An early career in the military: a developmental-contextual perspective.
- Authors: Kotze, M.E. , Duvenhage, A.
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Internal career development , Developmental patterns
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5687 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2932
- Description: Young professional military officers' experience of their internal career development was studied longitudinally from a life-span, life-space approach. Significant transitions between the life roles of worker, student and leisurite, with concomitant changes in their value system, away from traditional military values towards occupationalism, were confirmed. Gender differences were found for the work and community roles as well as in the developmental patterns of the need for authority, creativity, cultural identity, physical activities, social relationships and variety. Significant differences between the career development profiles of military and civilian students with regard to life roles were revealed.
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- Authors: Kotze, M.E. , Duvenhage, A.
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Internal career development , Developmental patterns
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5687 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2932
- Description: Young professional military officers' experience of their internal career development was studied longitudinally from a life-span, life-space approach. Significant transitions between the life roles of worker, student and leisurite, with concomitant changes in their value system, away from traditional military values towards occupationalism, were confirmed. Gender differences were found for the work and community roles as well as in the developmental patterns of the need for authority, creativity, cultural identity, physical activities, social relationships and variety. Significant differences between the career development profiles of military and civilian students with regard to life roles were revealed.
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Career and life-balance of professional women: a South African study.
- Authors: Whitehead, T. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Physical well-being , Mental well-being , Career performance , Career success , Life-balance moments
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5685 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2930
- Description: A woman’s ability to balance multiple life-roles is directly related to her physical and mental well-being, and her career performance and success. This study aims to infer a theoretical framework for the in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of life-balance in the lives of 24 South African professional women. The Grounded Theory as a qualitative method was applied to derive a theory about the phenomenon inductively. Purposeful sampling was used to identify 24 professional women. In-depth interviews and a group session were conducted to gather data, and to confirm themes and concepts on which the theoretical framework was based. It was concluded that life-balance is a life-process with a cyclical nature, and a useful tool for achieving personal growth. Life-balance is therefore not “one, single ultimate experience”, but a series of individual experiences unfolding over time, which could be better described as “life-balance moments”.
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- Authors: Whitehead, T. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Physical well-being , Mental well-being , Career performance , Career success , Life-balance moments
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5685 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2930
- Description: A woman’s ability to balance multiple life-roles is directly related to her physical and mental well-being, and her career performance and success. This study aims to infer a theoretical framework for the in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of life-balance in the lives of 24 South African professional women. The Grounded Theory as a qualitative method was applied to derive a theory about the phenomenon inductively. Purposeful sampling was used to identify 24 professional women. In-depth interviews and a group session were conducted to gather data, and to confirm themes and concepts on which the theoretical framework was based. It was concluded that life-balance is a life-process with a cyclical nature, and a useful tool for achieving personal growth. Life-balance is therefore not “one, single ultimate experience”, but a series of individual experiences unfolding over time, which could be better described as “life-balance moments”.
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Die verband tussen loopbaanvolwassenheid, rolbelangrikheid en akademiese prestasie: 'n verkennende studie.
- Authors: Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: Career maturity , Academic performance , Work values , World of work
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5686 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2931
- Description: The relationship between career maturity, role importance and academic performance: an exploratory study. Academically successful and -unsuccessful students were compared with regard to their career maturity, life role importance and work values. The experimental design provided for two matched groups. The subjects were 14 pairs of first year students in a career directed degree course. Academically unsuccessful students measured significantly higher with regard to participation in, commitment to and value expectations of their role as worker. The same group of students also measured more career mature with regard to decision-making, world-of-work information and career planning. No significant differences were found for work values. More research is necessary to confirm the possible explanations for the results.
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- Authors: Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: Career maturity , Academic performance , Work values , World of work
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5686 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2931
- Description: The relationship between career maturity, role importance and academic performance: an exploratory study. Academically successful and -unsuccessful students were compared with regard to their career maturity, life role importance and work values. The experimental design provided for two matched groups. The subjects were 14 pairs of first year students in a career directed degree course. Academically unsuccessful students measured significantly higher with regard to participation in, commitment to and value expectations of their role as worker. The same group of students also measured more career mature with regard to decision-making, world-of-work information and career planning. No significant differences were found for work values. More research is necessary to confirm the possible explanations for the results.
