The NRF evaluation of researchers is based primarily on the quality of research outputs in the recent eight years and is undertaken by national and international peer reviewers, who are requested to critically scrutinise the completed research. All reviewers have to concur that the applicant is a leading international scholar in the field and enjoys considerable international recognition for the high quality and impact of the candidate’s recent research outputs.

Apart from the B1 rating, Prof Nkomo’s internationally recognised work on race and gender and managing diversity appeared in numerous journals and edited volumes. She is also co-author with Prof Ella LJ Bell of the critically acclaimed Harvard Business School Press book, Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity, and has been listed in the International Who’s Who in the Management Sciences for her pioneering research on race and gender in organisations.

Another feather in Prof Nkomo’s cap is that she has been elected as founding president of the African Academy of Management (AFAM) - a leading professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations.

It is clear that Prof Stella Nkomo is an internationally recognised leader in her field. The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is proud to have her as role model, mentor and couch in it’s midst.