This archival document is the progress report of the Research Centre for Learning and Social Transformation for the period 2002-2005 as part of our submission for recognition as Designated Research Group in the College of Social and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, 2005.

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PROGRESS REPORT 2002-2005
CENTRE FOR LEARNING AND SOCIAL TRANSFORM ATION
RESEARCH TRAINING CONCENTRATION (CLAST)
Authors (alphabetical order): Dr Merilyn Childs & Dr Regine Wagner.
School of Social, Organisational and Community Studies, University of Western Sydney.
We present below our progress report for the period 2002-2005 as part of our submission
for recognition as Designated Research Group in the College of Social and Health
Sciences. It demonstrates CLAST has continued to grow in the reporting period in all
research performance indicators and in membership.
Introduction
The Centre for Learning and Social Transformation (CLAST) is built on integrating research
activities, community partnerships, and teaching foci of its members. Our work is an
expression of the German tradition of 'social pedagogy' [sozialpädagogik] which we explore
in the Australian context through questions about social exclusion and inclusion in higher
education, the labour market, and as a consequence of social and educational reforms.
The Centre adopts a clear position in relation to its theoretical stances. These are based in
Marxist analysis, critical theory and radical democratic humanism. These stances
underpin research and developmental activities and the social justice orientation of the
Centre's goals and aspirations.
The Centre utilises Boyer's (1990) concept of the 'scholarship of engagement' as the basis
of scholarly pursuits. That is, the Centre's work is empirical, and is conducted with non-
university partners. Through critical social pedagogy, our group distances itself from,
and critiques, dominant neo-capitalist discourses.
RESEARCH PROGRAM DEV ELOPMENT
During 2002 - 2004 the Centre has continued to develop its research programs in the
areas of
o Community Services Research Program
o Fire Services Research Program
o Learning , Work and Organisations Research program
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2. o Creative Expressions Research Program
1. COMMUNITY SERVICE S RESEARCH PROGRAM
CLAST has been working beside and researching in to the community services sector. In
partnership with the Association of Childrens’ Welfare Agencies, incorporation g the
Centre for Community Welfare Training the CLAST has developed a research program
focussing on community service organisations as workplaces.
The partnership was first established in 1996 and has grown considerably since then. Its
main aims are the support of workforce development in the community services sector
and the improvement of working conditions for managers and frontline workers in the
industry.
To this end we have established projects in the areas of
1. Paucity Management in community services organisations
Job satisfaction and staff morale
Management and leadership responsibilities
Partnerships and collaborations
2. Work-based learning for the community services industry.
Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences (Community Services)
I) PAUCITY MANAGEMENT:
Dr Regine Wagner’s research in this area has led to the development of ‘Paucity
Management’ as a new category for the description and analysis of management and
workplace practices under conditions of resource poverty in the community services
industry. Exploring in depth organisational responses in the areas of service delivery,
collaborations and relationships between workers, managers and management
committeees, the research is contributing new insights into the ‘black box’ of small
community organisations. Sue Mlcek and Ann Jensen are currently undertaking their PhD
studies in this area.
II) WORKBASED LEARNING FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
INDUSTRY
CLAST has combined its expertise in adult education with its research in the community
services industry to develop an accessible professional development process for
community sector workers. This takes the shape of a Graduate Diploma in Social
Sciences (Community Services). The Graduate Diploma is a workbased degree that
combines traditional and non- traditional entry requirements to provide access to
experienced workers in the industry. The Graduate Diploma is jointly taught by UWS
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3. and ACWA /CCWT staff. At its core are workbased projects undertaken by students in
their workplaces, which aim at the improvement of aspects of their organisations. This
activity feeds directly into the ‘learning and work’ research program and is subject to a
PhD study.
2. FIRE SERVICES RES EARCH PROGRAM
During 2000-2003 the title for the Fire Services Research Program was called “Towards a
Research Culture in the NSWFB”, generalized to “Towards a Research Culture in the
Australian Fire Services” towards the middle of 2003. It was very successful in attracting
industry funds as a basis for applied research and for building IP and brand recognition in
the industry – over $500,000 over a 5 year period.
However, CLAST began a strategic review of the Fire Services Research Program in late
2003, and a decision was taken to align our activities more strongly to two key
Commonwealth Government policy agendas, and less strongly on the applied research
needs of one industry partner.
The two key national policy agendas that shaped our review were:
1. Productive Diversity [2001]; and
2. Research Priority 4: Safeguarding Australia [ARC National Research Priorities,
2004-2005]1.
This review reflected a number of issues:
Firstly, it was felt that the focus of the first three years of the fire services research
program (2000-2003) had achieved considerable outcomes for the industry partner at the
time (NSWFB), but these outcomes were inevitably tied the FSRP to a “research
development” agenda, and limited our capacity to achieve DEST recognized outcomes,
research independence, and competitive grants.
