M.Ed. / The focus of this study was to portray aggression in the working environment by way of a qualitative study. There exists preconceptions about aggression in the workplace and this causes a process whereby aggression is not understood. It is also not addressed because of the fact that management does not understand aggression. For the purpose of this study Afrikaans speaking management of secondary schools was chosen. There is a need for research into aggression at the workplace. The study made use of phenomenological interviews with seventeen participants of two Afrikaans speaking schools in the East-Rand, Gauteng Province. Data analysis was done by using the open-coding method of Tesch. The study also made use of field notes and a pilot study. Literature was used to verify and compare results. Guba's model of trustworthiness ensured the trustworthiness of the research. After the data analysis was conducted, it was evident that management viewed that frustration and stress together with conflict play a part in their experience of aggression in the workplace. Guidelines were given for management to cope with aggression. The researcher ensured that a high extent of ethics was followed throughout the study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:2068 |
| Date | 27 February 2012 |
| Creators | Breetzke, Sumari |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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