Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour

Dr Jenika Gobind
Senior Lecturer: Human Resources

Dr Gobind’s research interest lies in employment relations.  Her teaching and learning experience spans over 12 years at a number of institutions.

After obtaining her BProc (Law) from the University of Durban-Westville, she lectured at Durban University of Technology in various legal subjects between 2005 and 2009. She then shifted focus to employment relations, human resource management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and research methodology. She completed a Diploma in Employment Relations through UNISA, Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Relations Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and a Postgraduate Diploma in HIV and AIDS Management from Stellenbosch University (US).  She obtained her PhD in Employment Relations at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in 2014.

Prior to joining WBS, Dr Gobind served as Head of Research at Milpark Business School and lectured in employment relations, collective bargaining and negotiation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) at UJ, as well as extensive research supervision at Master’s and Doctoral level.

Dr Gobind’s other research interests lie in gender discrimination and HIV/AIDS in the workplace. She holds an MPhil in HIV and AIDS Management from Stellenbosch University.  Widely published, her books include South African Employment Relations in Context (Knowledge Resources, 2015) and HIV/AIDS Fact File (South African Board of People Practices, 2012).

Dr Gobind has extensive experience in the private sector, chairing multiple disciplinary hearings and consulting in labour legislation, employment relations and HR issues.  At Transnet Freight she trained the HR managers on employment relations and HR management. 

She has also contributed extensively to the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) and the University Research Company (URC) in research and the development of local and international publications on HIV/AIDS, TB, leadership and management.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3761
jenika.gobind@wits.ac.za

Professor Drikus Kriek
Associate Professor

Prof Kriek is focused on teambuilding, leadership and change management and was instrumental in introducing adventure therapy to South Africa. He has extensive international experience spanning several African countries as well as Australia, Russia, Slovenia and Serbia.

He has fulfilled various roles at Wits Business School – he was the director of the Leadership Development Centre, associate professor in Human Resource Management and Leadership, and programme director for the International Executive Development Programme and the International Executive Programme for Learning and Development.

Drikus’s research, publications and teaching focus mainly on teambuilding, leadership and change management. He consults in the field of organisation development and has been involved in team development, management education projects and leadership development programmes. Drikus was instrumental in the introduction and advancement of the adventure therapy industry in South Africa.

Drikus has extensive international experience spanning Namibia, Botswana, Australia, Ghana, the DRC and Eritrea. Most recently, Drikus was involved in teambuilding interventions with companies from Slovenia, Russia, Serbia, Mozambique and Namibia. In 2006 he was visiting professor at the Integral Leadership Centre of the Graduate School of Management of the University of Western Australia in Perth.

Drikus received his MA (Clin Psych) and MBA degrees cum laude from the Rand Afrikaans University and the University of Stellenbosch respectively. Prof Kriek received his Doctorate from the University of Pretoria and is a graduate from Yale University in the United States.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3572
driekus.kriek@wits.ac.za

Professor Greg Lee
Associate Professor

Greg is Associate Professor of Digital Business at Wits Business School, where he focuses on digital business with a particular focus on the effect of the fourth industrial revolution on workplaces and workplace analytics. He is the author of many books, including internationally-published books on analytics and human capital management. He has published in journals such as the Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Scientometrics, the International Journal of Manpower, and many others. He consults to organisations and is a regular public speaker in leading industry conferences.

Publications

  • Lee, G.J. (2019). Designing Organizations for People-Led Sustainable Competitiveness. Silk Route Press.
  • Lee, G.J. & Davison, A,H. (2018). Designing payroll levies for firm training. International Journal of Manpower, 39(6): 766-781.
  • Lee, G.J. (2018). Talent measurement: A holistic model and routes forward. South African Journal of Human Resource Management, 16: 1-11.
  • Lee, G.J. & Barnes, T. (2016). Factors driving online apparel shopping in South Africa, Retail & Marketing Review, 62(2): 362-379.
  • Lee, G.J. & Rees, G. (2016). Give and take between households and the state: Development and application of a benefaction-contribution ratio, Review of Income and Wealth, 62(2): 362-379.
  • Lee, G.J. (2016). Transcending paradox in the realm of executive pay. In Goldman, G. (Eds.) Critical Management Studies in the South African Context, Aosis Publishing.
  • Lee, G.J. (2015). Training match and mismatch as a driver of key employee behaviors, Human Resource Management Journal, 25(4): 478-495.
  • Lee, G.J. (2015). Business Statistics Made Easy in SAS®. Carey, NC: SAS Press. URL: https://support.sas.com/publishing/authors/lee.html.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3626
gregory.lee@wits.ac.za

Professor Johnny Matshabaphala
Senior Lecturer  

Prior to joining Wits Business School, Johnny was a Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of Governance (WSG).  At WSG, he also served as Academic Director, Director of Executive Education Unit and the Acting Head of School in 2005. He teaches courses in the areas of Leadership, Human Resource Management and Project Management.

During his academic career, he has also facilitated Leadership, Human Resource Management, Strategy and Project Management courses in Limpopo (South Africa), Botswana, Namibia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and the University of Pittsburgh (USA).

Johnny has also served as lecturer and co-ordinator of the Development and Facilitation Institute at the Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership at the University of the North, also serving as Acting Director.  In 2001 he served as the Chairman of the Leadership Academy of the Leadership Regional Network.

In 2007, he facilitated a course on Performance Management through Leadership to the Executive Deans of Faculty in South Africa on behalf of Higher Education South Africa.  In 2009 he was part of the inaugural class of the International Programme in Leadership and Management (IPLM) in Higher Education at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

Johnny also serves as an external examiner on various Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management courses for the Universities of Limpopo, North-West, Stellenbosch, Venda, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the University of South Africa (Unisa).

He is an Associate Fellow of the Graduate School of Public International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America.

Johnny holds a D.Litt et Phil from Unisa.  His research interests include Leadership, Ethics, Human Resource Management and Project Management.

Publications

Attfield, R, Hattingh, J and Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2004. Sustainable Development, Sustainable Livelihoods and Land Reform in South Africa: A Conceptual and Ethical Inquiry. Third World Quarterly, Vol 25, 2, 405-421.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2007. Strategic Leadership Challenges for Service Delivery in South Africa. Journal of Public Administration, 42, 3. 2007.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2008. Developing and Maintaining a Corporate Culture Through Leadership for Service Delivery. Journal of Public Administration. Vol 43, 1. 2008.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2014. Leadership, Ethics and the Professionalisation of the Public Service. Journal of Public Administration. Vol 48, 1. 2014.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2014. Finding Our Way: The Need for Accountable Leadership and Good Governance in South Africa’s Public Service. Journal of Public Administration. Vol 49, 4. 2014.

  1. MDJ. 2015. Leadership and Good Governance in the Public Service: Lessons from African Philosophy. Journal of Public Administration. Vol 50, 3. 2015.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2017. Social Media And The Enhancement Of Good Governance In The Public Service. Journal of Public Administration.

Matshabaphala, MDJ. 2017. The Ethical Intelligence Imperative In Public Administration Research. Journal of Public Administration. Vol 52, 1.1. 2017.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3668
manamela.matshabaphala@wits.ac.za

Dr Zanele Ndaba
Senior Lecturer

Dr Zanele Ndaba has experience as an academic, management consultant and human capital practitioner. She has worked for top management consultant firm Deloitte as well as the Department of Defence.

Dr Zanele Ndaba is a senior lecturer at Wits Business School and the deputy director for the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management. She has experience as an academic, management consultant and human capital practitioner.

Dr Ndaba has studied, lived and worked in the USA, UK, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. She worked for Deloitte, one of the top management consulting firms, where she focused on transformation, organisational design, gender mainstreaming and strategy implementation projects. She also worked for the Department of Defence and fulfilled roles such as labour relations manager.

Dr Ndaba’s research interests include gender and race in organisational studies, and understanding and improving the different forms of gender, race and class inequalities that may exist in a society.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3591
zanele.ndaba@wits.ac.za

Conrad Viedge
Senior Lecturer

Conrad Viedge is a registered Industrial Psychologist, corporate consultant and senior lecturer. He brings his research and experience in leadership, human resources, interpersonal skills and self- management to the learning environment.

Conrad has been involved in various positions at the Business School including the Acting Head of Executive Education, Director of International Programmes, Director of the International Executive Development Programme and the Human Resource Area Head.

Previous experience includes positions as an Administrative Manager at a fast moving consumer goods company, a unit head of the Management Studies Division at the National Institute for Personnel Research and lecturer in economic history at Wits. He holds an MA (Psychology) from Wits University and is a registered Industrial Psychologist. He consults in the areas of leadership, organisational effectiveness, performance management and self- management.  He has published articles on performance management, management development and group dynamics.  He has also co-authored case studies on Hollard Insurance, Massmart, Montecasino and Fruit & Veg City.

Contact details
+27 (11) 717 3585
Conrad.Viedge@wits.ac.za

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