Prof Johan Augustyns

Johan Augustyn is a full professor at the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. He has taught at the former Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg) and was involved in the corporate sector as training and development consultant at the former Trust Bank and as senior strategic human resources manager at Metropolitan Life. His teaching and research interests are strategic human resource management, organisational behaviour, training and development, research methodology, learning theories and employment equity. He has completed research projects for Telkom, De Beers Consolidated Diamond Mines, the South African Road Safety Council and various local authorities. Augustyn is a registered industrial psychologist with the Professional Board for Psychology, a Fellow of the Institute of People Management and a member of the South African Board for Personnel Practice. He has spent sabbaticals at various universities in the United States. Augustyn has been the study leader of 35 master’s theses and was the principal supervisor of 4 PhD dissertations. He has published 40 scientific articles, 20 research reports and made approximately 150 national and international presentations. He consults to a number of organisations (e.g. Debswana and Transnet) on managing HIV and AIDS in the world of work. He holds a PhD in industrial and organisational psychology from Stellenbosch University.