Annual Activity Report 2015

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The Work/Industry Futures Research Program is a cluster of eight multi-disciplinary researchers who address complex problems in organisational settings. The group engages in research that challenges the prevailing, conventional understanding of management and organisations and explicitly aims to advance social justice goals.

The Program’s three broad areas of focus – sustainable governance, employability, and just work – acknowledge the importance of connecting questions and data at different levels of analysis. Members of the Work/Industry Futures Research Program are linked through ongoing collaborative research projects, relationships with organisational partners, the shared supervision of higher degree research (HDR) students, and cross-faculty and cross-institutional collaborations.

This annual activity report for the Work/Industry Futures Research Program outlines the research and engagement outcomes of members in 2015. Bridging academic and organisational contexts, and with funding and support from industry partners, grants councils and the QUT Business School, members have engaged in research projects spanning topics including unpaid work and internships, divestment in fossil fuels, retention and engagement in the early years workforce, corporate social responsibility, employee voice and silence,

employment for indigenous Australians and social media at work. Our project partners included The Suncorp Group, Qld Department of Transport and Main Roads, Goodstart Early Learning, Australian Defence Force and Qld Department of Education and Training. New and ongoing industry and academic partnerships were also facilitated through invited lectures and professional/leadership positions on government, non-government organisations (NGO), university and private sector committees and governance groups. Several Work/Industry members were awarded Fellow status (including Principal and Senior) of the Higher Education Academy and the group welcomed six new Masters and PhD students whose research will address topics including Australian federalism, the value of fisheries for coastal communities, mining in developing regions and performance management and rewards systems.

Work/Industry Futures Research Program members (left–right): Professor Paula McDonald Program Leader; Dr Robin Price; Associate Professor Jennifer Bartlett Program Deputy Leader, Dr Carol Richards, Associate Professor Abby Cathcart, Dr Bree Devin, Dr Deanna Grant-Smith and Dr Robyn Mayes

Professor Paula McDonaldProgram Leader Work/Industry Futures Research Program

W: https://www.qut.edu.au/research/research-projects/work-industry-futures-group

E: workindustry@qut.edu.au

Annual Activity Report 2015

Cover images © iStock/Jacolene; adrian825; Izabela Habur

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HDR StudentsIn 2015 members of the Work/Industry Futures Research Program supervised ten PhD students, eleven Research Masters students and one Honours student. Members share supervision responsibilities with staff across the QUT Business School and the broader QUT community.

HDR completions

Dr Ugyen Tshewang was awarded his PhD for his project Civil service HRM reforms in a new democracy: The case of Bhutan. He was co-supervised by Robin Price and Dr Claire Gardiner, QUT Business School.

Michael Beevers was awarded Bachelor of Business (Honours) for his project Employee voice in accessing flexible work arrangements in the Australian Navy. Michael was co-supervised by Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart. Michael was awarded first class honours, and the QUT University Medal.

HDR enrolments

In 2015 three new PhD and three new Masters students were enrolled:

• Melinda Laundon, PhD, Exploring a performance reward management system through employee voice. [Supervisors: A Cathcart & P McDonald]

• Paolo Marinelli, PhD, Governance and power in Australian federalism: The case of independent transport regulators. [Supervisors: D Grant-Smith, R Mayes & P McDonald]

• Sam Parades, PhD, The value of local fisheries for the coastal community and tourism. [Supervisors: L Coglan, S Pascoe & C Richards]

• Carla Gonzalez Zlatar, Masters, Mining company–university engagement in developing regions: A geographical perspective. [Supervisors: R Mayes & D Grant-Smith]

• Jeremy Holland, Masters, Assessing the skills and competencies of staff in an IT helpdesk environment. [Supervisors: R Price & D Grant-Smith]

• Dominic Piacun, Masters, Facilitating sustainability culture change in educational institutions for energy efficiency. [Supervisors: C Newton & D Grant-Smith]

Student achievements

Honours student Michael Beevers was awarded first class honours, and the QUT University Medal. Michael’s supervisors are Abby Cathcart and Paula McDonald.

PhD student Penny Williams was awarded second prize in the SAGE Best Higher Degree Research Paper Award 2015. Her paper ‘Executive level support for flexible work arrangements’ is currently under review. Penny’s supervisors are Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart.

Above: Michael Beevers was awarded first class honours and the QUT University Medal

Above: Penny Williams was awarded second prize in the SAGE Best Higher Degree Research Paper Award 2015.

