University of Otago
Te Whare Wananga o Otago Department of Management
Te Whare Wananga o Otago  

Dr Bronwyn Boon

Bronwyn Boon MCom PhD(Otago)
Senior Lecturer

Bronwyn teaches in the area of organisation theory. She worked in a variety of health care positions in New Zealand and overseas before coming to the University. Bronwyn has a number of research interests orientated around the philosophy and sociology of organisation. Particular research themes include critical management studies, discourse, identity and place. She also has an emerging interest in organisation and work within the not-for-profit sector.

Teaching Interests

Organisation Theory
Discourse
Organisations and society
Work and identity

Teaching Responsibilities

MANT 211 Organisation, Strategy and Society
MANT 336 Organisation Theory: Work and Identity
MANT 438 Advanced General Management

Research Interests

Identity and Subjectivity
Discourse Analysis
Organisation and Social Context – Particularly ‘Place’
Creativity & Creative Industries
Organisation and work within the not-for-profit sector

Supervision

PhD - Current

 

Barrie Irving (Education & Management) - Career education as an inclusive practice: Locating social justice.

Fa Martin-Niemi - An investigation of knowledge management within online social media environments including blogs and online social networking sites addressing the question: "To what extent do virtual environments facilitate knowledge conversion within organisations?"

Recent Completions

Fiona Douglas (2011). Examination of the tensions between professionalism and managerialism for professional identity.

Tresna Hunt (2011). Relational processes within leader-follower relationships.

Walton, S. (2008). Contesting natures: A discourse analysis of natural resource conflicts.

MCom

Ambang, T. (2005). The relationship between indigenous and western leadership systems at the local level in the contemporary governance systems of Papua New Guinea.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles
Book Chapter
Conferences
Book Review

View all Bronwyn's publications

Contacts

Room 8.18
Tel 64 3 479 8054
Fax 64 3 479 8173
Email bronwyn.boon@otago.ac.nz