Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction

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dc.contributor.advisorMeyer, Inesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBlandin De Chalain, Megan Maireen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-07T10:59:30Z
dc.date.available2015-08-07T10:59:30Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe South African economy is hindered by high unemployment, partly due to a lack of required skills in the country. Learnership programmes were implemented to contribute to skills development however there is limited research into the scope, magnitude and outcomes of these programmes. Previous research into learnerships has highlighted the importance of building support structures into these programmes in order to ensure their effectiveness. This study considered the role that workplace adjustment (self-efficacy, role clarity and social acceptance) has on the relationship between social support (co-workers, family, supervisors and mentors) and job satisfaction and self-perceived performance. Results indicated that coworker, supervisor and mentor support are related to performance via their link with workplace adjustment and that family support is related to job satisfaction via its link with workplace adjustment. This research aimed to create awareness about the internal processes and benefits of support personnel within South African learnerships. The results revealed that the quality rather than the number of support sources provided is important. Positive perceptions of support from co-workers, family, supervisors and/ or mentors was related to higher levels of job satisfaction and self-perceived performance. Additionally, learners who perceived the quality of support offered as high were more adjusted to the workplace. The study may not provide an accurate representation of learnerships in South Africa as a result of limitations such as the use of a self-reporting performance measure. Future research may elicit more accurate and representative analysis through the use of interviews or more objective measures when collecting data.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBlandin De Chalain, M. M. (2015). <i>Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13648en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBlandin De Chalain, Megan Maire. <i>"Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13648en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBlandin De Chalain, M. 2015. Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Blandin De Chalain, Megan Maire AB - The South African economy is hindered by high unemployment, partly due to a lack of required skills in the country. Learnership programmes were implemented to contribute to skills development however there is limited research into the scope, magnitude and outcomes of these programmes. Previous research into learnerships has highlighted the importance of building support structures into these programmes in order to ensure their effectiveness. This study considered the role that workplace adjustment (self-efficacy, role clarity and social acceptance) has on the relationship between social support (co-workers, family, supervisors and mentors) and job satisfaction and self-perceived performance. Results indicated that coworker, supervisor and mentor support are related to performance via their link with workplace adjustment and that family support is related to job satisfaction via its link with workplace adjustment. This research aimed to create awareness about the internal processes and benefits of support personnel within South African learnerships. The results revealed that the quality rather than the number of support sources provided is important. Positive perceptions of support from co-workers, family, supervisors and/ or mentors was related to higher levels of job satisfaction and self-perceived performance. Additionally, learners who perceived the quality of support offered as high were more adjusted to the workplace. The study may not provide an accurate representation of learnerships in South Africa as a result of limitations such as the use of a self-reporting performance measure. Future research may elicit more accurate and representative analysis through the use of interviews or more objective measures when collecting data. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction TI - Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13648 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13648
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBlandin De Chalain MM. Learnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifaction. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13648en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleLearnerships in South Africa : the role of workplace adjustment as a mediator between social support and learner performance and satifactionen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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