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JvR AFRICA CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY 2015
Programme schedule
31 Oct 2014 - Please note: time allocations, titles of presentations and the structure of the conference may still change.
SUNDAY 17 May
Arrival of delegates through the day
12:00 - onwards
PRE-CONFERENCE LUNCH & GOLF DAY (Skukuza Golf Club. Book upon registration, limited space)
REGISTRATION
WELCOME FUNCTION
18:00
JvR AFRICAN CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY: PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE
MONDAY 18 May
Foyer Registrations
Main Venue: Welcome Speech/ Ceremony
KEYNOTE: Prof Stella M Nkomo (University of Pretoria, SA): Searching for answers to ‘race’ and ethnic discrimination in the workplace: Integrating learning from psychology and organization
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
behaviour
10:00 – 10:30
TEA
10:30 – 11:05
Dr Willem de Jager
(Ernst & Young, SA)
Wilhelm Crous & Zia Atlee
(Knowledge Resources, SA)
Prof Peter Baguma
(Makerere Univ, Kampala,Uganda)
Elizabeth Murphy
(CAPT, USA)
Executive Coaching as a Leadership
Transformation Process
Human Capital priorities in Africa
The origins and status of psychology in
Africa
Type in children
(Title being confirmed)
Leadership
Human Resources
History & Psych
Education
Assessment
Prof Deon De Bruin
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Dr Nicola Taylor
(JvR Psychometrics, SA)
The good, the bad & the ugly of
11:10 – 11:45
Dr Andrew Johnson
(Eskom, SA)
Mental models and ineffective leadership
behaviour in South African management
practice: a theory of action perspective
11:50 – 12:25
Dr Darin Nei, Jeff Foster &
Steve Nichols
(Hogan Assessments, USA)
How behaviour mediates the
relationship between personality and
organizational safety
Dr Andrew Zamani
(Nigerian Psychological Association, Nigeria)
Charles Wiafe-Akenten
(Univ of Ghana, Ghana)
Fifty years of psychology in Nigeria: Strides
and setbacks
Enhancing the ability of parents
and teachers in the identification of
talented and gifted children beyond
the traditional approach
Prof. Dr. Annemarie Fritz-Sratmann,
(Univ of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Dr. Lara Ragpot,
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Prof. Dr. Antjie Ehlert
(Univ of Potsdam, Germany)
James Brook
(Strengths Partnership, UK)
Alex Joseph
(SABMiller, SA)
Nomfusi Bekwa
(UNISA)
How leader's strengths and behaviours
impact leadership effectiveness
Building capability across Africa
Using indigenous artefacts and technology
in the development of a culture-fair fluid
ability measure
assessments in South Africa, and
implications for Africa
Casper van Zyl
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
The development of the Workrelated Risk and Integrity Scale
(WRISc)
Calculia: A development- oriented
maths program to support children
in the foundation phase
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 – 14:05
Prof Justin Kennedy
(Sherpa Coaching, SA)
The role of applied neuroscience in
executive coaching
14:10 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:50
Prof Deon Meiring,
Brenton Wiernik & Melanie Bosman
(Pretoria Univ, SA)
Exploring the environmental initiatives
of the top 100 companies listed on the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South
Africa
Psychology of the “African self” as a
panacea to governance challenges in
contemporary Africa
Dr Melanie Jacobs
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
The relationship between a physical
literacy programme and the basic
sports skills of young children.
