
Exploring Kazakh Responses to the Rise of China: Elite Band-wagoning, Expert Hedging, and Societal Ambivalence?
Exploring Kazakh Responses to the Rise of China: Elite Band-wagoning, Expert Hedging, and Societal Ambivalence?
Presented by: Dr Michael Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute

Trust and distrust: symmetrical or distinct and independant?
Professor Mark Saunders, Surrey Business School explores the potential for employee trust and distrust to co-exist during this seminar, further proposing two new combinations of levels of trust and distrust the implications of research findings for theory and for organisations.

'Nuclear Politics in Japan and the Energy Security Challenge'
"Nuclear Politics in Japan and the
Energy Security Challenge'
Presented by Dr Vlado Vivoda, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute and Geordan Graetz, Doctoral candidate, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ.

Presenteeism at work: problems and promise
Prof Gary Johns, Concordia University, will discuss contemporary problems surrounding research concerning Presenteeism [attending work whilst ill], and its largely hidden negative impacts on employee productivity. This seminar is delivered in conjunction with the Department of Marketing Research Seminar Series.

Estimating the benefits of an improved tropical cyclone warning service in Vietnam: An application of Choice Experiment
The 1 March meeting of the SE Asia Studies Group will discuss:
"Estimating the benefits of an improved tropical cyclone warning service in Vietnam: An application of Choice Experiment"
Presented by: Thanh Nguyen, a PhD student in School of Economics, The University of Queensland.

From employment relations to consumption relations
Associate Professor Jimmy Donaghey, Warwick Business School, proposes a framework that conceptualises the interface of employment relations and consumption relations, and the latter's role in changing global supply chain labour governance.