Orientation: South Africa’s cultural and linguistic diversity requires special measures to ensure that the assessments used in employment settings are scrupulously fair. To this end, Section 8 of The Employment Equity Act requires that psychometric tests are scientifically proved to be valid and reliable and not to discriminate unfairly against any individual or group. The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) sets out to meet these criteria by incorporating culture-specific elements and by providing versions in each of South Africa’s 11 official languages. o Research purpose: The key determination of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Afrikaans version of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI). The aforementioned properties include item analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), reliability analysis, product-moment correlation and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). o Motivation for the study: To contribute to the fair, valid and reliable use of the SAPI questionnaire in all language versions of the instrument by examining the psychometric properties of the Afrikaans version and comparing it with the validated English version. Once this has been done for each of the 11 official South African languages versions, a culturally neutral instrument will be available for the full diversity of employment settings in South Africa. o Research design, approach and method: This study used a quantitative cross-sectional research design with an emic approach, objectivist ontology and a post-positivist research paradigm. Primary data was collected by administering the Afrikaans version of the SAPI questionnaire to a non-probability sample of 201 purposively selected white Afrikaans-speaking South Africans who are economically and non-economically active and have a minimum qualification of Grade 12. An online Afrikaans version of the SAPI along with a biographical questionnaire was used to collect data. Item analysis was investigated by means of a descriptive statistical analysis. An initial principle component analysis followed with exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine the instrument’s factor structure. A reliability analysis was conducted in order to measure the internal consistency of the instrument. Product-moment correlations explored the relationships between variables. Further analysis was done to detect the relationships of the variables and to detect differences. Main findings: The White Afrikaners attach immense importance to the social-relational factors. From the six factors, only three factors were extracted, namely the Social-relational Positive, combined Social-relational Negative/Conscientiousness, and Intellect/Openness factors. These factors showed adequate validity and reliability. The item functionality needs to be re-evaluated in order to measure all the six factors of the SAPI and different analytical techniques should be applied. The relationships between the remaining three factors were sufficient, and only age differences were detected in the experience of Social Relational Negative/Conscientiousness o Practical/managerial implications: The results of this study provide a firm foundation for the further investigation of the validity of the Afrikaans version of the questionnaire. Furthermore, insight is given to researchers and practitioners on the need to develop, adapt or translate psychometric instruments, especially for use in an environment which is multicultural and multilingual. o Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to cultural-specific research on the assessment of personality in South Africa. Its thorough investigation and attempt to validate the Afrikaans version of the SAPI is supported by an extensive body of literature relevant to standardizing the SAPI. Practitioners and organisations will now be able to administer a culturally informed personality assessment where the home language of the employees is Afrikaans. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Human Resource Management / MCom / Unrestricted

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The focus of this study is the Sixteen Personality Factor Quenstionnaire, South Africam 1992 version (16 PF, SA92). This personality questionnaire was derived from the 16 PF which was developed in the United States and was adapted for South African conditions in 1992. The aim of this study is to determine whether the scores of the 16 PF, SA92 are cross-culturally valid and comparable in South Africa. The sample consisted of White and African (male and female) applicants who applied for positions in a South African state department. To achieve the aims outlined in the introductory chapter, construct comparability and item comparability research was conducted. Descriptive statistics were also calculated to indicate the performance of the various sub-samples (White, African, male and female). The results indicated that the population variable as opposed to the gender variable had the greatest influence on the scores obtained. Problems existed with the construct and item comparability of the 16 PF, SA92 when the different population groups were compared. Mean differences were also found on the majority of factors of the 16 PF, SA92 when the scores of the different population groups were compared. The implications of using 16 PF, SA92 were outlined and several assessment options were presented for users of the 16 PF, SA92. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Admin. (Industrial Psychology)

Emotional brand attachment has emerged as an important marketing concept that can strengthen a brand's performance. One way to create emotional bonds with consumers is to match the brand's personality with the consumer's self-concept (i.e. self-congruence). Nonetheless, research on brand attachment has a strong westernized focus leaving a vast majority of the world's population outside the frame of research, which limits our understanding of how consumers perception of self form emotional attachments to brands across cultures. We address this issue by developing the novel construct of ought self-congruence and test a conceptual model in two large scale studies including 810 respondents from Sweden and South Korea. The results showed similarities as well as unique cultural differences. Brand personalities in line with a consumer's actual self-view yield the strongest positive impact on emotional brand attachment in both cultures. However, an ideal self-congruent brand only showed a positive impact on Swedish consumers or when the self is sculpt independently from others. In contrast, South Koreans formed attachments to global brands that were congruent with an ought self-perception. A consumer's regulatory focus provides a theoretical explanation to the mixed results. Avenues for further research and managerial implications are also proposed.

In this study Learning study has been carried out as a model for skills development focusing teaching and learning processes for music teachers within the Community School of Arts. The model rests on variation theory to improve teaching and learning. The design of a Learning study consists of three video filmed lessons interwoven with continious monitoring and planning through collagiate dialogues. Work with Learning study starts from the choice of a certain aspect of knowledge, the learning object, and the identification of several critical aspects based on the pupil's current level of understanding. In the teaching situation, the teacher provides variation patterns to support the pupil’s learning.. The design of the model in this study is modified with a view to a better fit with the subject of music, and the context of teaching in the School of Arts. Starting from the cultural-psychological perspective on learning and a phenomenographic inspired method, this study aims to describe the participating teachers’ learning through their Learning study. The teachers have experienced a development of knowledge in themselves as well as in their pupils. They have assimilated a language for reflecting on the process of teaching. Reflected experience has made the didactic interaction in the teaching process visible. The collegiate dialogue has contributed to the development of more variation in the tools used for teaching. Learning study is therefore found be a useful tool in the development of music teaching in the context of Community School of Arts when enough time, continuity and a qualified coach are provided.

Cette thèse s'inscrit dans le champ de la psychologie transculturelle du bébé, une clinique de la créolisation du pays Martinique. Cette recherche part du problème du devenir mère et de la souffrance du bébé qui se trouve au centre de deux sortes de discours, de deux systèmes de soin. D'une part, le discours populaire, discours porté par la tradition sur les conceptions de la maladie qui affectent le tout petit, la façon de guérir et /ou soigner l'enfant et les techniques appropriées. Ce discours est porté par la grand-mère, voire l'arrière-grand-mère lorsque cette dernière est encore en vie, et par les anciens. D'autre-part, le discours médico-social porté par les psychologues et les pédopsychiatres, où le sens donné à la souffrance du bébé et des mères ne tiendra pas compte des croyances et de la culture. Les jeunes mères consultent dans une errance entre la médecine occidentale, une médecine «visible», et le système de soin du guérisseur, appelé "doktè fey", une médecine «invisible». Notre hypothèse repose sur l'idée que le "doktè fey" représenterait une partie de la mère, il la rendrait compétente, lui permettrait de se réapproprier son enfant, car, par ses conseils et ses actes, il réaffirmerait l'unité mère-enfant en les inscrivant dans la transmission des générations. Nous analysons ces deux conceptions concernant la souffrance et la prise en charge du bébé au niveau des différents modèles du soin, des différentes logiques sociétales et des conflits entre les différents points de vue sur l'enfant. Pour ce faire, nous avons développé une démarche transculturelle et ethna-­clinicienne auprès des familles et de leurs bébés, des guérisseurs et des psychologues. Les outils utilisés sont le questionnaire, les entretiens semi directifs, le recueil d'observations de techniques de bain traditionnel et des études de cas. Les résultats mettent en évidence d'une part la difficulté pour les jeunes mères d'adhérer aux modalités du traitement proposé par la médecine «visible», lorsqu'elles sont confrontées à la mort potentielle de leur bébé porteur de pathologies spécifiques, c'est-à-dire culturellement codées, d'autre part le sens du recours à la médecine «invisible». Pour conclure, on ne peut comprendre le désordre psychique dans les pays comme la Martinique sans tenir compte de la culture, c'est à dire des croyances, des langues et des pratiques, qui ont cours dans l'histoire et dans la construction de l'univers créole. Cette recherche met ainsi l'accent sur les liens et les ponts possibles à trouver entre ces deux médecines. / The aim of this study is to investigate the distress in early motherhood/infancy which is at the center of two forms of discourse and two systems of care ln Martinique. On the one hand, the popular approach and, on the other hand, the medical and social approach supported by child psychiatrists and psychologists, which disregards beliefs and culture. A popular discourse borne out of a traditional conception of illness related to toddlers puts an emphasis on how to cure rather than to treat. This discourse is carried out by the grandmother as weil as the great grandmother, when still alive, and eiders of the community. Women in early motherhood have an erring commitment to consult in bath Western medicine, «visible » medicine, and the traditional health care system of the healer, known as the doktè fey, «invisible» medicine. Our hypothesis is based on the idea that doktè fey represent part of the mother and makes her competent to perform her role