Shaun Denvor Ruggunan
Biographic Data
| ID | 805117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaun Denvor Ruggunan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaun Denvor |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruggunan |
| SIGNATURE | RUGGUNAN S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9585-8939 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Decent work in Sub-Saharan Africa
Establishing ‘decent work and economic growth’ as one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has elevated the discourse of decent work beyond national level policy debate. For emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the literature, though limited, has sought to explore prospects for workers to find productive and decent work in conditions of human dignity, equity, freedom and security. In this paper, we provide a revie…
The Influence of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Professional Identities of Health Care Workers
The professional identity of health care workers is in constant reconstruction. Since identity is fluid, it is easily influenced and the Covid-19 pandemic created change which affected the professional identity of health care workers. Based on structuration and positioning theories, the purpose of this paper is to answer the question: how has the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the professional identity of health care workers? The methodology applie…
Self-Perceptions and Benefits of Psychological Resilience Among Women Academics in the Context of Working in South African Higher Education Institutions (SA-HEIs)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) globally heavily depend on the resilience of academic staff members to achieve excellence in teaching and learning. The extant scholarly work on resilience seems to take the relationship between workplace environmental factors (WEFs) and the adverse experiences of resilience among women academics for granted. Using South Africa as an example, this research mainly focused on the WEFs acknowledged as the primary…
A temperature reading of South African seafarer well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic
This article provides an overview of the state of South African seafarers’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Empirical work on African and South African seafarers’ well-being during the pandemic is limited, with most work focusing on seafarers from major seafaring labour supply countries such as the Philippines and seafarers from the global North. This intervention, by focusing on South African seafarers, helps reduce the knowledge gap of …
Decolonising management and organisational knowledge (MOK)
This special issue (SI) editorial contributes to ongoing efforts worldwide to decolonise management and organisational knowledge (MOK). A robust pluriversal discussion on the how and why of decolonisation is vital. Yet to date, most business and management schools are on the periphery of debates about decolonising higher education, even as Business Schools in diverse locations function as contested sites of neocolonialism and expansion of Western…
Economic Crisis and Professions
This study examined the effects of a declining economy on the profession of chartered accountants (CAs) in Zimbabwe. The study adopted a qualitative approach using a pragmatic grounded theory design. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews with five purposively sampled CAs and two key informants drawn from the professional body and an institution that trains CAs. Furthermore, secondary data were drawn from the professional body’s a…
The Impact of the Psychological Contract on Academics
The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore how new managerial practices have influenced the psychological contracts of academics at a university of technology. Little is qualitatively known about how new managerial policies shape psychological contracts for academics in higher education. This study adopts a generic qualitative approach that draws on an interpretivist paradigm. A sample of 15 academics was used. In-depth interviewing wa…
Transforming science in South Africa
Gendered health care labour markets? A case study of anatomical pathologists and haematologists in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study qualitatively explored the role of gender and related factors that influence medical doctors' decisions in selecting a specialisation within medical laboratory medicine. This study is novel in that it disaggregates doctors by specialisation. It further focuses on non-clinical medical specialists who have been ignored in the global human resources for health literature. Hakim's preference theory as well as socialisation theory is adapte…
Labour Process and Professional Status
This article intends making three contributions to the sociology of professions. Firstly, it examines empirically the way work is organised (labour process) for histopathologists in KwaZulu-Natal. Secondly, it demonstrates that concepts from labour process theory (LPT) and the sociology of professionals literature can provide useful ways to understand how work is organised for medical specialists and how this work organisation may contribute to t…
Towards a South African Sociology of Professions
2013). Towards a South African Sociology of Professions. South African Review of Sociology: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 1-6
The Global Labour Market for Filipino and South African Seafarers in theMerchant Navy
This article examines how profound shifts in the global labour market for seafarers have impacted on the labour market for South African and Filipino seafarers in the merchant navy. The article contends that the shift towards flag of convenience (FoC) shipping in the global shipping industry is a business strategy by ship owners to circumvent high labour costs and fiscal regimes. However, despite the shift to FoC shipping, wage rates and unionisa…
The Role of Organised Labour in Preventing a ‘Race to the Bottom’ for Filipino Seafarers in the Global Labour Market
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how organised labour at both the national and global level can influence the nature of global labour markets. This aim is achieved through an empirical investigation of the restructuring of the global labour market for Filipino seafarers, and the influence of the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in this rest…
Towards a South African Sociology of Professions
2013). Towards a South African Sociology of Professions. South African Review of Sociology: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 1-6
