Itai Mafa

Dados Biográficos

ID713426
NOMEItai Mafa
PRENOMESItai
SOBRENOMEMafa
ASSINATURAMAFA I
AFILIAÇÕESMidlands State University, Zimbabwe
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ÍNDICE H1

  • Perceptions on the Significance of the Clinical Social Workers’ Dress in the Helping Process in Zimbabwe

    Alice Chatukuta, Itai Mafa et al.ARTICLEPractice2022Referências: 3

    When dealing with vulnerable populations, the first impression can have far-reaching implications due to socio-cultural dynamics. This has proved true in clinical social work practice where a fiduciary relationship is critical for the restoration of social functioning. The study discovered that service users in Zimbabwe generally have differing opinions regarding how clinical social workers should dress. This was attributed to age, personal prefe…

  • Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice

    Open AccessRobert Kudakwashe Chigangaidze, Itai Mafa et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2022Citada por: 7Referências: 5

    The philosophy of Ubuntu has gained momentum in the social work fraternity to the extent that the theme for the World Social Work Day, 2021 celebrations read, ‘Ubuntu: I am Because We are – Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness’. Through the use of a qualitative research approach, underpinned by a document analysis method, the article initiates a discourse which expounds on the philosophy through the lenses of the IFSW and IASS…

  • Investigating the Sexist Implications of Bride Price (Lobola) in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessTadios Chisango, Itai Mafa et al.ARTICLESociety2022Referências: 38

  • An Extrapolation of the Stereotype Content Model to University Lecturers

    Open AccessTadios Chisango, Noel Garikai Muridzo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2021

    We extrapolated the stereotype content model to the perception of university lecturers by their students. Specifically, using a sample of Zimbabwean students, we tested whether lecturers fall into different clusters in reflection to the degree to which they are perceived as high or low on competence: (1) high competence-high warmth, (2) high competence-low warmth, (3) low competence-high warmth, and (4) low warmth-low competence. We also tested w…

  • A Critical Review of the Prostitution Phenomenon, Drawing Examples from Selected Countries in the Globe

    Open AccessItai Mafa, Itai Hlonie Mafa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sociology and Social…2016

    An uncontested prevalence of the prostitution phenomenon around the globe has attracted centrestage attention causing a heated debate around its legal grounds. This paper, through a literature review attempts to discuss the policy environment underpinning the dynamics of prostitution. The following factors have been identified as possible push factors to prostitution: paucity of economic resources, increased phenomenon of matrifocal families; cul…

  • Exploring the Underpinnings of Pseudo-prostitution in Institutions of Higher Learning in Selected African Countries

    Open AccessItai Mafa, Itai Hlonie Mafa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sociology and Social…2016

    Indubitably and regrettably, pseudo prostitution is a cankerworm that needs to be fought right, left and down the middle in institutions of Higher learning of especially developing countries. This is believed to be a result of poverty and its concomitant ramifications. Through the use of a review of literature methodology, the aim of the paper is to explore factors surrounding pseudo prostitutions in institutions of Higher learning in some develo…