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Mr

Austin Chia

Tutor In Higher Education
Business And Economics
social sciences
management
business & economics
social sciences - other topics
graduate skills
management education
business writing
international development
social responsibility
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Mr

Austin Chia

 
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Business And Economics
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Mr

Austin Chia

 

Austin Chia joins the Centre as a Lecturer in charge of the Tutoring in Higher Education program. He previously worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing where he was responsible for coordinating various consulting subjects as well as leading the design and delivery of the Faculty’s flagship work-integrated capstone subject.

His innovative approaches to teaching learning has been recognized with various department- and faculty-level teaching awards as well as being the recipient of various teaching and learning research grants.

For over 10 years Austin has straddled the domains of industry practice, academic research and higher education teaching and brings to the role an interdisciplinary set of skills, experiences and knowledge. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance), Honours Degree in Commerce (Organisational Behaviour), Masters of Business and IT, Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, Graduate Certificate in University Teaching and is a doctoral candidate with the Centre of Positive Psychology at UoM. He also holds applied qualifications as a professional project manager and lean six sigma practitioner.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 17 most recent scholarly works by Austin Chia.

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CSR for Happiness: Corporate determinants of societal happiness as social responsibility

Austin Chia, Margaret L Kern, Benjamin A Neville

Journal article  |  2020  |  Business Ethics: a European review

Over the past decade, societal happiness has increasingly been considered important to public policy initiatives globally, support..

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Subjective Wellbeing and the Social Responsibilities of Business: an Exploratory Investigation of Australian Perspectives

Austin Chia, Margaret L Kern

Journal article  |  2020  |  Applied Research in Quality of Life

While the past decade has brought growing interest in and focus on the subjective wellbeing of society, there have been few empiri..

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A Breath of Fresh Air: Creating Shared Value in the Philippines

Austin Chia, Prakash Singh

Book Chapter  |  2019

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a multinational pharmaceutical company, has, for many years, produced a medicine for acute management of as..

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Distilling the Essence of the McKinsey* Way: The Problem-Solving Cycle

Austin Chia

Journal article  |  2019  |  Management Teaching Review

Consulting projects where students are tasked to propose solutions to a client issue are a common feature in many business courses..

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Contemplative Interventions and Employee Distress: A Meta‐Analysis

Gavin Slemp, Haley Jach, A Chia, Daniel Loton, Margaret Kern

Journal article  |  2019  |  Stress and Health

Mindfulness, meditation, and other practices that form contemplative interventions are increasingly offered in workplaces to suppo..

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National Happiness: A Neo-utilitarian Corporate Objective or a Social Responsibility?

A Chia

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  GNH of Business

Businesses form an inseparable part of our social fabric whereby their actions and activities have far reaching implications on th..

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Navigating the Unchartered Path to Shared Value at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in the Philippines

A CHIA, PJ Singh

Journal article  |  2017  |  Case Folio

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a multinational pharmaceutical company, has, for many years, produced a medicine for acute management of as..

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From Classrooms to Boardrooms: Subject Design, Teaching Practices, and Learning Outcomes in Management Consulting

A Chia

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

Work-integrated learning (WIL) subject formats are increasingly popular in business faculties around the world. This paper present..

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When CSR and Positive Psychology Collide: Corporate Responsibility to Whom and for What?

A CHIA, ML Kern

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

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Stakeholder Happiness: A New Frontier for Corporate Social Responsibility

A CHIA

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

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Positive Psychologists on Positive Psychology (Vol. 3)

Book  |  2016

Interest in positive psychology is rapidly expanding as the field continues to make swift progress in terms of scientific advancem..

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A Developmental Learning Framework for Business Report Writing: Guidance for Management Educators

A CHIA, Heather ROUND

Book  |  2015

This resource has been developed for educators of business students. The purpose of this resource is to assist educators in creati..

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Supply chain structures shaping portfolio of technologies Exploring the impact of integration through the "dual arcs" framework

Vikram Bhakoo, Prakash Jagat Singh, Austin Chia

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

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Vertical Integration and Technological Portfolios in Supply Chains: Exploring the Connections with the “Dual Arcs” Framework

V Bhakoo, P Singh, A Chia

Conference Proceedings  |  2014

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Despair or Repair? Exploring the Value of Social Comparison as a Coping Strategy in Organisations.

A CHIA, B Allen

Conference Proceedings  |  2014

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The Social and Non-Social Determinants of Comparison-Oriented Coping Efficacy in Occupational Stress Contexts

A CHIA, B Allen

Conference Proceedings  |  2014

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Student team virtuality: Examining student experiences and outcomes

L Sargent, M Kavanagh, D Caspersz, A Chia, N Levak

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Business and Management
Management and Productivity
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Religion and Ethics
Applied Ethics
Curriculum
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Psychology
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2016

Carol Johnston Teaching Excellence Award

Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
2014

Dean's Certificate of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
2014

Department of Management Publication Award

Department of Management, Monash University
2013

University Medal for Academic Excellence

Monash University
2013

Dean's Honours List

Monash University
2013

Faculty Award for Excellence in Tutoring

Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
2012

Honours Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
2009

Global Scholarship

Department of Management, The University of Melbourne

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Tutor In Higher Education

Business And Economics

Casual

Melbourne Graduate School Of Education

Member

Academy of Management (AOM)

Member

European Academy of Management (EURAM)

Member

International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)

Member

Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)

Education

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching

University of Melbourne

Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (First Class Honours)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Commerce (Organisational Behaviour) (First Class Honours)

Monash University

Masters of Business and Information Technology (First Class Honours)

Melbourne Business School

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance)

University of Melbourne

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