Browsing by Author "Von Broembsen, Max"

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    A comparative analysis of African and Coloured employment in the Cape Peninsula, with specific reference to trends in employer and employee reactions to their work environment
    (1979) Weichel, Kim; Von Broembsen, Max
    This dissertation examines African and Coloured employment in the Cape Peninsula from a variety of perspectives. A descriptive analysis is given of the existing Cape employment situation which serves as a factual basis from which the reader can obtain an objective overview. Exploratory case studies probe certain aspects of the descriptive analysis to enable a more sensitive in-depth understanding of employment practices and current attitudes of employers and employees as they exist in the actual work environment. This dissertation seeks to make a contribution not only to the general discussion on employment, but more specifically by exploring certain important elements in the field of employment which have remained underexplored. It is hoped that investigative reports of this nature will generally contribute to a greater awareness and understanding on the part of management, decision makers and the public at large of the many problems in this field, and that in consequence more positive, systematic and comprehensive attempts can be made towards change. It must be noted at the outset that the situation in the Cape Peninsula is dissimilar in many respects from that in other parts of the country, and that the reader should not assume that this analysis describes a prototypical microcosm of the country.
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    The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales
    (1982) Couper, Michael Patrick; Von Broembsen, Max
    A number of survey research efforts in South Africa have neglected to examine the validity of attitude scales designed for and validated on other populations. Methods for testing the validity of attitude scales constructed using Likert' s ( 1932) sum mated ratings method are discussed and demonstrated using Dean's (1961) Social Alienation Scale as an example. The use of factor analysis and cluster analysis in the construct validation of such a scale is examined. The results not only raise doubts about the validity of this particular scale when applied to a non-representative sample of 404 so-called Coloured and White respondents in Cape Town, but also indicate that extreme caution should be exercised when applying such an attitude scale in a population other than that for which it was originally designed and tested.
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    The police and their image : a comparative study of the American and Cape Town policeman
    (1978) Albert, Kathleen; Von Broembsen, Max
    This thesis attempts to understand and compare urban police methods between two fundamentally different legal systems: The United States and South Africa. To do so, I found it imperative to analyze the police systems on three different levels.
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    The social structure and the process of assimilation of the Greek community in South Africa
    (1978) Mantzaris, Evangelos Anastasios; Von Broembsen, Max
    The primary aim of this study is to explore the social structures of the Greek ethnic minority in South Africa, and the process of assimilation and integration of this minority within this particular society. The study is divided into four chapters, each having its own importance. In the first chapter, there is a synoptic picture of the different stages of Greek emigration abroad, the analysis of the push factors and causes of this phenomenon, and its consequences for the Greek economy and society. The second chapter deals with the historical background of the Greek immigrants in the country, with the main focus on the educational and occupational mobility of the younger generations as well as the intra-generational mobility among Greek immigrants of all periods. Chapter Three deals with the process of assimilation and absorption of Greek immigrants of all generations into South African society (focusing mainly on the integration of the younger generations of South African born Greeks), and the consequences of this absorption at all levels. This chapter deals with the socialisation process taking place in the South African school which is a major socialisation factor; and the contradictory functions of the South African school and the Greek family, environment, and the Greek Orthodox Church, functioning as contra-factors towards the structural assimilation of the younger Greek generations in the country. Finally, the last chapter deals with the class composition of the Greek immigrants in South Africa, with the main focus on their present economic position and their ideological and political attitudes. The increasing phenomenon of the alienation of the Greek middle-class immigrants in the country is also dealt with in this chapter.
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    A study of public finance and the attitudes of the general public (Whites and Coloureds) of Cape Town towards the allocation of public funds
    (1980) Handanos, George C; Von Broembsen, Max
    A theoretical introduction to Public Finance is presented with a summary of the role which the South African government plays in the economic sphere. In addition, part of survey research data collected by the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, has been statistically analyzed in order to discover what demographic factors influence trends in citizen preferences and attitudes towards the allocation of public funds. The hypothesis on which the research was based, i.e. that demographic variables such as sex, marital status, age, income, education and race produce significant differences in public opinion towards the allocation of public funds, has been partly rejected by the findings.
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    Therapeutic milieu agent or substitute parent? : a study of the role of houseparents in children's homes in South Africa
    (1981) Wilter, Adele Spektor; Hare, Alexander Paul; Von Broembsen, Max
    The purpose of this study was to investigate day-to-day experiences in children's homes, through an examination mainly of their daily routines and leisure time activities. In order to achieve this goal, these experiences were assumed to be contained in the concept of a therapeutic milieu. Each respondents commitment to the creation of a therapeutic milieu was thus assessed by means of a range of questions which formed a Milieu Therapy Scale, and the consequences of such commitment for factors such as the size of the Home, incidences of bedwetting, frequency of visiting by friends and parents, the tasks performed by respondents, the use of corporal punishment, and the number of absconders, was then investigated.