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Submission Number: 60
Submission ID: 820
Submission UUID: 6b66a548-47c0-4f83-ab1c-c0860bebc19d
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Wed, 04/23/2025 - 19:55
Completed: Wed, 04/23/2025 - 20:10
Changed: Fri, 05/16/2025 - 13:39
Remote IP address: 41.116.175.219
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Nghonyama |
| Firstname | Tsakani |
| funganghonyama@yahoo.com | |
| Mobile | 0823869116 |
| Institution | Unisa |
| Biosketch | I have more than 6 years of social work experience in government. I hold a BA in Social Work degree from the University of Venda and a Masters degree especializing in Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) from the University of Pretoria. Additionally, I hold a Doctoral degree from UNISA. I work as a Vetting Manager at the National Department of Health, and I have been working in the Security Sector for more than 20 years. Currently, I have been given additional responsibilities of an Acting Director Security Services. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | GAMBLING DISORDER IN THE WORKPLACE |
| Theme Selection | THEME 4: Social Work Education, Transdisciplinarity and Curriculum Development |
| Subtheme FOUR Selection | SUB 4.2 Strategies on building responsive social work curricula. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | A qualitative research approach was used to develop an in-depth understanding of gambling disorder, with the aim of developing social work intervention guidelines to address this hidden disorder. The inclusion of gambling disorder in social work training will ensure a responsive and research-based curriculum development. Qualitative research approach was adopted, using purposive and snowball sampling, to select security officers and supervisors for data collection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the security officers, using interview guide while focus group prompts were used to facilitate focus group discussions with security supervisors. Collective case study design was used to explore and describe gambling disorder in the workplace using a contextual approach to give meaning to the existence of the phenomenon. Data analysis was conducted using steps adopted from Niewenhuis (2016) while data verification criteria from Schurink et al. (2021) was employed to establish the rigor of the study. The findings illuminated that environment played a pivotal role in the inception of security officers’ gambling. This erodes social and environmental justice while increasing injustices and unsustainability. It has been established from the study that some security officers were introduced to gambling by observing colleagues who gambled and sometimes won. Findings in the study further showed that none of the participants ever sought professional help to deal with their gambling behaviour. Transdisciplinarity in developing intervention methods to address gambling disorder in the workplace is necessary. According to the findings of the study, gambling affects Security Officers as individuals, their families and work. The study also highlighted that there was an element of cognitive distortion, because participants believed that they had control over their gambling and did not need any professional assistance. General systems theory, ecological perspective and life model were used as theoretical lenses to further guide, inform and contextualise the study. |
| Title | Prof |
| Firstname | Ulene |
| Lastname | Schiller |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Thabisa |
| Lastname | Matsea |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |