SKILLS@WORK – THEORY AND PRACTICE JOURNAL (ISSN 1815-3666)
VOLUME 9 – “Job creation and the stimulation of business”
 
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS – Closing date 31 January 2019
 
The Regional Local Economic Development Initiative (RLEDI) of the Graduate School of Business and
Leadership (GSB&L) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in collaboration with the Education KwaZulu
Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (KZN EDTEA), invites you to submit an
article for Volume 9 of Skills@Work: Theory and Practice.
 
This independent, interdisciplinary journal is dedicated to skills development; vocational education and
training; local economic development (LED), small business development and entrepreneurship.  These
are important fields of research and knowledge in Southern Africa, given their potential to contribute to
economic growth and development.  Skills@Work aims to provide a forum for the publishing of scholarly
articles and case studies that are of interest and relevance to both researchers and practitioners.  A
further goal is to stimulate debate and enquiry and to provide staff, students and researchers in
academic institutions and research centres with resources for learning, teaching and further research.
Although the focus is primarily on South Africa, regional and international perspectives are also
encouraged.  The journal is fully refereed: each submission undergoes a double blind peer review
process.  Skills@Work is supported by an international Editorial Advisory Board as well as by a panel of
Consultant Reviewers.  Currently, one volume of the journal is published per year.  Articles are indexed in
both SABINET and WorldCat.
 
The theme selected for Volume 9 is ‘Job Creation and the Stimulation of Business’. Contributions are
invited on the following subthemes:  Clusters  Business incubators/ Incubation processes  Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)   Stimulating private sector-based LED research  Innovative ways of providing incentives to local companies  Targeted skills development in the private sector  Facilitating trade for economic growth  Business in the informal economy  Social entrepreneurship

 
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Volume 9 will include a specific focus on KwaZulu-Natal. Submissions relating to the above subthemes at
a provincial level are therefore encouraged, as well as research relating to the following sectors in KZN:
agro-processing; maritime; liquor; poultry; halaal.
 
Authors may also propose other topics that are relevant to the overall theme of Volume 9. 
 
An honorarium of ZAR  7000 is offered for articles accepted for publication (to be split in the case of co
authors). We look  forward to your submissions and to your support of Volume 9.  Please forward your
manuscripts for consideration to the Managing Editors, c/o Fiona Farquharson at:
fionaf@vitalitybroadband.co.za. 
 
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Editor-in-Chief Prof John Volmink Extraordinary Professor, North-West University, Mafikeng, Republic of South Africa; Chairman, MIET Africa (previously Media in Education Trust)
Managing Editors Fiona Farquharson  Associate, Graduate School of Business and Leadership, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
 Dr Jennifer Houghton Associate, Graduate School of Business and Leadership, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
Associate Editors Dr Stanley Hardman Programme Designer, The Leadership Dialogue, Republic of South Africa
 Prof Kriben Pillay Dean of Teaching and Learning, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
 Dr. Simon Taylor Regional Local Economic Development Project Manager, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
 Dr Marius Venter Director, Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED), University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
 Prof Chris Winberg Director, Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED),  Work Integrated Learning Research Unit, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Republic of South Africa
 
 

 
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof Rajendra Chetty Head of Department, Department of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa
Dr Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba
Senior Lecturer, Technology and Information Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Dr Theresa-Anne Davies
Technical Expert, Policy and Development, Republic of South Africa
Prof Nqabomzi Gawe Professor Emeritus, Durban University of Technology (DUT), Republic of South Africa
Dr Paul Green Deputy Dean, Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, Durban University of Technology (DUT), Republic of South Africa
Werner Heitmann Senior Consultant, Employment and Skills Development Programme (ESDS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German Society for International Co-operation  Director of the ESDS in South Africa from 1996-2008
Prof Catherine Odora Hoppers
Department of Science and Technology (DST)/National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Chair in Development Education, Republic of South Africa Co-Director, PASCAL International Observatory, Republic of South Africa
Dr James Keevy Chief Executive Officer, JET Educational Services, Republic of South Africa 
Dr Elyssebeth Leigh Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Phil Loveder Manager, Stakeholder Engagement: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Australia
Leda Stott Director and Lecturer, Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) Business School, Madrid, Spain Associate Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England  Partnership Expert, European Commission/European Social Fund
Christoph Vorwerk Director, Xasa Facilitating and Consulting, Republic of South Africa 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Guidelines for the Submission of Manuscripts
 
 
 
 The Journal welcomes full-length articles as well as book reviews. All manuscripts should be
written in English.   Articles should not exceed 5000 words in length, inclusive of an abstract of 100-150 words; a
list of keywords; list of References (in APA format) and any graphic material.  A separate front page should carry the title of the article, full names of the author/s and
relevant biographical information. The contact details to be used for all editorial
correspondence should be provided (including the email address/es, the professional
designation and organisational affiliation/s of the author/s).  Each submission should be in MS Word format.  Text should be formatted in Calibri 12-point
font with double spacing. Margins should not be justified on the right hand side of the page.  Main headings should be in bold print and capitals. Sub-headings must be underlined. All
headings should be aligned with the left margin.  Table and Figure numbers should be numbered consecutively, for example Table 1, Table 2,
Table 3. Table numbers should appear above the table; figure numbers below the figure.  Any graphics should be clearly legible and of a publishable quality.     Where abbreviations or acronyms are used, these should be spelled out in full the first time
they appear in the text. Journal titles in the References list must be in full.  Citations and references should be carefully checked for accuracy prior to submission.
Manuscripts are routinely screened using the Turnitin programme.  Each manuscript should be accompanied by a declaration from the author/s that the
manuscript has been edited for language usage and that it has not previously been
published in its current form in any academic journal.
 
Editorial correspondence and enquiries should be addressed to Fiona Farquharson at the
following address: fionaf@vitalitybroadband.co.za