Research Area leader:
Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan
Our research in the area of Human Resource Management is focused in four areas:
Research in general and regional HRM/OB focuses on improving individual and organisational effectiveness. Key issues addressed include HRM practices, skills shortages, training and development, bullying and harassment, staff retention (particularly in regional areas), mentoring, psychological contracts, emotional intelligence and workforce diversity. Organisational behavioural issues cover research areas such as generational attitudes, identity construction, team performance, processes facilitating organisational change and organisational culture. Furthermore, a number of research projects have been undertaken to address emerging regional HR management issues such as migration, employment generation, skills shortages, employment self-containment and business sustainability, in an effort to drive industry growth.
Human resource professionals in health care and hospital organisations face a range of workforce issues such as recruitment, training, compensation and benefits, employee relations, health care reform, and employee wellness. This research sub-group therefore focuses on various topics related to health care organisations and the employment, enhancement and retention of appropriate staff to meet organisational and industry needs.
Multiple value orientations associated with diverse cross-border business activities and performance need to be examined from multidimensional perspectives. Value orientations relating to cultural identity, international business focus and personal and professional development are indispensable for cross-border business success. This research sub-group focuses on various topics such as expatriation, inpatriation, repatriation, cross cultural adjustments and multinational strategies needed to meet the particular challenges of international business.
Leadership research focuses on personal influence over others which is not always or indeed essentially related to a position of authority. Leadership style is the approach used to direct and manage strategies and to motivate people to bring about desired outcomes. A leader in a multicultural context has the talent and mindset to relate effectively to, and motivate, people across race, ethnicity, social attitudes, and lifestyles. A leader must be conscious of explicit and subtle cultural differences. This research sub-group focuses on various topics related to leadership, human behaviour, organisational psychology, cultural groups, teams and the critical ethos of leadership.
Our research has been published in a range of international journals including:International Journal of HRM;- Human Relations;- Gender, Work and Organisation;- Critical Asian Studies;- Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources;- Personnel Review; Journal of Management and Organisation; Journal of Family and Economic Issues; Journal of Organisational Change Management. Employee Relations - an International Journal;- and Journal of Employment Counselling.
| Name | Position | Location | |
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| Ramudu Bhanugopan | Associate Professor | Wagga Wagga |
 | Mark Morrison | Professor | Bathurst |
 | Branka Krivokapic-Skoko | Professor | Bathurst |
 | Oliver Burmeister | Professor | Bathurst |
 | Arnela Ceric | Senior Lecturer | Bathurst |
| Project Name | Brief Description | Funding Body | Investigators |
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| HRM/OB Research | |||
| Does size matter, the candidate experience at small and large recruitment firms in Japan | This research investigates how the job candidate experience differs when using small or large recruitment firms in Japan. | n/a | Pete Millett |
| 'Make or buy' considerations and supplier relationships in the Swedish mining sector | An empirical case study looking at the problem with outsourcing on firm capabilities in mining. | n/a | Jane Maley, Christian Kowalkowski, (Hanken School of Economics, Finland), Biggemann, Sergio,(University of Otago, New Zealand), and Staffan Brege (Linkoping University, Sweden) |
| Examining effectiveness of workplace meditation on job performance and well-being of academics | This project aims to extend our previous study of academics' time management by providing interventions in the form of workplace meditation and assessing its effectiveness on the well-being and performance of academics. | Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funds | Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Nualnong Wongtongkam, Rod Duncan and Kerry Tilbrook |
| Organisational Effectiveness | Exploring organisational effectiveness of not-for profit Organisations: Outcomes Accountability, Governance and Capacity Measurement. | DBA | John Lawson and Branka Krivokapic-Skoko |
| Health care HR Research | |||
Lean thinking in public hospitals - comparisons between Australia and Canada | Qualitative research examining the experiences of staff (executive, managerial and clinical) of implementing lean healthcare projects in public hospitals in Australia and Canada. | ARC Linkage grant | Richard Gough, Pauline Stantion, Greg Bamber, Amrik Sohan, Sandra Leggat, Tim Bartram, Ruth Ballardie (as Research Fellow) |
| Business training for employment outcomes in an Indigenous context | An evaluation of the 'Indigenous Remote Service Delivery Traineeship' (IRSDT) initiative of the Department of Health which is delivered by BCA National Training Group. The program provides Indigenous Australians working in the areas of health and ageing with education in business and management. | Department of Health | Mark Morrison, Felicity Small and Arnela Ceric |
