Dr Antonia Girardi, Senior Lecturer- Management

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 1993 (University of Western Australia)
Doctor of Philosophy, 2000 (University of Western Australia)

Murdoch Business School
Murdoch University
Tel: + 61 (08) 9360 6980
E-mail: a.girardi@murdoch.edu.au

Dr Antonia Girardi is Senior Lecturer in Management at the Murdoch Business School, where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate units in Organisational Development, Human Resource Management, and Remuneration Management. Tonia holds a PhD in Human Resource Management from the University of Western Australia, and has an extensive record of research and publication in national and international journals in the areas of strategic HRM, job design, intellectual capital management, benefits and remuneration management, employer branding, and organisational change. She is an experienced and successful Supervisor of honours, Masters and PhD students in Management at Murdoch Business School.

Key Publications & Research

Research Interests:

Organisation Change Management
Strategic Human Resources Management
Intellectual Capital Management
Benefits and Remuneration Management

Publications:

Refereed Articles and Publications in Academic Journals

Chew, J and Girardi, A. (2008). Is career management the panacea to retaining vital staff? International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 1(1), 83-98.
Ward, S., Girardi, A. & Lewandowska, A. (2006). A Cross-National Validation of the Narver and Slater Market Orientation Scale. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 14(2), 155-167.
Chew, J. Girardi, A. & Entrekin, L. (2005). Retaining Core Staff: The impact of human resource practices on organizational commitment. Journal of Comparative International Management, 8(2), 23-42.
Ward, S, Girardi, A & Soutar, G. (2005). The validation of the use innovativeness scale European Journal of Innovation Management, 8(4), 471-481.
Morrison, D; Cordery, J, Girardi, A & Payne, R. (2005). Job Design, Opportunities for Skill Utilisation and Job-Related Affective Well-being. The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 14(1), 59-79.
Burr, R., & Girardi, A. (2002). Intellectual Capital: More than Competence x Commitment. Australian Journal of Management, Special Issue, 27: 77-88.
Joseph, J, Simmons, B, & Girardi, A. (2002) Career Plateauism: End of the Road or Just another Fork? Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8(2); 14-21.
Pearson, C., Entrekin, L., & Girardi, A. (1997) ‘Quality Perception & Organisational Processes: The Malaysia & Singapore Case’, Journal of Asian Business, 13(4), 39-64.
Ward, S. Girardi, A and Tiangsoongnern, L (Under Review) ‘ Perceived Risk and Trust as Antecedents of Online Purchasing Behavior in the USA Gemstone Industry’ Journal of Business Research: Special Issue on Internet Customer Behaviour

Books and Monographs

Girardi, A & Teh, E.C. (2008) Human Resources and Organisation Development: Practice Manual, Readings and Cases. Cengage Publications, Melb, Victoria. ISBN: 978 0 17 018083 2.

Conference Papers and Seminar Papers (last 5 years only)

Booth, L. Girardi, A. & Entrekin, L. (2004) "Ageing Academic Staff: Mind the Gap" Paper presented at the 3rd National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing Brisbane December 2004
Girardi, A, Soutar, G & Ward, S. (2003). “Assessing Price & Rideway’s use innovativeness scale”. Presented at the 17 th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 2003.
Burr, R., & Girardi, A. (2003). “The interaction effect of organisational status & gender on perceptions of procedural justice”. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, USA. August, 2003
Parncharoen, C., Girardi, A. & Entrekin, L.E. (2003). “The Total Quality Management Implementation Model”. Presented at the Global Business Development Conference Hawaii, May 2003
Parncharoen, C., Girardi, A. & Entrekin, L.E. (2003). “The Impact of Cultural Values on the Successful Implementation of Total Quality Management: A Comparison between the Australian and Thai Models”. Presented at the 7th International Conference on Global Business & Economic Development, Bangkok, 2003.
Burr, R., & Girardi, A. (2003). “Perceptions of procedural justice in the public sector: Unmasking the relationship between gender and organisational status”. Presented at the 17 th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 2003.
Burr, R., & Girardi, A. (2003) “The influence of social context factor on perceptions of procedural justice in the public sector”. Presented at the 5 th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, June, 2003.

Teaching

Units Taught

Dr Tonia Girardi is presently engaged in teaching the following units at the Murdoch Business School:

BUS240 Human Resources and Organisational Development

BUS320 Management of Human Resources

Teaching Development and Awards

Murdoch Business School Early Career Researcher Grant, ‘Managing unplanned absenteeism’ (2004)

Pearson Education ANZAM Management Educator of the Year Award (2004)

Nomination for Vice-Chancellors’ Excellence in Supervision Award (2007)

University and Community Service

Dr. Antonia Girardi has been a Senior Lecturer in Management at Murdoch University since 1999. Tonia has taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate units within the Murdoch Business School during her time at the University, in addition to successfully supervising seven PhD and Masters students; she currently supervises an additional four higher-degree students. Tonia was a research associate with the University of Western Australia from 1996-1999, working as a project evaluation analyst in the areas of organisational change, HRM strategy, work design and team work, with compaies in both the private and public sectors. More recently, Tonia has worked with Fremantle Hospital managing workplace absences, and has consulted the Western Australian public sector on the attraction and retention of staff. Her other consultancies and research positions include the management of unplanned absences within the South Metropolitan Health Services Sector (2004-05), the evaluation of customer satisfaction within the Thai banking Sector (2000-04), a work-related issues project for the Meat Processing Industry (1996-99), and the introduction of self-managed Teams at Sydney Water (1996-2000). She has been an Australian Business Week Game Coordinator and Mentor (2000-01), Programme Chair for the Masters of Human Resource Management at Murdoch University (2004), and currently serves on the University’s Professorial Promotions Appeals Committee. Tonia Girardi is a Referee for the journals European Journal of Innovation Management and Research and Practice in Human Resource Management.

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