scholarly journals Determinants of the quality of internet investor relations – a study of companies listed on the JSE#

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Nel ◽  
E. VdM. Smit ◽  
L. M. Brummer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
The Body ◽  
Investor Relations ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Industry Membership ◽  
Dual Listing

Investor relations is the field of management that is concerned with the relationships between companies and investors, and as such involves a wide variety of information types, for example mandatory, voluntary, financial, non-financial, qualitative and quantitative. While South Africa has recently been ranked number one for the strength of its auditing and reporting standards for the seventh consecutive year (IRBA, 2016), investor relations as a wider and voluntary concept, is largely un-researched in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to establish the determinants of Internet investor relations (IIR).The quality of IIR was measured for a sample of 85 JSE-listed companies using a measurement instrument that consists of 346 attributes. From the literature, as discussed in the literature review, 15 company characteristics were identified that could explain IIR quality. Stepwise regression model-building was used to develop a regression model that best explains IIR quality.Company size, leverage, being audited by a big four audit company, JSE industry membership, free float and dual listing status were found statistically significant independent variables, explaining 68.76% of the variation in the dependent variable, IIR. Contributions to the body of knowledge, study limitations and the need for further research are discussed in the conclusion.

Thinking about offender social reintegration: A case study of one NGO programme in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282096742
Author(s):  
Emmison Muleya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
The Body ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Social Reintegration ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Former Offenders ◽  
Offender Reintegration

Successful social reintegration is critical if we are to reduce recidivism and crime in general. This voice of people article presents a background case for why effective offender reintegration services are key in South Africa, and the Eastern Cape in particular, through an example of the Offender Reintegration programme rendered by the National Institute of Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO). Apart from the paucity of literature on offender reintegration, very few voices from people working directly with these former offenders are ever heard. Therefore, this article seeks to address this gap by contributing to the body of knowledge on offender social reintegration.

Recounting the Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas of KwaZulu-Natal from Information and Knowledge in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenrose Jiyane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Body ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Critical Resource

Abstract The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) marks the new, advanced era of development in humankind, and globally countries are in the process of ensuring their citizenry’s readiness. In South Africa, various governmental departments, organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organisations (NPOs) are making efforts, through their plans, talks and actions, to attain this status for all her people, particularly women in rural areas. However, the development of women in the rural areas for empowerment remains a concern in developing countries. Consequently, there is a dire need to ensure the developmental status for women in rural areas in the advent of the 4IR, and this paper seeks to demonstrate that information and knowledge may be instrumental in empowering women in rural areas to strive in the 4IR. Accordingly, information and knowledge are a critical resource contributing to the empowerment of women in rural areas for their development. An exploratory question is raised to determine whether South Africa is ready for Fourth Industrial Revolution. The outcome of this paper will contribute to the body of knowledge advocating the importance of information and knowledge in the empowerment of women in rural areas. Significantly, it will generate insights for policymakers on the important role of information and knowledge for women’s development.

scholarly journals Problem-posing triggers or where do mathematics competition problems come from?

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor’ Kontorovich
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Optimization ◽  
The Body ◽  
Problem Posing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
Life Tasks

AbstractSpurred by Kilpatrick’s (1987) “Where do good problems come from?”, this study explores problem-posing triggers of experienced problem posers for mathematics competitions. Triggers are conceived as instances of noticing, where an impulse draws a poser’s attention and “triggers off” a mathematical re-action, one of the outcomes of which is a creation of a problem that gets accepted to some mathematics competition. The data were collected from 26 problem posers residing in nine countries, and who had experience in creating problems for national, regional, and international competitions. Three types of triggers emerged from the analysis: (i) Instances where the participants extracted mathematical phenomena from activities that are replete with modern elementary mathematics. These triggers were described in emotionally loaded terms that resonated with appreciation, surprise, challenge, and feeling of innovation. (ii) Cases where the participants abstracted mathematical phenomena from common everyday-life tasks in which mathematical optimization was beneficial. These situations emphasized participants’ desire to compensate for self-disappointment with an initially made decision and the value of finding a better alternative. (iii) Situations where the participants were asked to pose a problem ‘here and now’. The posers were unanimous in their dislike of such situations. They elaborated on how difficult it is to pose ‘here and now’ and highlighted the low quality of the resulting problems. The findings are situated in the body of knowledge on expert problem posing and educational literature on school students and teachers.

