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Prof Magda Hewitt

Associate Professor
Name: Magda Hewitt
Location: D Ring 423 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Industrial Psychology and People Management Academic Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0)11 559 2746

Email: mhewitt@uj.ac.za

About Prof Magda Hewitt

Magda (Lia) Hewitt is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management (PPM). She enjoys sharing her expertise and experience in entrepreneurial leadership, a complex and interdisciplinary field. She does this by structuring and coaching the process of personal and professional leadership growth of her students and individuals in organizations. Magda is an experienced master’s and doctoral supervisor in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and leadership coaching. She is also a business coach and an academic, lecturing on various postgraduate level modules on entrepreneurship, leadership and coaching. Additionally, she is a visiting scholar at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and the University of Lodz, Poland.

Highest qualification

  • DPhil in Employment Relations

Research interests

  • Entrepreneurship; personal and Professional Leadership; Business Coaching

Recent publications (2020-2023)

  1. Nene, E., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2023). Implementing artificial intelligence in South African public hospitals: A conceptual framework. Acta Commercii. 23(1), a1173. https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1173
  2. Witkowska, D., & Kompa, K., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2023).  Women representation on Boards and the Financial Performance of Polish Public Companies in the pre-covid decade. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33119/GN/169434
  3. Isabirye, P. & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2023). Motivation for start-up and growth of female owned mid-scale enterprises in Africa: Essential factors to consider Journal of Contemporary Management. https://doi.org/10.35683/jcm21057.188
  4. Isabirye. P., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2021): East-African women’s thoughts on stimulating the growth of their mid- The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. ISSN:2522- 7343, E-ISSN: 2071-3185 Ref. No.:435
  5. Bell, C., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2021). Personal leadership as an antecedent of servant leadership amongst bank managers in South Africa. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 19(0), a1459. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm. v19i0.1459
  6. Van der Westhuizen, H.C., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2021). Leadership development process maturity: An Afrocentric versus Eurocentric perspective. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 19(0), a1495. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v19i0.1495
  7. Van der Westhuizen, H. C., & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2021). Maturity of the organisational Leadership development process-Development and Validation of an Afrocentric measure. African Journal of Employee Relations.44#8448,30 pages
  8. Hewitt, L.M.M. & Janse van Rensburg, L.J. (2020). The role of business incubators in creating sustainable small and medium enterprises. The Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajesbm.v12i1.295
  9. Masekane, C., Hewitt, L.M.M., & Toendepi, J. (2020). Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa. Acta Commercial | Vol 20, No 1 | a704 | https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v20i1.704 |
  10. Botha, C. & Hewitt, L.M.M. (2020). Arguing a case for a Southern policing epistemology from a historical perspective. Just Africa. All-Africa Journal of Criminal Justice. 5(1), 6-13