- Title
- Sense of Community: Perceptions of "Inter-Intra" Collaborations in an Academic Environment through the Lenses of Botho Principles and the Field of industrial Psychology
- Creator
- Diale, Dineo
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2023
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/450715
- Identifier
- vital:74976
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/ijhe/article/download/21745/13462"
- Description
- In the current study, I explored the concept of collaboration from Botho principles and the industrial psychology perspective in the specific higher learning institution. Using a qualitative approach, 13 participants performing academic and nonacademic roles formed part of the study. Overall, the participants experience regarding collaboration in an academic environment are reported to be in the form of shared goals, sense of unity, diversity, and solution-driven teams. Further participants experience in relation to collaboration is African culture [Botho principles]. The latter were perceived   contributors to collaboration within departments (intra); and few barriers to collaboration were discovered, such as criteria, lack of shared leadership, lack of collaboration champions or ambassadors. The concept of Botho is defined as a social contract of mutual respect, humanity, and responsibility that members have with one another often referred to as bringing in humanity onto a set environment. Although there are commonalities between Botho and Ubuntu, they however have dissimilarities and are underpinned by different cultures and traditions. Ubuntu is seen often used by a slogan, "I am because you are". Botho is Setswana or Sesotho concept while Ubuntu forms part of Nguni languages.  I then further conceptualize collaboration through the lens of industrial psychology from the results and offer future research recommendations in the current paper.
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (15 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Sciendu Press
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Journal of Higher Education
- Relation
- Diale, D., 2022. Sense of Community: Perceptions of †œInter-Intra†Collaborations in an Academic Environment through the Lenses of Botho Principles and the Field of industrial Psychology. International Journal of Higher Education, 11(7), pp.1-79
- Relation
- International Journal of Higher Education volume 11 number 7 p. 1 2023 1927-6052
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- Publisher
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- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Sciendu Press Statement (https://web.sciedu.ca/about-sciedu.html)
- Rights
- Open Access
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Diale, Carol Dineo (Ms)
RU Department of Psychology
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SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities
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