Secondly, the Bushfire Research CRC launched its research priority areas in 2003, and
these failed to recognize or place priority on the “sociology of disasters” in Australia, and
this has left a “gap” in knowledge production in this discipline area. Our work with the
fire services makes us ideally placed to lead this research agenda in Australia. It also
makes us highly placed to respond in innovative ways to the “Safeguarding Australia”
research agenda; particularly
1 http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/2004_designated_national_research_priorities_&_associate.pdf
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4. “enhancing our nation’s understanding of social, political and cultural
issues will help Australia to engage with our neighbours and the wider
global community and to respond to emerging issues.”
We are working towards developing a convincing argument as to the links between
“productive diversity” [including the gendered nature of emergency management] and
“Safeguarding Australia”- an argument well accepted in Europe, but with poor uptake in
Australia. During 2004-5 our focus is being placed on refining this argument through
literature review and theorization.
Thirdly, it was felt that, given limited resources and the need for coherence between
CLAST’s four RP areas, the FSRP needed to more strongly reflect the priorities of
CLAST. We felt a need to reappraise the coherence of our activities, to ensure that our
foci could be recognized as characteristically expressing CLAST values; such as an
exploration of “learning and social transformation”; “critical social pedagogy”. It was
clear that a strong but as yet poorly maximized intersection existed between the CLAST
“Learning and Work RP” and the CLAST “Fire Services RP”, particularly as it related to
social justice and productive diversity.
We were keen to capture a research market that “made a difference” not only to one fire
services agency, but more broadly to social equity, and we had arrived at a “mind frame”
where we felt we had to act to foster change in this white-male-dominated industry. We
has already identified that the area of “productive diversity” in the fire services was
green-field, with only one other Australian academic conducting studies in the area (in
Victoria) and where we could be achieve high brand recognition, and attract competitive
national and industry funds.
Consequently a decision was taken to focus energy and resources towards a “Productive
Diversity in Fire Services RP” 2004-2007, and this program were launched via a highly
successful media campaign in late 2004 using the www.firegirls.info web survey as the
vehicle for the launch, which occurred soon after the visit of Dr Dave Baigent, a leading
researcher in this area in Europe and the UK.
Our strategic decision to focus attention of “Productive Diversity in the Fire Services”
had implications for funding, in that we no longer rely on funding from one fire service
alone (NSWFB) but are now in the process of attracting funds from government sources
(eg government competitive and non-competitive grants, broad industry donations,
consultancies). This shift on our access to funds is reflected in the table below, and
reflects a deliberate strategy. We have a long history of successful funding applications
and feel confident in our capacity to attract funds, particularly following our high profile
first national Women in Firefighting Forum which has established us as national leaders
in this research area.
Finally, a decision was taken to begin to report insights about the fire services that had
been gleaned at the intersection of the discipline “sociology of work” (including “the
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5. changing nature of work”) and “adult education” (including “critical thinking”). This
strategy was developed in order to place the “fire services” methodologically as a case
study of social and pedagogical issues associated with the nexus of work and learning
between a university and industry. The first refereed article in this series will be
published shortly.
4. LEARNING, WORK AND ORGANIZATI ONS RESEARCH
PROGRAM
This research program focuses on issues of lifelong learning at the intersection of higher
education, organisational development and employment. Researchers in this program
explore questions of organisational change, learning and development, access and equity
and the role of partnerships in the co-production of knowledge. CLAST provides a
number of workbased degrees for industry partners and they form part of our research
into learning and organisational change. ‘Workbased Learning’ is currently the subject og
Mick Houlbrook’s PhD study, “Political Economy of Workbased Learning within
Australian Universities”.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
There are two overlapping projects in this area, Research into philosophy and practices of
RPL in higher education and employment. Dr Merilyn Childs has investigated the
accessibility of RPL in Australian universities and Dr Regine Wagner is leading research
into the recognition of qualifications, skills and experiences of skilled migrants and
refugees,
Organisational Change
Dr Adrian Carr s was involved in a co-operative research venture with Centre for
Hospital Management and Information Systems Research at UNSW and the Prince
Alfred Hospital/Central Sydney Area Health Service. This venture had the title “A project
to measure and manage the psychological impact of reform on clinician managers as
agents of organisational change” and involved a grant of $171, 294 (AUD). The
University of New South Wales personnel that were involved in this project have now
moved to Durham University in England where a similar project is now under way. This
new project also involves Dr Carr and the initial grant for this project is £1.3 million
(BPS).
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6. 5. CREATIVE EXPRESSI ONS RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Creative Expressions Research Program was formed in 2004 between academics and
research students of the school in response to shared interested and a growing impetus for
research opportunities from the graduates of the Master of Art Therapy.
