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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Employment situation"”.
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Gender equality: moving into a new South African era
… has given • women recognition as equal in employment opportunities. This legislation has given women the opportunity to test gender equality in present day South Africa. It is this quest for complete gender equality and equal opportunity legislation that I intend to analyse to see if it …
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A comparative analysis of African and Coloured employment in the Cape Peninsula, with specific reference to trends in employer and employee reactions to their work environment
This dissertation examines African and Coloured employment in the Cape Peninsula from a variety of perspectives. A descriptive analysis is given of the existing Cape employment situation which serves as a factual basis from which the reader can obtain an objective overview. Exploratory case studies …
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The office secretary a study of an occupational group of women office workers
… the occupation in the general context of women's employment and in particular to examine the relationship between the secretary's job and occupational and social mobility. Information was obtained from two separate' sources: a) a sample of employers in central London and all the secretaries they …
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Clerical Workers: Acquiring the Skills to Meet Tacit Process Expectations Within a Context of Work Undervaluation and Job Fragility
… today have become increasingly vulnerable to unemployment, precarious employment and underemployment. In this research, an Ontario-wide survey with approximately 1200 respondents (including 120 clerical workers) and in-depth interviews with 23 Toronto clerical workers were combined to explore …
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Benefits and Losses: Non-Traditional Adult Learners Returning To Education
… of barrier to adult learning (dispositional, situational, institutional). The main research method was analysis of the data in the light of the relevant literature. The findings were: that individual award winners’ experiences were predominantly positive, even when they did not lead to secure, …
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Public works as a response to labour market failure in South Africa
Unemployment has been rising in South Africa for the last three decades, leading to official unemployment rates of 26.4% (37% if the broad definition is used). This implies a jobless total of 7 million, with more than 40% of the rural population unemployed, and the development of a growing pool of …
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Business ethics: the process of making a moral decision in the workplace
… decision which they have made within their employment situation. Their narratives and their maps are then analysed. Four themes emerge relating to gender, emotions, virtues and membership of communities. On gender, general support is indicated of Gilligan's theory relating to ethics of …
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The motivation of staff in the outdoor education industry
… and variety could be found from within a stable employment situation and that, as a result, the outdoor industry needed to adopt a different approach to career structure. A second model, the redeveloped career pyramid, was suggested to demonstrate these recommendations.
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A phenomenological analysis of the subjective meaning of being part of the police services at a police station in the Uthungulu district.
… historical and present socio-political and crime situation within the South African context With the subsequent changes after the establishment of a new democracy, people's perceptions and views have shifted. The social conception that once was, has changed vastly. The author focused on the …
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Occupational Identity Assessment Among Middle and Late Adolescents
… The effects of the variables sex, class level, employment situation, and parental financial dependence upon the scale scores were examined.</p> <p><em>Results</em>. Four factors were identified for the four occupational identity statuses. They accounted for 49 percent of the total variance. …
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Young People and Migration in Ghana
… decision-making process? What are the precarious employment and living situation associated with young migrants? In what ways do social networks support young migrants in the migration process? What role does migration for work play in the lives of young migrants and their left behind families? …
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Youth unemployment and the transition from school to work in Cape Town
… use these human capital investments in gainful employment. In the introductory chapter, the perspective taken is to look at the labour market entry situation through the eyes of the youth. What does the employment situation look like to the youth as they consider leaving education to enter the …
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Identity capital and graduate employment: an investigation into how access to various forms of identity capital relates to graduate employment
… in education will be rewarded through positive employment outcomes. The dearth of research into graduates' personal circumstances which contribute to whether these expectations translate into reality was the starting point for this PhD thesis. Specifically, the thesis considered the role of …