Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in the Department of African Languages in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2002. / Lolu cwaningo luyimizamo yokuveza ukubaluleka kwezinto ezingamagugu esizwe esimpisholo sikaPhunga noMageba . Tzinto ezinjengemvunulo; ukudla kanye nezitsha zesintu. Ucwaningo luveza ukubaluleka kwazo lezi zinto esizweni sonkana. Ukbab isizwe singazithola sesingasahlupheki, sesivule amathuba emisebenzi lapho kuzosizakala khona umphakathi uqobo Iwawo. Umcwaningi ukhuthazwe ukubona sengathi lokhu kuya ngokuya kushabalala esintwini. Lapho abantu abamnyama bebukela phansi okungamagugu kubo. nokwadabuka kukho ngenxa yokufika kwempucuzeko vase Ntshonalanga. Lokhu umcwaningi ukubone kululaza isizwe esimpisholo uma umphakathi uyekelelwa ungakhunjuzwa ngalokhu flina konke lokhu okungamagugu kugcine kushabalale bese izizukulwane eziyolandela zibe seshweni lokungazi ngenqubo nangosikompilo lwamaZulu. Umcwaningi lokhu ukulumbanise nokubaluleka kwakho kwezokuvakasha lapho ebheka khona iqhaza elibanjwe yilezi zinto kwezokuvakasha nasekuthuthukiseni umnotho wesizwe. Kwangagcina lapho lokhu, kuphinde kwaba nomthelela nasekuthuthukisweni kolimi lwesiZulu Kulolu cwaningo umcwaningi ubone kusizakala zonke izinhlobo abantu abesilisa nabesifazane, abadala nabancane ofundile nongafundile kanye nabakhubazeke emzimbeni kodwa emqondweni bebe bephila nezandla zabo zibe zikwazi ukusebenza. Isizwe esimpisholo sizoziqhenya ngalokhu ngoba kuzogcinwa lokhu okungamagugu. kufundiswe ngakho, kuphinde kuvuseleleke amasiko. Nakuba kukhona izinkinga ngokungaxhaswa kwale zizikhungo nguhulumeni. Isahluko sokuqala sikhombisa inhloso yalolu cwaningo, umklamo, inkuthazo okukhuthaze umcwaningi abone kubahilekile ukuba zixhaswe izindawo ezigcina amagugu esizwe ukuze lezi zinto nolwazi lungashabalali ngenxa yokufika, kwezinto zase Ntshonalanga- Lapha kubuye kugqanyiswe izingqalabutho esezake zakuthinta okuphathelene nesihloko emsebenzini yazo elotshwe phansi. Amagama athanda ukuba qatha achaziwe lapha. Isahluko sesibili siveza izindlela umcwaningi azoqhuba ngazo ucwaningo lwakhe. Njengokuthi umcwaningi uxoxisene nabanye abantu abasezikhungweni zokuvakasha, abasezikhungweni ezithengisa lo msebenzi, abantu abasafuiusa kulo msebenzi, abantu ababambelele emasikweni njengabantu bebandla likaShembe. Umcwaningi ubheke nolwazi olulotshwe phansi ngosekwake kwabhalwa ngokuphathelene nalo msebenzi; ethola izimvo ezahlukene kanye nezinkinga ezikhona Umcwaningi lapha ubheke ukwehlukaniswa kwemvunulo, izitsha kanye nokudla kwesintu wase esebheka nemithelela yakho kwezokuvakasha. Isahluko sesithathu sigxile ekuqhakambiseni ukubaluleka kwalezi zinto neqhaza okuUbambile kwezomnotho. Lo msebenzi ubonakala ubalulekile impela ngoba abantu abaswele umsebenzi batholakala sekunemisebenzi sebekwazi nabo ukugcina izidingo zabo. Kwenye inkathi kungekhona ukuthi baphansi komphakathi othile abawusebenzelayo kodwa bezisebenzela bona. Isahluko sesine sigxile ekuvezeni ukuhleleka kwezimpikiswano ezibekwa ngababhali abehlukene. Lapha umcwaningi ubeke izinqinamba noma izinkinga abakhi nabathengisi bemvunulo ababhekana nazo kanye nabapheki nabathengisi bokudla kwesintu bekanye nabenzi naba thengisi bezitsha zesintu. Bakhala ngezakhiwo abakhela kuzo bebuye bathengisele kuzo ukuthi azikho esimweni esihle esizokwazi ukuheha abathengi kumbe abavakashi. Kubekwe nenkinga yokungaxhaswa kwabantu abathanda ukwenza ikhono lokwenza lo msebenzi. Kubhekwa nenqubekela phambili; okungenziwa ukuze izinkinga ezikhona zixazululwe fiithi ugcine ungashabalali nesizwe sibone ukubaluleka kwemvunulo, ukudla kanye nezitsha zesintu. Isahluko sesihlanu siveza isihlaziyo lapho kuhlaziywa khona ucwaningo lomsebenzi wonke. Kuvezwa iqoqa kanye nezincomo ezingalandelwa ukugcina okungamagugu esizwe. Imvunulo izitsha kanye nokudla kubhekwa iqhaza okuhbambile lokhu nemithelela. yakho kwezokuvakasha nasekuthuthukiseni isizwe kwezomnotho. Izincomo zikhuthaza wonke umuntu ompisholo azi ukuthi akabhekile kuhulumeni kuphela ukuze akwazi ukuziphilisa kodwa nave angaba uhulumeni ngokuzakhela amathuba emisebenzi azithuthukise kuphinde kusizakale nomphakathi njengokuthi uhlangane wonke uphinde uthengise imvunulo, izitsha kanye nokudla kwesintu.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on month day year) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 76 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes video files in the mpg format. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 1996. / Adviser: William Sun. Submitted to the Dept. of Drama. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 315-341). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-225).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179). Print copy also available.

<p> The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to explore how African American Online doctor of management students perceived engaging support to maintain motivation throughout the dissertation writing process. The study involved collecting and analyzing data from 10 African American online doctoral students who matriculated into an online doctor of management program or had completed the dissertation writing process. Participants shared perspectives on support through narrative storytelling and answered open-ended questions that described individual perceptions of engaging support to maintain motivation during the dissertation writing process. The general research question was as follows: How do African American online doctoral of management students engage support to maintain motivation during the dissertation witting process? Four themes emerged from the findings. The four themes were faith based support, collaborative coaches versus autonomous coaches, traditional faculty support versus nontraditional support, and chair lack of encouragement versus encouragement. The major implication was support to maintain motivation in an online learning environment must include communications and socialization on an ongoing basis during the dissertation writing process. Doctor of management organizational doctoral program leaders may use this study to examine doctoral student support issues, chairs&rsquo; encouragement strategies, and the need for dissertation coaching. The conceptual framework for this qualitative narrative inquiry was Bandura&rsquo;s (1997) self-efficacy theory, Atkinson&rsquo;s (1957) expectancy value theory, and Vygotsky&rsquo;s (1978) social constructivist theory.</p><p>