Confirming theoretical pay constructs of a variable pay scheme
- Ncube, Sibangilizwe, Bussin, Mark H.R., De Swardt, Lukas
- Authors: Ncube, Sibangilizwe , Bussin, Mark H.R. , De Swardt, Lukas
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Compensation management , Performance awards , Wage payment systems
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5518 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13791
- Description: Orientation: Return on the investment in variable pay programmes remains controversial because their cost versus contribution cannot be empirically justified. Research purpose: This study validates the findings of the model developed by De Swardt on the factors related to successful variable pay programmes. Motivation for the study: Many organisations blindly implement variable pay programmes without any means to assess the impact these programmes have on the company’s performance. This study was necessary to validate the findings of an existing instrument that validates the contribution of variable pay schemes. Research design, approach and method: The study was conducted using quantitative research. A total of 300 completed questionnaires from a non-purposive sample of 3000 participants in schemes across all South African industries were returned and analysed. Main findings: Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the validation instrument developed by De Swardt is still largely valid in evaluating variable pay schemes. The differences between the study and the model were reported. Practical/managerial implications: The study confirmed the robustness of an existing model that enables practitioners to empirically validate the use of variable pay plans. This model assists in the design and implementation of variable pay programmes that meet critical success factors. Contribution/value-add: The study contributed to the development of a measurement instrument that will assess whether a variable pay plan contributes to an organisation’s success.
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- Authors: Ncube, Sibangilizwe , Bussin, Mark H.R. , De Swardt, Lukas
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Compensation management , Performance awards , Wage payment systems
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5518 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13791
- Description: Orientation: Return on the investment in variable pay programmes remains controversial because their cost versus contribution cannot be empirically justified. Research purpose: This study validates the findings of the model developed by De Swardt on the factors related to successful variable pay programmes. Motivation for the study: Many organisations blindly implement variable pay programmes without any means to assess the impact these programmes have on the company’s performance. This study was necessary to validate the findings of an existing instrument that validates the contribution of variable pay schemes. Research design, approach and method: The study was conducted using quantitative research. A total of 300 completed questionnaires from a non-purposive sample of 3000 participants in schemes across all South African industries were returned and analysed. Main findings: Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the validation instrument developed by De Swardt is still largely valid in evaluating variable pay schemes. The differences between the study and the model were reported. Practical/managerial implications: The study confirmed the robustness of an existing model that enables practitioners to empirically validate the use of variable pay plans. This model assists in the design and implementation of variable pay programmes that meet critical success factors. Contribution/value-add: The study contributed to the development of a measurement instrument that will assess whether a variable pay plan contributes to an organisation’s success.
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The mediation role of motivation between leadership and public sector performance
- Mavhungu, Dzivhuluwani, Bussin, Mark H.R.
- Authors: Mavhungu, Dzivhuluwani , Bussin, Mark H.R.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Leadership , Transformational leadership , Mediation and conciliation, Industrial , Public administration
- Language: English
- Type: Articles
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244532 , uj:25287 , Citation: Mavhungu, D., & Bussin, M.H.R. (2017). The mediation role of motivation between leadership and public sector performance. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 15(0), a840. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajhrm.v15i0.840.
- Description: Abstract: Orientation: As a result of poor performance in 2013, five departments in the Limpopo province were placed under administration in terms of Section 100 (1) (b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Research purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of the individual level of performance when diagnosing performance issues in the public sector by focusing on the mediatory role of motivation in the relationship between leadership and public sector performance. Motivation for the study: The diagnosis conducted focused more on the analysis of administrative and operational systems. The solutions were based on normalising financial statements and systems to improve performance. Research design, approach and method: The study took a positivist approach as the philosophy of the study. Using quantitative methods, a cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 65 employees working in one of the departments that were affected by the intervention. Main findings: The study confirmed the existence of a relationship between leadership and performance in the public sector. It was also found that Public Sector Motivation plays a mediatory role between Perceived Leadership Styles and Individual Job Performance. Practical/managerial implications: The findings imply that it is important that the Limpopo Provincial Government makes an effort to employ and retain employees who are readily showing high levels of Public Sector Motivation. Contribution or value additions: The study focused on an overlooked area in the study of performance in the public sector. The study was able to produce a tool that should be able to provide information to assist managers to make better performance improvement strategy decisions.
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- Authors: Mavhungu, Dzivhuluwani , Bussin, Mark H.R.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Leadership , Transformational leadership , Mediation and conciliation, Industrial , Public administration
- Language: English
- Type: Articles
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244532 , uj:25287 , Citation: Mavhungu, D., & Bussin, M.H.R. (2017). The mediation role of motivation between leadership and public sector performance. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 15(0), a840. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajhrm.v15i0.840.
