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To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace

Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-85).

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Main Author: Jongens, Christina
Other Authors: De Wet, Jacques
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Development 2015
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Workplace Change and Labour Law
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11822 To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace Jongens, Christina De Wet, Jacques Workplace Change and Labour Law Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-85). This dissertation attempts to give a better understanding of how the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence organisational culture at The Company and how this impacts on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace. The hypothesis of this study is that race and 'laid-backness' are key differentiating factors between The Company in Cape Town and in Johannesburg. This is a descriptive case study that mixes both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collecting and analysing data, however it is primarily a qualitative study. The study focuses on two branches of the same company. 43 out of a total of 138 black African managers were surveyed and 22 of these were interviewed. The selection was a good cross-section of all middle and senior black African managers, as well as from both genders. A questionnaire comprising of a 21-point values survey and a series of open-ended unstructured and structured questions was used in the quantitative data collection process. A semi-structured interview schedule was used in the qualitative data collection process. The qualitative data was analysed using Miles and Huberman's (2004) two-level coding process with the assistance of Nvivo and the quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics with the assistance of Statistica. 2015-01-09T08:52:43Z 2015-01-09T08:52:43Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11822 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Workplace Change and Labour Law
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To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
thesis_degree_str Master's
title To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
title_full To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
title_fullStr To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
title_full_unstemmed To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
title_short To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
title_sort to what extent do the different social environments in cape town and johannesburg influence the organisational culture of the company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black african managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
topic Workplace Change and Labour Law
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11822
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