Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Analysis of firm capital structure decisions: the case of non-banking firms in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-09-02)This study seeks to bridge the knowledge gap by analyzing capital structure decisions of non-banking firms in Botswana. The study also investigates the effects of macroeconomic conditions on firms’ investment behavior as ... -
Fiscal reforms and Government revenue in Botswana: an analysis of tax buoyancy and elasticity
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-06)This paper aims at determining the responsiveness of government revenues to fiscal reforms in Botswana tax system. Public finance uses two measures to analyse the efficiency of the tax system in generating government ... -
Capacity building in a hostile environment: the case of Zimbabwe’s Rural District Councils
(Uts ePress, https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/, 2013)The paper examines capacity building in Zimbabwe’s Rural District Councils (RDCs) from 1994 to 2001 and the resultant erosion of capacity during Zimbabwe’s protracted political and economic crisis that followed. It is ... -
Nebulous labour relations in Zimbabwe’s rural local authorities
(Uts ePress, https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/, 2013)Executive turnover can have far-reaching consequences on a local authority’s development policies, programs and commitments. This paper examines nebulous labour-related problems in Zimbabwe’s Rural District Councils (RDCs). ... -
Developmental states: their historical absence and their emergence in post conflict Southern Africa
(Bentham Open, https://www.linkedin.com/company/benthamopen, 2010)Did Southern African states have the developmental focus to make their countries rich? My hypothesis is that a ordered in a certain way. My argument is that most Southern African states were historically not properly ... -
Privatisation in Botswana: a case of firsts not happening first?
(Macrothink Institute, en.macrothink.org/, 2012-03-01)The late 1980s and early 1990s were characterised by unprecedented waves of privatisation in the world. Like other developing economies, Botswana jumped into the bandwagon and laid the legal framework for privatisation by ... -
I love my baby even unto death: child safety restraint use among drivers in Gaborone, Botswana
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, www.ccsenet.org, 2013)This study examined the use of child safety restraints by drivers transporting children in Gaborone, Botswana. We observed 518 vehicles (329 male drivers, 189 female drivers) carrying children at four different locations ... -
The politics of poverty in Botswana
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)For many years, Botswana has achieved both a fast growing economy and worsening inequalities. 'Botswana's annual growth in real GDP had averaged 10.9 percent in the period 1981-90, faster even than the east Asian Tigers ... -
Basarwa: genuine targets of empowerment or pawns in a political power game?
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2008)Different stakeholders work with Basarwa. Ideally these different stakeholders in the empowerment of the Basarwa should work together in a mutually symbiotic relationship where each may benefit from one another to ... -
The effect of HIV/AIDS on job satisfaction amongst the nurses in the public health sector of Botswana
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, www.ccsenet.org, 2012-04-01)The purpose of this paper was to explore the effect of HIV/AIDS on job satisfaction amongstthenurses in the public health sector of Botswana. Despite the intensive research on job satisfaction, it would seem dissatisfaction with ... -
Abrupt termination of employee contracts in a democratic state: the case of Botswana
(Macrothink Institute, en.macrothink.org/, 2012)Botswana has in the past received accolades of being the most peaceful country in Southern Africa. Any disturbance of this peace is either shunned or seen as a departure from the norm. The advent of trade unions in ... -
Deep rooted conflicts and industrial relations interface in Botswana
(Macrothink Institute, en.macrothink.org/, 2012)Conflict is inherently part of any industrial relations environment. With the advent of employee – management relations, conflict is bound to be and has always been present. This paper looks at conflict as it occurs in an ... -
Comparative analysis of teachers’ perception of equity, pay satisfaction, affective commitment and intention to turnover in Botswana
(Macrothink Institute, en.macrothink.org/, 2010)The purpose of the paper was to investigate the relationships between equity, pay satisfaction, affective commitment and intention to turnover among junior and senior secondary school teachers in Botswana. A total of 232 ... -
Does testing HIV negative encourage potentially dangerous beliefs? a study with young people in Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org, 2010)While it is assumed that HIV testing could contribute to the reduction of HIV infection rates, little if any research exists regarding whether HIV testing could inadvertently also contribute to the spread of HIV. The ... -
Predicting intentions to seek psychological help among Botswana University students: the role of stigma and help-seeking attitudes
(Sage publications, www.sage.com/, 2013)The current study had two main objectives. The first was to investigate Botswana’s university students’ intentions to seek psychological help. The second was to investigate whether (a) Attitude Toward Seeking Professional ... -
HIV/AIDS and home based care in Botswana: panacea or perfidy?
(Taylor & Francis, taylorandfrancis.com/, 2004)The extent of the AIDS pandemic in Africa (and specifically in Botswana), and the lack of institutional frameworks to address concomitant issues, have necessitated the adoption of home based care for sufferers as national ... -
Drought in Botswana: intervention as fact and paradigm
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw/, 1995)This paper provides an account of the recent history of Botswana in relation to recurrent drought conditions and changing economic circumstances. The effects of drought in Botswana are examined with reference to vulnerable ... -
Persistence and decline of traditional authority in modern Botswana politics
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2008)This paper explores the role traditional authorities have played in post-independence Botswana and their likely future impact. Three overarching themes run through the analysis. First, this illiberal institution is ... -
Mediators of the relation between war experiences and suicidal ideation among former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the ways study
(BioMed Central, www.biomedcentral.com, 2014-09-24)Background: Globally, suicide is a public health burden especially in the aftermath of war. Understanding the processes that define the path from previous war experiences (WE) to current suicidal ideation (SI) is crucial ... -
Juvenile justice system and Social Work in Botswana: an appraisal
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2010)The paper discusses Botswana's juvenile justice system and locates the role of social work within the same system. The provisions of the Children's Acts of 198land 2009 that established special legal provisions and ...