Striving for balance: Examining the work-family interface in Africa

Posted on September 15, 2015

Getting the balance between work and family right is not only vital for better labour-market outcomes, but can also greatly enhance the well-being of workers and their families and lead to overall positive human development.

Research grant for African project awarded to EMS team

Posted on August 31, 2015

Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Courtney Masterson, doctoral candidate from the University of Illinois, USA, and Elsabé Buys, MCom Industrial Psychology student were recently awarded the 2014/2015 Emerald...

Human Resource Management greets two colleagues

Posted on July 29, 2015

The Department of Human Resource Management said goodbye to two dear staff members on 30 June 2015.

Meta-analyst visits the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Posted on July 24, 2015

Brenton Wiernik, a doctoral student in industrial and organisational psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA, visited the Department of Human Resource Management in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences from 16 June to 3 July 2015. Brenton is working with the Department...

Shoulder to shoulder with the best: EMS staff attends the EAWOP 2015 congress

Posted on July 22, 2015

Prof Chantal Olckers and Prof Karel Stanz of the Department of Human Resource Management were part of a South African delegation attending the 17th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) in Oslo, Norway, in May 2015. The event is the largest and most...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam hosts UP researcher and lecturer

Posted on June 10, 2015

Dr Paul Smit, lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management, is currently on a three-month staff exchange programme and research visit at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Human Resource Management rewards academic achievers

Posted on June 02, 2015

The Department of Human Resource Management recognised its undergraduate and postgraduate academic achievers at the recent 2015 departmental prize-giving ceremony.

Doctoral students welcomed

Posted on March 12, 2015

The Department of Human Resource Management welcomed six new doctoral students at the end of February. This year's doctoral programme will include a year-long classroom seminar series in the literature and theory of organisational behaviour, industrial-organisational psychology and human resource...