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Research IncomeMembers of the Work/Industry Futures Research program, through internal and external partnerships, have shared in more than $3 million in research income from a range of internal and external sources.

Date Scheme Project Title Recipients Amount

External grants

2015-16 Advance Qld Women’s Academic Fund

Women [in] planning symposium C Bosman, D Grant-Smith, N Osborne

$2,000

2015-16 ANZAM PELT Calibrating judgement around communication standards for management students through self and peer assessment

D Grant-Smith, A Cathcart

$5,000

2013-16 ARC Future Fellowship

Young people and work: Pathways to industrial citizenship

P McDonald $725,000

2015-17 ARC Linkage Identifying effective strategies to grow and sustain a professional early years workforce

K Thorpe P McDonald, J Lunn, S Irvine

$286,000

2013-17 Norwegian Research Council Grant

Frogs, fuel, finance or food? Cultures, values, ethics, arguments and justifications in the management of agricultural land

H Bjørkhaug, C Richards et al.

$1,800,000

2015 Queensland Government (DTMR)

Footprints to pathways: Indigenous employment transitions

T Cooper, B Ewing, G Sarra, R Price

$102,000

2015 The Suncorp Group

Reward and Recognition: Findings from a Benefits Survey in Australia and New Zealand

P McDonald, A Cathcart, M Laundon, K Moore

$11,000

Internal grants

2015-16 SOMARS Founder mythology, voice and silence A Cathcart $10,000

2015-16 QUT E-Card D Grant-Smith $15,000

2015-16 QUT L&T Grant (Business)

Building business students’ awareness of their employability: A pilot in management

R Price, D Grant-Smith, A Knaggs

$4,750

2015-16 QUT L&T Grant (Business)

Do looks matter? The efficacy of visual design in aiding the student learning experience

T Donnet, D Grant-Smith, A Knaggs

$10,000

2014-15 SOMARS Becoming a planner: Strategies for planning the transition from higher education to professional practice

D Grant-Smith $8,139

2015 SOMARS Understanding the fossil fuel divestment movement

R Mayes, C Richards

$14,220

2014-16 Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship

New business models in the food and agriculture value chain: Leveraging socially responsible investment for food security

C Richards $20,000

2014-16 Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship

FIFO labour and global production networks in the Australian mining industry

R Mayes $20,000

2015-16 School of Public Health & Social Work Research Support Grant

Diabetes and miners: Understanding workplaces, local communities and families

R Mayes, M Sendall

$15,000

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Events

AMPR HDR Student Research Colloquium

Bree Devin organised the 2015 School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations HDR Student Research Colloquium. Students were asked to submit a five-page conference paper, which was then assigned for peer and academic review. At the Colloquium students presented their research and attended a workshop conducted by Paula McDonald which addressed how to respond to journal editors and reviewers.

Women in IR Event

The Work/Industry Futures Research Group hosted a table of members and organisational partners at a Women in IR event at the Brisbane Hilton. Senator Claire Moore, MP Terri Butler, Rosslyn Monroe (CEO, Women’s Legal Service) and Dr Catherine Demosthenous (Founder and Director of ResearchCrowd) spoke on the topic “Domestic Violence: It doesn’t always stay at home”.

Teaching and Research AwardsAbby Cathcart was awarded Principal Fellow status of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). There are less than 400 Principal Fellows worldwide. Deanna Grant-Smith and Robin Price were awarded Senior Fellow, and Bree Devin Fellow of the HEA.

Abby Cathcart won a Best Practice in International Education Award (International Education Associate of Australia) for the Teaching Advantage Program. She also received an award for Programs that Enhance Learning in the 2015 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) supported by the Office of Learning and Teaching.

Abby Cathcart received a commendation and Best Publication Award from the DVC (R) and the Higher Education Research Network for her research paper “Helping doctoral students teach: Transitioning to early career academia through cognitive apprenticeship”.

Abby Cathcart and Paula McDonald presented at the Defence Human Sciences Executive (DHSS) and were awarded the Leoni Warne Memorial Award for Best Presentation by the Defence Human Sciences Executive.

Deanna Grant-Smith was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Performance Award for teaching.

Deanna Grant-Smith co-authored a chapter on stakeholder engagement with Associate Professor Jenny Cameron (Newcastle University) in Australian Environmental Planning: Challenges and Future Prospects edited by Jason Byrne, Neil Sipe and Jago Dodson. The book won the 2015 National Planning Institute of Australia Cutting Edge Research and Teaching Award.

