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2020 Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP190100900 2020-2022 ($150,000) for a project entitled: ‘History, heritage and environmental change in a deindustrialised landscape’. Researchers: A/Professor Tanya Evans (First Chief Investigator, Arts Faculty, MQ), Professor Lucy Taksa, (Centre for Workforce Futures, MBS), A/Professor Shawn Ross and Dr Susan Lupack (Arts Faculty, MQ), Dr Penelope Crook (La Trobe University)
Partner Investigators: Professor Steven High (Concordia University Canada), Ms Fiona Leslie (MTS HERITAGE), Dr Rebecca Parkes (Lantern Heritage Pty Ltd) Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute Ltd, National Parks & Wildlife Service
2020 ‘COVID-19 crisis triggers teleworking: A global cure or a short-term solution?’. Project Team: International Lead Investigator: Prof Tania Saba (Montreal University Canada) with co-investigators: Dr Gaëlle Cachat-Rosset (Montreal University Canada); Dr Josianne Marsan (Laval University Canada); Prof Alain Klarsfeld and A/Prof Kevin Carillo (Toulouse Business School France), Prof. Mustafa Ozbilgin (Brunel Business School), Prof Eddy Ng (Bucknell University USA), Prof Lucy Taksa (Macquarie University) with co-investigators A/Prof Yvette Blount, A/Prof Nikki Balnave and Dr Nour Dados (Macquarie University).
2019 Quebec Research Fund Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies (OBVIA) ($Canadian160,000) for project: 'Identifying, measuring and developing future skills: an interdisciplinary modelling assessing the impact of organizational transformations due to digital technologies and artificial intelligence on employment systems'.
Lead CI: Professor Tania Saba (Montreal University and CWF Associate Member), with CIs: Félix Ballesteros-Leiva (Laval University), Marie-Thérèse Chicha (University of Montreal), Nolywé Delannon (Laval University), Julie Dextras-Gauthier (Laval University), Marie-Eve Dufour (Université Laval), Jaya Nalakantan (Dawson College), Laurent Ruhlmann (Dawson College), Suzanne Bruyère (Cornell University), Eddy Ng (Bucknell University USA and CWF Associate Member), Mustafa F. Ozbilgin (Brunel Business School and CWF International Scholarly Advisory Committee) and Professor Lucy Taksa (CWF, Macquarie Business School).
2019 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP200100633 2020-2022 ($376,874.00) for a project entitled: ‘Continuity and change in the Australian industrial landscape’. CIs Christopher Gibson (UOW); Chantel Carr (UOW); Lucy Taksa (MQ); Andrew Warren (UOW); Steven High (Concordia University Canada).
2019-2020 SkillsIQ ($77,000) for a project to investigate ‘Pathways and Education and the Reimagined Worker in the Aged Care Sector’. CIS: L. Taksa and Sunil Badami.
2019 SAX Institute and NSW Ministry of Health ($35,000) for a project entitled: ‘Biomedical engineering workforce’. Chief Investigators (CIs): L. Taksa, D. Hull, F. Guo, S. Kalfa, R. Appleyard, D. Turner.
2018 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP190102778 2019-21
($478,000.00) for a project entitled: ‘Demographic and social dimensions of migrant ageing and wellbeing in Australia’. CIs Fei Guo, Lucy Taksa, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani and Partner Investigators: Lihua Liu (University of Southern California) and Klaus Zimmermann (Bonn University).

HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Current PhD Students at Macquarie University
• Theaanna Kiaos, ‘Workplace Suppression: An Ethnographic Realist Account of An Australian Government Organisation’, (Principle Supervision with Associate Professor Paul Nesbit Associate)
• Mohammed Almutairi; Will Privitization Defeat Wasta? A Comparative Study of Wasta in Public and Private Universities in Saudi Arabia (Associate Supervision with Dr Nikki Balnave).
