Dr Jo-Anne Watson

Lecturer - UNE Business School

Phone: +61 6773 5645

Biography

Dr Jo Watson is a lecturer in the UNE Business school, where she has worked in various capacities for over 15 years. She has extensive experience in small business, entrepreneurship and an interest in innovative business models. Jo completed her Honours Dissertation in consumer behaviour and has also completed the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. Her research interests include organisational behaviour and education, with a particular interest in groups. Jo completed her Doctoral studies at UNE, her PhD was a cross-disciplinary investigation of organisational behaviour and education theories and how these can be applied to groups and teams. Jo is currently teaching in organisational behaviour, human resource management and human resource development.

Qualifications

PhD (UNE), GCHE, B.Comm (Hons)

Awards

2012 SIFE Australia (Enactus) Most Valuable Faculty Advisor Australia.

Teaching Areas

MM221 Human Resource Management
MM333 Workforce Planning & Employee Development
MM405 Advanced Organisational Behaviour

Primary Research Area/s

organisational behaviour; human resource management; human resource development

Publications

Journal Articles:

Hunter, J. D., Vickery, J., and Smyth, R.S, (2010). Enhancing learning outcomes through group work in an internationalized undergraduate business education context. Journal of Management & Organization 16(5): 700-714.

Conference Papers:

Vickery, J., and Hunter, J. D, (2008, July). Underwriting a quality undergraduate business education by promoting communities of learning. HERSDA 2008. Engaging Communities. Rotorua, New Zealand.

Vickery, J, (2009, June). The Group Behaviour Model (GBM) as a framework for investigating the efficacy of group work in an internationalised higher education setting. Proceeding of the 4th Annual Faculty of the Professions Postgraduate Research Conference 2009. Bridging the Gap between Ideas and Doing Research. University of New England Armidale New South Wales.

Vickery, J., and Hunter, J. D, (2009, December). Improving the student group work experience through 'team-building'. ANZAM 2009. Sustainable Management and Marketing. Melbourne, Victoria.