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Leading Towards Voice and Innovation: The Role of Psychological Contract
No full textBackground: Empirical evidence generally suggests that psychological
contract breach (PCB) leads to negative outcomes. However, some literature
argues that, occasionally, PCB leads to positive outcomes.
Aim: To empirically determine when these positive outcomes occur, focusing
on the role of psychological contract (PC) and leadership style (LS), and
outcomes such as employ voice (EV) and innovative work behaviour (IWB).
Method: A cross-sectional survey design was adopted, using reputable
questionnaires on PC, PCB, EV, IWB, and leadership styles. Correlation
analyses were used to test direct links within the model, while regression
analyses were used to test for the moderation effects.
Results: Data with acceptable psychometric properties were collected from 11
organisations (N=620). The results revealed that PCB does not lead to
substantial changes in IWB. PCB correlated positively with prohibitive EV, but did not influence promotive EV, which was a significant driver of IWB. Leadership styles were weak predictors of EV and IWB, and LS only partially moderated the PCB-EV relationship. Conclusion: PCB did not lead to positive outcomes. Neither did LS influencing the relationships between PCB and EV or IWB. Further, LS only partially influenced the relationships between variables, and not in a manner which positively influence IWB
Integrating PBL and MT to enhance first-year students’ writing in English second language contexts: A case study of University of Limpopo, South Africa
Get PDFAcademic essay writing also known as student writing, tends to be a challenging task for first-year students in most universities worldwide and in particular for first-year students in English second language contexts in South Africa. This study sought to explore how an integrated project-based learning and mobile technology model can enhance student essay writing in an English second language context. This case study employed a qualitative research approach, and it is underpinned by the Online Collaborative Learning Theory which purports that collaborative learning and knowledge building using technology can promote effective learning. The sampling was purposive, and the data was collected through focus group interviews, observations, and student essays. The findings from the first phase of the study revealed that in general, the first-year English second language students found it difficult and challenging to write English academic essays. The findings from the second and third phases showed that while some students found the integrated project-based learning and mobile technology model challenging because they had very little experience of working collaboratively on a writing project, others, however, found the experience enriching. These students benefitted from the collaboration which involved, interacting, and sharing ideas in their groups, using mobile phones to search for sources as they debated on the relevance of the various sources before agreeing and deciding on the most appropriate and relevant information, then deciding on the best way to approach the essay writing task. To that end, because the students were actively engaged, justifying, and learning from each other, the group essays showed more depth, and the quality of writing was enhanced. The study recommends that the academic essay writing course should be compulsory for first-year English second language students, and it should incorporate the integrated project-based learning and mobile technology model because the students are required to not only focus on the essay writing, but they are also consciously and unconsciously expected to think about, rethink and justify their decisions and actions. This will entail the university amending its policies to allow the students to use their mobile phones in the classroom. In addition, the first-year English lecturers must be trained on how to effectively incorporate the integrated project-based learning and mobile technology model in their teaching to enhance the students’ academic essay writing competencies.D. Phil. (English)Language Education, Arts and Cultur
The influence of joint venture collaboration on the performance of multinational pharmaceutical companies in South Africa
Get PDFThis study investigated the influence of joint venture collaboration on the performance of multinational pharmaceutical companies (MNPCs) conducting business in South Africa. The study sample consist of five international MNPCs engaged in joint venture collaboration agreement, and four local South African non-joint venture collaboration pharmaceutical companies for the purpose of comparison.
The study collected dataset from the consolidated annual financial statements over the period between 2010 and 2019. Firm performance was measured using return on assets, return on equity (ROE) and return on investment (ROI) as dependent variables. Market share, research, and development (R&D) expenditure and capital expenditure (capex) were independent variables, representing market-seeking, knowledge-seeking and efficiency-seeking motives of the company respectively.
The study employed Pedroni residual cointegration test to gauge whether the variables have a long-run relationship. The pooled mean group (PMG) estimator was adopted under the auto-regression distributed lag (ARDL) for both sample-wide and firm-specific estimations.
The findings of the study in the sample-wide estimations were that joint venture collaboration had a significant positive influence on the performance of MNPCs in the long run. However, in the short run, only market share mattered for the performance of the joint venture in the study. When compared with non-joint venture firms in the study, the driver of positive performance in the long run and short run was market share, while capex had a negative effect in both long run and short run. There were also firm-specific differences.
