Staff

 
Prof Alewyn Nel
Professor and Head of Department
BCom Communication Management (NWU)
BCom Hons Industrial Psychology (NWU)
MCom Industrial Psychology (NWU)
PhD Industrial Psychology (NWU)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 3434
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-0188
 
Research Interests:
Psychometrics
Cross-cultural psychology
Personality, social desirability, identity and cultural intelligence
Lexical and Emic-etic approaches
 
 
Prof Nasima Carrim
Associate Professor
Chair: EMS Diversity and Inclusion Committee
President: Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA, 2024/2025)
MCom (HRM) (UP)
PhD Industrial and Organisational Psychology (UP)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 2466
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1325-7978
Google Scholar 
 
Research Interests:
Diversity and gender in management
Identity work 
Intersectionality 
Ethnicity, culture and religion 
Digital technology and diversity
Lookism 
 
 
Prof Anne Crafford
Associate Professor
Coordinator: Magister Proposals and Mini-Dissertations
Chair: SIOPSA Transformation Committee
B Com (RAU)
B Com Hons (RAU)
M Com (RAU) 
PhD (Stellenbosch)
[email protected]
 
Research Interests:
Professional identity
Identity work
 
 
Prof Eileen Koekemoer
Associate Professor
Programme Manager: Honours Industrial Psychology, Human Resource Management and Labour Relations
BCom (Cum laude) Communication (PU for CHE)
BCom Hons (Cum laude) Industrial Psychology (NWU)
MCom (Cum laude) Industrial Psychology (NWU)
PhD Industrial Psychology (NWU)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
 
Research Interests:
Work-life (nonwork) balance
Career Success
Instrument development
Validation studies
 
 
Prof Sumari O'Neil
Associate Professor
Coordinator: Department Research Ethics and Honours Research Report
BA (Cum Laude) Psychology (UP)
BA Hons (Cum Laude) Psychology (UP)
MA (Cum Laude) EC Research Psychology (UP)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (UP)
PhD Industrial & Organisational Psychology (UP)
Registered Research Psychologist (HPCSA)
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 3437
 
Research Interests:
Postgraduate research supervision
Qualitative research methodology
Research methodology instruction/pedagogy
Management Education
 
 
Prof Chantal Olckers
Associate Professor
Coordinator: AACSB Assurance of Learning (AoL)
BCom Hons (HRM) (UP)
MCom (HRM) (UP)
PhD (HRM) (UP)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
Registered Master HR Practitioner (SABPP)
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 3435
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5592-3951
 
Research Interests:
Psychometric and competency testing
Recruitment and selection
Instrument validation
Psychological Ownership
 
 
Prof Pieter Schaap
Associate Professor
DCom (HRM) (UP)
MCom Hons (HRM) (UP)
Dipl Food Technology
Registered Master HR Practitioner (SABPP)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
 
Research Interests:
Instrument development & validation
Psychometrics and skills testing
Management, leadership assessment and development centres
Training impact analysis
Organisational motivation
 
 
Prof Karel Stanz
Professor
Programme Manager: Magister Internships
MPhil (RAU)
DPhil (UJ)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
Registered Master HR Practitioner (SABPP)
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 3074
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3859-5161
 
Research Interests:
Organisational Behaviour
Leadership
Talent-learning
 
 
Prof Arien Strasheim
Associate Professor
Programme Manager: Doctoral Programme
Qualifications: BSc(Mathematical Statistics)(UP)
BSc(Hons)(Mathematical Statistics)(UP)
MSc(Mathematical Statistics)(UNISA)
MBA(Management)(Wits)
PhD(Management)(Wits)
[email protected]
 
Research interest:
Methodological issues in social sciences research
Novel applications in multivariate modelling 
Structural equation modelling
Psychometric analyses of research instruments
Student career values during and after Covid-19
 
 
Prof Stella Nkomo
Emeritus Professor
PhD Human Resource Management , University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)
MBA Business Administration, University of Rhode Island, (USA) 
B.S. Business Education, Bryant University (USA)
 
Research Interest:
Race and gender diversity in organisations
Management knowledge production in Africa
Critical perspectives on equality and inclusion in the workplace.
 

