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Being (im)polite: A forensic linguistic approach to interpreting a hate speech case

Carney, Terrence R (2014-12)

In a hate speech case a court might have to determine whether a person’s words were hurtful or harmful. Would it be possible to determine whether words are hurtful or harmful by using linguistics? This article offers a ...
The Buddhist conception of morality

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2022-09-12)
Community-based Participatory Research a Low-income Setting : An Illustrative Case of Study

Lazarus, Sandy; Taliep, Naiema; Bulbulia, Abdulsamed; Phillips, Shaun; Seedat, Mohamed (AJOL, 2012)

This article describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach in a low-income setting. Using the SCRATCHMAPS project as a case example and with literature control, we show that CBPR is influenced by ...
Comparing the protection and use of online personal information in South Africa and the United Kingdom in line with data protection requirements

Da Veiga, Adele; Vorster, Ruthea; Fudong, Li; Nathan, Clarke; Steven M., Furnell (Elsevier, 2019)

Purpose: This research investigates the difference between South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK) in terms of data protection compliance with the aim to establish if a country that has had data protection in place ...
A conceptual framework for a student personal information privacy culture at universities in Zimbabwe

Da Veiga, Adele; Martins, Nico; Maguraushe, Kudakwashe (Kalpa Publications in Computing, 2019)

In this research, an information privacy culture is proposed to be embedded in three basic concepts: students’ privacy expectations, privacy awareness and confidence in universities’ capability to uphold information privacy. ...
Concern for information privacy in South Africa: An empirical study using the OIPCI

Da Veiga, Adele (Springer, Cham, 2020)

The information privacy concern of consumers concerning the processing of their personal information by online organizations (websites) is investigated in this study by means of a quantitative approach. An overview of ...
Concern for Information Privacy: A Cross-Nation Study of the United Kingdom and South Africa

Da Veiga, Adele; Ophoff, Jacques (Springer, Cham, 2020)

Individuals have differing levels of information privacy concern, formed by their expectations and the confidence they have that organisations meet this in practice. Variance in privacy laws and national factors may also ...
Covid-19 as an accelerator for training and technology adoption by academics in large-scale open and distance learning institutions in Africa

Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng; Van den Berg, Geesje (UNISA Press, 2021-05-27)

The Covid-19 pandemic provoked a paradigm shift never imagined by higher education institutions in the world, but especially in developing countries. Drawing on findings from a PhD study, this article aims to highlight the ...
COVID-19 Hard Lockdown in South Africa: Lessons for Climate Stakeholders Pursuing SDG 13

Ebhuoma, Eromose (2021)

As a result of South Africa recording its first COVID-19 index case in March 2020, the country imposed one of the strictest lockdowns globally. The lockdown unearthed vital lessons that climate practitioners both in South ...
Cyber4Dev Security Culture Model for African Countries

Reppoh, Victor ; Da Veiga, Adele (Springer, Cham, 2022-07-06)

Creating a good information security culture among employees with-in organizations is the cornerstone for a safe and robust cyberspace. Further-more, a strong information security culture within organizations will assist ...
Cyber4Dev-Q: Calibrating cyber awareness in the developing country context

Renaud, Karen; Loock, Marianne; Da Veiga, Adele (Wiley, 2021)

Citizens of the hyper-connected world face tremendous challenges in managing their personal online risks; that is to preserve their cyber safety, cyber security and cyber privacy. Governments allocate significant resources ...
Defining organisational information security culture—Perspectives from academia and industry

Da Veiga, Adele; Astakhova, Liudmila V.; Botha, Adele; Herselman, Marlien (Elsevier, 2020-01-08)

The ideal or strong information security culture can aid in minimising the threat of humans to informa- tion protection and thereby aid in reducing data breaches or incidents in organisations. This research sets out to ...
Developing the evidence-base for safe communities: A multi level, partly randomised, controlled trial

Seedat, Mohamed; McClure, R. (Taylor & Francis, 2012-12)

Safe communities, representing a global activation of the public health logic, may be strengthened through theoretical, methodological and empirical support. In the spirit of this Special Issue that aims to analyse the ...
The eligibility of Public Administration research for ethics review: A case study of two international peer reviewed journals

Wessels, J.S.; Visagie, R.G. (SAGE, 2015-08-01)

This article reports on research aiming at assessing why Public Administration research is eligible for research ethics review or not through a quantitative content analysis of two international peer reviewed journals.. ...
Encountering God’s faithfulness in the process of loss

Dames, Gordon Ernest; Dames, Glenda A. (Dames GE & Dames GA, 2009)

The 21st century could be defined as the century of exponential loss. The search for a practical theological hermeneutical response to threatening and imminent scenarios of loss is called for. This article seeks to develop ...
An Eschatological Journey of Lifehood : Ronald’s Narrative from a Pastoral Perspective

Dames, Gordon Ernest (Dames GE, 2010)

This study explores and interprets the experience of suffering and a pastoral search for hope and meaning. The applied qualitative research paradigm is informed by participatory action research and a narrative approach. ...
Ethical Leadership in and through Labour, Business and Politics

Dames, Gordon Ernest (Dames GE, 2008)

This article articulates the proceedings of three research based conferences on ethical leadership. The objective is to describe the notion of ethical leadership in labour, business and politics. Firstly, the current context ...
Ethical Leadership in and through the Family, Religious and Secular Traditions and the Youth

Dames, Gordon Ernest (Dames GE; The Ethical Leadership Project, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008)

This article describes the ethical roles of the Family, Religious and Secular Traditions, and Youth as an attempt to explore and reflect on new ways of moral formation and transformation. Challenges of the 21st century ...
The Ethical Leadership Project : It’s Role as a key Contributor for a Morally Transformed Society

Dames, Gordon Ernest (G E Dames; The Ethical Leadership Institute; Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008)

The objective of this article is to introduce the work of the Ethical Leadership Project to a broader scientific public; and to document its specific contribution. This is the first in a series of articles which will focus ...
Exploring the use of MXit : a cellphone social network to facilitate learning in distance education

Makoe, Mpine (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2010-11-11)

The aim of this paper is to investigate the pedagogical suitability of using cellphones to enhance learning through social interaction in distance education. Social interaction was used as a conceptual framework to explore ...

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