• Sandra Hartl: Rethinking approaches to cross cultural conflict management strategies - A triangulation of dispute resolution styles between German, Chinese and Middle Eastern managers in transnational organisations (Part-Time - Associate Supervision with Dr Meena Chavan)

Completed Postgraduate Research Students
1. 2020: Elise Goiseau: The cultural dimensions of expatriate adjustment (Cotutelle with Paris-Dauphine) Joint supervision with Professor Jean-Francois Chanlat, Paris- Dauphine University (submitted November 2019)
2. 2017: Glen Powell; Building Leadership Capacity for Social Inclusion: Three Case (Associate Supervisor Dr Nikki Balnave)
3. 2017: David Rosenbaum; 'The enduring challenge of change management - new perspectives from nonprofit healthcare practice' (Associate Supervisor Professor Elizabeth Moore)
4. 2015: Yousef Alnamlah; An Examination of Muslim Religious Practices in the Workplace and their Implications for Management (Associate Supervisor Dr A. Barnes)
5. 2015: Somayeh Alizadeh; Exploring the Efficacy of Cultural Competence on Service Quality of Outpatient Care in Australia (Associate Supervisor with Dr Meena Chavan, Principle)
6. 2013: Choon Hwa Lim; The moderating role of culture in structured behavioural interviews; Macquarie University (Associate Supervisor with Dr Meena Chavan as Principle)
7. 2011: Andrea North-Samardzic; Perverse and often baffling: The efficacy of Australia’s Equal Employment Opportunity regulatory framework, UNSW (joint supervision with Dr Sarah Gregson)
8. 2011: Senia Kalfa; A critical examination of the acquisition and transferability of teamwork skills from the university classroom to the workplace: a cultural capital approach, UNSW (Sole Supervisor)
9. 2004 Rosemary Webb; Industrial women: Organising, Strategy and Community in Sydney, 1917-1940, UNSW (Associate Supervisor A/Professor Anne Junor)
10. 2003: Sarah Gregson; Foot Soldiers for Capital: the influence of RSL racism on interwar industrial relations in Kalgoorlie and Broken Hill, UNSW (Sole Supervisor)
11. 2002: Diane Fieldes; Some are more equal than others', Australian Trade Union Campaigns for Equal Pay, 1968-1975, UNSW (Associate Supervisor Professor Philip Bohlé)
12. 2000: Carol Royal; Human Resource Management and Internal Labour Markets in the Finance Sector, UNSW (Associate Supervisor Vic Taylor, AGSM)
13. 1998: Dimitria Groutsis; Snakes and Ladders: The Experiences of Overseas Qualified Female Nurses and Doctors in the Australian Labour Market, UNSW (Sole Supervisor)
14. 1995: Master of Commerce Honours Student, Christie Breakespear; From Juggling to Managing? The Evolution of Work and Family Policies in Three Australian Organisations, UNSW (Sole Supervisor)
15. 1994: Master of Commerce Honours; Carol Royal; Gender and Power in Australian, Asian and European Organisations, UNSW (Sole Supervisor)
Research Training
2015 Supervision of Masters of Research Student, Ms Elise Goiseau, Paris-Dauphine University (Management and Diversity) during her fieldwork research on expatriate Auditors at Deloittes.
2005-2006 Supervision of PhD Student, Ms Marlena Goth, Institut for Samfundsvidenskab og Erhvervsøkonomi, Roskilde Universitetscenter (Department of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark), during the conduct of field work on the women’s leadership and career aspirations in the finance sector.

INTERNATIONAL REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. Hartl, S., Chavan, M. & Taksa, L. (2018). “Corporate Conflict Management in International Business Relationships.” 44th European International Business Academy Conference ‘International Business in a Transforming World – the Changing Role of States and Firms’, 15 December 2018, Poznan, Poland.
2. Powell, G. and Taksa, L. (2018) ‘Australia's conflicting social inclusion agendas’, Presented before the International Metropolis Conference, International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour Sydney, 30 October.
3. Hartl, S., Chavan, M. and Taksa, L. (2018) ‘A Cross-Continental Comparative Study of Conflict Management in Organisations’, Presented before the International Metropolis Conference, International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour Sydney, 31 October.
4. Goiseau E., Taksa L., Chanlat, J.-F. (2018) ‘Faire sens de l'ajustement des expatriés: l'importance du context’, Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines (AGRH), Lyon, France, 29-31 October.
5. Guo, F., Vasta, E. and Taksa, L. (2018) ‘Migration, Occupational Mobility and Sense of Belonging in Multicultural Australia’, presented at the Population Association of America Annual Conference, Denver, Co. April 26 ? April 28.
6. Powell, G. and Taksa, L. (2018) ‘Civil Society and Social Inclusion in a Neoliberal Setting: The rise and fall of the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda’, 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference, Norrköping, Sweden, 15-17 August 2018.
