Abstract:
The publication of the 20th volume of the SA Journal of Human Resource Management (SAJHRM)
marks an important milestone in the journal’s existence in the broader field of management
sciences. Since its inception as an accredited scientific journal in 2003, following what Professor
Gert Roodt and his colleagues at the Department of Human Resource Management (HRM)
Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) described as ‘building on the brilliant initiative to establish
the SAJHRM’, it continues to grow in status and reputation. It advanced quickly to be
recognised as a cutting-edge journal, publishing the highest quality research within the
southern African context before its orbit expanded to include African and developing world
contexts. The SAJHRM serves as a leading catalyst for peer-reviewed research in HRM. It
therefore explores aspects related and relevant to HRM in various organisational settings. It
aims to emphasise and promote the theory and good practices of HRM within Africa’s vulnerable
labour market groups, which have unique economic, cultural, political and social concerns.
