AA 2012 Volume 44 Issue 4
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The influence of trust and commitment on customer loyalty: a case study of Liberty Life
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: The finance, real estate and business services sector, including the long-term insurance industry, contributed 20.3% to gross domestic product in 2011. However, the majority of Liberty Life’s customers are cancelling ... -
Academic writing in Blackboard: a computer-mediated discourse analytic perspective
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: This article reports on how text-based synchronous and asynchronous modes of communication in Blackboard were employed at tertiary level to encourage students to share their perceptions of academic writing and ... -
Seeking Leviathan? A test of the revenue maximisation objective in the South African National Lottery
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: A Leviathan is an inefficient government that maximises the public revenue it raises. This article seeks evidence of a Leviathan in the South African government in respect of the National Lottery. This search is ... -
The economics of greening the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: The article analyses the broad history underpinning the notion of sustainable development and its context within the events industry in South Africa. It explores the willingness of festival-goers to pay for a ... -
Interpretation and implementation of the environmental education curriculum: a case study of three Lesotho schools
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: This study aims to determine how the Lesotho school curriculum promotes environmental learning and how teachers implement this aspect of the curriculum. The framework of teaching about, in and for the environment ... -
The design of a semantic differential scale for measuring the psychosocial well-being of students
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: This article describes the construction and standardisation of a semantic differential scale for measuring and quantifying the psychosocial well-being of students. The respondents rate the following aspects of ... -
Past and present ideologies in South African schooling: towards a framework of ethics
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: A general climate of inertia, low teacher morale and a lack of accountability are dominant features of the current South African education system. This article argues that the root cause of the problem lies in ... -
Mentoring children guilty of minor first-time crimes: methods, strengths and limitations
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: In the absence of evidence regarding the impact of mentoring on child offenders in South Africa, this article explores the strengths and limitations of this approach in a local context. It investigates the theory ... -
Obtaining informed consent in non-Western contexts: reflections on fieldwork experiences in Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: Current ethics frameworks for regulating social science research seem to be based mainly on Western sociocultural traditions, arguably making it difficult for researchers in non-Western contexts to use them as ...
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