Events Calendar | Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW).

05 Feb

The challenges for fair voice

Professor Tony Dundon, Manchester Business School, considers the concept of 'fair voice' - that is, employees' having a say in their workplace about how it runs - through a discussion of three key challenges. RSVPs via the Centre's website: http://www.cvent.com/d/vtq4y0

30 Oct

Roundtable: 'Getting published in top [business] journals'

Professor Geoffrey Wood, The University of Essex and WOW, will share insights on the journal ecosystem and what it takes to get published in top [business discipline] journals.

24 Oct

Workshop in Equity, Diversity and Gender in Employment

This day long workshop will consider all matters equity, diversity and gender at work. Topics to be discussed will include women in engineering, experience of older workers in New Zealand, employment barriers and work-life balance issues for expatriate workers, and the edurance of gender-dominant workplaces in the 21st century.

10 Oct

Roundtable: 'Writing introductions and theory'

Proceeding a light lunch (12:30 - 1 pm), Professor Jason D. Shaw, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and WOW, will answer attendees' questions on writing introductions and presenting theory for academic publications in this roundtable session.

10 Oct

'A construal-level theory of employment relationships and psychological contract fulfillment'

Professor Jason D. Shaw, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and WOW, introduces and applies a new theory to the study of the intersection of employment relationship policies and practices and employees' expectations of their employer around the same, in this seminar.