Professor Marius Wait Wins Prestigious Award at GBATA Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

Professor Marius Wait in the Marketing department, within the College of Business and Economics, has been honoured with a Best Paper Award at the Twenty-Fifth Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) held in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 July 2024.

The GBATA conference brings together academics and professionals from around the world to share research and insights on business and technology. Of the 236 submitted papers, Prof Wait’s paper, titled “Do Retailers Serve Their Communities? 5W1H Evidence From South Africa”, was selected as one of the top three papers, earning him this prestigious recognition. This award acknowledges Prof Wait’s significant contribution to the field of marketing and his innovative research on the retailers’ role in serving their communities.

The University of Johannesburg celebrates this outstanding achievement, proudly recognising the Marketing department’s continued excellence in research.