Biography
Dr Kerrie Saville is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Kerrie’s areas of expertise are in the employment relations field, with a particular emphasis on trade union structure and delegate participation in the negotiation of wages and conditions. Up until 2023 she held various positions within the National Tertiary Education Union, which ranged from National Councillor, Vice President (Academic) of the Victorian Division to President of the Deakin University Branch. Each of these positions saw her take a leadership role in the trade union representing higher education workers in Australia, in addition to which she represented their collective interests in enterprise bargaining processes, and their individual interests through member advocacy. She currently represents her colleagues in her role as a Workplace Health & Safety Representative, and as a member of various helth, safewty and employee well-being committees.
Additional areas of expertise, which stems from her years of teaching experience in the Human Resource Management (HRM) and Management disciplines are the impact of technology on student engagement and the expectations and experiences of HRM students and graduates.
Read more on Kerrie's profileResearch interests
- Trade union delegates and enterprise bargaining
- Trade union strategy and structure
- The implications of legislative change on employee rights and employer responsibilities
- The expectations and experiences of human resource management students of graduate employment
- Flexible work arrangements
Affiliations
- Member, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand AIRAANZ.
- Institutional Membership, Australian Human Resource Institute.
- Member, Industrial Relations Society of Victoria.
Teaching interests
- Human resource management
- Industrial relations
Units taught
- MMH709 - Workplace Relations
- MMH701 - Human Resource Strategy
- MMH230 - Findamentals of HRM
- MMH331 - Strategic Human Resource Management
- MMH232 - Human Resource Development
- MMM240 - Organisational Behaviour
- MMM132 - Management
Professional activities
Awards
- Faculty of Business and Law Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research, 2007.
- Faculty of Business and Law Excellent Teaching Exemplar Award, 2009.
Publications
The HR professional at the centre of extreme work: working intensely?
Justine Ferrer, Kerrie Saville, Amanda Pyman
(2023), pp. 1-26, International Journal of Human Resource Management, London, Eng., C1
J Ferrer, A Ringer, K Saville, M A Parris, K Kashi
(2022), Vol. 83, pp. 317-338, Higher Education, C1
Pilot delivery of the course in service coordination (22191VIC) : training evaluation report
J Ferrer, M Parris, K Saville
(2013), Geelong, Vic., A6
The Fair Work Act 2009 : a case of unrealised expectations
J Ferrer, L Morris, B Hearn-MacKinnon, K Saville
(2012), pp. 33-47, The Fair Work Act : revision or restitution, Heidelberg, Vic., B1
The Fair Work Act : its impact within Australian workplaces
K Abbott, L Morris, K Saville
(2012), Melbourne, Vic., A6
M Parris, K Saville
(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 15-24, Industry & higher education, London, 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
Impact of the Fair Work Act within Australian workplaces : research report 2010
K Abbott, B Hearn MacKinnon, L Morris, K Saville
(2010), Melbourne, Vic., A6
M Parris, K Saville
(2010), pp. 553-561, HERDSA 2010 : Refereed papers from the 33rd HERDSA Annual International Conference, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Exploding the stability myth : structural change in the Australian trade union movement, 1969-85
K Saville
(2009), pp. 155-176, Labour history, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Did workchoices deliver? Evidence from survey data
K Saville, B Hearn-Mackinnon, J Vieceli
(2009), Vol. 20, pp. 207-226, Labour and industry, Melbourne, Victoria, C1
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
K Saville
(2009), Labour, capital and change : proceedings of the 23rd conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 4-6 February 2009., Newcastle, New South Wales, E1
Work choices : Increasing productivity, job creation and work-family balance? Not likely!
K Saville, B Hearn-Mackinnon, L Morris, D Waddell
(2008), pp. 1-10, AIRAANZ 2008 : Workers, corporations, and community : facing choices for a sustainable future : proceedings of the 22nd conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Australia, E1
The evolution of work choice legislation in Australia
K Abbott, A Devey, B Hearn Mackinnon, L Morris, K Saville, D Waddell
(2007), pp. 1-22, Work choices: evolution or revolution, Heidelberg, Vic., B1
K Saville
(2007), Vol. 49, pp. 757-773, Journal of industrial relations, Oxford, England, C1
Work choices : its impact within Australian workplaces
K Abbott, B Hearn Mackinnon, L Morris, K Saville, D Waddell
(2007), Melbourne, Vic., A6
A new picture of structural change in the Australian trade union movement: 1985-1996
K Saville
(2007), pp. 1-10, AIRAANZ conference 2007 : diverging employment relations patterns in Australia and New Zealand : 7-9th February 2007, the University of Auckland, New Zealand : conference programme, Auckland, New Zealand, E1
K Hose
(2003), pp. 1-10, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia, The : Reflections : New Directions, Melbourne, Victoria, E1
The Australian union merger wave revisited
K Hose, M Rimmer
(2002), Vol. 44, pp. 525-544, Journal of industrial relations, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
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
Industry and Other Funding
WorkChoices - Its Impact within Australian Workplaces.
Dr Keith Abbott, Dr Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, Dr Kerrie Saville, Dr Leanne Morris
Aust Human Resource Institute Grant - Research
- 2012: $10,245
- 2010: $40,311
- 2007: $69,153
Research on the effectiveness of performance contracts for school principals.
Dr John Molineux, Dr Kerrie Saville
NSW Primary Principals Association
- 2022: $3,750
- 2021: $3,750
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report