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Storage root formation at individual nodes of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C.P. du Plooy --- , Republic of South Africa A.A. van den Berg --- , Republic of South Africa P.S. Hammes --- Department of Plant Production, Republic of South Africa L.C. Holtzhausen --- Department of Plant Production, Republic of South AfricaLittle or no information is available on the contribution of individual subterranean nodes to the storage root formation in sweet potatoes. Therefore, two field trials were conducted where apical vine cuttings of various cultivars were planted vertically or horizontally, with... -
Facilitation of Spatial Orientation Among Adolescents from a Disadvantaged Background
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Glen van der Westhuizen --- University of Johannesburg,The study investigated structural and shape recognition in two to three dimensions by adolescents from a historically disadvantaged neighbourhood. Data on the spatial orientation of grade eight learners in a specific school were collected using specifically adjusted and developed tests... -
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Motivational Factors in Kenyan and Danish Middle and Long Distance Elite Runners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anne-Marie Elbe --- University of Copenhagen, Christian Madsen --- University of Copenhagen, Julie Midtgaard --- Copenhagen University Hospital,This study examined similarities and differences in motivational factors and reasons for running between Kenyan and Danish elite runners. Participants were elite middle and long distance runners (distances from 800m to marathon) from Kenya (n = 139, males = 114,... -
Psychological Strengths as Predictors of Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sanet van der Westhuizen --- University of South Africa, Marié de Beer --- University of South Africa, Nomfusi Bekwa --- University of South Africa,This study sought to predict students' Grade Point Average (GPA) from their personal sense of coherence, locus of control, hope and research self-efficacy. Participants were 429 postgraduate students at a large South African university (males = 86, females = 311,... -
Your Culture or Mine? Changes in Cultural Sensitivity in a Service-Learning Class
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State,This study investigated patterns of attitudinal change in students following a service-learning experience. The data for this study was collected from psychology students in their third and fourth years of study at the University of the Free State. All these... -
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... -
The Factor Structure and Reliability of a Six-Item Sense of Coherence Measure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Antoni Barnard --- University of South Africa, Helene Muller --- University of South Africa,The study investigated the factor structure and reliability of a six-item sense of coherence (SOC) measure. Participants were a South African white collar employee sample (n=7185) purposively selected from over 300 different companies across various business sectors. The sample constituted... -
Psychometric Properties of the Religious Orientation Test (ROT) in a Sample of South African Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cynthia J Patel --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Sarojini Naidoo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Zubeda Paruk --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychometric properties of the Religious Orientation Test (ROT) (Idehen, 2001) with 1284 South African respondents. Participants were 323 learners (mean age = 15.81, SD = 1.24) and 961 university students (mean age = 20.08, SD =... -
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence, Study Orientation in Mathematics and the Mathematics Achievement of the Middle Adolescent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Lizelle Fletcher --- University of Pretoria, Petro Erasmus --- North West University,This article describes the extent to which emotional intelligence and study orientation predict the mathematics achievement of middle adolescents. Altogether 435 learners in Grades 9 and 11 from three high schools in the Mafikeng region completed the Bar-On EQ-i: YV™... -
Examining the Mediating Effect of Open Distance Learning Students' Study Engagement in Relation to Their Life Orientation and Self-Efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Rudolf M. Oosthuizen --- University of South Africa,This study reports on the mediating effect of study engagement (measured by an adapted version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale) in relation to students' life orientation (measured by the Orientation to Life Questionnaire) and their self-efficacy (measured by the... -
Exploring adult learners’ self-directedness in relation to their employability attributes in open distance learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jo-Anne Botha --- Department of Human Resource Management, Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Mariette Coetzee --- Department of Human Resource Management,This study investigated the relationship between adult learners’ self-directedness and their perceptions of their employability attributes. A stratified proportional random sample (N = 1 102) was taken of undergraduate adult learners at a South African open distance learning (ODL) higher... -
Basking behaviour in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) during winter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kelly J. Brown --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Colleen T. Downs --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBasking is a behaviour frequently observed in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) during winter that supposedly plays a significant role in rewarming from nocturnal hypothermia. This behaviour, together with changes in body temperature and changes in black bulb temperatures (Tbb)... -
Orbit orientation and eye morphometrics in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: G. Mitchell --- Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa D.G. Roberts --- Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa S.J. van Sittert --- Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa J.D. Skinner --- Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, University of Pretoria, South AfricaGiraffe are thought to have excellent vision. We measured eye size, orbit orientation and retina surface area in 27 giraffes of both sexes ranging in age from neonates to mature adults (>10 yrs), to assess how it changes with growth,... -
