Flinders University
Assoc Prof Greg Fisher
Assoc Prof
Greg
Fisher
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/greg.fisher
| Position/s: | Discipline Leader, HR and Management, Flinders Business School |
| MBA Director Flinders Business School | |
| Convenor, Managing in the Professions Research Group Flinders Business School | |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013118 |
| Email: | greg.fisher@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Law Commerce (3.52) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Greg is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Discipline Head of Management and Human Resources, MBA Director and Convener of the Managing in the Professions Research Group at Flinders Business School. He has worked in a range of academic and research roles at Universities in Australia and Asia. His professional and managerial experience includes human resource management and program management roles in the private sector, public sector and tripartite industry organisations. He has extensive experience in consultancy, specifically in the areas of strategic human resource management, cross cultural management, managing diversity, management development, performance management and training and development in domestic and international contexts. His research has appeared in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Accounting Forum, Accounting, Accountability and Performance and Cross Cultural management: An International Journal, and he is a regular contributor to internatoinal and domestic conferences.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Management, Monash University (2005)
Master of Arts in Administration, University of Canberra (1995)
Bachelor of Business, South Australian Institute of Technology (1983)
Key responsibilities
Associate Professor of Human Resource Management
Discipline Leader, Management and Human Resources
Director of Master of Business Administration
Convener of the Managing in the Professions Research Group
at Flinders Business School, Flinders University
Teaching
Teaching interests
Greg has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Australia, China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. He is currently teaching postgraduate topics in the Flinders Business School.
Research and supervision
Research expertise
- Accounting, auditing and accountability
- Applied ethics
- Banking, finance and investment
- Business and management
- Marketing
- Other commerce, management, tourism and services
- Tourism
Research interests
Greg's research deals with the cultural, organisational, and institutional factors that influence decision making in different national contexts and the impact of the decisions in those contexts. The research focuses on senior and middle managers and professionals. The specific research themes are:
- Managing in the Professions, with an emphasis on talent management, mentoring, early career professionals and diversity
- Leadership, socio-biographical characteristics and emotional intelligence across national and organisational boundries
- The role of culture and the business environment in human resource management, international management, strategy, financial reporting, corportate social responsibility and ethical decision making
- Issues in repatriation and expartriation: performance, support and organisational impact.
Supervisory interests
- Cross-cultural differences in business ethics
- Diversity management
- Education, international
- Emotional labour
- Foreign ownership in China
- Human resource management
- International business
- International business environment, Asian region
- International HRM
- Interpersonal skills
- Leaders and leadership
- Leadership
- Leadership and organisational change
- Management
- Management development
- Marketing
- Mentoring
- Organisational behaviour
- Organisational structures and systems
- Talent management
RHD research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor:
Talent Management, Skills shortage (1);
Business ethics, ethical decision making, ethical intentions (1);
Managing Indigenous Tourism Alliances (1);
Mentoring in allied health professionals (1);
Ethics in banking and finance (1);
Completion
Principal supervisor:
Performance in multicultural teams;
Career, performance, work-life balance impacts (1);
Publications
Book chapters
Youngsamart, D., Fisher, G.B. and Härtel, C.E.J. (2010). Diversity Management in Thailand. In Syed, J. & Özbilgin, M., ed. Managing Cultural Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 416-437.
Ayoto, O., Hartel, C.E.J. and Fisher, G.B. (2004). Communication Competence in Cross-Cultural Business Interactions. In Tourish and Hargie, ed. Key Issues in Organizational Communication. USA, Canada: Routledge, pp. 157-171. [online]. Available from: http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70145.
Refereed journal articles
McMurray, A., Karim, A. and Fisher, G.B. (2010). Perspectives on the recruitment and retention of culturally and linguistically diverse police. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 17(2), pp.193-210. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527601011038741.
Lee, J. and Fisher, G.B. (2007). The perceived usefulness of performance information in Australian public sector. Accounting, Accountability and Performance, 13(1), pp.42-73.
Youngsamart, D. and Fisher, G.B. (2006). Governance and administration in a "new" democracy: the case of formal control of the free-to-air television in Thailand (1997-2006). Journal of Administration and Governance, 1(1), pp.36-46. [online]. Available from: http://joaag.com/uploads/3-_Youngsamart_Fisher.pdf.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2004). Evidence for crossvergence in the perception of task and contextual performance: a study of Western expatriates working in Thailand. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 11(2), pp.3-15. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527600410797765.
