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Exploring school safety in public secondary schools in the Gauteng province
Get PDFAbstracts in English, Sesotho and ZuluThe purpose of the study was to explore the legal imperative of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act No. 85 of 1993 and the South African Schools Act (SASA) No. 84 of 1996. The study set out to determine the nature and extent of the implementation of occupational school safety and the literature review examined both international and South African perspectives on the implementation of school safety. The OHS Act No. 85 of 1993 was discussed and linked to a school context, as well as exploring the legal safety imperative of the SASA No. 84 of 1996.
The study followed an exploratory sequential mixed method design using a non-probability, homogeneous convenience, and purposive sample from a selection of public secondary public schools within the Gauteng Province. The study was divided in two phases, where the first qualitative phase utilised an interview guide and the second quantitative phase consisted of a structured, self-completing questionnaire to determine participants’ knowledge and compliance to the OHS Act No. 85 of 1993.
School safety in South African schools falls under the auspices of the SASA No. 84 of 1996, with an emphasis on security safety. Data analysis found that occupational safety was not implemented to the letter of the law as prescribed by the OHS Act No. 85 of 1993, and was not at an optimum level of implementation and management. In fact, school management and educators regard occupational school safety as a burden, an additional task, and not their responsibility.
An objective of the study was to develop a school safety management plan (SSMP) and framework (SSMF). The school safety management framework (SSMF) was based on three stages and 12 building blocks, namely, six primary and six supporting building blocks. The proposed school safety management plan (SSMP) and framework (SSMF) aim to assist the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), school governing bodies, school managers and educators to achieve legislated occupational school safety, as prescribed by the OHS Act No. 85 of 1993 and supporting regulations. The researcher is confident that the SSMF and SSMP will add value to the strategic plans of the DBE and the GDE to ensure effective and continuous school safety, and to improve the quality of school life for every scholar, educator, stakeholder and role-player.Sepheo sa phuputso e ne e le ho hlahloba ka hloko taelo e lokelang ho hlomphuwa le ho phethahatswa ho ya ka tshwanelo ya Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa Bophelo le Polokeho ya batho Mosebetsing (OHS) le Molao wa 84 wa selemo sa 1996 wa Dikolo tsa Aforika Borwa (SASA). Phuputso e etsetswa ho tseba ka bohlokwa le boholo boo polokeho e fumantshwang ka bona dikolong mme tlhahlobo ya dingolwa tsa bangodi ba bang e shebile mehopolo ya dinaha tsa matjhabeng le ya Aforika Borwa ka phumantsho ya polokeho dikolong. Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS o tshohlilwe le ho amahangwa le maemo a dikolo, mmoho le ho hlahloba taelo e lokelang ho hlomphuwa le ho phethahatswa ka hloko ya polokeho, ya Molao wa 84 wa selemo sa 1996 wa SASA.
Phuputso e entswe ho sebediswa mekgwa e kopantseng mohato wa pokeletso le tlhahlobo ya datha ya dinomoro, o etswang ka mora hoba ho sebediswe mohato wa pokeletso le tlhahlobo ya datha e ngotsweng, ya ditshwantsho le diketsahalo, ho sebediswa mokgwa wa ho nka disampole moo mofuputsi a kgethang disampole ho ya ka maikutlo a hae ho na le ho kgetha feela, le ho nka sampole bathong ba tshwanang ka dintho tse itseng, dikolong tse itseng tsa mmuso tsa sekondari, Porovenseng ya Gauteng. Phuputso e arotswe ka mehato e mmedi, moo mohato wa pele wa datha e ngotsweng, ya ditshwantsho le diketsahalo o sebedisitseng lenane la dipotso tse hlophiseditsweng inthaviu ho tataisa mofuputsi ha a botsa bafuputswa dipotso le ho ba fa dikgetho tsa dikarabo, ha mohato wa bobedi wa datha ya dinomoro o ne o na le lenanepotso le hlophisitsweng leo bankakarolo ba itlatsetsang lona ho fumana tsebo le hore ba phethahatsa ho ya ka Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS.
Polokeho dikolong tsa Aforika Borwa e wela tlasa Molao wa 84 wa selemo sa 1996 wa SASA, ho tobokeditswe polokeho ya dikolong. Tlhahlobong ya datha ho fumanwe hore polokeho mosebetsing ha e a etswa ho ya ka molao jwalo ka ha ho boletswe Molaong wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS, le hore e ne e se boemong bo hodimo ka ho fetisisa ho ka fihlelwa le ho laolwa. Nnete ke hore, botsamaisi ba sekolo le matitjhere ba bona polokeho dikolong e le morwalo, mosebetsi o mongata ebile e se boikarabelo ba bona.
Sepheo sa phuputso e ne e le ho etsa moralo wa taolo ya polokeho dikolong (SSMP) le moralotshebediso ya oona (SSMF). Moralotshebediso wa taolo ya polokeho dikolong (SSMF0 o ne o tshetlehilwe dikgatong tse tharo le metheong e 12, e leng, metheo e tsheletseng ya mantlha le e tsheletseng ya tshehetso. Sepheo sa moralo o sisintsweng wa taolo ya polokeho dikolong (SSMP) le moralotshebediso ya oona (SSMF) ke ho thusa Lefapha la Thuto ya Motheo (DBE), Lefapha la Thuto la Gauteng (GDE), mekgatlo e laolang tsamaiso dikolong, batsamaisi ba dikolo le matitjhere ho fihlela boemo bo behilweng molaong ba polokeho dikolong, jwalo ka ha ho boletswe Molaong wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS le melawana e o tshehetsang. Mofuputsi o na le tshepo ya hore SSMF le SSMP di tla ba bohlokwa meralong ya mawa a DBE le GDE ho netefatsa polokeho e ntle le e tswelang pele ho etswa boemong bo phahameng dikolong, le ho ntlafatsa boemo ba bophelo ba moithuti, titjhere, mothahaselli le motho e mong le e mong ya bapalang karolo e itseng sekolong.