The Creative Expression Research Program provides a "home" for researchers interested
in the use of visual and other artistic expression as the mode for exploring, constructing
and interpreting social change and social transformation. Researchers draw on a range of
artistic frameworks, and use artistic expression for different purposes: to explore
indigenous identities, to create narrative, as part of art therapy, in semiotic analysis, as a
form of exegesis, to demonstrate alternate ways of understanding and expressing, in
synaesthetic research and where a non-verbal, non-written form can express a meaning
more fully.
There is an established research link between the University of London, Goldsmiths
College Art Psychotherapy Unit, Dr Andrea Gilroy & University of Western Sydney,
School of Applied Social & Human Sciences, Art/Expressive Therapies Programs, Jill
Westwood/Dr Adrian Carr. This collaboration has been supported by school IGS funding
and has generated the following:
Dr Andrea Gilroy: Research Fellowship Nov/Dec 2003. Involvement in supporting the
development of a research culture by input into PhD supervisory panels and joint
development of proposed publications and recruitment of research students.
6. INCOME
 The RTC developed a projected plan for expenditure of IGS and RTS (see Attachment 1).
This plan is “on track”.
 The RTC has income from a number of grants
Research Grants Outcomes Partners
2005 UWS Regional Wagner In progress Fairfield Migrant
Development grant. Piloting Resource Centre,
RPL for skilled NESB
migrants
$25,000
2004-2006 APA (I) Linkages Wagner PhD Scholarship Association of
Grant Childrens Welfare
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7. $85,000 Agencies
2003 International Research Wagner Establishment of research Sozialpädagogisches
Initiatives Scheme UWS partnership Institut Berlin
$6830
2002-03 Office of Regional Wagner In progress Association of
Development, University of To date: three groups of Childrens Welfare
Western Sydney: Exploring managers established in Agencies
Paucity Management. Developing Campbelltown, Mt Druitt Centre for Community
Action Learning networks with and St Mary’s. Welfare Training
local community services managers.
$25,000
2002-03 UWS Research Wagner Proposal to establish Skills Office of the Director
Partnership Grant, Occupational and Experience and of Equal Opportunity
mobility for skilled migrants and Development Unit for in Public Employment
refugees. $40,000 skilled migrants and (ODEOPE)
refugees at UWS.
Report: So doctors become
taxis drivers final draft
stage)
2002-03 Combined Pensioners Wagner Training Manual CPSA
and Superannuant Association
(CPSA) Review of the
Medicine Information Persons
Training
$9680
2002 Department of Family Wagner 6 Scholarships for Association of
and Community Services, managers of community Childrens Welfare
Integrated Management and organisations in rural Agencies and Centre
Leadership in Rural Community communities to enrol in for Community Welfare
Organisations, $ 30,000 the Graduate Diploma Training
Social Sciences
(Community Services – all Barnados-Mudgee
graduated in 2003.
Report: Wagner, R and
Romic, M. (2003) The
good, the bad and the
invisible. Partnerships and
collaborations between three
sectors in Central Western New
South Wales
2005 Industry donations Childs First National Women in Fire Fighting
$27,000 Firefighting Forum Organisations
2004 International Research Childs Visiting Scholar, Dr Dave UWS
Initiatives Scheme, Baigent, Fireworks, UK
UWS$17,000
2004 Industry grant Childs Developing a degree link NSW Firebrigads
$25,000 program for the fire
services
2003 Industry grant Childs Towards a Research NSW Firebrigades
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8. $120,000 Culture in the NSWFB
2002 Industry grant Childs Towards a Research NSW Firebrigades
$120,000 Culture in the NSWFB
2002 UWS Research Grant Childs Evaluation of RPL UWS
Scheme information on Websites
18,000 of Australian universities
7. RESEARCH TRAINING
TRADITIONAL STRATEGY
Currently the following research students are supervised by members CLAST
PhDs Masters (Hons) B (Hons)
Lisa Armitage
Mick Houlbrook Michael Morris
Ann Jensen Jo Pisk
Sue Mlcek Phil Chambers
Lesley Hanney Clare Dash
Jill Westwood Maggie Wilson
Completions in de reporting period
(PhD)
Lucy Crawford (Graduated
M(Hons)
Margaret Bourne
(Graduated)
Marie Casamento,
Claire Edwards, (Submitted)
RESEARCH TRAINING PATHWAY
In additional to our traditional strategy, we have developed a Research Pathways Training
Scheme to actively encourage community services and emergency services professionals
to enter research training on the basis of high quality learning at and through work.
 Our workbased degrees are a key part of our Research Training Pathways strategy
by providing professionals with access to research training at the nexus of work
and learning. The Graduate Diploma of Social Sciences (Community Services has
successfully enrolled 45 FT students in 2003. The Graduate Certificate in Social
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9. Sciences (Emergency Services) is in its first year, and will have enrolled 25 FT
students in 2003.1, sponsored by the NSWFB. Plans are already in place to open
this degree to the Rural Fire Services and other fire services organisations.
