Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies (AJIMS)

Published: 28-03-2022

Articles

  • Building a Capable State: Unpacking Critical Skills Development Challenges in the Public Sector

    Rajen Chetty, Sogendren Mogambary Moodley
    1-14
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2073

  • Coping with Crisis: A Regional Study on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumer-Facing Businesses in South Africa

    Nkosivile Madinga, James Lappeman, Deon Nel
    15-29
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2071

  • If Bronze, Why Not Wood? A Case for the Repatriation of the Yoruba Ere Ibeji

    Kehinde Adewumi
    30-39
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2067

  • Predicting Work Engagement among Employees in Windhoek, Namibia

    Mariette Fillipus, Wesley Pieters
    40-52
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2063

  • Building the Capacities of Young South African Men in Responsible, Loving and Nonviolent Fathering

    Diaku Dianzenza, Geoffrey Harris
    53-63
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2068

  • ‘We just want to be heard!’ Dataveillance and Location Data – Do South Africans Care?

    Sam Usadolo, Bukelwa Belinda Mbinda, Itumeleng Judith Maome
    64-75
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2061

  • PR Practitioners’ Conceptualisation of the Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility Planning and Implementation

    Sivenathi Jayiya, Blessing Makwambeni, Joseph Olusegun Adebayo
    76-85
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2051

  • Do Supply Chain Capabilities have an Impact on Firm Performance? A Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Gauteng Province

    Mpho Tlale, Johan van der Westhuizen, Elizabeth Chinomona
    86-99
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2072

  • The Continuum of Care for the Neonate: A Critical Review

    Lauren Hillermann
    100-111
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2064

  • Post Covid-19: The New (Ab)normal in South African Higher Education – Challenges with Emergency Remote Learning

    Dianna Moodley
    112-125
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2047

  • Judicial Review as an Accountability Mechanism in South Africa: A Discourse on the Nkandla Case

    Omololu Michael Fagbadebo, Nirmala Dorasamy
    126-140
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2055

  • The Itinerant Curriculum as an Alternative Pathway for Responsiveness in African Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    Kehdinga George Fomunyam
    141-154
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2057

  • The Role of Academic Researcher Coaching in Enhancing Innovation and Knowledge Production in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa

    Theodore Petrus
    155-164
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2028

  • Action Implementation and Performance Assessment with Continuous Improvement and Innovation Process in Sharptooth Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Small Businesses in South Africa

    Matebo Moroasui, Akwasi Ampofo-Yeboah, Michael Antwi
    165-179
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2069

  • Nigeria and ‘Negotiated Elections’: Examining the Impact of Rotational Presidency on Peace, the National Question, and Development

    Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi
    180-194
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2054

  • Decolonising South African Agriculture – Bringing Dignity Back to Small-Scale Farming

    Jason Stratton Davis
    195-204
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2046

  • Nexus of Loan Re-payment Plans, Interest on Loans and the Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa

    Thabiso Msomi, Odunayo Magret Olarewaju
    205-216
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2062

  • Reflections on Rural Household Water Insecurity: Evidence from Goboti and Khubvi in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa

    Zibongiwe Mpongwana, Kemist Shumba, Sarah Bracking
    217-233
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2053

  • Examining Leadership Traits to Succeed in a VUCA-Induced Environment in Eskom

    Shamola Pramjeeth, Emmanuel Mutambara
    234-249
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2049

  • Antecedent Factors of Procurement Performance in the Public Health Sector in the Gauteng Province

    Shilela Masemola, Osayuwamen Omoruyi, Johan van der Westhuizen
    250-263
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2060

  • Effect of Working Capital Management on Financial Performance of a State-Owned Enterprise in South Africa

    Sizwe Perfect Ayanda Ntuli, Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza
    264-274
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2056

  • A Model for Selecting Theoretical Framework through Epistemology of Research Paradigms

    Bunmi Isaiah Omodan
    275-285
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2039

  • Post-Doctoral and Non-Faculty Doctorate Researchers in Engineering Education: Demographics and Funding

    Kehdinga George Fomunyam
    286-295
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2058

  • The Influence of Strategic Leadership Roles of Chief Executive Officers on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Zimbabwe

    Lizanani Nleya, Bibi Chummun
    296-310
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2033

