Reward Utete
Biographic Data
| ID | 4156610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reward Utete |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reward |
| FAMILY NAME | Utete |
| SIGNATURE | UTETE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9086-1052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring governance challenges in South African public organisations
Despite the incessant poor service delivery serving as a reminder to the existence of governance challenges, the existing literature gives scant attention to what constitute governance challenges in public organisations. Thus, informed by the New Public Management theory and Public Choice Theory, the impetus of this study is to explore the governance challenges in South African public organisations. A mixed research approach, nested within the ex…
Exploring the lived experiences of citizens on the effects of good governance practices on housing service delivery
Various public entities across different developing countries are plagued by poor service delivery, which predominantly stems from poor governance. Innumerable citizens are experiencing inadequate access to essential housing services. Despite the growing literature on good governance and service delivery, empirical studies on citizens lived experiences of the subject are still unavailable, particularly in South Africa. Thus, this study strives to…
Success level of rural SMEs amid crisis
Purpose Currently, there is a great interest in the growth of the rural economy through the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Despite inundated calls for interventions in rural businesses, the shocks experienced by rural SMEs from the COVID-19 crisis remain inconclusive, thus spurring attention from researchers. Although studies were conducted on COVID-19 and SMEs in South Africa, they focused on urban areas, overlooking rural a…
Agenda for future business resilience and survival avenues in crisis times
For handling future crises and to give their businesses the best chance of survival it is imperative that owners and managers of SMEs have a comprehensive understanding of the severity of the impact of the crisis itself. Despite the criticality of SMEs to the economy, there is lack of concerted evidence regarding the impact of COVID-19 on small and medium enterprises' productivity in South Africa. Hence, the study sought to integrate the existing…
Evaluation of the efficiency in delivery of government services to ameliorate the Covid-19 pandemic in the King Cetshwayo District in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic raised the need for an increase in public services to counter the negative economic ramifications of the pandemic. However, this meteoric emergence of coronavirus inadvertently gave birth to inefficiencies entrenched in the delivery of government interventions to contain the disease and its economic effects. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency in delivery of government services and interventions aimed …
Re-imagining the complexities faced by rural entrepreneurs in South Africa
Rural entrepreneurs play a critical role in generating economic activities and general development of rural economy. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has left extensive upheaval in rural entrepreneurship which cannot be emphasised. As a result, there is growing interest in the potential of rural entrepreneurs to recover from and adapt to the challenges stemming from COVID-19 pandemic. The significant challenges caused by pandemic pose threat…
Re-imagining the complexities faced by rural entrepreneurs in South Africa
Rural entrepreneurs play a critical role in generating economic activities and general development of rural economy. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has left extensive upheaval in rural entrepreneurship which cannot be emphasised. As a result, there is growing interest in the potential of rural entrepreneurs to recover from and adapt to the challenges stemming from COVID-19 pandemic. The significant challenges caused by pandemic pose threat…
Evaluation of the efficiency in delivery of government services to ameliorate the Covid-19 pandemic in the King Cetshwayo District in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic raised the need for an increase in public services to counter the negative economic ramifications of the pandemic. However, this meteoric emergence of coronavirus inadvertently gave birth to inefficiencies entrenched in the delivery of government interventions to contain the disease and its economic effects. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency in delivery of government services and interventions aimed …
Re-imagining the complexities faced by rural entrepreneurs in South Africa
Rural entrepreneurs play a critical role in generating economic activities and general development of rural economy. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has left extensive upheaval in rural entrepreneurship which cannot be emphasised. As a result, there is growing interest in the potential of rural entrepreneurs to recover from and adapt to the challenges stemming from COVID-19 pandemic. The significant challenges caused by pandemic pose threat…
Agenda for future business resilience and survival avenues in crisis times
For handling future crises and to give their businesses the best chance of survival it is imperative that owners and managers of SMEs have a comprehensive understanding of the severity of the impact of the crisis itself. Despite the criticality of SMEs to the economy, there is lack of concerted evidence regarding the impact of COVID-19 on small and medium enterprises' productivity in South Africa. Hence, the study sought to integrate the existing…
Exploring the lived experiences of citizens on the effects of good governance practices on housing service delivery
Various public entities across different developing countries are plagued by poor service delivery, which predominantly stems from poor governance. Innumerable citizens are experiencing inadequate access to essential housing services. Despite the growing literature on good governance and service delivery, empirical studies on citizens lived experiences of the subject are still unavailable, particularly in South Africa. Thus, this study strives to…
Success level of rural SMEs amid crisis
Purpose Currently, there is a great interest in the growth of the rural economy through the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Despite inundated calls for interventions in rural businesses, the shocks experienced by rural SMEs from the COVID-19 crisis remain inconclusive, thus spurring attention from researchers. Although studies were conducted on COVID-19 and SMEs in South Africa, they focused on urban areas, overlooking rural a…
Exploring governance challenges in South African public organisations
Despite the incessant poor service delivery serving as a reminder to the existence of governance challenges, the existing literature gives scant attention to what constitute governance challenges in public organisations. Thus, informed by the New Public Management theory and Public Choice Theory, the impetus of this study is to explore the governance challenges in South African public organisations. A mixed research approach, nested within the ex…
Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works) · Service delivery framework (3 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Geography (2 works)