. Michael Holmes --- Florida State University, USAThis study advances the upper echelons literature by examining the (a) cognitive microfoundations of business model change and (b) intervening organizational mechanisms that help to explain the influence of strategic leaders on firm outcomes. We develop our theory by considering...
