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-s2.0-84888115601	The impact of HRIS on organizational efficiency: Random or integrated and holistic?	Aswanth Kumar N., Brijball Parumasur S.	2013	Corporate Ownership and Control	11	1 G	None	School of Management, Information Technology and Governance, College of Law and Management Studie...	Aswanth Kumar, N., School of Management, Information Technology and Governance, College of Law an...	This study assesses the extent to which the HRIS enhances organizational efficiency in an interre...	Cost management; Human resource functions; Integrated and holistic human resource information sys...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937861738	Evaluation of social marketing objectives: A case study of the effectiveness of operation gcin’am...	Phiri M.A., Khumalo D.	2015	Corporate Ownership and Control	12	4CONT5	None	School of Management, Information Technology and Governance, College of Law and Management Studie...	Phiri, M.A., School of Management, Information Technology and Governance, College of Law and Mana...	This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the social marketing goal in the imple...	Project Management; Service Delivery; Social Marketing	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84910077138	Performance management in the public service with particular reference to the senior management s...	Penceliah Y.	2012	Corporate Ownership and Control	9	2 Continued 1	None	School of Management, IT and Governance, College of Law and Management Studies, University of Kwa...	Penceliah, Y., School of Management, IT and Governance, College of Law and Management Studies, Un...	The Performance Management and Development System (PDMS) for the South African Public Service was...	Performance management; Public service; South Africa	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907281063	Unannounced quizzes: A teaching and learning initiative that enhances academic performance and le...	Derera E., Naude M.	2014	Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences	5	20	10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p1193	School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P Bag X01, Scottsville, Pie...	Derera, E., School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P Bag X01, Scot...	Without a doubt, lecture non-attendance is a growing trend at tertiary institutions. Many academi...	Higher education practices; Large classes; Teaching and learning; Unannounced quizzes	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84893452308	The Impact of Gender on Start-up Capital: A Case of Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa	Derera E., Chitakunye P., O'Neill C.	2014	Journal of Entrepreneurship	23	1	10.1177/0971355713513355	School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzbu...	Derera, E., School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pi...	In South Africa, women entrepreneurs do not enjoy the same opportunities as men in accessing star...	gender; South Africa; start-up capital; women entrepreneurs	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883370799	The perceived impact of restructuring on service quality in a health care environment	Ntsatsi L., Brijball Parumasur S.	2012	Corporate Ownership and Control	10	1 E,CONT4	None	School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag X54001, Durban,...	Ntsatsi, L., School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag X5...	This study evaluates health care employees perceptions of service quality in a hospital environme...	Assurance; Business strategies; Empathy; Integrated delivery network; Reliability; Responsiveness...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84914703697	Factors impacting on the knowledge transfer of foreign african doctors practicing in south africa...	Lutakwa J.N., Parumasur S.B.	2012	Corporate Ownership and Control	9	2 Continued 4	None	School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag X54001, Durban,...	Lutakwa, J.N., School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag ...	This study assesses the perceptions of foreign African doctors, practicing in South African provi...	Foreign african doctors; Individual culture; Interpersonal relations; Knowledge transfer; Languag...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84886410320	The impact of market power and funding strategy on bank-interest margins	Amidu M., Wolfe S.	2013	European Journal of Finance	19	9	10.1080/1351847X.2011.636833	School of Management, University of Southampton, SO17 IBJ, United Kingdom; Department of Accounti...	Amidu, M., School of Management, University of Southampton, SO17 IBJ, United Kingdom, Department ...	This paper investigates the implications of market power and funding strategies for bank-interest...	bank funding; bank market power; developing countries; net-interest margin	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924339798	The effects of healthcare governance and ownership structure on the performance of hospitals in G...	Abor P.A.	2015	International Journal of Law and Management	57	2	10.1108/IJLMA-04-2014-0031	School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Publi...	Abor, P.A., School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Departm...	Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of health-care governance and owner...	Health-care governance; Hospital; Ownership structure; Performance	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84921545699	Executive compensation, corporate governance and corporate performance: A simultaneous equation a...	Ntim C.G., Lindop S., Osei K.A., Thomas D.A.	2015	Managerial and Decision Economics	36	2	10.1002/mde.2653	School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; School of Managemen...	Ntim, C.G., School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Lindop,...	This paper investigates the association between executive compensation and performance. It unique...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84896260723	Exploring the impact of cultural values on project performance: The effects of cultural values, a...	Chipulu M., Ojiako U., Gardiner P., Williams T., Mota C., Maguire S., Shou Y., Stamati T., Marsha...	2014	International Journal of Operations and Production Management	34	3	10.1108/IJOPM-04-2012-0156	School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; University of Johan...	Chipulu, M., School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Ojiako...	Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of cultural values on the importance individuals a...	Cultural values; Hofstede dimensions; Project failure; Project management; Project success	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926362899	Evaluation of forecasting models for air cargo	Klindokmai S., Neech P., Wu Y., Ojiako U., Chipulu M., Marshall A.	2014	International Journal of Logistics Management	25	3	10.1108/IJLM-05-2013-0049	School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Virgin Atlantic Car...	Klindokmai, S., School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Nee...	Purpose - Virgin Atlantic Cargo is one of the largest air freight operators in the world. As part...	Air cargo; Air industry; Evaluation; Forecasting; Modelling; Operations	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-29144514675	Sanitary hot water consumption patterns in commercial and industrial sectors in South Africa: Imp...	Rankin R., Rousseau P.G.	2006	Energy Conversion and Management	47	6	10.1016/j.enconman.2005.06.002	School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchef...	Rankin, R., School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North-West University, Private Bag X6...	A large amount of individual sanitary hot water consumers are present in the South African reside...	Heating capacity; Hotel profile; Mine residences profile; Sanitary hot water consumption; Storage...	Buildings; Sanitary engineering; Systems analysis; Heating system design; Hotel profile; Sanitary...	None	View
None	None	Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife	Vegter A.C., Barletta M., Beck C., Borrero J., Burton H., Campbell M.L., Costa M.F., Eriksen M., ...	2014	Endangered Species Research	25	3	10.3354/esr00623	School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia; Laborat...	Vegter, A.C., School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Aust...	Marine wildlife faces a growing number of threats across the globe, and the survival of many spec...	Global; Marine wildlife; Plastic; Pollution; Priority	marine ecosystem; marine environment; nature conservation; plastic waste; pollution effect; survival	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84910077199	Gender differentials and the mathematics performance of grade 10 to 12 learners at the dilanedi s...	Mosia M.S.	2014	Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences	5	23	10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p1426	School of Mathematics Natural Sciences and Technology Education, University of the Free State, So...	Mosia, M.S., School of Mathematics Natural Sciences and Technology Education, University of the F...	The aim of the study is to analyse how gender as a variable continues to have an impact on the pe...	Logical reasoning; Manipulative procedural knowledge; Number concept and function concept; Proble...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924757628	On the performance of new local search heuristics for annual crop planning: Case study of the Vaa...	Chetty S., Adewumi A.O.	2015	Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence	27	2	10.1080/0952813X.2014.924582	School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, University ...	Chetty, S., School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal,...	This paper investigates the capabilities of three new local search (LS) metaheuristic algorithms ...	annual crop planning; best performance algorithm; iterative best performance algorithm; largest a...	Crops; Heuristic algorithms; Irrigation; Iterative methods; Local search (optimization); Optimiza...	UKZN, Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84859880383	On employees' performance appraisal: The impact and treatment of the raters' effect	Zewotir T.	2012	South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences	15	1	None	School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	Zewotir, T., School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal,...	By putting in place a performance appraisal scheme, employees who improve their work efficiency c...	Best linear unbiased predictor; Fixed effect; Mixed model; Model diagnostics; Performance apprais...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84900398574	The impact of inflation on the automobile sales in South Africa	Chifurira R., Mudhombo I., Chikobvu M., Dubihlela D.	2014	Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences	5	7	10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n7p200	School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, University of KwaZulu - Natal, Private B...	Chifurira, R., School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, University of KwaZulu - N...	This paper analyses the relationship between inflation (INF) and Automobile sales in South Africa...	Causality test; Co-integration; Inflation; New vehicle sales; South Africa	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84888628997	On the performance of linear decreasing inertia weight particle swarm optimization for global opt...	Arasomwan M.A., Adewumi A.O.	2013	The Scientific World Journal	2013	None	10.1155/2013/860289	School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Private Bag...	Arasomwan, M.A., School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Kwazulu-N...	Linear decreasing inertia weight (LDIW) strategy was introduced to improve on the performance of ...	None	acceleration; algorithm; article; controlled study; global optimization; linear decreasing inerti...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84894365205	Hierarchical fuzzy logic system for manuscript evaluation	Berhan E., Abraham A.	2014	Middle - East Journal of Scientific Research	19	9	10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2014.19.9.11886	School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Research an...	Berhan, E., School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology,...	The purpose of the project paper is to develop a hierarchical fuzzy logic system that can evaluat...	Diffuzzification; Editor; Fuzzification; Fuzzy; Hierarchical fuzzy; Manuscript; Reviewers	None	None	View

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