Orientation: Despite promising legislative frameworks and policies to eradicate gender imbalances in the workplace, women have yet to earn their rightful place as senior business leaders.Research purpose: The primary goal of this study was to investigate the factors that prevent women from advancing to senior leadership positions in a variety of South African business contexts.Motivation for the study: More research is required to understand the unique challenges that senior women leaders experience in various South African business contexts.Research approach/design and method: This research followed a qualitative approach. Data were gathered using semistructured interviews with nine women (n = 9) who made significant inroads in their respective professions. Theme analyses were applied to analyse the data.Main findings: The findings revealed six factors that hinder the career advancement of women to senior leadership positions: societal perceptions and stereotypes, a lack of mentorship, masculine corporate cultures, leadership identity distortions, inadequate training and development and poor work-life balance.Practical/managerial implications: Organisations are encouraged to create more feminine workplace cultures that allow women to realise their full potential and establish their identity as senior leaders. Mentoring, networking, and professional development opportunities can all assist women in advancing their careers. Senior female leaders play an essential role in fostering workplace cultures that promote equal opportunity and combat unfair discrimination on various grounds. They pave the way for younger, upcoming female talent to move into senior management positions more quickly.Contribution/value-add: This study fills important gaps in the global understanding of the factors limiting women’s career advancement to senior leadership positions. The findings of this study emphasise the importance of recognising and embracing women’s leadership competence in the modern workplace.

Orientation: This rapidly changing world requires local government institutions to focus on positive work-related states to enhance quality service delivery.Research purpose: The main objective of this article was to explore how individual traits and psychological strengths (i.e. adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control) moderate or mediate the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment in a Botswana local government institution.Motivation for the study: The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced employers to rely on the foundations of positive organisational psychology to navigate employee well-being more effectively during times of unprecedented crisis.Research approach/design and method: A quantitative research approach was followed. An adapted Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire, organisational commitment questionnaire, adult state hope scale, meaning in life questionnaire and work locus of control scale were distributed to public sector officials of a Botswana local government institution (N = 405).Main findings: Adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control partially mediated the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment.Practical/managerial implications: Management should create a workplace culture that can promote job satisfaction amongst public officials. Job satisfaction influences essential individual and outcomes organisational in public sector institutions.Contribution/value-add: This research is original and provides evidence for the use of positive psychology constructs (i.e. adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control) combined with job satisfaction to enhance organisational commitment.

No abstract

This paper was selected for preaentatim by sin SPE Progrsm Ccmmittae following review of information contained in an ebstract submiiad by the author(s) Contents of the p=spw, .ss presented, have not bean reviewed by the Society of Petroleum Engmaers and are subii to mrreclion by the author(a), Tha materisl, es presented, dew not necessarily raflact any position of the society of Petroleum Engineers, its officers, or members. Papara praeanted at SPE mwtings are subject to pubficetion review by Editorial Committees of the Wciety of Petroleum Engineers Electromc reprcducticm, distribution, or atoraga of any part of this paper for commercial purposes without the written cement of the Society of Petroleum Engimaers is prohibited. Permission to repreduca in print is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 wmrd.s illustrations may not be copied. The abstract must contain conspicuous acknowkdgmant of tiare and by vdmm the patwr was prasented. Writa Librarian, SPE, P.O. Sox 833336, Richardson, TX 750S3-383S, U. S. A., fax 01-972.952-9435 AbstractThe ability to determine oil saturation changes through time in the Kern River field is critical to heat management and optimization of reserves depletion. The Kern River reservoir is a complex multi-layered fresh water braided river deposit undergoing varying stages of thermal recovery. In the past, the practice had been to selectively core when new well locations were identified. An alternative to open hole core saturation measurements is the Carbon Oxygen Ratio (COR) log, which yields accurate and repeatable data that can be used to identify and monitor reserves depletion.In this field, time-lapse 4D oil saturation images are being generated from a grid of several hundred observation wells. Over 360,000 feet of COR data have been acquired. The project is realizing accuracies comparable to core data --bore out from a database containing 36,000 feet of core. In 1993, nine observation wells were drilled and cored. Atler casing was cemented in place, the wells were logged immediately to reduce uncertainties associated with subsequent production. Full field monitor logging was implemented in 1996 and again in 1997.Small changes in the COR oil saturation measurement over time are being monitored with a measurement precision of +/-3.2 saturation units (SU) with a confidence level of 9570. The highly accurate and precise data were made possible in part by reservoir conditions, well bore conditions, and a process improvement program incorporating all major steps from acquisition to data processing. A shared database tracked progress and monitored quality throughout the project. The project deliverables were in digital form only.Log-to-core data comparisons, steps to determine precision and accuracy, as well as time-lapse 4D images showing reservoir dynamics, will be discussed. HARNESS, SHOTTS, HEMINGWAY, ROSE, VAN DER SLUIS SPE 46245 8processes used to collect COR data from a grid of several hundred observation wells over a period of five years. Recent ImprovementsOver the course...

No abstract