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ObjectiveAdolescent suicidal behavior is a public health concern in South Africa. The purpose of this article is to report on the development of a screening tool for teachers to identify South African students who are most at risk for suicidal behavior. This need is addressed within the context of the limited number of mental health professionals available to provide screening and care services in South Africa.MethodGrade 8 students participated by completing sociodemographic questionnaires and self-report psychometric instruments. A screening tool for suicidal behavior was developed using a 4-phase approach.ResultsTwelve factors for high-risk suicidal behavior were identified and included in the screening tool. While further research is needed to validate the screening tool, the findings provide a useful preliminary starting point for teachers to refer students at high risk for suicidal behavior to mental health services for treatment.ConclusionThis screening tool is based on factors that were identified as being associated with suicidal behavior from local research on South African adolescents. The tool contributes to research on adolescent mental health, particularly suicidal behavior, in developing low and middle income countries like South Africa, with the aim of creating African prevention and intervention programs. (PsycINFO Database Record

This study explores the relationship between digital access, protection, and adoption in supporting technological entrepreneurship within national digital ecosystems. The study utilised PROCESS regression analysis on the Global Entrepreneurship Development Institute (GEDI)'s Digital Development Economy (DPE) Index 2020 dataset to examine selected digital factors' direct and indirect effects on entrepreneurial activity across 116 countries. While the relationship between digital access, adoption, protection, and technological entrepreneurship has been established in previous research, this study provides global evidence to reinforce this connection. However, digital protection did not significantly moderate the effect of digital access. Notably, digital adoption emerged as a significant mediator, influencing the impacts of both access and protection on entrepreneurial outcomes. This study emphasises the importance of understanding the complex relationships between digital factors in cultivating a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, offering valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners seeking to stimulate technological innovation and economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zimbabwe grapples with a significant brain drain as many educated individuals seek better opportunities abroad. Given the decreasing number of highly educated individuals who remain in the country, their prospects of career advancement and wealth generation are expected to increase. This research aimed to investigate the impact of education on the employment status and income of individuals who stay in Zimbabwe. Cross-sectional data from the World Values Survey was used to characterize Zimbabwean respondents in relation to their employment status and income. To provide a comparative context, the results were juxtaposed with data from Australia and the United Kingdom (UK), popular destinations for Zimbabwean immigrants. Educated individuals in Zimbabwe face higher unemployment rates (22%) than those in Australia (2%) and the UK (3%). Additionally, educated Zimbabweans are more frequently self-employed (25%) than educated individuals in Australia (7%) and the UK (8%). Moreover, educated Zimbabweans are less likely to categorize themselves as high earners (10%) than Australians (38%) and UK residents (19%) with similar educational backgrounds. The significant disparities in employment rates, self-employment prevalence and perceived high-earning status between educated individuals in Zimbabwe and those in Australia and the UK underscore the challenges faced by educated individuals within Zimbabwean society. This research underscores the need for more job opportunities and the limited wealth creation prospects of highly educated individuals in Zimbabwe. If economic inclusivity is not fostered for the educated workforce, the brain drain will persist since opportunities will remain scarce, even for those who stay in the country. Targeted interventions to address structural issues and to promote a more inclusive economic environment in Zimbabwe are deemed necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological entrepreneurship presents opportunities for accelerated growth during the Fourth Industrial Revolution and assessing the readiness for such entrepreneurship would be important to investors (interested in profit) and governments (interested in economic growth). The aim of the study was to assess and rank the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries on their level of technological entrepreneurship readiness, so as to direct investor funding or, alternatively, guide government initiatives. Data that was collected in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, for the World Values Survey, was used in the study (N=13 895). Mean and composite scores linked to entrepreneurship, as well as the embracement of technology, were compared across countries. These were combined to generate a score used to rank the countries. With each of the individual as well as the composite variables, significant differences were found across the BRICS countries. China was rated the highest on attitudes towards science, while South Africa was rated highest on the openness to entrepreneurship. On the composite score, technology entrepreneurship readiness, China scored the highest. China was ranked as the BRICS country that is most viable for technology entrepreneurship. Technology investors should, thus, consider directing their venture capital eastward. The governments of the other countries should take note of their shortcomings and the results could inform policies to enhance their readiness. The results, at a theoretical level, provided some insights into the conceptualisation of technology-related entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study sought to assess the structural validity of the 10-item measure of the B5P instrument in the South African context. World Values Survey data, collected in South Africa (N = 3 531), were analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, to ascertain the factorial structure of the data, including across sub-groups, focusing on measurement invariance. The theorised factorial structure of the B5P survey did not mirror the theorised structure in the South African sample. This was demonstrated in the inspection report, as well as in the tests of measurement invariance. Even sub-groups, typifying the Westernised, educated, industrialised, wealthy, and democratic part of the South African society, did not provide structures that mirrored the theorised model. The assumption that wellestablished instruments are valid in settings, different to the one where they were initially developed in, should be questioned, and such instruments should not be used, unless thoroughly tested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature is clear that maintaining psychological contracts between employers and employees is important, and that psychological contract breach often leads to negative outcomes, including the withdrawal of discretionary activities such as innovative work behaviour. Although most literature suggests that a psychological contract breach affects the desired outcomes negatively, the same literature is silent about under which type of psychological contract these outcomes occur. This research aims to empirically determine the way in which psychological contract breach affects the relationship between different psychological contracts (relational and transactional) and innovative work behaviour. A cross-sectional survey design was used, with respondents answering questions on psychological contracts, psychological contract breach and innovative work behaviour. Three results were dominant: transactional psychological contract did not correlate with innovative work behaviour, whereas relational psychological contract did so in a significant way; psychological contract breach correlated positively and significantly with transactional psychological contract and negatively and significantly with relational psychological contract, but not with innovative work behaviour; and psychological contract breach did not moderate the relationship between relational psychological contract and innovative work behaviour. The psychological contract type (relational psychological contract) therefore has a direct effect on innovative work behaviour, but psychological contract breach did not relate significantly to innovative work behaviour. Managers are alerted to the importance of relational psychological contracts when innovative work behaviour is the desired outcome, given the omnipresent psychological contract breach. Researchers are encouraged to investigate through which mechanisms psychological contract breach influences innovative work behaviour, as this link seems well supported by the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]