Posted on October 04, 2023
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) recently hosted its annual EMS Awards to celebrate the excellence of outstanding academic staff. The awards, which were held at the EMS Research Hub on the Hatfield Campus, honoured the academic excellence of staff in three categories, namely...
Posted on August 23, 2023
Angela Qithi, a University of Pretoria (UP) alumna and a talented human resource professional, skilled in managing human resources, talent management, employer branding and diversity, as well as equity and inclusion, is proud to be associated with one of the top institutions in Africa.
Posted on August 10, 2023
UP graduate Lebohang Raputsoe, a human resources professional who graduated earlier this year with an MCom in Human Resource Management, made it to the top 12 of the 2023 Miss SA beauty pageant.
Posted on May 29, 2023
Numerous studies have shown that having a family-supportive supervisor can aid in reducing and managing work/ family conflict and stress, and boost employee morale, say UP academics Prof Eileen Koekemoer and Dr Martha Harunavamwe.
Posted on May 02, 2023
The Department of Human Resource Management (HRM) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the academic excellence of its students during a prize-giving ceremony held on Thursday, 20 April 2023 at Adlers Restaurant.
Posted on March 01, 2023
The United Nations observes 1 March as Zero Discrimination Day. This annual celebration seeks to promote equality, inclusion and peace in an effort to bring an end to discrimination. Prof Nasima Carrim of the Department of Human Resource Management explains the various types of discrimination.
Posted on November 18, 2022
Academics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently honoured at the annual EMS awards ceremony, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements.
Posted on September 17, 2022
The 18th of July has been declared internationally as Nelson Mandela Day by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2009. The celebration of this day gives recognition to South Africa’s former president, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, for his commitment to human rights, conflict...
Posted on September 17, 2022
The Department of Human Resource Management, an event was hosted to celebrate Women’s Day in honour of the women colleagues in the department. This was done for the remarkable women in the department to acknowledge their hard work and impact they have on their students, fellow colleagues,...
Posted on September 07, 2022
The Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology South Africa (SIOPSA) awarded Professor Eileen Koememoer the 2021/2022 Presidential Award for Excellence in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP). S
Posted on June 09, 2022
Recent research has indicated that, in addition to the anxiety induced by health fears and the uncertainty and disruption caused by the pandemic, the newly adopted hybrid workplaces can also increase the risk of mental health problems due to its complexity and interruption of the new normal.
Posted on May 25, 2022
Vodacom Bulls rugby defence coach Joey Mongalo has added another string to his bow after graduating from UP with an MCom in Industrial Psychology.
Posted on May 11, 2022
Lonwabo Makapela, a PhD fellow in the Department of Human Resource Management, will join Vanderbilt University in the US for 10 months as a visiting student researcher in gender studies under the US Fulbright Foreign Student Program.
Posted on April 11, 2022
The University of Pretoria is proud to add a hat trick of three new National Research Foundation A-rated researchers to its rapidly growing list of NRF-rated researchers, now at 595, which is the highest nationally.
Posted on April 04, 2022
The Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management conferred the Rosa Luxemburg Award to Professor Stella Nkomo, of the Department of Human Resources Management, for her distinguished contributions to critical management scholarship.
Posted on March 25, 2022
UP Associate Professor Nasima Carrim has received seed funding from the Michigan State University-founded Alliance for African Partnership, for her research into diversity management.
Posted on March 08, 2022
Today’s biases against women in the workplace are subtler and harder to detect than in the past. Yet they impact women’s careers in real, detrimental ways. They strengthen the glass ceiling that constrains women from leadership roles.
Posted on February 14, 2022
Professor Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at UP has been elected as Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
Posted on December 03, 2021
It’s been a year of graft and gruelling circumstances, and many of us have felt the impact of 2021 on our physical and mental well-being. Be sure to make full use of the upcoming summer holidays for rest and rejuvenation – here’s how.
Posted on October 08, 2021
Thought leader Prof Stella Nkomo, was recently featured on the modern lifestyle podcast Goop, for a wide-ranging conversation on her recently republished book, entitled Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity.
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