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Item Open Access The impact of the feelings of economic powerlessness and alienation on self-employment intentions(JOLTE, 2010) Khaola, Peter, PThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the feelings of economic powerlessness & alienation on self-employment intentions of young people. The data used in the study was collected through a survey of students at the National University of Lesotho, and the correlation and factor analyses, as well as standard multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Two clear factor distinctions resulted from self-employment intentions, namely, self-employment intentions regardless of unemployment, and self-employment intentions in response to unemployment. Similarly, the feelings of economic powerlessness and alienation separated into two factors, namely, economic powerlessness and ‘business exploits’. The feelings of economic powerlessness impacted negatively on self-employment intentions, and the feeling that ‘business exploits’ impacted positively on self-employment intentions in response to unemployment. The results of the study suggest that young people who have high feelings of economic powerlessness would not normally plan to start their own businesses.Item Open Access The impact of the feelings of economic powerlessness and alienation on self-employment intentions(JOLTE, 2010) Khaola, Peter, PThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the feelings of economic powerlessness & alienation on self-employment intentions of young people. The data used in the study was collected through a survey of students at the National University of Lesotho, and the correlation and factor analyses, as well as standard multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Two clear factor distinctions resulted from self-employment intentions, namely, self-employment intentions regardless of unemployment, and self-employment intentions in response to unemployment. Similarly, the feelings of economic powerlessness and alienation separated into two factors, namely, economic powerlessness and ‘business exploits’. The feelings of economic powerlessness impacted negatively on self-employment intentions, and the feeling that ‘business exploits’ impacted positively on self-employment intentions in response to unemployment. The results of the study suggest that young people who have high feelings of economic powerlessness would not normally plan to start their own businesses.Item Metadata only Chiefs, Democracy and Popular Participation(African Studies, 2013) Kapa, Motlamelle AnthonyItem Metadata only Factors Associated with Hospital Maternal Deaths: Lesotho 1998 - 2003(Lesotho Social Sciences Review, 2013) Makatjane, T. J.; Matlanyane, M.; Lebuso, M.Item Metadata only Analysis of Research Funding and Management Modules in Higher Education: The Case of National University of Lesotho(Lesotho Social Science Review Special Issue on Higher Education, 2013) Mapetla, M. M.Item Metadata only The influence of organisational culture and job satisfaction on intentions to leave: The cse of clay brick manufacturing company in Lesotho(Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 2013) Khaola, P.; Leisanyane, KEmployee turnover or retention has dominated the research agenda and attracted practitioners� attention for decades. Previous research has, however, suffered from lack of macro perspective in understanding employee turnover in organizations. Based on the survey of employees in a clay brick manufacturing company in Lesotho, the purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of job satisfaction and cultural traits on turnover intentions. There was a negative and significant correlation between job satisfaction and turnover intentions, and all cultural traits and turnover intentions. Though the variance contributed by cultural traits (stability and flexibility) over demographic factors and job satisfaction was only marginally significant, and the impact of flexibility cultural trait became insignificant in the regression analysis, the influence of stability cultural trait remained strong in both correlation and regression analyses. Managerial and theoretical implications are also discussed in this study.Item Metadata only Pay or Job satisfaction? Explaining turnover intent of nurses in Lesotho(African Journal of Public Administration and Management, 2013) Khaola, P.; Letsika, K.Item Metadata only Leadership, organisational citizenship and innovative work behaviours in Lesotho: Exploratory evidence(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2013) Khaola, P.; Sephelane, R. LAlthough organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and innovative work behaviour (IWB) have attracted considerable attention in recent years, empirical studies on how leadership relates to each construct within the same research design in non-western environments are limited. Based on a sample of 100 participants in Lesotho, we explored how OCB and IWB related to each other, and how leadership related to each construct. The findings suggested that OCB and IWB were highly correlated, and while transformational leadership related to each concept positively, passive-avoidant dimension of transactional leadership related to each negatively. Furthermore, age, tenure, management level and level of education were all significantly related to both OCB and IWB. We submit that the participants could probably not differentiate between OCB and IWB as the two concepts probably represent a behavioural manifestation of the same latent construct. We recommend that managers who want to influence subordinates to adopt OCB and IWB should apply transformational leadership.Item Metadata only The relationships among students' commitment, self-esteem, orgaisational citizenship behaviour and academic performance(Africa Education Review, 2014) Khaola, P.As one of the most important dependent variables in education and work research, performance has been operationalised either as the proficiency with which core tasks are performed (task performance), or as extra-role behaviours that support core activities (organisational citizenship behaviours).Relative to academic performance (core academic achievement), there has been little research on the extent to which students practise organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in their academic work. The aim of the present study was to explore some correlates of both OCB and academic performance. Data used in the study were obtained from 185 students enrolled in a business course at the National University of Lesotho. Survey questionnaires inquiring about students� commitment, self-esteem, and OCB were administered to 204 third-year students. These were correlated with formal academic performance before and after the survey. Students� commitment was significantly related to both OCB and academic performance. Self-esteem was significantly correlated with OCB, but not academic performance. Two dimensions of OCB (altruism and civic virtue) were moderately but significantly related to academic performance. Results suggest that improving self-esteem might affect OCB, and improving commitment and certain elements of OCB might improve academic achievement.Item Metadata only Correlates