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Existing diversity management interventions are often less effective and very costly. Employees are also often forced to participate in these interventions. A need exists to develop an organisational team sport intervention ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) Conference Books Volume 11, 2013-05)
Worldwide there is a responsibility of governments to provide learners with quality education to face the challenges of change. Emanating from this challenge, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Tydskrif vir Christelike wetenskap, 2017)
Moral values are interwoven in all aspects of teaching: in the curriculum, in the school culture, and as moral examples in teachers’ behaviour. Working with values is an
essential part of teaching. The task of the teacher ...
Marais, P (Petro); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(International Journal of Education Sciences., 2015)
ABSTRACT The appropriateness of Learnership Programs (LPs) that combine work-based experience for teacher training through an Open Distance Learning (ODL) Institution motivated this research. The specific aim of this paper ...
Kamper, GD (Gerrit); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Africa Education Review, 2014-01-16)
The notion of ‘openness’ in terms like open distance learning (ODL) is sometimes rather
carelessly used, for example in the work-integrated learning (WIL) of distance learners
(such as the teaching practice of UNISA’s ...
The continuous professional development of teachers is vital for the well-being of
any education system. This article ref lects on the adoption and implementation of
the National Curriculum Statement with its outcomes-based ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(PROGRESSIO: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING PRACTICE, 2010-08-31)
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a defining element of a holistic educational strategy known as cooperative education, which advocates the formal integration of structured real-life experiences (workplace or community ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, Petro; Van Schalkwyk, Alena; Weeks, Fransa(Africa Education Review, 2010-10-11)
This study focuses on the views of Unisa distance education (DE) students enrolled for the
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) who had completed their teaching practice.
The research questions were: What are ...
The study investigates if there is a causality relationship between banking sector development and FDI inflows in Botswana. Though quite a number of authors have written on the subject, there appears to be no consensus on ...
This study tests the relevance of the Wagner’s theory in explaining the health expenditure in Botswana. There is no consensus yet when it comes to the causality relationship between health expenditure and economy. At the ...
This study examines the causal relationship between military expenditure and economic growth in Zimbabwe. The causality relationship between government military expenditure and economic growth has so far received attention ...
In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between export growth and economic growth. The causal relationship between exports and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years. There are ...
This paper investigated the causality relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Zimbabwe using a bi-variate time series framework for the period 1980 to 2011. The causality relationship between ...
Background: Mine closure obligations are economically significant, and the consequences of
insufficient mine closure obligations are of public interest. The incidence of acid mine drainage
and the high number of ownerless ...
Tassiopoulos, Dimitri; Nicolaides, Angelo(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
The events industry is burgeoning globally and events as such, are playing a very important role in the tourism industry and in elevating national GDPs. Consequently, there is a dire need for developing effective and ...
Steyn, Renier(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
Researchers are often confronted with the dilemma of how many items to include in a questionnaire. On the one hand the researcher requires accurate and comprehensive information but, on the other, textbooks alert us to the ...
Nicolaides, Angelo(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
The purpose of the paper is to addresses the concept of ethically driven Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and seeks to add to the literature on stakeholder theory and corporate sustainability in an era of globalization. ...
Vettori, Stella(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
This article documents the abuse endured by women in rural areas. It sets out the statistics regarding gender based violence in South Africa. South African customary laws and culture that render women almost helpless to ...
Nicolaides, Angelo; Grobler, Anton(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
This article investigates the role of Spirituality, Tourism and Quality of Life in tourist decisions to visit specific places. It is apparent from current global trends that religious based spiritual tourism which enhances ...