STAFF PROFILE
Dr Emsie Arnoldi
Emsie Arnoldi is a communications professional with an extensive background in communication management, marketing communications and public relations.
With a career spanning 25 years, Emsie Arnoldi managed two London Stock Exchange listed companies’ communication departments, served three years as director at an internationally renowned agency, and followed this with a career in Higher Education, where she was awarded a PhD in Communication Management and headed an academic department as Associate Professor.
She has a special interest and wide-ranging experience in intercultural and strategic communication, as well as integrating communication processes on macro, meso and micro levels.
She is a strategic thinker and has relevant, creative problem-solving and leadership skills. An ability to motivate people and take initiative has always been two of her strongest characteristics. She is highly goal-oriented and thrives on seeing colleagues and students excel.
Research and research supervision
As a registered supervisor, Emsie's research supervision (master’s by research and doctoral dissertations) includes the sub-disciplines of mass media, government/political communication, marketing communication, strategic communication management, web-based technologies and communication, intercultural communication, ethics and communication, sports communication, corporate/organisational communication and social marketing. As an expert in Q-methodology and qualitative research, Emsie focuses her own research on strategic communication management, intercultural communication, corporate/organisational communication, internal communication and change management, and teaching and learning in higher education.
Program Director: Post Graduate Public Relations and Master of Advertising
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PhD (Communication Management), University of Pretoria, 2000
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Accreditation Exam for International Association of Business Communicators, United States of America, 1998
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Masters in Communication Management (HD – CUM LAUDE), University of Pretoria, 1997
She is a member of several professional organisations and bodies, serves on several professional boards, and acts as moderator/referee for several academic journals/conferences per year.
- Arnoldi, S.,Cooper, V.,Greenfield, C.,Bosua, R.,Ch'ng, H. (2021). Entrepreneurial Needs for Outer Urban Co-working Hubs: An Exploratory Study of A ‘Pop-Up’ Co-Working Hub In: Anywhere Working and the Future of Work, IGI Global, United States
- Arnoldi, S.,Bosua, R.,Dirksen, V. (2021). Mapping themes for the well-being of low-skilled gig workers: Implications for digital platform design In: Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration, 5, 55 - 75
- Arnoldi, E.,Bosua, R.,Cooper, V.,Greenfield, C.,Ch'ng, H. (2018). Coworking and an Outer-urban community: What can we learn from a grassroots community coworking hub? In: City of Wyndham, RMIT University, BizBuddyHub Melbourne, Australia
- Arnoldi, S.,Bosua, R. (2018). Identity and inclusion in academia: voices of migrant women In: Lived Experiences of Women in Academia, Routledge, New York, United States
- Guntarik, O.,Berry, M.,Arnoldi, E. (2017). Spheres of influence and new technological trajectories In: Culture, Migration, and Health Communication in a Global Context, Routledge, New York, United States
- Arnoldi, E.,Miller, H. (2014). Towards a framework for the practice of climate change communication in Australia In: Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal, 14, 85 - 106
- Arnoldi, E. (2010). A postcolonial understanding of communication and management practices In: The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, Oaska, Japan, 18 - 21 June, 2008
- Papastefanou, N.,Arnoldi, E. (2009). A complexity science-based management framework for virtual organisations In: Interdisciplinary Management Research V, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Papastefanoul, N.,Arnoldi, E. (2008). Managing the virtual organisation: a South African case study In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium on busniness & Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 - 20 November 2008
5 PhD Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions