
Pfano MashauUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal | ukzn · Graduate School of Business and Leadership
Pfano Mashau
Doctor of Philosophy
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The purpose of the study is to contribute to an understanding of the role universities' innovation and entrepreneurship transforming structures play during a crisis. To suggest the use of the adapted Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) model that will guide the interdepartmental and intradepartmental collaboration processes concerning innovatio...
This study researches the burgeoning landscape of cannabis cultivation and entrepreneurship within the context of South Africa, with a specific focus on the Indigenous Khoisan and Bantu communities. As cannabis legalization continues to evolve globally, it presents an opportunity for historically marginalized groups to participate in the emerging m...
The research aimed to examine the effects of healthcare digitisation and the growing influence of the fourth industrial revolution in Africa. This study used a desktop literature review approach on the latest peer-reviewed journal articles on how digitalisation is influenced by the fourth industrial revolution in Africa. The findings of the study c...
The purpose of this research was to examine how banking digitalisation acts as a catalyst for money transfers and economic development between countries of origin and country of labour migration in Africa. This chapter used desktop research to understand how improvements in banking digitalisation using different platforms is transforming African mo...
There has been a slow uptake of distance education over a period of time. However, this has gradually changed to online education as many institutions adopted digitalisation. COVID-19 brought about forced digitalisation of education with a number of challenges that came to the fore. The study utilised a review of peer reviewed journal articles in G...
Since 2019, the coronavirus pandemic has fastened technology adoption in higher education institutions. Numerous activities of higher education institutions, including assessments, had to be reconfigured to suit the new order, and technology became more prominent. This desktop study examines the challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-1...
Purpose: The study is aimed to contribute to an understanding of the drivers of innovation that lead to practical solutions at South African Universities. Theoretical Framework: This article borrows from both Institutional Theory and organizational Theory’s perspectives on innovation. Those theories are crucial in exploring the views of employees a...
Following an international wave of legalizing cannabis for medical, recreational and economic reasons, South African national government have been encouraging entrepreneurs to participate in related cannabis technology and innovation. The gap is in the urban customer perceptions towards the legal cannabis industry to assist in aligning existing pol...
The challenges brought by COVID-19 challenged all sectors of society,
including public diplomacy. Public diplomacy through the adoption of
social media and other digital platforms was transformed into mainstream
digital diplomacy. The chapter sought to understand how social media use
by diplomats during COVID-19 forced or allowed the introduction o...
This chapter aims, firstly, to conduct a literature review on the agency theory, which is the core theory of corporate governance, and, secondly, to further strengthen the theory. It is the theory also used in many other fields such as politics, accounting, business, and law. The chapter starts a debate on the link between agency theory and steward...
This chapter explores how COVID-19 negatively impacted society and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and how social media marketing, promoting, and influencing played a role in rescuing and resuscitating some of the SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter investigates the use of social media during the hard lockdown due to mitigation measures...
This article examines the extent to which COVID-19 limits the movement of people or migration and the implication of this restriction for nation-building. It argues that the more people comply with the COVID-19 social distance order, the greater the implications for national integration and social cohesion in Africa. Indeed, extant studies on COVID...
Corporate governance is becoming more widely recognised as a key factor in determining an organisation's overall performance. The King Code I-IV was created to provide a corporate governance framework for South African corporations that is easy to understand and follow. The fourth industrial revolution forces change and flexibility, necessitating i...
This paper aims to explore the impact of covid-19 on the future of migration and
mobility. The emergence of covid-19 in 2019 was initially less understood, but when
the spread of cases worsened the world closed borders in early 2020 as it was
understood how the virus spread. This led to many restrictions in terms of
international travel, local trav...
The purpose of this article is to table the nature of investment climate through a perspective of public investment. The investment climate of a city is the responsibility of the city’s municipal management (Biyase & Rooderick, 2018). Thus, this article provides insight into public investment in order to highlight the public sector’s role to ensure...
The objective of this research is to understand the effectiveness of National Development Agency (NDA) training; the study investigates the effects of training design characteristics (training content) and learning on training effectiveness. The study looked into the effect of training design factor consisting of training content and acquisition of...
Cost management is a strong pillar of an organisation’s success. In an endeavour to manage costs, most organisations implement various cost containment measures. This research study examines the impact of cost cutting measures to staff performance (achievement of targets and quality) and staff morale. This study examined whether cost cutting measur...
Industrialization is still viewed by many countries as a tool for achieving economic growth and development (Sampath, 2016). Almost all countries that have attained growth have followed an industrialization trajectory (Xu & van Leeuwen, 2016; Szirmai, 2012). Britain— with the introduction of the industrial revolution— and other countries that follo...
Industrialization is still viewed by many countries as a tool for achieving economic growth and development (Sampath, 2016). Almost all countries that have attained growth have followed an industrialization trajectory (Xu & van Leeuwen, 2016; Szirmai, 2012). Britain— with the introduction of the industrial revolution— and other countries that f...
It is difficult to think of a situation where businesses can do well without the use of modern office technology, in particular, items like computers and telephones. It is extremely difficult to determine if businesses depend on technology or if technology creates business opportunities. Modern office technology is correlated with positive change i...
Youth unemployment is a problem that requires different diagnoses from different stakeholders, and informal business is important for local economic development. However, the youth are not much involved in the informal sector. Youth involvement in the informal sector will help address youth unemployment. This article aims to evaluate the impact of...
The study aimed at establishing the critical factors underlying the improvement of service delivery within the Department of Public Works in South Africa by ensuring that key elements of service delivery (cost effectiveness of services, high quality services and timeous delivery of services) are adhered to. Durban Regional Area was selected as the...
Retention of talented workforce is the most crucial issue business sectors are faced with today as a result of brain drain.Talent has become the driving force for business success. Most employees leave due to lack of professional challenges, having received little or no recognition, and the absence of career growth and development. The purpose of t...