Phuputso e hlahisa bopaki ba hore ho na le papiso kapa kamano e nyane ho isa ho e siyo ho hang, pakeng tsa Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS le Molao wa 84 wa selemo sa 1996 wa SASA. Hantlentle, melao ena e mmedi ya bohlokwa ha e kopane ho ba taelo e le nngwe ya semmuso ya polokeho. Tlhahlobo ya datha e bontshitse hore batsamaisi ba dikolo le matitjhere ha ba nke polokeho e behilweng molaong e le boikarabelo ba bona ba le bang empa ba nka e le ba motho ya hiretsweng bokgoni ba ho etsa hore ho be le polokeho. Ho sisinywa hore DBE, jwalo ka moetsamolao, e kenyeletse ditlhoko tsa Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS Molaong wa 84 wa selemo sa 1996 wa SASA, kapa bonyane e bolele ha kgutshwanyane ka ditlhoko tsa Molao wa 85 wa selemo sa 1993 wa OHS le ho kenyeletsa polokeho moralong wa yona wa ntshetsopele ya dikolo, moralong wa taolo ya mawa a DBE le moralong wa dintho tseo DBE e rerang ho di etsa.
Phuputso e tswela pele ho sisinya dikarolo tseo patlisiso e lokelang ho ntshetswa pele ho tsona tse amanang le dikarolo tse ding hape tse amang polokeho dikolong.Inhloso yocwaningo bekuwukuhlola ukubaluleka okusemthethweni koMthetho Wezempilo Nokuphepha Emsebenzini (OHS) onguNombolo 85 ka-1993 kanye noMthetho Wezikole zaseNingizimu Afrika (SASA) onguNombolo 84 ka-1996. Ucwaningo lwaluhlose ukunquma uhlobo kanye nezinga lokuqaliswa kokuphepha kwezikole emsebenzini kanye nokubuyekezwa kwemibhalo kuhlole imibono yamazwe ngamazwe neyaseNingizimu Afrika mayelana nokuqaliswa kokuphepha kwezikole. UMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993 kwaxoxwa ngawo futhi waxhunyaniswa nesimo sesikole, kanye nokuhlola ukubaluleka kokuphepha kwezomthetho kwe-SASA onguNombolo 84 ka-1996.
Ucwaningo lulandele indlela exubile elandelanayo yokuhlola kusetshenziswa okungalindelekile, ukusebenziseka okufanayo, kanye nesampula ehlosiwe evela ezikoleni ezikhethiwe zikahulumeni zamabanga aphezulu esiFundazweni saseGauteng. Ucwaningo lwehlukaniswe izigaba ezimbili, lapho isigaba sokuqala sokuqoqa nokuhlaziya imininingwane engezona izinombolo sasebenzisa umhlahlandlela wenhlolokhono kanti isigaba sesibili sokuqoqo nokuhlaziya izinombolo sasihlanganisa uhlu lwemibuzo oluhlelekile, oluzigcwalisela lona ukuze kunqunywe ulwazi lwabahlanganyeli kanye nokuhambisana noMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993.
Ukuphepha kwezikole ezikoleni zaseNingizimu Afrika kungaphansi kwe-SASA onguNombolo 84 ka-1996, kugcizelelwa ukuphepha kwezokuphepha. Ukuhlaziywa kwemininingwane kwathola ukuthi ukuphepha emsebenzini akuzange kusetshenziswe ngokomthetho njengoba kunqunywe nguMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993, futhi kwakungekho ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu lokusetshenziswa nokuphatha. Eqinisweni, abaphathi besikole nothisha babheka ukuphepha kwesikole njengomthwalo, umsebenzi owengeziwe, hhayi isibophezelo sabo.
Inhloso yocwaningo kwakuwukwenza uhlelo lokuphatha ukuphepha kwesikole (SSMP) kanye nohlaka (SSMF). Uhlaka lokuphatha ukuphepha kwezikole (SSMF) belusekelwe ezigabeni ezintathu namabhulogo okwakha ayi-12, okungukuthi, amabhulogo okwakha ayinhloko ayisithupha kanye nayisithupha ayisisekelo. Uhlelo oluhlongozwayo lokuphatha ukuphepha kwezikole (SSMP) kanye nohlaka (SSMF) kuhloswe ngalo ukusiza uMnyango Wezemfundo Eyisisekelo (DBE), uMnyango wezeMfundo waseGauteng (GDE), izigungu ezilawula izikole, abaphathi bezikole kanye nothisha ukuze kuzuzwe ukuphepha ezikoleni okusemthethweni, njengoba kubekwe nguMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993 kanye nemithethonqubo esekelayo. Umcwaningi unethemba lokuthi i-SSMF ne-SSMP zizokwengeza ukubaluleka ezinhlelweni zamasu ze-DBE kanye ne-GDE ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwesikole okuphumelelayo nokuqhubekayo, kanye nokwenza ngcono izinga lempilo yesikole yawo wonke umfundi, uthisha, ababambiqhaza nababambe iqhaza.
Kusobala ocwaningweni ukuthi akukho ukuqhathanisa noma ubudlelwano obuncane phakathi koMthetho onguNombolo 85 ka-1993, kanye noMthetho we-SASA onguNombolo 84 ka-1996. Eqinisweni, le mithetho emibili ebalulekile yomthetho ayihlangani njengesimemezelo esisodwa sokuphepha esiphelele. Ukuhlaziywa kweminingwane kubonise ukuthi abaphathi bezikole nothisha abakubheki ukuphepha okusemthethweni njengesibophezelo sabo kuphela kodwa njengowomuntu oqokiwe onekhono lokuphepha. Kuphakanyiswa ukuthi i-DBE, njengesishayamthetho esengamele, ifake izidingo zoMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993 ku-SASA onguNombolo 84 ka- 1996 noma okungenani ibhekisele ezidingweni zomthetho onguMthetho we-OHS onguNombolo 85 ka-1993 kanye nokufaka ukuphepha ohlelweni lwayo lokuthuthukiswa kwezikole, isu lokuphatha amasu e-DBE, kanye nohlelo lokusebenza lwe-DBE.
