Susan Mcgrath-Champ
BA(Hons) W.Aust.; MA Br.Col. ; PhD Macq.
Senior Lecturer
s.mcgrath-champ@econ.usyd.edu.au
Room 436
H03 Institute Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 6437
Fax: +61 2 9351 4729
Susan McGrath-Champ's main research interests lie in human resource management, the spatial (geographical) aspects of industrial relations and work/family issues.
She has completed ARC (Australian Research Council)-funded research analysing the spatial aspects of enterprise agreements and is the first chief researcher on an ARC project concerning training, migration and global aspects of the Australian construction industry. This project includes nine industry partners across the full breadth of construction. As the recipient of an Exchange from the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, she is also researching performance assessment and management aspects of international assignments within international and global firms. Teaching in strategic human resource management, international human resource management, globalisation and employment relations and management of technology, she has been a recipient of a Faculty Award for Teaching Innovation.
Susan is an Executive Committee Member of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, a Committee Member on the International Human Resource Management Special Interest Group of the Australian Human Resources Institute, is on the editorial board of the International Employment Relations Review and is a professional Member of the Institute of Australian Geographers (MIAG).
Research Expertise
- Employment relations in mining and construction
- Enterprise bargaining
- Expatriate management and venture performance
- Gender and ethnicity
- Geographical aspects of industrial relations
- Human resource and management strategy