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Polly Parker

Dr Polly PARKER

Contact

Telephone +61 7 3365 6187
Facsimile +61 7 3365 6988
Email p.parker@business.uq.edu.au
Location Room 336, Colin Clark Building (39) St Lucia

Positions Held

Senior Lecturer in HRM/Leadership

Director MBA and Postgraduate Programs

Academic Qualifications

Degree Institution Field Year
PhD The University of Auckland Business 2000
MPhil (Hons 1) The University of Auckland Career Management 1996
Dip Teach Christchurch College of Education Education 1977
DipPhysEd Otago University Physical Education 1973

Memberships

  • Academy of Management; European Group Organisation Studies; International Association Educational Vocational Guidance, AHRI.

Major Research Grants

Year Title of Grant Granting Agency Amount
2006 Career as an organising strategy for leadership development UQ start up
2006 Career decision making: learning from entrepreneurs UQ Early Career

Field of Current Research

Title of Research Area Brief Description
Peer Coaching Examining the nature of peer coaching as a developmental tool that accelerates career learning and facilitates leadership development. Peer coaching is distinguished from mentoring while providing many of the psycho-social benefits.
Intersection of career and leadership development Career development and leadership development are complementary fields that both emphasise holism, learning from experience and meaning -making for the actors concerned. The connection between the two is an underdeveloped area of research yet one that has the potential for mutual advantage.
Intelligent Career Management Career development and leadership development are complementary fields that both emphasise holism, learning from experience and meaning -making for the actors concerned. The connection between the two is an underdeveloped area of research yet one that has the potential for mutual advantage.

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Parker P. (2006). "Card Sorts: A process of constructing personal narrative." In M. McMahon, & W. Patton (Eds.). Career Counselling: Constructivist approaches.
  • Armstrong, L, & Parker, P. (2006). "Career development" In Australian Master Human Resources Guide (4th Ed). Pp. 453 - 477.
  • Parker, P. (2002). "Creativity in Contractor's Careers". In M. A. Peiperl, M. B. Arthur, R. Goffee (Eds.).Career creativity: explorations in the re-making of work. Oxford University Press, pp 123 - 141.
  • Parker, P. & Arthur, M.B. (2000) "Careers, Organising and Community". In M. A. Peiperl, M. B. Arthur, R. Goffee and T. Morris (Eds.), Career frontiers: New conceptions of working life. Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 105 - 125.

Published Refereed Journal Articles

  • Inkson, K., Khapova, S. and Parker, P. (Editors). (2007) "Careers in Cross-Cultural Perspective" Career Development International. Vol 12, (1.)
  • Inkson, K., Khapova, S. & Parker, P. (Editors). Guest Editorial (2007) In "Careers in Cross-Cultural Perspective" Career Development International Vol 12, (1.)
  • Parker, P. (2005). Intelligent Careers of Pacific Island Leaders. South Pacific Journal Psychology 16 (1) 1-17.
  • Inkson, K & Parker, P (2005). Boundaryless careers and the transfer of knowledge: A "Middle Earth" perspective. Higher Education Policy. Vol. 18, (3) 313 - 325.
  • Parker, P., Arthur, M.B., & Inkson, K. (2004). Career Communities: A preliminary exploration of member-defined career support structures. Journal of Organization Behavior, 25, pp. 489-514.
  • Parker, P., & Arthur, M. B. (2004). Coaching for career development and leadership development: An intelligent career approach. Australian Journal of Career Development, 13 (3), pp. 56 - 60.
  • Parker, P. & Arthur, M. B. (2004). "Giving voice to the dual-career couple" British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 32, 1, pp. 3-23.
  • De Fillippi, R. J., Arthur, M. B., & Parker, P. (2003). Internet Odysseys: Linking web roles to career and community investments. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14, (5), pp. 751- 774.
  • Parker, P. (2002). "Working with the Intelligent Career Model" Journal of Employment Counseling, 39, 2 pp. 83 - 96.
  • Arthur, M. B., & Parker, P. (2002). "The 'new' HRM: Leveraging worker's career and community investments in a turbulent world" Human Resource Planning, 25, 4. pp. 38 - 47.
  • Parker, P. and Arthur, M.B. (2002) "Bringing "New Science" Into Careers Research", Special Issue: Careers and the new science", Management. 5, (1). pp. 105 - 125
  • Inkson, K., Furbish, D., & Parker, P. (2002) "Fast forward: Careers research in New Zealand" The Australian Journal of Career Development, 11, 3, pp. 36 - 45.
  • Amundson, N., Parker, P., & Arthur, M. B. (2002) "Merging two worlds: Linking occupational and organizational career counselling" The Australian Journal of Career Development, 11, 3, pp. 26 - 35.
  • Arthur, M.B., Amundson, N. and Parker, P. (2002). The development and application of the intelligent career card sort. In The Compass of Career (In Danish) Published by Civilkonomerne (The Danish Organisation for Management and Business Economics).
  • Parker, P, & Inkson, K. (1999) "New Forms of Career: The Challenge to Human Resource Management" Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 37, 1 pp 69 - 78.

Distinctions

  • 2004 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Auckland Business School
  • 2003 University of Auckland Early Career Research Excellence Award

Research Interests

  • Organisations Dynamics and Change

Academic Cluster

Organisation and Communication

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