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Industry and academic seminars and lectures Cathcart, A. (2015). John Lewis Partnership and Employee Ownership. Research symposium at St Andrews University, Scotland, December.

Cathcart, A. (2015). Employee Voice and Silence. Research symposium at Newcastle University, UK, December.

Cathcart, A. (2015). Assessment and feedback. Workshop to the Australian National University’s College of Business and Economics, Canberra, November.

Cathcart, A. & McDonald, P. (2015). The myths of flexible work in the Australian Defence Force. Presentation at the Defence Human Science Symposium, Melbourne, November.

Grant-Smith, D. (2015). CV profiling and preparing for an interview. Presentation to ECR Workshop, State of the Australian Cities Doctoral Symposium, Gold Coast.

McDonald, P. (2015). Innovation roundtable (facilitator). UN Women’s Committee Summit, Sydney, October.

McDonald, P. (2015). Gender equality is good for business. Panel member for an industry forum held by the United Nations Committee for Women, Brisbane, September.

McDonald, P. (2015). Industry lunch forum participant, QUT/Courier Mail, Women in Leadership, July.

Mayes, R. (2015). Transnational labour migration and the place of reproductive labour: ‘Trailing wives’ in the resource sector. Speaker at the Work and Organisational Studies Speaker Series, University of Sydney Business School, May.

Mayes, R. (2015). Mining and transnational labour migration: Intersections of policy, industry practice, and ‘everyday’ lives. Speaker at the Sustainable Minerals Institute Seminar Series, University of Queensland, October.

Richards, C. (2015). Research integrity and precarious employment: Negotiating the neoliberal University. Speaker at Challenging the Privatised University, The University of Queensland, November. [Hosted by the NTEU, Friends of the Earth and the Ngara Institute]

Capacity building internal seminarsCathcart, A. (2015). Employee voice as a high performance work practice. Workshop for Masters of Health students, QUT Faculty of Health, August.

Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Research impact. QUT Women in Research Event, August.

McDonald, P. (2015). Revising and resubmitting for Publication. Seminars for ECRs and HDR students [library led, and AMPRA research event], June.

Mayes, R. & McDonald, P. (2015). Feminist research: Where to now? Address to QUT’s International Women’s Day Event, April.

Mayes, R. (2015). Getting published and staying published: How to develop a practical publishing plan. QUT Library Seminar, June.

Mayes, R. (2015). Communities: The politics of engaging. Guest lecturer, core unit Health Promotion and Qualitative Research, QUT School of Public Health and Social Work, April.

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In the mediaAbby Cathcart and Paula McDonald’s study that looked at flexible work arrangements in the Australian Defence Force was featured in an article “Flexible working arrangements in the Australian Defence Force”, Women’s Agenda, 25 November and Abby Cathcart was interviewed on ABC Townsville.

Carol Richards and Robyn Mayes wrote an article “Links to mining sector are preventing Australian universities from divesting in fossil fuels”, published in The Conversation, 24 November.

Bree Devin was interviewed on 612 ABC Brisbane, Drive with Emma Griffiths, “Brands: Managing reputation and backlash”, 22 September.

Carol Richards was a co-producer, advisor and expert commentator featured in the documentary Fair Food [DVD].

Abby Cathcart was interviewed about research on employee ownership by French business newspaper LesEchos, 21 August.

The work of Carol Richard’s and her colleagues Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby from The University of Queensland has resulted in a documentary and numerous media articles. Carol was co-author on a report The Darker Side of Green: Plantation Forestry and Carbon Violence in Uganda.

Bree Devin, was interviewed by Philippe Borremans from Online PR Training, The Dirty Little Secrets of CSR Communications with Bree Devin, 5 October.

Paula McDonald’s study into atypical sexual harassment was covered in an in-depth interview on Radio National’s The World Today, in addition to the Melbourne Age, ABC online, 2UE, The Brisbane Times and 18 regional newspapers, July and September 2015.

Paula McDonald’s research on workplace sexual harassment informed the focus and development of an SBS Insight Program on the topic, August 2015.

Deanna Grant-Smith and Paula McDonald’s research on unpaid work was featured in Thomson Reuters Workforce No. 19483, February 2015.

Paula McDonald’s conceptual research on the contested terrain of social media at work was reported in the Courier Mail, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age, July 2015.

