Publications for Betsy Blundson

Books/Book Chapters:
Blyton, P., Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., Dastamalchian, A. (Eds.) (2006). Work-Life Integration: International Perspectives on Managing Multiple Roles. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Blunsdon, B. and McNeil, N. (2006). State policy and work-life integration: Past, present and future approaches, pp. 63-81. In Blyton, P., Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., Dastamalchian, A. (Eds.). Work-Life Integration: International Perspectives on Managing Multiple Roles. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Blunsdon, B, Blyton, P., Reed, K. and Dastmalchian, A. (2006). Introduction: Work, life and the work-life issue, pp. 1-16. In Blyton, P.,Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., Dastamalchian, A. (Eds.). Work-Life Integration: International Perspectives on Managing Multiple Roles. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Reed, K. & Blunsdon, B. (2006). Should mothers work? An international comparison of the effect of religion on women's work and family roles, pp. 135-149. In Blyton, P.,Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., Dastamalchian, A. (Eds.). Work-Life Integration: International Perspectives on Managing Multiple Roles. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles
Editor special issue Labour and Industry Volume 16.
Reed, K. & Blunsdon, B., Blyton, P. & Dastmalchian, A. (2005) Perspectives on Work-Life Balance. Labour and Industry Vol. 16, pp. 5-14.

Blunsdon, B. & Reed, K. (2005) Changes in Attitudes to Mothers Working: evidence from Australian Surveys. Labour and Industry Vol.16, pp. 14-28.

Blunsdon, B., Reed, K. & McNeil, N. (2005) Social innovators or lagging behind: factors that influence managers' time use. Women in Management Review.Vol 20 (8): 544-58.

Blunsdon, B., & Reed, K. (2003). 'The effects of technical and social conditions on workplace trust'. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14(2), 1-16.

Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., McEachern, S., & McNeil, N. (2003). Teaching organisational theory in undergraduate management programs: an exercise in facilitated theory testing for active experimentation. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 27(1), 3-14.

Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., McNeil, N., & McEachern, S. (2003). Experiential learning in social science theory: An investigation of the relationship between student enjoyment and learning. Higher Education Research and Development 22(2), 43-56.

Reed, K., & Blunsdon, B. (2002). The relationship between time of founding and the composition of the workforce in Australian workplaces. Labour and Industry, 13(1), 73-90.

Reed, K., Blunsdon, B., & Rimmer, M. (2000). SOLDA: The social and organisational life data archive. The Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 11(2), 63-74.

Blunsdon, B. (with K. Reed) (1998) 'Organizational flexibility in Australia' International Journal of Human Resource Management 9 (3): 457 - 477.

Blunsdon, B. with Xu, A., et al. (1985) 'Trends in mortality from malignant mesothelioma of the pleura, and production and use of asbestos in Australia' The Medical Journal of Australia 43: 185-187.

Blunsdon, B. with Armstrong, B. et al. (1984) 'Epidemiology of Malignant Mesothelioma in Western Australia' The Medical Journal of Australia 43: 86-88.

Refereed conference papers (last five years)
Reed, K., Blunsdon, B., McEachern, S., and McNeil, N. (2003) The measurement of trust in inter-organisational networks: a conceptual framework and research design, Surfing the Waves, Management Challenges, Management Solutions ANZAM Fremantle 2003, pp. 1-10, Edith Cowan University, Fremantle, WA.

Blunsdon, B., McNeil, N., Reed, K., and McEachern, S. (2003) Data infrastructure for Evidence-based Local Government Policy, Surfing the Waves, Management Challenges, Management Solutions ANZAM Fremantle 2003, pp. 1-13, Edith Cowan University, Fremantle, WA.

Blunsdon, B., & McNeil, N. (2002, December). The gender gap among Australian academics. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM, Victoria, Australia.

Reed, K., & Blunsdon, B. (2002, December). Beyond 'triangulation': Ecological designs for organisational research. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM, Victoria, Australia.

Reed, K., & Blunsdon, B. (2002, December). Declining trust in Australian companies. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM, Victoria, Australia.

Blunsdon, B. (2001, December). A typology of management consulting work. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM: Closing the Divide, Auckland, New Zealand.

Blunsdon, B., & Reed, K. (2001, December). A dynamic-integrative model of the organisation-environment interaction. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM: Closing the Divide, Auckland, New Zealand.

Reed, K., & Blunsdon, B. (2001, December). Centralisation revisited - Again. Refereed proceedings of ANZAM: Closing the Divide, Auckland, New Zealand.

Book Reviews:
Blunsdon, B. (in press) Review of Work-life balance in the 21st Century, Diane Houston (editor) Journal of Industrial Relations, 48.

Illustrative Grants and Projects
ARC Linkage 2004 - 2007 (with K. Reed) Title: A Knowledge Base to Model the Relationship Between Individual's Lives and Their Communities. Industry partners: Municipal Association of Victoria and Our Community.
ARC Linkage LIEF 2003 ($112, 000) (with K. Reed) Title: Development of a multi-university collaborative survey research facility. Established Deakin's Computer Assisted Survey Research Facility (DCARF) and the Australian Survey Research Infrastructure Network (ASRIN).
VicHealth Grant 2003-2004 ($24,000) (with Reed and Cummins) Title: The relationship between social connectedness and well being
Industry Research Project Title: Creating Communities (Industry partner: Creating Communities) 2005-current.
Faculty Research Grant 2004 Title: The Trust Monitor.
ACU/BA 2003-2004 ($11,000) (with Reed and Blyton) The changing relationship of work and non-work lives: a comparative study
Faculty Research Grant 2003 (with Reed) Title: Measuring social capital in an inner city locale: a pilot
CUTSD 1998 (Organisational) Grant ($147,000) (with K. Reed and M. Rimmer) to establish the Social and Organisational Life Data Archive (SOLDA).
1996-1998. International collaborative project headed from Alberta, Canada 'Organisational flexibility and globalisation: a Canadian-Asia Pacific Comparative Study'

Non-refereed conference papers, demonstrations and workshops, other publications (last five years)
Blunsdon, B. (2006) CATI and Qualitative Work: Issues of data quality. International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 21-25, 2006.

Blundson, B. & O’Brien, B. (2006) Motivating Interviewers: Incentive versus feedback. International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 21-25, 2006.

Blunsdon, B. (2006) Presenter at Supervisor Training Workshop. International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 21-25, 2006.

Reed, K. & Blunsdon, B. (2005) A knowledge base to model the relationship between individual's lives and their communities. Our Communities Annual Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, June 5-7.

Reed, K. & Blunsdon, B. (2005) Client Relations-Online Reporting of Study Progress. Presentation to International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 15-18, 2005.

Reed, K., Blunsdon, B., O’Brien, B. (2005) Deomonstration: QueXML and data exchange. International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 15-18, 2005.

Blunsdon, B. and McNeil, N. (2004) Bridging the gap between work and family: A historical review of Australian Government policy interventions. Paper presented at The WorkTimes/Life Times: managing multiple roles in the 21st century colloquium at The Management Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, December 13-15, 2004.

Blunsdon, B. and Reed, K. (2004) The time squeeze in Australia: universal or particular? Paper presented at The WorkTimes/Life Times: managing multiple roles in the 21st century colloquium at The Management Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, December 13-15, 2