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Amanda Roan

Dr Amanda ROAN

Contact

Telephone +61 7 3346 8063
Facsimile +61 7 3346 8166
Email a.roan@business.uq.edu.au
Location 39-332

Positions Held

Lecturer in Management

Academic Qualifications

Degree Institution Field Year
PhD The University of Queensland Government 1999
BA Hons 1 The University of Queensland Government 1993

Memberships

  • Institute of Public Administration
  • The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
  • European Group for Organisational Studies
  • Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Australian Human Resource Institute

Major Research Grants

Year Title of Grant Granting Agency Amount
Queensland Health 80,000
Premiers Council on Women 60,000
Women in Science & Engineering UQ Research grant 10,000
Small Grants Scheme UQ 14,931
Research Development UQ 11,000
New staff research start up fund UQ 9,552
New staff research grant ARC 8,000

Field of Current Research

Title of Research Area Brief Description
Training, skills and workforce productivity: This area of research covers the factors influencing the utilisation of skills and knowledge in the workforce. My focus includes government-training policy and its application in industry, workforce skills and management strategy, workplace change and its effects on organisational knowledge and skill, skills training and equity in the workforce and changing technology and skill. My research interests build on my doctoral research. This work crosses boundaries with my research areas of women and work, industrial relations interests, my research into workplace change and work on gender in the workplace.
Industrial Relations My work in this area focuses on the industrial relations aspects of training and skills
Women in Management I am interested in all aspect of women's participation in the workforce but with an emphasis on women in management. My recent work has focussed on the mentoring of women moving into management positions. However, this research is embedded in a broader context and aims to enhance our understanding of Human Resource Management practice.

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Roan, Amanda, Loudoun and George Lafferty. "Taking the employee's perspective: Negotiating critical research in an organisation in conflict" In Critical Management Studies at Work: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Negotiating Tensions between Theory and Practice. Eds. M. Voronov, J. Wolfram Cox, T. LeTrent-Jones and D. Weir. Edward Elgar forthcoming

Published Refereed Journal Articles

  • Roan, Amanda and Gillian Whitehouse. 2007. "Women, Information Technology and 'Waves of Optimism': Australian Evidence on 'Mixed-Skill' Jobs". New Technology, Work and Employment UK. In press - Scheduled for publication - Issue 1 2007
  • Roan, Amanda and David Rooney. 2006. "Learning through work-shadowing and the extension of communities of practice: a case study of women education managers". Management Learning 37 (4): 433-454
  • Boyle, Maree and Roan, Amanda. 2004. "From Working Man's Paradise to Women in Business: The contribution of Australian Feminism to the understanding of women's economic position within Australian society" Philosophy of Management UK 4 (3): 25-34
  • Roan, Amanda. & Diamond, Christine. 2003. "Starting Out: The Quality of Working Life of Young Workers in the Retail and Hospitality Industries in Australia" International Journal of Employment Studies 11 (2): 91-119.
  • Sullivan Mort, Gillian and Amanda Roan. 2003. "Smart State: Queensland and the Knowledge Economy". Queensland Review 10 (1): 11-28.
  • Sullivan Mort, Gillian and Amanda Roan. 2003. "Editorial Review Essay". Queensland Review 10 (1): v-xi.
  • Roan, Amanda, George Lafferty and Rebecca Loudoun. 2002. "Survivors and victims: a case study of organisational restructuring in the public health sector". New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 27 (2): 151-168.
  • Roan, Amanda, Tom Bramble and George Lafferty. 2001. "Australian Workplace Agreements in Practice: the "Hard" and "Soft" Dimensions". Journal of Industrial Relations 43(4): 387-401.
  • Lafferty, George and Amanda Roan. 2000. "Public Sector Outsourcing: Implications for Training and Skills", Employee Relations, UK (22) 1: 76-85.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1999. "Women's employment in Manufacturing Industries in Queensland", Queensland Review, (5) 2:54-75.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1996. "The National Training Reform Strategy and the Promises for Women Employed in the Service Sector", Policy, Organisation and Society, 12 (Winter): 47-63.
  • Boreham, Paul, George Lafferty, Amanda Roan and Gillian Whitehouse. 1996. "Training Careers and Numerical Flexibility: Patterns of Change in Hospitality and Retail Industries", Journal of Industrial Relations, 38(1): 3-21.
  • Boreham, Paul, Amanda Roan and Gillian Whitehouse. 1994. "The Regulation of Employment Services: Private Employment Agencies and Labour Market Policy", Australian Journal of Political Science, 29 (3): 541-555.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Roan, A., Westwood, R., White, C. Hebbani, A. and S. Hamilton. 2008. "The Gendered Organisation And The Importance Of Context- Understanding The Under-Representation Of Women In Science And Engineering". Gender and Diversity Workshop, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1st December 2008.

