African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year▼	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84942311269	Evaluation of the response behaviour of unconfined cemented materials under dynamic loading	Matheba M.J., Steyn W.J.V.D.M., Moloisane R.J., Milne T.I.	2015	Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering	57	3	10.17159/2309-8775/2015/v57n3a4	Geostrada Materials Engineering Laboratory, PO Box 11126, Hatfield, South Africa; Department of C...	Matheba, M.J., Geostrada Materials Engineering Laboratory, PO Box 11126, Hatfield, South Africa; ...	There is a significant increase in traffic loading on most roads in the developing African countr...	Cement-stabilised sub-base layer; Dry and wet conditions; Dynamic loading; Stiffness	Cements; Compressive strength; Dynamic loads; Image coding; Pavements; Stiffness; Traffic surveys...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of cervical cancer screening programs in Côte d'Ivoire, Guyana, and Tanzania: Effect o...	Anderson J., Wysong M., Estep D., Besana G., Kibwana S., Varallo J., Sun K., Lu E.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	9	10.1371/journal.pone.0139242	Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States; Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Universi...	Anderson, J., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States; Wysong, M., Jhpie...	Background: HIV infection increases a woman's risk for cervical cancer, and cervical cancer incid...	None	adult; Article; cancer screening; clinical effectiveness; clinical evaluation; cryotherapy; femal...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941343117	Impact of male partner's awareness and support for contraceptives on female intent to use contrac...	Ezeanolue E.E., Iwelunmor J., Asaolu I., Obiefune M.C., Ezeanolue C.O., Osuji A., Ogidi A.G., Hun...	2015	BMC Public Health	15	1	10.1186/s12889-015-2216-1	Global Health and Implementation Science Initiatives, School of Community Health Sciences, Univer...	Ezeanolue, E.E., Global Health and Implementation Science Initiatives, School of Community Health...	Background: Despite the growing body of evidence on use of modern contraceptives among women in s...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84928940092	Tracing shadows: How gendered power relations shape the impacts of maternal death on living child...	Yamin A.E., Bazile J., Knight L., Molla M., Maistrellis E., Leaning J.	2015	Social Science and Medicine	135	None	10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.033	Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United State...	Yamin, A.E., Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA,...	Driven by the need to better understand the full and intergenerational toll of maternal mortality...	Child health; Ethiopia; Gender roles; Malawi; Masculinities; Maternal mortality; South Africa; Ta...	child care; child health; gender relations; gender role; health services; maternal mortality; wom...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947273612	The impact on the psychological contract of differentiating employees into talent pools	Seopa N., Wöcke A., Leeds C.	2015	Career Development International	20	7	10.1108/CDI-03-2015-0033	Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Sandton, South Africa	Seopa, N., Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Sandton, South Africa; W...	Purpose – This research stems from the need by organisations to retain their key talent in the co...	Boundaryless career; Careers; Employee development; Labour mobility; Notice to quit; Psychologica...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84951970911	The impact of regulatory fines on shareholder returns	Strydom J., Ward M., Muller C.	2015	South African Journal of Business Management	46	4	None	Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Strydom, J., Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Ward, M....	Corruption has been shown to undermine the efficiency of market-based economies by allowing parti...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924157324	The market impact on shares entering or leaving JSE indices	Miller C., Ward M.	2015	Investment Analysts Journal	44	1	10.1080/10293523.2015.994450	Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Miller, C., Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Ward, M.,...	A company’s entry into (or exit from) a major share index provides a special opportunity to exami...	Demand curve; Index reconstitution; Market efficiency; Price discovery; Price pressure	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84948777525	The effects of hybrid pay incentives on work-team performance: A longitudinal study	Dlamini M., Sutherland M., Werbeloff M.	2015	South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences	18	4	10.17159/2222-3436/2015/v18n4a2	Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Wits School of Govern...	Dlamini, M., Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Sutherla...	Despite the widespread use of pay incentives to drive performance, few studies mpirically demonst...	Hybrid incentives; Interdependencies; Longitudinal filed study; Pay incentives; Team work	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84948747276	Justice perceptions of performance management practices in a company in the chemical industry	Govender T., Grobler A., Joubert Y.T.	2015	South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences	18	4	10.17159/2222-3436/2015/v18n4a9	Graduate School for Business Leadership, University of South Africa, South Africa; Department of ...	Govender, T., Graduate School for Business Leadership, University of South Africa, South Africa; ...	The sustainability of corporations globally is becoming increasingly problematic. Combined with t...	Performance appraisal; Performance management; Performance management practices	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949471240	Technology orientation and effectuation – links to firm performance in the renewable energy secto...	Urban B., Heydenrych J.	2015	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	26	3	10.7166/26-3-1039	Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South ...	Urban, B., Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesb...	Effectuation processes are consistent with emergent or non-predictive strategies, and speak to th...	None	Energy policy; Renewable energy resources; Surveys; Creative destruction; Firm Performance; Polic...