Professor Glenda Strachan

B Arts (Hons), Dip Education, PhD

Professor, Griffith Business School

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Research expertise

• Women and work
• Historical and contemporary studies of work
• Managing diversity and equal opportunity
• Changing employment practices
• Human resource issues such as retention of staff

Current teaching areas

• Organisational change and development
• Human resource management
• Managing diversity
• Employment studies

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Burgess, J., Henderson, L. and Strachan, G., 2007, 'Work and Family Balance through EEO Programs and Agreement Making in Australia', Employee Relations, 29(4), 415-430.
• French, E. and Strachan, G., 2007,  'Equal Opportunity Outcomes for Women in the Finance Industry in Australia: Evaluating the Merit of EEO Plans', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 45(3), 314-332.
• Strachan, G., Burgess, J. and Henderson, L., 2007,  'Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation and Policies: the Australian Experience', Equal Opportunities International, 26(6), 525-540.
• Burgess, J., Henderson, L. and Strachan, G., 2007. "'I just juggle': Work and Family Balance in Australian Organisations", Hecate, 33(1), 94-115.
• Burgess, J., Sullivan, A. and Strachan, G., 2005.  'Australian Workplace Agreements in the Retail Sector: Do they Promote EEO and Family Friendly Arrangements?', Employment Relations Record, 4(2), 61-70.
• Burgess, J., Henderson, L. and Strachan, G., 2005.  'Women Workers in Male Dominated Industrial Manufacturing Organisations: Contrasting Workplace Case Studies from Australia', Management Revue, 16(4), 458-474.
• Burgess, J. and Strachan, G., 2005.  'Integrating Work and Family Responsibilities: Policies for Lifting women's labour activity rates', Just Policy, 35, 5-12.
• Burgess, J., Sullivan, A. and Strachan, G., 2004. 'Australian Workplace Agreements, EEO and family friendly arrangements in the retail sector', Employment Relations Record, 4(2), 61-70.
• Strachan, G., Burgess, J. and Sullivan, A., 2004.  'Affirmative Action or Managing Diversity – What is the Future of Equal Opportunity Policies in Organisations', Women in Management Review, 19(4), 196-204.

Books

• Burgess, J. and Strachan, G., 2003.  Women and Work. Employment Studies Centre Monograph No. 2, University of Newcastle.

Book chapters

• Strachan, G. and French, E., forthcoming 2008.  'The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency: Equity for Women under an Individualised Employment System'. In G. Michelson, S. Jamieson and J. Burgess (Eds.), New Employment Actors: Developments from Australia, Bern: Peter Lang AG.
• Henderson, L., Strachan, G. and Burgess, J., 2007.  'Clothing Company Pty Ltd: Maintaining an organisation's culture during a period of rapid growth'. In D. Waddell, T. Cummings and C. Worley (Eds.), Organisation Change and Development, Asia Pacific 3rd edition, Melbourne: Thomson, 465-471.
• Strachan, G., Burgess, J. and Sullivan, A., 2005.  'Workforce Diversity in Australia: Programs and Policies'. In Sumati Reddy (Ed.), Workforce Diversity: Global Experiences. Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press, 84-102.
• Strachan, G. and Burgess, J., forthcoming 2004.  'Trade Union Survival and Women Workers in Australia'. In Verma, A. and Kochan, T.A. (Eds.), Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective, Palgrave, Basingstoke, England.
• Sullivan, A., Burgess, J. and Strachan, G., 2003.  'Women and Enterprise Bargaining in Australia'. In Burgess, J. and Macdonald, D. (Eds.), Developments in Enterprise Bargaining in Australia, Melbourne: Tertiary Press.

Conference and working papers

• Strachan, G. and French, E., 2008. 'EEO – Is it living up to its promise of achieving gender equity?' In P. Stanton and S. Young (Eds.) Workers, Corporations, and Community: Facing choices for a Sustainable Future: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ): Vol. 1: Refereed papers, AIRAANZ: Melbourne, 400-410.
• Glenda Strachan, Gillian Whitehouse, David Peetz, Janis Bailey and Kaye Broadbent, 2008.  'Gender equity in universities: should we be worried?'  Paper presented at  22nd Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), Melbourne, 4-6 February.
• Glenda Strachan and Lindy Henderson, 2008.  'Surviving Widowhood: Life alone in rural New South Wales, Australia, in the second half of the nineteenth century'.  Paper presented at European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, 26 February – 1 March.
• Strachan, G. and Barrett, M., 2006.  'Down the pipeline? Are Women Reaching Senior Positions in Law and Accounting Firms?' In J. Kennedy and L. Di Milia (Eds.), Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities: Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Central Queensland University, December. ISBN 1 921047 34 8.
• French, E. and Strachan, G., 2006.  'The Impact of EEO on Women in Management within the Male Dominated Transport Industry'. In J. Kennedy and L. Di Milia (Eds.), Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities: Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Central Queensland University, December. ISBN 1 921047 34 8.
• Burgess, J., Strachan, G. and Henderson, L. ,2005.  'Planning and Practicing Flexibility: Implications for Women in Some Australian Organisations'. In D. Davies, G. Fisher and R. Hughes (Eds.), Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management, Proceedings of the 19th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ISBN 1 74088 245 8, paper GD-16.
• Strachan, G. and Henderson, L., 2005.  'Assumed but rarely documented: women’s entrepreneurial activities in late nineteenth century Australia'. In G. Patmore, J. Shields and N. Balnave (Eds.), The Past is Before Us: Proceedings of the Ninth National Labour History Conference, The University of Sydney 30 June-2 July, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and Business and Labour History Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, 215-222.
• Burgess, J., Sullivan, A., and Strachan, G., 2004.  'Australian Workplace Agreements in the Retail Sector: Do They Promote EEO and Family Friendly Arrangements?' Presented at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Noosa, Qld, 3-6 February.
• Strachan, G. and Henderson, L., 2003.  'Lost labourers: the difficulties of uncovering the lives of farm women, 1850-1900'. In B. Bowden and J. Kellett (Eds.), Transforming Labour: Proceedings of the Eighth National Labour History Conference. Brisbane: Brisbane Labour History Association, 362-370.
• Burgess, J., Strachan, G. and Sullivan, A., 2003.  'Australian EEO Reports as a Research Tool'. Presented at IERA Teaching, Learning and Research Conference Monash University, Melbourne, 13 and 14 December.
• Burgess, J., Sullivan, A. and Strachan, G., 2003.  'Gender Equity in the Australian Retail Sector'. Presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Fremantle, WA, 3-5 December.
• Strachan, G. and Henderson, L., 2003.  'Worker Deaths in a Rural Community: Dungog and the Upper Williams Valley 1856-1910'. Presented at the Eighth National Labour History Conference, Brisbane, 3-5 October.
• Strachan, G., Burgess, J. and Sullivan, A., 2003.  'Affirmative Action or Managing Diversity: What is the Future of Equal Opportunity Policies in Organisations?' Presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate, England, 15-17 September.
• Burgess, J. and Strachan, G., 2003.  'Divergent Employment Arrangements, EEO Programs and the Decentralisation of Industrial Relations in Australia'. Presented at 13th IIRA International Conference, Berlin, 8-11 September.
• Burgess, J., Sullivan, A. and Strachan, G., 2003.  'Are EEO and Workplace Bargaining Delivering the Goods to Women Workers in the Australian Retail Sector?'  Presented at the 21st International Labour Process Conference, University of the West of England, April.