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Experiences of general workers on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome management policies and programmes at Technikon Laboratories, Johannesburg.
(2024) Mkhize, Mthembeni.; Dlamini, Mbalenhle Bridget.
South Africa still maintains the highest number of individuals who are HIV carriers in the world at the moment. HIV knowledge remains integral to the epidemic’s control from prevention and management perspectives. Despite the efforts by the government and international organisations to educate and enforce companies to offer educational programmes about the pandemic, there is still a need for more involvement of researchers to investigate several factors in factory environments, including understanding and ascertaining the perceptions of employees’ in factory environments, as well as investigating their experiences with these policies and programmes. In this qualitative study, the mini dissertation is divided in the following three parts. A research protocol (Part A) focuses on understanding general workers’ knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of HIV/AIDS management policies and programmes at Technikon Laboratories in Johannesburg, South Africa. A literature review (Part B) identifies the literature on: the knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of HIV/AIDS management policies and programmes of general workers in factory environments; the perceived benefits of HIV/AIDS policies and programmes; and the gaps in the current literature. Lastly, a qualitative ‘journal-ready’ manuscript (Part C) focuses on workers' understanding, experiences, and perceptions of HIV/AIDS management policies and programmes in the Technikon Laboratories factory, Johannesburg. Desirably, the mini dissertation will inform health interventions that are specific to factory employees’ health needs, while also aiming to focus on policies and programmes that are inclusive of People Living with HIV. Its further aims are to grow the body of knowledge on HIV/AIDS management in the workplace and provide useful information for improving support networks and policies in industrial environments such as Technikon Laboratories. This study will in part address the core issues that factory workers encounter when living with HIV/AIDS in factory environments.
Exploring the relationship between perceived organisational support, employee engagement and their impact on commitment.
(2018) Dlamini, Mbalenhle Bridget.; Brijball Parumasur, Sanjana.
Academics are regarded as the operational core of universities and the manner in which they perform determines the quality of the student’s higher education experience and impacts at the societal level. Hence, higher education institutions base their sustainability on the scholarly knowledge and innovative capabilities of employees. No academic institution can sustain itself without highly skilled, experienced, competent and committed employees. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between perceived organisational support and employee engagement and their impact on organisational commitment. This research study adopted the quantitative research approach utilising a closedended questionnaire comprising of academics’ biographical information, the Utrecht work engagement scale, the perceived organisational support scale and the original commitmentscale. The sample size for the study consisted of 292 permanent academic staff members from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s four Colleges, namely, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Management Studies and lastly, the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science. The reliability and validity of the measuring instruments used in the study were tested using Factor Analysis and Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha respectively. Data was processed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of this study indicate that UKZN academics display differing levels of work engagement, organisational commitment and perceived organisational support with work engagement being the highest, followed by organisational commitment and lastly, perceived organisational support. Furthermore, significant relationships were found between work engagement, perceived organisational support and organisational commitment respectively. In addition, work engagement and perceived organisational support significantly account for 54.8% (Adjusted R2 ) of the variance in determining the Organisational Commitment of academics with perceived organisational support having a greater impact on organisational commitment than work engagement. Biographical influences are also assessed. The results of the study and ensuing recommendations are graphically represented. The implementation of the recommendations have the potential to enhance work engagement, perceived organisational support and hence, organisational commitment.