scholarly journals Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South African context

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 8 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Elmi Muller
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
South African ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Context

scholarly journals Indicators of corporate financial success: Similar studies in South Africa and the USA, different results

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
JHvH De Wet ◽  
Y. Erasmus
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Financial Success ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Context ◽  
Local Companies

Purpose: The aim of this study was to test whether findings by Johnson and Soenen (2003) regarding indicators of successful companies in the USA also apply to South African JSE-listed companies. Problem investigated: To date, no South African study has tried to determine the indicators of the financial success of local companies specifically along the lines of Johnson and Soenen's (2003) study. Determining whether the indicators found to be most highly significant in the US study also apply in South Africa would constitute valuable information in the South African context. Approach: The study tested the significance of the linear relationships between possible indicators of financial success and three measures of financial success for South African companies and compared them to the results of the US study. Findings: The findings revealed that the relationships are far less significant for South African companies. Value of research: The study highlighted the fact that indicators of financial success for US companies are not necessarily contributors to the success of South African listed companies and that models developed in different environments should therefore be used with caution when applied in South Africa. Conclusion: Further studies need to be undertaken in order to identify the most significant South African indicators of corporate financial success.

scholarly journals Perspectives on preaching (in building up missional churches)

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malan Nel
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
South African ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Original Research ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Context ◽  
Local Congregations ◽  
Missional Churches

Preaching is considered to be a core ministry in building up local congregations. Within the Reformed tradition this is even truer. The researcher has, over years, tried to discern certain core �qualities� of preachers and principles for preaching that will accomplish building local congregations into missional units. Assuming that preachers are serious about leading congregations towards true missionality, the article attempted to focus on a few of these core criteria for both preacher and preaching. In doing so, the article drew mainly on the wisdom of well-known preachers in the USA, wisdom that will be used to guide the researcher�s future empirical study of preaching in the South African context. Prof. M�ller, who is honoured in this Festschrift, wrote his DD thesis on preaching and I hope that this will reconnect his current work to his original research.

scholarly journals Assessing the dimensionality of three LMX instruments within a diverse cultural and linguistic context

Psihologija ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Anton Grobler ◽  
Rose Mathafena
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
The South ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Context

Multiple versions of the Leader-member exchange (LMX) instruments are widely utilized for exploring the quality of exchange between the leader/supervisor and the employees in leadership studies. Despite widespread usage, validation studies outside the USA are scarce. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of three versions of LMX instruments in the South African context. The factor structure, validity, and reliability of the respective versions were explored. The sample comprised of employees from the private (3598) and public (2640) sectors, from 106 organizations, across three independent studies. A three-factor structure was reported for 11 and 12 item instruments, which is different from the original four factor structure. The unidimensional 7 item instrument reported exceptionally good fit. The results of this study are useful for leadership researchers within the South African context, as they can use the LMX instruments with confidence, but it raises a question about the common practice of using foreign developed instruments for research purposes without testing its transferability to that specific context.

scholarly journals Disability claims on psychiatric grounds in the South African context: A review

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matlhodi T Mokoka ◽  
Solomon T Rataemane ◽  
Monika Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Work Rehabilitation ◽  
The South ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
African Context ◽  
Alternative Position ◽  
Specific Disorders

We review the nature of disability claims on psychiatric grounds in the South African context, including factors contributing to disability claims, specific disorders usually leading to disability claims, impairment and disability, assessing the degree of impairment, guidelines in assessing psychiatric disability, ethical considerations, consequences of medical boarding, and rehabilitation. Psychiatrists should consider the potential benefits of supervised and mentored work rehabilitation programmes, graded return to work or an appropriate alternative position in consultation with employers.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context

‘Limping, Yet Made to Climb a Mountain!’ Re-Reading the Vashti Character in the Hiv And Aids South African Context

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’A Mphahlele)
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
External Factor ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
African Women ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Land Grabbing ◽  
The Bible ◽  
History Of ◽  
African Context

The history of the Christian Bible’s reception in South Africa was part of a package that included among others, the importation of European patriarchy, land grabbing and its impoverishment of Africans and challenged masculinities of African men. The preceding factors, together with the history of the marginalization of African women in bible and theology, and how the Bible was and continues to be used in our HIV and AIDS contexts, have only made the proverbial limping animal to climb a mountain. Wa re o e bona a e hlotša, wa e nametša thaba (while limping, you still let it climb a mountain) simply means that a certain situation is being aggravated (by an external factor). In this chapter the preceding Northern Sotho proverb is used as a hermeneutical lens to present an HIV and AIDS gender sensitive re-reading of the Vashti character in the Hebrew Bible within the South African context.

Reimagining Intersectionality and Social Exclusion in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khosi Kubeka ◽  
Sharmla Rama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Social Division ◽  
Common Reference ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
African Context

Combining the theories of intersectionality and social exclusion holds the potential for structural and nuanced interpretations of the workings of power, taking systemic issues seriously but interpreting them though social relations that appear in local contexts. An intersectional analysis of social exclusion demonstrates to what extent multiple axes of social division—be they race, age, gender, class, disability or citizenship—intersect to result in unequal and disparate experiences for groups of youth spatially located in particular communities and neighborhoods. A common reference point is therefore power and how it manifests at the intersection of the local and global. A South African case study is used to explore the subjective measures and qualitative experiences of intersectionality and social exclusion further. The unique ways that language intersects with space, neighborhood, and race in the South African context, enables opportunities in education and the labor market, with profound implications for forms of social exclusion.

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