Health Services Research and Workforce Innovation Centre (HSRWIC)
PhD Research in Health Services Research and Innovation
We welcome PhD proposals in the following areas which align with our expertise and research interests:
Health Service Marketing
- Technological and social media advances in health care service delivery
- Understanding and facilitating patient and carer experiences
- Understanding the transformative potential of health service delivery & well-being
Global Health Services
- Global Mobility and International Medical Graduates
- Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Services Management and Delivery
- Managing Health System Reform in Developing and Developed Countries.
Health Services Human Resources, Inter-Professional Collaboration & Workforce Innovation
- Gender, HRM and Careers in Health Services
- Managing Employee Well-being and Resilience for Innovation
- HRM and Employment Practices in Health Services
Forthcoming PhD Projects in 2019
- Saeed Abdullah’s thesis will examine the reform of the Pubic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Supervised By: A/Prof Brendan Boyle & Dr Ashish Malik.
- Rami Alzahrani’s thesis will examine the training and performance management of the health workforce in in Saudi Arabia Supervised By: A/Prof Brendan Boyle & Dr Heidi Wechtler.
Current & ongoing PhD Projects
- Praveena Thevisuthan’s thesis examines the Health Workforce in the Public Hospitals in Sri Lanka. Supervised By: Dr Ashish Malik, A/Prof Brendan Boyle & Conjoint Prof Rebecca Mitchell
- Qi Wang’s thesis examines the cross-cultural adjustment of globally mobile health care workers. Supervised by Dr Karen Tian, A/Prof Brendan Boyle & Conjoint Prof Rebecca Mitchell
- Iman Behmanesh’s thesis examines the Public Health Care system in Iran and Employees Innovative Behaviour. Supervised By: Dr Ashish Malik, Dr David Cunneen & Dr Philip Rosenberger.
- Mohammed Alzahrani's thesis examines The Role of Social Media Marketing in Public Health Promotion to Create Behaviour Change: A Cross Country Assessment in Australia and Saudi Arabia, Supervised By: Jessica Wyllie and A/Prof Jamie Carlson.
- Pamela Beach’s thesis examines the role of Gender in Health Care Careers. Supervised By: A/Prof Brendan Boyle, Dr Ashish Malik, & Conjoint Prof Rebecca Mitchell
- Shauna von Stieglitz’s research examines shared leadership in virtual teams in the pharmaceutical industry. Supervised by Conjoint Professor Rebecca Mitchell, Associate Professor Brendan Boyle and Dr Ashish Malik.
- Tie Zheng’s thesis examines Authentic Leadership in Health Care teams in Chinese Hospitals: Supervised by A/Prof Brendan Boyle, Conjoint Prof Rebecca Mitchell & Emeritus Professor Stephen Nicholas.
Previous PhD Projects
- Eunkyung Seo completed her thesis in 2017. She examined the Leadership on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in Health Care Teams in South Korea. Supervised By: A/Prof Brendan Boyle, Conjoint Prof Rebecca Mitchell & Emeritus Professor Stephen Nicholas.
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