Lolu cwaningo luphinde lwenze iziphakamiso ngezindawo zocwaningo olwengeziwe oluhlobene nobubanzi obubanzi bokuphepha kwezikole emsebenzini.Ph. D. (Management Studies)Business Managemen
Teacher well-being in a rural Mpumalanga secondary school environment : a positive psychology perspective
Get PDFTeacher well-being is one of the cornerstones of our education system in South Africa. Research indicates that teachers experience multiple challenges regarding their well-being. Drawing from Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model, asset-based approach and positive psychology perspectives, this qualitative phenomenological study explored how teachers perceive their well-being in relation to multiple challenges they experience in a rural secondary school context. Two secondary schools were purposively selected in the Mpumalanga Province. A sample of fourteen secondary school teachers, seven from each school was purposively selected to participate in the study. Data sources include transcribed semi-structured individual interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis, and a research journal. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data and generate themes, sub-themes, and categories.
The findings demonstrate that teachers face multisystemic challenges, especially with regard to limited support for their chronic medical conditions that affect their well-being. By employing an asset-based and positive psychological (PERMA) approach to well-being, teachers might be empowered to identify and mobilise assets and resources to address the issues they experience in their ecosystemic contexts. The research findings may contribute to existing knowledge bases within the fields of education, teacher well-being, and psychology. A better understanding of teachers’ experiences regarding their well-being could lead to more efficient teacher development and support programmes that foster well-being.M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)Psychology of Educatio
The natural and cultural elements in the Sumerian Temple Hymns with special reference to the Kesh Temple Hymn
Get PDFThe Sumerian Temple Hymns are a genre that hymns temples seen as cosmic houses in ancient Sumer. The concept of a normal house lay behind the thought process that leads to the building of temples. The ancient people of Mesopotamia used this concept of the house as a metaphor called the building- and filling topos. The metaphor of the house lay behind the building of the great temples. This could be understood from the architecture in structures such as the temple platforms, the monumental nature of the temple and the sacred furniture. All of this can be deduced from the study of archaeology. Ancient Mesopotamians utilized the same concept in the literature. Literature such as the Kesh Temple Hymn therefore, expressed in literature exactly what the archaeology informs us that the ancients built in brick and mortar.M. A. (Ancient Near Eastern Studies)Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studie
Investigating barriers to career advancement for women in the South African Tourism Sector
Get PDFIncludes summaries in Afrikaans and ZuluGender inequalities persist across all economic sectors, and women do not have the same
economic opportunities as men. According to the World Bank, the tourism sector offers
significant opportunities for women's empowerment by allowing them to advance to
positions of leadership and entrepreneurship. The study aimed to determine whether
barriers to career advancement of women (family responsibilities, work environment,
qualifications, flexible working hours, work from home) differ significantly from the latent
variables of leadership of WIT, motivation of WIT, and empowerment of WIT. The study was
quantitative and descriptive, allowing researchers to assess the impact of leadership of
WIT, motivation of WIT, and empowerment of WIT on women's career advancement in the
SA tourism sector. Non-discriminative snowball sampling was used to collect the primary
data (n = 250), and the questionnaire was distributed online via email and social media
platforms as indicated in the findings of this study. Results confirm that barriers to career
advancement of women have a significant effect on the latent variables of Leadership of
WIT, Motivation of WIT and the Empowerment of WIT. This study aimed to fill a knowledge
gap concerning women in the tourism sector in SA and to add to the growing international
conversation on the barriers to career advancement for women in the tourism sector.Geslagsongelykheid duur volhardend voort oor alle ekonomiese sektore heen en vroue kry
nie dieselfde ekonomiese geleenthede as mans nie. Volgens die Wêreldbank bied die
toerismesektor aansienlike geleenthede vir die bemagtiging van vroue deur hulle toe te laat
om tot leierskap- en ondernemerskapposisies te vorder. Die doelwit van hierdie studie was
om te bepaal of die belemmeringe tot vroue se beroepsbevordering
(gesinsverantwoordelikhede, werksomgewing, kwalifikasies, inskiklike werksure, van die
huis af werk) op ’n beduidende wyse van die latente veranderlikes van leierskap van VIT
(vroue in toerisme), motivering van VIT en bemagtiging van VIT verskil. Die studie was
kwantitatief en beskrywend van aard en het navorsers in staat gestel om die impak van
leierskap van VIT, motivering van VIT en die bemagtiging van VIT op die vordering van
vroue in hul beroepe in die SA-toerismesektor te evalueer. Nie-diskriminerende
sneeubalsteekproefneming is gebruik om die primêre data (n = 250) te versamel. Soos in
die bevindinge van die studie aangedui, is die vraelys aanlyn per e-pos sowel as deur
middel van sosiale media platforms versprei. Die bevindinge het bevestig dat die
belemmeringe tot beroepsbevordering van vroue ’n beduidende effek het op die latente
veranderlikes van leierskap van VIT, motivering van VIT en die bemagtiging van VIT.
