Professor Alan Geare

Professor, Chairman and Head of Department

Alan teaches papers in employment/industrial relations. He has been Professor since 1987 and was previously Head of Department from 1986 to 1998. His research interests are in employment/industrial relations, industrial law and aspects of human resource management, and has authored a dozen books and over fifty articles in these areas. He has published in such journals as Academy of Management Review, International Labour Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Personnel Review. He has worked as a consultant to many organisations and unions and was an adjudicator and mediator member of the Employment Tribunal.

A recent article by Alan, along with Fiona Edgar and Ian McAndrew - "Workplace Values and Beliefs: An Empirical Study of Ideology, High Commitment Management and Unionization” published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management volume 20 issue 5, has been selected as one of the 50 best articles out of 15,000 published in 2009 in the top 400 business and management journals and has therefore won an Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence.

Teaching Interests

Employment Relations

Teaching Responsibilities

MANT 213: Industrial/Employment Relations
MANT 406: Topic in Industrial Relations

Research Interests

Employment relations
Human resource management and productivity
Negotiations
Partnerships
Grievance systems
Workplace partnerships

Current Supervisions

PhD

Kelly Honey - The applicability & efficacy of particular negotiation strategies in a business context.

MCom

Sylvie Le Duc - Workplace stress: The determinants of coping strategies.

Recent Completions

PhD

Seifert, C. (2006). The genesis of organisational crisis: Exploration and theory building.

MCom

Morton, J. (2003). Reducing legalism: The impact of the Employment Relations Act 2000. (Supervisor: Alan Geare)

Schlaadt, R. (2009). Retirement for New Zealanders in 2025.(Supervisors: Alex Sibbald, Graham Elkin, Alan Geare)

MBus

Duff, R. (2004). Union free-riding: Union perceptions and strategies under the Employment Relations Act and the expected effects of the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill. (Supervisor: Alan Geare)

Henare, D. (2003). An evaluation of employment protection legislation in New Zealand. (Supervisor: Alan Geare)

Nasheri, E. (2005). Prevalence and perception of sexually harassing behaviours: The influence of gender and power in New Zealand academia. (Supervisors: Fiona Edgar, Alan Geare)

BCom(Hons)

Robertson, S. (2010). Discipline severity and participant gender. The difference between participant genders when considering the severity of a disciplinary event.

Other Responsibilities

Honours and MBus Coordinator for the department
Chair, Centre for Research in Business Law, Conflict and Negotiations
Director, Industrial Relations Research Centre

Recent Publications

For a list of recent publications, please click on the corresponding item:
Books
Book Chapters
Conferences
Journal Articles
Other

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Contacts

Room 8.08
Tel 64 3 479 8127
Fax 64 3 479 8173
Email alan.geare@otago.ac.nz