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DR ISABEL METZ



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Business School
Position: Honorary (Senior Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/staff/staffPage.cfm?StaffId=81
Work: + 613 8344 3725

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Gender and Careers Australia
Organisational Culture and Leadership Australia
Work Related Stress and Toxin Handling Australia
Psychological Contracts Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Witwatersrand 31-Dec-1982
Master of Business Administration University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1990
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University 31-Dec-2001

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Academy of Management Member 01-Jan-2004
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Member 01-Jan-2000
Member Australian Human Resource Institute Member 01-Feb-2004
Associate Financial Institute of Australiasia Senior Associate 01-Jan-1986
Member Gender in Management Special Interest Group Member 01-Jan-2003

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Individual Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecturer B 01-Jan-2005
Other (Award) 3rd Global Conference on Business and Economics Winner of Best Paper: "Exploring mediator and moderator influences of personality traits on women's career in banking". 11-Jul-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Employment systems and organisational outcomes: Managing employee expectations through HRM practice Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
AHRI		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
The psychological contract: Bridging human resource management practices and organisational effectiveness Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A focus on gender similarities in work experiences in senior management: a study of an Australian bank builds the case
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Equal Opportunities International: equality, diversity and inclusion
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 433-454
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  • Making Public Organizations More Inclusive: A case study of the Victoria Police Force
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Resource Management
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 369-387
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  • Workplace gender discrimination: do women over-attribute slow advancement in management to gender discrimination? 
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Melbourne Review
    Volume: 60-66
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The organisational gender diversity-performance link: Does industry type matter?
    Year: 2008
    Event name: 22nd ANZAM Confeence
    Conference Publication: 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008 : Managing in the Pacific Century
    Publisher: University of Auckland(Auckland)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Development of an integrated innovation capability model


    Year: 2007
    Book: Building innovation capability in organizations. An international cross-case perspective
    Publisher: Imperial College Press(London)
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Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • An Analysis of th Gender Diversity in Editorial Boards: How do International Business Journals Compare?
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 2006 ANZIBA Conference
    Conference Publication: Conference Proceedings of the 2006 ANZIBA Conference
    Publisher: ANZIBA(Wellington)
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  • Dealing with Distressed Employees: A Human Resource Manager's Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference
    Publisher: ANZAM: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management(Sydney)
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  • People Versus Business:  The Views of Human Resource Managers
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 2nd Australasian Business and Behvioural Sciences Association Conference
    Conference Publication: 2006 Australasian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association International Conference
    Publisher: The University of Adelaide, School of Commerce(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Advancing the careers of women with children.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Career Development International
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 228-245
    Publisher: Emerald
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A multivariate analysis of women's under-representation in school leadership positions in Australia.
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 19th ANZAM Conference
    Conference Publication: Engaging the multiple contexts of management: Convergence and Divergence of management theory and practice.
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management(Sydney)
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  • Future Research Agenda Based on an Integrated Innovation Capability Model.
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 4th Global Conference of Business & Economics
    Conference Publication: 4th Global Conference on Business & Economics - Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Association for Business & Economics Research and International Journa(Lynchburg)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Do personality traits indirectly affect women's advancement?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Managerial Psychology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 695-707
    Publisher: Emerald
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Exploring mediator and moderator influences of personality traits on women's career success in banking
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Economics
    Conference Publication: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Economics Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: ABER (Virginia)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Individual, interpersonal and Organisational links to women's advancement in management in banks
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Women in Management Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 236-251
    Publisher: Emerald
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  • Women in Banking: A Progress Report
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Banking and Financial Services
    Volume: 117
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 10-13
    Publisher: Journal of Banking and Financial Services(Melbourne)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Mentors and Networks: Do They Help Women's Manageerial Advancement in Banking?
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Gender Work and Organization Conference
    Conference Publication: Gender, Work and Organization Conference Proceedings 2003
    Page numbers: 1-40
    Publisher: Keele University
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  • Women's Report of Gender Discrimination: An Unlikely Case of Victim Mentality
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 17th ANZAM Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 17th ANZAM Conference
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: Promaco Conventions(Perth)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Women's Career Advancement: The relative contribution of human and social capital
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Group & Organization Management
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 312-342
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