  • Roan, A and G. Simpson. 2008. "Lived responses to organisational change: the dangers of categorising reactions to the new and the difficult" ASCOSS, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 27th - 29th December, 2008.

  • Boyle, M., Roan A., and G. Strachan. 2007. "Beyond Balance" Critical Management Studies Conference - University of Manchester, Manchester UK.
  • Simpson, G. Roan, A. and N. Paulsen. 2007. The Role of Cynicism And Other Defense Strategies In The Contemporary Changing Workplace Academy of Management Conference Philadelphia, August 2007.
  • White, C. and A. Roan. 2006. "An Exploration of WorkChoices: Where to now?" Our Work our Lives: National conference on women and industrial relations. Griffith University, Brisbane 12-14th July 2006.
  • Hsu, Pei-Sheng and Amanda Roan. 2004. "International Local Firms - Culture and Human Resource Management in Taiwanese-Australian Firms" People first - serving our stakeholders 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 -11 December.
  • Roan, Amanda and Gillian Sullivan Mort. 2005. "'Sunshine" to "Smart': Repositioning Queensland for the Knowledge Economy" the Australasian Non-profit Marketing Conference Proceedings pp: 88-93. Australian National University, 24-25 September 2004.
  • Roan, Amanda. 2004. "Training in Metal Industries: Old Industries and New Approaches" New Economies New Industrial Relations - Refereed Proceedings pp 457-464. Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Annual Conference, Griffith University, Sunshine Coast, 3 - 6 February, 2004.
  • Roan, Amanda. 2002. "Women and Careers: An Examination of a Work-shadowing program for Female Education managers - a response to feminist critiques of mentoring arrangements", Management in the Global Context: prospects for the 21st Century. ANZAM/IFSAM, Gold Coast 10 - 13 July 2002.
  • Roan, Amanda. 2000. "Programs for Women's Career Development: An Examination of Network Development and Mentoring through Two Structured Programs". The Leap Ahead. ANZAM 2000, Macquarie Graduate School of Management. Sydney, 3 - 6 December.
  • Roan, Amanda and George Lafferty. 2000. "Skills, training and Workforce Bargaining- the Implications of Australian Workplace Agreements", Transcending Boundaries: Integrating People Processes and Systems, Griffith University, Brisbane, 6-8 September
  • Roan, Amanda. 1996. "Training, Unemployment and the Disciplining of Labour", Unemployment - Policy and Practice, eds. J. Tomlinson, W. Patton, P. Creed & R. Hicks. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1995. "Access and Entry to Training and Careers in the 1990s: A study of the Politics of the Training Reform Strategy across differing industrial sectors", 3rd Annual International Conference on Vocational Education and Training - Barriers and Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training, Griffith University, Brisbane, 21 - 23 November.

Conference Papers (published Abstracts)

