[afro-nets] Work Wellness Conference

[Ina Rothmann <irothmann@sbuys.co.za>]

Work Wellness Conference
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25 - 26 March, 2004
Potchefstroom, South Africa


Dear All,

The 2nd South African Work Wellness Conference will be hosted by
the research programme "Human Resource Management for Develop-
ment" in the Research Unit "Decision-making and Management for
Economic Development" at the North West University (Potch Cam-
pus).

The conference aims to address issues such as burnout, occupa-
tional stress, work engagement, job insecurity and other issues
related to work wellness. Seminars (with research papers) re-
garding these issues in healthcare, education (teachers and uni-
versity staff), safety & security (Police Services), HIV/AIDS
and others will be presented. Workshops are also scheduled and
presented by international gurus.

The workshops are as follows:
* Managing stress and burnout (Prof Wilmar Schaufeli, Professor
of Organisational and Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University,
The Netherlands, expert on burnout and work engagement.)

* Job insecurity and labour relations (Prof. Rene Schalk, Pro-
fessor of Organizational Studies, Tilburg University, expert of
psychological contracts and work wellness.)

* Work wellness intervention research (Prof. Michiel Kompier,
Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of
Nijmegen, expert on work wellness interventions.)

Some of the Keynote Speakers are inter alia:

* Prof. Wilmar Schaufeli, Professor of Organisational and Clini-
cal Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, expert on
burnout and work engagement.
* Prof. Michiel Kompier, Professor of Work and Organizational
Psychology, University of Nijmegen, expert on work wellness in-
terventions.
* Prof. Rene Schalk, Professor of Organizational Studies, Til-
burg University, expert of psychological contracts and work
wellness.
* Prof. Hans de Witte, Professor of Organisational Psychology,
Louvain University, Belgium, expert on job insecurity and
stress.
* Dr. Michelle Tytherleigh, Research Fellow, Occupational Stress
Research Group, Plymouth University, United Kingdom.
* Prof. Ian Rothmann, Professor of Industrial Psychology and
Leader of the Research Programme "Work Wellness" at North West
University.

The conference is very affordable and you are invited to par-
ticipate in this important event (There a still a few openings
for attendance available). The conference has been designed to
provide opportunities for discussion, debate and the promotion
of knowledge and skills in this area.

For more info visit the website http://www.workwellness.co.za or
mailto:workwellness@puk.ac.za


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Dr Ina Rothmann
Managing Director S Buys Training & Development Academy and Di-
rector Human Resources S Buys Group
Tel:  +27-18-786-4302
Fax:  +27-18-786-3705
Cell: +27-82-775-7216
mailto:irothmann@sbuys.co.za
http://www.sbuys.co.za