Human Resource Management, 12th Edition | AU/NZ

Alan Nankervis is a Professor and Adjunct Research fellow at Curtin University, Perth. He has previously taught and researched at universities in Melbourne, Western Australia, Sydney, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Thailand. He has co-authored or co-edited 10 books, many scholarly articles and conference papers, and he was co-editor of the journal, Research & Practice in Human Resource Management from 2001-2011. His research interests include strategic HRM, international and comparative HRM, HRM/management in the services industry, and performance management systems. Alan is currently the Chair of AHRI’s national accreditation committee.

Marian Baird BEc (Hons) Grad. Dip. Ed. PhD (Sydney) is Professor of Employment Relations and Director of the Women and Work Research Group at the University of Sydney Business School. Marian is a highly recognised academic in the field of industrial relations and human resource management and has held visiting positions at MIT, Michigan State University and Queen Mary College London. Marian is the recipient of several major research grants from funding bodies, including the Australian Research Council and state and federal governments, to explore critical aspects of women's working lives and the impact of regulatory change across the public and private sectors. She is the co-editor of the Journal of Industrial Relations, has published extensively in national and international journals and contributed to a number of government review panels on equality and parental leave. Marian is a highly regarded teacher and she lectures in both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Business School.

Jane Coffey has recently taken up the post of Academic Services Director for Curtin Business School, looking after teaching and learning quality at all offshore campuses. Prior to that, she was a Senior Lecturer with the School of Management, Curtin Business School and has held the position of Deputy Head of the School. She managed and taught a range of HRM and IR programs throughout Australia and Southeast Asia. Jane has actively contributed to the last four editions of the Nankervis HRM text and researches and publishes in the areas of career expectations of Generations X and Y and attraction and retention issues within the performing arts. She is a past Chair and current Board member of Propel Youth Arts WA, the peak body for youth arts in the State.

John Shields is Deputy Dean at The University of Sydney Business School, where he oversees the work of the School’s Associate Deans in education, research, and academic staffing. John is also Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies. He is a member of the Business School’s Dean’s Executive Committee and Chair of the School’s Faculty Board. He also represents the School on the Executive Board of the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education and is chair of the CEMS Academic Committee.