Jan Visagie¹

• Prof. (DCom)
• Researcher at North West University South Africa Potchefstroom

Automation, and new technologies, have become well-known terms over the last few decades but with this new "fame" a few negative aspects as well. Automation has always carried a particular shadow of fear wherever it went. This fear includes the anxiety of replacement, the fear of unemployment, the fear of conflict between employees and employers an...

The objective of this exploratory study was to determine whether there are any differences in the use of conflict-handling (management) styles between men and women among entrepreneurs of small businesses in South Africa, and to compare the results against the conflict-handling styles used by male and female executives in organisations in Nigeria....

The South African workplace is confronted with many leadership challenges, specifically those relating to the employment relationship between subordinates and their supervisors. A high-quality relationship is essential, considering the work-family spillovers employees experience. Limited research has been conducted on the potential positive and neg...

Purpose: Consequently, the purpose of this review paper is to trace the historical and conceptual evolution of CSR. Design: Literature review Findings: Company must respond to meet demand in order to be more reputable and remain profitable. Contesting views have given birth to a myriad of theories on CSR over the past decades as a clear testimony t...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of perceived transformational and transactional leadership styles on communication styles among employees in manufacturing organisations within South Africa. Respondents were a purposive sample of 564 employees of South African manufacturing organisations (females = 45%; white = 45.4%). The employees comp...

Abstract Public hospitals increasingly experience the effect of inadequate public healthcare as they struggle to cope with increased demand for their services, such as; fewer resources, staff shortages and healthcare budgetary cuts. The purpose of the research was to investigate the prevalence of interpersonal conflict by examining the preferred c...

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the perception and handling of interpersonal conflict within the gender spectrum compilation of biological sex and gender identity. The empirical analysis utilised a cross-sectional survey design, with a combined convenience quota sample of employees (N=133). This consisted of top, middle and l...

This study examined the relationship between employee participation and union membership. The researchers are of the opinion that employee participation will have a negative effect on union membership and therefore do not favour employee participation programs. In providing insight into the relationship between employee participation and union memb...

In this paper, the opinions and perceptions of employees and managers regarding employee participation were examined. In doing this, attention was paid to the various meanings of employee participation as understood by employees and managers as well as identifying various themes and sub-themes of employee participation available in the organisation...

Abstract Public hospitals increasingly experience the effect of inadequate public healthcare as they struggle to cope with increased demand for their services, such as; fewer resources, staff shortages and healthcare budgetary cuts. The purpose of the research was to investigate the prevalence of interpersonal conflict by examining the preferred c...

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the perception and handling of interpersonal conflict within the gender spectrum compilation of biological sex and gender identity. The empirical analysis utilised a cross-sectional survey design, with a combined convenience quota sample of employees (N=1 33). This consisted of top, middle and...

KEYWORDS Behaviour Conflict. Gender Differences. Gender Identity. Job Fulfilment ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study was to investigate the perception and handling of interpersonal conflict within the gender spectrum compilation of biological sex and gender identity. The empirical analysis utilised a cross-sectional survey design, with a c...

Employment regulations as a collective term include all forms of legislation or negotiated rules that guide the employment relationship. The purpose of this article is to determine the perceived clarity and trust of employment regulations (e.g. employment contract, the disciplinary code and procedure, the grievance procedure and the performance app...

The aim of this article was to investigate the psychosocial risk environment influencing employee behaviour, and subsequently the trust relationship between employer and employee. The unique nature and commonness of negative acts, such as unsafe behaviour, human errors, poor performance and negligence (also referred to as unsafe practices) are expl...

The reality today is that organizations and leaders are faced with unrelenting demands to change. Globalisation, competitiveness and ever changing business environments have forced organisations to constantly consider innovative changes. The challenge today is for leaders to be able to reduce the resistance to change, and thus allowing for successf...

This paper is concerned with the assessment of risks in the manufacturing industry and the effects thereof on employee wellbeing, performance ability and consequently on the labour relationship between employee and employer. The centre of this paper relies on the interaction between the person and the machine and the design of the interface between...

There are still several myths around leadership in spite of the fact that it is one of the most topi cal issues in modern organisations. The importance thereof and contributions of leadership in high performing organisations can never be underestimated. Leaders play an important role in an organisation as social architects by creating vision and st...

Satisfaction at work has become a widespread focus of researchers. The Gallup Q12 Workplace Audit is an instrument that measures employee engagement on a 12-item scale. The aim of this exploratory study was to revisit the validity and reliability of the Gallup Workplace Audit (GWA) as a measure of employee engagement in a petrochemical company. Fur...

Until recently, human resource management has been considered inappropriate and too costly for small businesses and consequently research in this direction has been at a relatively minimum level. It is also evident that the effectiveness and competitiveness of SMEs can be increased through the application of sound HRM practices. In order to establi...

