The mining industry of the 21st century
- Authors: Marwala, Tshilidzi, Prof.
- Date: 2014-02-25
- Subjects: Mining - South Africa , Mining industry - South Africa
- Type: Other
- Identifier: uj:5353 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9546
- Description: The mining industry has been a significant contributor to the South African economy for over 100 years and it currently contributes 18% to the economy. The richest city in Africa, the City of Johannesburg was built on the backbone of the mining industry. If the mining industry was to collapse, the South African economy will trail behind Nigeria. One distinguishing factor about the Mining Industry in South Africa is that it relies quite extensively on labour. In this regard, the mining industry directly employs 491,519 people.
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Intergroup conflict within a South African mining company
- Authors: Havenga, Werner , Visagie, Jan , Linde, Herman , Gobind, Jenni
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Mining industry - South Africa , Intergroup dynamics , Conflict management , Industrial relations
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5903 , ISSN 1993-8233 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8022
- Description: 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 the perceived sources of intergroup conflict in a South African mining company. The aim of this research is to investigate intergroup conflict and to look into how intergroup conflict influences employment relations throughout all levels of the organization. From a probability population of 1000 in the twelve departments a random sample of 200 employees was chosen to participate in the research. This number represents 20% of the total population. Intergroup conflict was analysed and evaluated. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations made on the occurrence of intergroup conflict based on the findings of the literature and empirical study. Data frequencies, correlations and a correlation analysis were performed through the SPSS programme.
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