As a registered Industrial / Organisational Psychologist, Dr Leon Bezuidenhoud is currently employed at the University of the Free State as a Lecturer. He completed his PhD in Consulting Psychology through UNISA. This prestigious degree is only offered at three universities worldwide and is subject to a strict selection process. Within the PhD degree programme, he underwent training in organisational performance, psychometric assessment, design and implementation of assessment centers, organizational development and change interventions. 

As a lecturer he has worked at a number of Higher Education Institutions, including the Free State, Mpumalanga, Fort Hare, Central University of the Technology, and Private Higher Education. He has presented a number of research papers at international and national conferences. In 2017, he was awarded the prize for the best research paper at an International Business conference in Sweden. He has experience in Phd, Masters and Honours level supervision, successfully supervising more than 48 students on these levels. He has also international teaching experience, presenting a specialized course in Bremen, Germany.  

As a registered Industrial Psychologist he has worked within the South African Police Services as the Head of Psychological Assessment and Transnet as an Organisational Development Consultant.  At the Centre of Teaching and Learning as an Assistant Director for Leadership and Staff Development. He acts as consultant for various companies.

2019:

• Identifying Organisational Climate Elements that can be used to Detect and Prevent Management Fraud: South African Business Review Journal. 
• Conflict management: Grain South Africa (ISSN 1814 – 1675).

 2020:

• The relationship between personality traits, job satisfaction and job performance of retail store managers: Journal of Business and Management Dynamics.

2021: 

• The impact of selected biographical variables on organisational climate in a service organization- International Journal of Social Sciences.
• Merging Academic and Career Advising to offer holistic student support: A university perspective: Journal of Student Affairs in Africa. (https://doi.org/10.24085/jsaa.v9i2) .

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SUPERVISOR FOR POST GRADUATE STUDENTS

 Honour degrees

2007 – 2021

Supervised 48 Honour dissertations within this time frame.

Master degrees

Supervised the following completed studies:

•  The Effect Of Work-Stress And Emotional Intelligence On Self-Leadership Amongst Nurses In Leadership Positions In The Ministry Of Health And Social Welfare In Lesotho (Final mark = 65%).

•  The perceptions of various role players on the training and instructional behaviour of tutors in a Faculty of Education at a Higher Education Institution (Final mark = 73%).

•  The effect of emotional intelligence on the coping style and resilience among the University of the Free State Facilitators (Final mark = 68%)

•  Adapting the 3-I Process as an academic and career advising framework: A case study (Final mark = 70%).

•  The effect of organisational learning culture and leadership style on innovation behavior in employees working in the banking sector in South Africa (Final Mark = 71%).

Current:

 Supervising 5 Masters students

Organisational Development, Organisational Climate, Organisational Culture and Leadership.

Post-graduate: Organisational Development on Honours and Masters level.