End of 457 Visa program may be bad news for Australia’s STEM field

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While the Turnbull government’s recent announcement that they are axing the 457 Visa program has federal officials calling it a victory for Australian workers, Associate Professor Mohan Thite of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing believes the decision is short-sighted. “Cracking a whip to make sure businesses only hire locals is more of a […]

Five minutes with…Mohan Thite

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With a strong technology industry background, Associate Professor Mohan Thite’s research is global and heavily practice-focussed. We spent five minutes with Mohan to learn a little more about his work… In what area/s does your current research interests lie? My current research interests are strategic human resource management (HRM), HRM information systems, multinational corporations (MNCs) […]

Preparing the Queensland labour force for the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Griffith University’s Departments of Employment Relations and Human Resources; Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management; Accounting, Finance and Economics; the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing; and the Griffith Institute for Tourism recently completed a labour force skills audit and gap analysis for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The […]

New journal focuses on human capital management in South Asia

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The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing offers insights annually into the world of peer-reviewed journal publishing through its Seminar Series and Higher Degree Research student initiatives. But have you ever wondered what’s involved in getting an internationally- syndicated journal up and running? Launched by Sage India in 2014, the ‘South Asia Journal of Human […]

Indian multinationals and their human resource strategies

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WOW researchers Associate Professor Mohan Thite,Professor Adrian Wilkinson, and Aston University (UK) colleague, Professor Pawan Budhwar, received the 3rd National Human Resources Development (NHRD) – Titan HR Showcase ‘ImpactfulHR[human resource] Research Award’ on the 20th September, 2014, in Bangalore, India. With funding from the Society for Human Resource Management, the team developed and applied a […]