7. Goiseau E., Taksa L., Chanlat, J.-F. (2018) ‘Making sense of expatriate adjustment: context matters’, Association Internationale de Management Strategique (AIMS), Montpellier, France, 8 June.
8. Taksa, L., Barnes, A. and Holley, S. (2014) ‘On Borrowed Time: Restructuring, labour hire and its impact on Qantas employees’ lives, incomes and security prospects’, 2nd International Conference Reconstructing Fairness: the Contested Terrain of Fairness and Decency at Work, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England, 12 September.
9. Taksa, L., (2007) ‘Industrialization and De-Industrialization, Nostalgia and Nostophobia: The Janus Face of Railway Industrial Heritage Management in Australia’, National [American] Council on Public History Annual Conference, Santa Fe, USA, 13 April.
10. Taksa, L., (1999) ‘Commissioning Bodies and Policy-Makers as Public History Audiences: Considering the Conservation of the NSW Eveleigh Railway Workshops precinct’, 21st National Council on Public History Conference - History in the Public Sense: Historians and Their Publics, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, 2 May.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1. Taksa, L. (2019) ‘Changing approaches to equity and inclusion: Equal Employment Opportunities, Affirmative Action and Diversity Management in Historical Perspective’ presented before Academy of Management Conference Professional Development Workshop ‘Enabling and Managing Inclusion in Historical Perspective’, Boston, USA, 9 August.
2. Taksa, L. (2019) ‘Temporary Migrants and Exploitation in Australia’, presented before Academy of Management Conference Professional Development Workshop Diversity And Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring The Missing Link ‘, Boston, USA, 9 August.
3. Taksa, L. (2019) ‘Largarde, Women Leaders and Multilateralism’, presented before Academy of Management Conference Professional Development Workshop ‘Lagarde’s Endorsement: Gender Differences in Managing Organizational Crises and Grand Challenges’, Academy of Management Conference Professional Development Workshop ‘Enabling and Managing Inclusion in Historical Perspective’, Boston, USA, 10 August.
4. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited presentation in the Management, inter-culturalité et diversité stream at the Les dimensions oubliées de la gestion. Échanges autour des travaux de Jean-François Chanlat, Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, 31 January.
5. Taksa, L. (2018) ‘The Crisis of Labor Relations: Changing Patterns of Work, Representation and Finances’, Academy of Management Conference Professional Development Workshop, Chicago USA, 11 August.
6. Taksa, L. (2018) Professional Development Workshop Panel Member ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Under-Researched Countries: A Research Agenda’, Academy of Management Conference, Chicago USA, 11 August.
7. Taksa, L., (2017) ‘Considering multiple, fragmented and ambiguous identity in relation to Jewish heritage’, Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop ‘At the Interface Between Equality and Difference: Jewish Identity and Management Scholarship’, Atlanta, USA, 4 August.
8. Taksa, L., (2011) ‘Cultural diversity, hard labour and resistance: remembering the migrant workers and their industrial heritage’, Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 February.
9. Groutsis, D., and Taksa, L., (2008) Invited Address, ‘The impact of cultural diversity on work and management: An Australian case-study’, Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy, Athens, Greece, 12 May.
10. Groutsis, D., Taksa, L., and Junor, A. (2008) Invited Paper - ‘A Review of Australian Industrial Relations: Transforming Rules of the Game’, Workshop on International Trends in Industrial Relations - The Greek Council of Trades Unions and the Doctoral Program in Economics, University of Athens, Greece, 11 December.
11. Taksa, L., (2007) Invited Paper - ‘Nicknaming and Masculine Identity: considering processes of inclusion and exclusion’, Seminar on Identity, Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, National Rail Museum, York, England, 25 April.
12. Taksa, L. (2005) ‘Handling Ethics and Ethics Committees’, in the ‘Oral History Panel’, 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences, U NSW, 7 July, Sydney.
13. Taksa, L., McIntyre, P., and Wardrop J. (2005) ‘Finding the holes and digging tunnels under the Procrustean bed: mapping the workforce of the NSW Eveleigh Railway Workshops’, 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, 6 July.
