Dr Kerrie Saville

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.