 Our plan is to aim for 50% of each cohort (roughly 30 per annum) to enter
a research-training pathway via Master of Social Sciences (coursework)
and of these, to encourage 5% (4 per annum) to Masters (Honours) and
PhD. We are sourcing scholarships and fee relief to support this strategy
8. DISSEMINATION
WEB PRESENCE
Developed, see http://www.uws.edu.au/ashs/clast/
Acknowledged and link at http://www.uws.edu.au/uws/research/units/
BOOKS
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (2003). Art and aesthetics at work. Hampshire, England: Palgrave
Press (Macmillan). ISBN: 0333 968638.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNA L ARTICLES
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (Eds.) (2002). Art and aesthetics in organisation studies. Guest
editors of a special edition of the Journal of Critical Postmodern Organisation Science
(TAMARA), 2 (1), 1-105.
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (2002). Art and aesthetics at work: An overview. Journal of
Critical Postmodern Organisation Science (TAMARA), 2 (1), 1-7.
Carr, A. (2002). Art as a form of knowledge: The implications for critical management.
Journal of Critical Postmodern Organisation Science (TAMARA), 2 (1), 8-30.
Carr, A. (2002). Jung, archetypes and mirroring in organizational change management:
Lessons from a longitudinal case study. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 15
(5), 477-489.
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10. Carr, A. (2002). Managing in a psychoanalytically informed manner. Guest editor of
special edition of Journal of Managerial Psychology, 17 (5), 338-434.
Carr, A. (2002). Managing in a psychoanalytically informed manner: On overview.
Journal of Managerial Psychology, 17 (5), 343-347.
Carr, A. (2002). Organisation culture: Organisation change. Journal of Organizational
Change Management, 15 (4) 425-432.
Carr, A. (2002). The bewildering collection of ‘bric-a-brac’ called organisational
discourse: ‘Whence and when cometh the phoenix?’. Journal of Management Systems, 14
(4), 61-81.
Carr, A. (2003). The ‘separation thesis’ of self and other: Metatheorizing a dialectic
alternative. Theory & Psychology, 13 (1), 117-138.
Carr, A. (2003). Organisational discourse as a creative space for play: The potential of
postmodernist and surrealist forms of play. Human Resource Development International, 6
(2), 197-217.
Carr, A. (2003). The Prosecutorial State: A response to Fox's "Big Brother" scenario.
Administrative Theory & Praxis 22 (5), 81-90.
Carr, A. (2003). Rethinking educational administration: Going beyond the paradigm
debate and considering educational administration as a moral art. Journal of Management
Systems, 21 (3).
Carr, A. (2003). The psychodynamic conception of the 'death instinct' and its relevance to
organisations. Journal of Psycho-Social Studies, 2 (1), 1-15. Retrieved March 27, 2003, from
http://www.btinternet.com/~psycho_social/
http://www.btinternet.com/~psycho_social/Vol2/JPSS2-AC3.html
Carr, A., & Downs, A. (2004). Transitional and quasi-objects in organization studies:
Viewing Enron from the object relations world of Winnicott and Serres. Journal of
Organizational Change Management, 17(4), 352-364.
Carr, A. (2004). Management as a moral art: Emerging from the paradigm debate.
Philosophy of Management, 4 (3), 47-62.
Carr, A., Downs, A., & Durant, R. (2004). Emergent strategy development, abduction,
and pragmatism: New lessons for corporations. Human Systems Management, 23 (2), 79-
91.
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11. Carr, A., & Downs, A. (2005). ERON: Taking our cue from the world of object relations.
Special Issue of Journal of Critical Postmodern Organisation Science (TAMARA), 3 (2), 1-15.
Carr, A. (2005). The challenge of critical theory for those in organization theory and
behaviour: An overview. Accepted commissioned paper with peer review for a special
issue of the International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior on the topic of critical
theory, organization theory and behavior, A. Sementelli (Special issue editor).
Childs M., Morris M., and Ingham V. (2004). “The rise and rise of clean, white collar (firefighting)
work”. Disaster Prevention and Management: an International Journal, 13, 409-414.
Childs, M. (2002). “Improving the quality of non-emergency leadership: a casestudy”, Disaster
Prevention and Management: an International Journal, 11, 102-108.
Childs, M. (2002). Improving the quality of non-emergency leadership: a case study. Disaster Prevention
and Management, Vol 11, No.2, 2002, pp.102-108.
Childs M. (accepted Wed 2/9/2004) “Beyond training: new firefighters and critical reflection.”
Disaster Prevention and Management: an International Journal.
Childs, M (in progress). Towards Strategic Research Priorities in Fire Services in NSW. Australian
Journal of Emergency Management.
Childs M. (submitted). “Productive diversity in the Australian Fire Services”, Journal of Emergency
Management Australia, February 2005.