Hierdie studie het ten doel gehad om die kennisgaping aangaande vroue in die
toerismesektor in Suid-Afrika te vul sowel as om ’n bydrae tot die groeiende internasionale
gesprek oor die belemmeringe tot beroepsbevordering vir vroue in die toerismesektor te
lewer.Ukungalingani ngokwesini kukhona kuwo onke amacandelo ezoqoqosho, kwaye abafazi
abafumani amathuba afana nawamadoda kwezoqoqosho. Ngokokutsho kweBhanki
Yehlabathi, iWorld Bank, icandelo lezokhenketho linika amathuba amahle kakhulu
ekomelezeni abafazi ngokubavumela ukuba banyukele kwizikhundla zobunkokheli nokuba
ngoosomashishini abaqalayo. Esi sifundo sijolise ekufumaniseni ukuba ingaba imiqobo
yokunyukela ngentla kubafazi (uxanduva lwekhaya, iimeko zasemsebenzini, imfundo, iiyure
zokuphangela ezivumela iimeko ngeemeko, ukusebenzela ekhaya) yahluke kakhulu na
kwiimpawu zobunkokheli ezimayana ezifana nobunkokheli kubafazi abakukhenketho
(iWIT), ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, ukunikwa amagunya kwiWIT. Esi sifundo salandela indlela
yophando ngokobuninzi bamanani nokucacisa, apho kwavunyelwa ukuba abaphandi
bavavanye ifuthe lobunkokheli beWIT, ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, kunye nokunikwa
amagunya kweWIT ekunyukeleni ngentla kwabafazi emisebenzini yecandelo lezokheketho
eMzantsi Afrika. Kwasetyenziswa uhlobo lokusampula apho isampulu ekhethwe kuqala
ikhetha abanye abathathi nxaxheba ngokwayo ekuqokeleleni idatha yokuqala (n = 250),
kwaphinda kwahanjiswa uluhlu lwemibuzo ngeeimeyile nakumaqonga onxibelelwano
njengoko kwaboniswa kokufunyaniswe kolu phando. Iziphumo zangqinisisa ukuba imiqobo
ekunyukeleni ngentla kwabafazi emisebenzini inefuthe elinamandla kwiimpawu ezimayana
ezifana nobunkokheli beWIT, ukukhuthazeka kweWIT, kunye nokunikwa amagunya
kweWIT. Esi sifundo sasijolise ekuvaleni isikhewu kulwazi olumalunga nabafazi
abakwicandelo lezokhenketho eMzantsi Afrika. Enye injongo yayikukongeza kwincoko
ekhulayo kwihlabathi jikelele malunga nemiqobo esendleleni yokunyukela ngentla
kwabafazi kwicandelo lezokhenketho.M. Com (Tourism Management)Applied Managemen
Adoption of environmental management accounting in the textile manufacturing industry in South Africa
Get PDFAbstracts in English, Afrikaans and ZuluThe global profile of environmental concerns has intensified the demand to develop greener practices. This study investigated the green practices employed by textile manufacturing organisations (TMOs) in South Africa, and the benefits thereof for such organisations. This study, likewise, examined the indicators of the successful adoption of green practices among TMOs in SA. The qualitative accounts presented in this study were compiled using existing literature, in-depth interviews, and web-based document analysis. The generated data were thematically analysed, and the study findings indicate that TMOs in SA employ activity-based costing and material flow cost accounting, primarily for cost allocation and waste minimisation. The findings of this study also indicate that coercive pressure, in the form of environmental compliance monitoring, is lacking in the textile manufacturing industry (TMI) of SA. This study suggests that TMOs may require several practices to meet their environmental objectives. Therefore, future work can focus on the use of water management accounting (WMA) in TMOs.Uhlaka lomhlaba wonke lokukhathazeka kwemvelo lukhulise isidingo sokuthuthukisa izinqubo eziluhlaza. Lolu cwaningo luphenye izindlela eziluhlaza ezisetshenziswa yizinhlangano ezikhiqiza izindwangu (TMOs) eNingizimu Afrika, kanye nezinzuzo zazo kulezo zinhlangano. Lolu cwaningo, ngokufanayo, luhlole izinkomba zokwamukelwa ngempumelelo kwezinqubo eziluhlaza phakathi kwama-TMO eNingizimu Afrika. Ulwazi lwezezimali olwethulwe kulolu cwaningo luhlanganiswe kusetshenziswa izincwadi ezikhona, izingxoxo ezijulile, nokuhlaziywa kwemibhalo esekelwe kusizindalwazi. Imininingwane ekhiqiziwe yahlaziywa ngokwendikimba, futhi okutholwe ocwaningweni kubonisa ukuthi ama-TMO eNingizimu Afrika asebenzisa izimali zezindleko ezisekelwe emsebenzini kanye nethuluzi elisetshenziswa yizinkampani ezikhiqizayo ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwezinto zabo ukuze zonge, ikakhulukazi ekwabiweni kwezindleko kanye nokunciphisa imfucuza. Okutholwe kulolu cwaningo kuphinde kukhombise ukuthi ingcindezi ephoqayo, ngendlela yokuqapha ukuthotshelwa kwemvelo, ayikho embonini yokukhiqiza izindwangu (TMI) yaseNingizimu Afrika. Lolu cwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi ama-TMO angadinga izinqubo ezimbalwa ukuze ahlangabezane nezinhloso zawo zemvelo. Ngakho-ke, umsebenzi wesikhathi esizayo ungagxila ekusetshenzisweni kwesilinganiso sokuphathwa kwamanzi (WMA) kuma-TMO.Die wêreldwye profiel van omgewingsbesorgdhede het die aanvraag vergroot om groener praktyke te ontwikkel. Hierdie studie het die groen praktyke ondersoek wat deur tekstielfabrikasie-organisasies in Suid-Afrika aangewend word, asook die voordele daarvan vir sulke organisasies. Hierdie studie het ook die aanwysers van die suksesvolle aanname van groen praktyke onder tekstielfabrikasie-organisasies in Suid-Afrika ondersoek. Die kwalitatiewe beskrywings in hierdie studie is saamgestel deur die gebruik van bestaande literatuur, in-diepte onderhoude en webgebaseerde dokumentontleding. Die gegenereerde data is tematies ontleed, en die bevindings van die studie dui aan dat tekstielfabrikasie-organisasies in Suid-Afrika aktiwiteitsgebaseerde kosteberekening (activity-based costing) en materiële vloei-kosteberekening (material flow cost analysis) aanwend, hoofsaaklik vir kostetoewysing en die minimalisasie van afval. Die bevindings van hierdie studie dui ook aan dat daar ’n gebrek is aan dwangdruk, in die vorm van die kontrole van omgewingsgehoorgewing, in die tekstielfabrikasiebedryf van Suid-Afrika. Hierdie studie se voorstel is dat tekstielfabrikasie-organisasies verskeie praktyke kan benodig om aan hulle omgewingsdoelwitte te voldoen. Dus kan toekomstige navorsing fokus op waterbestuursrekenkunde (water management accounting) in tekstielfabrikasie-organisasies.M. Phil. (Accounting Sciences)College of Accounting Science