The Role of Organised Labour in Preventing a ‘Race to the Bottom’ for Filipino Seafarers in the Global Labour Market
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how organised labour at both the national and global level can influence the nature of global labour markets. This aim is achieved through an empirical investigation of the restructuring of the global labour market for Filipino seafarers, and the influence of the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in this rest…
The Global Labour Market for Filipino and South African Seafarers in theMerchant Navy
This article examines how profound shifts in the global labour market for seafarers have impacted on the labour market for South African and Filipino seafarers in the merchant navy. The article contends that the shift towards flag of convenience (FoC) shipping in the global shipping industry is a business strategy by ship owners to circumvent high labour costs and fiscal regimes. However, despite the shift to FoC shipping, wage rates and unionisa…
The Role of Organised Labour in Preventing a ‘Race to the Bottom’ for Filipino Seafarers in the Global Labour Market
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how organised labour at both the national and global level can influence the nature of global labour markets. This aim is achieved through an empirical investigation of the restructuring of the global labour market for Filipino seafarers, and the influence of the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in this rest…
Labour Process and Professional Status
This article intends making three contributions to the sociology of professions. Firstly, it examines empirically the way work is organised (labour process) for histopathologists in KwaZulu-Natal. Secondly, it demonstrates that concepts from labour process theory (LPT) and the sociology of professionals literature can provide useful ways to understand how work is organised for medical specialists and how this work organisation may contribute to t…
Towards a South African Sociology of Professions
2013). Towards a South African Sociology of Professions. South African Review of Sociology: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 1-6
Transforming science in South Africa
Gendered health care labour markets? A case study of anatomical pathologists and haematologists in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study qualitatively explored the role of gender and related factors that influence medical doctors' decisions in selecting a specialisation within medical laboratory medicine. This study is novel in that it disaggregates doctors by specialisation. It further focuses on non-clinical medical specialists who have been ignored in the global human resources for health literature. Hakim's preference theory as well as socialisation theory is adapte…
The Impact of the Psychological Contract on Academics
The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore how new managerial practices have influenced the psychological contracts of academics at a university of technology. Little is qualitatively known about how new managerial policies shape psychological contracts for academics in higher education. This study adopts a generic qualitative approach that draws on an interpretivist paradigm. A sample of 15 academics was used. In-depth interviewing wa…
Decolonising management and organisational knowledge (MOK)
This special issue (SI) editorial contributes to ongoing efforts worldwide to decolonise management and organisational knowledge (MOK). A robust pluriversal discussion on the how and why of decolonisation is vital. Yet to date, most business and management schools are on the periphery of debates about decolonising higher education, even as Business Schools in diverse locations function as contested sites of neocolonialism and expansion of Western…
Economic Crisis and Professions
This study examined the effects of a declining economy on the profession of chartered accountants (CAs) in Zimbabwe. The study adopted a qualitative approach using a pragmatic grounded theory design. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews with five purposively sampled CAs and two key informants drawn from the professional body and an institution that trains CAs. Furthermore, secondary data were drawn from the professional body’s a…
A temperature reading of South African seafarer well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic
This article provides an overview of the state of South African seafarers’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Empirical work on African and South African seafarers’ well-being during the pandemic is limited, with most work focusing on seafarers from major seafaring labour supply countries such as the Philippines and seafarers from the global North. This intervention, by focusing on South African seafarers, helps reduce the knowledge gap of …
Self-Perceptions and Benefits of Psychological Resilience Among Women Academics in the Context of Working in South African Higher Education Institutions (SA-HEIs)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) globally heavily depend on the resilience of academic staff members to achieve excellence in teaching and learning. The extant scholarly work on resilience seems to take the relationship between workplace environmental factors (WEFs) and the adverse experiences of resilience among women academics for granted. Using South Africa as an example, this research mainly focused on the WEFs acknowledged as the primary…
The Influence of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Professional Identities of Health Care Workers
The professional identity of health care workers is in constant reconstruction. Since identity is fluid, it is easily influenced and the Covid-19 pandemic created change which affected the professional identity of health care workers. Based on structuration and positioning theories, the purpose of this paper is to answer the question: how has the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the professional identity of health care workers? The methodology applie…
Decent work in Sub-Saharan Africa
Establishing ‘decent work and economic growth’ as one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has elevated the discourse of decent work beyond national level policy debate. For emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the literature, though limited, has sought to explore prospects for workers to find productive and decent work in conditions of human dignity, equity, freedom and security. In this paper, we provide a revie…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)