Melanie Bryant
Professor of Management, Head of School Marketing
Department of Business and Economics
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Melanie’s first academic appointment was in 2000 as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Management at Monash University. After progressing to Senior Lecturer at Monash, Melanie took up a position at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at the start of 2011. During this time, she was appointed as the Head of Research Professional Development for CSU for which she was responsible for research development and training across CSU staff and research students. Prior to joining the University of Tasmania in January 2017, Melanie was an Associate Professor of Organisation Studies and Deputy Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology.
Research Interest
Melanie’s research interests are primarily in challenges associated with the implementation and adoption of change, particularly around the themes of responses to institutional and organisational change, barriers and enablers to change adoption, and individual awareness and understanding of change. Her work is multi-disciplinary in focus and has been applied to a number of settings including government, agriculture and health. Melanie is a qualitative researcher and is particularly interested in social constructions of change, and the duality of structure and agency in organisational settings. Her most recent projects have focused on social issues and challenges around complex technology change in the Australian rice industry, and institutional/organisational challenges associated with biosecurity adoption. Her work aligns with the University of Tasmania research themes of Environment, Resources and Sustainability and Culture and Society.
Publications
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Bryant M, Cox JW. The expression of suppression: Loss and emotional labour in narratives of organisational change. Journal of Management & Organization. 2006 Sep;12(2):116-30.
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Bryant M, Wolfram Cox J. The telling of violence: Organizational change and atrocity tales. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 2003 Oct 1;16(5):567-83.
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Bryant M, Wolfram Cox J. Conversion stories as shifting narratives of organizational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 2004 Dec 1;17(6):578-92.
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Bryant M. Talking about change: Understanding employee responses through qualitative research. Management Decision. 2006 Feb 1;44(2):246-58.
