Finding an academic voice in postapartheid South Africa: Systematic Theology at the University of Pretoria

Veldsman, Daniël P.; Buitendag, Johan; Fourie, Willem; Wyk, Tanya van

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“…The University of Johannesburg provided ethical clearance before the commencement of the study. The purpose of the study was included in the introduction to the survey, which explained the purpose and nature of participant feedback (Veldsman 2017). The participant responses were kept confidential as individuals cannot be identified through their feedback provided.…”

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The development and validation of a digital leadership competency scale

2023

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Orientation: The advent of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and its digital disruptions require new competencies from leaders to ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of business enterprises.Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a scale to measure the digital leadership competencies that will enable employees to remain relevant.Motivation for the study: Despite a proliferation of empirical studies on 4IR and its impact on leadership, validated assessments of leadership competencies for the digital age are scarce.Research approach, design and method: A quantitative research approach was followed with data collected from employees (N = 241) from a multinational company in the technology and engineering industry. A newly developed digital leadership competency questionnaire was distributed electronically to the respondents. The data was analysed using the SPSS and AMOS programmes. The data analyses included descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analyses and reliability analyses.Main findings: The results confirmed and supported a valid and reliable six-dimensional leadership competence assessment supported by sub-competencies. The six competences include embracing digital, leadership facilitating the digital drive, digital adaptiveness and resilience, cultivating a digital culture and digital skills and digital competitiveness intelligence.Practical/managerial implications: The digital leadership competency scale can be used to assess and develop employee competencies, which will positively affect business performance.Contribution/value-add: The study provides a holistic digital leadership competency framework that encompasses generational theory as well as levels of work theory.

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The development and validation of a digital leadership competency scale

2023

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Hermeneutics, history, and d’où parlez vous? Paul Ricoeur and Tsenay Serequeberhan on how to engage African philosophy from a Western context

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2019

South African Journal of Philosophy

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Some reflections on the genealogy of the ‘Pretoria model’: Towards a definition of theological education at a public university

Buitendag

2019

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Raison d'êtreThis contribution is, in a certain sense, the conclusion of my research project of the position of theology at a public university. Several publications have emerged from this (Buitendag 2014(Buitendag , 2016Buitendag & Simuț 2017a, 2017b. This research was undertaken for two reasons: the position and future of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria had been under severe review (2013)(2014)(2015)(2016), and the Faculty had celebrated her centenary in the year 2017. The author was Dean of the Faculty at the time (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018) and took it upon himself to address these issues inquiringly and systematically.However, there is still 'unfinished business'. This is not only with regard to the historical value of the transformation of the Faculty, but also as a certain apologia 1 for my view of theology in particular and therefore a sort of auto-ethnographic inquiry. This is supposed to bring to the surface the underlying theological principles of the 'Pretoria model', or at least the one that I have promoted. I owe it to my colleagues to share some contours of the reference I have been working from. 2 When the renowned New Testament scholar Marcus Borg turned 70 in 2012, he prepared a special sermon in his home church. 3 The idea for a book was born from this exercise and he realised that, 't[T]he convictions that have emerged in my life seem to me to be important for Christians more generally', and in the Preface he states that, 't[T]his book is personal and more than personal' (Borg 2014:4, 1). It is in this vein that I present my view of inquiry theology at a public university here, and in another article I put the focus on the academia as such, especially with regard to its contingency at Pretoria.1.With this Latin expression, I deliberately allude to John Henry Newman's book, 'Apologia pro vita sua ' (2005), written in response to attacks for joining the Roman Catholic Church in 1843. His honest and passionate defence consists of a personal history of his religious convictions. Newman won respect and admiration and clarified perceptions among readers of every faith (see the back cover of the book).2.The world as I see it is the title of a book by Albert Einstein, which is a compilation of essays published towards the end of his life. Despite the severe critique from churches, Einstein said clearly, 'I am a deeply religious man' (2000:5), and 'I maintain that cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest incitement to scientific research' (2000:28). 3.The Trinity Episcopal Cathedral of Portland in Oregon, US.In this article, the author engages with the question 'what is so theological about theological education', which he calls the genealogy of theology. This matter is approached from a very specific vantage point as the author was the former Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and has been engaged in this research project over the last 5 years as the Faculty was under severe review ...

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Finding an academic voice in postapartheid South Africa: Systematic Theology at the University of Pretoria

Cited by 3 publications

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The development and validation of a digital leadership competency scale

The development and validation of a digital leadership competency scale

Hermeneutics, history, and d’où parlez vous? Paul Ricoeur and Tsenay Serequeberhan on how to engage African philosophy from a Western context

Some reflections on the genealogy of the ‘Pretoria model’: Towards a definition of theological education at a public university

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