Confirmatory factor analysis of the career development questionnaire and the career decision-making self-efficacy scale for South African high school students.
- De Bruin, G.P., Bernard-Phera, M.J.
- Authors: De Bruin, G.P. , Bernard-Phera, M.J.
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Career development questionnaire , Career decision-making self-efficacy scale , Self-efficacy , Decision-making
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6574 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2874
- Description: This study investigated the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision- Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Grade 12 students from a low socioeconomic area in South Africa. The results of confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale as measures of career maturity and career decision-making self-efficacy respectively. In accordance with theoretical predictions, a moderate degree of overlap between the constructs measured by the two instruments was observed. It appears that a general factor, labelled General Career Decision-Making, underlies responses to the two questionnaires. In addition to the general factor, the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale also measures self-efficacy expectations regarding decision-making.
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- Authors: De Bruin, G.P. , Bernard-Phera, M.J.
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Career development questionnaire , Career decision-making self-efficacy scale , Self-efficacy , Decision-making
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6574 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2874
- Description: This study investigated the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision- Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Grade 12 students from a low socioeconomic area in South Africa. The results of confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale as measures of career maturity and career decision-making self-efficacy respectively. In accordance with theoretical predictions, a moderate degree of overlap between the constructs measured by the two instruments was observed. It appears that a general factor, labelled General Career Decision-Making, underlies responses to the two questionnaires. In addition to the general factor, the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale also measures self-efficacy expectations regarding decision-making.
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Construction and evaluation of a scale of consumer shopping experience.
- Gillham, B.A., Crous, F., Schepers, J.M.
- Authors: Gillham, B.A. , Crous, F. , Schepers, J.M.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Consumer shopping experience , Decision-making
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6355 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1099
- Description: Generally speaking consumer psychology have focused primarily on the problem solving and decision making processes underlying buying behaviour. As a result, the experience of consumers engaging in the activity of shopping has been neglected. The purpose of this study was to construct and evaluate a scale of consumer shopping experience. The instrument indicated that shopping experience is not merely a means to an end, but in many cases an end in itself. The Shopping Experience Survey consisting of 54 items was developed and administered to 426 respondents consisting of students at a large tertiary institution. The study indicated that the Shopping Experience Survey is highly reliable (rxx=0,965) and sensitive to group differences.
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- Authors: Gillham, B.A. , Crous, F. , Schepers, J.M.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Consumer shopping experience , Decision-making
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6355 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1099
- Description: Generally speaking consumer psychology have focused primarily on the problem solving and decision making processes underlying buying behaviour. As a result, the experience of consumers engaging in the activity of shopping has been neglected. The purpose of this study was to construct and evaluate a scale of consumer shopping experience. The instrument indicated that shopping experience is not merely a means to an end, but in many cases an end in itself. The Shopping Experience Survey consisting of 54 items was developed and administered to 426 respondents consisting of students at a large tertiary institution. The study indicated that the Shopping Experience Survey is highly reliable (rxx=0,965) and sensitive to group differences.
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The use of competitive intelligence by companies in South Africa as a tool to inform corporate decision making
- Authors: Kloppers, Christo
- Date: 2012-08-27
- Subjects: Business intelligence , Decision-making , Competitive intelligence
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3194 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6608
- Description: To determine the extent to which Competitive Intelligence is used by South African companies to achieve a competitive advantage
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- Authors: Kloppers, Christo
- Date: 2012-08-27
- Subjects: Business intelligence , Decision-making , Competitive intelligence
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3194 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6608
- Description: To determine the extent to which Competitive Intelligence is used by South African companies to achieve a competitive advantage
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A methodology for developing strategic models for management decision-making
- Authors: Kok, G. S.
- Date: 2012-03-26
- Subjects: Decision-making , Strategic planning
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:2185 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4565
- Description: M.Comm.
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- Authors: Kok, G. S.
- Date: 2012-03-26
- Subjects: Decision-making , Strategic planning
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:2185 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4565
- Description: M.Comm.
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Ethical decision-making processes and frameworks utilised by industrial psychologists as external consultants
- Authors: Minnaar, Lizette
- Date: 2012-06-05
- Subjects: Industrial psychologists , Consulting psychologists , Decision-making , Professional ethics
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:2410 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4862
- Description: M.Comm. , Industrial psychology is an evolving profession that continuously faces new challenges. In many instances these challenges are of an ethical nature and compel consulting psychologists to make ethical decisions. The profession is therefore in need of guidelines governing the ethical decision-making process of professionals. The purpose of this study was to identify the processes and frameworks utilised by consulting psychologists to make sound ethical decisions. The study was conducted with a sample of ten registered industrial psychologists who function as consultants to organisations. Semi-structured interviews with accompanying vignettes in the interpretive paradigm were employed as data-gathering technique. Content analysis was conducted to identify the most prominent frameworks informing the ethical decision-making process of consulting psychologists. The findings indicated that the ethical decision-making process does not follow a linear approach; it is, rather, an iterative process where the decisionmakers move back and forth between different steps that they utilise within their ethical decision-making frameworks. A conceptual framework of the ethical decision-making process was designed to guide practitioners in the industrial psychology profession during ethical decision-making.
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- Authors: Minnaar, Lizette
- Date: 2012-06-05
- Subjects: Industrial psychologists , Consulting psychologists , Decision-making , Professional ethics
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:2410 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4862
- Description: M.Comm. , Industrial psychology is an evolving profession that continuously faces new challenges. In many instances these challenges are of an ethical nature and compel consulting psychologists to make ethical decisions. The profession is therefore in need of guidelines governing the ethical decision-making process of professionals. The purpose of this study was to identify the processes and frameworks utilised by consulting psychologists to make sound ethical decisions. The study was conducted with a sample of ten registered industrial psychologists who function as consultants to organisations. Semi-structured interviews with accompanying vignettes in the interpretive paradigm were employed as data-gathering technique. Content analysis was conducted to identify the most prominent frameworks informing the ethical decision-making process of consulting psychologists. The findings indicated that the ethical decision-making process does not follow a linear approach; it is, rather, an iterative process where the decisionmakers move back and forth between different steps that they utilise within their ethical decision-making frameworks. A conceptual framework of the ethical decision-making process was designed to guide practitioners in the industrial psychology profession during ethical decision-making.
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The effect of Telfast® 180 on driver behaviour, decision-making and reaction time.
- Schepers, J.M., Potter, P., Van Niekerk, C.
- Authors: Schepers, J.M. , Potter, P. , Van Niekerk, C.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Telfast® 180 , Driver behaviour , Decision-making , Reaction time
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6354 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1098
- Description: The principal objective of the study was to examine the effect of Telfast® 180, an antihistamine, on driver behaviour, decision-making, and reaction time. A sample of 255 volunteers participated in the study. The sample was randomly divided into two groups, viz. a placebo and a Telfast group. One of the groups received Telfast and the other a placebo. Initially all the participants were given a standardised driving test, as well as a psychomotor test. Immediately thereafter the placebo group received their placebo tablets and the Telfast group their Telfast tablets. Exactly 2,6 hours later every participant was tested again, using the same tests as before. No statistically significant differences were found between the Placebo group and the Telfast group. No sedative effects due to Telfast® 180 were thus evident.
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- Authors: Schepers, J.M. , Potter, P. , Van Niekerk, C.
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Telfast® 180 , Driver behaviour , Decision-making , Reaction time
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6354 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1098
- Description: The principal objective of the study was to examine the effect of Telfast® 180, an antihistamine, on driver behaviour, decision-making, and reaction time. A sample of 255 volunteers participated in the study. The sample was randomly divided into two groups, viz. a placebo and a Telfast group. One of the groups received Telfast and the other a placebo. Initially all the participants were given a standardised driving test, as well as a psychomotor test. Immediately thereafter the placebo group received their placebo tablets and the Telfast group their Telfast tablets. Exactly 2,6 hours later every participant was tested again, using the same tests as before. No statistically significant differences were found between the Placebo group and the Telfast group. No sedative effects due to Telfast® 180 were thus evident.
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