Dr Josh Healy

Dr Josh Healy

Senior Lecturer

Newcastle Business School

Career Summary

Biography

I am one of Australia’s leading commentators on the future of work. I study and engage in public debates about many aspects of contemporary work and employment relations, including technological disruption, the gig economy, workforce ageing, and the minimum wage.

My contributions include influential academic articles, commissioned reports for governments, editorial roles, classroom teaching, media appearances, and events.

Before joining the University of Newcastle, I worked in research focused roles at the University of Melbourne (2015-20) and at Flinders University (2010-15), where I contributed to major studies of Australian and international workers, workforces and organisations. While at the University of Melbourne, I helped to run the Study of Australian Leadership (SAL), the largest survey ever undertaken of Australian workplace leaders. And while at Flinders University, I was involved in administering and analysing major surveys of the aged and disability care workforces, minimum wage recipients, and migrants to Australia.

My work is published in highly respected international journals such as Human Resource Management Journal (A), Group & Organization Management (A), Journal of Industrial Relations (A), and Applied Economics (A).

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Flinders University

Keywords

  • employment relations
  • future of work
  • gig economy
  • human resource management
  • labour market

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
350503 Human resources management 20
350504 Industrial and employee relations 70
380111 Labour economics 10

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title Organisation / Department
Senior Lecturer University of Newcastle
Newcastle Business School
Australia
Senior Lecturer University of Newcastle
Newcastle Business School
Australia

Academic appointment

Dates Title Organisation / Department
20/4/2015 - 12/2/2020 Senior Research Fellow

While at the University of Melbourne from 2015-2020, I held a research-focused senior research fellowship in the Centre for Workplace Leadership (CWL) and taught courses on The Future of Work (undergrad) and Strategic Human Resource Management (postgrad) in the Department of Management and Marketing.

 The University of Melbourne
Department of Management and Marketing
Australia

Teaching

Code Course Role Duration
MGMT30019 The Future of Work
University of Melbourne
An intensive, 3rd year, undergraduate course focusing on the trends shaping the future of work and careers.		 Course Coordinator 1/2/2016 - 30/4/2019
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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Chapter (2 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2020 Healy J, Pekarek A, 'Work and wages in the gig economy: Can there be a high road?', The Future of Work and Employment, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK 156-173 (2020)
2017 Gahan P, Healy J, Nicholson D, 'Technology, the digital economy and the challenge for labour market regulation', The Evolving Project of Labour Law Foundations, Development and Future Research Directions, Federation Press, Sydney 276-292 (2017)

Journal article (18 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2020 Healy J, 'Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions', ILR REVIEW, 74 264-266 (2020)
DOI 10.1177/0019793920947708
2020 Healy J, 'Confronting Dystopia: The New Technological Revolution and the Future of Work', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 62 810-810 (2020)
DOI 10.1177/0022185620944292
2020 Adamovic M, Gahan P, Olsen J, Harley B, Healy J, Theilacker M, 'Does procedural justice climate increase the identification and engagement of migrant workers? A group engagement model perspective', PERSONNEL REVIEW, (2020)
DOI 10.1108/PR-11-2019-0617
2020 Healy J, Pekarek A, Vromen A, 'Sceptics or supporters? Consumers' views of work in the gig economy', NEW TECHNOLOGY WORK AND EMPLOYMENT, 35 1-19 (2020)
DOI 10.1111/ntwe.12157
Citations Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1
2020 Gahan P, Theilacker M, Adamovic M, Choi D, Harley B, Healy J, Olsen JE, 'Between fit and flexibility? The benefits of high-performance work practices and leadership capability for innovation outcomes', HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, (2020)
DOI 10.1111/1748-8583.12316
2020 Adamovic M, Gahan P, Olsen JE, Harley B, Healy J, Theilacker M, 'Bringing the Leader Back in: Why, How, and When Leadership Empowerment Behavior Shapes Coworker Conflict', GROUP & ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT, 45 599-636 (2020)
DOI 10.1177/1059601120917589
Citations Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1
2017 Healy J, Nicholson D, Parker J, 'Guest editors' introduction: technological disruption and the future of employment relations', Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 27 157-164 (2017)
DOI 10.1080/10301763.2017.1397258
Citations Web of Science - 7
2017 Healy J, Nicholson D, Pekarek A, 'Should we take the gig economy seriously?', Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 27 232-248 (2017)
DOI 10.1080/10301763.2017.1377048
Citations Web of Science - 31
2017 Gahan P, Harbridge R, Healy J, Williams R, 'The Ageing Workforce: Policy Dilemmas and Choices', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 76 511-523 (2017)
DOI 10.1111/1467-8500.12232
Citations Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3
2016 Healy J, 'The Australian labour market in 2015', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 58 308-323 (2016)
DOI 10.1177/0022185616634716
Citations Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7
2015 Healy J, Mavromaras K, Sloane PJ, 'Adjusting to skill shortages in Australian SMEs', APPLIED ECONOMICS, 47 2470-2487 (2015)
DOI 10.1080/00036846.2015.1008764
Citations Scopus - 17Web of Science - 14
2015 Healy J, 'The Australian labour market in 2014: Still ill?', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 57 348-365 (2015)
DOI 10.1177/0022185615571981
Citations Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5
2014 Healy J, 'The Australian labour market in 2013', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 56 345-364 (2014)
DOI 10.1177/0022185614523161
Citations Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5
2013 Healy J, Kidd MP, 'Gender-based undervaluation and the equal remuneration powers of Fair Work Australia', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 55 760-782 (2013)
DOI 10.1177/0022185613491683
Citations Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2
2011 Healy J, 'What Role do Safety Net Wage Adjustments Play in Alleviating Household Need?', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 169-192 (2011)
DOI 10.1177/0022185610397138
Citations Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3
2011 Healy J, 'The Quest for Fairness in Australian Minimum Wages', JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 662-680 (2011)
DOI 10.1177/0022185611419618
Citations Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3
2003 Healy J, Bramble T, 'Dial B for Burnout? The Experience of Job Burnout in a Telephone Call Centre', Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 14 39-59 (2003)
DOI 10.1080/10301763.2003.10669287
2003 Boyle MV, Healy J, 'Balancing mysterium and onus: Doing spiritual work within an emotion-laden organizational context', ORGANIZATION, 10 351-373 (2003)
DOI 10.1177/1350508403010002010
Citations Scopus - 28Web of Science - 24
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Dr Josh Healy

Position

Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
College of Human and Social Futures

Contact Details

Email josh.healy@newcastle.edu.au
Phone (02) 4913 8507
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Office

Location Ourimbah
10 Chittaway Road
Ourimbah, NSW 2258
Australia
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