The influence of socio-economic status and parents' educational background on career aspirations of young adults
No full textIn South Africa, socio-economic inequality has a profound negative impact on various
socio-economic levels, including education and the success of many young adults and
their career aspirations (Buthelezi et al., 2009; Sayed & Van Niekerk, 2017). Therefore,
this study aimed at exploring the influence of the educational background and socioeconomic
status of parents on the career aspirations of young adults. A qualitative
study was employed to explore the unique lived experiences of the participants. The
focal point of the study was the process young adults follow towards formulating their
career aspirations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted as a data collection
method. The aims of the study required purposive sampling as a method to analyse
the data and content analysis was used to extract themes and sub-themes. The study
found that the educational background and socio-economic status of parents inform
how much access young adults have to knowledge and resources and would increase
their confidence and possibility to pursue their career aspirations. Recommendations
were made to organisations, industrial and organisational psychologists, and career
counsellors on how to best support young adults and come up with initiatives that could
be implemented in their journeys towards becoming fulfilled employees.ENingizimu Afrika, ukungalingani kwezenhlalisano yabantu nakwezomnotho
kunemiphumela emibiki kakhulu kumazinga ehlukene kubantu nakwezomnotho,
okubandakanya ezemfundo kanye nempumelelo yabantu abasha abaningi kanye
nezintshisekelo zabo ngama-career (Buthelezi et al., 2009; Sayed & Van Niekerk,
2017). Ngakho-ke, lolu cwaningo lunenhloso yokuqhwanda ngomthelela womsusa
kwizimo zabazali kwezemfundo kanye nezimo zenhlalisano yabantu nakwezomnotho
kwizintshisekelo zama-career zabantu abasha. Kusetshenziswe ucwaningo lwenqubo
ye-qualitative ukuqhwanda ngezipiliyoni zabantu ababambe iqhaza. Ucwaningo lugxile
kakhulu kwiprosese elandelwa ngabantu abasha ekwenzeni izintshisekelo zamacareer
abo. Kusetshenziswa ama-semi-structured interviews njengemethodi yokuqoqa
ulwazi. Inhloso yocwaningo ibidinga ukwenza i-purposive sampling njengemethodi
yokuhlaziya ulwazi kanti futhi nokuhlaziya ingqikithi yodaba ukucaphuma ama-theme
nama sub-theme noma izihloko nezihlokwana. Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi imvelaphi
yezemfundo kanye nesimo sabazali kwezenhlalisano yabantu nezomnotho
kuyisakhelo sempumelelo enkulu yokuthi abantu abasha bafinyelela kangakanani
kulwazi kanye nemithombo yosizo, kanye nokwenyusa ukuzithemba kwabo kanye
namathuba okulandelela izintshisekelo zama-career abo. Kwenziwe izincomo
kwizinhlangano, ama-industrial and organisational psychologist, kanye nabeluleki
ngama-career ukuthi bangasekela kancono kanjani abantu abasha, kanye
nokuqhamuka nezindlela zokubasiza kuhambo lwabo lokuba ngabasebenzi
abanempumelelo.Ka Afrika Borwa, tlhokego ya tekatekano mabapi le ekonomi ya setšhaba e na le seabe
se sego seo se sa kgahlišego maemong a mehutahuta a ekonomi ya setšhaba, go
akaretšwa thuto le katlego ya bafsa ba bantši le ditlhologelo tša bona tša go hwetša
mešomo (Buthelezi et al., 2009; Sayed & Van Niekerk, 2017). Ka fao, dinyakišišo tše
di ikemišeditše go lekodišiša khuetšo yeo maemo a thuto le maemo a batswadi go
ekonomi ya setšhaba di nago le yona go ditlhologelo tša go hwetša mešomo ka bafsa.
Go dirišitšwe dinyakišišo tša boleng ka nepo ya go lekodišiša maitemogelo a go swana
a nnoši a bakgathatema. Nepišokgolo ya dinyakišišo e bile tshepedišo yeo bafsa ba e
latelago ge ba hlama ditlhologelo tša bona tša go hwetša mešomo ye itšego.
Dipoledišano tšeo dipotšišo tša tšona di sego tša hlangwa peleng di swerwe bjalo ka
mokgwa wa go kgoboketša tshedimošo. Maikemišetšo a dinyakišišo a nyakile gore go
dirwe sampole ya maikemišetšo bjalo ka mokgwa wa go sekaseka tshedimošo gomme
tshekatsheko ya diteng e šomišitšwe go hwetša merero le merero ya ka fasana.
Dinyakišišo di utollotše gore maemo a thuto le maemo a batswadi go ekonomi ya
setšhaba di laola ka fao bafsa ba ka kgonago go fihlelela tsebo le methopo gomme se
se tla oketša boitshepo bja bona le kgonagalo ya gore ba latele ditlhologelo tša bona
tša mešomo ye itšego. Go dirilwe ditšhišinyo go mekgatlo, go bašomi ba tša menagano
ba ka diintastering le ba ka dikhamphaning, le go baeletši ba tša mešomo mabapi le
ka fao ba ka thušago bokaone bafsa le go tla ka masolo ao a ka phethagatšwago ka
leetong la bona gore ba fetoge bašomi bao ba kgotsofetšego.M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)Industrial and Organisational Psycholog
Model to strengthen maternal healthcare service delivery in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Get PDFText in English with abstract and keywords in English and SetswanaMaternal healthcare service delivery influences the obstetric outcomes of the women in
their perinatal period, including six weeks after childbirth. It is in that regard that the
purpose of this study was to determine the nature and extent of maternal healthcare
service delivery in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
The research study adopted a three-phased sequential exploratory mixed-methods
research (MMR) design approach, involving qualitative and quantitative data collection,
and convergent data analysis respectively. The study population comprised midwives
working at the four selected public hospitals in Gauteng Province, as well as the perinatal
women accessing their maternal health at the self-same public hospitals. Due to the
multiple data collection instruments applied, the study concomitantly adopted different
sampling strategies involving purposive, maximum variation, stratified random, and
convenience sampling. Finally, a sample size of 392 was obtained, consisting of 105
midwives and 287 perinatal women.
