Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership tasks at the different hierarchical levels in the organisation in terms of the teleological approaches to complexity science. Design/methodology/approach – ...

Metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng have been plagued by poor service delivery in recent years. This has been the root of violent protests in most of the communities in this province. This article intends to explore ...

The main objective of this study was to assess the state of financial distress of listed gold and platinum mining companies in South Africa during the period 2011 to 2015. Mining has been the driving force of the economy ...

The authors of Unisa's Department Business Management surveyed a number of foreign missions to find out whether they consider South Africa to be an attractive investment prospect. Their responses are analysed in this article.

In this paper we investigate the dynamic relationship between bank credit and agricultural output in South Africa using time series data from 1970 to 2011. Using the Johansen co-integration test, we observe bank credit and ...

The paper provides empirical analysis on the linkage between the behavior of bank lending and business cycles in South Africa. Consistent with theory, overall evidence suggesting pro-cyclicality of bank lending is uncovered ...

In this study the causality relationship of banking sector development and economic growth in Zimbabwe is investigated. The jagged performance of the Zimbabwean economy presents an interest in unravelling the state of ...

Capital structure decisions are common across firms, yet capital structure theories lack a consensus on how much of debt capital firms should use to finance their operations. The main objective of this study was to investigate ...

This study investigates whether financial theory is aligned with financial practice by testing two conventionally recognised theories of capital structure choice, the trade-off theory and the pecking-order theory against ...

The study investigates the relationship between CEO compensation and performance of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa, using data for the period 2009 to 2011. The results indicated that there exist no positive ...