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African voices in the South African military training context: exploring the possible impact of national culture on African trainee’s achievement motivation

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai Date: Nov 2012 The South African Special Forces operators group consists of highly able individuals from different cultural, philosophical and ideological backgrounds. The cost to train candidates during the grueling Special Forces Training Cycle is ... Read more
Exploring military performance motivation from an African Ubuntu perspective

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai Date: Sep 2017 The purpose of this study was to use a Positive Psychology lens to explore the perceptions of elite military candidates about motivational strategies that assisted them to cope with the challenges of specialized military selection. Results ... Read more
Exploring the role of motivational and coping resources in a Special Forces selection process

Author: De Beer, Morris ; Van Heerden, Adelai Date: Jul 2014 Orientation: Motivational and coping resources were explored within a military context by means of a mixed-methods survey study involving a group of Special Forces candidates. Research purpose: The purpose was to compare selected and ... Read more
Facing the culture gap in operationalising cyber with a military context

Author: Leenen, Louise ; Aschman, MJ ; Grobler, MM ; Van Heerden, Adelai Date: Mar 2018 Cyber as an operational domain is widely recognised by military forces, but the process to operationalise cyber poses a number of challenges. One of the difficulties is that traditional military culture is far removed from what is commonly ... Read more
Important characteristics of operational force members

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai ; De Beer, Morris Date: Oct 2017 The operational forces military context is generally acknowledged as one of the most stressful contexts as it is demanding of members on a physical, psychological, social level with organisational, intra- and inter-personal demands of an ... Read more
Learning potential, career interest and coping profile of a group of SOF candidates

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai ; De Beer, Morris Date: Sep 2015 The aim of this mixed method study was to obtain a general profile of candidates (N=251) applying to join the Operational Forces of the South African National Defence Force in terms of their coping (hardiness, sense of coherence, locus of ... Read more
Military Psychology for Africa

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai Date: Dec 2016 The African life philosophy of ubuntu is about two aspects ubu and ntu, and constitutes a wholeness and oneness (Ramose, 2002).1 Modern psychology has until very recently entailed oneness with its Western ideas and approaches (Sinha, 1986).2 ... Read more
Operational Forces soldiers’ perceptions of attributes and skills for career success

Author: Rawoot, Ishreen ; Van Heerden, Adelai ; Parker, Laaiqah Date: Jul 2017 A career within the South African Operational Forces is physically, mentally and emotionally challenging. It is a diverse working environment with its own organisational culture and unique challenges. The aim of the study was to explore the ... Read more
The psychological coping, learning potential and career preferences profiles of operational force military candidates

Author: De Beer, Morris ; Van Heerden, Adelai Date: 2017 The aim of this study was to profile the psychological coping, learning potential and career-related interests of 251 candidates for operational force military selection for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – 26 of whom were ... Read more
A three year profile comparison of a group of Special Operations candidates

Author: Van Heerden, Adelai ; De Beer, Morris Date: Sep 2015 The present mixed methods study is based on responses to open-ended questions posed as well as quantitative positive psychology construct questionnaire data of three different year groups of military Special Operations Forces candidates. The ... Read more

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