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Teachers' Gender Stereotypes in South Africa: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tuntufye S. Mwamwenda --- Africa Institute of South Africa,The study investigated Teachers' gender stereotypes in the Eastern Province of South Africa. Participants were 65 Junior Secondary school teachers (females= 40 and males = 25) who assembled together at a seminar organized by the Department of Education. They completed... -
Competing or co-existing? Representations of HIV/AIDS by white women teachers in post-apartheid South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lauren de Kock Jane WillsThis study explores the social representations of HIV and AIDS that circulate among white women teachers in South Africa, a group whose personal risk of the disease is low but who have a major role to play in shaping attitudes... -
Experiences of stereotyping among individuals employed in selected South African organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizelle Brink --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the effects of stereotypes among individuals working in selected South African organisations. The participants were 336 employees within the following sectors: banking (n = 40), higher education institutions (n = 72), mining (n = 63), municipalities (n = 24), nursing (n = 4), police services (n = 20), schools... -
Community perceptions of tourism in the Tshivhase area of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C.C. Boonzaaier --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, J.H.F. Grobler --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,In the past, Third World places and peoples have been promoted largely by First World tourism agents who relied heavily on stereotyped images from a colonial past, consequently depriving local communities of opportunities and the right to define their own... -
Stereotypical attitudes amongst black students at a rural historically black South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cebile Mensele --- Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Elzabé C. Nel --- Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Larisa A Louw --- Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated stereotypical attitudes towards race amongst Black students (N=274) attending a historically Black South African university (females=62%; mean age of 22.15 years; SD=3.00 years). Data on group stereotyping by race were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The data... -
Gender inequality dynamics in the prevention of a heterosexual HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jane Wathuta --- School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis paper critiques the approach to the elimination of gender inequality as an HIV prevention strategy in the just ended era of the Millennium Development Goals, with the aim of contributing to the formulation of policy guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa... -
Psychometric properties of beliefs about relationship violence against women and gender stereotypes scale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sunday B. Fakunmoju --- Department of Social Work, USA Funmi O. Bammeke --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Felicia A. D. Oyekanmi --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Segun Temilola --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Bukola George --- Department of Sociology, NigeriaThis article describes psychometric properties of the Gender-Based Relationship Violence Beliefs Scale (BEREVIWOS) and the Gender Stereotypes and Beliefs (GESTABE) scale in a Nigerian setting. Analysis was based on a convenience sample of 202 respondents. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was... -
Music fan personality stereotyping in a sample of South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gerhard Helmut Schwär --- Department of Psychology, South Africa John Richard Middleton --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to elicit stereotypes about personality characteristics of young adults residing in South Africa, based solely on music genres. Participants were 941 undergraduate students at a South African university. They responded to a number of surveys about music... -
Experiences and Challenges of Women Leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Angela Titi Amayah --- Business Management Economics, USA MD Haque --- Managing Director, USAThere is little research on non-Western women managers and leaders in general, and on African women in particular. More attention could be given to influences that shape leadership experiences in order to better understand African women leadership practices. The purpose... -
The relationship between Nairobi adolescents’ media use and their sexual beliefs and attitudes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, USA William Kinnally --- Nicholson School of Communication, USA Hellen Maleche --- Communication Department, Kenya Nancy Achieng’ Booker --- Graduate School of Media and Communications, KenyaAdolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk for contracting HIV. Although media campaigns have educated the population as a whole, few studies are available about the time sub-Saharan African youth spend listening to and viewing sexual messages via the entertainment... -
Negative stereotypes examined through the HIV and AIDS discourse: qualitative findings from white young people in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mzikazi Nduna --- Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Jacky Mendes --- Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand,Previous studies reporting perceptions of HIV and AIDS by white youth in South Africa suggest both explicit and implicit racial stereotypes and negative attitudes. This paper contributes to the literature on the discourse of racial stereotypes found in discussions about... -
Beyond gender bias: Factors affecting female employee retention and advancement in the Dutch hotel sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marrit Lijster --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Georges El Hajal --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIn The Netherlands, gender roles have evolved remarkably, marked by feminist activism and legislative strides. Nevertheless, persistent gender biases and disparities continue to impact many industries, including the Dutch hotel sector. This quantitative research explores the factors affecting female employee...