| Healthy ageing: the role of volunteers and connecting people in online community | This study investigates the issue of healthy ageing and the role of volunteers | MPhil (Research) | Gael Evans-Barr, Oliver Burmeister, Merrilyn Crichton and Maree Bernoth |
| Bringing the oldest-old into the digital age: overcoming challenges of mobility, literacy and learning | This is an investigation of how technology can assist with healthy ageing for the oldest-old i.e. people over 80 years of age. | n/a | Oliver Burmeister, Ken Eustace and Gillian Harvie |
| International HRM | |||
| Understanding inpatriation: the coming of age of a Construct | A literature Review - Inpatriation: A review of present state literature. | n/a | Jane Maley, Miriam Moeller,(UQ), and Michael Harvey, (Bond University) |
| Realising the sustainable performance appraisal: A means of reconciling the tensions for global managers in multinational enterprises (MNE) | A conceptual study looking at the benefits to the psychological contract of a sustainable approach to HRM. | n/a | Jane Maley and Robin Kramar (ACU) |
| A synopsis of the conflicting dualities in multinational enterprises (MNE): sustainable HR versus profitability in times of global uncertainty | A conceptual study examining a novel approach to sustainable HRM in times of uncertainty. | n/a | Jane Maley and Robin Kramar (ACU) |
| The influence of LGBT expatriate stigmas on international assignment relocation | An examination of the problem of LGBT in global mobility. A conceptual paper. | n/a | Jane Maley and Miriam Moeller (UQ) |
| Ethical issues in China | This project aims to identify the ethical issues faced by managers in China. | n/a | Ramudu Bhanugopan and Rob Macklin (University of Tasmania) |
| HRM practices in Indian multinational enterprises (MNE) | This study explores the leadership practices and HRM strategies adopted in Indian MNE. | n/a | Ramudu Bhanugopan and Parth Patel (University of Newcastle) |
| Leadership | |||
| Leadership and corporate sustainability | Does sustainable leadership make a difference? Examining corporate sustainability in the Australian manufacturing sector. | DBA | Errol Brandt and Branka Krivokapic-Skoko |
| Interactive leadership and employee voice | This project aims to explore the effect of interactive leadership on employee voice. | Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funds | Pamela Lockhart and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| Gandhian philosophy and leadership behaviour of Indian managers | The study examines the Gandhian philosophy and strategic leadership behaviour of Indian managers. | Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funds | Ramudu Bhanugopan and Hussain Rammal (University of South Australia) |
| Be:Longing - enacting Indigenous arts leadership on Turtle Island | This phenomenological study aims to open a dialogue with Native American, First Alaskan and Native Hawaiian artists and arts managers about the nature of leadership and how it makes sense in their world. | Fullbright Postdoctoral Fellowship | Michelle Evans |
| Australian Indigenous entrepreneurial leadership | Australian Indigenous business development represents an important opportunity to enhance Indigenous economic development. However, extant research suggests that Indigenous entrepreneurs face unique challenges, such as - limited access to formal business training. This study uses a multi-method approach to longitudinally examine Indigenous business leaders participating in a business education program. It will examine how the business education intervention influences the leadership behaviours and business routines Indigenous participants utilise in their organisations and the resulting impact on firm outcomes. The findings promise to provide new insights into ways to support the development of Indigenous commercial enterprises. | ARC Linkage Grant (2013-2015) | Michelle Evans, Ian Williamson (Melbourne Business School), Karen Milward and Kristal Kinsela |
| Project Name | Brief Description | Funding Body | Investigators |
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| HRM/OB Research | |||
Measure twice, cut once: how has the virtual learning environment changed the teaching practices and activities of Charles Sturt University academics? | This project investigated the factors affecting the learning environment and the changing teaching practices at Charles Sturt. | Charles Sturt Scholarship in Teaching fund | Rod Duncan, Kerry Tilbrook and Branka Krivokapic-Skoko |
| Workplace bullying and aggression in Australian organisations | The relationships between workplace bullying, organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) mediated by POS were analysed. | Faculty of Business Compact funds | Ramudu Bhanugopan, Lynne Ainsworth, Mark Morrison and Grant O'Neill |
| Revenge, repentance and forgiveness: psychological contract breach (PCB) | The study examined the impact of psychological contract breach (PCB) on job neglect and IQ | Ezaz Ahmed, Ramudu Bhanugopan and Grant O'Neill | |
| Health care HR Research | |||
| HR function in health-care organisations | Reducing functional decline through workforce redesign. | CareWest | Mark Morrison, Oliver Burmeister, Zahid Islam and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| International HRM | |||
