Yvonne Du Plessis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6730979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvonne Du Plessis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvonne |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Plessis |
| SIGNATURE | DU PLESSIS Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6900-1664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Insight into the Organizational Culture and Challenges Faced by Women STEM Leaders in Africa
Compared to their men counterparts, women do not rapidly climb up the leadership ladder due to a glass ceiling obstacle. This study aims to explore the inhibiting factors demotivating Africa women’s leadership pursuit in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). A qualitative approach was adopted using online open-ended questions to seek narratives from African women leaders on their roles and experiences of a STEM career. Data we…
Intrinsic motivation a key enabler of African managers’ cultural intelligence
This study sought to determine manager's intrinsic motivation to engage multiculturally in the workplace as the managers varied by demographic background. Participants were a convenience sample of managers on supervisory level, middle level and senior level (n=550; Male 54.9%; Black ethnicity 64.4%). They completed the Motivational Scale of the Managerial Cultural Intelligence Measure. The data were analysed by means analysis of variance procedur…
Exploring teamwork paradoxes challenging 21st-century cross-cultural conflict management in a multicultural organizational context
This paper focuses on cross-cultural conflict and its management in a multicultural work environment affected by teamwork paradoxes, as perceived and experienced by multicultural team members working in project and management teams. A mixed research methodology was applied, using a quantitative confirmation of teamwork paradoxes in multicultural organizational environments, followed by a qualitative interpretivist approach exploring the perceived…
Insight into the Organizational Culture and Challenges Faced by Women STEM Leaders in Africa
Compared to their men counterparts, women do not rapidly climb up the leadership ladder due to a glass ceiling obstacle. This study aims to explore the inhibiting factors demotivating Africa women’s leadership pursuit in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). A qualitative approach was adopted using online open-ended questions to seek narratives from African women leaders on their roles and experiences of a STEM career. Data we…
Exploring teamwork paradoxes challenging 21st-century cross-cultural conflict management in a multicultural organizational context
This paper focuses on cross-cultural conflict and its management in a multicultural work environment affected by teamwork paradoxes, as perceived and experienced by multicultural team members working in project and management teams. A mixed research methodology was applied, using a quantitative confirmation of teamwork paradoxes in multicultural organizational environments, followed by a qualitative interpretivist approach exploring the perceived…
Intrinsic motivation a key enabler of African managers’ cultural intelligence
This study sought to determine manager's intrinsic motivation to engage multiculturally in the workplace as the managers varied by demographic background. Participants were a convenience sample of managers on supervisory level, middle level and senior level (n=550; Male 54.9%; Black ethnicity 64.4%). They completed the Motivational Scale of the Managerial Cultural Intelligence Measure. The data were analysed by means analysis of variance procedur…
Insight into the Organizational Culture and Challenges Faced by Women STEM Leaders in Africa
Compared to their men counterparts, women do not rapidly climb up the leadership ladder due to a glass ceiling obstacle. This study aims to explore the inhibiting factors demotivating Africa women’s leadership pursuit in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). A qualitative approach was adopted using online open-ended questions to seek narratives from African women leaders on their roles and experiences of a STEM career. Data we…
Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cultural diversity (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social science (2 works)