Childs, M. (submitted). “Not through women’s eyes. The social construction of a gendered tsunami
disaster”, Disaster Prevention and Management: an International Journal, 23rd April, 2005.
Degeling, P., & Carr, A. (2004). Leadership for the systemization of health care: The
unaddressed issue in health care reform. Journal of Health Organization and Management,
18 (6), 399-414.
Downs, A., Durant, R., & Carr, A. (2002). Emergent strategy development for organizations". In K.
Richardson (Ed.), Proceeding of the conference on Managing the Complex, The Institute for the Study
of Coherence and Emergence, MA: USA. [Published on the World Wide Web:
http://isce.edu/site/Agenda.html,http://www.isce.edu/site/Downs_Durant_Carr.pdf
Downs, A., & Carr, A. (2004). Abjection, globalization, ethics and organizational
dynamics: Lessons from ‘The Sopranos’. Journal of Psycho-Social Studies, 3 (2), 1-17.
Retrieved July 7, 2004, from
http://www.btinternet.com/~psycho_social/
http://www.btinternet.com/~psycho_social/Vol5/V5.html
Gabriel, Y., & Carr, A. (2002). A history of approaches to managing in a psychoanalytically informed
manner. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 17 (5), 348-365.
Lowe, S., Carr, A., & Thomas, M. (2004). Paradigmapping marketing theory. European
Journal of Marketing Theory, 38 (9/10), 1057-1065.
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12. Lowe, S., Carr, A., Thomas, M., & Watkins-Mathys, L. (2005). The fourth hermeneutic in
marketing theory. Journal of Marketing Theory, 5 (2), 185-203.
Wagner, R., Childs, M. and Houlbrook, M. (2002) Work-based learning as critical social pedagogy.
Adult Learning Australia, 41(3), 314-334
Wagner,R. and Spence,N., (2003). In times of shrinking resources: Paucity management practices in
Australian nonprofit human services organisations. Journal for Nonprofit Management 7(1) 44-56
Wagner, R. and Spence, N., (2003). Paucity Management: How do non-profit human service
organisations manage to survive? Third Sector Review, 9 (1)119-137
PEER REVIEWED CONFER ENCE PAPERS
Carr, A. (2002). Lost-and-found: Using metaphor in organisation studies. Paper
presented to The International Academy of Business Disciplines Fourteenth Annual
Conference, Merina del Rey, Los Angeles, April 4-7th, 2002.
Carr, A. (2002). Organisation studies turning from the dark side: Moving from scientism
to the embrace of hermeneutics. Paper presented to The International Academy of Business
Disciplines Fourteenth Annual Conference, Merina del Rey, Los Angeles, April 4-7th, 2002.
Carr, A. (2002). The embrace of hermeneutics: The implications for organisation studies
and public administration. Paper presented to The Fifteenth Symposium On Public
Administration Theory, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30th - June 1st, 2002.
Carr, A. (2002). Management as a moral art: Emerging from the paradigm debate. Paper
presented to The Philosophy of Management Conference, St Anne's College, Oxford, June 26-
29th, 2002. [See #C75 of the publication list below]
Carr, A. (2002). The modernist preoccupation with speed: A psychoanalytic and critical
reading. The 20th Anniversary Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Budapest,
Hungary, July 10-13th, 2002.
Carr, A. (2003). Thanatos and the organisation: Preliminary thoughts on the
psychodynamic conception of the 'death instinct' and its relevance to organisations". The
International Academy of Business Disciplines Fifteenth Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida,
April 3-6th, 2003.
Carr, A., & Downs, A. (2003). Quasi-objects & Eron". The International Academy of
Business Disciplines Fifteenth Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 3-6th, 2003.
Carr, A., Degeling, P., Winters, M., & Kennedy, J. (2003). Understanding the
psychodynamics of culture and the psychological contract in a period of organization
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13. change: Results from an empirical study. 11th European Congress on Work and
Organizational Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17th May 2003.
Carr, A., Lowe, S., Thomas, M., & Watkins-Mathys, L. (2003). Paradigmapping:
Marketing as a potential moral art. Annual conference of the Administrative Sciences
Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 14-17th, 2003.
Carr, A., & Lowe, S. (2003). Polytropy, Zeitgeist and metaphors: Re-exploring, and
handling with care, the use of metaphor in organisation studies. The 19th Colloquium of
the European Group for Organizational Studies, Copenhagen, July 3-5th, 2003.
Carr, A. (2003). The construction of identity and selfhood: Glimpses of the relevance of
these psychodynamics to work organisations. 3rd International Critical Management
Conference, Lancaster University, England, July 7-9th, 2003.
Carr, A. (2003). The psychodynamic conception of the 'death instinct' and its relevance to
organisations. The 21st Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism - Organizational
wellness: mens sana in corprate sano?, University of Cambridge, July 9-12th, 2003.
