Department of Industrial Pyschology

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    Job insecurity and Work-family conflict in relation to Job engagement in the Energy Industry in selected organisations in Amathole District.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2014) Chamisa, Shingirayi Florence
    Most employees are failing to meet the competing work related and household strains leading to burnout, absenteeism and loss of the few existing highly skilled employees. The current study utilised the Job Demand-Resources Model to examine the relationship between job insecurity and work-family conflict on the one hand and job engagement on the other hand among technical personnel within selected Eskom depots in the Amathole District Municipality of the Eastern Cape. There is limited research regarding the impact of job insecurity and work-family conflict on job engagement among technicians in the energy industry. A quantitative cross-sectional survey was used. The sample (N= 221) comprised of technicians from Eskom branches. Data was collected through the questionnaire method and SPSS was used for data analysis.
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    Locus of control and its impact on job satisfaction and organisational commitment
    (University of Fort Hare, 2009-12) Urayai, Tinashe
    Previous research has indicated that employee attitudes toward their work could possibly have an influence on their behaviour in the organisation. Job satisfaction and organisational commitment are employee attitudes that have been widely studied by researchers. Satisfied and committed employees have been found to exhibit positive behaviours in the workplace such as low absenteeism and turnover rates, and higher job performance. The current research attempted to determine whether an individual's locus of control was associated with his/her level of job satisfaction and organisational commitment. The hope is that if an association is established, management might be able to shift an individual's locus of control, and so influence employee attitudes towards positive organisational behaviour among employees. A total of 101 respondents served as the sample. The sample consisted of all managerial and non-managerial employees employed at SAB and Johnson & Johnson in East London. Stratified random sampling was used for the present study. The Work Locus of Control Scale (Spector, 1988), the Internal-External locus of control scale (Rotter, 1966) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Weiss, Dawis, Englana & Lofquist, 1967) were used to collect data from the respondents.
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    Work-life balance among self-initiates academic expatriates: An explanatory study of academic at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa
    (University of Fort Hare, 2015) Harry, Tinashe Timothy
    This research investigated how self-initiated academic expatriates managed their work-life balance while in a foreign country. As many people are now self-initiating their career movement from one country to another, there is a need to understand how the self-initiated academic expatriates are managing the balance between work lives and personal lives. The research discussed and made use of a narrative and story-telling method in understanding the experiences of self-initiated academic expatriates. In order to generate knowledge specific to the local African context as most studies were conducted outside of Africa, narrative and storytelling method was seen as most suitable. A total of 25 participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews.