The social work profession requires the accumulation of theory, knowledge, skills and their integration into practice. The department of social work at UNISA trains students according to the person-centred approach (PCA). The question thus arises whether the social workers trained in PCA at UNISA are able to integrate theory into practice in their different areas of employment. Exploring this would give the department of social work an opportunity to re-visit the teaching of PCA and make some improvements if necessary. The qualitative study was conducted with social workers employed in different welfare organizations in Pretoria. The following themes emerged from the analysis: the perceived significance of building relationship with clients, the organizational influence in counselling, unique experiences with regard to colleagues who graduated from other institutions, challenges in handling a conflict or crisis situation, and lastly the nature of statutory cases. The conclusions were drawn and recommendations were presented. / Social Science / M.A. (Mental Health)

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Psychology / Patrick A. Knight / A commonly accepted practice in employment selection is to collect biographical information in the form of resumes. Surprisingly, little research is conducted in this area to learn how reviewers evaluate relevant biographical information and considerable less research is devoted to exploring possible methods on how to improve this evaluation process. Current research explored one possible training method that may later show great utility in improving accuracy and consistency in ratings for a number of work-related constructs. Frame-of-reference training, which is primarily utilized in the field of performance appraisal, was hypothesized to be a beneficial training technique in an effort to improve accuracy. Frame-of-reference (FOR) training attempts to create a common frame of reference among raters when assessing rates' behaviors. Through a process of practice and feedback, FOR training tunes raters to common notions of what good or poor would be on a particular dimension. The result is often more accurate ratings with less variation between raters. Personality (conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness only), general cognitive ability, and organizational citizenship behaviors were the constructs of interest. The analysis provided initial support for most of the hypotheses which suggested that frame-of-reference training would create more accurate and reliable estimates of applicant's personality, cognitive ability, and even organizational citizenship behaviors. In addition to influencing participants' estimates of applicant's scores on a number of workplace constructs, it was also found that participants were influenced as a function of type of training on their willingness to interview and overall impressions of the applicants. Limitations and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

The aim of this graduation thesis is to investigate whether it is possible to design a fluid machine that would utilize a flow resulting from different densities of processing medium, to generate electricity. The thesis focuses on the determination of relations that have influence on the efficiency. The parametres influencing the degree of efficiency have been analyzed. The aim is to reach the highest possible degree of efficiency. Depending on the results, a suitable processing medium can be selected. Within the scope of the thesis, an experiment had been proposed that verified the ground principle of the non-isothermal flow occurence. In conclusion, the outcomes are evaluated with the view of a prospective further developement of the device.

In light of all the criticisms of performance appraisal/management, this symposium presents 4 new studies that begin to reveal when performance ratings are most valuable and where research on the effectiveness of performance management needs to go in order to best inform practice.

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Denna studie har undersökt elevers kunskaper angående namngeografi samt läge- och storleksrelationer kopplat till Sverige, Norden, Europa samt världen. Studiens syfte är att undersöka om elevernas kunskaper påverkas av deras resvana, ursprung, kön eller annan vistelse utomlands. Studien utgår ifrån Bronfenbrenners ekologiska systemteori och Piagets kognitiva konstruktivism. Undersökningen är genomförd med en kvantitativ metod och respondenterna har bestått av 52 elever i tre olika klasser i årskurs 6. Respondenterna har fyllt i en enkät där de har fått besvara frågor angående deras resvana, vart de är födda, hur många plaster de har bott på samt om de har släkt utomlands. Respondenterna har även besvarat tolv frågeställningar kopplat till namngeografi samt läge- och storleksrelationer där respondenterna uppmanades att ringa in rätt svar bland fyra svarsalternativ. Avslutningsvis ombads respondenterna att konstruera en världskarta på ett blankt papper och markera ut världsdelarna samt Sverige. Resultatet av studien visar att de elever som är beresta har presterat bättre än de elever som inte har rest utanför Sverige. Studien visar även att de elever som har släkt utomlands har presterat bättre än de elever som inte har släkt utomlands. I sin helhet har flickorna presterat bättre än pojkarna och de elever som tillhör en annan könstillhörighet. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att eleverna tar till sig namngeografi utanför skolan och att resande och släkt utomlands kan bidra till sådana kunskaper. / The aim of this study is to examine students' knowledge regarding name geography, location and size relationships linked to Sweden, the Nordic countries, Europe and the world. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether students' knowledge is affected by their travel habits, origin, gender or other residence abroad. This study is based on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and Piaget's cognitive constructivism. The survey was conducted using a quantitative method and the respondents consisted of 52 students in three different classes in 6th grade. The respondents filled in a questionnaire where they were asked questions about their travel habits, where they were born, how many places they have lived in and if they have relatives abroad. The respondents also answered twelve questions related to name geography, location, and size relationships where the respondents were asked to circle the correct answer among four alternatives. Finally, the respondents were asked to construct a map of the world and mark the continents and Sweden on a blank piece of paper. The results of the study show that the students who have traveled have performed better than the students who have not traveled outside Sweden. The study also shows that students who have relatives abroad have performed better than students who have not relatives abroad. Overall, the girls have performed better than the boys and the students who belong to another gender. The results of the survey show that students absorb name geography outside of school and while traveling. Relatives abroad can also contribute to such knowledge.

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Text in English / Accompanied DVD with printed record / In this dissertation, I explore music styles from Tshianzwane village in HaMakuya, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, particularly malende, tshigombela, and children‘s songs. I consider the music styles as embedded in their extra-musical physical structure and abstractions; social rituals; frame of reference; forms of habitus; social order; cultural capital; social meanings, behaviour, power hierarchy, status, space, agency, institutions; formal-informal education and means; symbols; musical instruments; dance; religion; ancestor worship; traditional health practice; norms and values; mentorship and rites of passage. I further explore how and why music performers and other cultural patterns at Tshianzwane interpenetrate with each other and their living space through social roles; demonstration-imitation learning method; enculturation; dialectics of normative-interpretive, embodiment-hexis or cues, internalizationexternalization, surface-deep structure, conscious-unconscious level, qualitativequantitative understanding of music styles and genres and local-foreign context; means of communication; reinterpretation and redefinition of concepts. In conclusion, I consider how people and cultural patterns at Tshianzwane, through interpenetration, form progressing and changing social web; social connections; attachments; trance; state of flux in cultural patterns; synthesis of cultural patterns; embedded contexts; shared culture and resultant cultural patterns. Since cultural patterns, as a result of interpenetration, reflect each other, I point out the challenges in socio-spatial mapping of forms of habitus and cultural patterns. In my dissertation, I use John Blacking‘s work as my primary theoretical framework. Furthermore, I use Pierre Bourdieu‘s theoretical framework, and Hugh Tracey‘s and David Dargie‘s audio CDs on African tribal music to enrich my theoretical ground. I collected my field data at Tshianzwane in collaboration with Joseph Morake and Ignatia Madalane (students), Dr Susan Harrop-Allin (supervisor), Samson Netshifhefhe, Obert Ramashia, Paul Munyai and Musiwalo (informants). / M. Mus. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology

La culture organisationnelle influence la manière dont les organismes relèvent les défis externes auxquels elle fait face et façonnent les comportements normatifs de leurs membres. Des études portant sur le degré d’acceptation et d’adoption d’une culture organisationnelle indiquent une grande variance en fonction de multiples facteurs (p. ex. : l’âge, l’occupation, la hiérarchie, etc.) et leurs liens aux résultats subséquents. Différentes évaluations culturelles considèrent les sondages d’auto-évalulation comme étant des moyens acceptables de créer des liens entre les perceptions et les résultats. En effet, ces instruments mesurent les croyances, les suppositions et les valeurs d’une personne, mais l’un des facteurs pouvant compromettre les réponses est le manque de cadre de référence. Un des objectifs de l’étude est de déterminer la manière dont la mesure des perceptions culturelles est reliée à la contextualisation des questions du sondage. À l’aide de deux orientations, nous tentons de déterminer si les perceptions de la culture en lien avec l’organisation entière sont différentes de celles en lien avec le groupe de travail immédiat. De plus, l’étude explore la manière dont les différences algébriques entre les perceptions des deux référents sont simultanément reliées au bien-être psychologique au travail, à l’engagement et aux comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle. Comme objectif final, nous déterminons lequel des deux référents prédit le mieux ces résultats. Les cent quatre-vingt-neuf participants de l’étude faisaient partie d’un établissement d’enseignement postsecondaire de langue anglaise du Québec. En premier lieu, les participants recevaient, de façon aléatoire, l’un des deux questionnaires - soit celui orienté sur l’organisation entière, soit celui orienté sur le groupe de travail immédiat -, puis, en deuxième lieu, son référent opposé correspondant. Les résultats indiquent que les perceptions de culture en lien avec l’organisation entière sont significativement différentes de celle en lien avec le groupe de travail immédiat. L’étude démontre que les similitudes entre les perceptions sont directement proportionnelles au bien-être ainsi qu’aux engagements organisationnels et de groupe de travail. De plus grandes différences perceptuelles sont associées à des niveaux plus élevés de bien-être et d’engagement organisationnel normatif. Ces associations sont plus fortes lorsque les perceptions de la culture organisationnelle sont plus positives que les perceptions de la culture du groupe de travail. Les différences algébriques opposées sont liées à des niveaux plus élevés de comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle ainsi que d’engagements affectifs et de continuité envers le groupe de travail. Les résultats de l’étude suggèrent aussi que les perceptions de la culture du groupe de travail sont plus liées aux résultats pertinents que les perceptions de la culture organisationnelle. Les implications théoriques et pratiques des mesures de perceptions de culture sont examinées. / Organizational culture influences how organizations respond to environmental challenges and shape the normative behaviors of its members. Studies that address the extent to which a culture is accepted and practiced indicate much variance as a function of a multitude of factors (e.g. age, tenure, hierarchy, etc..) and their relation to subsequent outcomes. Various cultural assessments utilize self-report surveys as an acceptable avenue to link between perceptions and outcomes. While these instruments measure one’s beliefs, assumptions, and values, one of the factors that may implicate responses is the lack of frame of reference. One of the study’s objectives is to determine how measurements of cultural perceptions are related to contextualization of survey items. Using two orientations, we investigate whether perceptions of culture, in respect to the entire organization, are different from those in reference to the immediate workgroup. The study further explores how patterns of discrepancies between perceptions of the two referents are simultaneously related to psychological well-being at work, commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. As a final goal, we test which of the two referents better predict those outcomes. One hundred eighty nine participants in the study were part of a post-secondary, English educational institution in Quebec. Participants were randomly assigned to questionnaires with two different orientations - the entire organization or the immediate workgroup - at time one, and in corresponding opposite referent at time two. Results indicate that perceptions of culture in relation to the entire organization are significantly different from those in relation to the immediate workgroup. The study demonstrates that similarities between perceptions are positively related to well-being, organizational and workgroup commitments. Greater perceptual differences are associated with higher levels of well-being and normative organizational commitment. These associations are strongest when perceptions of organizational culture are more positive than perceptions of workgroup culture. Opposite patterns of discrepancy are related to higher levels of organizational citizenship- behavior, affective and continuance workgroup commitments. The results of the study also suggest that perceptions of workgroup culture are related to relevant outcomes more than perceptions of organizational culture. Theoretical and practical implications for measurement of perceptions of culture are discussed.

Suite aux travaux en psycholinguistique et en psychologie interculturelle liés aux cadres de référence spatiale, nous avons choisi d’investiguer ce domaine en nous focalisant sur la zone géographique de Guelmime, dans le sud-ouest marocain. Dans cette étude, nous nous proposons de répondre à deux questions principales : Comment les enfants marocains âgés de 6 à 9 ans, locuteurs de l’arabe dialectal marocain, du tachelhit et du français désignent l’orientation dans l’espace dans chacune de ces trois langues ? Quels sont les facteurs qui influencent ces désignations ? Pour répondre à ces questions, nous avons réalisé une analyse du vocabulaire spatial en arabe dialectal marocain, en tachelhit et en français à partir de collectes de corpus. Deux études ont été réalisées. La première, une tâche d’orientation, a été effectuée par des élèves âgés de 6-7 ans et 8-9 ans. Si les résultats liés à toutes les langues du recueil montrent que le mode d’orientation qu’utilisent les élèves est soumis à un effet de la scolarisation lié à l’âge et à la durée de l’enseignement, les résultats liés à chaque langue montrent qu’il y a un effet de l’école fréquentée dans le mode d’orientation utilisé. Quant à la deuxième étude, il s’agit d’une tâche de positionnement d’objets, réalisée avec des enseignants de l’école primaire au Maroc, dans les trois langues. Les résultats montrent que dans toutes les langues du recueil, la même tendance est visible. Cette étude nous a permis d’entrevoir les difficultés à évaluer selon un protocole expérimental contrôlé les préférences linguistiques en lien avec telle ou telle langue dans un contexte plurilinguistique naturel et scolaire. En outre, ces recherches s’ouvrent sur l’importance de prendre en compte des contraintes liées au développement cognitif et au mode d’acquisition des langues par des enfants scolarisés. / The main purpose of this thesis is to answer these questions: Why are there different ways to talk about space? How Moroccans, speakers of Moroccan Arabic, Tachelhit and French orient themselves in space? What are the factors that influence the orientation mode? The interest of this thesis is to conduct an analysis of spatial vocabulary in Moroccan Arabic, in Tachelhit and in French. This analysis is particularly interested in defining the type of spatial orientation related to spatial frame of reference used preferentially by Moroccan students as well as teachers. To do this, two studies were conducted. The first, the orientation task, is made with school children aged 6-7 years and 8-9 years. If the results related to all languages show that the orientation mode used by students is subject to an effect of schooling related to age and standing of education, the results related to each language show that there is an effect of school attended in the orientation mode used. For the second study, it is a task of positioning objects, made with teachers in primary school in Morocco. The results show that in all languages, the same trend is visible. Teachers use the same orientation mode in the three languages of the collection. This study has allowed us to see the difficulties in spatial concepts teaching and learning. These studies opens of the importance of taking into account the constraints of cognitive development, language acquisition mode, but also the constraints of language systems in research involving an intercultural context. / تروم هذه الأطروحة، التي تأسست مقتضيات تحقيق بحثها الميداني على اختيار مقصود لمدينة "كلميم" المتموقعة جغرافيا بالجنوب الشرقي للمغرب، الإجابة عن الأسئلة التالية:- لماذا نجد أكثر من طريقة للتعبير عن المكان؟- كيف يعين الأطفال المغاربة الذين يتراوح سنهم بين: ست (6) و تسع (9) سنوات، ممن يتكلمون الدراجة المغربية، والأمازيغية (تشلحيت)، والفرنسية، توجههم المكاني ارتباطا بهذه اللغات الثلاث؟- وما هي العوامل التي تؤثر على هذا التوجيه؟ تكمن أهمية هذه الأطروحة في إنجاز تحليل للمفردات الخاصة بالمكان في هذه اللغات الثلاث. وحيث ينزع التحليل المقرر فيها لتحديد نوع التوجيه المكاني المقترن بالإطار الخاص بالمرجع المكاني الذي يفضل التلاميذ والأساتذة المغاربة استعماله على حد سواء. لأجل ذلك، تم اعتماد دراستين ميدانيتين اثنتين؛ ارتكزت الأولى على مهمة "التوجيه"، وتم تطبيقها على عينة من التلاميذ الذين تتراوح أعمارهم بين ست(6) وسبع (7)سنوات، وثمان (8)وتسع (9) سنوات. وإذا كانت النتائج المتوصل إليها في هذه الدراسة، ارتباطا بكل اللغات المعتمدة في البحث، تؤكد أن نمط التوجيه الذي يستعمله التلاميذ قد تعرض لتأثير التمدرس المرتبط بالسن وبمدة التمدرس؛ فإن النتائج، المرتبطة بكل لغة على حدة، توضح أن هناك تأثيرا خاصا على نمط التوجيه المكاني المُسْتَعْمَل سببه نوع المؤسسة التربوية نفسها. َأما الدراسة الثانية التي ارتكزت على مهمة "موضعة الأجسام" وتشكلت عينتها من أساتذة التعليم الابتدائي، فقد أظهرت نتائجها ارتباطا بكل اللغات المعتمدة في البحث، أن الأساتذة ينزعون نحو اعتماد نفس النمط من التوجيه. وهو ما مكننا من رصد المشاكل المرتبطة بتعليم المفاهيم المكانية، وتعلمها.تنفتح أبحاث من هذا النوع على إقرار أهمية الأخذ بعين الاعتبار القيود المتصلة بالتطور المعرفي، وأنماط اكتساب اللغات وتعلمها، وبالقيود المتصلة بالأنساق اللسانية، على وجه مخصوص، ارتباطا بدراسات تجعل من القيمة الثقافية، وبين الثقافية سياقا لها، ومتغيرا دالا فيها أيضا.