Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Manpower systems operating under heavy and light tailed inter-exit time distributions
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2014)This paper considers a Manpower system where “exits” of employed personnel produce some wastage or loss. This system monitors these wastages over the sequence of exit epochs {t0 = 0 and tk; k = 1, 2,∙∙∙} that form a re- ... -
Batswana female managers’ career experiences and perspectives on corporate mobility and success: original research
(AOSIS, www.aosis.co.za/publishing, 2014)Orientation: Corporate mobility remains elusive for female managers. Research purpose: To investigate Batswana female managers’ strategies for entering and succeeding in managerial positions, the challenges they face and ... -
Gender differences in satisfaction with the type of work University employees do: evidence from the University of Botswana
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2009)The study investigated the extent to which male and female employees of a University differ in various attributes and attitudes and in the level of satisfaction with the type of work they do, and further established factors ... -
Modeling severity of tuberculosis as a multiple cause of death in South Africa
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2014)The multiple cause of death (MCOD) analysis is used to account for the full contribution of TB as acause of death to South African mortality in 2008 that were coded using ICD10. Following a review of MCOD methods, a ... -
Distribution of geometrically weighted sum of bernoulli ramdom variables
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2011)A new class of distributions over (0,1) is obtained by considering geometrically weighted sum of independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) Bernoulli random variables. An expression for the distribution function (d.f.) is ... -
Algorithm-I on splitting of sizes for sampling procedure with inclusion probabilities proportional to size
(International Science Congress Association, www.isca.in/, 2016-07)The sampling scheme proposed by Srivastava and Singh depends upon a specific split of the sizes and most of the πij′s do not satisfy the condition of non-negativity of variance estimates as suggested by Hanurav. Using the ... -
Inclusion probabilities proportional to size sampling scheme based on splitting of sizes
(International Science Congress Association, www.isca.in/, 2015-11)Srivastava and Singh2 suggested inclusion probabilities proportional to size (IPPS or πPS) sampling scheme which depends upon a specific split of the sizes named as initial split. Each split provides a πPS sampling design ... -
Religious testimonial narratives and social construction of identity: insights from prophetic ministries in Botswana
(Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com, 2017-07-19)Giving a testimony forms a central part of the religious practices among Pentecostal churches including prophetic ministries. Testimony links the understanding of one’s religious experience and the configuration of the ... -
Healthcare providers’ (HCPs) attitude towards older adults with HIV and AIDS in Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academic journals.org, 2016)This study obtained the views of a random sample of 164 healthcare practitioners on their attitudes to older adults with HIV and AIDS. It shows that although the knowledge of protective measures to avoid HIV infection, ... -
Profitability of the informal cross-border trade: a case study of four selected borders of Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academic journals.org, 2013-10)In this study, the views of 520 informal cross border traders, obtained using systematic sampling and snow ball techniques from four selected border posts in Botswana, were used to show how profitable ICBT is. The results ... -
Analysis of the burdens of caregivers providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana
(Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com/, 2011)Background: Caregivers, when providing care under the community home-based care (CHBC) programme, experience many burdens of a physical, emotional, financial or social nature. However, these problems are hardly ever ... -
Menopausal perceptions and experiences of older women from selected sites in Botswana
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2013-07)Objective: To assess the menopausal perceptions and experiences of older women from selected sites in Botswana. De- sign: This study used snowball sampling to recruit 444 older women in four health districts of Botswana. ... -
Estimating the cost of care giving on caregivers for people living with HIV and AIDS in Botswana: a cross-sectional study
(BioMed Central, www.biomedcentral.com, 2010)Background: Community home-based care is the Botswana Government's preferred means of providing care for people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, primary (family members) or volunteer (community members) caregivers experience ... -
HIV-related knowledge and practices: a cross-sectional study among adults aged 50 years and above in Botswana
(Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com/, 2016)Older adults in Botswana have been shown to be sexually active and engage in risky sexual activities that make them vulnerable to HIV infection. In order to implement meaningful interventions to address older adults’ HIV ... -
Knowledge and utilization of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV by older adults (50 years and over) in Botswana
(OMICS Internationa, www.omicsonline.org/, 2015)The study explored the knowledge and use of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services by a stratified random sample of 609 older adults from four purposively selected districts in Botswana. Only 76.8% of the older ... -
Healthcare providers’ perceptions of the sexual and reproductive health needs (including family planning) of elderly women from selected sites in Botswana
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2012-09)Much of the sexual and reproductive health services and service delivery including family planning target women of child bearing ages (15 - 49 years) and sometimes men. Hardly are there programmes/interventions that ... -
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards sexual risk behaviour and perceived behavioural control among college students in Botswana
(Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com, 2016)This study examines the knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards risky sexual behaviour and perceived behavioural control among students in Botswana. Data were collected from 445 students randomly selected from the University ... -
Desire to work in an organization forever among university employees in Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/, 2014-04)The importance of commitment of employees to their organizations is evident in the volume of research that continues to be conducted on the subject and in the research findings that have linked high levels of commitment ... -
Capturing agency and voice in research: a critical review of studies of youth unemployment, self-employment and the informal sector in Botswana
(Macrothink Institute, http://www.macrothink.org, 2015)This article reviews literature on youth unemployment and self-employment as well as the informal sector in Botswana and the extent to which young people feature as agents in these studies. It pays attention to their areas ... -
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards sexual risk behaviour and perceived behavioural control among college students in Botswana
(Cogent OA, https://www.cogentoa.com/journal/social-sciences, 2016-03-31)This study examines the knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards risky sexual behaviour and perceived behavioural control among students in Botswana. Data were collected from 445 students randomly selected from the University ...