Biography
Dr Justine Ferrer is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management (HRM) in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Justine teaches across the spectrum of HR units. She has developed specific strategies to engage the student cohorts, and this drive for greater engagement is influenced by her research on student engagement and employee engagement in the workplace.
Justine is interested in the career development of minority groups, particularly indigenous groups in the workplace. This research has allowed an exploration of the connections between human resource management with diversity and inclusion specifically around career development. The current project focus is in the Australian Football League exploring the career development of players within and post-playing careers.
Read more on Justine's profileResearch interests
- Employee Engagement
- Talent management and strategic human resource management
- Career Development for Minority Groups
Affiliations
- Associate, Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
- Associate, Employee Responsibility and Rights Journal.
Teaching interests
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Development
Units taught
- MMH232 - Human Resource Development
- MMH703 - Human Resource Development
Knowledge areas
- Employee Engagement (Or any of its derivatives) at work, and in the context of HRM. How is it driven, enhanced and developed? What are the impeding factors for an engaged workforce.
- Human Resource Management - the value add and strategic contribution of the human resource to organisational competitiveness.
- Human Resource Development - the development of the core talent, individual, team, and/or organisation for greater performance. Why develop? How to develop? and how to ascertain the contribution of the development.
Professional activities
Publications
W Waheduzzaman, B Van Gramberg, J Ferrer
(2018), Vol. 77, pp. 309-330, Australian journal of public administration, Chichester, Eng., C1
Indigenous player inclusion in the Australian Football League
J Ferrer, P Turner
(2017), Vol. 36, pp. 519-532, Equality, diversity and inclusion: an international journal, Bingley, Eng., C1
J Ferrer, L Morris
(2013), Vol. 67, pp. 340-357, Higher Education Quarterly, 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
Incremental institutional change and Australian universities
G Comodromos, J Ferrer
(2011), Vol. 7, pp. 330-339, International review of business research papers, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
'Lets get engaged!' The antecedents of academic work engagement in Australian universities
J Ferrer
(2011), ANZAM 2011 : 25th Annual Australian And New Zealand Academy of Management conference : the future of work and organisations, Wellington, N. Z., E1
University academics in the 21st century : continued issues of organisational attachment
J Ferrer, B Van Gramberg
(2008), pp. 87-100, The new 21st century workplace, Heidelberg, Vic., B1-1
J Ferrer, B Van Gramberg
(2008), pp. 1-1, ANZAM 2008 : Managing in the Pacific century, Auckland, N.Z., E1-1
Engaging : the dominant frameworks
J Ferrer, B Van Gramberg
(2007), ANZAM 2007 : Managing our intellectual and social capital : Proceedings of the 21st ANZAM Conference, Sydney, N.S.W., E1-1
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
Supervisions
Sarah Kimberley Steen
Thesis entitled: Greening The Bank' s Environment: An Examination of Employees' Recycling Behaviours
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management