Doctor Jenika Gobind

Courses and Disciplines taught at WBS: 

Business Law; Human Resource Management; Organisational Design and Development and People Management.

Research Interests: 

Labour relations; human resource management; HIV/AIDS; leadership.

Industry and Professional Experience: 

Jenika Gobind has extensive experience in the private sector, chairing multiple disciplinary hearings and consulting in labour legislation, employment relations and people management issues. At Transnet Freight she trained the People Management Managers on employment relations and people 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.  

Recent Publications and Scholarly Contributions: 

Palgrave Macmillan, Book series Palgrave Debates in Business and Management, Editor Anders Örtenblad. Book chapter submitted for review. 

Markham, L., & Gobind, J. (2022). Chapter 2. In Fresh perspectives human resource management, Cape Town, South Africa: Pearson/Prentice Hall South Africa. In print.

Markham, L., & Gobind, J. (2022). Chapter 13. In Fresh perspectives human resource management, Cape Town, South Africa: Pearson/Prentice Hall South Africa. In print.

Nel, P. S., Kirsten, M., Swanepoel, B., Erasmus, B. J., Gobind, J., & Jordaan, B. (2020). Chapter 7. In South African employment relations: Theory and practice. Hatfield, Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.

Nel, P. S., Kirsten, M., Swanepoel, B., Erasmus, B. J., Gobind, J., & Jordaan, B. (2020). Chapter 8. In South African employment relations: Theory and practice. Hatfield, Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.

Gobind, J. (2020). Rush for online or a rush to the finish line. Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2020. (http://heltasa.org.za/rush-for-online-or-a-rush-to-the-finish-line/)

Gobind, J. (2019). On-boarding the afterthought. Conference proceedings of the African Review of Economics and Finance Conference, 29-30 August 2019, University of Witwatersrand.

Gobind, J. (2019). Driving paternity leave. Conference proceedings of the African Review of Economics and Finance Conference, 29-30 August 2019, University of Witwatersrand.

Gobind, J. (2018). Protecting the right to strike. Conference proceedings of the Economics and Finance Conference, 22- 23 August 2018, University of Witwatersrand.

Gobind, J. (2018). Diagnosing and managing female misogyny among nursing staff. Conference proceedings of the International Business Conference, 23-27 September 2018, Mauritius.

Gobind, J. (2018). Influence of mergers and acquisitions on unskilled white male employees. Conference proceedings of the International Business Conference, 23-27 September 2018, Mauritius.

Gobind, J. (2018). Managing female misogyny in public health. Conference proceedings at the 30th SAIMS Conference, 16-19 September 2018, Stellenbosch University.

Gobind, J. (2018). New Management paradigm. Conference proceedings at the 35th Pan-Pacific Conference, May 2018, Seoul, South Korea.

Gobind, J. (2018). Transport anxiety and work performance. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 16, a943. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v16i0.943

Other Scholarly Contributions: 

Academic journal reviewer; Examiner; Editor (Pearson). 

Community Engagement: 

Executive Member ASWU.

Recent Media: 

Gobind, J. (2020). Wage subsidy the poverty preventative. Business Day. (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-12-14-wage-subsidy-has-the-potential-to-curb-the-downward-spiral-of-the-economy/)