scholarly journals ROLES OF COMMUNITY TOWARDS URBAN FARMING ACTIVITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norul Hafizah Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain ◽  
Izawati Tukiman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Green Development

The aim of this paper is to review and analyse the importance of the framework for urban farming activities to be implemented within cities environment. This paper also describes the role of the community to achieve the environmental, economic and social sustainability for the enhancement of the urban environment and healthy lifestyles through community participation in food supplies,nutrition, and spaces utilization. The paper evaluates the benefits and potential of urban farming activities within limited urban spaces and how it improves the quality of life. It also reviews on how urban farming is beneficial to the society due to food shortage crisis which is inadequate for the whole population. It is necessary to apply and practice in our daily lives for the consumption of food security, human safety, and health. Therefore, the role of community is very crucial in the implementation of urban farming activities within urbanized areas as the demand for green development increases. Based on this theoretical framework, it is hoped that the paper will be a useful addition to the body of knowledge in promoting a stronger community interdependence to create the sustainable urban environment.

Measuring the content characteristics of videos featuring augmented reality advertising campaigns

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Feng ◽  
Quan Xie
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
The Body ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Different Content ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Content Characteristics

Purpose Over the past few years, advertisers have adopted augmented reality (AR) technology in advertising campaigns. To overcome the geographic limit, advertisers record the interaction between people and virtual objects in AR campaigns and upload promotional videos on social media, such as YouTube. This study aims to develop and validate a measurement instrument to gauge the content characteristics of YouTube videos featuring AR ad campaigns. Design/methodology/approach To this end, possible items were generated via a review of prior literature, and supplemented by content analysis and a free association task. The measurement instrument was then refined and validated using a pretest of a general consumer sample, and further validated using a second general consumer sample with two online experiments. Findings Results indicate that the content characteristics of YouTube AR campaigns can be measured using a 15-item, four-construct (informativeness, novelty, entertainment and complexity) instrument. This study also found the direct and indirect relationships between each content characteristic and ad efficacy variables. Practical implications The measurement instrument provides practitioners with a broad measure of the content characteristics of YouTube AR campaigns. The results also reveal the effect of different content features of YouTube AR campaigns on the outcome of successful advertising execution. Originality/value This study contributes to the body of knowledge in marketing communications via exploring the primary content characteristics of AR advertising campaign videos uploaded on YouTube. It also develops an understanding of the impact of AR technology on consumer behavior and on the experience that it delivers.

School Libraries in South Africa and the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Libri ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Fombad ◽  
Glenrose V. Jiyane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
School Library ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractAlthough 2015 marks the target year for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations member states are in the process of defining a global development framework to succeed these goals, the MDGs nevertheless remain a development tool for countries’ wider development planning frameworks. In South Africa, various sectors, institutions and organisations are making efforts to attain these goals. Accordingly, the library and information sector is well placed to contribute towards the realisation of the MDGs, as libraries provide a critical support structure for education, economic development and poverty eradication. As time runs out in terms of meeting the 2015 deadline, this paper seeks to demonstrate that school libraries may be instrumental in influencing the pace and extent of progress needed to realise the MDGs beyond 2015. The research on which this article is based adds to the body of knowledge advocating the importance of libraries in realising the MDGs. It will also generate insights for policymakers on the important role of school library in development.

scholarly journals Ability within disability: Reflective memories shared with Dr Kasturi Varley

2022 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kogielam K. Archary ◽  
Christina Landman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
The Body ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Community History ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Shed Light