  • Extending Green Supply Chain Management to the Mining Sector in South Africa: Implications for Corporate Performance

    Abednigo Mkhetheni Ngcobo, Chengedzai Mafini, Welby Loury Okoumba
    311-324
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2030

  • Regulation of Nanotechnology and Nano-Enabled Products: The Implications of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 in South Africa

    Karunanidhi Reddy, Shalini Singh
    325-337
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2065

  • Perceptions Regarding Digital Payments in Online Shopping amongst Millennials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Themba Zitha, Darry Penceliah
    338-349
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2029

  • The Role of Communication Satisfaction in the Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange and Teachers’ Affective Commitment

    Sam Erevbenagie Usadolo, Queen Emwenkeke Usadolo, Joseph Edigin
    350-361
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2059

  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on KwaZulu-Natal Generation Z Attitude towards Domestic Tourism

    Anita O. Aina, Oluwatobi Joseph Alabi
    362-372
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2044

  • Challenges Encountered in the Enhancement and Optimal Teaching and Learning of the Creative Arts Subject in South Africa

    Simphiwe Magagula, Ndwamato George Mugovhani, Sakhiseni Joseph Yende
    373-383
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2032

  • Training as a Tool for Service Delivery: A Case Study of Health Care Workers in Gwanda, Zimbabwe

    Blessing Kanyumba
    384-393
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2050

  • Human Resource Management Practices and Business Performance: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Entrepreneurship

    Johan van der Westhuizen, Christine Van Rensburg
    394-405
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2066

  • The Potential of Goat Meat Acceptance by Young Adults in South Africa

    Karina Palmer, Ashika Naicker, Unathi Kolanisi
    406-418
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2031

Short Articles/Commentaries

  • Who Cares for the Family Caregivers of the Elderly during COVID-19 in Low-Middle Income Countries? A Commentary

    Yemisi Okikiade Oyegbile, Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya
    1-6
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2070

Special Issue 1

  • Message for the Special Issue: Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Inquiry

    Anisa Vahed, Helen Walkington, Jenny Olin Shanahan, Sibusiso Moyo
    1-3
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2027

  • Creating Knowledge and Knowers in the Undergraduate Curriculum

    Sioux McKenna, Chrissie Boughey
    4-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2035

  • Situating Inquiry Pedagogical Practices in the Classroom to Foster a High-Impact Research-Minded Learning Experience

    Motsaathebe Serekoane, Hellen Agumba, Corlia Janse van Vuuren
    14-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2034

  • Assessing the Impact of Undergraduate Research on Graduate Attributes Development: A Case Study of DUT Civil Engineering Students

    Zesizwe Ngubane, Shanley Hay, Jacob Adedayo Adedeji
    28-42
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2052

  • Graduate Employability through Industry-Oriented, Problem-Based Learning: A Case Study

    Stuart Perrin, Huan Sun
    43-56
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2038

  • Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Different College/University Settings

    Elmer-Rico Mojica
    57-67
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2036

  • Embedding Undergraduate Research through Industry-Based Projects: Student Experiences

    Ashika Naicker, Evonne Singh
    68-83
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2040

  • Integrating Research-Based Learning into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Challenges and Solutions

    Teresa Eaton, Noel Richardson, Rachael Schmidt
    84-96
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2042

  • Redesigning Undergraduate Laboratories: From Recipes to Research

    Jill Rulfs, Louis Roberts, Michael Buckholt, JoAnn Whitefleet-Smith
    97-112
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2043

  • Undergraduate Inquiry-Based Research to Promote Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)

    Indrani Hazel Govender, Rajendran Perumal Pillay
    113-128
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2037

  • Group Work in Undergraduate Research: Turning Bane into Boon

    Poovendhree Reddy
    129-141
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2045

  • Online Teaching of an Undergraduate Research Module amid COVID-19 Lockdowns: Reflections of an Academic at a University of Technology in South Africa

    Khethiwe Dongwe, Free-Queen Bongiwe Zulu
    142-161
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2041

  • The Potential of the Language Portrait as a Self-Reflective and Decolonial Research Tool for Undergraduates: A Case Study

    Intisar Alsagier Etbaigha, Abdullah Bayat, Khadijah Moloi
    162-178
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v4i1.2048