Professional Experience and Research Interests

Michael O'Donnell is Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Business, UNSW Canberra. Michael has also held appointments at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. Michael's research interests include human resource practices and employment relations in the public sector and international employment relations. Michael has acted as a chief investigator on large ARC funded projects exploring management strategy and employment relations in the Australian and United Kingdom public sectors. Michael has also coauthored several monographs including Unions and Globalisation: Governments, Management, and the State at Work (Routledge) and The Chaebol and Labour in Korea: The Development of Management Strategy in Hyundai (Routledge). Michael has published widely in management and employment relations journals including the Journal of Management Studies, the International Journal of Human Resource Management and the Journal of Industrial Relations.