Qualitative data collection was implemented through focus group discussions (FGDs),
in-depth interviews and documentary analysis. The quantitative data collection was
facilitated through checklists and structured questionnaires. Both thematic and
content data analysis were applied in the study’s qualitative phase. For quantitative
data analysis, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 27 and
STATA 16 computer programs were utilised.
The study findings revealed diverse assumptions, statements and beliefs that urge for a
reconfiguration of current domination and authority practices over women and other
vulnerable groups. Furthermore, the study found that five dominant literature-based
themes were still observable in the practical environment of midwives and their
patients in the maternity wards. These are: individual factors, interpersonal relations,
organisational challenges; as well as community and policy and government factors.
The researcher’s developed model was based on the actual findings in the current
study and was subsequently evaluated by the midwifery experts. The purpose of the model was to contribute towards improvements in maternal healthcare service
delivery for the reduction of maternal mortality.Thebolelo ya ditirelo tsa pelegi e na le tlhotlheletso e kgolo mo dipholong tsa pelegi mo
basading ka nako ya boimane le botsetse jwa bone go fitlha dikgwedi di le thataro. Mo
ntlheng eno, maitlhomo a thuto e, ke go batlisisa gore ditirelo tsa pholo mo basading ba
porofense ya Gauteng – Aferika Borwa ke tsa mofuta ofe le go leba kamano ya tsone
Dipatlisiso tsa thuto e, di di dirisitse magato a le mararo a sequential exploratory mixed method, a akaretsang mekgwa ya kokoantsha tshedimosetso ka qualitative, le
quantitative le go kopantsha tshedimosetso ka go latelana jalo.
Tshedimosetso e tswa mo setlhopheng sa baoki ba ba katiseditsweng pelegi e bile ba
dira, le basadi ba ba leng mo nakong ya pelegi ba tlhoka tlhokomelo mo dipataleng tsa
puso tse nne (04) mo porofenseng ya Gauteng.
Ka ntlha ya methale e e fapaneng ya go kokoanya tshedimosetso, mmatlisisi o ne a
dirisa purposive, maximum variation, stratified random, le convenience sampling. Ka
jalo, o ne a feleletsa ka palo ya bannaleseabe ba le 392, e e akaretsang ba belegisi
ba le 105 and basadi ba le 287.
Kokoantsha tshedimosetso ya qualitative e ne ya dirisa dipuisano tsa ditlhopha le tsa
bongwe le go le tlhatlhoba ditokumente. Mme, lenaane and foromo ya dipotso tsone di
ne tsa dirisiwa mo tshobokanyo ya tshedimosetso ya quantitative. Go sekaseka ga di
teng tsa qualitative go direlwe ka setshwantsho sa thematic le content, fa Statistical
Package ya Social Sciences (SPSS), kgaolo ya 27 le STATA 16 porokeramo ya
khomphuta di dirisitswe mo quantitative.
Dipholo tsa thuto di bontsha thulaganyo ya maatla a ditumelo tse di faroganeng mo
ntlheng ya dipegelo tsa basadi. Go bonagala ditheme di le tlhano (05) go tswa mo
dibukeng le mo dipuisanong le babelegisi le basadi mo dipateleng tsa bone. Ditheme
tse, di bontsha mabaka a a latelang: mabaka a motho ka esi, tirisano mmogo,
thulaganyo ya tsamaiso mo tirong, tsabosetshaba, taolo le tsamaiso.
Kwa bofelong, mmatlisisi o ne a tlhoma sekao se se tshegetsang babelegising le
basadi mo leetong la pelegi, e bile sekao se se ne sa tlhotlhwafatswa ke baitsaanape mo lefapheng la tsa boimana. Leano la sekao se, ke matlafatsa ditirelo tsa basadi le
pelegi ka maitlhomo a fokotsa dintsho tse di amanang le pelegi.Ph. D. (Nursing Sciences)Health Studie
Information-seeking behaviour of history and international studies postgraduates in an academic hybrid library in Nigeria
Get PDFThis thesis was designed with the purpose of investigating the “Information-Seeking Behaviour” (ISB) of history and international studies postgraduates in an academic hybrid library in Nigeria. The study consisted of eight objectives and research questions. The study’s scope focused mainly on postgraduates of history and international studies department, and on librarians, in a federal university in Nigeria. Wilson’s (1999:251) model of information behaviour, and his (1999:252) model of ISB were selected as the study’s theoretical framework. Qualitative case study was selected as the research design, and interpretivism research paradigm was used to shape the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to draw samples from the study’s population. Focus group, observation and interview were used as data collection instruments. The data obtained were analysed using qualitative analysis method. Among the study’s findings, it was revealed that: the postgraduates need information from the library mainly for their academic and personal activities; the postgraduates are regular users of the library, and they usually use the library for different purposes; the postgraduates usually employ technology or manual method to access information in various sources; there are different ways the library uses to satisfy the information needs of the postgraduates, and to an extent, the library information resources are meeting the postgraduates’ information needs; apart from the library, the postgraduates also consult other information sources, but their most preferred information source is the Internet; the postgraduates’ ISB also involve information exchange and transfer; and there are certain factors that determine the postgraduates’ perceived information needs satisfaction and end of their information-seeking. Finally, it was revealed that there are barriers to the postgraduates’ information-seeking and use of information in the library and beyond. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the library should establish a personal librarian program, and the postgraduates should be trained on how to search the library digital resources. Also, based on the findings, the theoretical framework of the study was modified. The study contributed to knowledge by providing an insight into the ISB of history and international studies scholars, and by extending the research on humanities postgraduates’ ISB.D. Phil. (Information Science)Information Scienc
Strategies to strengthen health management information systems in public health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Get PDFA health management information system (HMIS) is the intersection between the business process of healthcare and information systems to deliver better healthcare services. A health information system is one of the health system's building blocks. The purpose of this study was to develop strategies to strengthen health management information systems in Ethiopia.