The practical implication of the findings of this study is that, in the long run, joint ventures enhance firm performance; however, market-seeking is the strongest driver of firm performance in the short run. Pharmaceutical firms should therefore pursue joint venture collaboration for long-term survival and intensify efforts to grow market share or seek new markets for short-term growth and survival. Firm-specific differences indicated the need for firm-specific strategies as suitable.D. Phil. (Management Studies)Business Managemen
The role of school management teams in improving Grade 12 learners' performance in Vhembe Education District, Limpopo
Get PDFText in English with abstracts in English, Afrikaans and Setswana with key words only in EnglishThe study explored the roles of the school management teams in improving Grade 12 learners’
performance in the Vhembe Education District, Limpopo. There was a need to conduct this
research to establish the roles of school management teams (SMTs) in improving Grade 12
learners’ performance in the Vhembe Education District. The study was conducted using a
qualitative approach; the data was collected using semi-structured interviews and document
analysis in which three schools were selected through purposive sampling. Two heads of
departments, three deputy principals and three principals in the Vhembe Education District
participated in the study. The data was analysed using thematic approach. The study was
framed by a conceptual framework made up of concepts gleaned from the theory of
instructional leadership.
Among the major findings of the study, SMTs were found to be the core in improving learning
outcomes in Grade 12. Data further showed that the SMTs identified the training needs from
the Quality Management System (QMS) summative evaluation reports and other monitoring
reports. Curriculum challenges were identified through advanced curriculum planning. The
SMTs used the school improvement plans as a strategy to demand accountability from the
educators. The well-planned enrichment programmes and the SMTs commitment to implement
the intervention strategies in the schools had an impact on learner performance. The findings
also showed that effective principals are able to influence active participation of parents and it
enhances teaching and learning in the school. The study recommended Continuous Training of
SMTs on instructional leadership and impact assessment. The study also recommended
advance and strategic curriculum planning in the school, professional support for orphans and
vulnerable children in the school. Finally, strengthen school safety and intermittent
promotion/advocacy of the progression policy.Die studie het die rolle van die skoolbestuurspanne ondersoek om die prestasie van graad 12-
leerders in die Vhembe Onderwysdistrik, Limpopo, te verbeter. Dit was nodig om hierdie
navorsing te doen om die rolle van skoolbestuurspanne (SBS'e) in die verbetering van graad
12-leerders se prestasies in die Vhembe Onderwysdistrik vas te stel. Die studie is met behulp
van 'n kwalitatiewe benadering uitgevoer en die data is versamel deur middel van semi gestruktureerde onderhoude en dokumentanalise waarin drie skole deur middel van doelgerigte
steekproefneming gekies is. Twee departementshoofde, drie adjunkhoofde en drie skoolhoofde
in die Vhembe Onderwysdistrik het aan die studie deelgeneem. Die data is geanaliseer volgens
'n tematiese benadering. Die studie is opgestel deur 'n konseptuele raamwerk wat bestaan uit
konsepte uit die teorie van onderrigleierskap.
Onder die belangrikste bevindings van die studie was dat SBS'e die kern was van die
verbetering van leeruitkomste in Graad 12. Gegewens het verder getoon dat die SBS die
opleidingsbehoeftes geïdentifiseer het uit die Summative Evaluasieverslae van die Quality
Management System (QMS) en ander moniteringsverslae. Kurrikulumuitdagings is
geïdentifiseer deur middel van gevorderde kurrikulumbeplanning. Die SMT's het die
skoolverbeteringsplanne gebruik as 'n strategie om aanspreeklikheid van die opvoeders te eis.
