Dr Chrizaan Grobbelaar

Dr Chrizaan Grobbelaar

Lecturer Bloemfontein Campus
Qualifications: PhD (Business Administration) | PGDip Financial Planning | MCom Business Management | BTech Internal Auditing | NDip Internal Auditing

Professional Background

Dr Chrizaan Grobbelaar is a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Auditing at the Central University of Technology (CUT), where she has been permanently employed since 2008. She completed her PhD in Business Administration at the University of the Free State (UFS) in 2024, with a specific focus on Financial and Retirement Planning and Gamification. This research direction allows her to integrate financial planning theory with innovative pedagogical and behavioural approaches.

Her teaching portfolio encompasses more than ten undergraduate modules in the Accounting Discipline, including Cost and Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Construction Accounting, and Hospitality Financial Management. In 2007, she broadened her academic exposure through International Business Studies at Aalen University of Applied Sciences in Germany, an experience that continues to inform her global perspective on financial management education.

Areas of Expertise

  • • Cost and Financial Management
  • • Gamification in Financial Education
  • • Personal Financial Management
  • • Retirement Planning and Preparedness
  • • Internal Auditing

Selected Publications

  • • Alsemgeest, L. & Grobbelaar, C. (2015). Spouses’ views of gender roles: financial management in marriage. Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 8(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jef.v8i3.125
  • • Grobbelaar, C. & Alsemgeest, L. (2016). The relationship between spousal communication and financial arguments and stress between young married couples. Journal of Social Sciences, 46(3). DOI: 10.31901/24566756.2016/46.3.09
  • • Grobbelaar, C. and Alsemgeest, L. (2026). Gamification as an Educational Tool for Retirement Planning. Adult Learning, 37(1), 13-23. DOI: 10.1177/10451595241286913
  • • Grobbelaar, C. and Alsemgeest, L. (2026). Designing a Gamified Retirement Planning Application: Evidence from a Workplace Study of Millennial Employees. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 24(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.24.3.4375
  • • Grobbelaar, C. and Alsemgeest, L. (2026). Multidisciplinary pathways to retirement financial literacy: An experimental comparison of gamified and infographic interventions. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 14, Article 103556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103556

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Dr Chrizaan Grobbelaar

Dr Chrizaan Grobbelaar

chrizaan@cut.ac.za