Leon Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5140199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leon Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leon |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5859-7581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation
We sought to investigate employee motivation mediation of the relationship between servant leadership, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and affective organisation commitment in a public sector enterprise. Participants (n = 128; male = 73; female = 55; age range = 31–40 years = 43; working more than 10 years = 49) where from a South African state-owned enterprise. They completed measures of perceptions of servant leadership, employee motivat…
Servant leadership, diversity climate, and organisational citizenship behaviour at a selection of South African companies
The study examined the mediation effect of diversity climate on the relationship between servant leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were a convenience sample of 262 employees from South African financial, industrial, manufacturing, and retail sectors (male = 52.9%; white = 69.3%; postgraduate university degree holders = 35.4%). The employees completed measures for servant leadership, diversity climate, and OCB…
Examining the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relationship between destructive leadership and employee attitudes
The study sought to investigate the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relation between a destructive leadership style and employee attitudes of organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and intention to quit. Participants were employees from the financial, banking, retail, and manufacturing sector in Gauteng province, South Africa (N = 230). The employees completed measures of autocratic leadership, diversity climate, job satisfacti…
Self-esteem: Its mediating effects on the relationship between discrimination at work and employee organisation commitment and turn-over intention
This study examined self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between perceived discrimination, employee intentions to quit, and affective organisation commitment. A convenience sample of 414 South African employees were participants (female = 44.9%; black = 42.3%; 38.2% between the age of 26 and 35). Of the participants, 72.7% were from the private sector. The employees completed measures of self-esteem, perceived discrimination, and affecti…
Transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in selected South African companies
This study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in a selection of South African companies. Participants were a convenience sample of 263 employees from the Gauteng Province (white = 69.3%). They completed measures for transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction. Structural Equation Modelling analysis revealed transformational leadership to directly pred…
Confirming the structure of the dual process model of diversity amongst public sector South African employees
We set out to validate the structure of the Dual Process Model of Workplace Diversity in a South African work setting contrasting black and white African employees. The study participants were a convenience sample of 296 public service employees (black = 73.3%, female = 59%, 90.7% between the age 18 and 40 years; white = 25.7%, female = 58%, 67.1% between the age of 18 and 40 years). They completed measures of acculturation antecedents (positive …
Psychological strengths and subjective well-being in South African white students
This study investigated the role of individual resources, notably self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope, in subjective well-being of white dormitory students at a historically white institution of higher learning. Using a convenience sample of white students (N = 227), we tested the role of generalised self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope as indicators of a latent factor, labelled personal resources, in a structural equation model with subjective well…
Adverse Acculturation Conditions and Well-Being of Mine Employees in the North-West Province
The frequency of intercultural contact in the South African workplace has increased after 1994. We investigated relations between adverse acculturation conditions, separation and well-being in Black and White miners. We utilized a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 241 Black and White miners. We then considered the effect of race in the experiences of miners and also used multigroup path analysis to determine whether identical re…
The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian: African American Cultures of Print—The State of the Discipline
“The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian” explores scholarship located at the intersection of African American Studies and the History of the Book. While the two fields have a great deal to offer one another, I argue that there has, until recently, been only fitful dialogue between scholars from each camp, a phenomenon I trace in part to the schism between enumerative and analytic bibliographers at the beginning of the twentieth century. …
Print Culture in a Diverse America
This title is winner of the Carey McWilliams Award given by MultiCultural Review, 1999. In the modern era there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture - books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States. Interdisciplinary essays examine the many ways print culture functions within di…
Print Culture in a Diverse America
This title is winner of the Carey McWilliams Award given by MultiCultural Review, 1999. In the modern era there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture - books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States. Interdisciplinary essays examine the many ways print culture functions within di…
Print Culture in a Diverse America
This title is winner of the Carey McWilliams Award given by MultiCultural Review, 1999. In the modern era there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture - books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States. Interdisciplinary essays examine the many ways print culture functions within di…
The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian: African American Cultures of Print—The State of the Discipline
“The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian” explores scholarship located at the intersection of African American Studies and the History of the Book. While the two fields have a great deal to offer one another, I argue that there has, until recently, been only fitful dialogue between scholars from each camp, a phenomenon I trace in part to the schism between enumerative and analytic bibliographers at the beginning of the twentieth century. …
Adverse Acculturation Conditions and Well-Being of Mine Employees in the North-West Province
The frequency of intercultural contact in the South African workplace has increased after 1994. We investigated relations between adverse acculturation conditions, separation and well-being in Black and White miners. We utilized a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 241 Black and White miners. We then considered the effect of race in the experiences of miners and also used multigroup path analysis to determine whether identical re…
Psychological strengths and subjective well-being in South African white students
This study investigated the role of individual resources, notably self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope, in subjective well-being of white dormitory students at a historically white institution of higher learning. Using a convenience sample of white students (N = 227), we tested the role of generalised self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope as indicators of a latent factor, labelled personal resources, in a structural equation model with subjective well…
Confirming the structure of the dual process model of diversity amongst public sector South African employees
We set out to validate the structure of the Dual Process Model of Workplace Diversity in a South African work setting contrasting black and white African employees. The study participants were a convenience sample of 296 public service employees (black = 73.3%, female = 59%, 90.7% between the age 18 and 40 years; white = 25.7%, female = 58%, 67.1% between the age of 18 and 40 years). They completed measures of acculturation antecedents (positive …
Examining the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relationship between destructive leadership and employee attitudes
The study sought to investigate the mediating effect of diversity climate on the relation between a destructive leadership style and employee attitudes of organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and intention to quit. Participants were employees from the financial, banking, retail, and manufacturing sector in Gauteng province, South Africa (N = 230). The employees completed measures of autocratic leadership, diversity climate, job satisfacti…
Self-esteem: Its mediating effects on the relationship between discrimination at work and employee organisation commitment and turn-over intention
This study examined self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between perceived discrimination, employee intentions to quit, and affective organisation commitment. A convenience sample of 414 South African employees were participants (female = 44.9%; black = 42.3%; 38.2% between the age of 26 and 35). Of the participants, 72.7% were from the private sector. The employees completed measures of self-esteem, perceived discrimination, and affecti…
Transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in selected South African companies
This study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in a selection of South African companies. Participants were a convenience sample of 263 employees from the Gauteng Province (white = 69.3%). They completed measures for transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction. Structural Equation Modelling analysis revealed transformational leadership to directly pred…
Servant leadership, diversity climate, and organisational citizenship behaviour at a selection of South African companies
The study examined the mediation effect of diversity climate on the relationship between servant leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were a convenience sample of 262 employees from South African financial, industrial, manufacturing, and retail sectors (male = 52.9%; white = 69.3%; postgraduate university degree holders = 35.4%). The employees completed measures for servant leadership, diversity climate, and OCB…
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation
We sought to investigate employee motivation mediation of the relationship between servant leadership, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and affective organisation commitment in a public sector enterprise. Participants (n = 128; male = 73; female = 55; age range = 31–40 years = 43; working more than 10 years = 49) where from a South African state-owned enterprise. They completed measures of perceptions of servant leadership, employee motivat…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Diversity (politics (4 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (4 works) · Organizational commitment (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)