Die goed beplande verrykingsprogramme en die SMT-verbintenis om die intervensiestrategieë
in die skole te implementeer, het 'n invloed op die leerderprestasie gehad. Die bevindings het
ook getoon dat effektiewe skoolhoofde 'n invloed kan hê op die aktiewe deelname van ouers,
en dit verbeter die onderrig en leer in die skool. Ten slotte word die deurlopende opleiding van
SBS'e aanbeveel vir onderrigleierskap en impakstudie, vooruitgang en strategiese
kurrikulumbeplanning in die skool. , Professionele ondersteuning vir weeskinders en weerlose
kinders in die skool, Versterk skoolveiligheid en intermitterende bevordering / voorspraak vir
die vorderingsbeleid.Phuputso e ile ya lekola mesebetsi ya dihlopha tsa botsamaisi ba sekolo ho ntlafatsa tshebetso
ya baithuti ba Kereiti ya 12 Lebatoweng la Thuto la Vhembe, Limpopo. Ho ne ho na le tlhoko
ea ho etsa lipatlisiso tsena ho theha likarolo tsa lihlopha tsa botsamaisi ba sekolo (SMTs) ho
ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea baithuti ba Kereiti ea 12 Seterekeng sa Thuto sa Vhembe. Phuputso e
entsoe ka mokhoa oa boleng bo holimo mme tlhaiso-leseling e ile ea bokelloa ho sebelisoa
lipuisano tse hlophisitsoeng hantle le tlhahlobo ea litokomane moo likolo tse tharo li ileng tsa khethoa ka ho etsa mohlala. Dihloho tse pedi tsa mafapha, batlatsi ba hlooho ya hlooho tse
tharo le dihlooho tse tharo Lebatoweng la Thuto la Vhembe ba nkile karolo thutong. Lintlha li
ile tsa hlahlojoa ka mokhoa o hlakileng. Phuputso e entsoe ke moralo oa mohopolo o entsoeng
ka likhopolo tse fumanoang khopolong ea boetapele ba thuto.
Har'a tse fumanoeng haholo tsa boithuto, li-SMT tse fumanoeng e le khubu ea ho ntlafatsa
sephetho sa ho ithuta Kereiting ea 12. Lintlha li boetse li bonts'a hore SMT e khethile litlhoko
tsa koetliso ho tsoa ho litlaleho tsa tlhahlobo ea boleng bo holimo ba Sisteme ea Tsamaiso ea
Boleng bo Kopaneng (QMS) le litlaleho tse ling tsa tlhahlobo. Liphephetso tsa kharikhulamo
li fumanoe ka moralo o tsoetseng pele oa kharikhulamo. Li-SMT li sebelisitse merero ea
ntlafatso ea sekolo e le leano la ho batla boikarabello ho matichere. Mananeo a ntlafatso a
hlophisitsoeng hantle le boitlamo ba li-SMT ba ho kenya tšebetsong maano a ho kenella
likolong a bile le phello ho ts'ebetso ea moithuti. Liphuputso li boetse li bontšitse hore lihlooho
tsa sekolo tse atlehang li khona ho susumetsa ho nka karolo ka mafolofolo ha batsoali mme e
ntlafatsa ho ruta le ho ithuta sekolong mme qetellong, thuto e boetse e khothalelitse Thupelo e
Tsoelang Pele ea li-SMTs mabapi le boetapele ba thuto le tlhahlobo ea litlamorao, nts'etsopele
le moralo oa moralo oa kharikhulamo sekolong Ts'ehetso ea litsebi bakeng sa likhutsana le
bana ba tlokotsing sekolong, Ho matlafatsa polokeho ea sekolo le ho phahamisa / ho buella
leano la tsoelo-pele.M. Ed. (Educational Management)Educational Management and Leadershi
An evaluation of the implementation of community policing in Sophiatown
Get PDFText in English, abstracts in English, Southern Sotho and ZuluThe aim of this study is to evaluate the implementation of community policing in Sophiatown. The study was undertaken to determine the quality of the relationship between the police and the community; and to identify the challenges impacting on the implementation of community policing. A qualitative research approach, with the evaluation research design was followed. Data was collected using one-on-one and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with the police and community. Creswell’s Spiral Data Analysis in qualitative studies was used to analyse data collected. When analysing data collected, themes like understanding and implementation of community policing, community police-relations, establishment and responsibility of Community Police Forums (CPFs), challenges and possible solutions to challenges experienced by the forums emerged. The findings indicated a bifurcate understanding