Prof James P Walsh
Extraordinary Professor
A.F. Thurnau Professor; Gerald and Esther Carey Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management & Organizations; and Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business
PhD Northwestern University
MA University of Chicago
MA Columbia University
BA State University of New York At Albany
 
Research Interest:
Cross-level relationships: Individuals, organizations, and society
Organizational and Corporate Well-being
Moral foundations of Business
 
Dr Martha Harunavamwe
Senior Lecturer
Programme Manager: MCom Industrial Psychology and MCom/MPhil Human Resource Management and Labour Relations Management
BSoc (Cum Laude) Human Resource Management (University of Fort Hare)
BCom Hons (Cum Laude) Industrial Psychology (University of Fort Hare)
MCom Industrial Psychology (University of Fort Hare)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (UP)
PhD Industrial & Organisational Psychology (University of the Free State)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
(012) 420 3074)
 
Research Interests:
Work Flexibility
Technostress
Work-life Balance
Organisational Support
Workplace Flourishing
 
 
Dr Daphne Pillay-Naidoo
Senior Lecturer
Programme Manager: BCom Human Resource Management
BSoc Clinical and Industrial Psychology (UKZN)
BSoc Honours Industrial Psychology (UKZN)
MSoc Industrial Psychology (UKZN)
PhD Industrial Psychology (UFS)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
[email protected]
Telephone: +27 12 420 3433
Fax: +27 12 420 3574
 
Research interest:
Female leadership
Positive Psychology in the workplace
Psychological Strengths in the workplace 
 

 


 
Dr Blessing Chabaya
Lecturer
B.Soc.Sc Human Resource Management (UFH)
BA (Hons) Organisational Psychology (RU)
MA Labour Relations and Human Resources (NMMU)
PhD Employment Relations (UJ)
+27 (0)12 420 6311
 
Research Interests:
Labour relations management
 
 
Ms Tsholofelo Tsheole
Lecturer
Bachelor of Law (LLB) (NWU)
Master of Laws (NWU)
 
Areas of specialisation:
Regulatory and Compliance Law
Dispute resolution and litigation
Employment and Labour Law
 
Research Interest:
Dispute resolution
Retrenchments and dismissals
 
 

 

Ms Preshanta Pillay
Part-time Lecturer
BCom Hons (HRM) (UP)
MCom Human Resource Management (UP)
[email protected]
Telephone: +27 12 420 5986
Fax: +27 12 420 3574
 
Research interest:
Diversity Management
Learning in Higher Education
 
Mr Sakkie van Greunen
Part-time Lecturer
Charted HR Professional (Generalist & ETD/HRD) with SABPP
Mentor - SABPP
Agric-Diploma (Agricultural College, Potchefstroom)
IPM-Diploma (Institute of Personnel Management)
BA-Degree (UP)
BA CUM Hon – HRD (RAU)
MPhil Human Resource Management (UP)
 
Research Interests:
HR – Practices, Professionalism, Standards and Competencies
ISO & HR Auditing
ETD, Adult Learning & Work-integrated-learning (WIL)
Mentorship & Coaching
Soft-skills training
Aviation
 
 
 
Adv Elsabe Maree
Part-time lecturer
Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
B. Proc (UP)
LLB (UP)
LLM (UNISA)
 
Specialties:
Act as commissioner in labour disputes as
stipulated in the LRA in Conciliation’s and Arbitration’
Act as arbitrator in private arbitration’s
Act as chairperson in disciplinary hearings
Act as arbitrator and conciliator
 
 
Dr Cila Myburgh
Part-time lecturer
BCom Human Resource Management (UP)
BCom Hons (Human Resource Management) (UP)
MCom Industrial Psychology (UP)
PhD Industrial Psychology (UP)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
 
Specialties:
Academic success
Future of work
 
 
 
 
Dr Sane Ngidi
Part-time lecturer
President-elect: SIOPSA (2024/2025)
BCom Marketing and Psychology (Wits)
BA Hons Industrial Psychology (Wits)
MA Industrial Psychology (Wits)
PhD Leadership in Performance and Change (UJ)
Registered Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA)
SIOPSA Exco Member: Marketing, Communication and Brand
 
Specialties:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Human Capital Leadership
Organisational Effectiveness
 
Research interest:
Women in leadership 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in organisations 
Leadership in performance and change 
Organisational development 

 
Professional Staff
*Take note, this is an academic department. Please visit https://www.up.ac.za/human-resources-department/article/257091/contact-details for HR operations at UP.
Ms Lynette Govender
General Administration
+27 (0)12 420 4756
Ms Zanele Matlou
Postgraduate Administration
+27 (0)12 420 3108
Ms Carol-Ann van der Berg
Undergraduate Administration
[email protected]
+27 (0)12 420 4103
 
 

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