School of Management and Marketing

I joined Charles Sturt University at the start of 2011 after 11 years in various appointments at Monash University.  I love doing research in the area of organisational behaviour using various sociological concepts and qualitative approaches.  My PhD involved a narrative study of employee responses to organisational change, which has led to ongoing research in culture change (including research with industry partners such as the State Services Authority in Victoria).  I am also fascinated in the surgical/medical environment and have conducted observational research exploring team dynamics in operating theatres and am currently an investigator on a project funded by Australian General Practice Training exploring organisational cultural issues surrounding multi-level learner general practices.

Teaching responsibilities

• MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
• MGT320 Managing Change
• HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
• DBA712 Research Methodology for Business

Reseach Focus

• Organisational behaviour
• Organisational change
• Managerial issues in surgery, medicine and healthcare
• Qualitative research

Research Project Supervision

• Organisational behaviour
• Organisational change
• Managerial issues in surgery, medicine and healthcare
• Qualitative research

Current Research Students

• Krishna Lambert, PhD
  How does intraprofessinal vertical/horizontal violence in nursing transcend time and space? A sociomaterial approach.
• Patricia Bovingdon, PhD
  Stackable negative affect: Stories from workers and jobseekers
• Hedy Bryant, DComm
  Facilitating organisational change and transformation: Professionalizing an emergent profession
• Lileko Lishomwa, PhD
  Farmer knowledge and adoptin of biosecurity practices
• Marie Sheahan, PhD
  A critical discourse study of social justice advocacy in the non government sector in the context of 'welfare reform'
• Tracy Morrison, PhD
  (Monash University)
  Exploring faculty development and leadership in rural medical education: A qualitative study
• Laura Barker, PhD
  (Monash University)
  How to create a positive work environment: Mapping the challenges of implementing a PWE using action research

Grants and Awards

Grants

• 2011-12: Australian General Practice Training (partnering with Southern General Practice Training and Monash University)
  Enabling the rural academic practice
  $199,740
  
• 2011: Charles Sturt University Faculty of Business Research Funding (with D. da Silva and K. Parton)
  $16,000
  
• 2008/2009: Monash Small Grants Scheme (with V. Higgins, S. Kitto and E. Villaneuva)
  Evaluating team communication in Australian operating rooms
  $16,000
  
• 2008: Department of Management Monash University Small Grants Scheme (with T, McKeown, A. Howell, A. Kirk-Brown and C. Hartel)
  Developing positive change interventions
  $9,000
  
• 2007/2008: State Services Authority (Vic State Govt) (with T. McKeown, C. Hartel, A. Howell and A. Kirk-Brown)
  Building positive work environments
  $85,000
  
• 2006: Faculty of Business and Economics (Monash University) (with D. Buttigieg and G. Hanley)
  From exclusion to aggression: Experiences of workplace bullying
  $12,000

Awards

• 2009: Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Teaching - Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
  
• 2007: Emerald Literati Award for Excellence: Highly Commended Paper Award, Management Decision
  
• 2006: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Best Paper Award in the stream of Organization, Development and Change
  
• 2005: Academy of Management, Organization Development and Change Division: Best Reviewer Award 

Professional Activities

Membership

• Member of the Research, Innovation and Change Committee - Murrumbidgee Local Health District
• Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Change Management
• Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Management & Organization
• Member of the Acade,my of Management (US)
• Member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)

Administrative Responsibilities

• Member of the Faculty of Business Research Committee

Selected Publications

Recent Book Chapters

• Bryant, M. & Wolfram Cox, J. (2011). Narrating organisational change. In D. Boje, B. Burnes & J. Hassard (Eds). The Routledge Companion to Organizational Change. London: Routledge, 375-388.
• McKeown T., Bryant, M. & Cochrane, R. (2011). The role of emotion in supporting independent professionals. In C. Hartel, N. Ashkanasay and W. Zerbe (edsw). Research in emotion in organizations, Volume 7: What have we learned? Ten years on. Emerald Publishing Group, UK, 133-147.
• McKeown, T., Bryant, M., & Raeder, L. (2009). Building positive responses to bullying: Establishing the framework. In C., Hartel, N. Ashkanasay & W. Zerbe (Eds.). Research in emotions in organizations, Volume 5: Emotions in groups, organizations and cultures. Emerald Publishing Group, UK, 227-243.

Recent Refereed Journal Articles

• Higgins, V., Bryant, M., Villaneuva, E., & Kitto, S. (2011). Managing and avoiding delay in operating theatres: A qualitative observational study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
• Bryant, M., & Stensaker, I. (2011). The challenges of middle management change agents: How interactionism can provide a way forward. Journal of Change Management, 11(3), 353-373.
• Bryant, M. & Frahm, J. (2011). 'Kill Bill' and the change agent: The genre-bending of organisational stories. Journal of Management and Organization, 17(6), 797-811.
• Nestel, D., Cooper, S., Bryant, M., Higgins, V., Tabak, D., Murtagh, G. & Barraclough, B. (2011). Communication challenges in surgical oncology. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 20(3), 155-161.
• Bryant, M. & Higgins, V. (2010). Self-confessed 'troublemakers': An interactionist view of deviance during organisational change. Human Relations, 63(2), 249-277.
• Bryant, M., Buttigieg, D. & Hanley, G. (2009). The implications of poor bullying management on employee health. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 2(1), 48-62.

Recent Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Bryant, M. & Wolfram Cox, J. (2011). Narrative studies of organisational change: Progress and prospects. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas: USA. August 12-16.
• Bryant, M. & Wolfram Cox, J. (2010). Emotional control and authenticity: Negotiating contemporary challenges to OD. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal: Canada. August 6-11.
• Bryant, M. & Higgins, V. (2009). Team communication in operating rooms: Initial findings from an observational study. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Melbourne: Australia. Dec 1-4.