Carr, A., Degeling, P., Winters, M., & Kennedy, J. (2003). Physician heal thyself: The
results of an empirical study into stress amongst medical clinicians and other
occupational subgroups during a period of organization change in a hospital system".
The 21st Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism - Organizational wellness: mens
sana in corprate sano?, University of Cambridge, July 9-12th, 2003.
Carr, A. (2004). What it means to be ‘Critical’: A case of the appropriate conceptual lens.
Workshop: Critical Perspectives on International Business, Durham Business School, April
5& 6th, 2004.
Carr, A. (2004). The embrace of hermeneutics: Implications for organization and
management studies. The 21st Annual Association of Management Conference, Norfolk,
Virginia, April 15-18th, 2004.
Carr, A. (2004). Lessons for organization studies and management from the realm of
art”. The 21st Annual Association of Management Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, April 15-
18th, 2004.
Carr, A., & Downs, A. (2004). Ambivalence, abjection and organizational discourse: The
invisible hand of the repressed”. The 6th International Conference on Organizational
Discourse: “Artefacts, Archetypes and Architexts”, Amsterdam, July 28-30th, 2004.
Carr, A. (2004). Art as ‘The Great Refusal’: Lessons for organization studies and
management. The Second Art of Management and Organisation Conference, Paris, September
7-10th, 2004.
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14. Carr, A., & Lapp, C. (2005). Holding patterns: A psychodynamic review of the death
instinct in organizational change. The Western Decision Science Institute, 34th Annual
Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 22-26th, 2005
Carr, A., & Lapp, C. (2005). Nothing ventured, nothing gained: The psychodynamics of
the death instinct’s influence on organizational conflict management. Paper presented
to the Northeast Decision Science Institute, 2005 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, March 30th – April 1st 2005.
Carr, A., & Lapp, C. (2005). A case of ‘acting out the missing leader’: Understanding
aspects of the psychodynamics of group identity. the Standing Conference for Management
& Organization Inquiry (ScMoi), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 7-9th, 2005.
Chambers, P. (2003) Educator Jones and the search for ‘creds’: searching for credibility in workplace
education; Emergency Management Australia conference, August, 2003, Canberra,
Childs M. (Accepted 24/11/2004). Imagining the (almost) Impossible: Female, Indigenous and
Ethnic Firefighters in the Australian Fire Services. The Fifth International Conference on Diversty in
Communities, Organizations and Nations, Beijing 30 June- 3rd July, 2005.
Childs M. (2004). Struggling with terrorism- the sting in the tail of socially engaged pedagogy,
Education and Social Action Conference. 6th-8th December, (Centre for Popular Education, University of
Technology, Sydney. ISBN 1 86365 298 1, pp.441-445.
Childs, M (paper accepted). Building Sustainable Research Partnerships in the fire services in NSW
Safer Sustainable Communities, 2003 Australian Disaster Conference, National Convention Centre, Canberra,
10 - 12 September 2003
Childs, M and Wagner, R (paper accepted). More Than Putting Out Fires: The Changing Nature of
Career Fire Fighter’s Work in a Western Urban Environment, 36th World Congress, International Institute
of Sociology, Social Change in the Age of Globalisation, Sociology of Disaster Stream, July, 2003.
Childs M. (Accepted 24/11/2004). Imagining the (almost) Impossible: Female, Indigenous and
Ethnic Firefighters in the Australian Fire Services. The Fifth International Conference on Diversty in
Communities, Organizations and Nations, Beijing 30 June- 3rd July, 2005.
Childs M. (2004). Struggling with terrorism- the sting in the tail of socially engaged pedagogy,
Education and Social Action Conference. 6th-8th December, (Centre for Popular Education, University of
Technology, Sydney. ISBN 1 86365 298 1, pp.441-445.
Downs, A., Durant, R., & Carr, A. (2002). Emergent strategy development for
organizations. Managing the Complex Conference, Fort Myers, Florida, 7-10th December
2002.
Downs, A., & Carr, A. (2003). Doing a Boje: Using dramaturgical analysis in critical
management studies. 3rd International Critical Management Conference, Lancaster
University, England, July 7-9th, 2003.
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15. Downs, A., & Carr, A. (2004). Abjection, Globalisation, Ethics and organisational
dynamics: Lessons from The Sopranos. The International Academy of Business Disciplines
Sixteenth Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 25-28th, 2004.
Houlbrook. M and Wagner. R. 2004. Learning Contracts as Dangerous Practice? Proceedings of the 12th
Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training, Surfers paradise, Gold Coast
Queensland 6-8 December, 2004. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press 230-237
Lowe, S. & Carr, A. (2003). Paradigmapping and management as a moral art: Clearing a
path through the incommensurability debate in organisation and management studies.
The International Academy of Business Disciplines Fifteenth Annual Conference, Orlando,
Florida, April 3-6th, 2003.