of what community policing entails, a shortage of resources, limited mutual trust and corruption. For recommendations, this study established that on-going training, development of criteria for CPF and policy on resourcing CPFs are required.Inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuhlola ukuqhutshwa kohlelo lwezokuphoyisa umphakathi endaweni yezokuphoyisa yaseSophiatown. Ucwaningo lwenziwa ngesizathu sokuthola izinga lobudlelwano obuphakathi kwezesiphoyisa kanye nomphakathi; kanye nokubona izinselela lezo ezinomthelela phezu kokusetshenziswa kohlelolwezokuphoyisa umphakathi. Kuye kwalandelwa idizayini yocwaningo olwencike kwingxoxo. Kuye kwaqoqwa idatha ngokusebenzisa izinhlelo zezinhlolombono zokuxoxisana nomuntu ubuso nobuso kanye nenhlolombono eqonde kumaqembu kanye nesiphoyisa kanye nomphakathi. Ukuhlaziywa kwedatha ejikelezayo kaCreswell kwindlela yocwaningo olwencike kwingxoxo luye lwasetshenziswa ukuhlaziya idatha eqoqiwe. Uma kuhlaziywa idatha eqoqiwe, izihloko ezinjengokuzwisisa uhlelo lwezokuphoyisa umphakathi, ukusetshenziswa kohlelo lwezokuphoyiswa komphakathi, ubudlelwano phakathi kwesiphiyisa kanye nomphakathi, ukusungulwa kanye nomsebenzi wamaforamu esiphoyisa omphakathi, izinselelo kanti-ke nalokho okungaba yizixazululo kwizinselelo ezihlangabezana namaforamu kuye kwavela. Ulwazi olutholakele luye lwaveza izingxenye ezimbili zolwazi lwalokho okuqukethwe wuhlelo lwezokuphoyiswa komphakathi, ukwentuleka kwemithombo, ubudlelwano obunokuthembeka okunomngcele kanye nobukhohlakali.Maikemišetšo a dinyakišišo tše ke go sekaseka go phethagatša ga tlhapetšo ya setšhaba ka lefelong la bohlapetši la Sophiatown. Dinyakišišo tše di dirwa go tseba boleng bja kamano magareng ga maphodisa le setšhaba; le go tseba ditlhohlo tšeo di amago go phethagatša bohlapetši bja setšhaba. Tlhamo ya dinyakišišo tša boleng e dirišitšwe. Tshedimošo e kgobokeditšwe ka go šomiša dipoledišano tša go bolela le motho ka sebele le dipoledišano le sehlopha tšeo di dirwago ke maphodisa le setšhaba. Tshekatsheko ya tshedimošo ka didikong ya mokgwa wa dinyakišišo tša boleng ya Creswell e šomišitšwe go sekaseka tshedimošo ye e kgobokeditšwego. Ge go sekasekwa tshedimošo ye e kgobokeditšwego, merero ya go swana le go kwešiša bohlapetši bja setšhaba, go phethagatša bohlapetši bja setšhaba, dikamano tša bahlapetši ba setšhaba le setšhaba, go hloma diforamo tša bohlapetši bja setšhaba le maikarabelo a tšona, ditlhohlo le ditharollo tše di ka kgonagalago tša ditlhohlo tšeo di itemogelwago ke diforamo tše di hlomilwego. Dikutollo di laeditše dikwešišo tše pedi mabapi le gore bohlapetši bja setšhaba bo ra go reng, tlhokego ya methopo, tshephano ye e hlaelelago le bomenetša.M.A. (Criminal Justice)Police Practic
Student user experience of a mobile learning application at an ODeL institution in the Gauteng Province
Get PDFThe advancements in technology and the adoption of online inventions have offered
numerous opportunities for Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) institutions to conduct
learning through mobile devices. ODeL institutions provide students with timeless
learning through mobile learning applications (MLAs) without having to consider
geographic boundaries. The provision of MLAs is meant to improve the overall learning
experience of students. Therefore, it is important to find out if the user experience of
students as primary users of the MLAs has been improved.
This study investigated the factors that influence the user experience of students when
interacting with a mobile learning application at a higher education institution. The
study proposed a framework of factors that influence the user experience of students
when using an MLA. The framework can serve as a guideline to provide insight
concerning the perceptions, challenges and experiences encountered when using the
MLA. The framework can also serve as a guideline when developing MLAs.
