Gender and Behaviour
Published in June and December since 2003, Gender and Behaviour grew from the Network of Psychological Studies of Women Issues at the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan.
The journal presents interdisciplinary research on gender, human behaviour, society, and development, with contributions from scholars in Africa and across the world.
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Open this journal in the full catalogueLimited choices, uncertain futures: Exploring youth livelihood precarity in rural Lupane, Zimbabwe
Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i4.28
In Zimbabwe's rural areas, young people face considerable obstacles to securing sustainable livelihoods. The decline of the formal agricultural sector and the lack of wage employment compel them to diversify their livelihood strategies. Although traditional narratives praise diversification as an adaptive approach, they often fail to acknowledge the constrai...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)A review of the impact of deadlock detection and resolution in cloud and edge computing databases
Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i4.36
Deadlock remains a critical challenge in distributed systems that severely inflicts reliability and security concerns in modern day computing, most times leading to costly delays, transaction failures, and system inefficiencies. Traditional approaches to deadlock detection and resolution in distributed systems were strongly dependent on message passing schem...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Developing a conceptual managerial model to minimise organisational politics at state-owned electricity providers in emerging markets
Volume 22 / Issue 3 / pp. 22934-22954 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v22i3.7
Economies the world over heavily rely on electricity as an energy source. The state-owned electricity providers in the Sothern African Development (SADC) have experienced an electricity generation crisis for almost three decades, and the situation is seemingly getting worse, with organisational politics arguably behind the crisis. The crisis has even spread ...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Exploring the role of healthcare management in improving patient adherence to end- stage renal disease treatment - the case of Pietersburg renal dialysis unit
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23749-23765 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.31
End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) is a global health and healthcare burden that is rapidly increasing. The growing number of ESRD patients necessitates dialysis management for better outcomes and well-being; thus, adherence to prescribed treatment is critical. Adherence is a major issue in chronic kidney disease patients. Patients may be disobedient to various...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Structural violence and sexual objectification of black women at sex stokvels (Mavuso) in South African townships
Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i1.4
On 17 June 2016, the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, spoke out against the danger of transactional sexual agreements that occur at sex stokvels (Mavuso). At sex stokvels black males and females gather and male patrons offer the females alcohol and petty cash in exchange for sex. The research study makes an open discussion on the implications that sexu...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Dismantling gender barriers: An exploratory study of factors promoting entrance of men into women and women into men occupations in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria
Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i1.20
This study explored factors influencing individuals' decisions to pursue occupations traditionally dominated by the opposite gender in Ibadan Metropolis. Guided by Parsons' theory of role socialization, this research explored the experiences of 42 individuals working in male-dominated (butchering, driving, cobbling) and female-dominated (hair styling, cateri...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Social media and environmental accountability in Lagos State, Nigeria
Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i4.39
Social media is a veritable tool for ensuring environmental accountability. This paper explores the veracity of this position in Lagos State, Nigeria’s most populous subnational unit. Given the conurbation’s over 20 million population, the rate of poor environmental behaviour, such as indiscriminate waste dumping, noise pollution, industrial and domestic pol...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)The contribution of livestock to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers: Insights from newly resettled farmers in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i4.22
Livestock play a pivotal role in sustaining smallholder livelihoods across sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in semi-arid regions such as Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, where climate variability and recurrent economic shocks continue to erode household resilience. Despite their centrality, the specific contribution of livestock to poverty reduction, livelihood diver...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Contextually and culturally relevant interventions for alcohol use disorder during pregnancy in South Africa
Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i1.19
South Africa faces a high prevalence of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), underscoring the need to examine current treatments. Despite the evidence that a significant number of women drink alcohol during pregnancy, with prevalence rates between 3.7% and 22.6%, raising concerns about the negative effects on maternal and fetal health; limited research e...
Read on publisher (opens in a new tab)Differences in gender and handedness on language functions in Primary School Children in a rural township in Limpopo, South Africa
Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i1.16
The development of language functions is of great interest to neuroscientists and linguists, as these functions are among the fundamental capacities of human cognition. The study of children’s language is essential in child development as early spoken language abilities are highly predictive of school performance. Neuropsychologists have been interested in h...
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