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Academic and Professional Leadership

Organisation Position Member

Newcastle University, UK Invited visiting scholar A Cathcart

International Communication Association

Chair of PR Division, Chair PhD Student Colloquium, Internationalisation representative for PR Division

J Bartlett

Governance Institute of Australia Committee Member J Bartlett

International Communications Association Public Relations PhD Workshop,

Co-chair J Bartlett, B Devin

Public Relations Institute of Australia

Fellow J Bartlett

ANU Press (Higher Educational Research)

Member, Editorial Committee A Cathcart

Centre for Higher Education Learning and Teaching (CHELT), Australian National University

Visitor A Cathcart

Higher Education Academy (HEA) (UK)

International Accreditor (one of two in Australia) A Cathcart

Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network

Mentor D Grant-Smith

Sheldon College Chair, Sheldon College Alumni Committee (providing strategic advice and implementation of strategy around stakeholder management, engagement, and social media)

B Devin

Australian Research Council ERA Reviewer (2 universities) for Field of Research Code 1503

ERA Reviewer (4 universities) for Field of Research Code 1604

P McDonald

R Mayes

International Rural Sociology Association

Council Member C Richards

Hong Kong Grant Council Grant reviewer P McDonald

Social Media Academic Network Co-convenor, symposium on social media at work, Macquarie University, Sydney

P McDonald

ILO/ASEAN Roundtable, Singapore Expert R Price

Springer Publishing Invited book and monograph series editor on work, employment, organisational studies and HRM

P McDonald

Food Systems and Gastronomy Program, William Angliss College, Melbourne

Expert, Academic Advisory Committee C Richards

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The work of Carol Richards, and her colleagues Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby from The University of Queensland, has resulted in the Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment, Åsa Romson, instructing the Swedish Energy Agency to stop purchasing carbon credits from the Green Resources forestry company who operate in East Africa. Carol researched Norwegian foreign land investments and co-authored a report about the impacts of Green Resources’ activities The Darker Side of Green Plantation Forestry and Carbon Violence in Uganda http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/darker-side-green. The report was picked up by a Swedish journalist, which resulted in a documentary being aired in Sweden in November 2015.

Industry and community engagement and impactPaula McDonald is one of four invited expert panel members to the Review of Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, including predatory behaviour, in Victoria Police, conducted by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. As part of the review, Paula conducted in-depth interviews with Victoria Police Executive Command, informed the survey design and interview protocols, and worked with the review team on structuring the analysis and final report. Significant media coverage, including an article in The Conversation, coincided with the release of the extensive final report. Paula’s role on the expert panel will continue through to 2017 as Victoria Police implement the substantial recommendations detailed in the report.

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Publications

Book chapters

Bartlett, J., & Pallas, J. (in press). Accreditation and certification. In C. Carroll (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Reputation. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.

Pini, B., Morris, D., I Mayes, R. (in press). Rural youth: Mobilities, marginalities and negotiations. In K. Nairn, P. Kraftl & T. Skelton (Eds.) Geographies of Children and Young People. Space, Landscape, and Environment. Springer.

McDonald, P. & Cathcart, A. (in press). A manager centred perspective on work-life integration. In A. Wilkinson, K. Townsend & G. Suder (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Managing Managers. Chelternam, UK: Edward Elgar.

Refereed journal articles

Bailey, J., Price, R., Pyman, A., & Parker, J. (2015). Union power in retail: Contrasting cases of Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 40(1), 1-18.

Bartlett, J., McDonald, P., & Pini, B. (2015). Identity orientation and stakeholder engagement – the corporatisation of elite schools. Journal of Public Affairs, 15 (2), 201-209.

Clenndenning, J., Dressler, W., & Richards, C. (in press). Food justice or food sovereignty? Understanding the rise of urban food movements in the USA. Special Issue, Agriculture and Human Values. (Online ahead of print, DOI: 10.1007/s10460-015-9625-8)

Colley, L., & Price, R. (2015). Future public service capacity: Employment of young people into Australian public services during the GFC. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 74(3), 324–335.

Devin, B. (in press). Half-truths and dirty secrets: Omissions in corporate social responsibility communication. Public Relations Review.

Dixon, J., & Richards, C. (2015). On food security and alternative food networks: Understanding and performing food security in the context of urban bias. Agriculture and Human Values, Special Issue. (Online ahead of print, DOI: 10.1007/s10460-015-9630-y)

Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Implicating animals: The symbolic power of scapegoating animals in marine pollution debates. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 22(3), 270-284.