The objective of this exploratory study was to determine whether there are any differences in the use of conflict-handling (management) styles between men and women among entrepreneurs of small businesses in South Africa, and to compare the results against the conflict-handling styles used by male and female executives in organisations in Nigeria....

The success of any change intervention depends on the leadership of the organisation. It is therefore important to note that leadership is an enabler of any type of change. Quite often organisations require transformational leadership for the successful implementation of any change intervention. Transformational leaders focus on three critical acti...

The reality today is that organizations and leaders are faced with unrelenting demands for change. Globalisation, competitiveness and ever changing business environments have forced organisations to constantly consider innovative changes. The challenge today is for leaders to be able to reduce the resistance to change, thus allowing for successful...

The primary objective of this study was to establish what factors currently influence trade unions as organisations in South Africa and the European Union and then to compare these factors. To conduct this study a pure literature examination was done. Firstly the levels of trade unionism were established and thereafter the factors contributing to t...

It has been generally recognised that the workforce in its diversity is changing and that these changes affect the leaders and managers and increase the levels of complexity and diversity in organisations. In order to manage and optimise the increasingly diverse workforce, exceptional abilities of managers and leaders are required. The objective of...

ABSTRACT Researchers generally accept that bullying is behaviour that is aggressive or negative and carried out repeatedly. Previous research established that bullying can occur in any context where people interact. This article opens by synthesising a conceptual framework of negative acts as an interactive form of organisational behaviour from the...

THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKPLACE BULLYING AND ITS PREVALENCE AT A MINE IN MPUMALANGA

The dynamic relationship, such as mentoring relationships, has led to achievements and success in organisations. Within the current financial constraints and skills shortages, the successes within small groups, such as mentoring relationships, warrant investigation. This case study investigated the success of mentoring relationships in the pulp and...

The new understanding of diversity involves more than increasing the number of different identity groups on the payroll. An important proposal is that the experience of diversity in an organisation results from pervasive styles of management. This article dealt with the specific paradigms of diversitymanagement and leadership style theory used to a...

Levels of engagement within an organization can have substantial and measurable impacts upon the outputs of an organization. The objective of this exploratory study was to establish, the difference between employee engagement before and after a business and culture transformation intervention in the workplace. The participants of an IT firm represe...

The growing importance of managing workplace diversity necessitates investigating leadership style as a component of diversity management experience. The article described the interactionist viewpoint as an underpinning theory in the study of leadership style as a component of diversity management experience. The employee experience of diversity ma...

Blumer (1962) regarded the ‘many possibilities of uncertainty as inherent to the process of joint action.’ Joint action reflects the efforts of participants to work out the line of action in light of what they observe each other doing. Leadership appears to be approached from two fundamental perspectives: an organisational perspective (the influenc...

The uncertainty that accompanies organizational change heightens prospects for intra organizational conflict. Notwithstanding this, the knowledge base on the sources (or causes) of organizational conflict is underdeveloped – largely as a result of a low incidence of empirical research, and in particular in South Africa. The current study explored t...

The objective of this study was to determine and compare by means of an empirical study whether there exists a significant difference in the handling of interpersonal conflict between two totally different organisations. The study made use of the Rahim Organisational Conflict Inventory – ROC-II instrument to determine the extent of usage of five co...

This paper explores the impact of affirmative action on the culture of small business enterprises in South Africa. The functions of organizational culture are explored and utilized to reach a deeper understanding of the desired impact of affirmative action. Managers are identified as holding key roles as change agents. Recommendations include manag...

South Africa’s entry into the 1990s has been dramatic. Changes are taking place on political, social and economic fronts at an increasingly rapid pace and past practices are being openly challenged. Changes invoke concerns, fears and hopes. Rather than resisting the reform process, one must concentrate on managing it. The changes taking place in So...

South Africa’s entry into the 1990s was dramatic. Change has become a reality and change always implies both opportunities and threats. The new government’s Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) being a statement of intent, outlines definite principles in promoting small, medium and micro enterprise (SMMEs) in South Africa. South Africa ha...

South Africa's entry into the 1990s was dramatic. Change has become a reality and change always implies both opportunities and threats. Rather than resisting the reform process, one must concentrate on managing it. The faster the pace of change, the more intense the management process will become.

The uncertainty that accompanies organizational change heightens prospects for intra-organizational conflict. Notwithstanding this, the knowledge base on the sources (or causes) of organizational conflict is underdeveloped – largely as a result of a low incidence of empirical research, and in particular in South Africa. The current study explored t...

Verhandeling (MComm)--PU vir CHO, 1988. Bibliografie: blaaie 168-176.