| Managerial skill shortages in China | This study analysed the skills shortages among managers in China. | n/a | Ying Wang and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| Cultural safety and strategic business orientation | This study investigated the cultural safety and strategic decision-making ability of cross border managers. | n/a | Alan Fish (London Metropolitan University) and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| HRM practices, national culture and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) | This study investigated the relationship among HR practices, national cultural, organisational culture (OC) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). | n/a | Nusrat Khan, Pamela Lockhart and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| Cross cultural differences between expatriated managers in China and Australia | This study investigated the cross cultural competencies of Australian managers working in energy industries in Australia. | n/a | Linda Dalton, Brian D'Netto and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| Leadership | |||
| Climate for innovation (CFI), innovative behaviour and leadership | This study explored the relationship between climate for innovation (CFI) and organisational performance (OP) mediated by employee innovative behaviour (EIB). | n/a | Roy Shanker (Vice-President, Regional HR at Dunlopillo Holdings) and Ramudu Bhanugopan |
| Student | Award | Topic | Supervisor |
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| Carolina Candri Prihandinisari | DBA | The influence of work motivation, organisational commitment and job satisfaction on intent to leave a public service organisation in Indonesia. | Dr Azizur Rahman azrahman@csu.edu.au 02 6933 4744 |
| Stacey Nicole Jenkins | PhD | Work-life balance responsiveness in Australian small and medium enterprises. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Jonah Ritchie | PhD | Understanding the causes, processes and outcomes of institutional change. | Dr Pamela Lockhart plockhart@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2575 |
| Elisabeth Christina Chapman | DBA | Emotional labour in a call-centre environment: a qualitative study of team interactions and work performance. | Assoc Professor Michelle Evans maevans@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4162 |
| David Mark Ewens | DBA | Practical change management strategies for the not-for-profit sector in Victoria, Australia. | Dr Pamela Lockhart plockhart@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2575 |
| Nusrat Khan Shahani | PhD | Human Resource Management practices and their impact on organisational citizenship behaviour in public sector universities of Pakistan. | Dr Pamela Lockhart plockhart@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2575 |
| Kelly Anne Samson | PhD | The impact of human capital metrics and analytics in executive decision-making. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Yves Clerc | DBA | Who leads a company? | Dr Kerry Tilbrook ktilbrook@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4252 |
| Michael Wolff | DBA | Generation Y and the influence on leadership and followership of knowledge workers in production companies up to 2025: an inter-cultural comparison. | Professor Thomas Bartscher |
| Linda Dalton | DBA | An investigation of the cultural diversity competencies of managers in the Victorian energy industry. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Errol John Brandt | DBA | Does sustainable leadership make a difference? Examining corporate sustainability in the Australian manufacturing sector. | Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko bkrivokapic@csu.edu.au 02 6938 4428 |
| John Lawson | DBA | Exploration of organisation effectiveness of not-for-profit organisations: outcomes accountability, governance and capacity measurement. | Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko bkrivokapic@csu.edu.au 02 6938 4428 |
| Joanna Carlisle | PhD | The impact of work environment, organisational change and training on in-role job performance of nurses in Australia. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Amadeus Kubicek | DBA | Managing risk in a cross-cultural context: the impact of organisational and human factors. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Rebecca Carter | Honours | Career choices of health care employees. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
| Louise Lotz | Honours | Work life balance spillovers. | Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
The following opportunities exist in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour:
| Supervisor | Topic |
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| Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
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| Dr Pamela Lockhart plockhart@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2575 |
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| Assoc. Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko bkrivokapic@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4428 |
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| Dr Robert Tierney rtierney@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4058 |
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| Dr Jane Maley jmaley@csu.edu.au 0414 888 468 |
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| Dr Arnela Ceric aceric@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4507 |
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| Supervisor | Topic |
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| Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan bramudu@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2696 |
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| Dr Pamela Lockhart plockhart@csu.edu.au 02 6933 2575 |
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| Assoc. Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko bkrivokapic@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4428 |
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| Dr Robert Tierney rtierney@csu.edu.au 02 6338 4058 |
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