Keynote Speakers:

Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is Professor of Human Resource Management and the Head, School of Business at the University of Ballarat. Andrew earned his MA at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Post-Graduate Certificate of Education Oxford, Masters of Business Administration at Aston Business School and PhD at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Prior to the appointment at the University of Ballarat, Andrew was the Director of Research Development at Charles Sturt University, formally the Head of School of Commerce at CSU from 1999 to 2002, General Manager, Research and Evaluation at the National Centre for Vocational Education Research and the Director of the Centre for Organisational Performance, Ethics and Leadership (OPEL) in the Facility of Business at CSU. From 1994 to 1998 Andrew was the Foundation Director of the Group for Research in Employment and Training (GREAT) and is an international authority on employer training strategies and on human resource development. Andrew has led a number of projects in the area of workplace training and organisational innovation and change including Industry Training Studies (for ANTA and the OTFE), New Management Practices and Enterprise Training (NCVER). He is currently researching the impact of high performance work systems and human resource management on skills retention and utilisation in Australian firms for the NCVER (The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is Australia's principal provider of vocational education and training (VET) research and statistics). Professor Andrew Smith's recent publications include: Billett, S & Smith, A (2005) Enhancing enterprise expenditure on VET: Policy goals and mechanisms. Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 57:1, 5–23. Smith, A. and Billett, S. (2005). Myth and reality: employer sponsored training in Australia. International Journal of Training Research. 3:2, 16–29. Smith, A. and Billett, S (2006). Mechanisms for enhancing employer investment in training: a comparative perspective. Research in Post–compulsory Education. 11:1, 1–18. Smith, A and Smith, E. (2006). Learning for success: distance education students' use of their learning materials. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 3:1, 34–48. Smith, A. (2006). The development of employer training in Australia. Education + Training. 48:4, 252–261. Smith, E., Smith, A., Pickersgill, R. & Rushbrook, P. (2006) Qualifying the workforce: the use of accredited training in Australian companies. Journal of European Industrial Training. 30:8. Smith, A (2006). Engagement or irrelevance? HRD and the world of policy and practice. Human Resource Development Review. 5:4, 395–99. Smith, A., Ling, P and Hill, D. (2006). The adoption of multiple modes of delivery in Australian universities. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 3:2.

Donna Buttigieg Donna Buttigieg is an Associate Professor at Monash University. Associate Professor Buttigieg received her PhD from Melbourne State University. Her current research interests include Union and organisational commitment; union participation and turnover; absenteeism and turnover; HRM and performance; Issues affecting vulnerable workers (ageing workers, women, bullying, home workers). She is currently a lecturer in the areas of Organizational change and Development, Research Methods, Human Resource Management at Monash University. Associate Professor Buttigieg's recent publications include: Burchielli, R., Buttigieg, D. & Delaney, A. (forthcoming). Organizing homeworkers: The use of mapping as an organizing tool. Work, Employment and Society, Buttigieg, D., Deery, S. & Iverson, R. (forthcoming). Union mobilization: A consideration of the factors affecting the willingness of union members to take industrial action. British Journal of Industrial Relations, Cockfield, S., Rainnie, A., Buttigieg, D & Jerrard, M. (forthcoming). Building linkages between community and unions in Victoria. Labor Studies Journal, Buttigieg, D., Deery, S. & Iverson, R. (2007). Mobilising members: Evidence from two enterprise bargaining agreements. In D. Buttigieg, S. Cockfield, R. Cooney, M. Jerrard and A. Rainnie (Eds.), Trade unions in the community: Values, issues, shared interests and alliances. Melbourne: Heidelberg Press. Buttigieg, D., Cockfield, S., Cooney, R., Jerrard, M. & Rainnie, A. (2007). Trade unions in the community: Values, issues, shared interests and alliances. Melbourne: Heidelberg Press. Buttigieg, D., Deery, S. & Iverson, R. (2007). An event history analysis of union joining and leaving. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 829-839.

 

 

 

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