Research Seminars

Research seminars

Date	Seminar Topic
28/11/12	Precarious work, precarious lives? The case of secondary shool students working part-time in retail Dr Robin Price, QUT Business School, Australia Abstract - Robin Price Seminar (pdf)
24/10/12	The Financialisation of the Construction Industry - Implications for Work and the Labour Process Dr Mike Rafferty, University of Sydney Abstract - Mike Rafferty (pdf)
20/6/12	Greening Organizations Through Leaders' Influence on Employees' Pro-Environmental Behaviors' Jennifer Robertson, Queen's University of Kingston, Canada Abstract - Jennifer_Robertson_(pdf)
2/5/12	Forced Labour: (De)Constructing the Boundaries of a Future Research Agenda Dr Sam Scott, University of Exeter Abstract - Sam_Scott_(pdf)
25/05/11	Professional Call Centres, Professional Workers and the Paradox of the Algorithm: The Case of Tele-nursing Professor Bob Russell, Griffith University, Australia Abstract_-_Bob_Russell.(pdf)
15/12/10	Breaking Free from the Skills Strait Jacket Dr Jane Bryson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Abstract_-_Jane_Bryson_(pdf))
1/12/10	Security works: Challenging recent debates on service work Dr Kendra Briken, Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany) (Abstract_-_Kendra_Briken_(pdf))
10/11/10	Voluntary servitude and the future of work and employment Professor Jean-Pierre Durand, Universite d'Evry-Val-D'Essonne, Paris (Abstract_-_Jean-Pierre_Durand_(pdf))
28/10/10	Work-Life Balance - Comparative international perspectives from hospitality workers Professor Marg Deery, Victoria University, Melbourne (Abstract_-_Marg_Deery_(pdf))
25/11/09	Globalisation and varieties of capitalism: New Labour, economic policy and the abject state Dr Dan Coffey, Leeds University Business School (Abstract_-_Dan_Coffey (pdf)
18/11/09	Globalisation and the ideology of French executives and engineers Dr Gaetan Flocco, Universit e d'Evry Val d'Essonne
28/10/09	Resistance, adjustment and the in-between Roland Paulsen, University of Uppsala, Sweden (Abstract_- Roland_Paulsen.pdf)
13/10/09	Theoretical mapping of the work-leisure relationship Dr Anu-Hanna Anttila, University of Turku, Sweden (Abstract_-_Anu-Hanna_Antilla.pdf)
04/09	Re-assessing the Concept of Employee Silence: A Critical Review Dr Jimmy Donaghey Queen's University Management School, Belfast (Abstract_-_Jimmy Donaghey.pdf)
18/03/09	Migrant Workers and Community Unions in Japan Professor Edson Urano University of Sophia, Tokyo CANCELLED
03/12/08	Emotional Labour - An Overlooked Demand on Military Personnel Serving Abroad Louise Weibull, Karlstad University & Swedish National Defence College (Abstract_-_Louise_Weibull_(pdf))
1311/08	The Crisis of French Labour Relations Dr Stephen Bouquin, University of Amiens (Abstract_-_Stephen_Bouquin (pdf))
08/10/08	Terra Nova or Terra Firma? Knowledge Work, Free Labour & the Boundaries between Production and Consumption Diane van den Broek, University of Sydney (Abstract_-_Diane_van_den_Broek (pdf))
21/05/08	Employer as Oppressor: Engaging the organizational framework in understanding workplace bullying Professor Ernesto Noronha & Dr Premilla d'Cruz Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (Abstract - D'Cruz & Noronha.pdf)
07/05/08	Bodies at Work Dr Carol Wolkowitz University of Warwick Abstract - Carol Wolkowitz.pdf
05/03/08	Neoliberal Restructuring, Participation & Social Unionism in the Non-Profit Sector: an Australia-Canadian Comparison Dr Donna Baines McMaster University, Canada [seminar_abstract_20080503.pdf]
05/12/07	High Performance Work Systems: Some Lessons from a European Project Professor Paul Stewart University of Strathclyde
16/11/07	Fighting Communism Through Urban Planning: The AFL-CIO's Housing Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean During the 1960s Andy Herod University of Georgia [seminar_abstract_20071116.pdf]
04/10/07	How to Build up an EU Research Network? Illustrations through the 'Emergence' and 'Works' Projects Professor Csaba Mako Hungarian Academy of Sciences
16/10/07	Love in a Cold Climate?- Cost Cutting, Insecurity, Mistrust and Employee Responses to High Performance Work Systems Practices in the Service Sector Professor Bill Harley University of Melbourne [seminar abstract 20071016.pdf]
25/04/07	"Are You Being Served?" The Emotional and Aesthetic Labour of Male Retail Workers Stephen Walls University of Durham [seminar_abstract_20070425.pdf]
18/04/07	We are all Managers What Else? The Spread of Managerial Methods and Identity into the Third Sector Professor Michael Meyer Institute for Organisation Studies and Organisational Behaviour Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration [seminar_abstract_20070418.pdf]
03/07	Are Workers in Small Firms Happy? Professor Paul Edwards Warwick Business School [seminar_abstract_20070328.pdf]
12/06	(Not) Consolidating Strategic Imaginaries: The Case of Business Transformation Outsourcing Anthony Hesketh Lancaster University Management School [seminar_abstract_20061213.pdf]
11/06	Employment Legislation under New Labour Professor Paul Smith University of Keele
10/06	Work Choices and Work Rights: Political Rhetoric and the Use of Narrative Professor Richard Hall University of Sydney [seminar_abstract_20061025.pdf]
05/06	Worst Practices? HRM in Theatres Dr Axel Haunschild Royal Holloway University of London
04/06	The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Management-Employee Relations in Stress Outcomes at Work Dr Hannah Hesselgreaves University of Strathclyde
04/06	High Performance Work Practices and Employee Experience of Work in Services: The Case of the Australian Aged-Care Sector Dr Bill Harley Associate Professor of Human Resource Management Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne
11/05	Surgeon's behaviours in the operating theatre - supporting saftey by focusing on non-technical skills Dr Steven Yule University of Aberdeen