Prof Marie de Beer, Lientjie Nel ,
Chris Marais & David Maree
(UNISA, SA)
The assessment model,
development, psychometric results
and utility of the Career Preference
Test (CPT)
Prof Pieter Koortzen
(Investec, SA)
LT de Beer & S Rothmann (Jnr)
(Afriforte, SA)
Dr Tertia Oosthuizen & Marietjie Lombard
(North West Univ, SA)
Martsie Dreyer
(JVRC, SA)
Coaching on leadership role conflicts
The effect of disengagement
presenteeism on organisational
performance
The role of traditional cultural dance and
music in the experience of psychological
well-being and flourishing
Developing positive leadership
attributes in African teenagers
Prof Petrie Schutte,
(North West Univ)
Hugo Botha
(JvR Safety, SA)
Nakampe Joseph Mogale
(Gauteng Government, SA)
Megan Osler
(JvR Psychometrics, SA)
Anne Newman
(Counselling Psychologist, SA)
The self: A genesis for touching ordinary
people’s lives: A South African Public Sector
perspective
Role of educational psychology in
rural areas
From adversity to diversity - the
role of assessments in the
transformation of South Africa implications for the global
workplace
Adesina Ayobami Adekunle
(Ambrose Ali Univ, Nigeria)
Sandra Stark
(Red Apple Dyslexia Association, SA)
Dr Danie du Toit & Dr Elrie Botha
(North West Univ, SA)
Influence of environmental degradation,
age and sex on psychological well-being of
Being visually deaf and auditory
blind and the effect of Dyslexia in
The measurement of unconscious
constructs
TEA
Gail Wrogemann
(GCW Consulting, SA)
Team coaching for system transformation
Performance excellence in safety - the
real leadership challenge
15:55 – 16:30
Christopher Oyoo Yaye
(Univ KZN, SA)
Florence Ambayo
(United States International UniversityAfrica, Niarobi, Kenya)
Danny Tuckwood
(Henley Business School, SA)
The difference that makes the difference: A
comparison of meaning structures between
Anneke Croukamp
(JvRC, SA)
Jessie Grant
(Illovo, SA)
Mark Fitzsimmons
(Psychometrics Canada, Canada)
Altharine Visagie
(MGI, SA)
Personality can give you wings
competent and masterful coaches and their
relevance to corporate coach selection in
South Africa
Emerging trends in Emotional
Intelligence and Leadership
Derailment: an African perspective
Niger Delta residents in Nigeria
our SA schools
JvR AFRICAN CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY: PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Tuesday 19 May
KEYNOTE: Prof Jansen(University of the Free State): Title being confirmed
Hazel Wheldon (COO MHS, Canada): Hiring, Leading and Developing a 21st Century Workforce – Are you ready?
Leadership
Human Resources
History & Psych
8:00 – 8:45
8:45 – 9:30
9:35 – 10:10
Madeleine Dunford & Zia Manji
(Career Connections, Kenya)
Examining differences in personality,
motives & values across East AfricaImplications for cultural awareness in
executive coaching, selection and
leadership development processes
Education
Assessment
Werner Niewoudt
(Deloitte, SA)
Memorie Herholdt
(Laetoli, SA)
Prof Gerrie Jacobs
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Dr Nicola Taylor
(JvR Psychometrics, SA)
Engaging the 21st century workforce
Diversity management - old news or
more relevant than ever?
The relationship between working
memory and number sense of a group
of third year Mathematics student
teachers
Validation of WAIS-IV in South Africa
Janaki Venkat & CS Mahesh
(Anahat, India)
Dr Nicola Taylor & Matthew Morgan
Jones
(JvR Psychometrics, SA & Engage,
Tanzania)
Dr Penny Moyle & Elizabeth Kendall
(OPP, UK)
Michael Morris
(CPP, USA)
Prof Elizabeth Henning
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Geoff Trickey
(PCL, UK)
Young children mathematic conceptual
development assessment and
intervention
What risk type are you? An introduction
to Risk Type Compass
10:10 – 10:40
TEA
10:40 – 11:15
Dr Stanley Arumugam
(Action Aid International, SA)
Marius Meyer
(SABPP, SA)
Team leadership coaching in 3 African
anti-poverty INGO’s
Professionalising HR Practice: The
emergence of HR standards and
competencies in Africa
Johan Redelinghuys
(Heidrick & Struggles, SA)
Dieter Veldsman & Maggie Mojapelo
(The HR Touch, SA)
Transforming board governance in
Africa
Hitting the mark but missing the point:
Reflecting on the design,
implementation and monitoring of a
performance management programme
across African borders
Marthie Hattingh & Lize Strauss
(MHBC, SA)
Ina Rothmann
(AfriForte, SA)
Gerdi Mulder
(JvR Psychometrics, SA)
A comparative study between one
multinational company’s leadership
teams from Namibia and Zambia, using
360⁰ leadership feedback and the MBTI
New advances in Onboarding
Validity of Assessment Centres (ACs) as
a selection or development measure
11:15 – 11:50
11:5 0 – 12:25
GROUP PHOTO
Paul Vorster
(JvR Psychometrics, SA)
Prof Deon de Bruin
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Type and culture
Evaluation of a computer adaptive test
of personality in South Africa: The Basic
Traits Inventory
12:25 – 13:15
LUNCH
13:15 – 13:50
Kim McNally
(Select International, SA)
William P Perry Jr
(Romulus Capital, SA)
Marita Heyns & Deon Badenhorst
(North West Univ, SA)
Fatima Peters
(Univ Venda, SA)
The beat of African contact centres.
