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Register of supervisors

The register of supervisors has been developed to offer students direction and assistance in choosing a general topic area by giving them a list of areas in which the Division has supervisors. The register provides you with potential supervisors and their areas of research interest by school:

When considering the Honours degree, students should first aim to work with a supervisor on this list. However, where students may have a previous lecturer, tutor, or course / program coordinator with whom they would like to work, this may be arranged. The choice of an Honours supervisor for the thesis or special topics comes under the direction of the Honours Program Director and requires their approval in conjunction with the Dean Research.


School of Commerce (CMR)
 

Supervisor name Areas of Interest
Prof Roger Burritt Sustainability accounting and reporting, environmental accounting and reporting, triple bottom line accounting and reporting; environmental management and accounting
Prof David Round Industry economics and industrial organisation
Assoc Prof Martin Shanahan Microeconomic theory, international economics and international finance, economic history, labour law, applied economics not elsewhere classified,  economics not elsewhere classified
Dr Gigi Foster Labour economics; applied econometrics; education economics; social effects
Dr Henning Bjornlund Water policy, water markets, natural resource management, the use of economic instruments, water policy and developing countries.
Dr Michael Burrow Small enterprise financial management and exporting, general finance topics- corporate finance, financial markets, international finance 
Dr John Wilson

Microeconomic theory, environment and resource economics, public sector economics, economic history

Dr Xin Deng Economics, applied economics
Mr Ron McIver Economics of transition to a market economy ( particularly China ) Banking and financial systems in transition economies ( again, particularly China, although Eastern European countries would be possible ) International finance ( focusing on exchange rate risk, parity conditions ) and international investment ( benefits of diversification and management of currency risk ) International trade ( especially barriers to trade ) Financial risk management ( especially the use of on- and off- balance sheet risk management methods, including derivative instruments ) Portfolio and investment management ( especially performance evaluation )

 
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International Graduate School of Business (GSB)
 

Supervisor name Areas of Interest
Prof David Corkindale Marketing’s role in commercialisation of new technology, adoption / diffusion of innovations ( patterns of over time; models of; forecast of ), forecasting the potential demand for innovations / new technology, causes of non adoption of innovations and strategies for overcoming barriers, the measurement and meaning of customer satisfaction and its relationship with subsequent customer behaviour.
Assoc Prof Laubie Li Organisational behaviour; international business
Dr Mary Bambacas HRM and organisational commitment

 
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School of Management (MGT)
 

Supervisor name Areas of Interest
Assoc Prof  Prashant Bordia Employee retention, change management, strategic reward and recognition, employee attitudes
Assoc Prof  Gary Howat Service quality measurement in the leisure industries; operational management performance indicators and benchmarking in the leisure industries; psychological characteristics of sport officials; goal setting in parks and recreation organisations
Assoc Prof Vivienne McCabe Convention, meeting and exhibition management ( business events ), events management, management of hospitality, tourism and service industries
Dr Duncan Murray Psychology of leisure.  The leisure and tourism experience, research methods and analysis; leisure, sport and tourism: theoretical discourse and conceptual analysis; planning for leisure, sport and tourism
Dr Deborah Churchman Organisational culture and communication, ethnographies, workplace identity construction, gendered identities
Dr Gary Crilley Managerial qualities and operational performance at sport and recreation facilities, visitor management band the benchmarking of performance indicators in leisure environments, inclusive community recreation
Dr Gerry Treuren Industrial relations, labour history, industrial sociology, human resource management, political economy, the more sociological type of economic history
Dr Howard Harris Corporate and professional ethics, implementation of new technology, virtues in management, chaos theory / clusters / virtual organisations
Dr Joanna Crossman Transnational learning and the workplace; international education; international education in business contexts; spiritualising organizations; educational assessment - innovative assessment in a learning paradigm; relationships and emotions in the workplace and in learning; some aspects of organisational culture
Dr Luke Faulkner Industrial relations; human resources management; organisational behaviour and theory; industrial psychology
Dr Manjit Monga Management ethics; diversity management; organisational culture; volunteer management and motivation, small business management; organisational behaviour and research ethics
Dr Marilyn Clarke Employability, organisational change, job loss and redundancy, psychological contracts
Dr Sarbari Bordia Business communication, cross cultural communication in business, educational management, student psychological contracts, student motivation and language learning
Dr Freya Higgins Desbiolles Indigenous tourism, social aspects of tourism, globalisation, policy / politics of tourism and planning and management of tourism.
Mr Peter Balan Innovation capability management and entrepreneurship

 
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School of Marketing (MKT)
 

Supervisor name Areas of Interest
Prof Byron Sharp Loyalty, buyer behaviour and brand performance, marketing metrics, laws and principles in marketing
Prof Larry Lockshin Wine marketing; consumer choice behaviour for wine; discrete choice ,methods; conjoint methods; wine marketing strategy; export marketing
Assoc Prof John Dawes Pricing and promotions, market structure and brand performance measures
Assoc Prof Tony Spawton Cross cultural purchase behaviour, wine marketing strategy and other issues relating to the international trade of wine
Assoc Prof Rachel Kennedy Advertising effectiveness, advertising pre-testing, buyer behaviour and links to advertising
Dr Cam Rungie Discrete choice, purchase and consumption behaviour modelling
Dr Anne Sharp Service and relationship quality and satisfaction, brand image, socials issues marketing
Dr Erica Riebe Customer defection and churn, uptake of products, media, clutter, purchase probability measurement
Dr Jenni Romaniuk Brand perceptions and consumer behaviour, brand salience, brand image measurement
Dr Liz Hemphill  Sales relationship establishment; agent-principal relationship ( hr and recruitment implications ); supply networks; service industry ( real estate ) from customer ( principal) and salesperson ( agent perspective ) ; hr recruitment industry; quantitative and qualitative analysis skills including structural equation modelling.
 

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