• HRM/HRD
• 4th Industrial Revolution and the Future of Work
• Workforce development
• AI, Ethics, and Algorithmic HRM
• Skilled Migration
• Leadership development
• Career development, Career Transitions & Career Trajectories
• Complex adaptive systems
• Mixed Methods Research

Prior to joining academia, I was a senior HRM professional having worked in Australia, Fiji islands and the Middle East. I have worked at three public universities in Australia (Southern Cross University; CQUniversity and Curtin University) and a private higher education provider (Australian Institute of Business) prior to joining Torrens University. I am a Fellow of AHRI and a member of the AHRI Advisory Research Panel. I am a foundational convenor of the ANZAM Mixed Methods Research SIG and a past Board member of the Mixed Methods Research International Association (MMIRA). Current research interests are focused on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the impact of 4IR technologies on sectors and professions, AI and Ethics, Algorithmic HRM, skilled migration, regional workforce development and complex adaptive systems.

Research Grant Income: $1.3M +

HDR SUPERVISION: I have supervised many MPhil, PhD and DBA students who have used a variety of methodologies inlcuding: mixed methods research, grounded theory, multi-method case studies, MMR action research, critical realism, quantitative approaches and qualitative approaches (ethnography and phenomenology). Topics that students researched included: Leadership in VET, performance management in elite sports, work-life balance and social networking, organisational change, governance in charities, coaching in the workplace, learning transfer in workplace learning, leadership development in not-for-profits, complex adaptive systems in Defence and health management, the use of blockchain in HRM and bereavement in the workplace. Current students are researching highly skilled migrant women, graduate employability, the impact of job automation in project management, new workforce needs of the Australian renewable energy sector, training & development needs for autonomous shipping, neuro diversity, entrepreneurship in the IT sector, employee turnover in the Australian VET sector and leadership in the Canadian Public Sector.