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The role of emotional intelligence and autonomy in transformational leadership: A leader member exchange perspective
(AOSIS, 2020)The role of emotional intelligence, autonomy and leader member exchange (LMX) is examined in the relationship between transformational leadership and unit-level performance.The goal of the present study was to investigate ... -
The role of family in the township informal economy of food and drink in KwaMashu, South Africa
(Emerald, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative investigation of family employment dynamics in the KwaMashu township economy. Using a small area census research method, the researchers identified 1,556 businesses ... -
The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)Recent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism, with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’. This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining ... -
The role of intergovernmental relations in response to a wicked problem: An analysis of the COVID-19 crisis in the BRICS countries
(Fundacao Getulio Varagas (FGV), 2021)Globally, policy environments have become increasingly more complex with the growth in the number of wicked problems, such as that posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In their response to these problems, public administrations ... -
The role of psychological capital in the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement
(AOSIS, 2018)ORIENTATION: The focus on positive psychology in the workplace includes interest in engagement of employees and the conditions and/or characteristics that explain variance in engagement levels. RESEARCH PURPOSE: ... -
The role of social security in respecting and protecting the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa: Final report
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)This is the final report of a project entitled ‘Lone Mothers in South Africa: The role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity’. The project was inspired by research undertaken for the South African ... -
The role of social security in respecting and protecting the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa: Summary of findings and recommendations
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers ... -
The Role of Social Security in Respecting and Protecting the Dignity of Lone Mothers in South Africa: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers and ... -
Rural jobs: Commodity sector possibilities and constraints – the case of smallholder irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape
(2015-10-10)• NDP – 1 million new jobs in agriculture; largely premised on expanding the area under irrigation • Cousins – “The evidence from Tugela Ferry and other irrigation schemes shows that where [small-scale farmers] have ... -
Rural land redistribution in South Africa: Contrasting visions and models
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa is in deep trouble. However, there are very different perspectives on what should be done to address the failure to meaningfully redistribute land and resolve ... -
Rural livelihoods in South Africa: complexity, vulnerability and differentiation
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)The livelihoods of South Africa’s rural African poor have long been characterized by diverse activities, and intertwined with urban opportunities. This paper examines the interlinked nature of land, employment and rural ... -
Rural resource grabs or necessary inward investment? The politics of land and water in Africa
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015)What has happened since the furore broke over the corporate land rush in Africa? Field-based research has exposed new realities that challenge the linear suggestions of a ‘grab’. As the process unfolds and our understanding ... -
Rural settlement
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)The focus of South Africa s land reform programme is the acquisition of land and securing tenure rights. Land reform has provided many people with land. However, access to land is only one component of settlement. Settlement ... -
A scan of rural civil society
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)PLAAS commissioned Phuhlisani to undertake a review of rural civil society, to explore innovative ways in which researchers and organisations in rural civil society can work together in linking research to policy ... -
Schmidtsdrift community land claim
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)The historic land of the Schmidtsdrift community lies along the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province, along the R300 road to Griquastad, approximately 71 km west from Kimberley and 53 km north-east from ... -
Scoping review of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on unplanned pregnancy
(AOSIS, 2022): Increased pressure on the healthcare system because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) along with national lockdown policies had consequences on the sexual and reproductive health of women. While the pandemic has ... -
Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)South Africa’s inland fishery resource endowment has been overlooked as a means of supporting sustainable livelihoods in the democratic era, lacking a guiding policy and legislation aligned with the country’s rightsbase ... -
Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa: Volume 2. Case studies of small-scale inland fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Small- scale fishing on inland waters is a widespread livelihood activity which has been overlooked in environmental policy and management arrangements flowing from South Africa’s democratic Constitution. This has ... -
Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(Nutrients, 2019)Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ... -
Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(MPDI, 2019)Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ...