A Predictive Model relating Work Stressors, Burnout and Ill-health of Accountants in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Smith ◽  
Nicolene Barkhuizen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Work Stressors

scholarly journals Work-Family Stressors and Work-Family Satisfaction: Effect of Sense of Coherence at a Metropolitan Municipality

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Ethel N. Abe ◽  
Isaac I. Abe ◽  
Ziska Fields ◽  
Ganiyu O. Idris
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Family Stressors ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Work Family

This article contributes to emergent research by examining the linkage between work–family stressors and their effect on work-family satisfaction (WFS) at a metropolitan municipality in South Africa. Extant literature on stress has either not adequately examined the linkage between domain specific stressors and domain specific satisfaction or have suggested models with direct connections. The present study suggests a mediating model and assesses the mediation. Specifically, it claims that sense of coherence (SOC) plays a mediating part in the in the work and family stressors - WFS relationship. This mixed methods research applied a variance-based structural equation modelling (Partial Least Squares) to a sample of 307 professional level employees at a metropolitan municipality in South Africa. The finding supports the importance of SOC and its influence on WFS. Additionally, mediation hypotheses theorise how SOC plays a critical mediating influence in the work-family stressor-WFS relationship. Data analysis suggest that (a) work stressors and WFS interrelated in a manner that SOC fully mediated the effect of work stressors on WFS (b) SOC partially mediated the relationship between family stressors and WFS. The findings have both theoretical and practical implications. 

Population dynamics of the sugarcane borer, Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Natal, South Africa

1989 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Atkinson ◽  
A. J. M. Carnegie
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Lower Mortality ◽  
Eldana Saccharina ◽  
Natural Mortality ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Climatic Indices ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

AbstractInfestations of the sugarcane pest Eldana saccharina Walker have been consistently serious in one part of the cane-growing belt of Natal, South Africa. Mortality in this region over seven years was estimated from moth catches in light traps, checked against population change measured from extensive larval counts, and plotted against climatic indices. The object was to construct a predictive model to illustrate mortality in other regions of the cane belt, to which infestations have spread in recent years. The spread southwards along the coast did not seem to have resulted from a decrease in natural mortality, but the spread to higher altitudes appeared to be due to lower mortality associated with warmer and drier years. The phenology of the insect and the effect of the annual harvesting cycle on phenology are discussed.

scholarly journals Developing a predictive model of subjective organisational culture

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annalie Strydom ◽  
Gert Roodt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Private Healthcare

The objective of this theory development study was to propose a predictive model of subjectively perceived organisational culture with biographic variables, job satisfaction and personality variables as predictors. A countrywide sample of convenience drawn from a population of nurses (N = 3456) of a private healthcare service provider in South Africa yielded 713 completed questionnaires (response rate = 21%) that were obtained in multiple sessions. Goal directedness, a dimension of organisational culture, was significantly positively related to all three measures of satisfaction (imposed personal demands, extrinsic satisfaction and intrinsic satisfaction), while internal climate was significantly negatively related to the three satisfaction dimensions. Other significant findings are reported on.

Community Violence and Young South African Children's Involvement in Aggression

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Liddell ◽  
Jane Kvalsvig ◽  
Pumla Qotyana ◽  
Agnes Shabalala
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
South African ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
African Children

Five-year-old children from four different communities in South Africa were observed during their everyday patterns of play and social participation. The communities differed in terms of the levels of community violence that researchers encountered during two years of data collection. The results indicated that children from more violent communities were significantly more likely to be involved in aggressive episodes, and that this was particularly so in cases where children had more contact with older boys and men. The predictive model for involvement in aggression, as developed in this study, illustrates the importance of combining demographic variables with variables pertaining to children's actual behaviour. The results are also discussed in terms of their implications for young South African children; although growing up in violent communities is associated with greater involvement in aggressive behaviour, the degree to which this can be considered seriously pathological is called into question by some of the results.

scholarly journals Work-Family Stressors and Work-Family Satisfaction: Effect of Sense of Coherence at a Metropolitan Municipality

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2(J)) ◽  
pp. 74-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethel N. Abe ◽  
Isaac I. Abe ◽  
Ziska Fields ◽  
Ganiyu O. Idris
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Family Stressors ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Work Family

This article contributes to emergent research by examining the linkage between work–family stressors and their effect on work-family satisfaction (WFS) at a metropolitan municipality in South Africa. Extant literature on stress has either not adequately examined the linkage between domain specific stressors and domain specific satisfaction or have suggested models with direct connections. The present study suggests a mediating model and assesses the mediation. Specifically, it claims that sense of coherence (SOC) plays a mediating part in the in the work and family stressors - WFS relationship. This mixed methods research applied a variance-based structural equation modelling (Partial Least Squares) to a sample of 307 professional level employees at a metropolitan municipality in South Africa. The finding supports the importance of SOC and its influence on WFS. Additionally, mediation hypotheses theorise how SOC plays a critical mediating influence in the work-family stressor-WFS relationship. Data analysis suggest that (a) work stressors and WFS interrelated in a manner that SOC fully mediated the effect of work stressors on WFS (b) SOC partially mediated the relationship between family stressors and WFS. The findings have both theoretical and practical implications. 

scholarly journals Predicting voluntary turnover in employees using demographic characteristics: A South African case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton F. Schlechter ◽  
Chantal Syce ◽  
Mark Bussin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Demographic Characteristics

Purpose: Employee turnover presents arguably the biggest threat to business sustainability and is a dynamic challenge faced by businesses globally. In South Africa, organisations compete to attract and retain skilled employees in an environment characterised by a burgeoning skills deficit. Turnover risk management is becoming an important strategy to ensure organisational stability and promote the effective retention of employees. The purpose of this research was to contribute to the practice of turnover risk management by proposing an approach and constructing a model to predict employee turnover based on demographic characteristics readily available in a human resource information system.Design: An exploratory research design was employed. Secondary quantitative data were extracted from an existing human resources database and analysed. Data obtained for 2592 employees in a general insurance company based in South Africa and Namibia formed the basis for the analysis. Logistic regression analysis was employed to predict employee turnover using various demographic characteristics available within the database. A likelihood ratio test was used to build a predictive model and the Akaike information criterion and Schwarz criterion were used to test how much value each variable added to the model and if its inclusion was warranted. The model was tested by conducting statistical tests of the significance of the coefficients. Deviance and Pearson goodness-of-fit statistics as well as the R-square test of significance were used. The overall goodness-of-fit of the model was also tested using the Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test.Findings: The current findings provide partial support for a predictive model explaining employee turnover. The model tested 14 demographic variables and the following five variables were found to have statistically significant predictive value: age, years of service, cost centre, performance score and the interaction between number of dependants and years of service. It is proposed that these five demographic variables be used as a model to help identify employees at risk of turnover or termed as flight risks.Practical implications: Gaining an understanding of the factors that influence employee voluntary turnover can be instrumental in sustaining workforce stability. The proposed model could help human resources professionals identify employees at risk of turnover using data that are readily available to them. This will further enable the use of targeted interventions to prevent turnover before it happens. Decreased levels of turnover will result in cost saving, enhanced talent management and greater competitive advantage.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

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