Using narratives to understand the motivational factors and experience of being a self-initiated academic expatriate in South Africa

TT Harry, NM Dodd, WT Chinyamurindi - SA Journal of Human …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Orientation: A growing movement of foreign nationals is settling in South Africa. Given this,
there is a need to understand not only those factors influencing foreign nationals to settle in …

Manufacturing-and exporting-excellence and'mediocrity': doctoral education in South Africa

D Teferra - South African Journal of Higher Education, 2015 - journals.co.za
South Africa thus far stands as the undisputed leader of knowledge production in Africa.
Whereas its system is considered comparatively'world class' by African standards …

Using Narratives to understand the experience of career success amongst self-initiated expatriates in South Africa

T Harry, N Dodd, WT Chinyamurindi - Southern African Business Review, 2019 - ajol.info
Calls have been made within the careers literature for studies focusing on the career
experiences of sample groups often neglected in theorising. One could regard self-initiated …

Higher Education in the Global Market: Opportunities and Threats.

N Singh - International Journal of Educational Leadership …, 2011 - ERIC
The world is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization in an era
of information technology. The identities of all societies are evolving as social and political …

Scarce skills expatriates in South African universities: rhetoric and realities of the" Messianic" academics

MP Sebola - TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in …, 2015 - journals.co.za
This article investigates the reason for the continued scarce skills shortage, despite the
recruitment of expatriates in academic institutions as an intervention measure. It argues that …

Cross-cultural adjustment experiences of academic expatriates in some South African universities: The case of Kwazulu-Natal

T Ngonyama-Ndou - South African Journal of Higher Education, 2020 - journals.co.za
This article discusses the cross-cultural adjustment experiences of selected academic
expatriates from selected South African universities based in the KwaZulu-Natal Province …

Academic Mobility and Immigration trends in South African higher education institutions

A Maharaj - Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2016 - ojs.amhinternational.com
This paper seeks to offer an insighton the subject of academic mobility into South African
Higher Education Institutions (HEI’ s). This is done by examining the current academic …

The interplay between South African higher education context and academic development

L Makondo, O Makondo - The Anthropologist, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The design and implementation of pragmatic teaching and learning agenda is fundamental
for universities to attain their vision, mission and strategic objectives/plans. It is within this …

[PDF][PDF] Education and Globalisation: Conceptual and Visionary Approach

BA Al-Allak, AS Alnaser, MA Saeed - Advanced Social Research, 2011 - academia.edu
The current paper attempts to explore three main aspects of education and globalization.
First is to shed light on the concept and the historical origins of globalization. Second is to …

Educating for employability in office environments

SL Hollis-Turner - 2015 - etd.cput.ac.za
Diversity and transformation demands on higher education require that all universities of
technology revisit and redesign their qualifications and curricula in order to meet the …