- Description: Abstract: Orientation: As a result of poor performance in 2013, five departments in the Limpopo province were placed under administration in terms of Section 100 (1) (b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Research purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of the individual level of performance when diagnosing performance issues in the public sector by focusing on the mediatory role of motivation in the relationship between leadership and public sector performance. Motivation for the study: The diagnosis conducted focused more on the analysis of administrative and operational systems. The solutions were based on normalising financial statements and systems to improve performance. Research design, approach and method: The study took a positivist approach as the philosophy of the study. Using quantitative methods, a cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 65 employees working in one of the departments that were affected by the intervention. Main findings: The study confirmed the existence of a relationship between leadership and performance in the public sector. It was also found that Public Sector Motivation plays a mediatory role between Perceived Leadership Styles and Individual Job Performance. Practical/managerial implications: The findings imply that it is important that the Limpopo Provincial Government makes an effort to employ and retain employees who are readily showing high levels of Public Sector Motivation. Contribution or value additions: The study focused on an overlooked area in the study of performance in the public sector. The study was able to produce a tool that should be able to provide information to assist managers to make better performance improvement strategy decisions.
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Maternity and paternity leave and career progression of black African women in dual-career couples
- Motaung, Lucky L., Bussin, Mark H.R., Joseph, Renjini M.
- Authors: Motaung, Lucky L. , Bussin, Mark H.R. , Joseph, Renjini M.
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/243901 , uj:25215 , Citation: Motaung, L.L., Bussin, M.H.R. & Joseph, R.M. 2017. Maternity and paternity leave and career progression of black African women in dual-career couples. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 15(0):1-10. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v15i0.902. , ISSN: 2071-078X (Online) , ISSN: 1683-7584 (Print)
- Description: Abstract: The study focused on examining the perceptions of dual-career couples at a stateowned company about the influence of taking maternity and paternity leave on the career progression of black African women in middle management and leadership occupations. Research purpose: The primary purpose of the study was to identify core barriers in relation to maternity and paternity leave that contribute negatively in the career progression of black African women in dual-career couples. Motivation for the study: To obtain insight into the underrepresentation and progression of black African women within dual-career couples, in middle management and leadership occupations. Research design, approach and method: This study was qualitative, comprising a sample of 10 black African women and 10 black African men, with data collected through in-depth semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis was utilised to analyse the interview dialogues.
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- Authors: Motaung, Lucky L. , Bussin, Mark H.R. , Joseph, Renjini M.
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/243901 , uj:25215 , Citation: Motaung, L.L., Bussin, M.H.R. & Joseph, R.M. 2017. Maternity and paternity leave and career progression of black African women in dual-career couples. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 15(0):1-10. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v15i0.902. , ISSN: 2071-078X (Online) , ISSN: 1683-7584 (Print)
- Description: Abstract: The study focused on examining the perceptions of dual-career couples at a stateowned company about the influence of taking maternity and paternity leave on the career progression of black African women in middle management and leadership occupations. Research purpose: The primary purpose of the study was to identify core barriers in relation to maternity and paternity leave that contribute negatively in the career progression of black African women in dual-career couples. Motivation for the study: To obtain insight into the underrepresentation and progression of black African women within dual-career couples, in middle management and leadership occupations. Research design, approach and method: This study was qualitative, comprising a sample of 10 black African women and 10 black African men, with data collected through in-depth semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis was utilised to analyse the interview dialogues.