From personal sexuality bias to the life orientation classroom: bridging the gap with cultural intelligence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eben Swanepoel --- Department of Psychology of Education, South Africa Christa Beyers --- Department of Psychology of Education, South AfricaThe emotive nature of teaching sexuality and culture is widely acknowledged. However, a working model to promote the teaching of sexuality with sensitivity to both learner needs and community social norms is required. This paper proposes to position cultural intelligence... -
Dimensions of achievement goal orientation and coping in South African wheelchair rugby players with quadriplegia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julius Jooste --- Department of Sport, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, South Africa Ntwanano A. Kubayi --- Department of Sport, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, South Africa Yvonne Paul --- Department of Sport, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between dispositional achievement goal orientation (task and ego) and coping ability in wheelchair rugby players with quadriplegia. The sample consisted of 16 (15 males and 1 female) players between the ages of 25 and 44... -
The evaluation of development projects. A South African anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- Centre for Indigenous Law, South AfricaThe need to equate development with a process of self-directed westernisation in the present time is explained initially in this discussion. This is followed by a discussion on the involvement of the Ethnological Section of the former Department of Development... -
The familiar labyrinth: practicing urban disorientation in post-apartheid Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Giovanni Spissu --- Department of Social Sciences, United KingdomIn this article, I discuss how urban disorientation can be used in ethnographic research as an investigative tool to explore the city. In particular, I examine how urban disorientation can be taken as an ethnographic tactic with the purpose of... -
Sustainable hospitality and tourism at different ages: Women’s and men’s attitudes in Italy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Alessandra Fermani --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, Italy Isabella Crespi --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, Italy Flavia Stara --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, ItalyFuture tourism experiences will be more oriented towards eco-friendly destinations and dictated by responsible lifestyles, as shown by the Travel Trends Report and UNWTO report. Many studies confirm that the number of travellers looking for accommodation that ensures greater respect... -
Psychological career resources identity and life orientation among young emerging adults in a Nigerian setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Dries Schreuder --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology,This study explored whether young emerging adults’ psychological career resources identity predicted their orientation to life. The participants were a random sample of 400 predominantly full-time undergraduate students from four tertiary institutions in Nigeria (47% = female; age range 18... -
Sustainable hospitality and tourism at different ages: Women’s and men’s attitudes in Italy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alessandra Fermani --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Italy Isabella Crespi --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Italy Flavia Stara --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, ItalyFuture tourism experiences will be more oriented towards eco-friendly destinations and dictated by responsible lifestyles, as shown by the Travel Trends Report and UNWTO report. Many studies confirm that the number of travellers looking for accommodation that ensures greater respect... -
The mechanisms behind environmental strategies in chemical manufacturing firms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Keshminder Singh --- Faculty of Business and Management, Malaysia VGR Chandran --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Development Studies, Malaysia Santha Chenayah Ramu --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Economics, MalaysiaThe evaluation of an effective environmental strategy goes beyond understanding its antecedents and benefits. Identifying and understanding the various mechanisms behind the formulation, design and implementation of environmental strategies is important – yet past studies have not adequately addressed this... -
A poverty-reduction oriented perspective to small business development in South Africa: A human capabilities approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: P. Rambe --- Department of Business Support Studies, South Africa L. Mosweunyane --- Department of Business Support Studies, South AfricaDespite the South African government’s strategic policy interventions and huge investments into small business development over the past two decades, solid evidence of the transition of informal businesses to the formal sector is hard to encounter. Furthermore, the high rates... -
How many can you catch? Factors influencing the occurrence of multi-prey loading in provisioning Greater Crested Terns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Davide Gaglio --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Timothée R Cook --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Richard B Sherley --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaSeabirds use several methods to transport food to their chicks; most species carry food in their stomachs or crops, but some terns and auks carry prey in their bills. Terns usually only carry one prey item at a time, limiting... -
Exploring the links between gender, dwelling, and career orientations of African emerging adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tshepo Matjie --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study explored the socio-ecological (i.e. gender and geographical location) influences on the career orientations of emerging adults. The participants comprised a convenience sample of 159 black African South African university students (57% rural, 43% urban; 63% females, 37% males;... -
Expatriates’ success in Ethiopia: Empirical evidence on the overlooked impact of cultural value alignment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wondwossen Kassa Tsegaye --- School of Management, China Qin Su --- School of Management, China Zhi Ouyang --- School of Management, ChinaThe present study assessed the impact on the work engagement of expatriates’ personal value orientation alignment with the host country’s national culture. Participants were 231 expatriates from seven countries who are working in Ethiopia (females = 17%; mean age =... -
