Rob Hecker
Senior Lecturer, Academic Director, Postgraduate C
Department of Business and Economics
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
After a career in customer service and marketing with an Australian telco, Rob ran his own consulting business working primarily with large businesses and government agencies in training and development. His involvement with the School of Management dates from 1994 and he has been full-time since 2000. As an academic his teaching is primarily in human resources/organisational behaviour and marketing. He is a board member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management and an associate fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute.
Research Interest
Rob's research aligns with the University's research theme of Data, Knowledge and Decisions and Creativity, Culture and Society. His research interests are fairly widespread, developed from his background in psychology and as a working manager. Both his marketing and HR interests are focused on understanding the place of the individual both within and outside the organisation (e.g. human resource management, services marketing, human resource development, buyer behaviour). Since managers need to have a better understanding of these issues my research interests also extends to postgraduate management education.
Publications
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Torugsa NA, O’Donohue W, Hecker R. Proactive CSR: An empirical analysis of the role of its economic, social and environmental dimensions on the association between capabilities and performance. Journal of Business Ethics. 2013 Jun 1;115(2):383-402.
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Jones C, Hecker R, Holland P. Small firm Internet adoption: opportunities forgone, a journey not begun. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 2003 Sep 1;10(3):287-97.
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Torugsa NA, O’Donohue W, Hecker R. Capabilities, proactive CSR and financial performance in SMEs: Empirical evidence from an Australian manufacturing industry sector. Journal of business ethics. 2012 Sep 1;109(4):483-500.