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A reply from a ‘pracademic’: It is not all mischief, and there is scope to educate budding authors
- Authors: Bussin, Mark H.R.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Open-science , Article writing , Academic publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404965 , uj:33985 , Citation: Bussin, M.H.R. 2019: A reply from a ‘pracademic’: It is not all mischief, and there is scope to educate budding authors. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1726. DOI : https://doi. org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1726
- Description: Abstract : Problemification: Some academics joined the profession from private sector late in their career. They are sometimes referred to fondly as practical academics or ‘pracademics’ because they still work in private sector and also act as a visiting professor in academia. I sit on eight boards and chair nearly half of them, and serve on audit committees and HR Remuneration committees. I am an example of a ‘pracademic’, and my induction into academia was one sentence – publish or perish. In the private sector, induction can take up to a week. I had one minute. Implications: The implication is that I had to find out what a peer-reviewed journal was and trip into the fact that some peer-reviewed journals are scams and others A rated. Telling the difference in my initial years took its toll. I continually had to ask colleagues – is this journal real? Eventually I realised the DHET list was a good starting point and I started submitting articles. I got more rejections than acceptances at first, with very little explanation. So I learnt nothing and did not know what to do to improve. I had to waste another thousand reviewer hours of time to learn what the requirement was. Research writing is guided by a personal philosophy, and it is about what types of research issues one is inclined towards. For instance, some people are naturally inclined towards basic research and others towards applied research. Others are more oriented towards theory building and testing types for the purpose of creating knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Some others are pragmatic types or realist types and believe real-world problems do not come neatly packaged and are somewhat untidily in presentation calling for discretion or judgement on what to prioritise for research and how to carry out the research. Some are scientist practitioners (evidence informed researchers) and others are practitioner-scientist (practice-led science). Perhaps this kind of orientation to research is what early career researchers need initially; then, they can worry about reproducibility of research findings down the line after grounding themselves into the research space they perceive to belong to and where they feel invested. Purpose: The purpose of this opinion article is to share my journey and sow some doubt in reply to the opinion piece circulated by Efendic and Van Zyl. Whilst I do agree with everything that is said in their article, I believe that there is additional information that needs to be considered. Context is important. Not all academics that submit articles have been in academia for many years. We need to do more to support budding authors. Recommendations: We need to be much more helpful to budding authors than just publishing a page or two called author submission guidelines. These are mostly cosmetic style guides. If we want a higher quality submission and plenty of them – then I believe we need to educate our budding authors of the requirements. Perhaps we need a detailed guide, similar in content and depth as the article of Efendic and Van Zyl (2019). We could consider a podcast setting out the technical guidelines and statistical requirements. Running courses on article publishing by the reviewers is important because that is from the horse’s mouth. Trust me; it is not just a case of sticking to the style guide. You need to really understand some of the under currents of article publishing, for example, quoting as many authors from that particular journal’s list of articles as possible.
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- Authors: Bussin, Mark H.R.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Open-science , Article writing , Academic publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404965 , uj:33985 , Citation: Bussin, M.H.R. 2019: A reply from a ‘pracademic’: It is not all mischief, and there is scope to educate budding authors. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1726. DOI : https://doi. org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1726
- Description: Abstract : Problemification: Some academics joined the profession from private sector late in their career. They are sometimes referred to fondly as practical academics or ‘pracademics’ because they still work in private sector and also act as a visiting professor in academia. I sit on eight boards and chair nearly half of them, and serve on audit committees and HR Remuneration committees. I am an example of a ‘pracademic’, and my induction into academia was one sentence – publish or perish. In the private sector, induction can take up to a week. I had one minute. Implications: The implication is that I had to find out what a peer-reviewed journal was and trip into the fact that some peer-reviewed journals are scams and others A rated. Telling the difference in my initial years took its toll. I continually had to ask colleagues – is this journal real? Eventually I realised the DHET list was a good starting point and I started submitting articles. I got more rejections than acceptances at first, with very little explanation. So I learnt nothing and did not know what to do to improve. I had to waste another thousand reviewer hours of time to learn what the requirement was. Research writing is guided by a personal philosophy, and it is about what types of research issues one is inclined towards. For instance, some people are naturally inclined towards basic research and others towards applied research. Others are more oriented towards theory building and testing types for the purpose of creating knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Some others are pragmatic types or realist types and believe real-world problems do not come neatly packaged and are somewhat untidily in presentation calling for discretion or judgement on what to prioritise for research and how to carry out the research. Some are scientist practitioners (evidence informed researchers) and others are practitioner-scientist (practice-led science). Perhaps this kind of orientation to research is what early career researchers need initially; then, they can worry about reproducibility of research findings down the line after grounding themselves into the research space they perceive to belong to and where they feel invested. Purpose: The purpose of this opinion article is to share my journey and sow some doubt in reply to the opinion piece circulated by Efendic and Van Zyl. Whilst I do agree with everything that is said in their article, I believe that there is additional information that needs to be considered. Context is important. Not all academics that submit articles have been in academia for many years. We need to do more to support budding authors. Recommendations: We need to be much more helpful to budding authors than just publishing a page or two called author submission guidelines. These are mostly cosmetic style guides. If we want a higher quality submission and plenty of them – then I believe we need to educate our budding authors of the requirements. Perhaps we need a detailed guide, similar in content and depth as the article of Efendic and Van Zyl (2019). We could consider a podcast setting out the technical guidelines and statistical requirements. Running courses on article publishing by the reviewers is important because that is from the horse’s mouth. Trust me; it is not just a case of sticking to the style guide. You need to really understand some of the under currents of article publishing, for example, quoting as many authors from that particular journal’s list of articles as possible.
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