Lowe, S., & Carr, A. (2003). Being/Well. The 21st Standing Conference on Organizational
Symbolism - Organizational wellness: mens sana in corprate sano?, University of
Cambridge, July 9-12th, 2003.
Lowe, S., Carr, A., & Watkins-Mathys, L. (2003). Gurus, knowledge, self and
organization. The 17th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference,
Fremantle, Australia, December 2-5th, 2003.
Lowe, S., & Carr, A. (2004). Comparative architextures and organizational discourse
analysis: Some reflections. The 6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse:
“Artefacts, Archetypes and Architexts”, Amsterdam, July 28-30th, 2004.
Wagner, R. and Mlcek, S. (2004) Partnerhips and collaborations as Paucity Management
Practice in Australian Community Based Human Service Organizations. 6th International
Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research. July, 2004
Wagner,R., Childs, M. and Constable,J. (2003) Oh Lucky Country – Barriers to labour
market integration of skilled migrants and refugees in Australia. 36th World Congress
Institute of Sociology, Beijing, postponed to 7-11 July, 2004 due to SARS.
Wagner, R and Spence, N. (2002) Organisational Practices in Paucity Management. An
enquiry into good management practice in non-profit human service organisations in
Australia. The Sixth International Research Symposium on Public Management 8-10 April
Wagner, R., Mlcek, S. and Spence, N. (2004) Fostering Integrated Community Leadership in Regional
and Rural New South Wales. 1st National AUCEA Conference. Bathurst 14-16 July
Whitty, M., & Carr, A. (2004). Breaking the rules: applying Klein’s work to understand
cyber-cheating. The 51st Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Liverpool,
September 1-3rd, 2004.
REPORTS
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16. Chambers, P. & Evans R. (2003) Report on the first round of New South Wales Fire Brigades Station
Officers Promotional Programme July 2002 to June 2003.
Childs, M. and Ingham, V. (2002). [From Senior Fire Fighter to Station Officer-
What does it take? A career development resource.] Research Centre for Learning and Social
Transformation: Penrith, pp.1-21.
Childs, M and Ingham, V. (2002). [The Professional Development of Senior
Fire Fighters Seeking Promotion to Station Officer in the New South Wales Fire Brigades], Research
Centre for Learning and Social Transformation: Penrith, pp.1-28.
Wagner, R. (ed) 2003) Recognition of prior learning in higher education and the Australian labour
market. The case of skilled migrants and refugees. UWS report, ISBN 1863418245
Wagner, R. and Spence, N. (2002) Organisational Practices in Paucity Management. An enquiry into
good management practice in non-profit human service organisations in Australia.
http://www.ems.ed.ac.uk/irspmvi/papers/index.html
Wagner, R., Romic, M. (2003) The good the bad and the invisible: partnerships and collaborations
between three sector in the Central Western New South Wales. UWS/ACWA, ISBN 1 86341 8237
AWARDS
Childs, M. 2005. Edna Ryan Award for services to women doing firefighting work. WEA, Sydney.
Carr, A. 2002, 2003, 2004. MCB University Press/Emerald publishing Award for Excellence in
research for papers by the Editor and the Editorial team of a journal for the most "Outstanding
Paper" in the volume for that year.
Fire Services Research Team (CLAST). 2004. UWS VC’s Excellence Award Highly Commended
(Industry and Community Partnerships).
Wagner, R.. (2003) UWS Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award Highly Commended (Regional and
Community Engagement).
KEY NOTE ADDRESSES
Childs, M. 2005. “It’s time for productive diversity in the Australian fore services; or why there was a
need for a National Women in Firefighting Forum”, Key note address National Women in Firefighting
Forum, Sydney Airport Hotel, May 12-13th 2005.
Childs, M. 2003. Building sustainable research partnerships in the fire services in NSW” Safer
Sustainable Communities, EMA Australian Disaster Conference, National convention Centre, Canberra,
101-12 the September.
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17. BOOK CHAPTERS
Carr, A. (2002). Lost-and-found: Using metaphor in organisation studies. In J. Biberman
& A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research yearbook: Global business perspectives (Vol. 9, pp.
519-523). Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn Inc. ISBN: 1-889754-06-4.
Carr, A. (2002). Organisation studies turning from the dark side: Moving from scientism
to the embrace of hermeneutics. In J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research
yearbook: Global business perspectives (Vol. 9, pp. 534-538). Michigan: McNaughton &
Gunn Inc. ISBN: 1-889754-06-4.
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (2003). Preface: Art and aesthetics at work. In Carr, A., &
Hancock, P. (Eds.), Art and aesthetics at work (pp. viii-xi). Hampshire, England: Palgrave.
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (2003). Art and aesthetics as a way of knowing organization. In
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (Eds.), Art and aesthetics at work (pp. 3-6). Hampshire, England:
Palgrave.
