Dr Marilyn Clarke

Biography/ Background

Marilyn Clarke joined the Business School at the beginning of 2009 as a Senior Lecturer in the Management discipline. 

During her 20 year teaching career she has taught in the management discipline across all three universities in South Australia; University of SA, Flinders University and University of Adelaide. She has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level, both locally and offshore in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Prior to her academic career she worked for Telstra in a range of functional areas including internal audit, business planning, marketing and HR. She has also worked in HR at the University of SA and as a business consultant. 

Qualifications

Marilyn completed a B.A. (Hons) in History from the University of Adelaide in 1976, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the South Australian Institute of Technology in 1986 and a PhD from the University of South Australia in 2003.

Teaching Interests

Marilyn's passion is for developing her students as people managers. She has taught in a myriad of courses including organisational behaviour, HRM, change management, conflict management, negotiation and business communication.

Research Interests

Marilyn's PhD research explored the reasons why people choose to take voluntary redundancy and the impact of that decision on their future careers. 

Her current research interests include employability, the role of the organisation and the individual in career management, and strategies for developing career paths in the aged care industry.

Recent Publications

Clarke, M.A. and Joham, C. 2011,"Teaching critical management skills: the role of PBL" Teaching in Higher Education (in press)

 

Clarke, M.A. 2011,"Advancing women's career through leadership development programs", Employee Relations, Vol 33, no 5

 

Clarke, M, Hartmann, L, and Patrickson, M. 2009 "Factors Influencing Work or Retirement Decisions for Australian Women Academics" in Beisheim, M., Maier, F. Kreil, L., and Gusenbauer, B. (eds) Constructions of Women's Age in the Workplace, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2009.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2009 "Plodders, pragmatists, visionaries and opportunists: Career patterns and employability" Career Development International vol 14, no 1, pp8-28.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2009, "Managing employability: stakeholder perspectives and practical implications" International Employee Relations Review vol 14, no 1, pp51-62.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2008 "Understanding and managing careers in changing employment contexts", Journal of European Industrial Training vol 32, no 4, pp258-284.

 

Clarke, M.A. and Patrickson, M.G. 2008 “The "new covenant" of employability" Employee Relations vol 30 no 2, pp 121-141.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2008 "Barriers to the boundaryless career: A study of managers in career transition" ANZAM Conference, Auckland NZ 2-5 December.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2007 "Choices and constraints: individual perceptions of the voluntary redundancy experience", Human Resource Management Journal vol 17 no1, pp 76-93.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2007 "Where to from here? Evaluating employability during career transition", Journal of Management and Organization, Vol 13, No 4, pp196-211.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2007 "Just who is managing career and employability?" ANZAM Conference, Sydney NSW 4-7 December.

 

Clarke, M.A. and Burdett J. 2007 "Graduate qualities in course design, teaching and assessment - academic and student perspectives". HERDSA Conference, Adelaide 8-11 July.

 

Joham, C., Clarke, M. and Rogers, T. 2007 "Exploring PBL as a strategy for improving student learning outcomes", ATN Evaluation and Assessment Conference, QUT, Brisbane Qld 29-30 November.

 

Clarke, M.A. 2005 "The voluntary redundancy option: carrot or stick?" British Journal of Management, vol 16, no 6, pp245-251.

 

Professional Associations

CAHRI

ANZAM

Entry last updated: Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011