14. Taksa, L., & Groutsis, D. (2005) Invited Paper - ‘Social Capital, Organisational Culture and Organisational Change: The case of migrant workers at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops’, Department of Statistics at the Athens University of Economics & Business, Athens, Greece, 15th December.
15. Taksa, L., (2002) Invited Address - ‘Mobilisation and spatial resistance: considering the Politics of Location at Sydney’s Eveleigh Railway Workshops between the 1920s and the 1960s’ ‘La naissance d’une societe multiforme: la Compagnie industrielle de materiel de transport - 10th Conference of the Association pour l’histoire des chemins de fer en France, en collaboration avec l'université de Provence et l'association MIP Provence – Mémoire Industrie Patrimoine en Provence, Centre Universitaire, Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France, 26 April.
16. Taksa, L., (2000) Invited Address - ‘Australasia’, Presented before ‘Global History in the Twenty-First Century – A Conference Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 November.
17. Taksa, L., (2000) invited Seminar Paper -‘Handmaiden of industrial welfare or armed combatant? Considering the nature of industrial nursing from the 1920s’, Labour Studies Seminar, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, 21 September.
18. Taksa, L., (2000) Invited Panel Discussant - ‘Decision-making within System Technologies: Comparative Perspectives on Railway Traction in the 20th Century' Session at the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Conference, Munich, Germany, 17 August.
19. Taksa, L., (1998) Invited Panel Discussant for ‘Transport Technologies’ Session at the European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7 March.
20. Taksa, L., (1998) Invited Paper: ‘Past, present and future at the NSW Government Railways’ Eveleigh Workshops: work, memory and heritage’, Railway Workshops Seminar at the Institute of Railway Studies, National Railway Museum, York, United Kingdom, 25 February.
21. Taksa, L., (1996) Invited Paper - ‘National sentiment and the Workers’ Education Association in Australia prior to 1921’, Labour and Empire Conference, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7 May.
22. Taksa, L., (1994): Invited Paper - 'Deconstructing Oral and Documentary Sources: The Case of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Australia', University of Manitoba History Department, Winnipeg, Canada, 20 October.
INVITED KEYNOTE & PUBLIC ADRESSES IN AUSTRALIA
1. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Presentation ‘Diversity in the Workforce’ before the National Local Government Workforce Summit, Tweed Heads, NSW, 15 November.
2. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Presentation ‘Implications of Age Bias for the Workplace’, before the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Public Event ‘Rethinking Age in the Workplace’, Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, 18 October.
3. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Presentation and Panel Member focused on Migrant and Refugee Employment at St George Sutherland Shire Employment, Training and English Action Network (SSETEN) Business Breakfast for business owners and employers in St George and Sutherland Shire areas at Club Central, Hurstville, 30 July.
4. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Panel Member at Canon Staff event on the Future of Work facilitated by Gavin Gomes, Group Executive Director, Canon Australia at Canon Headquarters, Macquarie Business Park, 23 May.
5. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Address: ‘Considering the Complications, contradictions and costs of digitalisation for university research and researchers’, Australian Higher Education Industrial Association Higher Education HR/IR Conference 2019 ‘Owning Disruption’, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, 10 May.
6. Taksa, L. (2019) Introductory Address: ‘Is your diverse workplace inclusive?’ CEDA Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Series, Swiss Hotel, Sydney, 4 April.
7. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Expert Speaker at Macquarie University Global Alumni Impact Series ‘Striking the balance: Digital and human experience’ Event with Professor David Wilkinson, DVC (Engagement), Professor Martina Möllering, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University and Dr Tony Golsby-Smith, Founder and Executive Chairman of 2nd Road (Part of Accenture Strategy), Shangrila Hotel, Sydney, 26 March.
8. Taksa, L. (2019) Invited Presentation before the ‘Academic roundtable on refugee entrepreneurship’ at launch of Legrain, P. and Burridge, A. (2019) ‘Seven Steps to SUCCESS: Enabling Refugee Entrepreneurs to Flourish’ (Centre for Policy Development, Melbourne) held at Macquarie University CBD Campus, Sydney, 9 April.
9. Taksa, L., (2018) Invited Keynote Address before the Professional Development Multicultural Engagement Forum ‘Multiculturalism is everyone’s business: trends and new developments’. St George and Sutherland Shire Multicultural Networks Interagency Professional Development Working Together Forum Loftus TAFE, 15 November.
