SA Journal of Human Resource Management

Orientation: Studies show a need to enhance the competencies of emerging human resource (HR) practitioners to ensure their effectiveness, competence and sustainability in organisations and the field of HR.
Research purpose: This study explored the competencies (skills, knowledge and abilities) that are particularly pertinent to emerging ...

Orientation: Staff well-being in distance-learning universities is shaped by leadership practices, institutional communication and the broader organisational environment.
Research purpose: This study explored how academic and professional staff at a distance-learning university perceive and experience organisational support, and how thes...

Orientation: Despite skills planning by (SETAs), South Africa continued to experience persistent skills shortages alongside rising graduate unemployment, indicating a mismatch between education supply and labour market demand.
Research purpose: This article examined why skills planning structures failed to align skills supply with labour...

Orientation: Structured leadership succession planning is vital for maintaining management continuity in healthcare; however, such frameworks are frequently absent within the South African public hospital sector.
Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and experiences of leadership succession planning...