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  1. “…the research… at PhD level, it gets quite lonely…”: Creating a community of practice through a writing retreat

    Article • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, December 2025, University of Johannesburg

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  2. Book Review - The Psychologically Responsive Leader: The EVOLVING Framework for Health, Social Care and Education Professionals, Sue Knowles and Gill L’Anson

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  3. A qualitative investigation into the factors influencing underrepresentation and performance of black STEM female learners in a South African public secondary school

    Article • Cogent Education, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  4. Factors Motivating Black Female Learners to Enroll in STEM Streams and Their Strategies to Cope with the Curriculum: A Qualitative Inquiry in a South African Secondary School

    Article • Education Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  5. A qualitative study on the challenges associated with teenage pregnancy in a semi-rural community in South Africa

    Article • Cogent Social Sciences, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  6. Critical Unsettling the Unconscious Gendered and Racial Self and Identities from Lived Experiences of African Women

    Article • December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  7. Exploring Perceptions on Sexual Empowerment Among Heterosexual Black Women in Braamfontein, Johannesburg

    Article • Qeios, February 2024, Qeios Ltd

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  8. DE LO MICRO A LO MESO. El papel del trabajo social en el desarrollo de respuestas al VIH conscientes de la migración para hombres jóvenes migrantes en Johannesburgo

    Article • November 2023, Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  9. PEDAGOGICAL DILEMMAS FOR SOCIAL WORK IN ACADEMIA

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, January 2022, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  10. Influencers of the Lecture Experience for Future Helping Professionals

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  11. An Exploration of Motivations for Women Mine Workers to Work Underground

    Article • SAGE Open, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  12. Impact of Christianity and Ancestral Beliefs on Black South Africans’ Decision-Making Regarding the Adoption of Abandoned Children

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, October 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  13. HIV and AIDS and self-forgiveness: The views of a group of people living with HIV and AIDS in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  14. Factors that contributed to Congolese refugees and asylum seekers migrating out of Congo: The role of forgiveness

    Article • Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo, Mr Pride Kandemiri

  15. Exploring Congolese refugees and asylum seekers’ survival strategies in South Africa: Implication for social work practice

    Article • Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  16. Women, and Land and Property Rights in Benin City, Nigeria

    Article • SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, November 2018, UNISA Press

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  17. Children orphaned by HIV and AIDS in middle childhood in Potchefstroom, Northwest: The role of a social worker

    Article • Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Nkosiyazi Dube, Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  18. The complementarity of humility hypothesis: Individual, relational, and physiological effects of mutually humble partners

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo, Richard G. Cowden

  19. CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY SURVIVORS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

    Article • Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, October 2017, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  20. Experiences Faced by Diabetic Teenagers Of Diepkloof Soweto: A systematic Review

    Article • Pedagogical Research, June 2017, Lectito BV

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  21. Diabetes in youth is a reality

    Article • Pedagogical Research, June 2017, Lectito BV

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  22. Condom Usage Negotiation Among Customarily Married Women in Katlehong, Johannesburg

    Article • SAGE Open, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo, Nkosiyazi Dube

  23. Socio-cultural beliefs are critical in health care

    Article • Open Journal of Social Sciences, January 2017, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  24. Drug and substance use is a global challenge

    Article • Open Journal of Social Sciences, January 2017, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  25. Exploring the Perceptions of Wits Academic Women About Women Empowerment and the Changing Roles of Women in 21st-Century South Africa

    Article • SAGE Open, October 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo

  26. Understanding of Spirituality among Healthcare Professionals at Chris HaniBaragwanath Academic Hospital: A Social Work Perspective

    Article • Studies on Ethno-Medicine, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo