An Overview of Research on Positive Psychology in South Africa

Coetzee, Sanet; Viviers, Rian

doi:10.1177/008124630703700307

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“…Job or work stress, job burnout and attitudinal variables related to downsizing, harassment, work-family pressures, outsourcing violation of psychological contracts and job insecurity are also important research themes . South-African based research revealed a notable increase in well-being studies after 2000 (Coetzee & Viviers, 2007;Moyo, 2012;. Moyo (2012) also indicates employee wellness as an important current research issue for business and practice.…”

Section: Scopementioning

confidence: 99%

A review of a decade’s scholarly publications (2004–2013) in the <i>South African Journal of Industrial Psychology</i>

Coetzee

Zyl

2014

SA j ind psychol

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Orientation: Publishing methodologically sound, empirically based studies in reputable accredited scientific journals are essential in order to advance knowledge and evidence-based practice in the field of industrial and organisational psychology.Research purpose: The purpose of the research was to conduct a broad content analysis of the articles published in the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (SAJIP) between 2004 and 2013. The study aimed to provide a descriptive overview of the most frequent content themes,published authors and institutions, research approaches, strategies, designs and analysis techniques, software packages and sample sizes in industrial and organisational (I-O) psychology utilised in the publications.Motivation for study: The periodic analyses of published content in scholarly journals provide an index of the extent to which the publications reflect the scope of practice in a given discipline and broaden insight into the direction and relevance of research published in a journal.Research design, approach and method: A broad systematic content analysis was conducted of 342 documented articles published in the SAJIP between 2004 and 2013. Descriptive data(frequencies and percentages) were used to report the findings.Main findings: The publishing pattern of the SAJIP appeared to correspond with its focus and scope. Manuscripts utilising mostly cross-sectional quantitative correlational research designs with large samples (n > 201) were published in the SAJIP. The University of Johannesburg and Professor Sebastiaan (Ian) Rothmann were the largest contributors to publications between 2004 and 2013. Organisational psychology and psychometrics were the most prominent domains in I-O psychology research. Data were predominantly processed utilising SPSS.Practical implications: The insights derived from the findings can be employed to plan future research initiatives in the field of I-O psychology.Contribution/value-add: The findings provide valuable insight into the current status of the foci of I-O psychology research as published in the SAJIP between 2004 and 2013 and the contribution made by the SAJIP to advancing knowledge and evidence-based practice in I-O psychology.

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Section: Scopementioning

confidence: 99%

A review of a decade’s scholarly publications (2004–2013) in the <i>South African Journal of Industrial Psychology</i>

Coetzee

Zyl

2014

SA j ind psychol

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“…The scientific study of optimal living has a research record spanning over 36 years and includes numerous approaches, theories and concepts, currently regarded as constituting the field of positive psychology (Coetzee & Viviers, 2007). As a result, various psychological wellness constructs have evolved, supporting the view that psychological wellness is a multidimensional phenomenon with optimal living at its core (Gropp, Geldenhuys & Visser, 2007).…”

Section: Psychological Wellness and Sense Of Coherencementioning

confidence: 99%

Financial health and sense of coherence

Barnard

Peters

Muller

2010

SA j. hum. resour. manag.

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Keywords AbsTrACTOrientation: This article reports on a quantitative-relational study addressing the impact of sense of coherence (SOC), which is a psychological-wellness construct, on the financial-health profile of employees in an insurance company.research purpose: The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between psychological wellness as operationalised in the SOC construct and in financial health.

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“…Even in research works carried out in South Africa (see Coetzee and Viviers 2007 ;Eloff 2008 ) ATR gets no mention. Worthy of mention here, though, is the work by Biswas-Diener ( 2006 ) that evaluates the existence, importance and desirability of character strengths across cultures.…”

Section: Religious Traditions and The Character Strengthsmentioning

confidence: 99%