_{Hosted by the School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, North-West University, South Africa}

_{Conference theme: Fostering sustainable people practice research}

People practice focuses on the processes and approaches used across the employee lifecycle, including the strategies and tactics involved in attracting, recruiting, onboarding, developing, and retaining employees within fair and meaningful employment. For this conference we invite academics and practitioners to converse on such practices that foster sustainable employment from a global perspective. Various approaches to people practices are necessary for us to understand and contribute to sustainable employment, including human resource management and development, employment relations, as well as industrial and organisational psychology. These various approaches to understand people in the workplace assist us to understand and contribute to the society.

Accordingly, we would like to invite you to join us at Khaya iBhubesi in Parys, South Africa, for the first biennial Global People Practice Conference organised by the School of Industrial Psychology and HRM of the North-West University. The conference will feature presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities. We seek academic conversations with paper submissions and presentations that will broaden our understanding and foster sustainable people practices. To this end, we invite submissions that cover conceptual, theoretical, and empirical investigations that adopt a broad range of methodologies and highlight fair, equal and sustainable people practices.

Keynote speakers

Our three keynote speakers will be:
Dr Ajay Jivan (South African Board of People Practice, South Africa)
Professor Elaine Farndale (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Professor Charissa Freese (TIAS School of Business and Society & Tilburg University, Netherlands)

Deadlines:

Abstract submission: 28 February 2025
Early bird registration (R5 000): 31 March 2025
Full paper (optional) for best paper award: 30 April 2025
Registration: 15 May 2025