The factors influencing the user experience of students when interacting with a mobile
learning application were identified by conducting a literature review that resulted in
the construction of a conceptual framework. The conceptual framework contributed to
the formulation of the open-ended interview questions of this study. The qualitative
data of the study was collected from University of South Africa students in the Gauteng
province. Thematic analysis and the Atlas.ti software were used to analyse the
qualitative data. The results of the analysed data indicated that the factors of user
experience that were identified do influence the user experience of students when
using the MLA. The proposed framework was presented as a contribution of this study.M.Sc. (Computing)School of Computin
The effectiveness of methods to assess teachers’ performance in Mafikeng Secondary Schools, South Africa
Get PDFThe study investigated the effectiveness of methods to assess teachers’ performance in Mafikeng, South Africa. As enshrined in the South African Constitution, every learner has the right to quality education. It is therefore critical to examine the effectiveness of teachers’ assessment methods used in schools for quality assurance. A qualitative research approach and a case study design were used. Three secondary schools were conveniently selected to take part in the study. The population of the study was composed of Principals, Heads of Departments (HODs) and teachers with experience in teachers’ performance assessment. Data was collected through focus group interviews with teachers and in-depth interviews with principals and HODs. Document analysis was also used during data collection to ensure the credibility of the study. Thematic data analysis and presentation revealed that participants understood teacher performance assessment. It also revealed benefits associated with teacher assessment such as improved quality teaching and learning, teachers’ professional development and attainment of school goals. Findings further indicated that assessment timelines differ in selected schools. Principals, HODs, School Development Teams, Peer educators and concerned educators conduct teacher assessments. The methods that were used for teacher performance assessment are IQMS which consist of lesson observation, peer and self-assessments and assessments outside the classroom. Some schools used informal school-based assessment. Findings further revealed that IQMS is not an effective tool for teachers’ assessment because it is associated with many challenges such as too much paperwork, lack of feedback, training, and development. The study recommended that School Management Teams should work in consultation with Circuit Managers to continuously monitor the implementation of the performance assessment for quality assurance and provide prompt and constructive feedback. The Department of Education should conduct research and benchmark with international countries on the teacher performance assessment methods. They should develop clear, accurate and coherent models for the implementation of Continuing Professional Teacher Development and Quality Management System. Stufflebeam’s CIPP model of 1983 can be benchmarked with when implementing the new QMS in 2022.M. Ed. (Education Management)Educational Management and Leadershi
The South African Police Service : the experiences of forensic police officers exposed to critical incidents
Get PDFBackground to the study: Forensic police officers are exposed to critical incidents, and the
exposure to critical incidents may differ, depending on the individual concern, leading to a
traumatic situation that may require psychological intervention. Against this background, the
study investigated the psychological effect of critical incidents on forensic police officers.
Research method: The study adopted a qualitative research approach in order to understand
the experiences of forensic police officers exposed to critical incidents and how they react to
traumatic conditions after attending critical incidents. The type of qualitative research design
adopted was a case study, which was used to describe the individual situation to identify key
issues that could be analysed. The purposive sampling method was applied when selecting
participants to help the researcher obtain participants who had been directly exposed to
critical incidents and could relate their experiences very well during the interviews. Five
forensic police officers were selected to participate in the study, and the sample included the
24 – 59 age group. All the participants had more than five years of experience in the forensic
services division. Unstructured interviews were used to collect information from the
participants about their experiences as forensic police officers.
Theoretical framework: The ecological system theory provides a holistic approach that
encompasses a broader framework of the relationship forensic police officers have with their
environment. This theory helped to understand participants’ self‐awareness, family relations,
and participation in various groups of communities, and how that impacted a working
environment that exposes individuals to critical incidents during the execution of activities
and functions.
Research findings: As much as some of them felt a calling to become forensic police officers,
we cannot overlook the fact that critical incidents have a negative impact on forensic police
officers. Those who participated in the study indicated that they are exposed to the following
types of critical incidents while attending crime scenes: suicide, murder, serious injury,
advanced decomposed bodies, gunshot wounds, and death due to fire.
Concluding remarks: It is clear that exposure to critical incidents has negatively impacted
forensic police officers, and there is a need for the South African Police Service (SAPS) to
provide enough support for them to cope well with the effects of critical incidents. This study
was a platform for forensic police officers to share their experiences and will educate the
public about the work of forensic police officers. The study will also become a referral for
future research studies on the exposure to critical incidents of members of the SAPS.M.A. (Psychology)Psycholog
The role of discipline in circumventing school violence in selected secondary schools of Mamelodi township in Gauteng
No full textThis study focuses on violence occurring in schools from a holistic perspective. The increase in the number of violent cases reported as directed towards learners and teachers in most township schools located in the Tshwane South District prompted the researcher to focus his attention on a search for new and viable strategies that would be suitable and effective for the circumvention or reduction of the level of violence in schools. Therefore, this study further focused on the role that proper discipline could play in circumventing school violence.