In a post-apartheid South Africa, the value of reflective memories and their impact on community history gives credibility to their relationship with personal struggles such as disability, be it physical or political. Shaped by South African Indian heritage, an isolated individualised case of a second-generation descendant’s ability–disability experience is researched and narrated in this article. The respondent, Dr Kasturi Varley is a woman of the South African Indian community, who was born almost 101 years after the first shipload of Indian indentured labourers arrived in the then Colony of Natal. Her memories shed light on a unique Indo-African-European experience. Her indentured paternal grandfather arrived in the African continent in August 1900. Her reflective memories and shared experiences of various episodes of the ability–disability paradigm add to the body of knowledge of the Indian indentured labour system that already exists and partially fills up the prevalent gaps in the research on this topic. Her story is unique in that she worked wheelchair-bound at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria and subsequently settled in the United Kingdom. This study applied a qualitative research methodology.Contribution: This article provides insight on reflective memories within the domain of social memory and contributes to an understanding of the historiography of the descendants of Indian indentured labourers in South Africa. In 2020, this community commemorated the 160th anniversary of the arrival of the labourers to the Colony of Natal.

scholarly journals ROLES OF COMMUNITY TOWARDS URBAN FARMING ACTIVITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norul Hafizah Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain ◽  
Izawati Tukiman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Green Development

The aim of this paper is to review and analyse the importance of the framework for urban farming activities to be implemented within cities environment. This paper also describes the role of the community to achieve the environmental, economic and social sustainability for the enhancement of the urban environment and healthy lifestyles through community participation in food supplies,nutrition, and spaces utilization. The paper evaluates the benefits and potential of urban farming activities within limited urban spaces and how it improves the quality of life. It also reviews on how urban farming is beneficial to the society due to food shortage crisis which is inadequate for the whole population. It is necessary to apply and practice in our daily lives for the consumption of food security, human safety, and health. Therefore, the role of community is very crucial in the implementation of urban farming activities within urbanized areas as the demand for green development increases. Based on this theoretical framework, it is hoped that the paper will be a useful addition to the body of knowledge in promoting a stronger community interdependence to create the sustainable urban environment.

scholarly journals Effect of Training and Development, Recruitment and Selection, and Internal Control Policy on Corruption Risk

2018 ◽  
pp. 995-1006
Author(s):  
Zulkefli Muhamad Hanapiyah ◽  
Salina Daud ◽  
Wan Mohammad Taufik Wan Abdullah ◽  
Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Recruitment And Selection

The challenging world of business on corruption issues, the organization’s need to improve the rules, regulations, policies and guidelines especially in human resource practices to develop and enhance the quality of employees in terms of ethical, behaviour and moral conduct. The objective of this study is to look at the effects of training and development, recruitment and selection, and internal control policy on corruption risk. This study involves three different organizations which are the federal government, state government and statutory bodies. The respondents involved in this study are whom that have authorities in making decisions for the organization. Stratified sampling technique was used in the selection of sample. The analysis of bootstrapping for this study represents two elements which are recruitment and selection, and internal control policy are accepted with the t-value above 1.65 respectively. However, training and development is not significant. Hence, it shows that, recruitment and selection, and internal control are two important elements that are needed to be strengthened in order to improve the quality of employees in the organization, thus bringing success to the organization as a whole. Result of this study also contributed to the body of knowledge rotten apple theory.

scholarly journals A REFLECTION ON GENDER ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCES’ RURAL SCHOOL SETTINGS OF MULTICULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Mokoena ◽  
◽  
Gregory Alexander ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High Schools ◽  
South African ◽  
The Body ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Rural High Schools ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
South African Education ◽  
Gender Achievement

The participation of learners in science is important to a country’s socio-economic development impediments, therefore, the argument is that the girl learner should be increasingly encouraged to perform well in STEM related subjects (STATS SA). UNESCO indicates 35% women representative in STEM as students in higher education globally, whilst less than 40% of South Africa’s scientists, engineers and technologists are women. This situation also relates to the South African education system, particularly in rural schools where girl learners are outperformed by boy learners in STEM, especially, in subjects such as Life Sciences and Physical Sciences. The purpose of this reflective paper is to ascertain the factors prohibiting excellent achievement of females in sciences in rural high schools of South Africa. The data has been gathered from numerous documents such as national and provincial analysis of result, examination and assessment directorate analysis and the district statistics in solidifying our investigation as couched by document analysis. Based on our observations and experiences of the conditions prevailing in rural high schools and less participation of female learner access in STEM, suggestions are put forth as to how their performance can be improved. The investment thereof in the body of knowledge will be to fulfil the concern not only of the country but the world at large when the number of female participants increase in STEM.

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