Financial stress is a condition that is becoming more prevalent in todays society due to factors such as high debt levels, low savings and economic recessions. Research has found that financial stress negatively influences employees performance at work. With these increasing pressures on personal finances and its interference on work, this study considers whether management should attempt to improve employees financial well-being. Management needs to be convinced that their actions can improve their employees financial well-being. This study established and measured the relationship that the subjective measures financial efficacy and satisfaction with remuneration have on financial well-being. A sample size of 9 057 employees from different sectors in South Africa was used. Confirmatory factor analyses were used, as the survey was based on a previously developed survey and it was already known which items load onto which factors. Data was analysed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Three hypotheses were tested. Hypothesis 1: There is a relationship between satisfaction with remuneration and financial well-being. Hypothesis 2: There is a relationship between financial well-being and financial efficacy. Hypothesis 3: Financial efficacy moderates the relationship between satisfaction with remuneration and financial well-being. The results from this study supported all three hypotheses. Personal financial efficacy and satisfaction with remuneration were found to have a strong positive relationship with financial well-being. The study also established that the relationship between remuneration satisfaction and financial well-being was stronger in people with higher financial efficacy. It is argued that management can intervene with employees financial well-being by improving financial efficacy through financial education and by improving their satisfaction with remuneration. Satisfaction with remuneration can be increased by increasing actual remuneration and benefits, addressing administrative issues of the pay system, addressing staff morale or by increasing financial efficacy. Staff with higher well-being will contribute to the better performance of the entity.

Worship service and life: a practical-theological exploration“Does the Sunday worship service have an impact on believers’, Christian identity and way of life?” is the main question explored in this article. Using the Grounded Theory method of empirical research, this research studied the experiences of worshippers (from three different denominations, in the East of Pretoria), with regards to the worship service and liturgical rituals. The focus was on the impact (or lack thereof) of the Sunday worship service, on the daily lives of believers. The findings of the empirical study were brought into conversation with existing literature, with the aim of realising the potential life shaping impact of the worship service. The research concluded that worshippers experienced that the worship service does indeed have an impact on the daily lives of believers, but only if the message thereof is communicated in a way that is relevant to the everyday lives of believers.

Hierdie navorsing, met 'n definitiewe fokus op die liturgie, as veld binne die Praktiese Teologie, het vanuit die werkshipotese te werk gegaan dat liturgie en lewe onlosmaaklik aan mekaar verbind is, en dat die erediens sentraal tot die ontdekking en realisering van die kerk se lewensimpakterende potensiaal in die huidige tydsgees, en Suid Afrikaanse konteks, staan. Die navorsing vra die vraag: Het die Sondag-erediensgebeure 'n effek op die gelowige individu, se Christelike identiteit en lewenswyse? Die studie het van 'n grounded theory metode van empiriese ondersoek gebruik gemaak, waar die erediensbelewenis van lidmate (vanuit drie verskillende denominasies in die Ooste van Pretoria), en die betekenis wat aan verskeie liturgiese rituele geheg word, verken is. Die navorsing het die potensiële impak (of gebrek daaraan) van die erediens ondersoek, deur die empiriese ondersoek met bestaande literatuur in gesprek te bring, met die doel om 'n teorie te genereer sodat die lewensimpakterende potensiaal van die erediens tot sy volle reg kan kom. * Hierdie tesis was aanvaar op 8 April 2020, deur die Fakulteit Teologie en Godsdienswetenskap,

The purpose of the study was to reflect on existing practices in studying the CEO pay performance issue, with special reference to the context wherein the financial performance measurements were employed. In total, an in-depth content analysis of 40 published articles was done. Some flaws were identified in prior research, namely some studies only use either market-based or accounting-based measurements, only a single performance measurement, measurements without the context of the subjacent risks, monetary values without substance as performance measurements and without the context of a theory. The contribution of this study is that a framework is developed to guide future studies with regard to the context wherein financial performance measures should be employed and that some theories, additional to the agency theory, were identified that should be tested more frequently in pay performance-related studies.

Liturgy as space for encounters, which impact on the formation of Christian identity and way of life.The researcher aims to investigate the impact of various forms of encounters experienced during the Sunday liturgy on the identity and daily lives of believers. Three encounters are identified and studied. Firstly, the personal encounter between the individual and God. Secondly, encounters between people where individuals share in each other’s stories and realities. Thirdly, encounters with the world and society (the missional encounters with the world in need). This investigation aims to determine the impact of these encounters upon Christian identity and the subsequent way of life, from the conviction that liturgy and life are deeply related to one another and that these encounters shape the lives of worshippers within a unique South African society.