Fisher, G.B., Lee, J. and Johns, L. (2004). An exploratory study of the company turnaround in Australia and Singapore following the Asia crisis. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 21(1-2), pp.149-170.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2003). Cross-cultural effectiveness of Western expatriate-Thai client interactions: lessons learned for IHRM research and theory. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 10(4), pp.4-28.
Refereed conference papers
Golsby, V., Cavaye, A. and Fisher, G. (2011). Enhancing employability of business students through active learning: An exploration of first year student perceptions. In 25th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: The Future of Work and Organisations. 25th ANZAM Conference.
Jais, J., Fisher, G.B. and Nankervis, A. (2010). Flying Academics: Examining the impact of expatriation to academics. In Sid Gray and Catherine Welch, ed. Global Business and Sustainable Development ANZIBA 2010 Conference Proceedings. ANZIBA Conference "Global Business and Sustainable Development."
Book chapters
Youngsamart, D., Fisher, G.B. and Härtel, C.E.J. (2010). Diversity Management in Thailand. In Syed, J. & Özbilgin, M., ed. Managing Cultural Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 416-437.
Ayoto, O., Hartel, C.E.J. and Fisher, G.B. (2004). Communication Competence in Cross-Cultural Business Interactions. In Tourish and Hargie, ed. Key Issues in Organizational Communication. USA, Canada: Routledge, pp. 157-171. [online]. Available from: http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70145.
Refereed journal articles
McMurray, A., Karim, A. and Fisher, G.B. (2010). Perspectives on the recruitment and retention of culturally and linguistically diverse police. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 17(2), pp.193-210. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527601011038741.
Lee, J. and Fisher, G.B. (2007). The perceived usefulness of performance information in Australian public sector. Accounting, Accountability and Performance, 13(1), pp.42-73.
Youngsamart, D. and Fisher, G.B. (2006). Governance and administration in a "new" democracy: the case of formal control of the free-to-air television in Thailand (1997-2006). Journal of Administration and Governance, 1(1), pp.36-46. [online]. Available from: http://joaag.com/uploads/3-_Youngsamart_Fisher.pdf.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2004). Evidence for crossvergence in the perception of task and contextual performance: a study of Western expatriates working in Thailand. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 11(2), pp.3-15. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527600410797765.
Lee, J. and Fisher, G.B. (2004). Infrastructure assets disclosure in Australian public sector annual reports. Accounting Forum, 28(4), pp.349-367. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200500266;res=APAFT.
Fisher, G.B., Lee, J. and Johns, L. (2004). An exploratory study of the company turnaround in Australia and Singapore following the Asia crisis. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 21(1-2), pp.149-170.
Goh, P. and Fisher, G.B. (2004). The importance of expatriate and repatriate support in Australia. Journal of Doing Business Across Borders, June.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2003). Cross-cultural effectiveness of Western expatriate-Thai client interactions: lessons learned for IHRM research and theory. Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 10(4), pp.4-28.
Fisher, G.B. and Bibo, M. (2003). No leadership without representation (a research note). International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 6(2), pp.307-319. [online]. Available from: http://www.usq.edu.au/extrafiles/business/journals/HRMJournal/IJOBVolume6/FisherBiboPaper2.pdf.
Fisher, G.B. and Beatson, A. (2002). The impact of culture on technology based service delivery in international hotels. International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 3(3), pp.59-77.
Refereed conference papers
Golsby, V., Cavaye, A. and Fisher, G. (2011). Enhancing employability of business students through active learning: An exploration of first year student perceptions. In 25th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: The Future of Work and Organisations. 25th ANZAM Conference.
Chou, Y.-M. and Fisher, G.B. (2010). Virtual teams knowledge sharing and performance: The impact of cultural openness, cultural intelligence and self efficacy. In Sid Gray and Catherine Welch, ed. Global Business and Sustainable Development ANZIBA 2010 Conference Proceedings. Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Annual Conference 2010.
