Faculty of Business and Law

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Mark Bray Professor  BusMgt +61-2-492 15073 SRS128 (Callaghan) Mark.Bray@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications: BEc(Hons) (Syd), MA (Warwick), PhD (UNSW)

Other Details:

Governance at the University of Newcastle:
Head, School of Business & Management (2006 - June 2007)
Head, School of Management (2000-2001)
Head, Newcastle Business School (2003-2005)
Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Economics & Commerce (1997-2000)
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Economics & Commerce (1999-2000)
Member, University Research Committee (1997-2001, 2002-2006)
Member, University Teaching & Learning Committee (2002-2003)
Assistant Dean (Teaching & Learning) Faculty of Business & Law (2002-2003)

Professional Activities: Recent Consultancies
Consortium of transport unions
Australian Services Union (Victorian Branch)
NSW Department of Industrial Relations
Community Service
Industrial Relations Society (Newcastle Branch)Executive Committee Member (1997-2001), President, (2002+)
Association of Industrial Relations Acedemics of Australia & New Zealand; Secretary (1989-1993), Executive Committee Member (1994-1999, 2001+), President (2000)

Community Service:
Industrial Relations Society (Newcastle Branch) - Executive Committee Member (1997-2001, 2004-2006), President, (2002-3)
Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia & New Zealand; Secretary (1989-1993), Executive Committee Member (1994-1999, 2002), President (2000).

Research Interests:
Industrial relations and human resource management in selected industries (including health, road transport, airlines, electricity generation), National and industry differences in labour regulation and the complexity of regulation. Industrial relations public policy. HRM in multinational corporations.

Recent Publications:

M. Bray, S. Deery, J. Walsh & P. Waring, Industrial Relations: A Contemporary Approach, (McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 3^rd Edition, 2005).

P. Waring & M. Bray (eds), Evolving Employment Relations: Industry Studies from Australia, (McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 2006).

N. White & M. Bray, “The Processes of Workplace Change for Nurses in NSW Public Hospitals” in P. Stanton, E. Willis & S. Young (eds),Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry: The Australian Experience, Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2005, pp. 131-49.

N. White & M. Bray, “The Changing Role of Nurse Unit Managers: A Case of Work Intensification?”, Labour & Industry, 14 (2), December 2003, pp. 1-20.

M. Bray & P. Waring, “’Complexity’ and ‘Congruence’ in Australian Labour Regulation”, Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 47, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 1-15.

M. Bray & P. Waring, “The Rise of Managerial Prerogative Under the Howard Government”, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 32 (1), 2006, pp. 45-61.

D Macdonald & M Bray, "Preparing for the National Electricity Market: The NSW Electricity Industry" in P Fairbrother et al. (eds), Globalisation, Privatisation and Labour: Studies From Australia, (Federation Press, Sydney, 2002)

M Bray & R Lansbury, "The Conditions for Convergence: A Case Study of Multinationals, Product Markets, Productions Systems and Emplyment Relations", Journal of Industrial Relations, 42(2), June 2000, pp. 295-313

M Bray, S LeQueux & J O'Brien, ≪Australie – Le patronat à l’abordage : récit d’un Bounty≫ Chronique Internationale de I’IRES, No.72, September 2001, pp.79-88

M Bray, P Waring, D Mcdonald & S Le Queux, "The Representation Gap in Australia", Labour & Industry, 12 (2), December 2001, pp. 1-32

M Bray & N White, "A System Under Pressure: Industrial Relations in NSW Public Hospitals", New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 27 (2), June 2002, pp. 193-220