Grant-Smith, D., & McDonald, P. (2015). The trend toward pre-graduation professional work experience for Australian young planners: Essential experience or essentially exploitation? Australian Planner, (Online ahead of print, DOI 10.1080/07293682.2015.1103762).

Grant-Smith, D., & McDonald, P. (2015.) The practical potential of self-advocacy for improving safety outcomes for school-aged workers. Journal of Youth Studies, 18:9-10, 1257-1273.

Grant-Smith, D., & Matthews, T. (2015). Cork as canvas: Exploring intersections of citizenship and collective memory in the Shandon Big Wash Up murals. Community Development Journal, 50(1), 138-152.

Peetz, D., Price, R., & Bailey, J. (2015). Ageing Australian unions and the youth ‘problem’’. In A. Hodder & L. Kretsos (Eds.), Young workers and trade unions: A global view (pp. 54-70). Houndmills: Palgrave.

Pini, B., McDonald, P., & Bartlett, J. (in press). Marketing and elite schooling: Stories behind the image. In J. Moss & B. Pini (Eds.). Visual educational research: Critical perspectives. London: Palgrave.

Richards, C. (2015). From council worker to Agrifood Scholar. In N. Rose (Ed.) Fair Food: Stories from a movement changing the world. Brisbane: UQP.

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Grant-Smith, D., & Osborne, N. (in press). Dealing with discomfort: How the unspeakable confounds wicked planning problems. Australian Planner. Special Issue: (Re)constituting urban research in a neo-liberal planning climate.

Grant-Smith, D., Osborne, N., & Johnson, L. (in press). The policy challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: An Australian perspective. Community, Work & Family.

Greer, D., Cathcart, A., and Neale, L. (in press). Helping doctoral students teach: Transitioning to early career academia through cognitive apprenticeship. Higher Education Research and Development.

Howes, M., Tangney, P., Reis, K., Grant-Smith, D., Heazle, M., Bosomworth, K., & Burton, P. (2015). Towards networked governance: Improving interagency communication and collaboration for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, 58(9), 757-776.

Mayes, R. (2015) A social license to operate: Corporate social responsibility, local communities, and the constitution of global production networks. Global Networks., 15(1), 109-128.

McDonald, P., & Charlesworth, S. (2015). Workplace sexual harassment at the margins. Work, Employment & Society. (Online ahead of print, DOI: 10.1177/0950017014564615).

McDonald, P., Charlesworth, S., & Graham, T. (2015). Action or inaction: Bystander intervention in workplace sexual harassment. International Journal of Human Resource Management. (Online ahead of print, DOI 10.1080/09585192.2015.1023331).

McDonald P., & Thompson, P. (2015). Social media(tion) and the reshaping of public/private boundaries in employment relations. International Journal of Management Reviews. (Online ahead of print, DOI 10.1111/ijmr.12061).

Morgan, E., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Tales of science & defiance: The case for co-learning and collaboration in bridging the science/emotion divide. Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, 58(10), 1770-1788.

Osborne, N., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Supporting mindful planners in a mindless system: The limitations of the emotional turn in planning practice. Town Planning Review, 86(6), 677-698.

Pini, B. & Mayes, R. (in press). Australian Rural Educational Research: A Geographical Perspective. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education.

Price, R. (2015). Controlling front line service workers: An Australian retail case. Work, Employment & Society. (Online ahead of print, doi:10.1177/0950017015601778)

Richards, C., Kjærnes, U. & Vik, J. (2015). Food security in welfare capitalism: Comparing social entitlements to food in Australia and Norway. Journal of Rural Studies. Online ahead of print.

Skinner, N., Cathcart, A. & Pocock, B. (2015). To ask or not to ask? Investigating workers’ flexibility requests and the phenomenon of discontented non-requesters Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work.

Smith, N. & McDonald, P. (in press). Facilitating effective professional part-time work: A question of design? Journal of Management and Organization.

Townsend, K., McDonald, P., & Cathcart, A. (in press). Managing flexible work arrangements in small not-for-profit firms: The influence of organisational size, financial constraints and workforce characteristics. International Journal of Human Resource Management.

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Conference papers

Bartlett, J. (2015). Communicating about diversity - a four country study. World Communication Association Conference. 30 July–3 August, Portugal.

Bartlett, J. (2015). Managing the organisational experience of diversity panel. World Communication Association Conference, 30 July–3 August, Portugal.

