Orientation: There is much research on extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction and life satisfaction in organisations. However, empirical evidence on how such factors affect employees in public organisations in developing countries is lacking.Research purpose: To examine the relationships between extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction and life satisfaction amongst employees in a public organisation.Motivation for the study: Labour strife is an endemic phenomenon in South Africa’s public sector as evidenced by the high incidences of industrial action and labour turnover. This study contributes to this subject by identifying the extrinsic factors that could be optimised with a view to enhancing job and life satisfaction amongst government employees.Research approach, design and method: The study used the quantitative research survey approach: a questionnaire was administered to 246 employees in a South African public organisation. Extrinsic motivation factors were identified using principal components analysis. Mean score ranking was used to compare the relative importance of all factors. The conceptual framework was tested using Spearman’s rank correlation analysis and linear regression analysis.Main findings: Statistically significant relationships were observed between job satisfaction and four extrinsic motivation factors: remuneration, quality of work life, supervision and teamwork. The relationship with promotion was insignificant, but a statistically significant relationship was established with life satisfaction.Practical/managerial implications: The findings may be used to implement strategies for enhancing employee performance and industrial relations within public organisations.Contribution/value-add: The study provides evidence of the interplay between extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction and life satisfaction for public servants in developing countries.

This qualitative study explored the perceived inhibitors of e-learning teaching practice through the experiences of ten academics identified at a university of technology (UoT). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with participants traced through the snowball sampling technique. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim for content analysis through iterative and reflexive procedures. Five inhibitors to e-learning were identified in the study: technical problems, logistical issues, staff resistance to change, absence of e-policy and lack of staff motivation and training. This paper advances the notion that a clear exploration of the significant dimensions that inhibit the successful adoption of e-learning will contribute greatly towards the establishment of mitigating strategies to off-set this undesirable trajectory. The study adds to the body of knowledge in that it elaborates on the implementation of e-learning by identifying the structural and contextual variables thatdetermine its rejection. This will provide management and academics with the impetus to establish policies and structures that minimise these inhibitors. It is also hoped that the study will provide guidance on the management of e-learning-based initiatives among higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa.

The scholarship of addiction has metamorphosed over the years with a trajectory of social psychology studies focusing on technology-based addictions. Relatedly, the nascency of mobile messenger applications has not left the South African student community with immunity from the problematic and psychological effects of excessive reliance on mobile technology. An adoption of the Internet addiction test led to the identification of four factors, namely, withdrawal, compulsion, control disorder, and lifestyle disturbance as the underlying indicators of addictive tendencies among tertiary students. Analysis of variance was performed with Dunnette and Scheffe post hoc tests with a view to identifying possible existence of statistically significant differences among selected biographic variables. While gender had been shown to be a predictor of mobile messaging overuse in past studies, no gender differences were established in this study. Significant differences were noted with age and academic programme (specifically, engineering and social sciences). These results could have implications on the future development of novel, mobile software applications with discipline-specific and ageappropriate usability functions. It should also be noted that mobile phones are becoming more varied in their use, and new messaging applications appear to be more attractive to selected demographic segments rather than others.

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