The study used the Performance of Routine Information System (PRISM). It adopted a quantitative research approach and implemented it over three phases. The first phase involved a retrospective document review of the quality of maternal health data across registers, tally sheets, DHIS2 databases, and data quality monitoring logbooks in ten randomly selected healthcare facilities using a standard quantitative checklist. The focus was on three data quality dimensions: accuracy, completeness and timeliness of specific maternal indicators and data elements. Maternal health programme was selected among different programmes which were found to have challenges with data quality. The second phase involved a descriptive cross-sectional survey using a close-ended questionnaire. The population for this phase included health professionals working in Addis Ababa public health centres who used the health management information system. These professionals were recruited from the ten public health centres used in Phase 1 through multistage stratified sampling techniques. The collected data were analysed using SPSS Version 26. The findings of the two phases were combined to derive meta-inferences. In the final phase, a Delphi technique was used to develop strategies that were validated by a team of experts to strengthen the data quality, data management and information use in public healthcare facilities.
The first phase of the document review revealed that the overall data quality was poor across the maternal data sources in terms of accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. Furthermore, key findings of the second phase indicated that the components of data management were not consistently practised, a large amount of data was shelved and unprocessed, and information was not used for decisions in accordance with standards in healthcare facilities due to a variety of factors. These issues were further linked to organisational, technical and behavioural factors.
In conclusion, combined key findings indicate that a large amount of data was not properly managed across data management processes, lacked data quality, and was not used satisfactorily at all levels. As a whole, the importance of data quality, data management and information needs was not recognised and practised, particularly at case teams level. Hence, HIS strategies were developed to address the identified gaps..Ph.D. (Public Health)Health Studie
Leadership in a transitioning higher education landscape from traditional to digitalisation of teaching and learning : a case of open, distance and elearning in Uganda
No full textAbstracts in English, Zulu and AfrikaansIntegration of technology into teaching and learning is not new in Uganda, but the rapid rate and pace of technological advancement, especially regarding the emerging educational technologies, corresponding pedagogical and leadership requirements, is. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem by necessitating all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to go online. The main objective of this study was to explore the lived experiences and adaptations of leaders in a transitioning HE landscape to develop a framework that would aid leadership reinvention from traditional face to face to Digitalisation Teaching and Learning (DTL). Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and specifically the idiographic approach, qualitative data was collected through interviews of seven purposively selected senior managers in the Ugandan higher education sector. The study was also guided by the Complexity leadership theory, Distance Education System Theory and Bridges transition framework. The findings established that while there had existed various digital strategies pre-COVID-19 amongst all HEIs in Uganda, HE leadership struggled iteratively to leverage them in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic for a complete transition. Three master themes, twelve themes and thirteen subthemes emerged. Master theme 1- ‘Digital experiences’ comprised four themes including visioning for digital strategies pre-COVID-19, leveraging existing digital strategies, rethinking institutional strategies post-COVID-19 and the neutral state of transition. Master theme 2- virtual institutional landscape characterised by four themes including new channels of institutional social interaction, mechanisms of institutional culture, operations and practices, leadership roles and power structures and knowledge and social competencies. Master theme 3- ‘Institutional adaptability’ that comprised four themes including mobilisation of workforce, financial resource mobilisation, institutionalisation of DTL and, DTL gaps and mitigations. This study concluded that, while HE was metamorphosing into a virtual landscape, the existing traditional face to face structural setup of HE and inadequate strategic leadership representation is a major barrier to DTL and undermines the positionality and competitiveness of the Ugandan HE sector in the global village. Therefore, the need for leadership’s acceptance and recognition of the transitioning HE landscape, piloting and adoption of the developed leadership transitioning framework is paramount. The insights of this study contribute to a more integrative view of the interplay of leadership amidst DTL in HE.Integrasie van tegnologie in onderrig en opleiding is nie nuut in Uganda nie, maar die vinnige tempo en pas van tegnologiese vooruitgang, veral met betrekking tot die opkomende opvoedkundige tegnologieë, ooreenstemmende pedagogiese en leierskapvereistes, is. Die COVID-19-pandemie het die probleem vererger deur alle Hoër Onderwysinstellings (HOI's) te noodsaak om aanlyn te