as a mother and as such she is able to reclaim her child. By his advice and acts, the dokté fey reaffirms the mother-child unit registering in the transmission of generations. We analyses these two conceptions which concern the distress on, as weil as the care of the baby. Addressing various models of care, diverse logical and societal conflicts of different perspectives on the child. To do this a cross-cultural and ethno-clinical approach was employed with families and their baby, healers and psychologists. Tools used are a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, observations of traditional bath11 techniques and case studies. Results highlights firstly the difficulty that women experience in early motherhood to adhere to the terms of a proposed treatment by « visible » medicine when faced with the potential death of their baby when he is carrier of specifie pathologies, is culturaly encoded and secondly the sense of using the « invisible » medicine. To conclude we cannot understand psychological disorder in Martinique, without regard to the culture, i.e. beliefs, languages and practices that exist in a Creole environment. This research also puts emphasis on the links and bridges that it may be possible to find between the two health care systems

Orientador: Alessandra Arce Hai / Banca: Dermeval Saviani / Banca: Rosa Fátima de Souza Chaloba / Resumo: Ao estudar a história da educação e a história das ideias pedagógicas observamos no século XX o embate entre o tradicional e o inovador. A crítica promulgada pela Escola Nova contra o Ensino Tradicional denota aspecto negativo do ato de ensinar e, invariavelmente, as ideias pedagógicas que defendem o ato de ensinar são aproximadas com o termo "tradicional". As correntes pedagógicas que defendem o ato de ensinar, dentre elas: a Pedagogia Tradicional (PT), a Psicologia Histórico-Cultural (PsHC) e a Pedagogia Histórico-Crítica (PsHC); tem sido alvo de comparações e de críticas pelos movimentos contemporâneos que fazem a crítica ao ensino, denominando-as, sob o julgo negativo do termo "tradicional". Assim algumas questões têm nos inquietado: Seria possível que a aproximação entre a PT, a PsHC e a PeHC? Em que medida há aproximações e rupturas nas ideias pedagógicas? Quais os interesses em aproximá-las ou em distanciá-las? O objetivo geral foi de analisar a defesa do ato de ensinar da PT, da PsHC e da PeHC presente na história das ideias pedagógicas. Para tal, utilizamos como categorias de análise a concepção de sociedade, concepção de homem, concepção de educação, concepção do ato de ensinar (processo de ensino aprendizagem), concepção de professor e concepção de aluno. Os objetivos específicos foram (a) investigar a representação do ato de ensinar das correntes pedagógicas nas teses e dissertações presentes no portal da CAPES e (b) analisar a relação entre o "tradicional" e o "moderno" na construção histórica das ideias pedagógicas. O referencial teóricometodológico ancora-se na história das ideias pedagógicas, articulando o materialismo histórico-dialético e as contribuições da Escola dos Annales. A revisão bibliográfica compreendeu o levantamento e a análise de vinte e uma produções acadêmicocientíficas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: By studying the history of education and the history of pedagogical ideas in the twentieth century we see the clash between traditional and innovative. The criticism against promulgated by the New School and Traditional Shool denotes negative aspect of the act of teaching and, invariably, the pedagogical ideas that defend the act of teaching is approached with the term "traditional." The pedagogical trends that advocate the act of teaching, including: Traditional Pedagogy (PT), the Historical-Cultural Psychology (PsHC) and Historical-Critical Pedagogy (PsHC) has been the subject of comparisons and criticisms by the contemporary movements that make the critique of education, calling them, under the yoke of the negative term "traditional". So we have some unsettled issues: Is it possible that the rapprochement between the PT, and PsHC PeHC? To what extent there are breaks in approaches and pedagogical ideas? What interests or bring them to alienate them? The overall objective was to analyze the act of defending the teaching of PT, and PsHC PeHC present in the history of pedagogical ideas. To this end, we use as categories of analysis the conception of society, concept of man, concept of education, concept of the act of teaching (teaching-learning process), concept of teacher and student concept. The specific objectives were (a) to investigate the representation of the act of teaching pedagogical trends in theses and dissertations present the portal of CAPES and (b) examine the relationship between the "traditional" and "modern" in the historical construction of pedagogical ideas. The theoretical and methodological framework is anchored in the history of pedagogical ideas, articulating the historical and dialectical materialism and the contributions of the Annales School. The literature review included the survey and analysis of twenty-one academicscientific productions, eight and thirteen... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Esta pesquisa tem o objetivo de compreender o processo de atribuição de sentido pessoal à atividade pedagógica dos professores da escola pública de ensino fundamental por meio do levantamento dos motivos dessa atividade. Ao enfocarmos a atividade pedagógica, pretendemos, também, localizar a função e a importância do projeto político pedagógico na organização das ações pedagógicas. Para tanto, este trabalho tem como embasamento teórico a psicologia histórico-cultural (Vigotski, Leontiev, Luria e outros), mais especificamente a contribuição dos autores que se dedicaram ao estudo da atividade humana como unidade central da vida do sujeito concreto, ou seja, a teoria psicológica geral da atividade (Leontiev, Davidov e outros). Nosso estudo centrou-se na observação do cotidiano escolar de uma escola pública municipal de ensino fundamental que almejava construir seu projeto político pedagógico e articulá-lo com as ações pedagógicas desenvolvidas. Inspirados no estudo de caso do tipo etnográfico, foram usados os seguintes procedimentos de investigação: observação participante, análise de documentos e realização de entrevistas com professores. No processo de análise dos dados, organizamos as informações obtidas em três grandes contextos: "Organização escolar", "Em busca do projeto político pedagógico" e "Atribuição de sentido pessoal à atividade pedagógica". Nos dois primeiros contextos, apresentamos as formas como os profissionais da escola organizam suas atividades e ações pedagógicas e apontamos as dificuldades na construção de um projeto político pedagógico, a produção da fragmentação do trabalho pedagógico e as possibilidades de superação da alienação. No último contexto, a partir da trajetória profissional de dois professores, analisamos o processo de atribuição de sentido pessoal à atividade pedagógica. Os professores entrevistados denunciam as rupturas entre o significado e o sentido pessoal, entre os motivos da atividade e os fins das ações e expressam essas cisões não só verbalmente, como física e emocionalmente. Contraditoriamente, indicam, também, elementos no seu trabalho e na organização escolar reveladores das possibilidades do estabelecimento de relações conscientes com a universalidade dos homens, para além da relação singular-particular. Assim, a análise ressalta a construção do projeto político pedagógico entendido como atividade enquanto um dos elementos possíveis de humanização docente, ou seja, como espaço de resistência à desintegração entre o significado e o sentido pessoal atribuído à atividade pedagógica. / This research aims to study the process of sense attribution to the public elementary school teacher's pedagogical activity through the study of this activity motives. By focusing the pedagogical activity we also intend to find the political pedagogical project function and importance in the organization of pedagogical actions. For doing so, this work has as theoretical basis on the cultural-historical psychology (Vigotski, Leontiev, Luria et al.), more specifically, the contribution of authors who were dedicated to the study human activity as the central unity of the concrete individual's life, or else, the general psychological theory of activity (Leontiev, Davidov et al). Our study has been centered on scholar daily routine observation of a public elementary school that aimed to build its political pedagogical project and link it with the developed pedagogical actions. Inspired in the case study of the ethnographic perspective, there were used the following investigation procedures: participant observation, documents analysis and interviews with teachers. During the process of data analysis we have organized the obtained information in three major contexts: "Scholar Organization", "In search of the political pedagogical project" and "Attribution of sense to the pedagogical activity". In the first two contexts we have presented the ways that school professionals organize their activities and pedagogical actions and have pointed out the difficulties in the construction of a political pedagogical project, the fragmentation production of pedagogical work and the possibilities of alienation overcoming. In the last context, as from two teachers professional trajectory, we have analysed the process of sense attribution to the pedagogical activity. Interviewed teachers reveal the ruptures between the social meaning and the sense, between the activity motives and the actions objectives and express these scission not only orally but also physically and emotionally. In a contradiction, they also indicate elements in their work and in scholar organization that reveal possibilities of relationships establishment conscious with men universality, for beyond the singular-particular relation. Thus, the analysis reinforces the construction of the political pedagogical project understood as activity, as one of the possible elements of teaching humanization, or else, as an area of resistance to the disintegration between social meaning and sense given to the pedagogical activity.

A contratação de professores interlocutores na rede estadual de ensino de São Paulo tem gerado dúvidas sobre sua função no processo educacional de estudantes surdos, pois os documentos estaduais não delimitam sua atuação de forma explícita. Políticas federais estabelecem que surdos inseridos no ensino regular sejam acompanhados por intérpretes de língua de sinais, o que induz à compreensão de que o professor interlocutor deve assumir tal função. A partir dos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Psicologia Histórico-Cultural, o presente trabalho tem o objetivo de identificar a função social do professor interlocutor. A tese é composta por dois estudos: no Estudo 1 analisa-se um material em vídeo, disponibilizado pela Secretaria de Educação para reflexão coletiva da função do professor interlocutor, a fim de identificar o significado social da atividade desse profissional. No Estudo 2 analisamos o processo de atribuição de sentido pessoal à atividade de professor interlocutor, em profissionais atuantes em um município do interior paulista. Foram entrevistados 21 professores interlocutores, individualmente, com apoio de roteiro semiestruturado; os participantes também foram submetidos a uma avaliação de fluência na Língua Brasileira de Sinais. Para a análise dos dados, foram utilizados os seguintes procedimentos: 1) Descrição empírica dos dados; 2) Elaboração de categorias analíticas que permitissem abstrair a realidade concreta; 3) Estabelecimento da unidade de análise da pesquisa; e 4) Retorno à realidade concreta, a fim de explicar o processo analisado. A unidade de análise identificada é a contradição entre as políticas estaduais de São Paulo e as políticas federais, explicada pela lógica excludente do capitalismo, reproduzida na educação escolar. No Estudo 1, a análise dos dados indica que o significado social da atividade do professor interlocutor é ser professor. Entretanto, a análise dos dados do Estudo 2 mostra que tal significado não é compartilhado entre os profissionais que ocupam o cargo. Devido à influência das políticas públicas federais, os professores interlocutores compreendem que devem atuar como intérpretes, o que provoca uma das cisões entre o significado social e o sentido pessoal que atribuem à sua atividade. Tal divergência se torna evidente na perspectiva de educação inclusiva, pois a existência de dois professores na mesma sala de aula implicaria em atividade conjunta dos dois profissionais; ao contrário, foi identificada uma relação de subordinação de um professor a outro, excluindo professor interlocutor e estudante surdo da atividade pedagógica. Da parte da Secretaria da Educação, espera-se que os professores interlocutores assumam função docente na educação do surdo, porém a avaliação linguística realizada com os participantes indica que a maioria dos profissionais contratados não são fluentes na língua de sinais. Defende-se a tese de que o professor interlocutor é professor, devendo, portanto, assumir a atividade de ensino do aluno surdo, de forma consciente e com a finalidade de promover o desenvolvimento pleno dos sujeitos envolvidos. Na compreensão de que a atividade pedagógica caracteriza-se por sua dimensão coletiva, na unidade entre atividade de ensino e de estudo, propõe-se que tanto o professor regente quanto o professor interlocutor empenhem-se na organização do ensino para todos os estudantes, surdos e ouvintes. / Hiring interlocutors teachers in the state system of São Paulo has generated questions about its role in the educational process of deaf students, as state documents not delimit its activities explicitly. Federal policies provide that deaf inserted in regular education are accompanied by sign language interpreters, which leads to the realization that the caller teacher should assume this function. From the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Historical-Cultural Psychology, this study aims to identify the social function of the speaker teacher. The thesis consists of two studies: the Study 1 examined a material in video, made available by the Department of Education for collective reflection interlocutor teacher\'s role in order to identify the social significance of this professional activity. In Study 2 we analyze the process of assigning personal meaning to partner teacher activity, in professional in a city