Jais, J., Fisher, G.B. and Nankervis, A. (2010). Flying Academics: Examining the impact of expatriation to academics. In Sid Gray and Catherine Welch, ed. Global Business and Sustainable Development ANZIBA 2010 Conference Proceedings. ANZIBA Conference "Global Business and Sustainable Development."
Salleh, N. and Fisher, G.B. (2009). Knowledge transfer and the traditional expatriate assignment: a literature review and future research directions, in Sustainable Management and Marketing. In Proceedings of the 22nd ANZAM conference. 22nd ANZAM conference.
Fisher, G.B., Lee, J., Johns, L. and Adams, W. (2003). Company Turnaround Practices in Australia: A Review of the Priorities of Australian Turnaround Consultants. In Proceedings of the European International Business Academy Conference. European International Business Academy Conference. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Goh, P. and Fisher, G.B. (2003). Repatriation: The Importance of Repatriate Support Practices in Australia. In Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Hartel, C.E.J. and Fisher, G.B. (2003). What abilities contribute to intercultural effectiveness of the Western Expatriate working in Thailand??: Refereed Competitive Stream. In Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Jennings, M. and Fisher, G.B. (2003). Factors Explaining the Internationalization Process of Australian Franchise Systems. In Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Lee, J. and Fisher, G.B. (2003). The Perceived Usefulness of Performance Information in Australian Public Sector. In Refereed proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference. Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Fisher, G.B. and Richardson, A. (2003). Transparency, culture, and internet communication techniques: a multi-country study of internet business reporting in the Asia-Pacific. In Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). [online]. Available from: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1401&context=acis2003.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2003). The Role Of Culture In Determining Cross-Cultural Effectiveness In Expatriate-Client Interactions. In Refereed Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference. British Academy of Management Conference.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2003). The Applicability Of The Western Model Of Task And Contextual Performance To The Eastern Business Context: A study of western expatriates working in Thailand. In Refereed Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference. British Academy of Management Conference.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2003). Cross-Cultural Effectiveness of Western Expatriate-Thai Client Interactions: Lessons Learned from HRM Research and Theory. In Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. Reflections and New Directions. [online]. Available from: http://rmit.org.au/browse;ID=l154lxl86jh7.
Fisher, G.B., Birt, J. and Lee, J. (2002). Differing expectations of international and Australian business students: An exploratory study. In Australian and New Zealand International Business (ANZIBA) Conference 2002: Assessing international business theory and practice. Australian and New Zealand International Business (ANZIBA) Conference 2002.
Fisher, G.B., Lee, J. and Birt, J. (2002). The expectations of Australian and Asian international business students: Moving beyond a prescriptive view of culture. In Proceedings of the European International Business Academy Conference. The 28th European International Business Academy Conference.
Lee, J. and Fisher, G.B. (2002). Little incentive for the full story: A review of financial and non-financial infrastructure asset reporting in Australia. In Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference 2002. British Academy of Management Conference 2002.
Youngsamart, D. and Fisher, G.B. (2002). Media Policy in Thailand. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Thai Studies. 8th International Conference on Thai Studies.
Fisher, G.B. and Brewer, P. (2002). The role of culture in the international market selection decisions of Australian firms. In Proceedings of the 5th International Business and Economics Conference 2002. 5th International Business and Economics Conference 2002.
Fisher, G.B. and Hartel, C.E.J. (2002). The impact of socio-biographical characteristics on perceptions of effectiveness of the Western expatriate working in Thailand. In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference.
Fisher, G.B., Bibo, M. and Youngsamart, D. (2001). Virtual teams and entrepreneurship: A proposed research agenda. In Proceedings of the Technological Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Regions of the New Millenium Conference 2001. he Technological EntrepreneurshipThe Emerging Regions of the New Millenium Conference 2001.
Journal articles
Birt, J., Sherry, C., Ling, A., Fisher, G.B. and Lee, J. (2004). Expectations of Learning: A New Zealand Perspective. Centre for Research in International Education Research Paper Series, pp.1-14. [online]. Available from: http://www.crie.org.nz/research_paper/J.Birt_WP7.pdf.
Professional and community engagement
Academic and Professional Memberships
Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy
Academy of International Business
Academy of Management
Asian Academy of Management
Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
Fellow of Australian Human Resources Institute
