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Management doctoral students set a record

16 November 2005

Eight doctoral students graduated from the Department of Management at the most recent Faculty of Business and Economics graduation ceremony -- an unprecedented number at one time for the department.

Back from left: Supervisors Professor James Sarros and Professor Helen De Cieri with Dr Freeman; third row: Dr O'Neill and Dr Sendjaya; second row: Dr Fletcher, Dr Kovacevic and Dr Tan; front: Dr Indra, Dr Abbott and Dr Jerrard.

About 160 students are enrolled in the Department of Management's Higher Degree by Research program.

The eight students -- Dr Jacqueline Abbott, Dr Louise Fletcher, Dr Dodi Indra, Dr Marjorie Jerrard, Dr Savo Kovacevic, Dr Sen Sendjaya, Dr Guo Sze Monica Tan and Dr Peter O'Neil -- each graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy.

The director of the department's Higher Degree by Research program, Dr Susan Freeman, said many of the students had produced numerous journal publications and conference papers by the time they graduated.

"Four students graduated from the department's doctoral program in March, which makes a total of 12 for the year," Dr Freeman said.

"This is a milestone for the department, because it's the first time we have had so many students graduating at once.

"In the past we have had three or four doctoral students graduate in a year, so this really is a big jump for us."

Dr Freeman said most of the graduates were also sessional tutors with the department and two were permanent teaching staff, enabling them to pass their research on to their students.

"This is a very important aspect of the department's research-teaching nexus -- and for the university as a whole," she said.

A range of topics was covered in the research projects, including the differences between management and employee perspectives of work/life benefits, human resource management in multinational hotels, and the processes and challenges faced by Australian remuneration committees.