Table Of ContentPALGRAVE STUDIES IN
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP
Series Editors: Faith Ngunjiri and Nceku Nyathi
MANAGEMENT
STUDIES IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Exploring the Trajectory
in the Apartheid Era and
Beyond
Shaun Ruggunan and
R. Sooryamoorthy
Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
Series Editors
Faith Ngunjiri
Moorhead, MN, USA
Nceku Nyathi
De Montfort University
Leicester, UK
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Shaun Ruggunan • R. Sooryamoorthy
Management Studies
in South Africa
Exploring the Trajectory in the Apartheid Era and
Beyond
Shaun Ruggunan R. Sooryamoorthy
University of KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban, South Africa Durban, South Africa
Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
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reface
This book is about the development of management studies as a scholarly
discipline in South Africa. It focuses also on the ways in which the man-
agement studies academy has or has not transformed in post-apartheid
South Africa. The book is also a tribute to the power of collaboration
across academic disciplines. As academics from management studies and
sociology, separated not only by disciplinary and methodological identi-
ties, we recognize the importance of collaboration.
Both the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the
University of KwaZulu-Natal have been supportive through the provision
of the funding and infrastructure needed to produce this work. We are
grateful to Renjini Devaki for the expert handling of the vast number of
bibliographic records. Claudette Kercival was especially adept at helping
to source archival material for us. Geoff Waters provided editorial assis-
tance and a critical reading of the draft manuscript. Stella Nkomo and
Dorothy Spiller were generous in serving as “sounding boards”.
Thank you to Liz Barlow and her team at Palgrave Macmillan for han-
dling this project with such care and professionalism. Finally, thank you to
our families for their unwavering support and encouragement.
Durban, South Africa Shaun Ruggunan
R. Sooryamoorthy
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ontents
1 Management Studies in South Africa: From Practice to a
Scholarly Discipline 1
2 Management Studies: From Apartheid to Post-apartheid 23
3 Research in Management: Analysis of Publications 51
4 Publications in a South African Journal 93
5 Features, Trends and the Future 113
Index 135
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bbreviations
AFAM African Academy of Management
ANC African National Congress
AOM Academy of Management
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
CHE Council on Higher Education
HBU Historically Black University
HRD Human Resources Development
HRM Human Resources Management
HSRC Human Sciences Research Council
HWU Historically White University
ILR Institute of Labour Relations
IPM Institute of People Management
IR Industrial Relations
LEAP Leadership Equity Accelerated Programme
MBA Master of Business Administration
NIPR National Institute of Personnel Research
NQF National Qualifications Framework
RU Rhodes University
SABSA South African Business Schools Association
SAJHRM South African Journal of Human Resource Management
SAJLR The South African Journal of Labour Relations
SU Stellenbosch University
UCT University of Cape Town
UDW University of Durban-Westville
UFH University of Fort Hare
UN University of Natal
UNISA University of South Africa
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x ABBREVIATIONS
UOFS University of Orange Free State
UP University of Pretoria
UPE University of Port Elizabeth
Wits University of Witwatersrand
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ist of igures
Fig. 3.1 Features of publications in management studies in South Africa,
1966–2015 67
Fig. 3.2 Count of authors by race, 1966–2015 67
Fig. 4.1 Features of publications in SAJHRM, 2005–2015 97
Fig. 4.2 SAJHRM authors by race, 2005–2015 98
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