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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 market demand and explored how a demand-driven approach…
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 for registered professional nurses in Mangaung district,…
Orientation: The importance of human resource analytics (HRA) has been growing as organisations seek to enhance evidence-based decision-making and performance through data-driven human resource (HR) practices. Research purpose: This study systematically examines and synthesises extant literature on HRA to illuminate its role in organisational decision-making and performance outcomes. Motivation…
Orientation: Organisational agility is vital for public-sector organisations facing rapid change. Effective leadership and employees’ readiness for change enhance adaptability and innovation. Research purpose: This study examines how servant leadership (SL) and individual readiness to change (RTC) influence organisational agility in the public sector, with innovative work behaviour (IWB) serving…
Orientation: Persistent misalignment between university curricula and labour market expectations constrains the employability of human resource management (HRM) graduates in South Africa. These challenges are further intensified by rapid technological change and evolving professional standards associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) demands, necessitating systemic curriculum reform.…
Orientation: The W&R SETA identified retail manager and retail supervisor as the most difficult-to-fill vacancies in South Africa, citing deficits in experience, qualifications and skills. No fit-for-purpose blended learning framework for this context existed. Research purpose: This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a blended learning framework for developing…
Orientation: Although leadership development is fundamental to public health laboratory systems, structured leadership development opportunities for public health medical laboratory specialists in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain limited. Research purpose: This study maps and synthesises existing Laboratory Leadership Development Programmes (LLDPs) in SSA, examining their structure, content,…
Orientation: Employee experience (EX) has gained increasing attention in human resource management; however, limited research has explained how organisational practices and work stress shape EX within highly formalised heavy-industry state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly in emerging economies such as Vietnam. Research purpose: This study examined how organisational practices and work stress…
Orientation: Recruitment practices remain significant determinants of organisational performance; however, limited empirical studies have explored the moderating effect of workforce diversity on the relationship between recruitment practices and organisational performance of the Nigerian public sector. Research purpose: This study investigated the moderating effect of workforce diversity on the…
Orientation: Inclusive leadership is widely associated with employee voice, well-being, innovation and performance. However, existing research offers limited insight into how inclusion is enacted in everyday organisational practice. Research purpose: This study develops a context-sensitive understanding of how inclusive leadership is enacted, interpreted and associated with innovation and…