Alan Geare
Professor
Management
University of Otago
New Zealand
Biography
Alan teaches papers in employment/industrial relations. He has been Professor since 1987. His research interests are in employment/industrial relations, industrial law and aspects of human resource management, and has authored a dozen books and over fifty articles in these areas. He has published in such journals as Academy of Management Review, International Labour Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Personnel Review. He has worked as a consultant to many organisations and unions and was an adjudicator and mediator member of the Employment Tribunal. An article by Alan, along with Fiona Edgar and Ian McAndrew - "Workplace Values and Beliefs: An Empirical Study of Ideology, High Commitment Management and Unionization” published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management volume 20 issue 5, was selected as one of the 50 best articles out of 15,000 published in 2009 in the top 400 business and management journals and therefore won an Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence.
Research Interest
Alan’s research interests are: Employment relations Human resource management and productivity Negotiations Partnerships Grievance systems Workplace partnerships
