Conjoint Associate Professor Bob Compton

Dr Robert-Leigh Compton is Conjoint Fellow with the Newcastle Business School within the University of Newcastle. Dr Compton is also a Honorary Fellow and Honorary Associate Professor in Human Resource Management with the Faculty of Business at ACU National and a former Acting National Head of the Business School. Dr Compton was the Foundation Director of Academic Programs at the Sydney Graduate School of Management. Prior to this appointment Bob was MBA Director at the University of Western Sydney and earlier was Head of the Department of Employment Relations at UWS. He has also taught at UTS, the MGSM and AGSM. He has taught Human Resource Management in Sydney, China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. He has also worked for three years on a business education program with Karen refugees on the Thai Burma border. Bob holds a Bachelors degree in Business, a Masters degree in Economics and a Doctor of Letters (HRM). Between academic appointments, Bob has worked as Head of Corporate Human Resources with Integral Energy, as Counselling Manager with IPS - Employee Assistance Global and as Senior Consultant with MTE-Pathfinder. He also performs limited HRM consulting. He has co-authored five editions of Effective Recruitment and Selection Practices (CCH), seven editions of Strategic Human Resource Management (Cengage) and Readings in Strategic Human Resource Management (Thomson). In 1999, Strategic HRM 3rd Ed. won the Australian Excellence in Educational Literature Award and with sales of over 200,000 copies is Australia's best-selling text in its field. The 7th edition was released in 2011 and now sells in seven countries. This edition won the 2011 Excellence in Educational Literature Award. Bob is also co-author of Employment Relations (Thomson) released in December 2004 and Staff Selection and Performance Management (Thomson) 2006. Bob has written or co-written over 35 national and international journal articles and is a regular speaker on the professional conference circuit. His current research is focussed on workplace counselling and in particular the effectiveness of those strategies that organisations are putting in place to help address the human problems presented. A member of the Australian Human Resources Institute since 1979, Bob has held several key positions including those of NSW Councillor and member of the Education Committee of Council. He is currently a Fellow of AHRI, a member of editorial boards with the ‘International Journal of HR Development’ and ‘Research and Practice in HRM ‘and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors with the Management Learning College in Hong Kong. In 2008 Dr Compton’s biography was listed in the inaugural edition of Who’s Who in NSW for his contribution to business education in Australia, SE Asia and the sub-Continent. Dr Compton also received a 2008 Australian Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning based on his work on the Thai Burma border. In 2011, Bob was listed in Who’s Who in the World. Research Expertise
Dr Compton's current research is focused on workplace counselling and in particular the effectiveness of those strategies that organisations are putting in place to help address the human problems presented.

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