Department of Industrial Pyschology

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    A Qualitative Study of the Problems Experienced by Black Career Women in the Border Region
    (University of Fort Hare, 1993-02) Sishuba, Nandipha Megan
    Black women in South Africa are exposed to double discrimination, because they are both black and women. However, very little is known about the black career woman, particularly the problems she experiences, her strengths which make her to move upwards on the occupational ladder despite her problems. This investigation explored these issues within a qualitative research paradigm, using a phenomenological approach. Ten black career women in the Border region were interviewed using a semi-structured interview to elicit responses about the problems they experience as black career women. Existing research on career women has tended to concentrate on white career women and there is also a lack of qualitative research in this area.
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    The relationship between employees' perceptions of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes and employee engagement: The case of South African tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape Province.
    (University if Fort Hare, 2012-11) Buwu, Julia Tanyaradwa
    HIV/AIDS and employee engagement has become the greatest fear of most organisations in the 21 st century resulting in the failure of many organisations. HIV/AIDS affects all organisations, whether profit-making or non-profit making, such as tertiary institutions. Organisations have devised HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes in order to reduce discrimination against and stigmatisation of infected employees, thereby providing a favourable working environment which results in employees becoming engaged with their organisations. In this regard, this study focused on the relationship between employees' perceptions> of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes and employee engagement. The study focused only on academic staff at the two selected tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Results indicated that academic staff in tertiary institutions are engaged with their work and the organisation and that academic staff have positive perceptions of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes provided by their organisations. The findings also revealed that there was a positive statistically significant relationship between employees' perceptions of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes and employee engagement.