Carr, A. (2003). Art as a form of knowledge: The implications for critical management. In
Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (Eds.), Art and aesthetics at work (pp. 7-37). Hampshire, England:
Palgrave.
Carr, A. (2003). Thanatos: The psychodynamic conception of the 'death instinct' and its
relevance to organizations. In J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research
yearbook: Global business perspectives (Vol. 10, pp. 803-807). Michigan: McNaughton &
Gunn. ISBN 1-889754-07-2.
Carr, A., & Downs, A. (2003). Transitional and quasi-objects in organization studies. In J.
Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research yearbook: Global business perspectives
(Vol. 10, pp. 823-827). Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn. ISBN 1-889754-07-2.
Downs, A., & Carr, A. (2004). Abjection, Globalisation, Ethics and organisational
dynamics: Lessons from The Sopranos. In C. Gardner, J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.),
Business research yearbook: Global business perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 781-784). Michigan:
McNaughton & Gunn. ISBN 1-889754-08-0.
Durant, R., Downs, A., & Carr, A. (2004). Emergent strategy development, abduction,
and pragmatism: New lessons for corporations. In C. Gardner, J. Biberman & A.
Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research yearbook: Global business perspectives (Vol. 11, 795-799).
Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn. ISBN 1-889754-08-0.
Hancock, P., & Carr, A. (2003). Work as an aesthetically ordered activity. In Carr, A., &
Hancock, P. (Eds.), Art and aesthetics at work (pp. 67-69). Hampshire, England: Palgrave.
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18. Hancock, P., & Carr, A. (2003). Aesthetics and the hierarchical ordering of inter-personal
and institutional power relations. In Carr, A., & Hancock, P. (Eds.), Art and aesthetics at
work (pp. 135-137). Hampshire, England: Palgrave.
Lowe, S. & Carr, A. (2003). Paradigmapping and management as a moral art: Clearing a
path through the incommensurability debate in organisation and management studies.
In J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), Business research yearbook: Global business perspectives
(Vol. 10, pp. 778-782). Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn. ISBN 1-889754-07-2.
Wagner. R., Childs. M. & Constable. J. (2004). Oh lucky country, non-english-speaking background
skilled migrants and refugees and the Australian Labour Market. In Leonard. R. (Ed.) A fair go, dome
issues of social justice in Australia, Common Ground (pp 147-156). Alton Vic.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Wagner, R. ‘So Doctors become Taxi Drivers’ UWS Forum on Skills Recognition for Skilled
Migrants and Refugees, February 2004
5 pm News Bulletin (Writer), & SBS (Director) (2004). UWS research launched today into
problems facing skilled migrants and refugees [Radio]. In S. Radio (Producer), SBS News.
Sydney: SBS.
7 O'clock News (Writer) (2004). Unit to test the skills of new migrants [Radio]. In C. News
(Producer), ABC 666 7am News. Canberra: ABC.
BERNAMA (Writer) (2004). Your taxi driver could be a doctor or engineer [Newspaper]. In
BERNAMA (Producer), Malaysia General News. Malaysia: Malaysian National News Agency.
Catterns, A. (Writer), & D. Drew (Director) (2004). Study to test the skills of new migrants
[Radio]. In D. Drew (Producer), Breakfast, ABC 702 Sydney. Sydney: ABC Radio.
Daily Telegraph. (2004, 27th February). Putting Skills back to work. Daily Telegraph,.
Davey, C., & Dyett, G. (Writer), & D. Willman (Director) (2004). UWS Helping skilled
migrants and refugees find work in Australia. [Television]. In SBS (Producer), World View, SBS
Ethnic Radio (Melbourne). Melbourne: SBS.
Devai, V. (2004, 26th February). Fed: UWS to set up Australia's first skilled migrant program.
AAP Newsfeed.
Devai, V. (2004, 27th February). Uni to set up the nation's first skilled migrant program.
General News.
Enus, A., & Sarumpaet, R. (Writer), & B. Thomson (Director) (2004). World News Tonight
[Radio]. In B. Thomson (Producer), SBS World News Tonight. Sydney: SBS.
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19. Higher Education Supplement. (2004, 3rd March). Employing migrant's abilities. The
Australian, p. 30.
Kostakidis, M. (Writer), & M. Boyd (Director) (2004). SBS World News [Television]. In M.
Monitors (Producer), SBS World News. Sydney: SBS.
McCrossin, J. (Writer) (2004). Skilled Migrant experiences [Radio]. In K. Gollan (Producer),
Life Matters. Sydney: ABC.
Newsreader (Writer), & M. Bass (Director) (2004). Unit for the skills and qualifications of new
migrants in Australia [Radio]. In ABC (Producer), News 7:45 am. Melbourne: ABC 774
Melbourne.
Westwood, J. 7 Aug 2003 ABC TV, Compass, Healing the Soul.
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