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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Biographical Characteristics"”.
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The influence of biographical characteristics on emotional concerns of new first-year students at the University of Zululand
… investigates whether there is any influence of biographical factors on the emotional concerns of New First Year Students at University of Zululand It focuses on age, gender and sex as the biographical factors. A quantitative method was used and data was collected from 82 participants. Pearson’s …
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Tracing Social Science: The Manuscript Review Process
… Review between 1977 and 1982 and professional-biographical characteristics of authors, editors and reviewers were examined to identify and describe factors influencing the decision to publish or reject manuscripts. Following a review of the relevant literature in the sociology, history and …
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The prevalence and sources of perceived occupational stress among teachers in Western Australian government metropolitan primary schools
… stress and stressors when categorised by socio-biographical characteristics of teachers. Fourth, the study investigates the relationship between occupational stress and satisfaction. Fifth, path analysis techniques are used to test the adequacy of a stress-stressor model derived from a priori …
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Educators’ experiences in dealing with teenage pregnancy
… further examined the influence of educators’ biographical characteristics like age, gender, race, teaching experience, educational level and religious affiliation on their experiences in dealing with teenage pregnancy. The study further looked at the extent to which educators experience stress …
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The relationship between biographical information and managerial potential as assessed on a sales management assessment centre
… valuable. One such means is biodata, or biographical information, upon which basis the selection of staff has traditionally occurred, in line with the truism that past behaviour is predictive of future success. This study was thus designed to identify the biographical characteristics …
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An investigation into sources of teacher stress in rural secondary schools
… different stress factors also show that certain biographical characteristics are significant mediators in teachers' perception of sources of stress, that is to say, these contribute to teachers' assessment of their emotional, physical and psychological well-being. Teachers have also reported on …
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Organisational commitment after a transformation process at a provincial government department
… significant differences exist based on the biographical characteristics (namely, gender, race, tenure, marital status, age and job level) but these characteristics do not significantly explain the variance in organisational commitment for this organisation. A limitation of the research is …
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Towards a model for determinants of occupational stress among teachers in KwaZulu-Natal
… any significant effects exist between teachers' biographical characteristics and perception of the nature of work-related stress factors. To this end, a standardized scale (KPQ) was used for eliciting teachers' personality dimensions and the researcher's own scale, Occupational Stress Inventory …
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An identification of the factors that influence graduate satisfaction with a management development training program
… between satisfaction and certain demographic and biographical characteristics.
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A study of the relationship between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intentions amongst call centre agents in a call centre in the Western Cape.
… agents in a call centre in the Western Cape. A biographical questionnaire, Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), Organisational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) and Intention to Quit Scale were administered to the respondents. Once the questionnaires were returned the raw data was captured …
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Principal-parent partnership in relation to the creation of culture of teaching and learning in schools
… whether parents' educators' and principals' biographical factors such as gender, age, academic qualification nature of stakeholder as well as the highest grade of the school have any influence on their partnership role which they play in creating a culture of teaching and learning. The last …
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Principals', educators' and parents' partnership in creating a culture of teaching and learning in schools
… whether parents' educators' and principals' biographical factors such as gender, age, academic qualifIcation nature of stakeholder as well as the highest grade of the school have any influence on their partnership role which they play in creating a culture of teaching and learning. The last …
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Investigating the Sleep-Burnout Connection and Its Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Medical Registrars at a University in South Africa
… (WHOQOL-BREF). Additional measures included biographical characteristics, clinical training demands, working hours, and screen-time behaviours. Descriptive statistics characterised the sample profile. Pearson’s chi-square tests were used to examine associations between categorical variables, …
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Beyond Stacking: An Exploration of the Impact of Background on Leadership Recruitment and Positional Segregation in Division-I Womens Basketball
… which explores the influence of racial or ethnic characteristics on the playing positions assignments for athletes. In addition to testing for the evidence of traditional interpretations of leadership recruitment and positional segregation, this study explored the potential of adding different …
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Factors Affecting Mobility Rates of Principals and Teachers in Canadian Seventh-day Adventist Schools : 1970-78
… a few actual school board practices, and some biographical characteristics of school board members, teachers, and principals in these schools, to provide supplementary information that may lead to further identification of intrinsic or other factors that affect teacher and principal …
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Organisational climate, organisational practices and service delivery in a local government
… climate dimensions and some of the biographical characteristics, namely age, service years and job leveL Employees with more years of service experience higher levels of organisational climate, than emlpoyees with fewer years of service. A significant difference in communication was …