Effect of cultivar and cutting orientation at planting on sweet potato growth and yield in the Verulam area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Zanele Pakkies --- Department of Agriculture, South Africa Corlina M van Jaarsveld --- Department of Agriculture, South Africa Sydney Mavengahama --- Department of Crop Science, School of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, South AfricaSweet potato production is affected by agronomical practices such as orientation of cuttings at planting and cultivar selection. Thus a study was conducted to test the effect of two cutting orientations at planting (horizontal and vertical) for four sweet potato... -
Educator self-perceived life skills education implementation practices: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayi Ntinda --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Eswatini Phumaphi Siphiwe Dlamini --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, EswatiniThe study sought to explore educator views on implementation practices of life orientation skills education (LSE) for senior high school students. Participants were 15 guidance and counselling teachers from a rural district of Eswatini (females = 7). The educators responded... -
Market orientation and poverty reduction: A study of rural microentrepreneurs in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Charles Blankson --- Department of Marketing, Logistics and Operations Management, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, USA Julius A. Nukpezah --- Department of Political Science and Public Administration, USAWe draw on the quality of life theory and government economic development policies that focus on entrepreneurship for a theoretical backdrop to investigate the consequences of market orientation among microentrepreneurs in Ghana. We use qualitative data from 28 microentrepreneurs involving... -
Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mazanai Musara --- School of Development Studies, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa Cecile Nieuwenhuizen --- Business Management, University of Johannesburg, College of Business and Economics, South AfricaThe informal economy plays an integral role in addressing the socio-economic issues facing many nations around the world. Informal sector entrepreneurship activities contribute 10–20% of the GDP in developed economies and up to 60% in developing economies. In South Africa,... -
Does a paternalistic leader facilitate voice and creative performance? Evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lu Chen --- , China William Ansah Appienti --- , ChinaDrawing upon the conservation of resource theory and leadership contingency model, this study investigated how and when employee voice under three paternalistic leadership dimensions of benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism relates to creativity. The sample included matched survey responses obtained from... -
Social capital and performance of SMEs: The role of entrepreneurial orientation and managerial capability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suzzie Owiredua Aidoo --- , Ghana Ahmed Agyapong --- , Ghana Henry Kofi Mensah --- , GhanaThis study proposes and investigates the argument that social capital–performance link is mediated by entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and that this mediated relationship is dependent upon the level of managerial capability (MC) present in a firm. The study uses a sample... -
Customer behavioural analysis: The impact of internet addiction, interpersonal competencies and service orientation on customers’ online complaint behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Seonjeong Ally --- , USA Aryn C. Karpinski --- , USA Aviad A. Israeli --- , USACustomers share their service experiences on social media. However, prior research has not investigated the role of customers’ traits on their complaining behaviour. This study focuses on a hospitality setting to explore relationships among customers’ interpersonal competencies, internet addiction, service... -
Alone or in company? Cultural orientation, strategic response and COVID-19 outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- , USA Benedicta S. Quao --- , Ghana Vincent H. T. Musah --- , Ghana Patience O. Ahwireng --- , GhanaThe respiratory disease, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, and became a pandemic in early 2020, has posed critical challenges not only for nations and businesses but also individuals. As a result, management scholars are examining organizational... -
INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: Preliminary investigations into the COVID-19 pandemic and management in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses Acquaah --- , USA Rebecca Namatovu --- , Denmark Moses N. Kiggundu --- , CanadaThe COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns and restrictions taken by African governments to mitigate the spread of the virus have adversely affected the lives of people, health systems, organizations, society, and national economies. In this special issue, we take... -
Firm-specific orientations and manufacturing capability under institutional voids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Deusdedit Augustine Rwehumbiza --- , United Republic of TanzaniaManufacturing capability (MC) is widely considered to depend on a strategic orientation of firms and institutional support. Remarkably, little is known about the influence of firm-specific orientations on manufacturing capability under institutional voids. This study examines the extent to which... -
Giving condoms to school children: educators’ views on making condoms available in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Leah D Junck --- , South Africa Gavin George --- , South AfricaOne of the policy goals of the South African Department of Basic Education’s National Policy on HIV, STIs and TB of 2017 is to reduce the incidence of HIV and pregnancy among learners. This is expected to be achieved by... -
The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of COVID-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Natsayi Chimbindi --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Ursula Ngema --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Andrew Gibbs --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Candice Groenewald --- Centre for Community Based Research, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Guy Harling --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nondumiso Mthiyane --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Busisiwe Nkosi --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South AfricaBackground: The impact of school closures due to COVID-19 raised widespread concerns about children’s health and well-being. We examine the impact on the sexual health needs of learners in the context of COVID-19 related lockdowns in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. -
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- , South Africa Kobus Fourie --- , South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between career wellness, emotional wellness, life satisfaction, and learning and study strategy (LSS) orientation among a sample of 15 458 South African first-year university students. Data were obtained from an institutional repository, including assessments on... -
Learning and studying during the pandemic: A comparison between students' learning and study strategy orientations before and during the COVID-19 period
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Ane Craven --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Megan Fredericks --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis study compared first-year university students' learning and study strategy (LSS) orientations before COVID-19 and during COVID-19. We analysed data from 1 632 eligible frrst-year university students who completed the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). Mean and proportion comparison... -
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alberta SJ van der Watt --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Annerine Roos --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Elmien Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Soraya Seedat --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaRomantic relationship dissolutions (RRDs) frequently occur among emerging adult students and can lead to significant distress. Little information is available regarding the factors associated with increased breakup distress among emerging adult students in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to... -
Influence of career orientations and career guidance need on students’ employability attributes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Margaret Mosima Ngope --- University of South Africa,This study explored the interplay between students’ career orientations and career guidance need in relation to their employability attributes of graduateness and personal employability qualities. Applying a cross-sectional design, 369 black South African students at a university of technology were... -
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanfei Yang --- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia Guangzheng Li --- Jiangsu Normal University, China Fenfen Song --- , China Yuan Yuan --- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, MalaysiaThis explored how teacher support impacted student engagement in mathematics. A total of 632 students in Grades 7 to 9 from junior middle schools in China were participants (females = 54.27%, mean age = 13.97, SD = 0.88). They completed... -
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, ChinaBased on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females... -
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lingnan Kong --- North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Sha Liu --- North China Electric Power University, China Shunkun Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China Chengju Qin --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaWe explored the mediating role of work-related flow and the moderating role of empowering leadership in the relationship between employees’ learning goal orientation and taking charge behaviour. Chinese employees (n = 313; female =57.51%; mean age =32.26 years, SD =... -
Restaurant adoption of social media: an extension of the technology, organisation and environment model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rora Puspita Sari --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Dika Jatnika --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Kurnia Khafidhatur Rafiah --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Desty Hapsari Kirana --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Fajar Kusnadi Kusumah Putra --- Politeknik Pariwisata NHI Bandung, IndonesiaThe aims of this study examine factors that affect restaurants’ adoption of social media platforms by utilising the technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) framework, and market orientation and marketing intelligence from the business perspectives. This article utilises the TOE framework... -
Diameter of orientations of graphs with given order and number of blocks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: P. Dankelmann --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa M.J. Morgan --- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa E.J. Rivett-Carnac --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaA strong orientation of a graph G is an assignment of a direction to each edge such that G is strongly connected. The oriented diameter of G is the smallest diameter among all strong orientations of G. A block of... -
Leveraging learning orientation for superior organizational performance: The role of firm-specific factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Henry Kofi Mensah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Gilbert Anyowuo Okyere --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- Kumasi Technical University, Ghana Phyllis Adjei Tuffour --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaExtant literature recognizes organizational learning orientation (LO) as a critical resource, yet the mechanisms and conditions under which it translates into superior performance remain underexplored and often assumed. We draw on Resource-Based View (RBV) and dynamic capability frameworks to develop... -
Exam anxiety in connection with life orientation in upper secondary education students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Michaela Gajdošová --- Comenium University, Slovakia Zuzana Haláková --- Comenium University, Slovakia Romana Adámková --- J. E. Purkyne University, Czech Republic Milan Kubiatko --- J. E. Purkyne University, Czech RepublicBackground: Exam anxiety is beginning to affect an increasing number of students. -
Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on sustainable financial practices: The roles of dynamic capabilities and institutional conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Divine Atinyo --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana George Tweneboah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaEntrepreneurial orientation (EO) is increasingly recognized as a vital strategic factor, particularly in volatile business environments. While EO can potentially drive superior sustainable financial practices (SFP), there remains a gap in understanding the underlying mechanisms and contextual factors that complement...