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84961354840	Evaluation of social enterprise outcomes and self-efficacy	Urban B.	2015	International Journal of Social Economics	42	2	10.1108/IJSE-03-2013-0071	Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa	Urban, B., Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,...	Purpose: Understanding of social values is emerging, particularly as the phrases "social impact" ...	Entrepreneurship; Social choice; The self	empirical analysis; entrepreneur; multiple regression; perception; social impact; social network;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941949598	Impact of corporate social responsibility on employee engagement: A case of Eskom in South Africa	Kweyama F.S., Cassim S., Munapo E., Mutambara E.	2015	Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition	11	2	None	Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban...	Kweyama, F.S., Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville...	The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a business management concept in the fi...	Corporate social responsibility; Employee, job and organizational engagements; Involvement, aware...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941059577	Social capital interventions at firm level affecting performance in the Zimbabweanb manufacturing...	Siwadi P., Miruka C., Achieng Ogutu F.	2015	Corporate Ownership and Control	13	1CONT2	None	Graduate School of Business Leadership, Midlands State University, P Bag 9055, Gweru, Zimbabwe; G...	Siwadi, P., Graduate School of Business Leadership, Midlands State University, P Bag 9055, Gweru,...	Social capital research has largely focused on developed economies and there is conflict of accep...	Networks; Performance; Return on assets; Social capital; Trust	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84915757982	Predicting the determination and performance impact of absorptive capacity in China's SEZ prospec...	Maswana J.-C., Davies M.	2015	International Journal of Economics and Business Research	9	1	10.1504/IJEBR.2015.066021	Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Jap...	Maswana, J.-C., Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunky...	This paper explores the underlying dimensions of absorptive capacity and its impact on the perfor...	Absorptive capacity; Africa; China; Mauritius; SEM; Special economic zone; Structural equation mo...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84936744641	Open source software adoption and links to innovation performance	Urban B., Greyling B.C.	2015	International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development	7	3	10.1504/IJTLID.2015.070379	Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Witwatersrand...	Urban, B., Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Wi...	Open source software (OSS) has become pervasive in recent years and is often used by smaller firm...	Environment; Innovation performance; Open innovation; Open source software; Organisation; OSS; Sm...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84946711294	The impact of ethno-linguistic fractionalization on cultural measures: Dynamics, endogeneity and ...	Luiz J.M.	2015	Journal of International Business Studies	46	9	10.1057/jibs.2015.6	Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Breakwater Campus, Green Point, Portswood R...	Luiz, J.M., Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Breakwater Campus, Green Point,...	We introduce a measure called ethno-linguistic fractionalization (ELF), which captures the ethnic...	cross-cultural research/measurement issues; cultural distance; developing markets/countries/econo...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84927962459	Collaboration costs and new product development performance	Parker H., Brey Z.	2015	Journal of Business Research	68	7	10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.02.013	Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Portswood Road, Cape Town, South Africa; Fa...	Parker, H., Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Portswood Road, Cape Town, Sout...	This study analyzes the relationships between governance in new product development collaboration...	Alliances; Collaboration; Collaboration costs; Contracts; New product development performance; Re...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84957414276	Source apportionment and pollution evaluation of heavy metals in water and sediments of Buriganga...	Bhuiyan M.A.H., Dampare S.B., Islam M.A., Suzuki S.	2015	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	187	1	10.1007/s10661-014-4075-0	Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1, Tsushima, Naka, 3-Cho...	Bhuiyan, M.A.H., Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1, Tsus...	Concentrations of heavy metals in water and sediment samples of Buriganga River in the capital ci...	Buriganga River; Heavy metals; Pollution load index; Positive matrix factorization; Source apport...	Factorization; Heavy metals; Lead; Manganese; Matrix algebra; Metals; Multivariant analysis; Rive...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84946962360	Comparative validation of five quantitative rapid test kits for the analysis of salt iodine conte...	Rohner F., Kangambèga M.O., Khan N., Kargougou R., Garnier D., Sanou I., Ouaro B.D., Petry N., Wi...	2015	PLoS ONE	10	9	10.1371/journal.pone.0138530	GroundWork LLC, Crans-près-Céligny, Switzerland; Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Ouagadou...	Rohner, F., GroundWork LLC, Crans-près-Céligny, Switzerland; Kangambèga, M.O., Laboratoire Nation...	Background Iodine deficiency has important health and development consequences and the introducti...	None	formic acid; iodine; potassium iodate; potassium iodide; sodium chloride; analytic method; Articl...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926169725	Ecological impacts of invasive alien species along temperature gradients: Testing the role of env...	Iacarella J.C., Dick J.T.A., Alexander M.E., Ricciardi A.	2015	Ecological Applications	25	3	10.1890/14-0545.1.sm	Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and Aquatic Environment, McGill University, Montr...	Iacarella, J.C., Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and Aquatic Environment, McGill ...	Invasive alien species (IAS) can cause substantive ecological impacts, and the role of temperatur...	Environmental matching; Functional response; Impact; Inland waters; Meta-analysis; Nonnative spec...	crustacean; ecological impact; experimental study; fish; functional response; growth rate; invasi...	NERC, Natural Environment Research Council	View

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