Human Resource Management in Australia

Helen De Cieri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Monash University and a Co-Director of the Monash REACH (research, education and consulting in HRM) Unit. Her teaching experience includes visiting appointments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United States. Helen teaches undergraduates, HRM graduate students and MBA students in HRM, strategic HRM and international HRM. Her consulting experience includes projects with private and public sector organisations in Australia and overseas. Helen has published over sixty book chapters, monographs and journal articles. Her research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Management International Review, and the British Journal of Industrial Relations. From 1996 to 2002, Helen was the Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. She serves on the editorial board of Human Resource Management and is an ad hoc reviewer for several international academic journals. Helen's current research interests include strategic HRM in multinational enterprises, HRM challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, and HR metrics in multinational enterprises.



Robin Kramar has been keenly interested in issues associated with people in the workplace for more than thirty years. She is currently Associate Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Director of the Centre of Australasian Human Resource Management and Deputy Director of the MBA. She has held academic positions at a number of universities including the University of New South Wales and Sydney University. Her current role involves lecturing to MBA and Master of Management students in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. Robin's research and consultancy specialties currently focus on strategic human resource management and diversity management. Robin Kramar's research activities have culminated in the publication of five books, more than twenty articles in refereed journals, more than twenty-five chapters in books, and numerous refereed conference papers and monographs. Robin is keen to develop links between academic activities and practitioner requirements, and has been actively involved in the development of management education. She was Book Review Editor for the Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources for almost ten years, and has also been a member of a number of committees involved in the accreditation of university management degrees.