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Exploring communication challenges due to language and cultural diversity on South African construction sites
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: Communication can be traced to, among others, an individual’s language
and cultural background. These aspects play a fundamental role in ensuring
effective communication. Literature surveys show that language ...
Effective and empowering communication as an aspect of the training and development of principals
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)
A school manager (principal, administrator, leader) should be keenly aware of the power relations and structures in a school, and also able to apply several communication skills effectively in a range of management contexts ...
A drought risk reduction message that sticks: a communication model for foundation phase children
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
Too often, children’s communication needs are not considered when it comes to important messages – especially concerning disaster risk reduction. Drought has a significant impact on children both mentally and physically, ...
Information and communication
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
After the Enlightenment of the 18th century concern for the lonesome individual and the need for communication gave birth to the academic disciplines of psychology and communication science. Positivism and the linguistic ...
Stakeholder engagement: a crucial element in the governance of corporate reputation
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2011)
The King III Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa (with a separate
chapter on Governing Stakeholder Relationships) highlights the importance of
stakeholder management in corporate governance. For the first ...
Sustaining school-community partnership through effective communication
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2013)
This article investigates the impact of effective communication towards sustaining
school-community partnerships. Motivating the study is the argument that studies
on school-community partnerships within a South African ...
Contextualising the sax appeal and the Danish cartoon furores for South Africa
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
This article discusses what a free and responsible press means in pluralistic
democracies, focussing specifically on whether that includes the freedom to offend. It
argues that there is a distinction between hate speech ...
Kuns en die kommunikasie van andersheid
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
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The drivers of student enrolment and retention: a stakeholder perception analysis in higher education
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2013-03)
This study identified the drivers of student participation in the academic programmes of a South African
university department. First, it explored the determinants of student enrolment and retention from
earlier research ...
Different salves for different sores: international research remedies for a South African communication context
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2011)
A fact so widely accepted as to be considered common sense is that communication is
influenced by the context in which it functions. It is for this reason that there is no single
communication-related measurement scale ...