Our courses
Our curriculum is informed by cutting-edge research and practice. You'll enjoy hands-on experience, including industry-focused problem-solving – making it easier to transition into the workforce.
Research specialisations
The Department of Management is renowned for its innovative, high-quality research. Our research strengths span six core sub-disciplines:
- organisational behaviour
- leadership and management education
- human resource management and industrial relations
- international business management and strategy
- sport management and marketing
- arts and cultural management.
Faculty also have strengths in specific domains including:
- workplace mental health
- leadership
- employee voice and participation
- strategic HR management
- cultural intelligence
- integration of refugees in workplaces
- sport management and marketing
- evaluating socio-cultural impacts of arts and cultural activities.
Join our PhD program
The Department of Management is seeking intellectually curious doctoral applicants with a strong academic track record who are interested in undertaking rigorous, theory-advancing research.
Department of Management staff
Our staff strive to embed our strategic employability focus in our teaching and learning and produce innovative, high-quality research that is frequently published in leading journals.
Key contacts
Professor Colin Higgins, Head of Department
Dr Michael Callaghan, Director of Teaching
Professor Andrew Noblet, Director, Researcher Development
Course directors
Dr Hunter Fujak, Bachelor of Business (Sports Management)
Dr Sarah Steen, Bachelor of Human Resource Management (Psychology)
Dr Damien Whitburn, Bachelor of Sports Development
Professor David Shilbury, Executive Master of Sport Business
Dr Justine Ferrer, Graduate Certificate of Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
Dr Anne Kershaw, Master of Business (Arts and Cultural Management)
Dr Jonathan Robertson, Master of Business (Sports Management)
Associate Professor Alfred Presbitero, MBA (International)
Dr John Molineux, Master of Human Resource Management
Associate Professor Jeff Shao, Master of Leadership
Academic contacts
Associate Professor Fara Azmat
Dr Jordan Bakhsh, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mike Bengough, Lecturer
Dr Sukanto Bhattacharya, Senior Lecturer
Dr Michael Callaghan, Lecturer
Dr Jeff Chamberlain, Lecturer
Dr Amanda Coles, Senior Lecturer
Dr Brian Connelly, Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Creed, Lecturer
Dr Claudia Escobar Vega, Lecturer
Dr Justine Ferrer, Associate Head of School
Scott Field, Lecturer
Dr Hunter Fujak, Lecturer
Dr Huw Flatau Harrison, Senior Lecturer
Professor Colin Higgins, Head of Department
Professor Andreas Hirschi, Professorial Research Fellow
Campbell Jamieson, Professor of Practice
Dr Anne Kershaw, Senior Lecturer
Ms Jooyoung Kim, Lecturer
Dr Florian Klonek, Senior Lecturer
Dr Jennifer Ann Lajom, Senior Lecturer
Dr Nicole Larson, Lecturer
Dr Jason Li, Senior Lecturer
Dr Ruby Ma, Lecturer
Dr Joshua McLeod, Lecturer
Dr John Molineux, Senior Lecturer
Dr Melissa Parris, Senior Lecturer
Dr Rakesh Pati, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Alfred Presbitero
Dr Jonathan Robertson, Senior Lecturer
Dr Heather Round, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Katie Rowe
Dr Achinto Roy, Senior Lecturer
Dr Kerrie Saville, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Dhara Shah
Dr Zitong Sheng, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sarah Steen, Lecturer
Dr Steve Swanson, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Sam Tavassoli
Professor Rui Torres de Oliveira
Dr Paul Turner, Senior Lecturer
Dr Andrew Wang, Lecturer
Dr Damien Whitburn, Lecturer
Dr Fannie Wu, Lecturer
Research contacts
Centres
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business
Professor Hind Benbya, Director
Centre for Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Director
Centre for Refugee Employment, Advocacy, Training and Education (CREATE)
Dr Karen Dunwoodie, Director
Deakin Sustainable Business Centre
Dr Eka Tan, Acting Executive Director
IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre
Professor George Tanewski, Director
Units
Arts & Creative Industries Research and Engagement (ACiRE)
Professor Hilary Glow, Director
Better Consumption Lab
Professor Josh Newton, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Associate Professor Ali Tamaddoni, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Professor Andre Bonfrer, Director
Impact Finance Hub
Dr Emma Li, Director
Leadership Futures Hub
Dr Fannie Wu, Director
Women's Entrepreneurship Research Alliance
Associate Professor Dhara Shah, Director
Apply for a Masters by Research
Interested in research-level study? Gain the skills you need to get ahead in your workplace or start your research or academic career.
