Biography
Dr Melissa Parris is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Her research areas are primarily in the related fields of Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Studies, with a particular focus on individuals’ workplace experiences and the personal effects of these, as well as the related area of Qualitative Research. Melissa's research activities have spanned such areas as managerial career aspirations, workplace teams, experiences of migrant managers, graduate employment, and public administration. Her research has been published in journals such as Organizational Dynamics, Health Care Management Review, and the Australian Journal of Public Administration. Melissa previously served as Editor-in-Chief for Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal.
Read more on Melissa's profileResearch interests
- Workplace experiences
- Work-personal life interface
- Middle management
- Workplace teams
- Career development
- Qualitative research methodology
Affiliations
- Member, Academy of Management
- Member, Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
- Editorial Board, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
- Associate Fellow, Institute of Managers and Leaders
Teaching interests
- Organisational behaviour
- Leadership
- Qualitative research for business
Professional activities
Awards
- Best Paper Award in Gender and Diversity in Organisation's stream, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference, 2011.
- Vice-Chancellor's award for outstanding contribution to research, early career researcher, 2011.
- Bowater Trust award for outstanding contribution to the School of Management and Marketing, 2010.
- Faculty of Business and Law research award, 2010.
- School of Management and Marketing research grant award, 2010.
- Faculty of Business and Law teaching exemplary award, 2009.
- Faculty of Business and Law award for outstanding contribution to community responsibilities, 2008.
Publications
J Ferrer, A Ringer, K Saville, M A Parris, K Kashi
(2022), Vol. 83, pp. 317-338, Higher Education, C1
The muse with a wandering eye: the influence of public value on coproduction in museums
A Kershaw, K Bridson, M Parris
(2020), Vol. 26, pp. 344-364, International Journal of Cultural Policy, C1
Working with boards: The experiences of Australian managers in performing arts organisations
H Glow, M Parris, A Pyman
(2019), Vol. 78, pp. 396-413, Australian Journal of Public Administration, C1
A Kershaw, K Bridson, M Parris
(2018), Vol. 77, pp. 19-34, Australian journal of public administration, Chichester, Eng., C1
The succession decision in Chinese-Australian family businesses : an exploratory study
J Ye, M Parris, D Waddell
(2013), Vol. 20, pp. 110-125, Small enterprise research, Waikato, New Zealand, C1-1
Pilot delivery of the course in service coordination (22191VIC) : training evaluation report
J Ferrer, M Parris, K Saville
(2013), Geelong, Vic., A6
J Rodwell, D Demir, M Parris, P Steane, A Noblet
(2012), Vol. 37, pp. 329-338, Health care management review, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
M Parris, K Saville
(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 15-24, Industry & higher education, London, England, C1
Write it or click on it? Paper vs. online questionnaires for organisational research
A Zutshi, M Parris, A Creed
(2011), Vol. 5, pp. 663-684, International journal of business innovation and research, Olney, England, C1
Generation Y talk about work-life balance : not so different after all?
L Cramer, M Parris, K Saville
(2011), pp. 1-16, ANZAM 2011 : 25th Annual Australian And New Zealand Academy of Management conference : the future of work and organisations, Wellington, New Zealand, E1
Asia-Pacific immigrant managers in Australia : their views about career
U Jogulu, M Parris
(2011), pp. 1-20, ANZAM 2011 : 25th Annual Australian And New Zealand Academy of Management conference : the future of work and organisations, Wellington, N.Z., E1
Founders' view on succession in the Chinese-Australian family businesses
J Ye, M Parris, D Waddell
(2011), pp. 1-16, ANZAM 2011 : 25th Annual Australian And New Zealand Academy of Management conference : the future of work and organisations, Wellington, New Zealand, E1
Cultural perceptions of succession in Chinese-Australian family businesses
J Ye, M Parris, D Waddell
(2011), Family Business Australia : Family Business Research & Education Symposium Papers, Perth, WA, E1
Layoffs : Australian executives speak of being disposed of
M Vickers, M Parris
(2010), Vol. 39, pp. 57-63, Organizational dynamics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Challenges of inter-generational succession in the Chinese Australian family business
J Ye, M Parris, D Waddell
(2010), Vol. 4, pp. 234-252, International journal of management practice, Olney, England, C1
'Look at him...he's failing' : male executives' experiences of redundancy
M Parris, M Vickers
(2010), Vol. 22, pp. 345-357, Employee responsibilities and rights journal, New York, N.Y., C1
M Parris, K Saville
(2010), pp. 553-561, HERDSA 2010 : Refereed papers from the 33rd HERDSA Annual International Conference, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Provision of outplacement services during redundancy
M Parris, M Vickers
(2009), pp. 155-168, 2009 Pfeiffer annual, San Francisco, Calif., B1
Collaborative inquiry using 'learning' projects
P Hagel, K Saville, M Parris, F Graetz, F Azmat
(2009), pp. 173-182, HERDSA 2009 : Higher education in a changing world : Proceeding of the 32nd annual international HERDSA Conference 2009 : The student experience, Darwin, N. T., E1
Middle managerial careers in the 21st century
U Jogulu, M Parris, J Wolfram Cox
(2009), pp. 1-15, ANZAM 2009 : Sustainable management and marketing, Melbourne, Victoria, E1
Caught in the middle : organizational impediments to middle managers' work-life balance
M Parris, M Vickers, L Wilkes
(2008), Vol. 20, pp. 101-117, Employee responsibilities and rights journal, New York, N.Y., C1