gaan. Die hoofdoel van hierdie studie was om die geleefde ervarings en aanpassings van leiers in 'n oorgangs HO-landskap te verken om 'n raamwerk te ontwikkel wat leierskap herontdekking van tradisionele aangesig tot aangesig tot Digitalisering Onderrig en Opleiding (DOO) sal help. Deur gebruik te maak van Interpretatiewe Fenomenologiese Analise en spesifiek die idiografiese benadering, is kwalitatiewe data ingesamel deur onderhoude van sewe doelbewus geselekteerde senior bestuurders in die Ugandese hoëronderwyssektor. Die studie is gelei deur Kompleksiteit-leierskapsteorie, Afstandsonderrigstelselteorie en Bridges-oorgangsraamwerk. Die bevindings het vasgestel hoewel daar verskeie digitale strategieë voor COVID-19 onder alle HOI's in Uganda bestaan het, HO-leierskap gesukkel het om dit te benut in die aangesig van COVID-19-pandemie vir 'n volledige oorgang. Drie meestertemas, twaalf temas en dertien subtemas het na vore gekom; Meestertema 1- 'Digitale ervarings' bestaan uit vier temas, visie vir digitale strategieë voor COVID-19, benutting van bestaande digitale strategieë, heroorweging van institusionele strategieë na COVID-19 en neutrale toestand van oorgang; Meestertema 2- virtuele institusionele landskap gekenmerk deur vier temas, nuwe kanale van institusionele sosiale interaksie, meganismes van institusionele kultuur, bedrywighede en praktyke, leierskaprolle en magstrukture, kennis en sosiale bevoegdhede; Meestertema 3- 'Institusionele aanpasbaarheid' wat uit vier temas bestaan het, mobilisering van arbeidsmag, finansiële hulpbronmobilisering, institusionalisering van DOO, DOO-gapings en versagtings. Die gevolgtrekking; terwyl HO in 'n virtuele landskap te verander, die bestaande tradisionele van aangesig tot aangesig strukturele opset van HO en onvoldoende strategiese leierskapverteenwoordiging 'n groot hindernis vir DOO is en die posisionaliteit en mededingendheid van die Ugandese HO-sektor in die globale dorpie ondermyn. Daarom is die behoefte aan leierskap se aanvaarding en erkenning van die HO-oorgangslandskap, loodsing en aanneming van die ontwikkelde leierskapoorgangsraamwerk uiters belangrik. Insigte van hierdie studie dra by tot 'n meer integrerende siening van die wisselwerking van leierskap te midde van DOO in HO.Ukufakwa kobuchwepheshe ekufundiseni nasekufundeni akuyonto intsha e-Uganda, kodwa ke izinga elikhawulezileyo kunye nesantya sokuphuhla kwamalinge ezobuchwepheshe, ingakumbi ngokuphathelele kwiinkqubo zobuchwepheshe obungenelela kwezemfundo, izidingo ezingqamene nazo kwezophando kwanobunkokheli, zintsha zona. Ubhubhane oyiCOVID-19 uyandisile le ngxaki ngokuthi anyanzelise onke amaZiko eMfundo Ephakamileyo ukuba asebenze ngokwezobuchwepheshe. Eyona njongo yolu phando kukugocagoca amava aphilwe ziinkokheli kwakunye neendlela ezithe zaziqhelanisa ngazo ekufakeni isimo seMfundo Ephakamileyo ukuze kube nokuqulunqwa isikhokelo esiya kuncedisa ekuguqulweni kweenkqubo zokukhokela ziphume kula ndlela iqhelekileyo yobuso ngobuso ziye Ekufundiseni Nasekufundeni Ngokwezobuchwepheshe. Kusetyenziswe inkqubo Yokuhlalutywa Kweemeko Ecacisayo, ingakumbi inkqubo yokudiza iinyaniso ezithile ngokobunzululwazi, kuye kwaqokelelwa neenkcukacha eluntwini ngokuthi kudliwane iindlebe nabaphathi abasixhenxe abakhethwe ngononophelo olumandla kwicandelo lemfundo ephakamileyo e-Uganda. Uphando olu luye lwakhokelwa ziingcamango ezigxile kwiiNkqubo yezobunkokheli, yiNkqubo Yeengcamango ngeMfundo Ephakamileyo Yomgama kwaneyesikhokelo seenguqu kwiBhulorho. Iziphumo zifumanise ukuba njengokuba ibikho kakade nje imigaqo-nkqubo eyahlukeneyo yezobuchwepheshe kuwo onke amaziko emfundo ephakamileyo e-Uganda ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kweCOVID-19, iinkokheli zezemfundo ephakamileyo ziye zaminxwa yimingeni emandla xa bezigagene neCOVID-19 ukuze kube nokungenwa ngokugqibeleleyo kwiinguqu. Kwathi kwaqhambuka imixholo ephambili emithathu, ishumi elinambini lemixholo kunye neshumi elinesithathu lemixholwana; uMxholo ophambili 1- ‘amava Ezobuchwepheshe’ eyayibandakanya imixholo emine equka ukuvezwa kweembono zemigaqo-nkqubo yezobuchwepheshe ngaphambi kweCOVID-19, ukusetyenziswa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yezobuchwepheshe esele ikho, ukucingwa ngokutsha kwemigaqo-nkqubo yezobuchwepheshe yamaziko emfundo emva kweCOVID-19 kwanesimo esingakhethe cala seenguqu; umxholo oPhambili 2 - isimo samaziko esiphawulwa imixholo emine equka imijelo emitsha yokunxibelelana koluntu lweziko, iinkqubo zenkcubeko yeziko, intsebenzo neenkqubo, iindima zeenkokheli kwanezimo zamagunya, ulwazi kunye nezakhono zoluntu; nomxholo oPhambili 3 - ‘Ukuqhelaniseka kweziko’ obekubandakanye imixholo emine ebiquka ukuxhotyiswa kwabasebenzi, ukuvulelwa kwezibonelelo eziyimali, ukuqhelaniswa kokufundisa nokufunda kumaqonga ezobuchwepheshe, imisantsa kwakunye nokuncitshiswa kwefuthe. Olu phando luvalelise ngelithi ngelixa imfundo ephakamileyo ibisiya isiba liqonga lezobuchwepheshe, le meko isabhudlayo neqhelekileyo yokufunda nokufundisa ubuso ngobuso kwimfundo ephakamileyo ndawonye nabameli abangaxhobisekanga ngokwezomgaqo-nkqubo zingumqobo omkhulu ekufundiseni nasekufundeni kumaqonga ezobuchwepheshe, zisengela phantsi isimo nesakhono sokukhuphisana kwicandelo lemfundo ephakamileyo yase-Uganda kwiqonga lehlabathi. Ngoko ke, sibalulekile isidingo sokuba iinkokheli zamkele ze zinakane iinguqu kwiqonga lemfundo ephakamileyo, zizame, zamkele isikhokelo esiqulunqiweyo seenguqu kubunkokheli. Oondoqo bolu phando ligalelo kwimbono ehlanganyelweyo yokusebenzisana kweenkokheli phantsi kwefuthe lokufundisa nokufunda kusetyenziswa iqonga lezobuchwepheshe kwicandelo lemfundo ephakamileyo.Ph. D. (Education management)Educational Leadership and Managemen