  • Budiman, A. and A. Roan. 2006. "Corrupt Culture or the Corruption of Culture - an examination of post-colonial values in the Indonesian Public Sector under Suharto" Australasian Caucus of the Standing Committee of the Standing Committee for Organisatiuonal Symbolism Conference 30th Nov- 1st Dec 2006. Massey University, Albany New Zealand.
  • Budiman Adang, and Amanda Roan. 2005. "Post-colonial Indonesia: a study of the impact of foreign aid on public sector institutions in West Kalimantan" Critical Management Studies - Cambridge UK 4-6 July 2005:
  • Boyle, Maree and Amanda Roan. 2005."Too wise or too womanly?: the paradox of gendered wisdom" Critical Management Studies - Cambridge UK 4-6 July 2005
  • Roan, Amanda, Loudoun Rebecca. and George Lafferty. 2005."Taking the employee's perspective: Negotiating critical research and kangaroos in a psychiatric hospital - Lessons from the field" Critical Management Studies - Cambridge UK 4-6 July 2005
  • Roan, Amanda. 2005. "Women and Information Technology: Learning, becoming and careers" Women, Work and IT - Contemporary perspectives on the reproduction of gender inequality in employment. Brisbane 23-24 June 2005.
  • Roan, Amanda and Maree Boyle. 2004. "In search of Equity Theory and Practice: Examples from within Australian Organisational Contexts". Boundaries, Bounded, Unbounded: Positions in Organisation Studies - Australasian Caucus of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS) University of Queensland, Brisbane 2- 3 December 2004.
  • Simpson, Gareth and Amanda Roan. 2004. "Cynicism in Contemporary, Changing Organizations: Is it really all that bad?" Boundaries, Bounded, Unbounded: Positions in Organisation Studies - Australasian Caucus of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS) University of Queensland, Brisbane 2 - 3 December 2004.
  • Simpson, Gareth and Amanda Roan. 2003. "Explaining attitudes towards organisational change: the roles of contextual and individual-level factors" Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne 27-29 June 2003.
  • Roan, Amanda and Gillian Whitehouse. 2003. "Women and Information Technology: a Case Study of Multimedia Training" Reflections and New Directions - AIRAANZ Conference Melbourne, 4-7 February 2003.
  • Roan, Amanda, George Lafferty and Rebecca Loudoun. 2002. "Survivors and victims: a case study of organisational restructuring in the public health sector" Celebrating Excellence - Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference Queenstown, New Zealand 6-8 February 2002.
  • Roan, Amanda and George Lafferty. 2001. "Skills, Training and Workforce Bargaining - the Implications of Australian Workplace Agreements" Invited Paper for Seminar The AWA Experience; Evaluating the Evidence, University of Sydney 7 September 2001.
  • Roan, Amanda. 2001. "Training and Skills in the Industrial Relations context in Australia - A Political Odyssey" Accepted for presentation at the European Group for Organisational Studies Conference, Lyon, France. 8-10 July 2001.
  • Roan, Amanda. 2000. "Women's Employment in Information Technology: A preliminary examination of emerging issues", paper presented at Women in Information Technology e-conference, TAFE Queensland, 13-25 August, 2000.
  • Roan, Amanda and Tom Bramble, Josh Healy, George Lafferty and Matthew Tomkins. 2000. "AWAs: The Story So Far", paper presented at The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand 14th Annual Conference, Newcastle, 6-9 February, 2000.
  • Roan, Amanda and Christine Diamond. 1999."The Quality of Working Life - An Examination of Two Dimensions of an Enduring Concept", paper presented at The Australian Sociology Association Annual Conference, Monash University, Australia, 7-10 December 1999.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1998. "Vocational education, employment and social policy - a conflictual relationship", paper presented at 5th Annual National Conference on Unemployment, RMIT, Melbourne, September 1998.
  • Roan, Amanda and George Lafferty. 1998. "Contracting out: the implications for training and skills in clerical and administrative work", paper presented to The Australian Sociological Association Conference 1998, Queensland University of Technology, 1 -4 December, 1998.
  • Kennedy, Jessica and Amanda Roan. 1998. "Integrating Training of Tutors and Learning Support Staff - The Experience in the Department of Management, University of Queensland." paper presented at Conference on Tutoring, University of Queensland, September, 1998.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1996. "Training, Unemployment and the Disciplining of Labour", paper presented at 3rd Annual National Conference on Unemployment - Policy and Practice, Queensland University of Technology, 13 -15th June, 1996.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1995. "The National Training Reform Strategy and the Promises for Women Employed in the Service Sector", paper presented to The Australian Political Studies Conference, University of Melbourne, September, 1995.
  • Roan, Amanda. 1995. "Access and Entry to Training and Careers in the 1990s: A Study of the Politics of the Training Reform Strategy Across Differing Industrial Sectors", paper presented to The 3rd Annual International Conference on Vocational Education and Training, Griffith University, November 1995.
  • Boreham, Paul, George Lafferty, Amanda Roan and Gillian Whitehouse. 1994. "The Organisation of Careers in the Service Sector: the Experience of Men and Women", paper presented to The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Deakin University, December, 1994.
  • Whitehouse, Gillian, Paul Boreham and Amanda Roan. 1993. "Privatisation of Labour Market Policy: the Role of Employment Agencies", paper presented to the National Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, July, 1993.

Research Interests

  • Emotions In Business
  • Knowledge In Organisations

Academic Cluster

Management
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