Friendships under strain : the work-personal life integration of middle managers
M Parris, M Vickers, L Wilkes
(2008), Vol. 11, pp. 405-418, Community, work and family, Abingdon, England, C1
Email correspondence : a qualitative data collection tool for organisational researchers
M Parris
(2008), pp. 1-13, ANZAM 2008 : Managing in the Pacific century, Auckland, N.Z., E1
J Ye, M Parris, D Waddell
(2008), pp. 1-15, ANZAM 2008 : Managing in the Pacific century, Auckland, New Zealand, E1
M Vickers, M Parris
(2007), Vol. 19, pp. 113-125, Employee responsibilities and rights journal, New York, N.Y., C1
Stories of ambivalence : Australian executives' experiences of outplacement services
M Parris, M Vickers
(2007), pp. 108-113, AEPP 07 : Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference 2007, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., E1
The meaning of work : employees as stakeholders in organizational experience
M Parris
(2007), pp. 102-107, AEPP 07 : Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference 2007, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., E1
Questioning the future of paper and online survey questionnaires for management research
A Zutshi, M Parris, A Creed
(2007), pp. 1-14, ANZAM 2007 : Managing our intellectual and social capital, Sydney, N.S.W., E1
M Vickers, M Parris
(2006), pp. 119-139, 2006 Pfeiffer Annual : Human Resource Management, San Francisco, CA, B1-1
An assault on identity : the male view of being made redundant
M Parris, M Vickers
(2006), pp. 109-114, AEPP 2006: Balancing organizational competitiveness, ethics, social responsibility and employee rights in the global economy: Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference 2006, New York, N.Y., E1
Integration or collision? : middle managers' concerns for work-life balance
M Parris, M Vickers, L Wilkes
(2006), pp. 115-120, AEPP 2006 : Balancing organizational competitiveness, ethics, social responsibility and employee rights in the global economy : Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference, New York, N.Y., E1
Working in teams : the influence of rhetoric-from sensemaking to sadness
M Parris, M Vickers
(2005), Vol. 27, pp. 277-299, Administrative theory and praxis, Hayward, Calif., C1-1
Towards ending the silence: working women caring for children with chronic illness
M Vickers, M Parris
(2005), Vol. 17, pp. 91-108, Employee responsibilities and rights journal, New York, NY, C1-1
Working mothers of children with chronic illness: narratives of working and caring
M Vickers, M Parris, J Bailey
(2004), Vol. 29, pp. 39-43, Australian journal of early childhood, Watson, ACT, C1-1
Working in teams: the influence of rhetoric-from sensemaking to sadness
M Parris, M Vickers
(2004), pp. 3-12, Management in a world of diversity and change: SAM/IFSAM VIIth world congress 2004, Goteborg, Sweden, E1-1
Managing in the middle: a review of the mddle management experience in the 21st century
M Parris, M Vickers, L Wilkes
(2004), pp. 188-193, AEPP 2004 : Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla., E1-1
Towards ending the silence: working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability
M Vickers, M Parris
(2004), ANZAM 2004 : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8-11 December 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand, E1-1
M Vickers, M Parris
(2004), ANZAM 2004 : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8-11 December 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand, E1-1
Work teams : perceptions of a ready-made support system?
M Parris
(2003), Vol. 15, pp. 71-83, Employee responsibilities and rights journal, New York, N.Y., C1-1
Telling it how it really is? : life in organisations revealed using Heideggerian phenomenology
M Vickers, M Parris
(2003), pp. 29-35, AEPP 2003 Conference Proceedings : the 11th Annual International Conference 2003, San Diego, California, E1-1
Working parents of children with chronic illness/disability: narratives of concern
M Vickers, J Bailey, M Parris
(2003), pp. 104-110, AEPP 03 : Conference Proceedings: Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference, San Diego, Calif., E1-1
Work teams: perceptions of a ready-made support system?
M Parris
(2002), pp. 90-96, AEPP 2002 Conference Proceedings, New York City, USA, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Career aspirations of Australia's immigrant managers from the Asia-Pacific region: developing a cross-cultural framework
Dr Melissa Parris, Dr Uma Jogulu
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2012: $26,918
- 2011: $20,737
- 2010: $31,643
Training in Service Coordination: An examination of Factors that Influemce Transfer of Learning to the Workplace
Dr Melissa Parris, Dr Kerrie Saville, Dr Justine Ferrer
DEWHA - National Centre of Excellence in Desalination - Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- 2013: $10,000
Supervisions
Juliana Devi Mutum
Thesis entitled: NESB SKILLED PRIMARY MIGRANT WOMENS' EXPERIENCES, AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management
Mirwan Surya Perdhana
Thesis entitled: CULTURAL VALUES AND LEADERSHIP STYLES OF MANAGERS IN INDONESIA: JAVANESE AND CHINESE INDONESIANS
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Management and Marketing
Jing Ye
Thesis entitled: Challenges of family business succession: Chinese-Australian case studies
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Management and Marketing
Shona Gaye Munro
Thesis entitled: Factors Influencing Learning Transfer in a Supportive Leadership Development Programme
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management
Anne Helen Kershaw
Thesis entitled: Coproduction in Museums: A study of museum work with culturally diverse communities
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Marketing
Yolande Vandenberg
Thesis entitled: Conceptualising Word-of-Mouth: In an Era of Social Media
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Marketing