Journal publications
Our staff have published in many of the leading journals in the discipline, including:
- Academy of Management Journals
- Academy of Management Annals
- Academy of Management Perspectives
- Management Science
- Strategic Management Journal
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Journal of Vocational Behavior
- Journal of International Business Studies.
The Department of Management hosts the Journal of Industrial Relations, one of the world’s leading peer-reviewed journals of workplace relations, led by Co-Editors-in-Chief, Professor Amanada Pyman and Professor Lucy Taksa.
Seminars
We have a range of speakers and research partners who regularly visit Deakin to share insights and encourage debate on topics of particular interest to the department’s students.
Upcoming seminars
All seminars are held at the Burwood campus room LB3.210 and on Zoom.
2025 seminars will be scheduled in the new year.
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Past seminars
Date | Presenter | Title |
| 11 December | Professor Matthew Cronin | Navigating a career in academia (part 2) |
| 6 December | Professor Matthew Cronin | Navigating a career in academia |
| 19 November | Mal Tennekoon | |
| 10 September | Dr Hao Ji | Affording overload to support family or enjoy self? The role of job engagement and OCB |
| 27 August | Dr Jordan Bakhsh | Mixed Methods Research in Sport Management |
| 20 August | Associate Professor Sagarika Mishra | Seeing the Vision: How a Company’s Sense of Purpose Drives Value |
| 30 July | Jooyoung Kim | Employee Involvement in Strategy Formation During Crises: The Role of Perceived CEO Narcissism through the Agency-Communion Model |
| 18 June | Samuel Joseph Cairnduff | Towards an organisational model of cultural leadership for Australian Symphony orchestras |
28 May | Tracy Margieson | Artistic programming in the performing arts industry: Sensemaking, audiences, and audience development |
21 May | Dr Andrew Wang | A Profile Analysis of Leader Interpersonal Emotion Management Strategies |
7 May | Dr Nicole Larson | Leveraging AI Tools to Enhance Academic Research |
30 April | Associate Professor Dhara Shah | Collaborating for Success- Exploring the Realities of Partnerships on the Path to Research Funding |
16 April | Dr Thomas Kelemen | Relevant Social theories |
9 April | Dr Zitong Sheng | Teaching Newcomers How to Fish: Newcomer Proactivity and Career Success |
22 March | Associate Professor Simon Raby | Unlocking Impact: Strategies for Effective Knowledge Mobilization |
19 March | Associate Professor Simon Raby | Putting together the Puzzle: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis on the Growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) |
12 March | Associate Professor Shea Fan | Missed connections: A resource-management theory to combat loneliness experienced by globally mobile employees. |
5 March | Dr Dana L Ott | |
20 February | Dr Daniela Andrei | Antecedents of work design: the role of leaders in shaping the way workers experience their work and wellbeing outcomes. |
16 February | Professor Allan O'connor | Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Concepts and Methods |
6 February | Mejse Hasle NielsenTechnical | Time for renegotiating the psychological contract – Managers’ and employees’ perceptions of psychological contract breaches in the hybrid workplace |
2 February | Dr Tomi Kallio | Faculty satisfaction, criticism, and cynicism towards performance measurement in universities |
Contact us
Find out more about what we’re doing at the Department of Management.