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Organisational culture and financial performance in a South African investment bank

Davidson, Gina; Coetzee, Melinde; Visser, Delene (2007)

The relationship between the organisational culture and financial performance of a South African investment bank was explored in this study. The Denison Organizational Culture Survey was used to measure the organisational ...
The effect of retention factors on organizational commitment: An investigation of high technology employees

Dockel, Andreas; Basson, Johan S; Coetzee, Melinde (2006)

The objective of the present study was to investigate specific retention factors that induced the organisational commitment of high technology employees. A sample of 94 professional technicians from a South African owned ...
Perceptions of South African managers’ emotional intelligence: A preliminary investigation

Palmer PN; Jansen, CA; Coetzee, Melinde (2006-04)

Emotional intelligence has become prominent within the management literature as an underlying attribute of effective leadership. The perceptions of 75 participants regarding their senior managers' emotional intelligence ...
Organisational commitment and its relation to career anchors

Coetzee, Melinde; Schreuder, A.M.G.; Tladinyane, R (2007-04)

The changing and unstable workplace and its profoundly negative impact on employee loyalty, morale, motivation and job security have led to a renewed interest in the motives and values that determine individuals' psychological ...
Implementing and sustaining mentoring programmes: A review of the application of best practices in the South African organisational context

Hattingh, Marina; Coetzee, Melinde; Schreuder, A.M.G. (2005)

Die doel met hierdie studie was om die beste praktyke rakende die implementering en instandhouding van formele mentorskapprogramme in drie Suid-Afrikaanse organisasies te ondersoek. Doelmatigheidsteekproefneming is aangewend ...
Formal mentoring: Mentee and mentor expectations and perceived challenges

Pinho, Sonia DC; Coetzee, Melinde; Schreuder, A.M.G. (2005)

Die doel met hierdie studie was om die verwagtinge en beskouing van mentees en mentees omtrent 'n formele mentorprogram binne die Suid-Afrikaanse werkskonteks te ondersoek. Gerieflikheidsteekproefneming is aangewend om ...
Levelling the playing field : reducing barriers to mentoring for women protégés in the South African organisational context

Stone, Kevin; Coetzee, Melinde (2005)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impediments to effective mentoring faced by women protégés at two South African organisations. The purposive sampling method was used to identify female employees who had ...
The relationship between personality preferences, self-esteem and emotional competence

Coetzee, Melinde; Martins, Nico; Basson, Johan S; Muller, Helene (2006)

The relationship between leaders' personality preferences, self-esteem and emotional competence is the focus of this article. A study was conducted to analyse the responses of a sample of 107 South African leaders in the ...
The relationship between job satisfaction and locus of control in a South African call centre environment

Carrim, Masima; Basson, Johan; Coetzee, Melinde (2006)

The high levels of absenteeism and turnover that call centres across the globe experience due to employee job dissatisfaction have led to a renewed interest in the role that personality traits play in the service industry. ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Organisational culture, employee satisfaction, perceived leader emotional competency and personality type: An exploratory study in a South African engineering company

Martins, Nico; Coetzee, Melinde (2007)

The purpose of this study was to investigate employees' experiences of their organisation's culture and general satisfaction levels and to explore whether potential explanations for these could be derived from measures of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Exploring trust relationships during times of change

Von der Ohe, Hartmut; Martins, Nico (2010-10-26)

Orientation: In the current economic climate and the resulting fast-changing global business and political environment, trust among different role players in organisations has become critical for survival. Research purpose: ...
The relationship between organisational climate and employee satisfaction in a South African information and technology organisation

Castro, Monia L; Martins, Nico (2010-05-31)

Orientation : Organisational climate and job satisfaction are distinct but related constructs, and both appear to influence employees' understanding of the work environment and their level of job satisfaction. Research ...

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