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Item A decent work-needs-professional development model: A case of rural teachers at Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa(University of Fort Hare, 2024-11) Dlaza, Zikhona; Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Chudzikowski, K.This study aims to test a decent work, needs-professional development model of rural teachers to determine the effect of decent work on teacher professional development. Specifically, the study explores the role of need satisfaction (i.e., survival, social contribution, and self-determination) in the relationship between decent work and rural teacher’s professional development. Rural teachers face distinct challenges that are unique to their environment. These challenges stem from several sources linked to impoverishment, lack of resources, isolation, and overcrowded classrooms. Subsequently, this determines the degree to which teachers participate in professional development activities that impact the provision of quality education. Therefore, this study seeks to understand how improving work conditions (decent work) can influence teachers' professional growth in these settings. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 330 rural teachers in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study analysed the data using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results of the SEM indicated that decent work has a positive but non-significant effect on teacher professional development. Moreover, decent work positively and significantly predicted the needs satisfaction of rural teachers. Survival need satisfaction mediated the effect of decent work on rural teachers' professional development, while social contribution and self-determination need satisfaction had no significant mediating effect. The findings of this study suggest that the more the rural teachers perceive their work as decent and feel that their survival needs are fulfilled, the more they participate in teacher professional development activities. Furthermore, the study extends the literature on the antecedents of teacher professional development, and the results can offer some implications. Specifically, it can guide policymakers in developing targeted interventions to address the specific challenges that rural teachers face and impact their access to professional development programmes. Practitioners and educational stakeholders can use the study’s findings to advocate for the work conditions that fulfil the needs of rural teachers as a strategy to enhance teaching practices and career development prospects. In the epilogue, this study is critical because it highlights the importance of addressing decent work conditions that fulfil the needs of rural teachers as a strategy to enhance their professional development.Item Advanced Organisational Behavior: IPS 603, Degree Examinations November 2018(University of Fort Hare, 2018-11) Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Mahembe, B.Item Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 602, Degree Examinations November 2017(University of Fort Hare, 2017-11) Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Dachapalli, L.P.Item Advanced Strategic Management: BEC 522/E, Degree Examinations November 2019(University of Fort Hare, 2019-11) Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Roberts-Lombard, M.Item Change Management: IPS 605, Degree Examinations November 2018(University of Fort Hare, 2018-11) Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Mahembe, B.Item Determinants of the intention to adopt social media to manage crime: the case of police officers at Zwelitsha provincial office(University of Fort Hare, 2023-09) Kwetani, Nyameka; Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Cilliers, L.Orientation: The use and adoption of social media by public organisations facing characterised by numerous challenges, particularly in engaging and communicating with the public. The emergence and integration of new technological innovation and services has compelled the South African Police Service to identify the appropriate technology and facilities that can be applied to improve their professional practice but also their services and relationship with the Community Policing Forums. Social media has not only become a disruptor in government organisations but a valuable technological tool that the South African Police Service can use to manage crime. Research purpose: The study aims to investigate the determinants that influence the adoption of social media to manage crime among police officers at the Zwelitsha Provincial Office. Research approach/design and method: A quantitative research approach was used to gather information through a self-administered questionnaire. A sample of 206 SAPS employees in the Zwelitsha Provincial Office participated in this study. The Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. The Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique was used. Main findings: The findings of this study showed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions had a positive effect on the intention of social media adoption by police to manage crime. Facilitating conditions were significant when considering the actual use behaviour of South African Police Service employees when using social media to manage crime. Practical implications: The study results practically contribute to social media adoption by South African Police Service employees to manage crime. Secondly, the study may assist the management of the South African Police Service in developing a policy around social media use and improving the employees' adoption of social media to manage crime.Item Strategic Management: BEC 323/E, Degree Examinations November 2019(University of Fort Hare, 2019-11) Chinyamurindi, W.T.; Viljoen, K.; Roberts-Lombard, M.