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Bernard McKenna

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Joyce Ackroyd
St. Lucia
Tel: +61 7 3346 8149
Fax: +61 7 3346 8166

UQ Business School
b.mckenna@business.uq.edu.au

Bernard McKenna

Associate Professor in Management
BA, PhD (The University of Queensland)
BEd (Queensland University of Technology)
MPhil (Griffith University)

Bernard McKenna is a member of Leadership And Change Management, Corporate Social Performance research group and Management teaching group

Memberships

  • Member, International Communication Association
  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Member, Society of Business Communicators

Distinctions

  • Winner of the 2007 University of Queensland Business School Excellence in Research award.

Research Interests

  • Corporate-Community Engagement
    From sound theoretical communication principles, develop practical means for corporations, organisations, and governments to engage communities effectively in such areas as indigenous relations, waste management, and local issues.
  • Critical discourse analysis
    Applying discourse analysis to a variety of discursive sites, particularly technical, corporate, and political communication.
  • Wisdom
    Developing a theory of wisdom from Aristotelian and psychological theory to apply to management and leadership.

Major Research Grants

Year Title of Grant Granting Agency
2005-2007LP0560277: Improving local government solid waste management practices through deliberative citizen decision-making and behaviour change communication strategies.ARC Linkage Grant
2004-2006LP0453819: Site-Level Community Engagement Processes in the Australian Minerals Industry: A Comparative AnalysisARC Linkage Grant

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