A practitioners experience using
An assessment of hope within an agri-
An exploration of final year student’s
Dr Penny Moyle, Dr Richard Thompson
(OPP, UK )
Michael Morris
(CPP, USA)
13:55 – 14:30
The hurt, hunger and hope
psychometrics in candidate selection in
the hospitality industry
business
perceptions of career branding and its
relationship with career aspirations.
Prof Melinde Coetzee & Nisha Harry
(UNISA, SA)
Elaine Jacob
(John Maxwell Group, SA)
Dr Sam Voorhies
(Voorhies International Consulting, USA)
Coaching for career adaptability and
wellbeing in the African call centre
environment
Title being confirmed
Title being confirmed
Lynn Teixeira, Prof Elizabeth Henning &
Dr Helen Dunbar-Krige
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
14:30 – 15:00
TEA
15:00 – 16:00
Symposium Plenary – ESTABLISHING AND GROWING BUSINESS IN AFRICA
Global personality assessment
challenges and solutions: The MBTI
story
The testing of hierarchical development
of mathematical cognition in 4 - 8 year
old South African children: A validation
study
Mnr Conrad van Niekerk
(Region Manager West Africa, Coca-Cola Equatorial Bottling, International)
Doing business in Africa – Managing a company in Africa – what you do not learn in Business School
(Title being confirmed)
Louis Steyn
(Aurecon, SA)
Establishing infrastructure – opportunities for people development
(Title being confirmed)
Christo Fouche
(Group Country Manager, Southern Africa International, GSK, SA)
Growing pains- Business expansion on the continent
16:30
Depart for Game Drive and Bush Dinner
JvR AFRICAN CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY: PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Wednesday 20 May
8:00 – 8:45
8:45 - 9:30
KEYNOTE: Prof Theo H Veldsman (University of Johannesburg, SA): Leadership in emerging economies: challenges, requirements and competencies
Possible KEYNOTE: Being confirmed
Leadership
Human Resources
History & Psych
Education
9:35-10:10
Charl Cuyler
(MTN, SA)
Dr Renate Scherrer
(JvRC, SA)
Accountable leadership for
culture change – Using data as an
influencer strategy
Elouise Beukes
(Business Consultant, SA)
Dr Marius van Aswegen
(EXPATSWEB, SA)
Gaining the ultimate ROI from personal
development
The art and science of placing and
supporting expats in Africa
(Topic being confirmed)
Assessment
Prof. Dr. Antjie Ehlert
(Univ of Potsdam, Germany)
Prof. Dr. Annemarie Fritz-Stratmann
(Univ of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Brandon Morgan & Prof Deon de Bruin
(Univ Johannesburg, SA)
Dr Karina de Bruin
(JvRA, SA)
A maths training programme for
children with learning difficulties and
large deficits in mathematics
An investigation of gender differences in
Holland’s circular/circumplex interest
structure as measured by the South
African Career Interest Inventory
10:10 – 10:40
TEA
10:40 – 11:25
Prof LJ (LEON) van Vuuren (Ethics Institute of South Africa): Developing ethical leadership in Africa
11:30 – 12:05
Martsie Dreyer
(JvRC, SA)
Elizabeth Williams & Anneke Croukamp
(JvRC, SA)
Marita Heyns & Sean McCallaghan
(North West Univ, SA)
Janine Appelgryn
(Signa, SA)
Dr Robert McHenry and Dr Penny Moyle
(OPP, UK)
Developing leadership within a
junior professional sport team
Insights: The internal and external people
consultant experience in Africa
The relationship between integrity
and diversity climate: A South
African university perspective.
The Opportunities and Challenges of
Learnerships
Do personality assessments need
separate national norms? Does
presenting personality assessments on a
smart phone distort personality
measurement?
Catherine Otto
(Oprah Winfrey Leadership
Academy for Girls, SA)
Prof Melinde Coetzee & Elleen Stoltz
(UNISA, SA)
Richard Brady
(Mentis Consulting, Dubai)
Nomusa Nonkazimulo Mbatha
(Univ KZN, SA)
Employability attributes and career
adaptability as predictors of staff retention
factors.
People development in the Middle
East and North Africa
(Topic being confirmed)
Technology integration in teaching of
life orientation to second year
university students: a motivating factor
in academic performance
Dr Richard Thompson, Tony Cooley,
Justin Arenson & Nancy Schaubhut
(CPP, USA)
12:10 – 12:45
Using Non-Directive Groups as a
Platform for the Development of
Life Skills in High School Girls
12:45 – 14:00
LUNCH & CLOSING
Entrepreneurship and MBTI® assessment
personality types in Africa: A
comparative study