A qualitative research approach was used in the empirical investigation. The study was conducted at ten secondary schools located in Mamelodi township in Gauteng province. Purposeful sampling comprised ten school principals, ten members of the School Governing Body (SBG) (parent component), ten members of learner representative councils (LRCs), and 50 teachers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with principals, SGB members and learners from LRCs. Qualitative survey questionnaires were completed by teachers. Data were analysed and interpreted using the Constant Comparative method of data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that most teachers lack effective administrative training and support in handling issues of discipline and curbing violence. The educational level of the parent component of the SGB should be considered, as lack of education limits and interferes with the quality of policy making, interpretation and implementation, pertaining to school discipline.
It was concluded that teachers, learners and parents need to be workshopped on how to effectively deal with discipline. The major recommendations of this study are that the department of education should include in its curriculum topics that deal with violent behaviour such as bullying, drug abuse, domestic violence, and suicidal thoughts in school subjects such as life orientation, and that tertiary institutions should also design and make available researched and tested conflict and violence management programmes; and infuse them into the tertiary education curriculum.Hierdie studie fokus op geweld wat in skole voorkom vanuit 'n holistiese perspektief. Die toename in die aantal gewelddadige voorvalle wat aangemeld word en wat gerig is op leerders en onderwysers in die meeste township-skole in die Tshwane-Suid-distrik het die navorser genoop om sy aandag te vestig op 'n soeke na nuwe en lewensvatbare strategieë wat geskik en effektief kan wees om geweld in skole te bekamp. Hierdie studie het verder gefokus op die rol wat behoorlike dissipline kan speel om skoolgeweld te hanteer.
'n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering is in die empiriese ondersoek gebruik. Die studie is uitgevoer by tien sekondêre skole in Mamelodi township in die Gauteng provinsie. Doelgerigte steekproefneming het bestaan uit tien skoolhoofde, tien skoolbeheerliggaamslede (ouerkomponent), tien leerderraadlede en 50 onderwysers. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is gevoer met skoolhoofde, lede van die skoolbeheerliggaam (ouerkomponent) en leerders van die leerderraad. Kwalitatiewe opnamevraelyste is deur onderwysers voltooi. Data is ontleed en geïnterpreteer deur gebruik te maak van die Constant Comparative-metode van data-analise. Die bevindinge van die studie het aan die lig gebring dat die meeste onderwysers nie oor doeltreffende administratiewe opleiding beskik nie en nie die nodige ondersteuning kry om kwessies van dissipline te hanteer of om geweld te bekamp nie. Die opvoedkundige vlak van die ouerkomponent in die beheerliggaam moet aandag kry, aangesien die gebrek aan opleiding die kwaliteit van beleidmaking, interpretasie en implementering, met betrekking tot skooldissipline, beperk en daarmee inmeng.
Daar is tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat onderwysers, leerders en ouers 'n werksessie moet kry oor hoe om dissipline doeltreffend te hanteer. Die hoofaanbevelings van hierdie studie behels dat die departement van onderwys die onderwerpe van gewelddadige gedrag by die kurrikulum moet insluit en dat tersiêre instellings ook bewese konflik- en geweldbestuursprogramme by hul onderwyskurrikulum behoort in te sluit.Phuputso ena e shebane le pefo e etsahalang likolong ho latela pono e akaretsang. Keketseho ea palo ea linyeoe tsa merusu e tlalehiloeng joalo ka ha e tobisitsoe ho baithuti le matichere likolong tse ngata tsa makeisheneng tse Seterekeng sa Tshwane Boroa e ile ea etsa hore mofuputsi a tsepamise maikutlo ho batleng maoala a macha a ka bang a loketseng le a sebetsang bakeng sa ho qoba kapa phokotso ya boemo ba dikgoka dikolong. Ka hona, phuputso ena e ile ea boela ea shebana le karolo eo khalemelo e nepahetseng e ka e bapalang ho qoba pefo ea sekolo.
