Barnes, Ninadu Plessis, MarietaFrantz, Jose M.2021-11-242021-11-242021Barnes, N. et al. (2021). Perceived career management challenges of academics at a South African university. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(0), a1515. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm. v19i0.15152071-078Xhttps://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm. v19i0.1515http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7043Understanding academic career challenges is important at a national and global level, to support academic career progression. Whilst challenges are identified in academic career literature, higher education institutions are identified as complex interdependent structures and, therefore, encouraged to be studied from a perspective of interdependency and complexity.ore and describe the perceived career management challenges of academics at a South African university. To address the need for an integrated approach, from an individual and organisational perspective, through a systems-thinking framework (STF), which acknowledges academic career progression as an interdependent and complex system.enCareer managementAcademic career challengesHigher educationCareer developmentSouth African universityArticle