This paper uses desktop review to critique Ndlovu (2014)’s analysis of South Africa’s ‘exceptionalism’ and ‘xenophobia’ based on the articulations minister Sports Fikile Mbalula at Cape Town stadium in September 2014. Critical underpinned interpretivism was used argue that chose an irrelevant case frame his problem. resulted biased as published. (2014) is ignorant influence sports rivalrism hum...

Abstract Since the successful containment of COVID-19 in Wuhan late March 2020, China had implemented a nationwide highly stringent and restrictive zero-COVID policy to manage pandemic until sudden swift away from it early December 2022. How did Chinese Communist Party discursively construct as ‘normal’ legitimate policy? Using interpretivism poststructuralist political theory, this paper exami...

BACKGROUND Short-term deployment of nurses is usually used within the hospital units in order to 'balance the numbers' or to cover the shortage of staff in the different units. Often nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) are sent to go and assist in other units, where there is not enough nursing staff or when their own unit is not busy. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to explore ...

An increasing number of people move to cities in search of better opportunities for themselves and their families. This movement makes it difficult for the local government to understand citizens’ needs fully, particularly pertaining to public safety matters. Thus, in the city of East London where this issue is prevalent, a smart city project was introduced to help alleviate these concerns. Dur...

Social network is a step or an effort to remain competitive with other manufacturers in the agricultural activities. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine the types of social networks used by the Chinese farmers in the marketing and finding the best price for their agricultural products. The idealist ontology and epistemology interpretivism were used in this study. Data was ...

Although, many organisations have implemented technical solutions to protect information resources from adverse events, internal security breaches continue to occur. Therefore an approach that emphasises an information security culture within the organisation is required to make security a part of employees’ daily work routines. In order to develop a successful information security culture with...

Over the years, interpretivism has been gradually gaining ground in Information Systems (IS) research. At the heart of this interpretivist movement (which has helped to advance its cause) is a belief in theoretical and methodological pluralism. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to reflect on how interpretive IS researchers can move beyond theoretical and methodological plurali...

There is a continuing discussion on methodological pluralism in IS research. Several claims have been made both for and against methodological pluralism. The debate focuses mainly on discussing the relationship between research methods and IS research paradigms, especially positivism and interpretivism. Also, the literature analyzes the epistemological assumptions of research paradigms, but pay...

The consumer behavior is always remaining under influence of factors, which simulates the behavior of consumers towards either remain loyal with existing brand or switch towards other brands. This research study is aimed to analyze the switching behavior of mobile users in Manchester, UK, whose behavior is affected toward switching from exiting mobile phones towards new mobile phone. The focus ...

In this article we report on the manner in which participatory action research (PAR) was utilised by teachers in developing a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) school plan, in collaboration with university researchers. The need for a structured HIV and Aids school plan emerged during the course of a broader research project (of which this study for...