Ho ile ha sebelisoa mokhoa oa ho etsa lipatlisiso tsa boleng lipatlisisong tsa mahlale. Boithuto bona bo entsoe likolong tse leshome tsa sekondari tse fumanehang lekeisheneng la Mamelodi profinseng ea Gauteng. Sampling e nang le morero e ne e na le baokameli ba likolo tse leshome, litho tse leshome tsa Sehlopha se Busang sa Sekolo (SBG) (karolo ea batsoali), litho tse leshome tsa makhotla a baemeli ba baithuti (LRCs), le matichere a 50. Lipuisano tse sa hlophisehang li ile tsa etsoa le mesuoe-hlooho, litho tsa SGB le baithuti ba tsoang LRCs. Lipotso tsa tlhahlobo ea boleng li ile tsa tlatsoa ke matichere. Lintlha li ile tsa hlahlojoa le ho hlalosoa ka mokhoa oa Constant Comparative oa tlhahlobo ea data. Liphuputso tsa phuputso li senotse hore matichere a mangata ha a na koetliso e matla ea tsamaiso le tšehetso mabapi le ho sebetsana le litaba tsa khalemelo le ho thibela pefo. Boemo ba thuto ba karolo ea motsoali ea SGB bo lokela ho nkoa, kaha khaello ea meeli ea thuto le ho kena-kenana le boleng ba ho etsoa ha maano, tlhaloso le phethahatso, e amanang le boitšoaro ba sekolo.
Ho ile ha phethoa ka hore matichere, baithuti le batsoali ba lokela ho rupeloa mabapi le mokhoa oa ho sebetsana le khalemelo ka katleho. Litlhahiso tse kholo tsa phuputso ena ke hore lefapha la thuto le kenyelletse litabeng tsa kharikhulamo tse buang ka boitšoaro bo mabifi joalo ka bompoli, tšebeliso e mpe ea lithethefatsi, tlhekefetso ea malapeng, le menahano ea ho ipolaea lithutong tsa sekolo tse kang thuto ea bophelo, le hore litsi tsa thuto e phahameng le tsona li lokela ho etsa joalo. rala le ho etsa hore ho be le manane a entsoeng lipatlisiso le a lekiloeng a taolo ea likhohlano le pefo; le ho li kenya lenaneong la thuto e phahameng.Ph. D. (Educational Management)Educational Leadership and Managemen
Analysis of livelihoods and food security of poor urban households: the case of urban productive safety-net beneficiaries in Ethiopia
Get PDFSocial protection, including social assistance or safety nets, is considered a proven means of
reducing poverty, promoting livelihood, improving food security and nutrition status of the
poorest households. The Government of Ethiopia has initiated and implemented various policies
and programmes, including urban productive safety net programme, to address urban challenges.
Many studies have been conducted in Ethiopia on food security and livelihoods related topics;
however, most of them are focused primarily on rural areas and in relation to the rural productive
safety net programme. Although these studies are helpful in terms of the methodologies
employed and the evaluation issues to be dealt with, their findings do not necessarily apply to the
urban context. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to analyse the livelihoods and
food insecurity status of poor urban households involved in the UPSNP in Ethiopia with special
emphasis to Addis Ababa city. The study followed descriptive research design and employed
concurrent mixed methods approach using both quantitative and qualitative data from primary
and secondary sources. The primary data were collected from 200 UPSNP beneficiary
households, located in four sub cities of Addis Ababa, through a survey questionnaire. In
addition, data from 28 key informants and from field observations were collected from primary
sources while the secondary data were obtained through literature and document reviews. The
findings of the study indicated that the status of livelihoods of the beneficiary households has
shown improvement though it has been challenged by increasing prices and the incidence of
COVID-19. While there have been some desirable improvements in the food insecurity level of
the beneficiary households, they have still been not food secure. Increasing prices, incidence of
COVID-19 pandemic, loss of employment, and increasing house rent were identified as the most
important factors that made households vulnerable to food insecurity and that have negatively
affected their livelihood outcomes. In addition, the beneficiaries perceived a moderate
contribution of the UPSNP to their livelihood assets, livelihood strategies and livelihood
outcomes. On the basis of the findings, recommendations on improving the wage rate or
increasing working days, reinforcing the coping mechanisms of beneficiary households,
enhancing the contribution of the UPSNP to livelihoods, along with further research were
forwarded.D. Phil (Development Studies)Development Studie