Faculty of Business – School of Marketing & Management

Analysis of Labour Market Dimensions of the Central West Region in NSW, 'CSU Small Grant' of $7,000, 2005–06. This research project provides a comparative and critical analysis of the principal factors operating in local labour markets (LLMs) in Australia with particular focus on the Central West region of NSW.
Possibilities for closer economic ties between India and Australia in Capital Goods Industries in WTO Regime, 'Macquarie University Research Grant' of $20,000, 2004–05. (jointly with Dr. P Mukhopadhyaya of Macquarie University and Associate Professor U. Bhattacharya of IDSK, India). This research project intends to determine the areas of cooperation between India and Australia in the capital goods industry to identify and examine mutually beneficial areas of technology transfer and investments.
Impacts of the Proposed Australia–China Free Trade Agreement on Investment Flows, CSU Faculty of Business 'Asia–Pacific Research Project Grant' of $5,000, 2005. (jointly with Professor John Hicks). This research project critically examines the impact of the proposed FTA between Australia and China on investment flows between the two countries. The project has been completed.

2000–2003 RIRDC project on attitudes and successful farming families; 1996 OLMA project on farmers and learning; 1999–2004 teaching and learning projects involving a capability approach to higher education, peer appraisal of teaching, action learning in teaching, situated learning in farm management education.

2001–2 Commercialization of Forest Biotechnology, Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

2005/2006 CSU Competitive Grant (with Professor Denise Jarratt) $10219 "Structuring for network success"
2005/2006 CSU Writing Up Award $5000

$5,000 Faculty Rural Management Research Grant Scheme with Dr. Judith Crockett to undertake a pilot study on the development of an industry cluster in the mining and engineering cluster within the Orange, Cabonne, and Blayney local government areas. The final project report and recommendations is currently being finalized with completion expected March 2006.

2004, ANZ funding of an initial study into emotional intelligence and performance. $6605.00
2004, Linkage Grant Development Scheme, Charles Sturt University. EI, Trust and Performance. Industry partner ANZ. $4000.00
2004, Asia–Pacific Research Grant: Faculty of Business, Charles Sturt University. Student learning styles and marketing lecturer effectiveness in China. $5000.00
2001, Seed Funding: Faculty of Business: Joint grant for research into marketing education. $2000.00
2000, Seed Funding: Faculty of Business: How and why are successful franchise style relationships sustained and developed between Australian universities and other education providers? Grant $2000.00
1998, Australia–Korea Foundation – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Grant $7500.00
1996, Vice–Chancellor Charles Sturt University: Hong Kong Marketing Tour Grant $2500.00
1996, Leighton Holdings: Hong Kong Marketing Tour Grant $1000.00

RIRDC Project Title: "New Immigrants in the Regional and Rural Australia: Attraction and Retention" (with Prof.J.Collins– $224,000.00 –time frame 2006–2009–
ARC Linkage Grant (2005–7) LP0455640 (with Prof. J. Collins) on Cosmopolitan Heritage in a Multicultural Society: Ethnic Communities and the Built Environment in Australian Cities and Rural and Regional Areas. ARC funding $90,000;
Faculty Development Funds for Preparing ARC Linkage Grant on Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Regional and Rural Australia– 8,000.00.

2004 – Testing Alternative Contingent Valuation Formats Using Experimental Economics. US Forestry Service ($25,000)
2003 – (with Harmen Opperwal, David Waller and Paul Wang). Consumer Decision States. ARC Discovery Grant, ($155,000)
2002 – (with Laura Taylor and Kevin Boyle). The Impact of Provision Rules on Conjoint Analysis Applications for Environmental Valuation. US Environmental Protection Agency/NSF Star Grant (US$120,000)
2001 – (with Arthur Sweeney). Community Lifestyles and Internet Usage Funded by Charles Sturt University Competitive Small Grant ($6000)
2000 – (with Jeff Bennett). Valuing the Environmental Attributes of River Health Using Choice Modelling, funded by NSW Environment Protection Authority and Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation ($120,000).
1999 – Macquarie Marshes Choice Modelling Survey. Funded by Charles Sturt University, Macquarie Marshes Catchment Committee, Macquarie Valley Environmental Landholders Association, Macquarie River Food and Fibre, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service ($14,000).
1996–1998 – Choice Modelling and Tests of Benefit Transfer (with Jeff Bennett). Funded by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW Environment Protection Authority, Environment Australia and Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation ($109,000).

Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (with Main Roads Western Australia) 'Values Enactment Training, Values Congruence, and Emotional Intelligence: A Field Experiment' (one of three Chief Investigators on this three year project {2006–2008} with a total value of $390,000).
Faculty of Business, Linkage Development Grant ($8,000)
'Emotional Intelligence and leadership in Schools' (one of three Chief Investigators) Faculty of Business, Research Grant ($11,000)
Psychological Contracts at CSU (one of three Chief Investigators)
Faculty of Business, Asia–Pacific Research Grant ($5,000)
'Emotional Intelligence Across Cultures' (one of three Chief Investigators) Faculty of Business Seed Grant ($2,500)
'Managing the Transition: MBA to DBA' (one of two Chief Investigators)

Industrial Relations and the Customer: A new industrial relations framework – CSU Seed Grant 2003
In Defence of Ethnography: the clash between research ethics and participant observation technique – CSU Seed Grant 2004

2004 CSU – Faculty of Business: Asia–Pacific Research Grant – $5,000.
2004 CSU – Visiting Professorship Scheme on behalf of Prof Soumitra Sharma – $5,000.
2004 The French Government Grant – to visit ESSEC Paris and to establish a research project team in regard of ICT adoption models of SMEs in France. $3,000

$5,000 (Faculty Grant approved by the Asia/Pacific Grants Review Committee), 2004, assisting research into occupational health and safety in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China.
$2,000 (Faculty seed grant), 1999, assisting research into the effects of the 1917 General Strike in New South Wales on Bathurst.

British Academy Grant (2005) to investigate "Cluster of Co–location: an application of Business Network Theory to the Marine Sector in Devon and Cornwall".
CSU Faculty Seed Research Grant 2005) to investigate "The Influence of Ethics and Social Responsibility on Australians' Grocery Shopping Behaviour".
Plymouth Business School Faculty Research Grant (2002) to investigate "Relationships between Market Orientation, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Culture and Export Performance in UK Small and Medium–sized Enterprises".

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