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Browsing Research Outputs (Industrial and Organisational Psychology) by Author "Van der Westhuizen, Sanet"

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Affective-cognitive consistency of attitude as a moderator of the job satisfaction-performance relationship

Visser, Delene; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2005)

Past research has often shown that job satisfaction and job performance are uncorrelated. The current study was an attempt to clarify the relationship by examining the role of affective-cognitive consistency (ACC) to test ...
Die verband tussen werkstevredenheid en koherensiesin by bestuurders

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Rothmann, S (1999)

ABSTRACT Job satisfaction is a complex variable and is in£uenced by situational factors of the job environment as well as dispositional characteristics of an individual.The aim of this study was to determine the possible ...
Dimensions of Social Well-Being in a Motor Manufacturing Organisation in South Africa

De Jager, Melanie; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Visser, Delene (2008)

The study examined the psychometric properties of the 15-item version of the Social Well-being Scale (SWBS-15: Keyes, 1998) for a South African sample with diversity in culture. The SWBS-15 and a biographical questionnaire ...
Industrial psychology students’ attitudes towards statistics

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Van Der Merwe, Pieter (2010-06-10)

Orientation: The attitude of students toward statistics may influence their enrolment, achievement and motivation in the subject of research and Industrial Psychology. Research purpose: The aims of this study were to ...
Measuring emotional intelligence (EQ) : a construct comparison between the BAR-ON EQ-i and the OPQ 32i report

Van der Merwe, P.; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; De Beer, Marie (2005)

Recently, there has been increasing interest in the role of emotions in organisational life. Consequently, there is also widespread interest in the topic of emotional intelligence and its predictive validity for work ...
An overview of research on positive psychology in South Africa

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Viviers, A.M. (2007-08)

The paradigm of positive psychology was publicly launched by Martin Seligman in his Presidential Address to the American Psychology Association in 1998. Since then, the scientific study of optimal human functioning gained ...
Personality, sense of coherence and the coping of working mothers

Herbst, Lettie; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Visser, Delene (2007)

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between personality dimensions, sense of coherence and coping styles among working mothers. The OPQ, OLQ and COPE questionnaires were administered to 120 married, ...
Postgraduate Students' attitudes towards research, their research self-efficacy and their knowledge of research

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2014)

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which an online module influenced honours students' attitudes towards research, their research self-efficacy and their knowledge of research. An availability sample ...
Psychofortology: Explaining coping behaviour in organizations

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Cilliers, Frans (2001)

I-O psychology has been concerned with stress and its effects on the workforce for many years (Selye, 1956; 1974). This focus on disease and the vulnerabilities of the individual, studied from a pathogenic paradigm, was ...
Psychological strengths as predictors of postgraduate students’ academic achievement

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; De Beer, Marie; Bekwa, Nomfusi (2011)

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 ...
Psychological well-being and postgraduate students' academic achievement in research methodology at an ODL institution

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2013)

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which psychological well-being variables (sense of coherence, research self-efficacy, locus of control and hope) could predict the academic achievement of students ...
The relation between personality type and sense of coherence among technical workers

Du Toit, F; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Visser, Delene (2005-04)

The rapidly changing environment in which organisations are operating and the subsequent demands on employees to perform as a multi-skilled, flexible and knowledgeable workforce have led to a renewed interest in the role ...
Reliability and validity of the attitude towards research scale for a sample of industrial psychology students

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2015)

The study investigated the reliability and validity of the Attitudes towards Research Scale for a South African sample. A cross-sectional survey design was used and a convenience sample of postgraduate students in industrial ...
South African universities, research and positive psychology

Viviers, A.M.; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2007)

A decline in institutional research activity, like that attributed to most South African universities, is alarming because it jeopardises a country's ability to take advantage of world-wide advances in science and technology ...
The theoretical- empirical fit between three psychological wellness constructs: sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and self-actualisation

Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Cilliers, Frans (2003)

The aim of this research was to investigate the theoretical-empirical fit between three psychological well-being constructs, namely sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and self-actualisation in the work situation. ...
The theoretical-empirical fit between three psychological wellness constructs : sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and self-actualisation.

Cilliers, Frans; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (UNISA School of Management Sciences, 2009)

The aim of this research was to investigate the theoretical-empirical fit between three psychological well-being constructs, namely sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and self-actualisation in the work situation. ...
Work Related Well-Being: Burnout, Work Engagement, Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction Within a Medical Laboratory Setting

Narainsamy, Kalashni; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2013)

This study investigated work-related well-being in a medical laboratory setting. A cross-sectional survey design was used to gather data from a convenience sample of 202 medical laboratory staff (females = 35.64%; majority ...
Work-readiness skills in the Fasset Sector

Raftopoulos, Melandi; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet; Visser, Delene (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)

The objective of the study was to determine the work -readiness skills that are regarded as important by employers and graduates in the Fasset Sector of South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used to achieve ...
Work-related well-being: Burnout, work engagement, occupational stress and job satisfaction within a medical laboratory setting

Narainsamy, Kalashni; Van der Westhuizen, Sanet (2013)

This study investigated work-related well-being in a medical laboratory setting. A cross-sectional survey design was used to gather data from a convenience sample of 202 medical laboratory staff (females = 35.64%; majority ...

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