Prof RM Oosthuizen

Currently teaching

CEMS Research Focus Areas

Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms (STARA) in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)

Psychology of career and human capacity development and retention

Fields of academic interests

• Fourth Industrial Revolution,
• Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms (STARA)
• Career Psychology
• Positive Psychology
• Employment Relations

Field of Specialisation

Personnel psychology
Personality
Career psychology
Employment relations

Journal articles

Articles

• Oosthuizen, R.M., & Koortzen, P. (2006). Stress management strategies of firefighters: a fortigenic approach. South African Business Review, 10(3), 94-114.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., & Koortzen, P. (2007). An empirical investigation of job and family stressors amongst firefighters in the South African context. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 33(1), 49-58.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., & Koortzen, P. (2009). Psychometric properties of the Experience of work and life circumstances questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 35(1), Art. #492, Pages 1 to 10, 2009. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v35i1.492.           
• Ramesar, S., Koortzen, P., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2009). The relationship between emotional intelligence and stress management. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 35(1), Art. #443, Pages 1 to 10, 2009. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v35i1.443.  

• Oosthuizen, R.M., & Naidoo, V. (2010). Attitudes towards and experience of employment equity; SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 36(1), Art. #836, Pages 1 to 11, 2010. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v36i1.836.

• Coetzee, M. & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2013). Examining the mediating effect of open distance learning students’ study engagement in relation to their life orientation and self-efficacy. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 23(2), 235-242.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., Daneel, D., & Mudzimu, P.T.V. (2014). Work stress, work-home interference, and organisational culture of insurance employees in Zimbabwe. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 24(2), 144-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2014.903075.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., Coetzee, M., & Kruger, E. (2014). Assessing the test-retest reliability of Career Path Appreciation as a measure of current and potential work decision-making capability; SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 40(2), Art. #1199, 8 pages, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v40i2.1199.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., Coetzee, M., & Ndzube, F. (2014). Exploring the relationship between employees’ career anchors and their psychosocial employability attributes. SA Journal of Human Resources Management, 12(1), Art. #650, 10 pages, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v12i1.650

• Coetzee, M., Oosthuizen, R.M., & Stoltz, E. (2016). Psychosocial employability attributes as predictors of staff satisfaction with retention factors. South African Journal of Psychology 0081246315595971, 20 July, 1–12. DOI: 10.1177/0081246315595971 sap.sagepub.com

• Oosthuizen, R.M., Coetzee, M., & Munro, Z. (2016). Work-life balance, job satisfaction and turnover intention amongst information technology employees. South African Business Review, 20, 446-467.

• Coetzee, M., Oosthuizen, R.M. (2017). Workplace bullying and turnover intention: the mediating effect of flourishing. Journal Psychology of Africa, 27(3), 211-215.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1321826.

• Mayer, C.H., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2017). Emotional Intelligence in South African Women Leaders in Higher Education. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 43(1). a1405. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajip.v43i1.1405.

• Mayer, C.H., Viviers, A.M., Oosthuizen, R.M., & Surtee, S. (2017). "Juggling the glass balls..." Workplace spirituality in women leaders. South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(5), 189‒205. eISSN 1753-5913.

• Mayer, C.H., Tonelli, L., Oosthuizen, R.M., & Surtee, S. (2018). "You have to keep your head on your shoulders": A systems psychodynamic perspective on women leaders. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. a1424. https://doi. org/10.4124/sajip.v43i1.1424. In press.

• Mayer, C-H., Oosthuizen, R.M., Tonelli, L., & Surtee, S. (2018). Women Leaders as Containers: Systems Psychodynamic Insights into their Unconscious Roles. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 7(2), 1606-1633. doi: 10.17583/generos.2018.3217.

• Mayer, C-H., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2018). The development of value-orientations and meaningfulness in Family Therapy Trainees. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 644–664, doi:10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1519.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., Tonelli, L., & Mayer, C-H. (2019). Subjective experiences of employment equity in South African organisations. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 17(0), a1074. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v17i0.1074.

• Mayer, C-H., Vanderheiden, E., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2019). Transforming shame, guilt and anxiety through a salutogenic PP1.0 and PP2.0 counselling framework. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2019.1609421.

• Koortzen, P., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2019). Integrity and derailment of senior leaders in the Southern African context. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde 45(0), a1677. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1677.

• Oosthuizen, R.M., & Mayer, C-H. (2019). At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Employees’ perceptions of employment equity from a CIBART perspective. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1695. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1695.

• Mayer, C-H., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2020). Creativity and creative leadership in women leaders in 21st century workplaces. Creativity studies, 13(1), 21–40.  https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2020.10267.

• Mayer, C-H., & Oosthuizen, R.M. (2020). Sense of coherence, compassionate love and coping in international leaders transforming towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 2829; DOI:10.3390/ijerph17082829.