Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW).

Developing a PhD intellectual project
29 May

Developing a PhD intellectual project

Adjunct Professor Peter Ackers (WOW), will take students through the PhD journey, from building research ideas into a literature review and finding the allusive 'gap', developing questions to underpin the project, what kind of data you'll need and how and where to find it, the feasibility of your project in a three-year, one person timeframe, how to sustain your interest for this period, and your options post-PhD.
Double header - 'A systematic review of the high-performance paradigm' & 'The formality and informality of performance management'
22 May

Double header - 'A systematic review of the high-performance paradigm' & 'The formality and informality of performance management'

WOW HDR student members Safa Riaz and Qian Yi Lee will deliver a short presentation from their PhD research in this double header seminar from the Centre for Work, Organsation and Wellbeing.
Workers with intellectual disability and developing career-related outcomes
15 May

Workers with intellectual disability and developing career-related outcomes

Using a theoretical framework for inclusion, and following interviews with 64 participants, Drs Jillian Cavanagh and Amie Shaw will discuss research findings from a study that sought to identify how organisational support contributes to the development of workers with intellectual disability and their "career calling', in this seminar.
Understanding and countering postmodernism in business studies
08 May

Understanding and countering postmodernism in business studies

Professor Bradley Bowden, Dept. of ERHR and WOW, explains the various strands of postmodernism, tracing their roots in idealist philosophic thought, and the failings of postmodernism in business research, in this seminar.
From participation to collaboration? Challenges to sustaining institutional change in enterprise level management and employment relations
01 May

From participation to collaboration? Challenges to sustaining institutional change in enterprise level management and employment relations

Dr Helen Delaney, University of Auckland, discusses developments three years on from a large, multi-site New Zealand enterprise's strategic partnership with trade unions and the introduction of high performance practices in their workplaces.
The meaning of atypcial work for identity, wellbeing and behaviour: introduction to a research program
23 Apr

The meaning of atypcial work for identity, wellbeing and behaviour: introduction to a research program

Dr Eva Selenko, Loughborough University, will, after outlining her theoretical framework, present a number of longitudinal empirical studies (published and unpublished) that provide interesting support for the connection between atypical work, identity and wellbeing, behavioural and even attitudinal outcomes in domains outside work.