Devin, B., Mazur, A., & Newton, C.J. (2015). Extending organizational socialization: An Australian Army perspective. 65th International Communication Association Annual Conference, 21-25 May, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Grant-Smith, D. & Gillett-Swan, J. (2015). Factors influencing pre-service teacher experience of practicum. QUT Higher Education Research Network Symposium, 17 November, Brisbane.

Grant-Smith, D., & McDonald, P. (2015). Exploring the cost and value of unpaid pre-graduation professional work experience for early career planners. Australian & New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Conference, 23-25 October, Melbourne.

Johnston, K. A., Beatson, A., & Devin, B. L., (2015). Managerial conceptualizations of CSR: A decade on. ICA Nordic Regional Conference: Responsible communication and governance, 11-13 October, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mayes, R., Richards, C. & Woods, M. (2015). ‘Jumping scales’: Constructing spaces of action in the Fossil Fuel Global Divestment Day/Movement, Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Conference, 1-4 September, Exeter.

Mayes, R. (2015) Transnational temporary skilled labour migration: Intersections of policy, industry practice and experiences of migrancy in Australia. International Labour and Employment Relations Conference, 7-11 September, Cape Town, South Africa.

Mayes, R. (2015) Mobile bodies: local places and transnational labour migration in the extractive sector, European Group of Organisational Scholars/Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisational Studies Conference 9-11 December Sydney 2015

Mayes, R., Pini B., & Boyer, K. (2015). Sexualised labour: ‘Skimpy’ barmaids, body politics and the work place. Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia & New Zealand Conference, 3-5 February, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mayes, R., & Beilin, R. (2015). Convened stream ‘Appropriating local community: The ‘social license to operate’ and opportunities for resistance’ Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference, July 1-3 2015

McDonald, P., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Building graduate employability through unpaid work & internships. International Labour & Employment Relations Association Congress, 7-11 September, Cape Town, South Africa.

McDonald, P., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). The role of unpaid work and internships in expanding the foundation of ‘employability’ for professional graduates. Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia & New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, 3-5 February, Auckland.

McDonald, P., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Unpaid work and internships as employability strategies for early career professionals. International Labour and Employment Relations Conference, 7-11 September, Cape Town, South Africa.

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McDonald, P., & Thompson, P. (2015). The contested terrain of social media at work. Invited presentation to Symposium on social media conduct in employment relations. Sydney, Macquarie University, April.

Mayes, R., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). (Preserving) the recreational boat as lived heterotopia. Royal Geographical Society Conference, 2-4 September, University of Exeter, UK.

Osborne, N., & Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Dealing with emotions in planning and emotional planners. Australian & New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Conference, 23-25 October, Melbourne.

Richards, C., Mayes, R. and Woods, M. (2015) By-passing the State: Fossil Fuel Divestment and the Galilee Basin, Australia, European Society for Rural Sociology, Aberdeen 18-21 Aug.

Sheehan, K., Kerr, G., & Devin, B. (2015). Global virtue and the reputation economy. American Academy of Advertising Global Conference, 9-12 July, Auckland, New Zealand.

Other publications

Grant-Smith, D. (2015). A crisis of waste? Understanding the rubbish society. Australian Planner, 52(3), 249-250.

Grant-Smith, D. (2015). Negotiating cohesion inequality and change: Uncomfortable positions in local government. Urban Policy and Research, 33(1), 125-127.

Grant-Smith, D., & Osborne, N. (2015). Building inclusive cities and rethinking feminist interventions into the urban. Australian Planner, 52(3), 241-242.

Mayes, R. (2015). Becoming Kalgoorlie: Gold mining, brothels, and ‘skimpy’ bars, Griffith Review, 47, (invited contribution for Special Edition: Looking West, J Schultz & A Haebich eds; leading literary magazine).

Mayes, R. (2015). Book review: Neil White, company towns: Corporate order and community. In The Economic and Labour Relations Review. University of Toronto Press: Toronto.

Mayes, R. (2015). Book Review. Marina Welker, Enacting the corporation: An American mining firm in post-authoritarian Indonesia. In Journal of World Systems Research. Berkley, California: University of California Press.

Industry reports

Loundon, M., Moore, K., Cathcart, A. & McDonald, P. (2015). Reward and recognition in The Suncorp Group: Employee perspectives. November.

For more information please contact:

Professor Paula McDonald workindustry@qut.edu.au