D.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / The problem of strikes in South Africa has infiltrated the whole work industry, and has led to the Municipalities also participating in strike action; this affects service delivery and often has a negative impact on the mental health of those who participate. The overall goal of this study is to develop and describe a psycho-educational model to be used as a framework of reference to facilitate the mental health of workers involved in strike action, before during and after strikes. The research also focused on developing guidelines for operationalisation of the model for impact and sustainability of the therapeutic interventions after the termination phase. Garber's (1972) (in Myburgh, Niehaus &Poggenpoel2000: 150-156) psychoeducational developmental model was employed as a departure premise to for this study in order to capacitate the workers with the skills to manage the effects of strike action. Focus groups as well as individual interviews were held with workers and worker representatives of a Metropolitan Municipality respectively to identify empirical evidence and the central concepts for the model. A theory generative design that is, qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature was used to develop the model and the operational guidelines. The model was developed according to the approach of Chinn and Kramer (1991); Walker and Avant (1995) of theory generation, which embraces the following steps: Concept analysis which includes identification of the central concepts for the model through conducting a field study to explore and describe the lived experiences of the workers as well as the worker representatives ...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:13394 |
| Date | 02 March 2015 |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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