# purpose study (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover purpose study. Page: Feed: --- ## [Rethinking skills planning in South Africa: Bridging the demand and supply gap](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3476) _2026-08-20 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Despite skills planning by (SETAs), South Africa continued to experience persistent skills shortages alongside rising graduate unemployment, indicating a mismatch between education supply and labour market demand. Research purpose: This article examined why skills planning structures failed to align skills supply with labour market demand and explored how a demand-driven approach… ## [Enhancing goal attainment through solution-focused cognitive-behavioural coaching incorporating neuroscientific principles](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2423) _2026-08-17 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: This article explores enhancing goal attainment through solution-focused cognitive-behavioural (SF-CB) coaching incorporating neuroscientific principles. Research purpose: The study aimed to develop and explore the contribution of integrating neuroscience principles into an SF-CB coaching framework on goal attainment. Motivation for the study: While goal-setting is well established as… ## [Succession planning in nurses leadership: Perceptions from a public hospital in Mangaung district, Free State province](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3716) _2026-08-10 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Structured leadership succession planning is vital for maintaining management continuity in healthcare; however, such frameworks are frequently absent within the South African public hospital sector. Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and experiences of leadership succession planning for registered professional nurses in Mangaung district,… ## [Beyond rhetoric: Exposing the dependency on Western instruments in African leadership research – A systematic review](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2428) _2026-08-05 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: Leadership research in Africa often relies on measurement instruments whose cultural relevance and contextual suitability remain uncertain. Research purpose: To examine the origins and types of leadership measurement instruments used in organisational research in Africa, with a specific focus on local development and contextual adaptation. Motivation for the study: Persistent… ## [From worker to spender to survivor: Work identity disruption and reconstruction after sudden wealth](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2408) _2026-07-31 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: We examine how financial windfalls transformed the work identities of South Africans who were featured on the television show I Blew It . Research purpose: This study focused on how individuals conceived their work identities and performed work before and after receiving money and how they reconstructed their work identities once the money declined. Motivation for the study: Little… ## [Development and psychometric validation of the career and employee wellness assessment: Evidence from a South African open-distance university](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2360) _2026-07-30 · Nisha Harry · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: Employee and career well-being contribute to organisational performance and reflect an ethical commitment to sustainable and fair treatment of employees. In digitally mediated environments such as open distance learning (ODL), technological demands influence well-being, yet existing measurement approaches often assess these dimensions separately. Research purpose: This study aimed to… ## [Aligning industrial and organisational psychology education with its dual mandate: A significant learning approach](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2402) _2026-07-30 · Carin Hill · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: Industrial and organisational psychology (IOP) is both a scientific discipline and a caring profession. Preparing graduates for this dual mandate requires pedagogical approaches that develop scientific competence alongside ethical awareness, interpersonal effectiveness and a commitment to human flourishing. Research purpose: This opinion article argues that Fink’s Taxonomy of… ## [The mediating role of empowerment, performance feedback and goal difficulty in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee attitudes in South Africa’s direct-selling sector](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2445) _2026-07-30 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: The role of dispositional factors in explaining the mechanism by which transformational leadership impacts employee attitudes is over-emphasised, sometimes at the expense of utilising contextual variables to explain the relationship between leadership and employee attitudes. Research purpose: The study examined the indirect roles of empowerment, performance feedback and goal… ## [Investigating the relationships between job crafting, person-job fit and job embeddedness within an agricultural organisation](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2367) _2026-07-27 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: This study investigated the relationships between job crafting, person-job fit and job embeddedness within a South African agricultural organisation. Research purpose: The aim was to examine how job crafting, a proactive behaviour involving the redesign of tasks and social interactions, affects person-job fit and job embeddedness, hypothesising that increased job crafting leads to… ## [Work–home interaction and flourishing: The sequential mediating role of social connectedness and positive coping](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2418) _2026-07-27 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: Knowledge workers navigating hybrid and digitally mediated work environments face heightened work-to-home interaction (WHI) demands that may influence their capacity to flourish. Research purpose: This study examined whether workplace social connectedness (WSC) and positive coping behaviour (PCB) sequentially mediate the relationships between four WHI sub-dimensions and flourishing… ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wIsDxOcSPeUH) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [The role of human resource analytics in enhancing organisational performance and decision-making: A systematic literature review](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3636) _2026-07-20 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: The importance of human resource analytics (HRA) has been growing as organisations seek to enhance evidence-based decision-making and performance through data-driven human resource (HR) practices. Research purpose: This study systematically examines and synthesises extant literature on HRA to illuminate its role in organisational decision-making and performance outcomes. Motivation… ## [Servant leadership and readiness to change as drivers of organisational agility: The mediating role of innovative work behaviour in the public sector](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3726) _2026-07-17 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Organisational agility is vital for public-sector organisations facing rapid change. Effective leadership and employees’ readiness for change enhance adaptability and innovation. Research purpose: This study examines how servant leadership (SL) and individual readiness to change (RTC) influence organisational agility in the public sector, with innovative work behaviour (IWB) serving… ## [From alignment to integration: A systems-based curriculum governance framework for human resource management graduate employability in South Africa](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3686) _2026-07-15 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Persistent misalignment between university curricula and labour market expectations constrains the employability of human resource management (HRM) graduates in South Africa. These challenges are further intensified by rapid technological change and evolving professional standards associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) demands, necessitating systemic curriculum reform.… ## [Blended learning framework for management competencies in South African retail](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3786) _2026-07-14 · Peter A. Champion · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: The W&R SETA identified retail manager and retail supervisor as the most difficult-to-fill vacancies in South Africa, citing deficits in experience, qualifications and skills. No fit-for-purpose blended learning framework for this context existed. Research purpose: This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a blended learning framework for developing… ## [Leadership development programmes for public health medical laboratory specialists in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3438) _2026-07-14 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Although leadership development is fundamental to public health laboratory systems, structured leadership development opportunities for public health medical laboratory specialists in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain limited. Research purpose: This study maps and synthesises existing Laboratory Leadership Development Programmes (LLDPs) in SSA, examining their structure, content,… ## [Organisational practices, work stress and employee experience in heavy-industry state-owned enterprises: The role of support and culture](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3694) _2026-07-14 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Employee experience (EX) has gained increasing attention in human resource management; however, limited research has explained how organisational practices and work stress shape EX within highly formalised heavy-industry state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly in emerging economies such as Vietnam. Research purpose: This study examined how organisational practices and work stress… ## [The impact of COVID-19 on psychological practitioners’ private practices in South Africa](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2322) _2026-07-14 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted businesses globally and changed how organisations operated and delivered services. Research purpose: This study explored the impact of COVID-19 on the private practices of psychological practitioners in South Africa. Motivation for the study: The pandemic caused economic disruption, forcing businesses to suspend services,… ## [Workforce diversity, recruitment practices and performance: Evidence from the Nigerian public sector](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3621) _2026-07-10 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Recruitment practices remain significant determinants of organisational performance; however, limited empirical studies have explored the moderating effect of workforce diversity on the relationship between recruitment practices and organisational performance of the Nigerian public sector. Research purpose: This study investigated the moderating effect of workforce diversity on the… ## [Industrial-organisational psychologists’ evolving role in workplace counselling: A cross-temporal qualitative study in South Africa (2023–2024)](https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2442) _2026-07-09 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology_ Orientation: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic reshaped workplace dynamics, intensifying employee mental health needs and expanding the counselling-related responsibilities of industrial-organisational psychologists (IOPs) in South Africa, despite evidence of limited preparedness. Research purpose: This study explored how IOP professional practice in workplace counselling shifted during… ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fBXLqMvHEsUU) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [From voice to value: A thematic analysis of inclusive leadership among Gen Z employees in fintech start-ups](https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/3648) _2026-07-06 · SA Journal of Human Resource Management_ Orientation: Inclusive leadership is widely associated with employee voice, well-being, innovation and performance. However, existing research offers limited insight into how inclusion is enacted in everyday organisational practice. Research purpose: This study develops a context-sensitive understanding of how inclusive leadership is enacted, interpreted and associated with innovation and…