GIBS graduate receives 2016 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

Posted on April 13, 2017

Philip Maxton, who recently graduated with a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), has been presented with the 2016 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.

EMS spring graduation ceremony

Posted on September 19, 2016

The beginning of spring marked a time of celebration when the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences held its graduation ceremony in the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 2 September 2016.

UP sociology professor elected Vice-President of international research committee

Posted on August 22, 2016

At the recent International Sociology Association Forum in Vienna, Austria, Professor Debby Bonnin, from the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Humanities, was elected the Vice-President of the Research Committee on Sociology of Professional Groups.

Business Management PhD students become SASIE fellows

Posted on July 25, 2016

Mrs Hajo Morallane and Mr Oluwafemi Joshua Dele-Ijagbulu, two PhD students in the Department of Business Management, received bursaries from the South African PhD Partnering Network for Inclusive Growth through Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SASIE Network).

Prof Nkomo wins prestigious award

Posted on July 22, 2016

Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the 2016 CEO Lifetime Country Achievement Award for South Africa.

Prof Hoobler invited to serve on prestigious editorial board

Posted on June 21, 2016

Prof Jenny Hoobler, Acting Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, has been invited to join the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, the top empirical journal in the field of management internationally.

Human Resource Management lecturer represents SA at BRICS conference

Posted on June 07, 2016

Dr Paul Smit of the Department of Human Resource Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences attended an international BRICS conference in Moscow, Russia, from 24 to 26 May 2016.

Prestigious journal invites UP professor to serve as consulting editor

Posted on October 15, 2015

Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences was recently invited to serve as a consulting editor (CE) on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP).