Petrus Nel, PhD, has been in the Higher Education sector for the past 19 years. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg.

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He is the co-editor of four books in Industrial Psychology and People Management. He has published before and regularly presents papers at both national and international conferences. His areas of expertise are mainly psychometrics, applied psychological and performance assessment and personnel psychology. Petrus is currently interested in the influence of technology on employee well-being.

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Petrus is registered as an industrial psychologist with the HPCSA. He holds a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch and a Masters’ degree from the University of Pretoria.

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Petrus played a central role in organising and hosting eleven Annual ACSG Conferences between 2007 and 2021. In addition to his duties as Executive Committee member, he contributed to ensuring internationally recognised standards in his capacity as Blind Peer Review Panellist for Conference abstracts.

 

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