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-s2.0-84863322311	The use of Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) ratios to predict share performance on the JSE	I'Ons T., Ward M.	2012	South African Journal of Business Management	43	2	None	Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa	I'Ons, T., Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Ward, M., ...	The effectiveness of the Price Earnings Growth ratio as a valuation tool has been a topical debat...	None	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-s2.0-84880451968	Legitimacy or good governance: What drives carbon performance in Australia	Qian W.	2013	Corporate Ownership and Control	10	0.125	None	Governance and Sustainability, School of Commerce, University of South Australia, SA5001, South A...	Qian, W., Governance and Sustainability, School of Commerce, University of South Australia, SA500...	Previous studies present diverse views on carbon performance. The legitimacy perspective posits t...	Carbon disclosure; Carbon performance; Corporate governance; Environmental sensitivity; Legitimacy	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901386136	Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and...	Eby S., Burkepile D.E., Fynn R.W.S., Burns C.E., Govender N., Hagenah N., Koerner S.E., Matchett ...	2014	Oecologia	175	1	10.1007/s00442-014-2895-9	Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collin...	Eby, S., Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fo...	Large herbivore grazing is a widespread disturbance in mesic savanna grasslands which increases h...	Disturbance; Fire; Grazing; Plant community richness; Species diversity	dominance; herbivore; plant community; plant-herbivore interaction; ruminant; savanna; North Amer...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33745050897	The impact of fisheries on the environment of Lake Volta	Ofori-Danson P.K.	2006	International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences	32	1	None	Graduate Environmental Science Programme, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana	Ofori-Danson, P.K., Graduate Environmental Science Programme, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana	The major environmental impacts of fisheries on the Volta Lake ecosystem arise from (a) fishing o...	Biodiversity; Dynamite fishing; Fish processing; Fishing gear; West African Manatee	environmental impact; fishery; fishing community; fishing gear; human activity; lake ecosystem; A...	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-s2.0-34347247256	Environmental impact assessment during project execution phases: Towards a stage-gate project man...	Brent A.C., Petrick W.	2007	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	25	2	10.3152/146155107X205832	Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Re...	Brent, A.C., Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Sou...	Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are usually required for all projects in the raw material...	EIA; Environmental assessment; Life cycle management; Project management; Stage-gate model	environmental impact assessment; environmental legislation; management practice; processing; proj...	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-s2.0-84879892633	Individual lending versus group lending: An evaluation with Kenya's microfinance data	Kodongo O., Kendi L.G.	2013	Review of Development Finance	3	2	10.1016/j.rdf.2013.05.001	Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South ...	Kodongo, O., Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand, Johanne...	Group micro-lending has been used successfully in some parts of the world to expand the reach of ...	Group loans; Individual loans; Loan delinquency; Microcredit; Microfinance	None	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-s2.0-84901200638	Strategic innovation at the firm level: The impact of strategic management practices on entrepren...	Murimbika M., Urban B.	2014	International Journal of Innovation Management	18	2	10.1142/S1363919614500169	Graduate School of Business Administration, WBS, University of the Witwatersrand, 2 St. David's P...	Murimbika, M., Graduate School of Business Administration, WBS, University of the Witwatersrand, ...	The study combines the research domains of strategic management and corporate innovation by exami...	Controls; Entrepreneurial orientation; Planning; Scanning; Strategic management	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84911404974	The importance of attributes in entrepreneurial Opportunity evaluations: An emerging market study	Urban B.	2014	Managerial and Decision Economics	35	8	10.1002/mde.2639	Graduate School of Business Administration, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand...	Urban, B., Graduate School of Business Administration, Wits Business School, University of the Wi...	Although prior research has established that entrepreneurs have idiosyncratic perceptions about o...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84900435320	Implementation challenges of performance management system in the South African mining industry	Job Seotlela R.P., Miruka O.	2014	Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences	5	7	10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n7p177	Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership, North West University, Mafikeng Campus, So...	Job Seotlela, R.P., Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership, North West University,...	This study looked at the general understanding of employees regarding PMS, planning prior to impl...	None	None	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-s2.0-70249127155	Factors that influence the forming of self-evaluation and self-efficacy perceptions	Steyn R., Mynhardt J.	2008	South African Journal of Psychology	38	3	None	Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, PO Box 392, Unisa, 0003, Sout...	Steyn, R., Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, PO Box 392, Unisa,...	Optimistic self-evaluation regarding the ability to carry out tasks is important for success in v...	Authentic information; Mastery experience; Objective self-referenced information; Perceptions; Se...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84881612365	The impact of a call centre on communication in a programme and its projects	Bond-Barnard T.J., Steyn H., Fabris-Rotelli I.	2013	International Journal of Project Management	31	7	10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.12.012	Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Sta...	Bond-Barnard, T.J., Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Afric...	Call centres are increasingly being utilised in public sector programmes to facilitate and manage...	Call centres; Communication; Principal-agency theory; Project communication management; Project p...	Call centres; Conflict of interest; Economic positions; Principal agencies; Project communication...	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-s2.0-77957292294	Innovation and performance improvement in the South African wine industry	Wood E., Kaplan D.	2005	International Journal of Technology and Globalisation	1	42433	None	Graduate School of Business University of Cape Town, Portswood Road, Greenpoint, 8000, South Africa	Wood, E., Graduate School of Business University of Cape Town, Portswood Road, Greenpoint, 8000, ...	South Africa’s wine industry was ill-prepared for the highly competitive, brand-conscious consume...	industry networks; innovation; performance improvement; South Africa; wine industry	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

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