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Precision approaches to food insecurity: A spatial analysis of urbanhunger and its contextual correlates in an African city
(Elsevier, 2022)
Although progress has been made in addressing hunger and poor diets in African cities, many urban res-idents still suffer from food insecurity, and there is large heterogeneity within cities. We examine spatialvariations ...
Career competencies for academic career progression: Experiences of academics at a South African university
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
An understanding of career competencies is critical for the progression of academic
careers, as it influences the availability of adequate and capable academic staff at all levels
within universities. The study aimed to ...
Walking the tightrope of job demands and resources: Leveraging work engagement to counter turnover intentions of information technology professionals
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Organisations within the banking industry are increasingly confronted with attraction
and retention challenges within their Information Technology (IT) divisions, driven by
an increase in demand for skilled resources ...
Towards a framework to implement a digital agriculture value chain in South Africa for small-scale farmers
(AOSIS, 2022)
Digital technology adopted in agriculture value chains (AVCs) improves
efficiency. There is a need to understand why some actors benefit more than others in AVCs
and why this pattern at a global level is replicated ...
Women academics and the changing psychological contract during Covid-19 lockdown
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
This study examines the psychological contract between academics and their
institutions during a time of great stress—the COVID-19 pandemic. Given
that relationships between these parties have been found to be ...
Perceptions of trust in the context of social cohesion in selected rural communities of South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
Although nuances around the definitions and contextualization of social cohesion subsist, this paper views social cohesion through the lens of social cooperation and togetherness within a collective in geopolitical terms, ...
Influential factors impacting leadership effectiveness: A case study at a public university
(AOSIS, 2022)
As a result of increased globalisation and rapid changes in the technological, social, economic and political spheres, the environment in which businesses and organisations function has become increasingly volatile, ...
Micro-perspective lens on entrepreneurs in the early stage of business: Expectations vis-à-vis realities
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
In the early stage of business, which is where most new ventures fail, many entrepreneurs experience discrepancies
between their entrepreneurial expectations and business realities. These discrepancies referred to by this ...
South African higher education institutions at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic: Sense-making and lessons learnt
(Frontiers, 2022)
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on the way forward. This study aimed to reflect ...
Are intentions to change, policy awareness, or health knowledge related to changes in dietary intake following a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in South Africa? A before-and after study
(BMC, 2022)
Background In April 2018, South Africa implemented the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), one of the first sugarsweetened
beverage (SSB) taxes to be based on each gram of sugar (beyond 4 g/100mL). The objectives of this
study ...