in the interior. We interviewed 21 stakeholders teachers, individually, with support from semi-structured; participants also underwent a fluency assessment in Brazilian Sign Language. For data analysis, the following procedures were used: 1) Description of empirical data; 2) Development of analytical categories that allow abstract the reality; 3) Establishment of the unit of analysis of the research; and 4) return to reality in order to explain the process analyzed. The identified unit of analysis is the contradiction between the state policies of São Paulo and federal policies, explained by the exclusionary logic of capitalism, played in school education. In Study 1, data analysis indicates that the social meaning of interlocutor teacher\'s activity is to be a teacher. However, analysis of the Study 2 data shows that this meaning is not shared among the professionals who hold the office. Due to the influence of the federal public policies, the interlocutors teachers understand that they must act as interpreters, which causes one of the divisions between the social significance and the personal meaning they attach to their activity. This difference is evident in inclusive education perspective, since the existence of two teachers in the same classroom imply joint activity of the two professionals; on the contrary, was identified a relationship of subordination of one teacher to another, excluding interlocutor teacher and deaf student of pedagogical activity. The part of the Department of Education, it is expected that the interlocutors teachers take teaching role in deaf education, but the language assessment conducted with participants indicates that most professional contractors are not fluent in sign language. It defends the thesis that the speaker teacher is a teacher, and must therefore take the education of the deaf student activity, consciously and in order to promote the full development of the subjects involved. On the understanding that the pedagogical activity is characterized by its collective dimension, in the unity between educational activity and study, it is proposed that both the classroom teacher and the speaker teacher to engage in the organization of education for all students, deaf and listeners.

Esta pesquisa intenta analisar as Redes de Apoio dos Dekasseguis, os nós que as formam, a qualidade dos vínculos que os unem, e verificar a influência destes atores sociais nas decisões do trabalhador brasileiro no Japão. Primeiramente, comentamos estudos acerca do tema Dekassegui. Em seguida, apresentamos um histórico da Análise de Redes Sociais dentro das Ciências Humanas e especificamente dentro da Psicologia, e aprofundamos nas relações entre Redes Sociais e movimentos migratórios. Passamos então a descrever as bases da Abordagem Intercultural utilizadas neste trabalho. A metodologia utilizada obedece aos preceitos da Teoria Fundamentada (Grounded Theory). Foram realizadas entrevistas presenciais e por internet, via comunicador instantâneo (MSN) com jovens brasileiros que tiveram a experiência de trabalhar como dekasseguis no Japão. Os dados revelam as impressões dos dekasseguis a respeito do povo japonês, suas dificuldades no contato com os nativos e com outros brasileiros nas mesmas condições no Japão, e a forma como sua Rede Social influencia sua tomada de decisões. / This research aims at analyzing the Support Networks of Dekasseguis, the nodes that form them, the quality of the bonds that unite them, and the influence of these social actors in decisions made by Brazilian workers in Japan. Firstly, we focus our studies on Dekassegui. Next, we present the history of Social Network analysis within the Humanities and specifically within Psychology, and specify the relations between social networks and migration. We then describe the basics of Intercultural Approach we used in this work. The methodology used follows the precepts of Grounded Theory. Interviews were conducted in person and via the Internet, mainly instant messaging (MSN), with young Brazilian who had the experience of working as dekasseguis in Japan. The data shows impressions of these immigrants about the Japanese people, their acquaintance and communication difficulties with the locals and other Brazilians under the same condition in Japan, and how their Social Network influences in their decision making.