Position/Role: Associate Professor

Schools/Unit: Organisation and Management

Contact Details:

• Phone: +61 2 9385 7147
• Fax:+61 2 9662-8531
• Email: john.obrien@unsw.edu.au

Qualifications:

• BA DipEd Syd
• MA N'Castle (NSW)
• PhD W'gong

Research Areas:

• Public sector industrial relations and human resource management practices, including education
• Wage bargaining in the university sector
• Executive remuneration

• Organisational change – human resource implications

• Union strategy and organisation in Australia and the United Kingdom

• Industrial relations legislation

Professional Activities:

• Member of International Industrial Relations Association
• Member of Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
• Member of Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales
• Member of Privacy Advisory Committee of the Federal Privacy Commissioner

Publications:

Publication and Research Grants List

Courses Taught:

• MGMT1001 Fundamentals of Management

• MGMT1701 Industrial Relations

• MGMT1702 Labour Organisation

• MGMT3728 Managing Pay and Performance

• MGMT5948 Remuneration and Performance Management