Events
Events presented by research concentrations
Research Education Support Activities (RESA) at the University of South Australia support higher degree by research students and supervisors to achieve timely and successful completion of the research degree.
February
Women auditors' careers in accountancy and consultancy firms in China:
convention, aspiration and choice
Professor Fang Lee Cooke, Professor of Human Resource Management and
Chinese Studies, Monash University
Centre For Work + Life Seminar
Wednesday 15 February 2012, 3.00–4.30 pm
Centre for Work + Life, Building A level 2, Magill campus (via Lorne Ave,
near bookshop)
The Chinese finance industry has experienced significant expansion both within the state sector and into the private sector. Professional consultancy firms have also emerged as a result of the rising interest in the outsourcing of accounting and management services. However, women's careers in the accountancy profession in contemporary China remain largely uncharted territory. Drawing on data from 69 interviews from five firms, this paper investigates the nature of work of external auditors in China and how women auditors view their work–life choices and constraints. We explore the likely differences between male and female auditors in their career aspirations and the extent to which these self-perceived differences are informed by social conventions of gender role, organisational practices and personal preferences. The study has strong implications for human resource management in professional service firms in China, with particular reference to job design, work organisation, career support and work–life balance initiatives. The study contributes to the debate of gender, employment and career development in the accountancy profession in different parts of the world.
Tea and coffee provided.
RSVP by 13 February 2012 to
jen.manning@unisa.edu.au
March
Book
launch: Changing the paradigm: education as the key to a socially inclusive
future
The Hawke Research Institute, Post Pressed and the School of Education invite
you to the launch of Changing the paradigm: education as the key to a
socially inclusive future edited by Tom Stehlik and Jan Patterson
To be launched by Emeritus Professor Alan Reid AM.
Thursday 1 March 2012, 4.30–6.00 pm
Law Building, Room LB2-17, City West Campus
Changing the paradigm is about changing the paradigm of the established system of schooling in Australia. Education has long been recognised as the key to addressing intergenerational and social disadvantage, but the notion of a socially inclusive future is the particular concern of this book. Contributors from academic, policy and practice settings include: Peter Bishop, Marie Brennan, Helen Dolan, Phillipa Duigan, Robert Hattam, Katherine Hodgetts, Susanne Koen, Alison Mackinnon, Jillian Miller, Patrick O'Leary and Simon Robb. Tom Stehlik is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at UniSA. Jan Patterson led the evaluation and research work of the SA Social Inclusion Initiative.
RSVP by 28 February to Sarah Rose: sarah.rose@unisa.edu.au or 8302 4215.
Book launch: Youth, music and creative cultures
The Hawke Research Institute, Palgrave Macmillan and Unibooks invite you
to join us to celebrate the launch of Youth, music and creative cultures
by Geraldine Bloustien and Margaret Peters.
To be launched by Associate Professor Catherine Driscoll, from the
Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 5.30–7.30pm
Bradley Forum, Level 5, Hawke Building, City West Campus
Youth, music and creative cultures demonstrates the power of music in the lives of many disadvantaged youth. It offers an evocative cross-cultural exploration into the everyday lives and music practices of young people from seven very different urban locales in Australia, the UK, the US and Europe. They document their passion for music from their own broad social, cultural and ethnic perspectives, using their own video and camera footage to reflect their learning processes and music activities. These narratives, alongside the views and observations of their peers and mentors, are presented in a dialogic format that both supports and challenges the views and analysis of the authors.
To register your attendance, email phoebe.smith@unisa.edu.au by Tuesday 6 March.
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