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The application of super's theory in the military: culture and gender in the life roles of young professional officers.
- Authors: Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: Political changes , Societal changes , Fundamental transformation , Student population
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5689 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2934
- Description: Political and societal changes in South Africa have resulted in the fundamental transformation of amongst others the personnel composition of the National Defence Force in order to be more representative of the South African population as a whole. As a corollary to this process, the South African Military Academy is making a determined effort to increase the number of black and female students within its student population.
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- Authors: Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: Political changes , Societal changes , Fundamental transformation , Student population
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5689 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2934
- Description: Political and societal changes in South Africa have resulted in the fundamental transformation of amongst others the personnel composition of the National Defence Force in order to be more representative of the South African population as a whole. As a corollary to this process, the South African Military Academy is making a determined effort to increase the number of black and female students within its student population.
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The influence of a ropes course development programme on the self-concept and self-efficacy of young career officers.
- Authors: Stadler, K. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: Adventure training , Self-concepts , Self-efficacy , Self-description questionnaire , General self-efficacy scale
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5688 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2933
- Description: The aim of this study was to determine whether adventure training could be utilised to enhance the self-concepts and self-efficacy of young career officers in the South African National Defence Force. A quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test and post-post-test was used. Two measuring instruments were administered, namely the Self-description Questionnaire III and the General Self-efficacy Scale. No statistically significant improvement was measured in the various dimensions of the self-concepts and self-efficacy of members of the experimental group, but some encouraging indications of change in the experimental group were observed after the intervention. The implications of the findings are discussed further.
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- Authors: Stadler, K. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: Adventure training , Self-concepts , Self-efficacy , Self-description questionnaire , General self-efficacy scale
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5688 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2933
- Description: The aim of this study was to determine whether adventure training could be utilised to enhance the self-concepts and self-efficacy of young career officers in the South African National Defence Force. A quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test and post-post-test was used. Two measuring instruments were administered, namely the Self-description Questionnaire III and the General Self-efficacy Scale. No statistically significant improvement was measured in the various dimensions of the self-concepts and self-efficacy of members of the experimental group, but some encouraging indications of change in the experimental group were observed after the intervention. The implications of the findings are discussed further.
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Work-life balance: a study in the petroleum industry.
- De Villiers, J.C., Kotze, M.E.
- Authors: De Villiers, J.C. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Work-life balance , Work-life imbalance , Work-life conflict , Role interference , Role overload
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5684 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2929
- Description: A qualitative study was completed to discover how employees of a company in the petroleum industry define and experience the phenomenon of work-life balance, to identify the workplace determinants of work-life imbalance and to elicit some solutions for the problem. It was found that work-life balance is a personal issue that varies across time and situations and the underlying conflict experienced pertains to role overload and role interference. The most significant work-life conflict arises from complex workplace issues, including managing change, supervisory and technical competences, leadership, roles and accountabilities, and culture. Solutions to address the workplace issues, as well as the development of individual balance-enabling skills, are suggested.
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- Authors: De Villiers, J.C. , Kotze, M.E.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Work-life balance , Work-life imbalance , Work-life conflict , Role interference , Role overload
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5684 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2929
- Description: A qualitative study was completed to discover how employees of a company in the petroleum industry define and experience the phenomenon of work-life balance, to identify the workplace determinants of work-life imbalance and to elicit some solutions for the problem. It was found that work-life balance is a personal issue that varies across time and situations and the underlying conflict experienced pertains to role overload and role interference. The most significant work-life conflict arises from complex workplace issues, including managing change, supervisory and technical competences, leadership, roles and accountabilities, and culture. Solutions to address the workplace issues, as well as the development of individual balance-enabling skills, are suggested.
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