Thesis Supervisors

Research conducted at the the Graduate School of Business is aimed at making a positive contribution to business, government and society.

GSB academic staff are highly active researchers in a number of specialised fields:

Thesis supervision

Professor Mohammed Quaddus

Roles of Formal/Informal Network and Perceived Compatibility in the Diffusion of World Wide Web Among Knowledge Workers: The Case of Indonesian Banks.
Colonial, Economic Rationalist, or Collegial? Indonesian Business Leaders' Perceptions (2001) of G7 Behaviour.
A pseudo longitudinal study of using intranet for supporting management accounting: evidence from Hong Kong public hospitals.
A Study of Idea Search and Screening Issues Associated with Product and Process Innovations.
Study of Business Risks of Public Housing Construction in Hong Kong and Risk Management Methods Adopted by Contractors.
System Dynamics Based Visual Interactive Models: Understanding Strategic Behaviour through the Development of Simulation Models.
Organizational commitment, group-leader relations and turnover intention: a study of local marketing officers in securities firms owned by foreign interests in Hong Kong.
A Study of the Factors Influencing Knowledge Management Systems Diffusion in Australia.

Professor Alma Whitley

The "Business Idea": Problems Of Readiness & Abandonment As A Prerequisite To Scenario Thinking & Planning.
An investigation of the match between an organisation's strategic intent when introducing a gainsharing bonus and the outcomes as perceived by stakeholders.
Employees Perceptions as Recipients of Change: A Cast Study.
Human Resource Determinants and Impacts in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.
Customer Focus: Enacted Premise and Received Practice.
Boundary Management in Organisations: The Use of Discourse as a Framework of Analysis.
The Clinical Manager in Rural Western Australia - A Sensemaking Perspective of the Role.
An Exposition of the Apprentice Assessment Systems in Western Auystralia.
A Teleological Model for the Transformation of Tacit to Explicit Knowledge: a single case, multi-size study.
Strategy Formation and Change: Changing Paridigms in Catholic Health and Aged Care.
The Development of a Constructivist Core Values Approach to Project Management Groups in Large Functional Organisations (Lfo) and Traditional Vertical Hierarchical Structure(Tvhs).
Implementation of Restructuring and It's Impacts on Employees.
Making Sense of Corporate Volunteering: An Exploration of the Experience and Impact of Corporate Volunteering on Employees and Their Work Roles.

Associate Professor Peter Galvin

Change in the Organizational Culture of Selected Public Sector Organizations in Hong Kong.
Relationship between Success Factors and Organisation Culture in Hong Kong Companies Engaged in Public Housing Construction.
Determinants of firm success: A resource-based analysis.
The Role of Alliances in Strategy Development Cases from Nordic Mobile Telephone Manufacturing.

Associate Professor Des Klass

Associate Professor Rick Ladyshewsky

The Leadership of Entrepreneurialism in Technical and Further Education Colleges
Trainee perceptions of peer coaching on learning and transfer of training: The Western Australian Police Academy Experience
The Emergence of a Connectivity Schema to encourage Assimilation of Information within a Pharmaceutical Sales Interaction Context

Prof Margaret Nowak

Directors' Perceptions Of `Best Practice' In Corporate Governance.
Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: The Case of Indonesia.
Cooperative Teamwork for Quality Customer Service in Hong Kong Ship Repair Yards Environment.

Associate Professor Verena Marshall

Ethical Dilemmas: Australian Managers Operating in International Markets.
The Influence of Participation in Decision-Making Within the Enterprise Bargaining Context: Implications for Job Satisfaction and Affective Commitment.