10. Taksa, L. (2018) Invited Address – ‘Workplaces for the Future’ presented at the Macquarie University Global Alumni Impact Series, Canberra, 29 June.
11. Taksa, L. (2018) Introductory Address, ‘Legacies that inspire equality’, presented at CEDA Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Series, Sydney, 4 October.
12. Taksa, L. (2018) Introductory Address, ‘The Diversity & Inclusion Imperative’ presented at CEDA Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Series, Sydney, 27 March.
13. Taksa, L., (2017) Invited Keynote Address to launch the Hunter Workers and Maritime Union of Australia, Newcastle Branch, 1917 Great Strike Exhibition, Hunter Workers Club, Newcastle, 18 November.
14. Taksa, L., (2017) Invited Keynote Address: ‘Diversity, Gender and Culture: Issues of Inclusion in the Australian Workplace’, before the Hudson APAC (Asia and Pacific) Talent Management Conference, Hudson Recruiting, Sydney, 20 October.
15. Taksa, L., (2017) Invited Keynote to launch ‘1917 Strike Exhibition and Book: ‘The Strike that Never Ended’, for Transport Heritage NSW, NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere, 27 September.
16. Taksa, L., (2017) Invited Expert Speaker for the Allianz ‘Promoting the value of cultural inclusion’ - Cultural Diversity Debate on ‘Are targets the game changer for achieving cultural diversity in senior leadership?’ for the Affirmative side together with the NSW Public Service Commissioner, Graeme Head and moderated by Dr Soutphommasane, the Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner, Allianz HQ, Sydney, 27 September.
17. Taksa, L., (2017) Invited Public Address - ‘Past Concerns and Current Relevance’, presented at the 100th Anniversary, 1917 Great Strike Event, Eveleigh Carriageworks, Sydney, 17 July.
18. Taksa, L., (2016) Invited Keynote Address - ‘Cultural heritage: How intangible and tangible culture has created and shaped Australian and global culture’, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) Australasia Conference in co-operation with the Migrants@Work Research Group, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, 24 November.
19. Taksa, L., (2016) Invited Presentation - ‘Heritage Management and community participation and renewal’, before UrbanGrowth NSW Sprout Event ‘Growing ideas for the Parramatta North Heritage Precinct, Parramatta North, 11 November.
20. Taksa, L., (2015) Invited Address - ‘Value and strength of diversity: productivity through diversity’, the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) 2015 National Biennial Conference: Multiculturalism in Action: Building a better future for all Australians, Sydney, 6 November.
21. Taksa, L., (2015) Invited Address - ‘The ambiguities of leadership: considering representations of women leaders’, the ARK group National Gender Equality Assembly: Promoting a new Generation of Female Leaders, Sydney, 30 January.
22. Taksa, L., (2014) Invited Address - Cultural Diversity and Workplace Culture Intersections, Mount Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency (MECA) AGM, Mount Druitt, Sydney, 25 November.
23. Taksa, L., (2014) Invited Address - ‘Uneasy bedfellows? Public Intellectuals, Business and Government engagement in the pursuit of inclusion and effective diversity management at work’, at the Ethnic Communities Council NSW Annual General Meeting, Sydney, 19 October.
24. Taksa, L., (2014) Invited Presentation - ‘Addressing Gaps in the Scholarship and Management of Cultural Diversity’, before The North Ryde HR Forum Diversity Strategies to Support Business Workshop, Fragomen Office, North Ryde, 29 July.
25. Taksa, L., (2014) Invited Presentation and Panel Member - NSW Women in Policing Celebrating International Women’s Day Event addressing the Theme: Inspiring Change, NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta, 7 March.
26. Taksa, L., (2013) Invited Keynote Address – ‘Migrants and Diversity’ at Multiculturalism, Inclusion and Participation: Lessons from the Research, Ethnic Communities Council NSW Symposium, State Library of NSW, Sydney, 1 October.
27. Taksa L. (2013) Invited Address - ‘How civil society organisations can build a culturally & linguistically diverse workforce’, Western Sydney Diversity Forum, Parramatta, 22 August.
28. Taksa, L., (2012) Invited Keynote Address - ‘The interface between cultural diversity and workplace culture’, Launch of the Western Sydney Community Forum (NGO) CALD Worker Mentoring Project-Share Knowledge, Build Skills event, Parramatta, 28 November.