Graduate School of Business and Leadership

	Designation	Associate Professor
	Telephone	+27 31 260 1493
	Email	martinsa@ukzn.ac.za
	Campus	Westville
	Building & Room	GSB&L – Room 62, 1st Floor
Professor Ana Martins

Biography
Ana Martins is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business & Leadership.
Her scholarly and academic experience includes working with and teaching in Universities with diverse cultures and countries, namely, the UK, China, Germany, Portugal, the Middle East and currently in South Africa.
She is an Integrated Member of CIP – Centre for Research in Psychology at Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL) CIP – Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Lisbon, Portugal.

Discipline:

Leadership

Appointment Designation:

Associate Professor

Academic Qualifications:
PhD (University Fernando Pessoa); Competent Manager Dip (Open University); BA (UNISA)

Research Interests

• Martins, A., & Martins, I. (2017). Trust and emotions energise organisational performance. Eurasian Journal of Business and Management, EJBM, 5(1), 35-40, doi: 10.15604/ejbm.2017.05.01.004
•  Martins A., Martins, I., & Liu, X. (2014). Employability and talent development in the knowledge economy. What’s going on? The International Journal of Social Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context, 9(3), 23-36, onsustainability.com, ISSN: 2325-1115,doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1115/CGP/v09i03
•  Martins, A., Kein, L., & Martins, I. (2014). Exploring the link between leadership and emotional intelligence. Culture as an interface between BRIC members. Organizational Cultures, An International Journal, 13(2), 15-24, Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, ontheorganization.com, ISSN: 2327-8013, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-8013/CGP/v13i02
•  Martins, A., Martins, I., & Pak, D. (2013). Communication and leadership – dialectical tensions in virtual communities of practice. Management. Journal for Theory and Practice Management, 18(68), 23-30. ISSN 1820-0222. doi:10.7595/management.fon.2013.0021, UDC: 005.57: 007:004.451.6; 05.94:004.9
•  Earney, S., & Martins, A. (2009). Job rotation at Cardiff University library service. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 41(4), December, 213-226, ISSN 0961-006, doi: 10.1177/0961000609345089

Selected Books and Book Chapters

• Martins, A., Martins, I., & Pereira, O. (2018). Learning – performance relationship: a new holistic, dynamic and strategic organisational approach. In L. dall’Acqua, & D. Lukose (Ed.) Improving Business Performance through Effective Managerial Training Initiatives (pp. 46-68). Hershey, PA: IGI Global publisher of the Business Science Reference, doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3906-3.ch003
• Martins, A., Martins, I., & Pereira, O. (2018). Holistic education as the conduit to humanizing the economy. In Victor C. Wang (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Program Development and Assessment Methodologies in K-20 Education Encyclopaedia. (pp. 179-219). IGI Global publisher of the Business Science Reference, Hershey, PA: IGI Global publisher of the Business Science Reference, doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3132-6.ch010, ISBN13: 9781522531326, ISBN10: 1522531327, EISBN13: 9781522531333

• Martins, A., Martins, I., & Pereira, O. (2017). Feedback and feedforward dynamics: nexus of organizatıonal learning and leadership self-efficacy. In Victor C. X. Wang (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management (pp. 207-232) Hershey, PA: IGI Global, publisher of the Business Science Reference, doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1049-9.ch016, ISBN 9781522510499
• Martins, A., Lopes, A., Martins, I., & Petiz, O. (2015). Paths to success: leveraging culture, leadership, and learning strategies. In N. Erbe, & A. Normore (Eds.) Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Leadership in Modern Organizations (pp. 236-254). Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8376-1.ch014

Selected Conference Proceedings:

• Martins, I., Martins, A., & Pereira, O. Communities of practice: Nexus of innovation and creativity. Proceedings for the 2nd Organizational Creativity and Sustainability International Conference, 14-16 September 2017, Nancy, France
• Martins, I., Martins, A., & Pereira, O. Unlearning and forgetting – the key for unleashing innovation in HEIs. Proceedings for the 9th European Conference on Intellectual Capital, 6-7 April 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
• Martins, A., & Martins, I. Shared leadership and ambidextrous learning in universities – the nexus for innovative environments? Proceedings for the 2016, International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES), May 19-22, Bodrum, Turkey
• Martins, A., Martins, I., & Pereira, O. Spiritual Capital: the new challenge to enhance social and organizational performance. Proceedings for the 13th EBES Conference,June 05-07, 2014, at Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Martins, A., Martins, I., Pereira, O. P., & Brown, K. High performance working practices: the new frameworks for nurturing sustainability? Proceedings for the 2011, October 14-15, International Conference on Social Sciences and Society (ICSSS 2011), Shanghai, China
• Martins, A., Thomas, B., Morse. L., & Miller, C. How does a human resource management (HRM) function ‘fit’ into the small business environment? Proceedings of the 29th Conference – ISBE, 31 October- 2 November, 2006, Cardiff, UK

Editorial Boards

• 2018 – International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC)
• 2017 to date – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET)
• 2016 to date – International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD);
• 2008 to date – Western Journal of HRM