of Condom Use Within Marriage in Lesotho(Lesotho Social Sciences Review, 2014) Makatjane, T. J.; Oguntoyinbo, B. O.; Phuduhutswana, M.Item Metadata only Environmental concern, attitude towards green products and green purchase intentions of consumers in Lesotho(Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2014) Khaola, P.; Mokhethi, M.; Potiane, B.Even though many people show high concern for the environment, the existing literature suggests a disjuncture between peoples� environmental concern and their shopping behaviours. Based on a survey of 200 shoppers around the precincts of two shopping malls in Lesotho, the objective of this paper is to examine the relationships among consumers� environmental concern, attitude towards green products, and green purchase intentions. Factor and regression analyses are mainly used to analyse data. The results show that environmental concern is strongly related to attitude towards green products and weakly related to green purchase intentions respectively. When environmental concern and attitude towards green products are entered simultaneously to predict green purchase intentions, the influence of environmental concern becomes insignificant. The mediated relationship suggests that environmental concern affects green purchase intentions indirectly through attitude towards green products, which in turn directly affects green purchase intentions. Based on the results of the study, we provide policy implications and prospects for future research.Item Metadata only �The Chieftainship-local councils� relationship and service delivery in Lesotho: A case study of four community councils(African Journal of Public Administration, 2014) Kapa, Motlamelle AnthonyItem Metadata only Determinants of Fertility in Lesotho: Application of Generalised Poison Regression Model(Lesotho Social Sciences Review, 2014) Makatjane, T. J.; Moeti, M.Item Metadata only The management and implementation of human rights education in the primary schools of Lesotho(Mediterranean Journal of Social Science, 2014) Matheolane, R.; Makura, A. H.Lesotho, being a signatory to international treaties, has a mandate to ensure that the contents of these treaties are up-held by its citizens. This necessitates the formulation of local laws in line with the international conventions. Education is very important in this case to ensure that citizens understand and abide by these laws. The purpose of this study was to find out if primary school teachers were conversant with international and local laws that protect children and how this knowledge (or lack of) impacts their practice in human rights education. To achieve this, 88 teachers responded to a questionnaire consisting of both closed and open ended items. The results of this study revealed that though teachers could not name international and local instruments that address children rights, they are aware of some rights such as right to education and right to be protected from abuse. Teachers do not only use this knowledge to advocate for children�s protection but they also appropriately seek help when children�s rights that they are aware of are violated.Item Metadata only Analysis of Lesotho's education budget in the context of inclusive Education for All (EFA)(International Journal of Business and Finance Management Research, 2014) Nyabanyaba, T.Item Metadata only The Chieftainship in Lesotho: To retain or to abolish?(South African Journal for Political Science and Public Administration, 2014) Kapa, Motlamelle AnthonyItem Metadata only Alliances, coalitions and the political system in Lesotho 2007-2012(Journal of African Elections, 2014) Kapa, Motlamelle Anthony; Shale, V.This paper assesses political party alliances and coalitions in Lesotho, focusing on their causes and their consequences for party systems, democratic consolidation, national cohesion and state governability. We agree with Kapa (2008) that formation of the pre-2007 alliances can be explained in terms of office-seeking theory in that the political elite used alliances to access and retain power. These alliances altered the country�s party system, leading to conflict between parties inside and outside Parliament, as well as effectively changing the mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system into a parallel one, thereby violating the spirit of the system. However, the phenomenon did not change state governability; it effectively perpetuated the one-party dominance of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and threatened national cohesion. The post-2012 coalition, on the other hand,was a product of a hung parliament produced by the elections. The impact of the coalition on the party system, state governability and democratic consolidation is yet to be determined as the coalition phenomenon is still new. However, state governability has been marked by a generally very slow pace of policy implementation and the party system has been both polarised and reconfigured while national cohesion has been strengthened. The major challenge for political leaders is to manage the coalition arrangement for the good of the country, which we strongly feel they must, since it seems that coalition governments are very likely to be a permanent feature of Lesotho politics.Item Open Access The relationships among students' commitment, self-esteem, organisational citizenship behaviour and academic performance(Routledge, 2014-06-04) Khaola, Peter, PAs one of the most important dependent variables in education and work research, performance has been operationalised either as the proficiency with which core tasks are performed (task performance), or as extra-role behaviours that support core activities (organisational citizenship behaviours). Relative to academic performance (core academic achievement), there has been little research on the extent to which students practise organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in their academic work. The aim of the present study was to explore some correlates of both OCB and academic performance. Data used in the study were obtained from 185 students enrolled in a business course at the National University of Lesotho. Survey questionnaires inquiring about students’ commitment, selfesteem, and OCB were administered to 204 third-year students. These were correlated with formal academic performance before and after the survey. Students’ commitment was significantly related to both OCB and academic performance. Self-esteem was significantly correlated with OCB, but not academic performance. Two dimensions of OCB (altruism and civic virtue) were moderately but significantly related to academic performance. Results suggest that improving self-esteem might affect OCB, and improving commitment and certain elements of OCB might improve academic achievement.Item Open Access Environmental concern, attitude towards green products and green purchase intentions of consumers in Lesotho(Ethopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 2014-06-05) Khaola, Peter, P; Potiane, B; Mokhethi, M" # $ "Item Open Access Environmental concern, attitude towards green products and green purchase intentions of consumers in Lesotho(Ethopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 2014-06-05) Khaola, Peter, P; Potiane, B; Mokhethi, M! " # $ "