(1998). Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor analytic studies. Gifted and Talented International: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 97-98.

Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor analytic studies

What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy

Este articulo es, a dia de hoy, una de las piezas clasicas y fundamentales para la posibilidad de estudiar las relaciones globales de poder a partir de las herramientas conceptuales desarrolladas por Gramsci a lo largo de su obra. Cox, contribuye de esta forma a las corrientes criticas de las Relaciones Internacionales al discutir varios conceptos gramscianos y cuales serian las implicaciones para estudiar las relaciones internacionales en distintos periodos de hegemonia y contrahegemonia. De igual forma, el autor planteo la cuestion –en su momento novedosa– de la relevancia de tomar en cuenta los procesos internos de construccion de bloques historicos contrahegemonicos como aquellos que podrian tener un efecto revolucionario en las estructuras y organizaciones internacionales, asi como ruptura con la hegemonia plasmada como una clase perteneciente a un orden economico universal transnacional.  This article is a classic and fundamental for approaching global power relations with the conceptual tools developed by Gramsci. Cox contributes to critical thought in International Relations by discussing various gramscian concepts and what their implications are for the study of different historical forms of hegemony and counter-hegemony. Also, the author draws our attention –novel at the time of its publicaction– to the relevance of taking into account the construction of domestic counter-hegemonic historic blocs. He suggests that these could have a revolutionary effect on international structures and organizations, as well as rupture with the hegemony performed by the transnational economic order.

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Gramsci, hegemonía y relaciones internacionales: Un ensayo sobre el método | Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method

Essays in sociology

20th anniversary edition of "The End of History and the Last Man", a landmark of political philosophy by Francis Fukuyama, author of "The Origins of Political Order". With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. And with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty. "The End of History and the Last Man" was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century would look like. Boldly outlining the challenges and problems to face modern liberal democracies, Frances Fukuyama examined what had just happened and then speculated what was going to come next. Tackling religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes and war, "The End of History and the Last Man" remains a compelling work to this day, provoking argument and debate among its readers. "Awesome ...a landmark ...profoundly realistic and important ...supremely timely and cogent ...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world." (George Gilder, "The Washington"). Post Francis Fukuyama was born in Chicago in 1952. His work includes "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy" and "After the Neo Cons: Where the Right went Wrong". He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife and children, where he also works as a part time photographer.

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The end of history and the last man : kemenangan kapitalisme dn demokrasi liberal / oleh Francis Fukuyama, penerjemah M.H. Amrullah

This study explored the relationship between perceived organisational support, work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour amongst nurses at the Victoria hospital in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Simple random sampling was used to draw a sample of n=106. The study tested the relationship between perceived organisational support, the extent to which employees feel valued and nurtured by their employers, and organisational citizenship behaviour, positive discretionary behaviour employees embark upon. This relationship was found to be a positive one (r=0.23, p.01). The study also found that work engagement was highly significantly and positively correlated with organisational citizenship behavior (r=0.41, p.001). Finally, the study explored the relationship between perceived organisational support and work engagement. The findings of the study demonstrated that there is also a significant moderate correlation between perceived organisational support and work engagement (r=0.31 p.001). These findings suggest that hospital administrators should find ways to improve nurses' perceptions of organisational support in order to enhance engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour. Perceived organisational support is not the only precondition for work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour, as evidenced by the weak correlation. Nurses who perceive that they are supported by their employers will be more likely to display organisational citizenship behaviour than those who are not supported and do not feel engaged in work.

Perceived Organisational Support, Work Engagement and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour of Nurses at Victoria Hospital

The aim of this study was to investigate organisational commitment in an organisation that had recently experienced organisational restructuring (a merger). The psychological contract that exists between employees and organisations is brittle due to many organisational changes that stem from organisational restructuring. When psychological contracts are breached, employees may experience reduced commitment to the organisation. The target population for this study consisted of all employees working at three recently-merged higher education institutions in the Nelson Mandela Metropolis (n=100) and a selfadministered questionnaire was distributed amongst staff. The results indicated that an increase in the number of positive human resource management (HRM) practices reported by respondents correlated with a decrease in violation and breach of the psychological contract, despite organisational restructuring. It was further revealed that effective management of the psychological contract is crucial during organisational restructuring, in order to maintain the commitment and loyalty of employees.

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Organisational commitment in a post-merger situation

The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between work-family conflict, stress and conscientiousness amongst police officers. The study was undertaken at the South African Police Ser...

Conscientiousness, Work Family Conflict and Stress amongst Police Officers in Alice, South Africa

As unemployment and inflation affect the South African economy, employment opportunities continue to be minimal for those living in pastoral areas making residents more prone to hunger, starvation ...

Unemployment, Living Wages and Food Security in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Orientation: A growing movement of foreign nationals is settling in South Africa. Given this, there is a need to understand not only those factors influencing foreign nationals to settle in South Africa but also their lived experiences as a basis for individual career development. Research purpose: To investigate the expatriation motivational factors and experiences of selfinitiated academic expatriates in South Africa. Motivation for the study: Calls have been made within the careers literature for more empirical focus on understanding career development using some of the neglected sample groups. Research approach, design and method: The interpretive paradigm was adopted to understand the main purpose of the study. Guided by study objectives, unstructured interviews were conducted using a sample of foreign academics working in South Africa ( n = 25). Main findings: Individual stories and narratives highlighted that academics relocated for the following reasons: (1) individual preference, (2) economic meltdown and (3) political conditions. Furthermore, the lived experiences of the expatriates reflected discrimination within the workplace and the community of residences in South Africa. Practical and managerial implications: Research findings indicate that the human resources (HR) function can come up with interventions that positively influence the lived experience and career development of foreign academics working in South Africa. Contribution: The expatriate experience framed in this study provides a picture of the career development processes of neglected sample groups in the extant literature. Such an understanding is key in advancing literature and proposing interventions. All this is important given the global trend on labour and skills movement added to the role South Africa plays in the international arena.

https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/download/797/1264

Nicole Dodd

Papers

Perceived Organisational Support, Work Engagement and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour of Nurses at Victoria Hospital

Organisational commitment in a post-merger situation

Conscientiousness, Work Family Conflict and Stress amongst Police Officers in Alice, South Africa

Unemployment, Living Wages and Food Security in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Using narratives to understand the motivational factors and experience of being a self-initiated academic expatriate in South Africa