Alewyn Nel
Head of Department
Department of Human Resource Management
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
He is at present the acting Head of Human resource management department in University of Pretoria, South Africa. He did his graduation, Masters and Doctoral studies from North-west University. He has done B.com in communication management (2004), B.com honours in industrial psychology (2005), M.com in industrial psychology (2006) and PhD in industrial psychology (2009). He has Received NRF-rating (Category = Y2) 2015 - present, Nominated as most productive junior researcher at NWU (2014), ITEA (teaching excellence) award from NWU (2015), TOP 20 performance award from NWU (2012, 2013, 2014) and also received Research Developmental Programme-funds from UP (2016 -2018).
Research Interest
His research interest is in Psychometrics, Cross-cultural psychology, Personality, social desirability, identity and cultural intelligence & Lexical and Emic-etic approaches
Publications
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Fetvadjiev VH, Meiring D, van de Vijver FJ, Nel JA, Hill C. The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI): A culture-informed instrument for the country’s main ethnocultural groups. Psychological assessment. 2015 Sep;27(3):827.
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Koekemoer E, Nel JA, du Toit A. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of two subjective career success instruments. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 2016 Feb 29;26(1):49-55.
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Milton DR, Nel JA, Havenga W, Rabie T. Conflict management and job characteristics of nurses in South African public hospitals. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 2015 Jul 4;25(4):288-96.
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Klerk MD, Nel JA, Koekemoer E. Work-to-family enrichment: Influences of work resources, work engagement and satisfaction among employees within the South African context. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 2015 Nov 2;25(6):537-46.
