Ana Martins
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Business and Leadership
University of Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa
Biography
Professor Ana Martins is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business & Leadership. She holds a PhD in Leadership and Strategic Management with the support areas of Organisation Studies, Strategic Human Resource Management and Information Sciences. Her research interests are: Shared/ Distributed Leadership; Humanisation of Organisations; Strategic Human Resource Management; The role of Culture, Communication and Trust in organisational sustainability; Innovation & Creativity in teams. Her scholarly and academic experience includes working with and teaching in Universities with diverse cultures and countries, namely, the UK, China, Germany, Portugal, the Middle East and currently in South Africa.
Research Interest
Shared/ Distributed leadership, emotions and the humanisation of the organisaton, Strategic knowledge management and strategic human resource management, Intellectual capital – developing human capital and nurturing tacit knowledge, The role of culture, communication and trust in organisational sustainability, Innovation and creativity in teams,
