ORCID Profile
0000-0002-1728-2564
Current Organisation
University of Wollongong
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Date: 2006
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-10-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1111/IRJ.12238
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2006
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Publisher: University of New Haven - College of Business
Date: 18-05-2021
Abstract: The quantitative evaluation of student engagement has been difficult to achieve. This study uses Kahu’s (2013) conceptual framework to investigate the effectiveness of active teaching strategies and how they influence Business students’ engagement in a blended learning environment. First, we quantify the influence of various in-class active teaching activities and out-of-class support tools upon student engagement. The link between engagement and student outcomes in terms of academic results and personal and professional skills development is then captured in our empirical modelling. Results are compared between first year and senior students to understand significant differences in their engagement and experience. Our findings suggest that first year students display a higher propensity to utilize in-class learning activities and out-of-class support tools. This in turn, establishes a strong link with their engagement patterns. However, there is a weaker link between first year student engagement and outcomes compared to senior students. Overall, this study reinforces the usefulness of Kahu’s framework to guide curricula developments that cater for learners’ different needs.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-04-2017
Publisher: Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF)
Date: 24-02-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-05-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-07-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2002
Abstract: In this review of the Australian labour market for 2001 we examine the persistence of the unemployment problems in Australia. We then review four issues: a) the youth labour market, b) the position of older males in the Australian labour market, c) work-force access to long service leave, and d) the dominant OECD supply-side policy framework that is currently driving labour market policy in Australia. Overall, the jobs market continues to be sluggish, full-time jobs are scarce and official unemployment rates disguise the extent of labour under-utilisation in Australia.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.811846
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2010
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-07-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2010
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 17-05-2022
Abstract: Small and fragmented farmland parcels are widely believed to be major impediments to agricultural activities. In this study, instrumental variables models are constructed to estimate the influence of the farm size and the number of farmland plots on household welfare proxied by income and the asset index in Vietnam. The study exploits the panel data of households collected from the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) every second year in the period 2008–2014, capturing cultural, political and socioeconomic dimensions of rural Vietnam. A positive relationship was found between farm size and household economic welfare proxied by household per capita income and a household asset index however, this relationship was negative for the number of land plots. The main conclusion from our analysis is that household welfare would be aided by land policies towards increasing the size of farmland and decreasing land fragmentation. However, our findings also indicate that to be effective, these land policies should be complemented by rural education, effective community development and encouragement of non‐farm employment activities.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-02-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-04-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-02-2019
Publisher: Human Resources Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
Date: 28-06-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-08-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2006
Abstract: 2005 represented another good year in terms of labour market performance. In this context it is difficult to justify WorkChoices on the basis that it will improve economic performance. This article undertakes an analysis of the justification for and the likely impact of WorkChoices on the labour market.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2013
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 28-03-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2004
Abstract: The labour market remained strong throughout 2003 with ongoing jobs growth and a continuation of the trend towards a lower unemployment rate. Unlike previous years, in 2003, additional jobs were mainly full-time jobs and the female labour force participation rate declined. After 11 years of ongoing improvement in the condition of the labour market, this boom is lacking the three developments associated with past improvement in the labour market: strong wages growth, strong growth in labour force participation rates, and increased industrial disputation. The review also considers the ongoing growth in the employment services sector associated with the spread of temporary agency employment. The topical issue of the ageing of the population is then considered with a critical examination of the current policy direction of extending the working life of Australian workers. Finally, a related issue is reviewed: the provision of child care services in Australia.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-04-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2007
Abstract: 2006 generally represented a solid year in terms of macroeconomic performance and labour market indicators, even under the threat of increasing inflation and interest rates. However, some favourable aggregate labour market indicators disguised major disparities at disaggregated regional, sectoral or demographic levels. The major development in the labour market was the implementation and operation of the Work Choices legislation, which will shape the industrial relations landscape in Australia for many years to come. This article presents an analysis of the performance of the macroeconomy and labour market, and reviews the developments of the Work Choices legislation.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 14-12-2021
Abstract: The ‘Porter hypothesis’ predicts that well-designed environmental regulations will stimulate businesses to innovate to reduce their environmental impact for efficiency reasons. This article analyses the impacts and anticipation effects of Australia’s carbon price on firms’ carbon reduction activities, through survey data on 466 medium-to-large Australian businesses. We build upon the Porter hypothesis by demonstrating that the anticipated impact of regulation may be as important as its implementation in triggering environmental innovation, thus developing the notion of a ‘signal’ effect. JEL Classification: D22 and 033
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2008
Abstract: Both global and domestic economic growth remained robust in 2007 resulting in historically low unemployment and high labour force participation in Australia. However, these favourable labour force statistics were overshadowed for much of the year by a number of other issues such as the continuing drought, high oil and petrol prices and associated inflation and interest rate pressures, a November federal election, and the first full year of the operation of the Work Choices legislation. This article will address each of these issues by presenting an analysis of the macroeconomy and labour market, and reviewing the labour market implications of the Work Choices legislation in Australia.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 14-06-2021
DOI: 10.1177/00221856211021885
Abstract: This article tests the employment impact of recent reductions in Australian wage premiums, or penalty rates, using surveys of 1828 employees and 236 employers in Retail and Hospitality sectors. In applying wage premium reductions for Sunday work, the national regulator, the Fair Work Commission, anticipated improvements in trading hours, employment and hours worked as a consequence. However, the authors found no statistically significant evidence for these predictions. Nor did difference-in-differences methods indicate substitution of workers subject to cuts for those who were exempt. The authors present the first systematic purpose-designed empirical evidence on the employment impact of wage premiums. In the absence of empirical evidence, the regulator had referred substantially to minimum wage research. This study also has implications for minimum wage research, and contributes to it with a novel methodology examining both aggregate hours and employment, comparing those subject to cuts with those not, and surveying both employees and employers.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-03-2019
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