Biography
Jan Fermelis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Jan has been employed by Deakin for more than twenty years, teaching a range of units which fit into the broad ‘Management’ discipline including Change Management, Human Resource Management, Management, Business Communication, Academic Communication and Interpersonal Skills. During that time she has received numerous faculty and university awards, including the Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement for Student Support Services, Faculty of Business and Law Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Faculty's Operational Plan in Student Support and Faculty of Business and Law Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Faculty's Strategic Priorities in Teaching. In 2007, her teaching achievements were recognised nationally when the Australian Carrick Institute awarded her one of their prized citations for the collaborative development of generic skills in business communication and the associated support of international student learning in commerce.
Jan has presented academic papers at many annual conventions and regional conferences on pedagogic topics including teamwork, self and peer assessment, electronic portfolios, use of second language teaching techniques, as well as aspects of intercultural business communication. She has also published on some of these areas within Cross-Cultural management: An International Journal, Business Communication Quarterly, and within edited research books. Jan has undertaken qualitative research for her PhD studies at Monash University, on the intercultural adaptations to communication style made by Australian expatriate business managers working with local Chinese subordinates in Shanghai, and hopes to complete her doctorate in the near future.
Read more on Jan's profileResearch interests
- Intercultural communication
- Expatriate adaptation in China
- Innovative technologies in higher education
Affiliations
- Director at Large, Association for Business Communication.
Teaching interests
- Change Management
- Business Communication
Units taught
- MMH356 - Change Management
- MPM722 - Human Resource Management
- Management
- Business Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Business Academic Skills
Knowledge areas
- Expatriate Adaptation
- Intercultural Communication
- International Business in China
- Change Management
- Higher Education Pedagogy
Conferences
- Association for Business Communication, 2004-2006, 2008-2009, 2011, 2013.
- Australia New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA), Australia, 2011.
- Academy of International Business (AIB) Regional Conference, Hong Kong, 2009.
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Singapore, 2007.
Professional activities
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wm5l4mcAAAAJ&hl=en
Awards
- National Carrick Citation: Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning ‘for the collaborative development of generic skills in business communication and the integrated support of international student learning in commerce’, 2007.
- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Deakin University, 2007.
- Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007.
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching & Learning (team member), Deakin University, 2005.
- Faculty of Business & Law Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Faculty’s Operational Plan, Deakin University, 2004.
- Faculty of Business & Law Award for Outstanding Contributions to Faculty’s Strategic Priorities, Deakin University, 2003.
- Australian Postgraduate Course Award (M.TESOL Monash), 1991-1994.
Publications
Work-life balance in Asia: A systematic review
H Le, A Newman, J Menzies, C Zheng, J Fermelis
(2020), Vol. 30, Human Resource Management Review, C1
Wellness programs in higher education: an Australian case
J Fermelis, A Zutshi, M Pogrebnaya
(2014), pp. 391-419, Handbook of research on higher education in the MENA region: policy and practice, Hershey, Pa., B1-1
E McElvaney, J Fermelis, H Strawbridge
(2012), Vol. 8, pp. 205-214, International review of business research papers, Berwick, Vic., C1
Australian expatriates in Shanghai : generation Y emerges
J Fermelis
(2011), pp. 1-18, ABC 2011 : Proceedings of the 76th Annual Convention of the Association for Business Communication, Montreal, Canada, E1
E McElvaney, J Fermelis, H Strawbridge
(2011), pp. 1-13, Proceedings of the 15th International Business Research Conference 2011, Sydney, N.S.W., E1
Designing, implementing and evaluating a self-and-peer assessment tool for e-learning environments
R Tucker, J Fermelis, S Palmer
(2009), pp. 170-194, E-learning technologies and evidence-based assessment approaches, Hershey, Pa., B1
J Fermelis, R Tucker
(2008), pp. 1-15, Proceedings of the 2008 Association for Business Communication Annual Convention : Strategic Business Communication: A Reflection of Critical Thinking in the Classroom and the Workplace, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, E1
The global village: online cross-cultural communication and HRM
Y Fujimoto, N Bahfen, J Fermelis, C Hartel
(2007), Vol. 14, pp. 7-22, Cross cultural management, Bingley, England, C1
Online self-and-peer-assessment for teamwork in architecture and business communications
R Tucker, J Fermelis, S Palmer
(2007), pp. 264-271, ANZASCA 2007 : Proceedings of 41st annual conference. Towards solutions for a liveable future: progress, practice, performance, people., Geelong, E1
Online self and peer assessment in large, multi-campus, multi-cohort contexts
J Fermelis, R Tucker, S Palmer
(2007), pp. 271-281, Ascilite 2007 : ICT: Providing Choices for Learners and Learning, Singapore, E1
J Fermelis
(2006), pp. 1-20, Proceedings of the 2006 Association for Business Communication Annual Convention, San Antonio, Tex., E1
Adapting family, business and culture: AFK Engineering Services
J Fermelis
(2005), pp. 185-193, Managing the family business, Heidelberg, Vic., B1
Reducing the online cross-cultural communication divide between individualists and collectivists
Y Fujimoto, N Bahfen, J Fermelis
(2005), pp. 1-16, ANZAM 2005 : Engaging the multiple contexts of management : convergence and divergence of management theory and practice : proceedings of the 19th ANZAM conference, Canberra, A.C.T., E1
The internationalising of business communication in higher education: a case study
J Fermelis
(2005), pp. 1-12, Proceedings of the 2005 Association for Business Communication Annual Convention, Irvine, USA, E1
J Fermelis
(2004), pp. 393-395, ASBBS 2004 : ASBBS International Conference Proceedings 2004, Cairns, Queensland, E1
Y Fujimoto, N Bahfen, J Fermelis
(2004), pp. 1-22, Challenges of organisations in global markets : conference proceedings 2005, British Academy of Management., St. Andrews UK, E1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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