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Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79761 Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism Kapelianis, Dimitri ichelp@gibs.co.za Mutsonziwa, Itayi UCTD Ubuntu scale development humanness compassion interconnectedness Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020. Ubuntu is an African humanist philosophy described by the Nguni aphorism “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” which translates as a person is a person through other people. While Ubuntu has been a domain of extensive scholarly research, to date almost all of this work has been philosophical or conceptual; by contrast, there is a dearth of empirical research examining the nature of Ubuntu. Scholars provide indicator values, namely descriptive abstract nouns, of Ubuntu with no consistency in how the indicator values were derived because the concept lacks a clear definition. The challenges arising from the lack of a clear definition of Ubuntu can be attributed to the fact that there is no empirical research that has been conducted to develop a reliable and valid measure of Ubuntu. This research operationalised Ubuntu by developing a psychometrically reliable and valid scale for measuring Ubuntu. The research established the underlying dimensions of Ubuntu. This thesis develops and validates a scale to measure Ubuntu using a mixed-methods, multiple study approach. First, a literature review identifies 82 indicator values of Ubuntu. Next, using focus groups, depth interviews, and q-sorting, three nascent components of Ubuntu emerge: humanness, interconnectedness, and compassion. Finally, across three quantitative studies, the scale is purified to seventeen items which exhibit a three-factor structure that is psychometrically reliable and valid. The Ubuntu scale has discriminant validity relative to a collectivism scale and demonstrates predictive validity in terms of charitable and altruistic behaviours. This study contributes towards the development of theory through conceptualisation of Ubuntu. The current study utilised large sample sizes to replicate the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the measure including nomological validity assessment and measurement invariance. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) DPhil Unrestricted 2021-05-04T09:26:56Z 2021-05-04T09:26:56Z 2021 2020 Thesis Mutsonziwa, I 2020, Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79761> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79761 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Ubuntu scale development humanness compassion interconnectedness Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title | Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title_full | Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title_fullStr | Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title_short | Ubuntu : development and validation of a scale to measure African humanism |
| title_sort | ubuntu development and validation of a scale to measure african humanism |
| topic | UCTD Ubuntu scale development humanness compassion interconnectedness |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79761 |