Griffith researcher explores lost opportunities of temporary migrants from South East Asia in Australia

Business and government
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Griffith Asia Institute member and Head of School of Government and International Relations, Professor Juliet Pietsch’s latest research has just been published by Cambridge Elements as part of the Global Development Studies series. Much of the scholarship in development studies focuses on developing countries. However, many of the same issues can be seen in developed […]

End of 457 Visa program may be bad news for Australia’s STEM field

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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While the Turnbull government’s recent announcement that they are axing the 457 Visa program has federal officials calling it a victory for Australian workers, Associate Professor Mohan Thite of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing believes the decision is short-sighted. “Cracking a whip to make sure businesses only hire locals is more of a […]

Wrap up: what does gender and diversity at work look like?

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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This article is authored by Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) Higher Degree Research student member, Carolina Bouten-Pinto, and was first published via LinkedIn’s Pulse blog on 28 October, 2015 Yesterday, I attended the ‘So what does gender and diversity at work look like? symposium at Griffith University. The symposium is organised twice a […]

Giving a voice to Sri Lanka’s migrant workers

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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The complexities facing Sri Lanka’s unions as they attempt to organise, represent, protect, provide a voice for, and respond on behalf of, a globally mobile labour force of citizens, is the focus of an USAID-funded, Solidarity Center/ Rutgers partnership for the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s (WOW) and Griffith Asia Institute’s (GAI)Dr Samanthi J […]